Anadolu Efes S.K.

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Anadolu Efes
Leagues	BSL EuroLeague
Founded	1976; 48 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	Tomislav Mijatović
Championships	2 EuroLeague 1 FIBA Korać Cup 16 Turkish Championships 12 Turkish Cups 14 Turkish President's Cups
Retired numbers	2 (7, 44)
Website	anadoluefessk.org
Home Away

Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Anadolu Efes or simply Efes, is a professional basketball team based in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1976, the club was formerly known as Efes Pilsen until 2011. Efes is the 2021–22 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 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 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.

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.^[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, 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, Efes Pilsen S.K. won the 1995–96 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 the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, making it to the competition's EuroLeague Final Four in 2000, and also to the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 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 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.^[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 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.^[6]

In the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons Anadolu Efes won back-to-back EuroLeague Championships.

• Abdi İpekçi Arena: 1986–2010, 2012–2017
• Sinan Erdem Dome: 2010–2012, 2017–present

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  Abdi Ipekçi Arena interior during a match
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  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.^[7]

Anadolu Efes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Larkin, Shane (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 32 – (1992-10-02)2 October 1992 G 1 Beaubois, Rodrigue (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 36 – (1988-02-24)24 February 1988 SF 3 Nwora, Jordan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 – (1998-09-09)9 September 1998 G/F 6 Bryant, Elijah 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 C 8 Altuntaş, Salih 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 18 – (2006-02-27)27 February 2006 G 9 Tunca, Melih 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2005-10-13)13 October 2005 PG 10 Öncel, Rıdvan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 27 – (1997-02-21)21 February 1997 F/C 11 Šmits, Rolands 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1995-06-25)25 June 1995 PG 13 Thompson, Darius 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 29 – (1995-05-04)4 May 1995 F 14 Johnson, Stanley 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 28 – (1996-05-29)29 May 1996 C 17 Poirier, Vincent 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 31 – (1993-10-17)17 October 1993 PG 18 Özdemiroğlu, Doğuş 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 PF 19 Yıldızlı, Burak Can 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 30 – (1994-04-22)22 April 1994 PG 23 Hollatz, Justus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2001-04-21)21 April 2001 F/C 24 Osmani, Ercan 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 – (1998-08-04)4 August 1998 C 25 Oturu, Daniel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1999-09-20)20 September 1999 SF 33 Yılmaz, Erkan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 27 – (1997-12-03)3 December 1997 PF 35 Willis, Derek 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1995-06-21)21 June 1995	Head coach Tomislav Mijatović Assistant coach(es) Ümit Temoçin Serhan Aydanarığ Team manager Alper Yılmaz Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster Updated: 13 December 2024

Anadolu Efes retired numbers
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]

• Turkish Super League

Winners (16) (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, 2020–21, 2022–23

Runners-up (13): 1985–86, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2023–24

• 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, 2018, 2022

Runners-up (5): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2017, 2019, 2024

• Turkish Presidential Cup

Winners (14) (record): 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024

Runners-up (11): 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016

• EuroLeague

Winners (2): 2020–21, 2021–22

Runners-up (1): 2018–19

3rd place (2): 1999–00, 2000–01

Final Four (5): 2000, 2001, 2019, 2021, 2022

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1992–93

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1995–96

• FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)

3rd place (1): 1996

• 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

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
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

In 2006, Efes Pilsen became the first Turkish basketball club to be invited to play with NBA teams. They competed against the Denver Nuggets in Denver, Colorado on October 11, and against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California on October 12.^[10] In 2007, Efes Pilsen hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Abdi İpekçi Arena.^[11]

10 October 2006

Boxscore

Denver Nuggets

118–102

Efes Pilsen

Pepsi Center, Denver, CO

12 October 2006

Boxscore

Golden State Warriors

120–66

Efes Pilsen

Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA

6 October 2007

Boxscore

Minnesota Timberwolves

84–81

Efes Pilsen

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul

• 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–present)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anadolu Efes SK.

• Official website (in Turkish and English)
• Euroleague profile
• TBLStat.net profile
• Eurobasket.com profile