Beşiktaş Basketbol, for sponsorship reasons Beşiktaş Emlakjet is a Turkish professional basketball team from the city of İstanbul. The team formed in 1967 as the basketball section of

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

, which was founded in 1903. The team competes in the

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and in the FIBA Europe Cup.

History

The club's men's basketball section started out in the year 1967 and since then, Beşiktaş has played in the first

, in every season, except in the 1988–89 season, due to their relegation to the Turkish Basketball First League after the 1987–88 season. The club won the Turkish Basketball Super League, under the management of and Tom Davis, in the 1974–75 season. In October 2010, Beşiktaş announced the biggest transfer in the history of the club's basketball department, with the signing of the former

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contract. In July 2011, NBA All-Star Deron Williams of the Brooklyn Nets, announced he would play for Beşiktaş, due to the 2011 NBA lockout. His $5 million net income contract included a clause that would enable him to return to the NBA during the regular season, if an agreement was made between the owners and players association. When the lockout finished, Williams was replaced by Carlos Arroyo. Arroyo led the team to the Turkish Cup title in February 2012. In April 2012, the team won the 3rd-tier level EuroChallenge Final against

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. After the EuroChallenge championship, the team won the Turkish Basketball Super League Finals against

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. On September 30, 2012, the team won the Turkish President's Cup against Anadolu Efes.

Sponsorship naming

Beşiktaş has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship; * Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 2005–2011 * Beşiktaş Milangaz: 2011–2012 * Beşiktaş

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: 2013–2015 * Beşiktaş

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: 2015–2020 * Beşiktaş Icrypex: 2021–2022 * Beşiktaş Emlakjet: 2022–present

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

* Erman Kunter *

Haluk Yıldırım Haluk Yıldırım (born June 25, 1972, in Bursa, Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. He is currently the general manager of Beşiktaş men's basketball team. Honors * 3 times Turkish Championship * 1 times Turkish Cup * ...

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* Sertaç Şanlı *

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* Levent Topsakal *

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* Ömer Büyükaycan * Serhat Çetin *

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Erkan Veyseloğlu Erkan Veyseloğlu (born 13 March 1983) is a German-born Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League. Standing 6 ft 7 in (2.00 m), he plays the small forward position. Early car ...

* Sinan Güler * Tamer Oyguç * Barış Hersek * Kartal Özmızrak *

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* Ryan Broekhoff * Ratko Varda *

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* Erik Murphy *

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* Kimani Ffriend *

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* Predrag Drobnjak *

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* Michał Sokołowski * Carlos Arroyo *

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* Zoran Erceg *

* Chris Lofton * Deron Williams * Earl Clark * Jo Jo English * Khalid El-Amin *

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* -

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Head coaches

* Cavit Altunay: 1967–70 *

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 ...

: 1970–71 * Ünal Büyükaycan: 1971–73 * Cavit Altunay: 1973–74 * Ateş Çubukçu / Tom Davis: 1974–75 * Ateş Çubukçu / Tom Davis / Tanju Feyzioğlu: 1975 * Mehmet Baturalp: 1975–79 * Fehmi Sadıkoğlu: 1979–85 * Hurşit Baytok: 1985–86 *

: 1986–87 * Hurşit Baytok: 1987–89 * İren İmre: 1989–90 * Mehmet Baturalp: 1990–91 * İren İmre: 1991–93 * Hakan Yavuz: 1993–94 *

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: 1994–95 * Tolga Tuğsavul: 1995–96 * Erman Kunter: 1996–97 *

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: 1997–03 * İhsan Bayülken: 2003–05 * Burak Bıyıktay: 2005 *

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: 2005–07 *

: 2007 * Ergin Ataman: 2007–08 * Hakan Demir: 2008–09 * Burak Bıyıktay: 2009–11 * Ergin Ataman: 2011–12 * Erman Kunter: 2012–13 *

: 2013–15 * Henrik Dettmann: 2015–16 * Yağızer Uluğ: 2016 *

: 2016–18 * Duško Ivanović: 2018–20 * Burak Bıyıktay: 2020 *

: 2020–2022 *

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: 2022–present

Honours

National competitions

: **

Winner (2): 1975,

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** Runners-up (7): 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983,

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* Turkish Cup: ** WikiCup Trophy Gold

Winner (1):

** Runners-up (3): 1971, 1973, 2011 * Turkish President's Cup ** WikiCup Trophy Gold

Winner (1): 2012 ** Runner-up (1): 1987

European competitions

* EuroCup: **Quarter-final (1):

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* EuroChallenge: ** Trophy(transp)

Winner (1):

* Korać Cup: **Quarter-final (1):

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

FIBA Europe League FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

: **Quarter-final (1): 2013

Season by season

: Cancelled due to the

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References

External links

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