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| Anadolu Efes | |||
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| Leagues | BSL EuroLeague | ||
| Founded | 1976; 49 years ago (1976) | ||
| History | Efes Pilsen (1976–2011) Anadolu Efes (2011–present) | ||
| Arena | Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Team colors | Navy, white, red, light blue | ||
| Main sponsor | Efes Beverage Group | ||
| President | Tuncay Özilhan | ||
| Head coach | Luca Banchi | ||
| Championships | 2EuroLeague 1FIBA Korać Cup 16Turkish Championships 12Turkish Cups 14Turkish President's Cups | ||
| Retired numbers | 2 (7,44) | ||
| Website | anadoluefessk.org | ||
Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to asAnadolu Efes or simplyEfes, is a professionalbasketball team based inIstanbul,Turkey. Founded in 1976, the club was formerly known asEfes Pilsen until 2011. Efes is the 2021–22Euroleague champion and on the first place ofEuropean Club Ranking after theFinal Four 2020–21. Efes is also the most successful club in the history of theTurkish Super League (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 theSinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, which has aseating capacity of 16,000 for basketball games. The club has its own practice facility in the district ofBahçelievler, which was built in 1982. The team competes in theTurkish Super League and theEuroLeague. The team is owned by theEfes Beverage Group.
Anadolu Efes has developed a fierce rivalry withFenerbahçe in recent years. The two clubs often meet in playoff series and cup finals.
The club was established in 1976 as Efes Pilsen S.K., by taking over theTurkish second-division club Kadıköyspor, which had failed due to financial problems.[1] Its initial sponsor was its former longtime namesake,Efes Pilsen, a subsidiary of the Anadolu Group. It won the 1978 Turkish second division national championship undefeated, earningpromotion to theTurkish 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 the1992–93 FIBA European Cup, Efes Pilsen S.K. won the1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup, 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 theEuropean-wide top-tier levelEuroLeague, making it to the competition'sEuroLeague Final Four in2000, and also to theFIBA SuproLeague's2001 Final Four, and finishing 3rd on both occasions.[2]
In 2011, the club changed its name to Anadolu Efes S.K., after the TAPDK (Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority) in Turkey prohibited the advertisement of tobacco and alcohol products in sports organizations.[3]
In the 2017–18 season, Efes finished in the 16th and last place in theEuroLeague.
In the 2018–19 season, Efes had success in theEuroLeague as it managed to clinch the fourth-seed in the regular season. In the play-offs, the team beatFC Barcelona to advance to its firstEuroLeague Final Four in 19 years.[4] In the semi-final, Efes beat Fenerbahçe 92–73 to reach its first EuroLeague Final in history.[5] In the championship game, Efes was defeated byCSKA 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 afterShane Larkin scored 38 points. Larkin was later namedBSL Finals MVP.[6]
In the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons Anadolu Efes won back-to-back EuroLeague Championships.
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For many years, Efes has used theAbdi İpekçi Arena, with aseating capacity of 12,270, to host its home games. Currently, Efes uses the 16,000 seatSinan Erdem Dome for its home games.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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| Anadolu Efes retired numbers | |||||
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| No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | Ceremony date |
| 7 |  | Petar Naumoski | PG | 1992–1994, 1995–1999 | 9 February 2017[8] |
| 44 |  | Krunoslav Simon | SG /SF | 2017–2022 | 1 December 2022[9] |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Cedi OsmanFurkan KorkmazVolkan AydınTamer OyguçMurat EvliyaoğluHüseyin BeşokUfuk SarıcaMehmet OkurHidayet Türkoğluİbrahim KutluaySerkan Erdoğan Alper YılmazErdal BiboÖmer OnanMustafa AbiKaya PekerEnder ArslanErsan İlyasovaSinan GülerKerem TunçeriSemih ErdenKerem GönlümCenk AkyolBirkan BatukOnuralp BitimMirsad Türkcan
Ermal Kuqo
Bryant Dunston
Brock MotumDamir MulaomerovićDario ŠarićMarko PopovićNikola PrkačinNikola VujčićMario KasunZoran PlaninićStanko Barać
Thomas Heurtel
Stéphane Lasme
Michalis KakiouzisStratos Perperoglou
Kaspars Kambala
Saulius ŠtombergasPetar Naumoski
Predrag DrobnjakVlado ŠćepanovićGoran NikolićSlavko VranešMilko Bjelica
-Daniel Santiago
Vasili Karasev
Vasilije MicićIgor RakočevićZoran SavićDuško SavanovićVladimir ŠtimacDušan Kecman
