Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Anadolu Efes or simply Efes, is a Turkish professional

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team based in

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. Founded in 1976, the club was formerly known as Efes Pilsen until 2011. Efes is the 2021–22

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champion and on the first place of European Club Ranking after the

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2020–21. Efes is also the most successful club in the history of the

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(BSL), having won the league's championship 16 times. Efes has won a total of 42 domestic trophies, more than any other Turkish basketball club. The home arena of Anadolu Efes S.K. is the

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in Istanbul, which has a

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of 16,000 for basketball games. The club has its own practice facility in the district of

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, which was built in 1982. The team competes in the

and the

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. The team is owned by the

Efes Beverage Group Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.'' (lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in Turkey, the United States, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), E ...

. Anadolu Efes has developed a fierce rivalry with Fenerbahçe in recent years. The two clubs often meet in playoff series and cup finals.

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. Its initial sponsor was its former longtime namesake,

Efes Pilsen Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.'' (lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in Turkey, the United States, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), E ...

, a subsidiary of the Anadolu Group. It won the 1978 Turkish second division national championship undefeated, earning

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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 Turkish national league title, immediately establishing itself as one of the country's top clubs. After finishing 2nd in the 1992–93 FIBA European Cup, Efes Pilsen S.K. won the

1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup The 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup was the 25th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Turkish Efes Pilsen defeated the Italian Stefanel Milano in the final. This was the first time a Turkish team won the title. Controversy Since ...

, which marked the first-ever European-wide 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 European-wide top-tier level

, making it to the competition's

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, and also to the

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's 2001 Final Four, and finishing 3rd on both occasions. In 2011, the club changed its name to Anadolu Efes S.K., after the TAPDK (

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) in Turkey prohibited the advertisement of tobacco and alcohol products in sports organizations. In the 2017–18 season, Efes finished in the 16th and last place in the

. In the 2018–19 season, Efes had success in the

as it managed to clinch the fourth-seed in the regular season. In the play-offs, the team beat

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to advance to its first

in 19 years. In the semi-final, Efes beat Fenerbahçe 92–73 to reach its first EuroLeague Final in history. In the championship game, Efes was defeated by

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, eventually finishing as the runner-up. In the same season, Efes won its first BSL championship since 2009. In Game 7 of the Finals against Fenerbahçe, Efes won 89–74 after

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scored 38 points. Larkin was later named BSL Finals MVP. In the

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and 2021–22 seasons Anadolu Efes won back-to-back EuroLeague Championships. But later in the following

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season they had ended 11th place in the season and out of the playoff bound.

Home arenas

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: 1986–2010, 2012–2017 *

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, with a

of 12,270, to host its home games. From 2017 to 2024, Efes uses the 16,000 seat

for its home games. Since 2024, they used their newly opened arena Basketball Development Centre using their home games

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Retired numbers

Honours

Domestic competitions

: Winners (16) (record): 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2018–19,

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: Runners-up (13): 1985–86, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2023–24 *

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: Winners (12) (record): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: Runners-up (5): 2003–04, 2013–14,

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* Turkish Presidential Cup : Winners (14) (record): 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015,

: Runners-up (11): 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

European competitions

: Winners (2):

, 2021–22 : Runners-up (1): 2018–19 : 3rd place (2): 1999–00, 2000–01 : Final Four (5):

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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(defunct) : Runners-up (1): 1992–93 *

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(defunct) : Winners (1): 1995–96

Other competitions

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(defunct) : 3rd place (1):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

*Sondrio, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2008 * Bandirma Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2008 * Sarajevo Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2010 * Istanbul, Turkey Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2014 * Crete Heraklion Basketball Tournament : Winners (1): 2016 * TUBAD Basketball Tournament : Winners (1): 2018 *

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: Winners: 2019 * Gloria Cup : Winners (2): 2020, 2021

Notable players

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Furkan Korkmaz Furkan Korkmaz (born 24 July 1997) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He was born and raised in Istanbul, and was selected 26th in the 2016 NBA draft by the Philadelph ...

Volkan Aydın Volkan Aydın (born January 11, 1969, in Kelkit) is a retired Turkey, Turkish basketball player who played from 1987 to 2001. He played for Anadolu Efes S.K., Efes Pilsen, Ülker G.S.K., Ülkerspor and Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball), Beşikt ...

* Tamer Oyguç *

Murat Evliyaoğlu Murat Evliyaoğlu (born 2 June 1969 in Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. He played as guard position and helped lot of times to Turkey national basketball team. The former guard is 1.94 m. Career * 1990-92 Çukurova ...

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* Hidayet Türkoğlu *

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* Alper Yılmaz * Erdal Bibo *

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* Mustafa Abi *

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* Cenk Akyol * Birkan Batuk *

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* Ermal Kuqo *

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* Conrad McRae * Larry Richard *

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* Josh Adams * Errick McCollum *

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Mark Pope Mark Edward Pope (born September 11, 1972) is an American collegiate basketball coach and former player who is head men's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, his alma matter. As a player, Pope played power forward and small forward ...

