Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü ( en, Anadolu Efes Sports Club), formerly known as Efes Pilsen, is a Turkish professional basketball team based in Istanbul, Turkey. Efes is the most recent Euroleague champion and on the first place of European Club Ranking after the Final Four 2020-21. Efes is also the most successful club in the history of the Turkish Super League (BSL), having won the league's championship 15 times. Efes has won a total of 40 domestic trophies, more than any other Turkish basketball club. The home arena of Anadolu Efes S.K. is the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, which has a seating capacity of 16,000 for basketball games. The club has its own practice facility in the district of Bahçelievler, which was built in 1982. The team competes in the Turkish Super League and the EuroLeague. The team is owned by the Efes Beverage Group. 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 a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independe ...

, a subsidiary of the Anadolu Group. It won the 1978 Turkish second division national 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 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 The 1992–93 FIBA European Cup was the twenty-seventh edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. First round Second round * Spartak Subotica was drawn for the competition but ...

, Efes Pilsen S.K. won the

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, 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 EuroLeague, making it to the competition's EuroLeague Final Four in

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, and also to the FIBA SuproLeague'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 (

Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority The Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority ( tr, Tütün ve Alkol Piyasası Düzenleme Kurumu, TAPDK) was a government organization in Turkey with responsibility for regulation of smoking in Turkey About a quarter of adults in Turkey s ...

) 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 EuroLeague. In the 2018–19 season, Efes had success in the EuroLeague as it managed to clinch the fourth-seed in the regular season. In the play-offs, the team beat FC Barcelona to advance to its first EuroLeague Final Four 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 CSKA Moscow, 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 Shane Larkin scored 38 points. Larkin was later named BSL Finals MVP. In the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons Anadolu Efes won back-to-back EuroLeague Championships.

Home arenas

* Abdi İpekçi Arena: 1986–2010, 2012–2017 * Sinan Erdem Dome: 2010–2012, 2017–present Image:Abdi İpekçi Arena 2.jpg, Abdi Ipekçi Arena interior during a match Image:EuroBasket_2017_Top_16_Spain_vs_Turkey,_2017-09-10.jpg, Sinan Erdem Dome For many years, Efes has used the Abdi İpekçi Arena, with a seating capacity of 12,270, to host its home games. Currently, Efes uses the 16,000 seat Sinan Erdem Dome for its home games.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Retired numbers

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Turkish Super League : Winners (15) (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 (12): 1985–86, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22 * Turkish Cup : Winners (12) (record): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15,

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: Runners-up (4): 2003–04, 2013–14,

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* Turkish Presidential Cup : Winners (13) (record): 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015,

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

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European competitions

* EuroLeague : Winners (2):

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

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* FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct) : Runners-up (1):

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* FIBA Korać Cup (defunct) : Winners (1): 1995–96

Other competitions

* FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct) : 3rd place (1):

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*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 * Zadar Basketball Tournament : 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 the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born and raised in Istanbul, and was selected 26th in the 2016 NBA draft. Korkmaz is t ...

Volkan Aydın Volkan Aydın (born January 11, 1969, in Kelkit) is a retired Turkish basketball player who played from 1987 to 2001. He played for Efes Pilsen, Ülkerspor and Beşiktaş. See also *Basketball in Turkey *Rosters of the top basketball teams in ...

* Tamer Oyguç * Murat Evliyaoğlu * Hüseyin Beşok * Ufuk Sarıca * Mehmet Okur * Hidayet Türkoğlu * İbrahim Kutluay *

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Alper Yılmaz Alper Yılmaz (born 28 March 1975 in Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player of Erdemirspor. The shooting guard and small forward is 2.00 m tall and 80 kg weights. Alper wears 11 number for Erdemirspor. Career * Türk Telekom P ...

* Erdal Bibo * Ömer Onan * Mustafa Abi *

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Ender Arslan Ender Arslan (born 13 January 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional ca ...

* Ersan İlyasova * Sinan Güler * Kerem Tunçeri *

Semih Erden Semih Erden (born July 28, 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at , he plays at the center position. Professional career Early years Erden played with Darüşşafaka in ...

* Kerem Gönlüm * Cenk Akyol * Berk Demir * Birkan Batuk * Muhaymin Mustafa * Samet Geyik * Onuralp Bitim * Mirsad Türkcan * - Ermal Kuqo * Brock Motum * Džanan Musa * Damir Mulaomerović * Dario Šarić * Marko Popović *

Nikola Prkačin Nikola "Nikša" Prkačin (born 15 November 1975) is a Croatian retired professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. During his professional club playing career, ...

