Anadolu Efes S.K.

Anadolu Efes S.K.
Leagues	Turkish League Turkish Cup Euroleague
Founded	1976
History	Efes Pilsen (1976–2011) Anadolu Efes (2011–present)
Arena	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Capacity	11,300
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Navy, White, Red
President	Tuncay Özilhan
Head coach	Ahmet Çakı
Championships	13 Turkish Championships 10 Turkish Cups 10 Turkish President's Cups 1 FIBA Korać Cup
Website	https://www.anadoluefessk.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 Super 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 its own practice facility in the district of Bahçelievler built in 1982. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super 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 Euroleague Final Four in 2000, and also to the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 Final Four, 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 Hedo Türkoğlu, former NBA player 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 (10) (record): 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015

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 F/C 2 Tyus, Alex 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – 8 January 1988 SG 3 Baykan, Oğulcan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 20 – 7 January 1996 PG 4 Balbay, Doğuş 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – 21 January 1989 PF 5 Brown, Derrick 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 28 – 9 August 1987 G/F 6 Osman, Cedi 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 20 – 4 August 1995 G/F 8 Batuk, Birkan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 26 – 30 January 1990 F 9 Šarić, Dario 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 22 – 8 April 1994 G/F 10 Korkmaz, Furkan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 79.5 kg (175 lb) 18 – 24 July 1997 C 12 Krstić, Nenad  2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 32 – 25 July 1983 G/F 13 Ulubay, Okben 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 19 – 25 May 1996 PG 15 Granger, Jayson 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – 15 September 1989 PG 31 Heurtel, Thomas 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 90.5 kg (200 lb) 27 – 10 April 1989 SG 33 Diebler, Jon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – 22 June 1988 C 41 Koşut, Emircan 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 20 – 3 July 1995 C 42 Dunston, Bryant 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 114.4 kg (252 lb) 29 – 28 May 1986 C 44 Düverioğlu, Ahmet 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – 4 March 1993	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	Bryant Dunston	Alex Tyus	Emircan Kosut	Ahmet Düverioğlu
PF	Derrick Brown	Dario Saric		Nenad Krstic
SF	Cedi Osman	Birkan Batuk		Okben Ulubay
SG	Jon Diebler	Furkan Korkmaz		Oğulcan Baykan
PG	Thomas Heurtel	Jayson Granger	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 Sinan Güler Kerem Tunçeri Semih Erden Kerem Gönlüm Cenk Akyol Damir Mulaomerović Marko Popović Nikola Prkačin Nikola Vujčić

Mario Kasun Zoran Planinić Stephane Lasme Michalis Kakiouzis Stratos Perperoglou Kaspars Kambala Saulius Štombergas Petar Naumoski Predrag Drobnjak Vlado Šćepanović Goran Nikolić Slavko Vraneš Milko Bjelica - Daniel Santiago Vasili Karasev Zoran Savić Dušan Kecman Igor Rakočević Duško Savanović 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 - Preston Shumpert - Erwin Dudley Jordan Farmar Jamon Gordon Matt Janning

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 Semifinalist^3rd
2000–01	1	TBL	2	Runner-up	Champion	SuproLeague Semifinalist^3rd
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	2	Runner-up	Champion	Euroleague Quarterfinalist

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
Euroleague
1993–94	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–1 by FC Barcelona, 50–54 (L) in Barcelona, 73–64 (W) and 62-76 (L) in Istanbul
1996–97	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–1 by ASVEL, 81–71 (W) in Istanbul, 70–80 (L) in Villeurbanne and 57-62 (L) in Istanbul
1997–98	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–1 by Benetton Treviso, 57–67 (L) in Treviso, 59–58 (W) in Istanbul and 68-76 (L) in Treviso
1998–99	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–0 by Žalgiris, 68–69 (L) in Kaunas and 70–84 (L) in Istanbul
1999–00	Final four	3rd place in Thessaloniki, lost to Panathinaikos 71–81 in the semi-final, defeated FC Barcelona 75–69 in the 3rd place game
2000–01	Final four	3rd place in Paris, lost to Panathinaikos 66–74 in the semi-final, defeated CSKA Moscow 91–85 in the 3rd place game
2004–05	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–1 by Panathinaikos, 96–102 (L) in Athens, 75–63 (W) in Istanbul and 76-84 (L) in Athens
2005–06	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–0 by CSKA Moscow, 57–66 (L) in Moscow and 71–75 (L) in Istanbul
2012–13	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3–2 by Olympiacos, 62–67 (L) and 53-71 (L) in Piraeus, 83–72 (W) and 74-73 (W) in Istanbul, 72-82 (L) in Piraeus
2014–15	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3–1 by Real Madrid, 71–80 (L) and 85-90 (L) in Madrid, 75–72 (W) and 63-76 (L) in Istanbul
Saporta Cup
1980–81	Quarter-finals	4th place in a group with FC Barcelona, Turisanda Varèse and Parker Leiden
1986–87	Quarter-finals	3rd place in a group with Cibona, Scavolini Pesaro and Maes Pils Mechelen
1992–93	Final	lost to Sato Aris 48-50 in the Final (Turin)
Korać Cup
1989–90	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Bosna, 91–107 (L) in Istanbul and 78–117 (L) in Sarajevo
1995–96	Champions	defeated Stefanel Milano, 76-68 (W) in Istanbul and 70-77 (L) in Milan in the double finals of Korać Cup

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]

10 October 2006

Boxscore

Denver Nuggets

118–102

Efes Pilsen

Pepsi Center, Denver, CO

12 October 2006

Boxscore

Golden State Warriors

120–66

Efes Pilsen

Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

6 October 2007

Boxscore

Minnesota Timberwolves

84–81

Efes Pilsen

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul

References

1. History, efesbasket.org
2. Our Successes, efesbasket.org
3. Announcement, efesbasket.org
4. ESPN - Turkish power Efes Pilsen no match for Warriors - NBA
5. , haberler.com

External links

• Official website (Turkish) (English)
• Club fans site
• Euroleague profile
• TBLStat.net profile
• Eurobasket.com profile
• Official Facebook page
• Official Twitter page
• Official Instagram page
• Official Youtube channel