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Fenerbahçe
2017–18 Fenerbahçe men's basketball season
Nickname	Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues) Efsane (The Legend) Fener
Leagues	EuroLeague Turkish Basketball League
Founded	1913; 105 years ago (1913)
Arena	Ülker Sports Arena
Capacity	13,059[1]
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow, navy blue
President	Ali Koç
Team manager	Maurizio Gherardini
Head coach	Željko Obradović
Team captain	Melih Mahmutoğlu
Ownership	Fenerbahçe S.K.
Championships	1 European Championship 12 Turkish Championships 5 Turkish Cups 7 Turkish Super Cups
Retired numbers	2 (6, 7)
Website	fenerbahce.org
Uniforms
Home Away Third

Active departments of Fenerbahçe
Football	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Table Tennis
Swimming	Rowing	Sailing
Athletics	Boxing	eSports

Fenerbahçe Basketball (Turkish: Fenerbahçe Basketbol), commonly known as Fenerbahçe (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbaht͡ʃe]), is a professional basketball team and the men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. They are one of the most successful clubs in Turkish basketball history, the only Turkish team to have won the EuroLeague, as well as 12 Turkish League championships (9 titles in the Turkish Super League and 3 in the former Turkish Basketball Championship), 5 Turkish Cups, and 7 Turkish Super Cups, among others. They play their home matches at the club's own Ülker Sports Arena.

Besides the European championship title in 2017,^[2] which was secured by a convincing 80–64 win against Greek powerhouse Olympiacos in the final, Fenerbahçe have also been EuroLeague runners-up in 2016 and 2018. Fener also have played in four consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), a record in Turkish basketball.

Currently, Fenerbahçe are dominating the Turkish Super League, which is considered to be one of the best European national domestic basketball leagues. The club swept through the Turkish League playoffs in the 2017–18 season with only one defeat, defeating Tofaş in the finals, with a 4–1 series sweep. The team lost only four Turkish League matches in the whole season.

Many great players in European basketball have played for Fenerbahçe over the years, some of which have included: İbrahim Kutluay, Mirsad Türkcan, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Žan Tabak, Conrad McRae, Nemanja Bjelica, Ömer Aşık, Thabo Sefolosha, Linas Kleiza, Ömer Onan, David Andersen, Harun Erdenay, Damir Mršić, Bojan Bogdanović, Semih Erden, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Tanoka Beard, Nikos Zisis, James Gist, Gordan Giriček, Mike Batiste, Marko Milič, Will Solomon, Bo McCalebb, Ekpe Udoh, Pero Antić, Luigi Datome, Nikola Kalinić, Kostas Sloukas, Jan Veselý, Ali Muhammed, and Bogdan Bogdanović.

Since 2013 the coach of the team is Željko Obradović, who is generally considered to be the greatest European coach in basketball history.

History

The men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe was initially founded in 1913, but could not persist due to the Balkan Wars and World War I. Eventually, under the initiative of Muhtar Sencer and Cem Atabeyoğlu, it was founded in its current permanent form in 1944 and achieved considerable success when the sport established itself in Turkey. Fenerbahçe won Turkish Basketball Championship titles in 1957, 1959, and 1965, just before the current professional Turkish Super League was founded in 1966, and made it to the European Champions Cup in 1960 and 1966. Their fans had to wait until 1991 for another title, when Levent Topsakal, Larry Richard, and head coach Çetin Yılmaz led Fenerbahçe to the Turkish League title over Tofaş.^[3]

Fenerbahçe returned to the EuroLeague in 1992, but lost in the preliminary round. Fenerbahçe was back in the Turkish League finals in 1992, 1993, and 1995, but could not find a way to win the championship for some time. A third-place finish in the 1997–98 season allowed the club to return to the EuroLeague, and with players like Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Marko Milič, Žan Tabak, İbrahim Kutluay, and the late Conrad McRae, Fenerbahçe advanced to the eighth-final playoffs, losing there to Real Madrid. The club made it to the Saporta Cup quarter-finals in 1994–95. The following season Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals of the Korać Cup in 1995–96 and repeated this achievement in 2000–01. Eventually they finished in fourth place in the 2004–05 FIBA Europe League.

