Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor

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Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor is the basketball section of Fenerbahçe SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. The club was founded in its current form in 2006, when Fenerbahçe's preexisting basketball section merged with the former Gençlik Ve Spor Kulübü, better known both in Turkey and internationally by its sponsorship name of Ülkerspor (from the Ülker Food Group).

The Ülker sports club was founded in 1975; however, the basketball department was established by a takeover of the basketball team of Nasaşspor in 1993. After the end of the 2005-06 season, it was announced that Ülker would be shut down and merged with Fenerbahçe, and that all the current players would be transferred to Fenerbahçe.

In its first season, Ülkerspor played in the Turkish Basketball League final and represented Turkey at the Korac Cup. In its brief history of 12 seasons, Ülkerspor played eight league final matches; won three championship titles, including one in its final season of 2005-06; and lifted the Turkish Cup twice. The orange-green squad also won the President’s Cup five times and established itself as the country's second most successful club after crosstown rival Efes Pilsen.

Two Turkish NBA players, Mirsad Türkcan and İbrahim Kutluay, played with Ülkerspor in the 2005-06 season.

Fenerbahçe has announced plans to build a new 7,500-seat arena to be called the Hamdi Akın Sports Hall adjacent to the club's football stadium.

1 Current squad
- 1.1 Honours
  - 1.1.1 Men's Team
  - 1.1.2 Women's Team
2 External links

[edit] Current squad

As of September 2006

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
4	Hakan Demirel	PG	1.92
5	Will Solomon	PG/SG	1.87
6	Mirsad Turkcan	PF	2.06
7	Omer Onan	PG/SG	1.94
8	Rasim Basak	SF/PF	2.02
9	Semih Erden	C/PF	2.11
10	Ibrahim Kutluay	SF	1.98
11	Oguz Savas	C	2.13
12	Damir Mrsic	PG/SG	1.91
13	Ira Clark	PF	2.03
14	Zeki Gulay	C	2.05
15	Kaspars Kambala	C	2.05
16	Aytac Ozkul	C	2.10
17	Maxim Can Mutaf	PG	1.91
18	Eddie Basden	SG	1.96

Coach: Aydin Ors

[edit] Honours

[edit] Men's Team

Turkish Championship
- Fenerbahçe: 1957, 1959, 1965, 1991
- Ülkerspor: 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
Turkish Cup
- Fenerbahçe: 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967 (all as Turkish Federation Cup)
- Ülkerspor: 2003, 2004
Turkish Super Cup
- Fenerbahçe: 1990, 1991, 1994
President’s Cup:
- Ülkerspor: 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

[edit] Women's Team

Turkish Championship
- Winners (4): 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006
Turkish Federation Cup
- Winners (6): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
Turkish Super Cup
- Winners (4): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005