Scoonie Penn James Donell "Scoonie" Penn (born January 9, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former player, who was most recently an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a point guar ...

Deshaun Thomas Deshaun Leroy Thomas (born August 29, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he played the small forward and power forward positions. ...

* Bootsy Thornton * Antonio Granger *

Sonny Weems Clarence "Sonny" Weems (born July 8, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the University of Arkansas and the University of Ar ...

Kenny Gregory William Kendrick Gregory (born November 16, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is in height. Amateur career Mr. Ohio, Gregory played high-school basketball a ...

* Charles Smith *

Justin Doellman Justin Joseph Doellman (born 3 February 1985) is an American-born naturalized Kosovan former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the power forward position. College career Doellman played four years of Division I college b ...

* Preston Shumpert *

Erwin Dudley Erwin Lamond Dudley (born October 2, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for Sakarya BB of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He also holds Turkish citizenship, under the name of Ersin Dağlı. College career Born in U ...

Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named the ''Los Angeles Times'' High School Player of the Y ...

Alex Tyus Alexander Trent Tyus (; born January 8, 1988) is an American-born naturalized Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League (IBSL). He was the 2018 Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an ...

Jamon Gordon Jamon Alfred Lucas Gordon (born July 18, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he played the point guard and shooting guard positions. He played college basketball with the Virginia Tech ...

Matt Janning Matthew Lawrence Janning (born June 22, 1988) is a former American-born naturalized Georgian professional basketball player and assistant coach. He is a tall shooting guard that played college basketball for Northeastern University. High school ...

Will Clyburn William Dalen Clyburn (born May 17, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Clyburn attended three colleges, from 2008 to 2013: Marshalltown Community College, Un ...

Players at the
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Season by season

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International record

Matches against NBA teams

In 2006, Efes Pilsen became the first Turkish basketball club to be invited to play with

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teams. They competed against the

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on October 11, and against the

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on October 12. In 2007, Efes Pilsen hosted the

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at the Abdi İpekçi Arena.Efes Pilsen: 81 - Minnesota Timberwolves: 84.
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Head coaches

* Rıza Erverdi (1983–1984) *

Aydan Siyavuş Aydan Siyavuş (15 May 1947 - 11 January 1998) was a Turkish basketball coach and former basketball player. He coached a number of teams like Kadıköyspor, Eczacıbaşı, Efes Pilsen, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Çukurova, Darüşşafaka, Karşıyak ...

(1984–1986) * Rusmir Halilovic (1986–1987) *

(1987–1990) * Halil Üner (1990–1992) *

Aydın Örs Aydın Örs (born 23 July 1946 in Ankara) is a Turkish former basketball coach and former head coach of Fenerbahçe. He started to play basketball in 1963. He played for DSİ Spor and Sekerspor also played for 35 times with the Turkish national b ...

(1992–1999) *

Ergin Ataman Halil Ergin Ataman (born January 7, 1966) is a Turkish professional basketball coach, currently managing Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is also the head coach of the Turkish national team. During ...

(1999–2001) * Oktay Mahmuti (2001–2007) *

David Blatt David Michael Blatt (; born May 22, 1959) is an Israeli-American professional basketball executive. He is also a former coach and player. Blatt played point guard at Princeton University from 1977 to 1981 and played in the Maccabiah Games for ...

(2007–2008) *

Ekrem Memnun Ekrem Memnun (born 16 July 1969) is a Turkish basketball Head coach. He is the current head coach of Çukurova Basketbol of the Women's Basketball Super League. Coaching career Ekrem Memnun started his coaching career in the Galatasaray youth t ...

(2008) *

(2008–2010) *

Velimir Perasović Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. Early life Perasović was born in Stob ...

(2010–2011) *

(2011–2012) * Ilias Zouros (2012) * Oktay Mahmuti (2012–2013) *

Vangelis Angelou Evangelos "Vangelis" Angelou (alternate spelling: Vaggelis Aggelou) (; born November 11, 1962, in Chalkida, Greece), is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current professional basketball coach. At in height, Angelou played at the ...

(2013–2014) *

Dušan Ivković Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-Cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 2 ...

(2014–2016) *

Ahmet Çakı Ahmet Çakı (born June 22, 1975) is a Turkish professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach for Karşıyaka Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Coaching career On June 20, 2016, Çaki was appointed as head coach of Alba Berl ...

(2016) *

(2016–2017) *

(2017–2023) * Erdem Can (2023–2024) * Tomislav Mijatović (2024–2025) * Luca Banchi (2025)

References

External links

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Euroleague profile

TBLStat.net profile

Eurobasket.com profile
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