In the summer of 2006, the basketball club acquired a main sponsorship deal with Ülker, to form Fenerbahçe Ülker. After the sponsorship agreement, Fenerbahçe dominated the Turkish League and became the league champions two times in a row.^[4][5][6] After losing the Turkish League championship to Efes Pilsen in the 2008–09 season, in a closely contested playoff finals,^[7] Fenerbahçe became Turkish League champions again in the 2009–10 season, this time by defeating Efes Pilsen in the finals 4–2.^[8]

Fenerbahçe headed into the 2010–11 season with five new transfers: Engin Atsür, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Marko Tomas, Kaya Peker, and Darjuš Lavrinovič.

New transfers for the 2011–12 season included: Bojan Bogdanović, Curtis Jerrells, James Gist, Hakan Demirel, and also Thabo Sefolosha, who returned to the NBA after the 2011 NBA lockout ended. With head coach Neven Spahija, Fenerbahçe Ülker became the Turkish League champions again.^[9] After two disappointing seasons, legendary coach Željko Obradović was then signed as the team's head coach, and the roster was strengthened with the likes of former Toronto Raptor Linas Kleiza, promising power forward Nemanja Bjelica, consistent center Luka Žorić, and hot Turkish prospects Kenan Sipahi and Melih Mahmutoğlu. Fenerbahçe became the Turkish League champions once again, after beating eternal rivals Galatasaray in the playoff's finals of the 2013–14 season.^[10]

At the top of Europe (2014–present)

Željko Obradović

Fenerbahçe coaches, from left: İlker Belgutay (Athletic trainer), Erdem Can (Assistant coach), Josep Maria Izquierdo (Assistant coach), Vladimir Androić (Assistant coach) and Željko Obradović (Head coach), September 2017

In the 2014–15 season, Fenerbahçe reached the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in their history. In the quarterfinals, Fenerbahçe knocked out Maccabi Tel Aviv with three straight wins. In the semifinals, the team lost to Real Madrid, and eventually finished fourth. At the end of the season, the club's sponsorship agreement with Ülker ended.^[11] In the 2015–16 season, Fenerbahçe impressed in the EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16, and qualified once again for the Final Four tournament, by eliminating the defending champions, Real Madrid, in the playoffs, again with a score of 3-0. During their first Final Four match against Laboral Kutxa, Fenerbahçe faced risking elimination once again before Kostas Sloukas made a game-tying lay-up to force the game into overtime, where Bogdan Bogdanović would help lead the team in overtime to win 88–77. The club became the first Turkish team to ever make it to the EuroLeague Final game. Their final opponent in the EuroLeague competition was CSKA Moscow. Fenerbahçe lost 101–96 after overtime.

In the following 2016–17 season, Fenerbahçe won its first European championship. The club beat Greek powerhouse Olympiacos 80–64 in the championship game of the Final Four, that was held in Istanbul.^[12] Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish team in history to win the EuroLeague title.^[13]Center Ekpe Udoh was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP.^[14]

Following their European title, Fenerbahçe acquired a new main sponsor deal in the 2017 off-season. Doğuş Group signed a three-year contract with the club, worth an amount of €45 million euros, which guaranteed the club the largest name sponsorship deal in European basketball history.^[15]

In the 2017–18 season, Fenerbahçe finished second at the regular season of the EuroLeague. In the Playoffs, they faced off against Kirolbet Baskonia, whom they eliminated with 3–1 in the best-of-five series. Thus the club managed to reach the EuroLeague Final Four for the fourth time in a row, improving their record.^[16]

Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship deals, Fenerbahçe has been also known as:

• Fenerbahçe Ülker (2006–2015)


• Fenerbahçe Doğuş (2017–2018)^[17]

