Anadolu Efes S.K.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul
2014–15 Anadolu Efes S.K. season
Leagues	Turkish Basketball League Euroleague
Founded	1976
History	Efes Pilsen (1976–2011) Anadolu Efes (2011–present)
Arena	Abdi İpekçi Arena (capacity: 12,500)
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Navy Blue and white
President	Tuncay Özilhan
Head coach	Dušan Ivković
Championships	13 Turkish Championships 10 Turkish Cups 9 Turkish President's Cups 1 FIBA Korać Cup
Website	http://www.efesbasket.org
Uniforms
Home Away

Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü (English: Anadolu Efes Sports Club), formerly Efes Pilsen, is a Turkish professional basketball team based in Istanbul, Turkey. As of 2013, it is the most successful club in the history of the Turkish Basketball League, having won the league's championship 13 times.

The home of Anadolu Efes S.K. is the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, which has a seating capacity of 12,500 for basketball games. The club has it own practice facility in the district of Bahçelievler bulit in 1982. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball League and Euroleague.

History

The club was established in 1976 as Efes Pilsen S.K. by taking over the Turkish second-division club Kadıköyspor, which had failed due to financial problems.^[1] Its initial sponsor was its namesake Efes Pilsen, a subsidiary of the Anadolu Group. It won the 1978 second division championship undefeated, earning promotion to the Turkish first division, where it has continuously competed ever since. In its first top-flight season (1978–79), Efes Pilsen S.K. won the league title, immediately establishing itself as one of the country's top clubs.

After finishing 2nd in the 1992–93 FIBA European Cup (Saporta Cup), Efes Pilsen S.K. won the 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup, which marked the first-ever European title won by a Turkish club in any team sport. Efes Pilsen S.K. (later renamed Anadolu Efes S.K.) has also become a fixture in the Euroleague, making it to the competition's Final Four in 2000 and 2001, finishing 3rd on both occasions.^[2]

In 2011, the club changed its name to Anadolu Efes S.K. after the TAPDK (Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority) in Turkey prohibited the advertisement of tobacco and alcohol products in sports organizations.^[3]

Anadolu Efes is notable for its youth program, which has trained renowned Turkish basketball players such as NBA player Hidayet Türkoğlu, former NBA player and Euroleague greatest rebounder of all time Mirsad Türkcan, and 2005 NBA draftee Cenk Akyol.

Logos

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  1976–2009

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  2009–2011

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  2011–present

Home Arenas

• Abdi İpekçi Arena: 1986-2010, 2012-present
• Sinan Erdem Dome: 2010-2012

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  Abdi Ipekçi Arena interior during a match

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  A panorama of Sinan Erdem Dome

Honours

Domestic

Turkish League

• Winners (13) (record): 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009