Jurica GolemacBoštjan NachbarZoran DragićEdo MurićAlen OmićSasha Vujačić
Esteban BatistaJayson GrangerConrad McRaeLarry RichardMarcus BrownTrajan LangdonWillie SolomonDrew NicholasScott RothAnthony Mason
Henry DomercantMarcus HaislipChris CorchianiBrian HowardAndrew WisniewskiDerrick AlstonRickie WinslowKenny GreenJon DieblerBryce CottonToney DouglasDerrick BrownRicky LedoTyler HoneycuttJosh AdamsErrick McCollumMark PopeScoonie PennDeshaun ThomasBootsy ThorntonAntonio GrangerSonny WeemsKenny GregoryCharles Smith
Justin DoellmanPreston ShumpertErwin Dudley
Jordan FarmarAlex TyusJamon Gordon
Matt Janning| + | Denotesplayer who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
| Position | Player | Year | Round | Pick | Drafted by |
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| PF | Mirsad Türkcan | 1998 | 1st round | 18th | Houston Rockets |
| SF | Hedo Türkoğlu | 2000 | 1st round | 16th | Sacramento Kings |
| C/PF | Mehmet Okur+ | 2001 | 2nd round | 38th | Detroit Pistons |
| SG/SF | Cenk Akyol# | 2005 | 2nd round | 59th | Atlanta Hawks |
| SF | Cedi Osman | 2015 | 2nd round | 31st | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| SG/SF | Furkan Korkmaz | 2016 | 1st round | 26th | Philadelphia 76ers |
| C | Alperen Şengün+ | 2021 | 1st round | 16th | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| EuroLeague | |||
| 1993–94 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 byFC Barcelona, 50–54 (L) inBarcelona, 73–64 (W) and 62–76 (L) inIstanbul | |
| 1996–97 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 byASVEL, 81–71 (W) inIstanbul, 70–80 (L) inVilleurbanne and 57–62 (L) inIstanbul | |
| 1997–98 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 byBenetton Treviso, 57–67 (L) inTreviso, 59–58 (W) inIstanbul and 68–76 (L) inTreviso | |
| 1998–99 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–0 byŽalgiris, 68–69 (L) inKaunas and 70–84 (L) inIstanbul | |
| 1999–00 | Final four | 3rd place inThessaloniki, lost toPanathinaikos 71–81 in the semi-final, defeatedFC Barcelona 75–69 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2000–01 | Final four | 3rd place in Paris, lost toPanathinaikos 66–74 in the semi-final, defeatedCSKA Moscow 91–85 in the 3rd place game | |
| 2004–05 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 byPanathinaikos, 96–102 (L) inAthens, 75–63 (W) inIstanbul and 76–84 (L) inAthens | |
| 2005–06 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–0 byCSKA Moscow, 57–66 (L) in Moscow and 71–75 (L) inIstanbul | |
| 2012–13 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 3–2 byOlympiacos, 62–67 (L) and 53-71 (L) inPiraeus, 83–72 (W) and 74–73 (W) inIstanbul, 72–82 (L) inPiraeus | |
| 2014–15 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 3–1 byReal Madrid, 71–80 (L) and 85–90 (L) inMadrid, 75–72 (W) and 63–76 (L) inIstanbul | |
| 2016–17 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 3–2 byOlympiacos, 87–72 (L) and 73–71 (W) inPiraeus, 64–60 (W) and 62–74 (L) inIstanbul, 78–87 (L) inPiraeus | |
| 2018–19 | Final | lost toCSKA Moscow 83–91 in the Final (Vitoria-Gasteiz) | |
| 2020–21 | Champions | defeatedFC Barcelona 86–81 in the Final (Cologne) | |
| 2021–22 | Champions | defeatedReal Madrid 58–57 in the Final (Belgrade) | |
| FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
| 1980–81 | Quarter-finals | 4th place in a group withFC Barcelona,Turisanda Varese andParker Leiden | |
| 1986–87 | Quarter-finals | 3rd place in a group withCibona,Scavolini Pesaro andMaes Pils | |
| 1992–93 | Final | lost toSato Aris 48–50 in the Final (Turin) | |
| FIBA Korać Cup | |||
| 1989–90 | Quarter-finals | eliminated byBosna, 91–107 (L) inIstanbul and 78–117 (L) inSarajevo | |
| 1995–96 | Champions | defeatedStefanel Milano, 76–68 (W) inIstanbul and 70–77 (L) inMilan in the double finals ofKorać Cup | |
In 2006, Efes Pilsen became the first Turkish basketball club to be invited to play withNBA teams. They competed against theDenver Nuggets inDenver, Colorado on October 11, and against theGolden State Warriors inOakland, California on October 12.[10] In 2007, Efes Pilsen hosted theMinnesota Timberwolves at the Abdi İpekçi Arena.[11]
Rıza Erverdi (1983–1984)Aydan Siyavuş (1984–1986)Rusmir Halilovic (1986–1987)Aydan Siyavuş (1987–1990) Halil Üner (1990–1992)Aydın Örs (1992–1999)Ergin Ataman (1999–2001)Oktay Mahmuti (2001–2007)David Blatt (2007–2008)Ekrem Memnun (2008)Ergin Ataman (2008–2010)Velimir Perasović (2010–2011)Ufuk Sarıca (2011–2012)Ilias Zouros (2012)Oktay Mahmuti (2012–2013)Vangelis Angelou (2013–2014)Dušan Ivković (2014–2016)Ahmet Çakı (2016)Velimir Perasović (2016–2017)Ergin Ataman (2017–2023)Erdem Can (2023–2024)Tomislav Mijatović (2024–2025)
Luca Banchi (2025–present)
