Fenerbahçe (basketball)

Fenerbahçe (basketball)
Founded	1913
Hall	Ülker Sports Arena (since 2012) (13500 seats)
Homepage	fenerbahce.org
president	Ali Koç
Trainer	vacant
league	ULEB EuroLeague 2018/19 : 4th place
	Türkiye Basketbol Ligi 2018/19: 2nd place
Colours	Yellow-dark blue
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Fenerbahçe (basketball) (officially Fenerbahçe Beko, due to name sponsorships with household appliance manufacturer beko ) is a Turkish basketball club in Istanbul and represents the men's basketball department of the Fenerbahçe SK sports club .

history

The later club Ülkerspor was founded in 1975 under the name Nasasspor and was a mediocre team in Turkish basketball for 20 years. With the takeover of the club by the food manufacturer Ülker , higher goals were also set.

The club was renamed Ülkerspor and already contested the final of the Turkish championship the following season and also gained the right to participate in the Korac Cup the next season . For the past twelve years, Ülkerspor, together with Efes Pilsen , have determined the Turkish basketball league. During this time they contested eight finals and this three times they won.

After winning the championship in 2006, the club stopped playing and merged with the basketball department of the Fenerbahçe SK sports club .

The merger as such ultimately looks similar to the two other traditional clubs in Istanbul. While the other two clubs were each supported by other brand names (such as Cola Turka at Besiktas and Café Crown at Galatasaray ) of the Ülker group , Fenerbahçe got the name of the group after the basketball operations at Ülkerspor were discontinued. Ülker's CEO , Murat Ülker, was an avowed fan and a member of the Fenerbahçe SK club. The sympathy of the company boss should therefore have made the decision easier when choosing a name. Ülkerspor was previously contractually bound to the ULEB Euroleague, as each year a Euroleague place was automatically guaranteed, so as not to lose this place, the choice of name played a role in the merger.

However, Fenerbahçe Istanbul still kept the club colors, logo, emblem, etc. The change and merger on the part of Ülkerspor and Ülker in this respect only amount to the sponsorship of the basketball department of the sports club. In 2015 the sponsorship contract with Ülker was terminated.

The greatest sporting success was winning the ULEB Euroleague Cup on May 21, 2017. With an 80-64 win against Olympiacos Piraeus , Fenerbahçe SK was crowned Euroleague champion. Finals MVP was chosen as Ekpe Udoh .

Fenerbahçe also played five times in a row in the final fours of the EuroLeague (2015-2019). It is currently a record in Turkish basketball history.

Name sponsorship

Fenerbahçe Istanbul (men's basketball division) - name sponsorship

Period	Team name	sponsor	logo
2006-2015	Fenerbahçe Ülker 1	Ulker
2017-2018	Fenerbahçe Doğuş	Doğuş Holding
2018–0000	Fenerbahçe Beko	Arçelik (Brand: Beko )

¹ Created by the merger of the men's basketball departments of Fenerbahçe SK and Ülkerspor.

successes

National

• Turkish champion :
  • 9 × Basketbol Süper Ligi ( TBF - from 1966/67): 1991, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • 3 × Turkish basketball championship (1946–1967): 1957, 1959, 1965
• Turkish basketball cup winner :
  • 7 × Turkish basketball cup winner (TBF - from 1967): 1967, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020
  • 5 × Turkish Basketball Federation Cup Winner (until 1966): 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
• 6 × Turkish Presidential Cup Winner (Supercup): 1990, 1991, 1994, 2007, 2013, 2016

International

• ULEB- EuroLeague :
  • 1 × Master: 2017
  • 2 × runner-up: 2016 , 2018
  • 5 × Final Four participations : 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019
• FIBA EuroChallenge
  • Fourth 2005
• FIBA Korać Cup
  • Quarter-finals 1996 , quarter-finals 2001 ,
• FIBA Europe Cup
  • Quarterfinals 1995

Current squad (2018/19)

