TED Ankara Kolejliler Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as TED Ankara Kolejliler is a professional

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team from the city of

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. Their home arena is the

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with a capacity of 10,400 seats, which was opened in April 2010. The team currently competes in the

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, the second tier league of basketball in Turkey.

History

The team played in

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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

(now called BSL) from the

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in May 2012. The team made its European club competitions debut at the

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in the 1973-74 season due to winning

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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 * Rahmi Özyar *

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* Victor Brejnoi * Bekir Yarangüme * Haluk Yıldırım *

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* Nedim Yücel * Ömer Ünver * Polat Kocaoğlu * Serkan Erdoğan * Tolga Tekinalp *

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* Orlando Vega * Elshad Gadashev *

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* Vanja Plisnić *

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* Ben Woodside * Chuck Davis *

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* Marques Green *

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* Melvin Robinson * Michael Maddox * Ronald Coleman *

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* Shannon Shorter

Season by season

Honours

International

* Eurocup: ** Quarter-final (1): 2013–2014

Domestic

: ** Winners (1): 1972-73

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Profile

TBLStat.net Profile
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