Home courts

The first match at Ülker Sports Arena against Olimpia Milano

Players

Current roster

Fenerbahçe roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 7000400000000000000♠4 Melli, Nicolò 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb) 27 – (1991-01-26)26 January 1991 PF 7000500000000000000♠5 Hersek, Barış 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1988-03-26)26 March 1988 F/C 7000900000000000000♠9 Duran, Ahmet 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002118000000000000♠118 kg (260 lb) 19 – (1999-01-28)28 January 1999 SG 7001100000000000000♠10 Mahmutoğlu, Melih (C) 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb) 28 – (1990-05-12)12 May 1990 PG 7001110000000000000♠11 Ennis, Tyler 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994 G 7001160000000000000♠16 Sloukas, Kostas 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1990-01-15)15 January 1990 SF 7001180000000000000♠18 Arna, Egehan 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb) 21 – (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 G/F 7001230000000000000♠23 Gudurić, Marko 7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (1995-03-08)8 March 1995 F/C 7001240000000000000♠24 Veselý, Jan 7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 7002110000000000000♠110 kg (243 lb) 28 – (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 G 7001320000000000000♠32 Güler, Sinan 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 34 – (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 F 7001120000000000000♠12 Kalinić, Nikola 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002101000000000000♠101 kg (223 lb) 26 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 G 7001350000000000000♠35 Dixon, Bobby (DC) 7000178000000000000♠1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 7001730000000000000♠73 kg (161 lb) 35 – (1983-04-10)10 April 1983 C 7001440000000000000♠44 Düverioğlu, Ahmet (DC) 7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002121000000000000♠121 kg (267 lb) 25 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993 F 7001700000000000000♠70 Datome, Luigi 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1987-11-27)27 November 1987 F/C 7001770000000000000♠77 Lauvergne, Joffrey 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002118000000000000♠118 kg (260 lb) 26 – (1991-09-30)30 September 1991	Head coach Željko Obradović Assistant coach(es) Vladimir Androić Erdem Can Josep Maria Izquierdo Berkay Oğuz Athletic trainer(s) İlker Belgutay Predrag Zimonjić Physiotherapist(s) Sefa Öztürk Team manager Maurizio Gherardini Cenk Renda Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 3, 2018

Depth chart

Squad changes for the 2018-2019 season

In

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player C Joffrey Lauvergne (from San Antonio Spurs) PG Tyler Ennis (from Los Angeles Lakers)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player PG Brad Wanamaker (to Boston Celtics) SF James Nunnally (to Minnesota Timberwolves) C Jason Thompson (to Sichuan Blue Whales) PG Berk Uğurlu (to Pınar Karşıyaka)

Retired numbers

Fenerbahçe retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony date
6		Mirsad Türkcan	PF	2006–2012	16/09/2012[19]
7		Ömer Onan	SG	2004–2005; 2006–2014	17/10/2014[20]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Turkish Super League

Winners (9): 1990–91, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Runners-up (8): 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2008–09

• 
  Turkish Championship (1946–1967)

Winners (3): 1957, 1959, 1965

Runners-up (6): 1954, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1967

• Turkish Cup

Winners (5): 1966–67, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016

Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2014–15

• Turkish Presidential Cup

Winners (7): 1990, 1991, 1994, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017

Runners-up (7): 1985, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014

• 
  Federation Cup (defunct)
  

Winners (5): 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961

Runners-up (2): 1948, 1951

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (1): 2016–17

Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2017–18

4th place (1): 2014–15

Final Four (4): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Regional competitions

• 
  Istanbul League (defunct)
  

Winners (7): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66

Runners-up (3): 1950–51, 1953–54, 1957–58

• 
  Istanbul Second League (defunct)
  

