Karşıyaka Basket

Pınar Karşıyaka
Leagues Turkish Super League
Eurocup
Founded 1966
History Karşıyaka Basket
(1966 – present)
Arena Karşıyaka Arena
Arena Capacity 5,000
Location İzmir, Turkey
Team colors Green and Red
         
President Fatih Diniz
Head coach Ufuk Sarıca
Championships 2 Turkish League
1 Turkish Cup
2 Turkish President's Cups
Website www.kskbasketbol.net
Uniforms
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Karşıyaka Basket, mostly known as Pınar Karşıyaka for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball team that is located in Karşıyaka, İzmir. It is a section of the multi-sport club Karşıyaka SK. The team also goes by the name of KSK, which stands for Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (i.e. Karşıyaka Sport Club).

The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League and the Eurocup.

History

Karşıyaka SK was founded in 1912 and opened its basketball section in 1966. Karşıyaka Basket is considered to be one of the most important basketball teams in all of Turkey. They first played in the Turkish Basketball League in 1966. They relegated to lower divisions in 1968. The club also played in lower divisions from 1968 to 1974. The team is still participating in the Turkish Basketball League since 1974. Karşıyaka Basket is sponsored by Pınar since 1998. It is the product of Yaşar Holding's Food and Beverage Group. Their home arena is the Karşıyaka Arena with a capacity of 5,000 seats, which was opened in 2005.[1] They share the facilities with the Karşıyaka Women's Volleyball Team. The team has a reputation for developing young talent and scouting for lesser-known foreign players. The team is also known for its successful cadet infrastructure which has promoted many stars for Turkish basketball in recent years. Karşıyaka is known for having a strong energetic supporter base at Karşıyaka Arena which also frequently cheers its team on at away matches as well.

Big Achievements with Sarıca

Karşıyaka set to name Ufuk Sarıca as head coach in the summer of 2012. Sarıca was dreamed to be in Euroleague with Karşıyaka and he said that "We have a dream and we want to be in Euroleague in 3 years." On February 9, 2014, the team won the Turkish Cup with a victory against Anadolu Efes under managing Ufuk Sarıca.[2] It was the first championship of club in Turkish Cup. On October 8, 2014, the team managed to win the President's Cup by beating Fenerbahçe Ülker. In the 2014–15, Karşıyaka won its second Turkish League after 1987 championship, despite finishing the regular season in the fourth place, by defeating Fenerbahçe Ülker in the playoffs semifinals by 3–1 and Anadolu Efes 4–1 in the finals.

On 29 July 2015, Sarıca's dream comes true. Euroleague announces to participating teams and Karşıyaka includes with B Licence for the 2015–16 Euroleague season.[3]

Home arenas

Players

Current roster

Pınar Karşıyaka roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 2 United States Wright, Bracey 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1984-07-01)1 July 1984
C 3 Colombia Palacios, Juan  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 30 – (1985-05-11)11 May 1985
C 4 United States Iverson, Colton 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 26 – (1989-06-29)29 June 1989
PG 5 Turkey Baygül, Muhammed 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 23 – (1992-06-03)3 June 1992
PF 6 Turkey Geyik, Samet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – (1993-01-12)12 January 1993
C 9 Turkey Güven, Egemen 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 19 – (1996-09-25)25 September 1996
G 10 Turkey Altıntığ, Can 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 29 – (1987-01-01)1 January 1987
F 12 Turkey Koç, İnanç (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 37 – (1979-02-09)9 February 1979
SF 16 New Zealand Abercrombie, Thomas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1987-07-05)5 July 1987
PG 17 United States Jones, Lazeric  1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 – (1990-08-11)11 August 1990
F/C 21 Turkey Gönlüm, Kerem 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 38 – (1977-11-22)22 November 1977
PF 22 United States Gabriel, Kenny 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 – (1989-07-03)3 July 1989
PG 25 Turkey Sipahi, Kenan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 20 – (1995-05-26)26 May 1995
PG 34 Turkey Şentürk, Soner 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1986-08-07)7 August 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Servet Özsüner
  • Turkey Arda Demirbağ
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Turkey Tolga Altun
  • Turkey Sertaç Kuru
Team manager
  • Turkey Selim Çınar

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: March 25, 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Juan Palacios Colton Iverson Egemen Guven
PF Kenny Gabriel Kerem Gönlüm Samet Geyik
SF Thomas Abercrombie Can Altıntığ İnanç Koç
SG Bracey Wright Muhammed Baygül
PG Lazeric Jones Kenan Sipahi Soner Şentürk

Notable players

   

Notable coaches

Honours

Winners (2): 1987, 2015
Winners (1): 2014
Winners (2): 1987, 2014
Quarter-Finals (1): 2015
Runners-Up (1): 2013

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason Cup Competitions European Competitions
1966–67 1 TBL 12
1967–68 1 TBL 15 Relegated
1968–74 Lower divisions
1974–75 1 TBL 3
1975–76 1 TBL 3
1976–77 1 TBL 6
1977–78 1 TBL 5
1978–79 1 TBL 3 Final Group
1979–80 1 TBL 5
1980–81 1 TBL 4 Final Group
1981–82 1 TBL 6 Final Group
1982–83 1 TBL 7
1983–84 1 TBL 2 Runner-up
1984–85 1 TBL 6 Quarterfinalist
1985–86 1 TBL 7 Quarterfinalist
1986–87 1 TBL 1 Champion Played Korać Cup
1987–88 1 TBL 9 Played European Cup
1988–89 1 TBL 10
1989–90 1 TBL 9
1990–91 1 TBL 7 Quarterfinalist
1991–92 1 TBL 11
1992–93 1 TBL 14 Played Saporta Cup
1993–94 1 TBL 9 -
1994–95 1 TBL 10 -
1995–96 1 TBL 12 -
1996–97 1 TBL 10 -
1997–98 1 TBL 12 -
1998–99 1 TBL 10 -
1999–00 1 TBL 5 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist Played Korać Cup
2000–01 1 TBL 10 - Played Saporta Cup
2001–02 1 TBL 6 Quarterfinalist
2002–03 1 TBL 5 Quarterfinalist Played FIBA Champions' Cup
2003–04 1 TBL 4 Semifinalist Group Stage
2004–05 1 TBL 5 Quarterfinalist Runner-up
2005–06 1 TBL 10 Group Stage
2006–07 1 TBL 12 Semifinalist
2007–08 1 TBL 7 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist
2008–09 1 TBL 9 Group Stage
2009–10 1 TBL 6 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist
2010–11 1 TBL 5 Quarterfinalist Group Stage EuroChallenge Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1 TBL 6 Quarterfinalist Group Stage EuroChallenge Top 16
2012–13 1 TBL 5 Semifinalist Quarterfinalist EuroChallenge Runner-up
2013–14 1 TBL 6 Semifinalist Champion Eurocup Last 32
2014–15 1 TBL 4 Champion Semifinalist Eurocup Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1 BSL Semifinalist Eurocup Last 16

See also

References

External links

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