TED Ankara Kolejliler Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as TED Ankara Kolejliler is a professional
basketball
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team from the city of
Ankara
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in
Turkey
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. Their home arena is the
Ankara Arena
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Built for the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the new venu ...
with a capacity of 10,400 seats, which was opened in April 2010. The team currently competes in the
Turkish Basketball First League (TBL)
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Format and promotion and relegation
The ...
, the second tier league of basketball in Turkey.
History
The team played in
Turkish Basketball League
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(now called BSL) between 1966-1977, 1979-1981, 1982-1983, 1984-1985, 1990-1995, 1996-1997, 1998-2003 and 2006-2009. The team promoted the
Turkish Basketball League
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(now called BSL) from the
TB2L
The Turkish Basketball Second League, also called TB2L, is the third-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously called the Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L).
Format and promotion and relegation
T ...
in May 2012.
The team made its European club competitions debut at the
Cup Winners' Cup
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in the 1973-74 season due to winning
Turkish Basketball Cup
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in 1972-73. In the early nineties, it reached the
Korac Cup qualifying rounds three times, from 1991-92 to 1993-94. Most recently, it reached the
2014 Eurocup quarterfinals.
Aykon TED Ankara Kolejliler - Welcome to Eurocup
Last accessed 2014-03-13.
Sponsorship names
TED Ankara Kolejliler has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship;
* Kolej: 1966-1993
* Tiffany Tomato Kolejliler: 1993-1994
* Kolejliler: 1994-1996
* TED Kolej: 1996-1998
* Maydonoz Kolejliler: 1998-2001
* TED Kolej: 2001-2006
* CASA TED Kolejliler: 2006-2009
* Optimum TED Ankara Kolejliler: 2009-2012
* TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2012-13
* Aykon TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2013-2014
* Rönesans TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2014–2015
* Halk Enerji TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2018-present
Players
Current roster
Notable players
* Rüştü Yüce
* Erdal Poyrazoğlu
* Barış Küce
* Aytek Gürkan
* Ömer Bozer
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* Rahmi Özyar
* Murat Evliyaoğlu
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The former guard is 1.94 m.
Career
* 1990-92 Çukurova Sa ...
* Victor Brejnoi
* Bekir Yarangüme
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* Haluk Yıldırım
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* 3 times Turkish Championship
* 1 times Turkish Cup
* ...
* Kerem Gönlüm
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* 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 Sa ...
* Nedim Yücel
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* Ömer Ünver
* Polat Kocaoğlu
* Serkan Erdoğan
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* Tolga Tekinalp
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* Tutku Açık
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* Vladimir Golubović
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* Kirk Penney
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* Orlando Vega
* Elshad Gadashev
* Goran Jagodnik
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* Jovo Stanojević
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* Vanja Plisnić
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* Martynas Gecevičius
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* Ben Woodside
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* Chuck Davis
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* Donald Little
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* Erek Hansen
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* Ivan McFarlin
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* Marques Green
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* Melvin Robinson
* Michael Maddox
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* Ronald Coleman
* Sylvester Gray
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* Shannon Shorter
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Season by season
Honours
International
* Eurocup:
** Quarter-final (1): 2013–2014
Domestic
* Turkish Basketball Cup
The Turkish Basketball Cup ( tr, Basketbol Erkekler Türkiye Kupası), FIAT Turkish Basketball Cup for sponsorship consideration, is the Turkey men's professional basketball national cup tournament. It has been held and organised by the Turkish Bas ...
:
** Winners (1): 1972-73
References
External links
Official Website
Eurobasket.com Profile
TBLStat.net Profile
Basketball teams in Turkey
Sports teams in Ankara
Basketball teams established in 1954
1954 establishments in Turkey
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