Fenerbahçe Ülker
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| Leagues | Turkish Basketball League, Euroleague | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1907 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Abdi İpekçi Arena (capacity 11,500) |
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| Location | Istanbul, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team colors | Yellow and Navy Blue | |||||||||||||||||||||
| President |  Aziz Yıldırım |
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| Head coach |  Bogdan Tanjevic |
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| Championships | Turkish Championship (3): 1991, 2007, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Fenerbahçe Ülker 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).
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[edit] The history
[edit] About Fenerbahçe
One of the oldest clubs in European sports, Fenerbahçe, recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Its basketball team, Fenerbahçe Ülker, has made some of the most loyal and die-hard fans in the world happy. Fenerbahçe SK was founded in 1907 and its basketball section reached great success when the sport established itself in Turkey. Fenerbahçe won national titles in 1957, 1959 and 1965, just before the Turkish League was founded in 1966, and made it to the Euroleague in 1960 and 1966. Its fans had to wait until 1991 for another title, when Levent Topsakal, Larry Richard and head coach Çetin Yılmaz led Fenerbahçe to the Turkish League title over Tofaş S.K..
Fenerbahçe returned to the Euroleague in 1992, but lost in the preliminary round. Fenerbahçe was back in the Turkish League finals in 1992, 1993 and 1995, but could not find a way to get the elusive trophy for a while. A third-place finish in the 1997-98 season allowed the club to return to the Euroleague, and with players like Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Marko Milič, İbrahim Kutluay and the late Conrad McRae. Fenerbahçe advanced to the eighthfinal playoffs, losing there to mighty Real Madrid. The club made it to the Korac Cup quarterfinals in 1996 and 2001, as well as finishing fourth 2005 FIBA Europe League, but it wasn't until summer 2006 that the team became a European powerhouse. Fenerbahçe merged with Ülkerspor, one of the winningest clubs in recent Turkish basketball history and a perennial Euroleague powerhouse since 1997.
[edit] About Fenerbahçe Ülker
In the first season of the new Fenerbahçe Ülker, the team left no doubt about its power by sweeping the best-of-seven Turkish League finals against Efes Pilsen, as Will Solomon became the MVP. Fenerbahçe Ülker now hopes to extend its recent domestic success to the Euroleague scene.
In 3 January 2008, Lottomatica Roma-Fenerbahçe Ülker, Mirsad Türkcan became the first player since the creation of the Euroleague in 2000 to amass 1,000 rebounds in Euroleague play.[1]
Fenerbahçe Ülker play matches in 11.500-seat arena, called the Abdi İpekçi Arena. A new hall with capacity 12.000 is to be built in a few years.
[edit] Current squad
As of September 2006
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Fenerbahçe Ülker roster
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- For a listing of past rosters, see Fenerbahçe Ülker past rosters.
[edit] Notable players
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[edit] Achievements
[edit] Turkish League Championship
- Fenerbahçe (3): 90-1991, 06-2007, 07-2008
[edit] Turkish Championship
- Fenerbahçe (3): 1957, 1959, 1965
[edit] Turkish Cup
(as Turkish Federation Cup)
- Fenerbahçe (1): 1967 [2]
[edit] Turkish Super Cup
(as President's Cup)
- Fenerbahçe (2): 1990, 1991
[edit] President’s Cup
- Fenerbahçe (2): 1994, 2007
[edit] Euroleague
- Fenerbahçe Ülker: Euroleague 2007-08 Top 8
[edit] EuroCup Final Four
- Fenerbahçe: Eurocup 2004-05 Final Four
[edit] See also
- See also Turkish National Men's Basketball Team
- See also Fenerbahçe Women Basketball Team Fenerbahçe İstanbul
[edit] External links
- Official Fenerbahçe site (Turkish) (English) (German) (Portuguese)
- Fenerbahçe Ulker (Turkish)
- Euro League Page (English)
- Statistics (English)
[edit] References
- ^ Mirsad Turkcan pulls 1000th rebound!. Euroleague (2008-01-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Men's Turkish Cup Champions