Team 2018/19

Squad of Fenerbahçe Beko in the 2018/2019 season
Attention: The squad information is out of date! (current season: 2020/2021)
player No. Nat. Surname birth size info Last club Guards ( PG , SG ) 1 Erick Green 0May 9, 1992 190 cm Valencia Basket Club 16 Kostas Sloukas Jan 15, 1990 190 cm Olympiacos Piraeus 35 / Bobby Dixon Apr 10, 1983 178 cm Karşıyaka SK 32 Sinan Guler 0Nov 8, 1983 192 cm Galatasaray Istanbul 11 Tyler Ennis Aug 24, 1994 188 cm Los Angeles Lakers 18th Egehan Arna 0Jan. 5, 1997 203 cm own youth 23 Marko Gudurić 0March 8 1995 196 cm KK Red Star Belgrade 10 Melih Mahmutoğlu May 12, 1990 191 cm Erdemirspor Forwards ( SF , PF ) 3 Efe Ergi Tırpancı 0Jan. 1, 1990 203 cm own youth 70 Luigi Datome Nov 27, 1987 203 cm Boston Celtics 12 Nikola Kalinić 0Nov 8, 1991 202 cm KK Red Star Belgrade 16 Barış Hersek 26th Mar 1988 208 cm Karşıyaka SK 4th Nicolò Melli Jan. 26, 1991 205 cm Brose Bamberg 13 / Tarık Biberovic Jan. 28, 2001 201 cm OKK Spars Sarajevo Center ( C ) 44 / Ahmet Duverioğlu 04th Mar 1993 209 cm Anadolu Efes SK 24 Jan Veselý Apr 24, 1990 213 cm Denver nuggets 9 Ahmet Can Duran Jan 28, 1999 206 cm own youth 77 Joffrey Lauvergne Sep 30 1991 211 cm San Antonio Spurs	Trainer Nat. Surname position Željko Obradović Head coach José María Izquierdo Assistant coach Vladimir Androić Assistant coach Erdem Can Assistant coach Berkay Oğuz Assistant coach Predrag Zimonjić Fitness trainer İlker Belgutay Fitness trainer Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain A-Nat National player swell Team homepage League homepage As of May 1, 20190

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  Kostas Sloukas

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  Bobby Dixon; Turkish Ali Muhammed

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  Sinan Guler

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  Tyler Ennis

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  Melih Mahmutoğlu

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  Luigi Datome

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  Nikola Kalinić

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  Barış Hersek

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  Nicolò Melli

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  Ahmad Hekmat Al-Dwairi; Turkish Ahmet Duverioğlu

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  Jan Veselý

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  Joffrey Lauvergne

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  Head coach: Željko Obradović

Former

Known players (selection)

•  Ömer Aşık (2005-2010), former NBA player and 2010 World Cup runner-up
•  Efe Aydan (1982–1986), FIBA -Allstar (V edition - 1981)
•  Can Bartu (1949–1957), Turkish national soccer and basketball player
•  Semih Erden (2005–2010 and 2014–2015), former NBA player and Vice World Champion 2010
•  Enes Kanter (2008–2009), current NBA player
•  İbrahim Kutluay (1993–1999 and 2006–2007), former NBA player, Vice European Champion 2001 and multiple FIBA ​​EuroStars Allstar (1996, 1998, 1999)
•  Ömer Onan (2004–2005 and 2006–2014), Vice European Champion 2001 and Vice World Champion 2010
•  Mirsad Türkcan (2006–2012), former NBA player and 2001 European runner-up
•  David Andersen (2012-2013), former NBA player
•  Anthony Bennett (2017), former NBA player
•  Bojan Bogdanović (2011-2014), current NBA player
•  Gordan Giriček (2008-2010), former NBA player
•  Žan Tabak (1998–1999), former NBA player
•  Roko Leni Ukić (2010–2012), former NBA player
•  Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2010-2011), former NBA player
•  Linas Kleiza (2013-2014), former NBA player
•  Pero Antić (2015-2017), former NBA player
•  Thabo Sefolosha ( Lockout 2011), current NBA player
•  Nemanja Bjelica (2013-2015), current NBA player and EuroLeague MVP 2014/15
•  Bogdan Bogdanović (2014-2017), current NBA player
•  Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1998–1999), former NBA player
•  Michael Batiste (2012-2013), former NBA player
•  Andrew Goudelock (2014-2015), former NBA player
•  Tarence Kinsey (2008 and 2009-2011), former NBA player
•  Sean May (2010-2011), former NBA player
•  Jason Thompson (2017-2018), former NBA player
•  Ekpe Udoh (2015-2017), current NBA player and MVP of the EuroLeague Final Four 2017

Web links

Commons : Fenerbahçe (basketball)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fenerbahçe Istanbul (men's basketball) in the database of kicker.de
• Fenerbahce (men's basketball) in the database of ULEB - Euro League (English)
• Fenerbahçe Istanbul (men's basketball) in the EuroBasket.com database
• Fenerbahçe Istanbul (men's basketball) in the database of TBLStat.net (English)
• Fenerbahçe Istanbul (men's basketball) in the database of the Turkish Basketball Federation (Turkish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulker is leaving Fenerbahce at the end of this season . ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ https://www.euroleague.net/main/statistics
3. ↑ ^{a b} Mehmet Durupınar: Türk basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi . Efes Pilsen Spor, Istanbul 2006, ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9 (Turkish).