Winners (2): 1945–46, 1948–49

Individual club awards

• Continental Treble

Winners (1): 2016–17

The road to the EuroLeague victory

Round	Team	Home	Away
Regular Season	Brose Bamberg	67–66	83–78
	FC Barcelona Lassa	68–65 OT	73–72
	Žalgiris	82–68	76–67
	Galatasaray Odeabank	85–80	103–87
	UNICS	73–81	86–81
	Baskonia	74–79	52–86
	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	79–81	77–87
	Anadolu Efes	88–80	77–80
	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	86–79	79–70
	Real Madrid	78–77	56–61
	Crvena zvezda mts	87–72	73–75
	Panathinaikos Superfoods	84–63	70–81
	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	64–71	65–72
	CSKA Moscow	77–71	95–79 OT
	Olympiacos	67–64	62–71
Quarter finals	Panathinaikos Superfoods	79–61	71–58
			80–75
Semifinal	Real Madrid	84–75
Final	Olympiacos	80–64

European history

A home game versus FC Barcelona in the EuroLeague

Fenerbahçe participated in European competitions numerous times throughout their history and became the most successful Turkish club ever. By winning the former Turkish Basketball Championship, the club represented Turkey for their first time in the FIBA European Champions Cup in 1959–60 and again in 1965–66. Some years later, they made it to the FIBA European Cup quarter-finals in the 1994–95 season. The following season Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals of the FIBA Korać Cup in 1996 and repeated this achievement in 2001. In the 1998–99 season of the FIBA EuroLeague, they reached the Top 16 stage, but lost there to Real Madrid. The club became fourth in the 2004–05 season of the FIBA EuroChallenge. The first major success in the modern era EuroLeague was achieved in the 2007–08 season, where Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals. The first Final Four participation in the history of the club followed some years later, in the 2014–15 season, when the team eliminated reigning European champions Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv in the play-offs with three straight victories under the guidance of legendary coach Željko Obradović. In the semi-final game they lost against Real Madrid and eventually finished fourth. In the next season, the club reached the final of the competition with a convincing overall performance, again by eliminating the reigning champions (Real Madrid) with three straight wins, and lost dramatically against CSKA Moscow in overtime. Then eventually, in 2017, Fenerbahçe managed to win the EuroLeague trophy as the first and only Turkish club ever, in their own city, by defeating Greek giants Olympiacos in the final game with a score of 80–64. From the quarter-finals onwards, the club eliminated their opponents in dominating fashion, first sweeping Panathinaikos Superfoods with 3–0 wins despite the home-court disadvantage, and then defeating European powerhouses Real Madrid and Olympiacos with being behind only for a few seconds in total in the Final Four in Istanbul.

Against NBA teams

On 5 October 2012, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish basketball club to win against an NBA team, having beaten the Boston Celtics by a score of 97–91 at the Ülker Sports Arena.^[21][22] By defeating the Brooklyn Nets 101–96 in Barclays Center on 5 October 2015, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish basketball club and only third club in basketball history to win against an NBA team in the United States.^[23]

5 October 2012 19:00 CET

Report

Boston Celtics	91–97	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 18–29, 27–24, 19–18
Pts: Green, Sullinger 22 Rebs: Sullinger 8 Asts: Rondo 9		Pts: Sato 24 Rebs: Sato, Ilkan 7 Asts: McCalebb 5

Ülker Sports Arena Attendance: 12,191 Referees: David Guthrie (USA), John Goble (USA), Sasa Pukl (SLO)

5 October 2013 14:00 CET

Report

Oklahoma City Thunder	95–82	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 28–14, 27–23, 20–17
Pts: Durant 24 Rebs: Durant 8 Asts: Jackson 5		Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Bogdanović, Vidmar, Kleiza 4 Asts: Preldžić 4

Ülker Sports Arena Attendance: 12,191 Referees: Dan Crawford (USA), Courtney Kirkland (USA), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

11 October 2014 17:00 CET

Report

San Antonio Spurs	96–90	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 18–19, 28–30, 21–20
Pts: Duncan 23 Rebs: Ginóbili 8 Asts: Parker 7		Pts: Goudelock 30 Rebs: Žorić 7 Asts: Preldžić 11