Turkish Cup

• Winners (10) (record): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015

President's Cup

• Winners (9) (record): 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010

European

Euroleague

• 3rd Place (2): 2000, 2001

FIBA Saporta Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1993

FIBA Korać Cup

• Winners (1): 1996

Players

Current roster

Anadolu Efes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.0 !PG 4 TUR ! Balbay, Doğuş 70001850000000000001.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 700185000000000000085 kg (187 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 2.5 !G/F 6 TUR ! Osman, Cedi 70002060000000000002.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 700188000000000000088 kg (194 lb) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995 3.0 !SF 7 GRE ! Perperoglou, Stratos 70002029999999999992.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002104000000000000104 kg (229 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1984-08-07)7 August 1984 1.5 !G 8 TUR ! Batuk, Birkan 70001960000000000001.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 700187000000000000087 kg (192 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-01-30)30 January 1990 4.5 !PF 9 CRO ! Šarić, Dario 70002080000000000002.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002104000000000000104 kg (229 lb) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-04-08)8 April 1994 1.0 !PG 10 CRO ! Draper, Dontaye 70001800000000000001.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 700182000000000000082 kg (181 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1984-08-10)10 August 1984 5.5 !F/C 12 SER ! Krstić, Nenad 70002130000000000002.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 7002121000000000000121 kg (267 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-07-25)25 July 1983 5.5 !F/C 13 GAB ! Lasme, Stephane 70002029999999999992.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 700198000000000000098 kg (216 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1982-12-17)17 December 1982 2.5 !G/F 17 TUR ! Akyol, Cenk 70002000000000000002.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 700194000000000000094 kg (207 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-04-16)16 April 1987 2.5 !G/F 21 TUR ! Ulubay, Okben 70002009999999999992.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 700186000000000000086 kg (190 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 2.5 !G/F 22 TUR ! Korkmaz, Furkan 70002020000000000002.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 700177000000000000077 kg (170 lb) 7001170000000000000♠17 – (1997-07-24)24 July 1997 1.5 !G 23 USA ! Janning, Matt 70001970000000000001.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 700188000000000000088 kg (194 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 4.0 !F 32 TUR ! Kılıçlı, Deniz 70002060000000000002.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002129000000000000129 kg (284 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 1.0 !PG 31 FRA ! Heurtel, Thomas 70001890000000000001.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 700190500000000000090.5 kg (200 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-04-10)10 April 1989 6.0 !C 41 TUR ! Koşut, Emircan 70002160000000000002.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 700198000000000000098 kg (216 lb) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 5.5 !F/C 51 MNE ! Bjelica, Milko 70002069999999999992.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002102000000000000102 kg (225 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1984-06-04)4 June 1984	Head coach Dušan Ivković Assistant coach(es) Vangelis Angelou Ahmet Çakı Tomislav Mijatović Djordje Adzic Team manager Engin Özerhun Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 27, 2014

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Stephane Lasme	Nenad Krstić	Emircan Koşut
PF	Dario Šarić	Milko Bjelica	Deniz Kılıçlı
SF	Stratos Perperoglou	Cedi Osman	Okben Ulubay	Cenk Akyol
SG	Matt Janning	Furkan Korkmaz	Birkan Batuk
PG	Thomas Heurtel	Dontaye Draper	Dogus Balbay

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least one season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Volkan Aydın Tamer Oyguç Murat Evliyaoğlu Hüseyin Beşok Ufuk Sarıca Mehmet Okur Hidayet Türkoğlu İbrahim Kutluay Serkan Erdoğan Alper Yılmaz Ömer Onan Mustafa Abi Kaya Peker Ender Arslan Ersan İlyasova Kerem Tunçeri Kerem Gönlüm Damir Mulaomerović Marko Popović Nikola Prkačin Nikola Vujčić

Mario Kasun Michalis Kakiouzis Kaspars Kambala Saulius Štombergas Petar Naumoski Predrag Drobnjak Vlado Šćepanović Goran Nikolić Slavko Vraneš - Daniel Santiago Vasili Karasev Zoran Savić Dušan Kecman Igor Rakočević Jurica Golemac Boštjan Nachbar - Sasha Vujačić Conrad McRae Larry Richard Marcus Brown Trajan Langdon

Willie Solomon Drew Nicholas Scott Roth Anthony Mason - Henry Domercant Marcus Haislip Chris Corchiani Brian Howard Derrick Alston Rickie Winslow Kenny Green Mark Pope Scoonie Penn Bootsy Thornton Antonio Granger Charles Smith Jordan Farmar Andrew Wisniewski Jamon Gordon - Preston Shumpert - Erwin Dudley