* Nikola Vujčić * Mario Kasun * Zoran Planinić *

Stanko Barać Stanko Barać (born August 13, 1986) is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. Professional career Early years Barać was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and he started his basketball career with the team HKK Široki, Široki P ...

* Thomas Heurtel * Stéphane Lasme * Michalis Kakiouzis *

Stratos Perperoglou Efstratios "Stratos" Perperoglou ( Greek: Στράτος Περπέρογλου; born August 7, 1984) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m (6'8") tall and he played mainly at the small forward position. Professional care ...

* Kaspars Kambala * Saulius Štombergas * Petar Naumoski * Predrag Drobnjak * Vlado Šćepanović * Goran Nikolić *

Slavko Vraneš Slavko Vraneš ( cg, Славко Вранеш, ; born 30 January 1983) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. He also represented the Montenegrin national basketball team in the international competitions. Standing at , he was o ...

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* - Daniel Santiago *

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* Zoran Savić * Dušan Kecman * Igor Rakočević * Duško Savanović *

Vladimir Štimac Vladimir Štimac ( sr, Владимир Штимац, born August 25, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player who most recently played for the Ningbo Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represented the Serbia ...

* Jurica Golemac *

Boštjan Nachbar Boštjan "Boki" Nachbar (born July 3, 1980) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. A 2.06 m forward, he spent most of his career between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the EuroLeague. Nachbar helped lead the Sloven ...

* Zoran Dragić * Edo Murić * Alen Omić * -

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* Esteban Batista * Conrad McRae *

Larry Richard Larry Richard (born 23 April 1965) is a former professional basketball player from United States who played for Eczacıbaşı B.K., 2 years with Fenerbahçe and 3 years with Efes Pilsen SK Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü ( en, Anadolu Efes Sports ...

* Marcus Brown * Trajan Langdon *

Willie Solomon Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ...

Drew Nicholas Andrew Lawrence Nicholas (born May 17, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. A shooting guard, Nicholas was the leading scorer in the EuroLeague 2005–06 season, being awarded the Alphonso Ford Trophy. He is a two-time Eu ...

* Scott Roth * Anthony Mason * - Henry Domercant * Marcus Haislip *

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* Brian Howard * Andrew Wisniewski * Derrick Alston * Rickie Winslow * Kenny Green *

Alex Tyus Alexander Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket of the LNB Pro A. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he al ...

* Jon Diebler * Bryce Cotton * Toney Douglas * Derrick Brown * Ricky Ledo * Tyler Honeycutt * Josh Adams *

Errick McCollum Errick "E" Lane McCollum II (born January 22, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Turkish team Karşıyaka Basket, Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League. He played college bas ...

* Mark Pope * Scoonie Penn * Deshaun Thomas *

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* Antonio Granger *

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* Kenny Gregory * Charles Smith * - Justin Doellman * - Preston Shumpert * -

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* - Jordan Farmar * Jamon Gordon * Matt Janning

Players at the NBA draft

Season by season

: Cancelled due to the

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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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in Denver, Colorado on October 11, and against the

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in Oakland, California on October 12. In 2007, Efes Pilsen hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves 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 ba ...

(1992–1999) * Ergin Ataman (1999–2001) * Oktay Mahmuti (2001–2007) * David Blatt (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) * Ergin Ataman (2008–2010) * Velimir Perasović (2010–2011) * Ufuk Sarıca (2011–2012) *

Ilias Zouros Ilias Zouros or Elias Zouros (Greek: Ηλίας Ζούρος; born March 11, 1966) is a Greek professional basketball coach, who last managed Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. Club coaching career Some of the teams Z ...

(2012) * Oktay Mahmuti (2012–2013) * Vangelis Angelou (2013–2014) * Dušan Ivković (2014–2016) *

Ahmet Çakı Ahmet Çakı (born June 22, 1975) is a Turkish professional basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach for Çağdaş Bodrumspor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Coaching career On June 20, 2016, Çaki was appointed as head coach of ...

(2016) * Velimir Perasović (2016–2017) * Ergin Ataman (2017–present)

References

External links

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Euroleague profile

TBLStat.net profile

Eurobasket.com profile
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