Ülker Sports Arena Attendance: 12,191 Referees: Tony Brothers (USA), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Haywoode Workman (USA)

5 October 2015 02:30 CET

Report

Fenerbahçe	101–96	Brooklyn Nets
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 31–26, 26–20, 19–24
Pts: Veselý 18 Rebs: Udoh 8 Asts: Sloukas 11		Pts: Lopez 18 Rebs: Robinson 16 Asts: Larkin 5

Barclays Center Attendance: 6,857 Referees: Ken Mauer (USA), Nick Buchert (USA), Violet Palmer (USA)

9 October 2015 03:00 CET

Report

Fenerbahçe	81–111	Oklahoma City Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 20–26, 17–29, 23–24
Pts: Veselý 17 Rebs: Udoh 9 Asts: Sloukas 6		Pts: Waiters 19 Rebs: Adams 8 Asts: Durant, Westbrook 5

Chesapeake Energy Arena Referees: Kevin Cutler (USA), Dan Crawford (USA), Scott Wall (USA)

Season by season

Individual awards and achievements

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers

Team captains

Melih Mahmutoğlu

Period	Captain
1986–1990	Necdet Ronabar
1990–1993	Ali Limoncuoğlu
1993–1995	Hüsnü Çakırgil
1995–1998	Güray Kanan
1998–2003	Zaza Enden
2003–2006	Zeki Gülay
2006–2010	Damir Mršić
2010–2014	Ömer Onan
2014–2015	Emir Preldžić
2015–present	Melih Mahmutoğlu

Head coaches

Main article: Fenerbahçe basketball head coaches list^[38]

Period Coach 1944–49 none 1949–50 Feridun Koray 1951–65 Samim Göreç 1965–66 Samim Göreç / Sacit Seldüz / Mehmet Baturalp / Altan Dinçer 1966–67 Erol Demiroma / Altan Dinçer 1967–68 Altan Dinçer 1968–69 Önder Dai 1969–71 Mehmet Baturalp 1971–72 Mehmet Baturalp / Altan Dinçer / Deniz Sine / Bülent Yüksel 1972–73 Altan Dinçer 1973–75 Önder Seden 1975–76 Önder Seden / Hüseyin Kozluca 1976–78 Tuluğ Siyavuş 1978–79 Tuluğ Siyavuş / Hüseyin Kozluca 1979–82 Mehmet Baturalp 1982–83 Önder Seden 1983–84 Aydan Siyavuş / Önder Okan 1984–85 Önder Okan 1985–86 Dennis Perryman / Erdal Poyrazoğlu / Mahmut Uslu

Period Coach 1986–87 Faruk Akagün / Rıza Erverdi 1987–88 Rıza Erverdi / Doğan Hakyemez 1988–89 Fehmi Sadıkoğlu / Rıza Erverdi 1989–93 Çetin Yılmaz 1993–94 Necati Güler / Faruk Kulenović 1994–95 Murat Didin 1995–96 Murat Didin / Murat Özgül 1996–98 Murat Özgül 1998–99 Murat Özgül / Halil Üner 1999–00 Halil Üner 2000–01 Nihat Izić 2001–04 Murat Özgül 2004–07 Aydın Örs 2007–09 Bogdan Tanjević 2009–10 Bogdan Tanjević / Ertuğrul Erdoğan 2010–12 Neven Spahija 2012–13 Simone Pianigiani / Ertuğrul Erdoğan 2013–present Željko Obradović

Notable players

Notable coaches

Aydın Örs

• 
  Samim Göreç (1951–66)
  


• 
  Çetin Yılmaz (1989–93)
  


• 
  Aydın Örs (2004–07)
  


• 
  Bogdan Tanjević (2007–10)
  


• 
  Neven Spahija (2010–12)
  


• 
  Željko Obradović (2013–)
  

See also

• Fenerbahçe SK


• Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball Team

References

External links

• 
  Official website (in Turkish) (in English)
  


• 
  TBLStat.net Profile (in English)
  


• Eurobasket.com Profile