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions
1976–77	2	TB2L		–	–	–
1977–78	2	TB2L	1	Promoted	–	–
1978–79	1	TBL	1	Champion	–	–
1979–80	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	–	Played Euroleague
1980–81	1	TBL	3	Final Group	–	Played Cup Winners' Cup
1981–82	1	TBL	3	Final Group	–	Played Korać Cup
1982–83	1	TBL	1	Champion	–	Played Korać Cup
1983–84	1	TBL	1	Champion	–	Played Euroleague
1984–85	1	TBL	5	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Euroleague
1985–86	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	–	–
1986–87	1	TBL	3	Semifinalist	–	Played Cup Winners' Cup
1987–88	1	TBL	5	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Korać Cup
1988–89	1	TBL	3	Semifinalist	–	Played Korać Cup
1989–90	1	TBL	4	Semifinalist	–	Korać Cup Quarterfinalist
1990–91	1	TBL	5	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Korać Cup
1991–92	1	TBL	1	Champion	–	Played Korać Cup
1992–93	1	TBL	1	Champion	–	Saporta Cup Runner-up
1993–94	1	TBL	1	Champion	Champion	Euroleague Quarterfinalist
1994–95	1	TBL	3	Semifinalist	–	Played Euroleague
1995–96	1	TBL	1	Champion	Champion	Korać Cup Champion
1996–97	1	TBL	1	Champion	Champion	Euroleague Quarterfinalist
1997–98	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Champion	Euroleague Quarterfinalist
1998–99	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	–	Euroleague Quarterfinalist
1999–00	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Euroleague Semifinalist3rd
2000–01	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Champion	SuproLeague Semifinalist3rd
2001–02	1	TBL	1	Champion	Champion	Euroleague Top 16
2002–03	1	TBL	1	Champion	Semifinalist	Euroleague Top 16
2003–04	1	TBL	1	Champion	Runner-up	Euroleague Top 16
2004–05	1	TBL	1	Champion	Quarterfinalist	Euroleague Quarterfinalist
2005–06	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Champion	Euroleague Quarterfinalist
2006–07	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Champion	Euroleague Top 16
2007–08	1	TBL	4	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	Euroleague Top 16
2008–09	1	TBL	1	Champion	Champion	Euroleague Regular Season
2009–10	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Euroleague Top 16
2010–11	1	TBL	4	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Euroleague Top 16
2011–12	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Euroleague Top 16
2012–13	1	TBL	3	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Euroleague Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	TBL	3	Quarterfinalist	Runner-up	Euroleague Top 16
2014–15	1	TBL	-		Champion	Euroleague

Matches against NBA teams

In 2006, Efes Pilsen became the first Turkish basketball club to be invited to play with NBA teams. They competed against the Denver Nuggets in Denver, Colorado on October 11, and against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California on October 12.^[4] In 2007, Efes Pilsen hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Abdi İpekçi Arena.^[5]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Efes Pilsen Spor Kulübü.

• Official website (Turkish) (English)
• Club fans site
• Euroleague profile
• TBLStat.net profile

Anadolu Efes Istanbul current roster 4 Doğuş 6 Osman 7 Perperoglou 8 Batuk 9 Šarić 10 Draper 12 Krstić 13 Lasme 17 Akyol 18 Coşar 21 Ulubay 22 Korkmaz 23 Janning 31 Heurtel 32 Kılıçlı 41 Koşut 51 Bjelica Head coach: Ivković Assistant coaches: Şen Alkaş Mijatović

Turkish Basketball League Seasons 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Champions Anadolu Efes (13) Eczacıbaşı (8) Fenerbahçe (6) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Karşıyaka (1) Muhafızgücü (1)

2014–15 Turkish Basketball League Anadolu Efes Banvit Beşiktaş İntegral Forex Darüşşafaka Doğuş Eskişehir Basket Fenerbahçe Ülker Galatasaray Liv Hospital İstanbul BB Pınar Karşıyaka Royal Halı Gaziantep Rönesans TED Kolejliler Tofaş Torku Konyaspor Trabzonspor Medical Park Türk Telekom Muratbey Uşak Sportif

2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Champions TBD Runners-up TBD Third place TBD Fourth place TBD Eliminated in the Quarter-finals Anadolu Efes Panathinaikos FC Barcelona Maccabi Electra Eliminated in the Top 16 Group E Group F Laboral Kutxa EA7 Milano Unicaja Málaga Nizhny Novgorod Alba Berlin Žalgiris Crvena Zvezda Galatasaray Liv Hospital Eliminated in the Regular season Group A Group B Group C Group D UNICS Cedevita Bayern Munich Neptūnas Dinamo Sassari Limoges PGE Turów Valencia Eliminated in the third qualifying round ASVEL Basket Eliminated in the second qualifying round Hapoel Jerusalem Strasbourg Eliminated in the first qualifying round Zielona Góra ČEZ Nymburk Oostende VEF Rīga