Fenerbahçe Basketball

Fenerbahçe Basketball (Turkish: Fenerbahçe Basketbol), commonly known as Fenerbahçe (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe]), currently also known as Fenerbahçe Beko for sponsorship reasons, are 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 championships (9 titles in the Turkish Super League and 3 in the former Turkish Basketball Championship), 7 Turkish Cups, and 7 Turkish Super Cups, among others. They play their home matches at the club's own Ülker Sports Arena.

For the parent multi-sport club, see Fenerbahçe S.K.
Fenerbahçe Beko
2020–21 Fenerbahçe Basketball season
Nickname
  • Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues)
  • Efsane (The Legend)
  • Fener
LeaguesEuroLeague
Turkish Basketball League
Founded1913 (1913)
ArenaÜlker Sports Arena
Capacity13,059[1]
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team colorsYellow, navy blue
         
Main sponsorBeko
PresidentAli Koç
Team managerMaurizio Gherardini
Head coachIgor Kokoškov
Team captainMelih Mahmutoğlu
OwnershipFenerbahçe S.K.
Championships1 European Championship
12 Turkish Championships
7 Turkish Cups
7 Turkish Super Cups
Retired numbers2 (6, 7)
Websitefenerbahce.org
Active departments of
Fenerbahçe
Football (senior) Football (A2) Football (academy)
Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Table Tennis
Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Swimming
Athletics Rowing Sailing
Boxing Esports

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 five consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) to date, 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 memorable players in European basketball have played for Fenerbahçe over the years, some of which have included: 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, Nicolò Melli, and Bogdan Bogdanović.

Željko Obradović was the most recently head coach, who is generally considered to be the greatest European coach in basketball history. Obradović was replaced by former Phoenix Suns head coach Igor Kokoškov on 2.7.2020

History

Early history and first titles

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[3] 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. Under the leadership of memorable coach Samim Göreç, the team also won several titles in the Istanbul Basketball League, which was the strongest regional league in Turkey.

Struggle against corporation teams and beginning of the rise (1970s–2014)

They remained a solid team in the rest of the 1960s, but had mixed success in the following decades, especially the 70s and 80s. Those decades were dominated by the likes of Efes Pilsen and Eczacıbaşı, and later also Ülkerspor, who won most of the titles. As these teams belonged to notable corporations with a solid financial background and support, traditional sports clubs such as Fenerbahçe had difficulties keeping up with them. The fans of Fener 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.[4] Fenerbahçe returned to the EuroLeague in 1992, but lost in the preliminary round. The club were back in the Turkish League finals in 1992, 1993, and 1995, but could not find a way to win the championship for some time. Fenerbahçe continued to have success in the late 90s. 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. The early 2000s, however, were with very limited success. In 2005, Fenerbahçe returned to the Turkish League semifinals and had a great return to European competitions, finishing 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 and the team returned to the EuroLeague.[5][6][7] After losing the Turkish League championship to Efes Pilsen in the 2008–09 season, in a closely contested playoff finals,[8] Fenerbahçe became Turkish League champions again in the 2009–10 season, this time by defeating Efes Pilsen in the finals 4–2.[9]

Fenerbahçe Ülker headed into the 2010–11 season with five new transfers: Engin Atsür, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Marko Tomas, Kaya Peker, and Darjuš Lavrinovič. With new head coach Neven Spahija, Fenerbahçe Ülker continued their domination in the Turkish League, winning both the Turkish Cup and the Turkish League, over long time rivals Beşiktaş and Galatasaray, respectively.[10]

After two disappointing seasons, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 where Fenerbahçe Ülker finished in fifth place in the Turkish league, 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.[11] Success in the EuroLeague, however, continued to elude the team.

At the top of Europe: Golden age with Obradović (2014–2020)
Obradović, coaching Fenerbahçe (2016)
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.[12] 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 their first European championship. The club beat Greek powerhouse Olympiacos 80–64 in the championship game of the Final Four, that was held in Istanbul.[2] 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, 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] The team eventually lost against Real Madrid in the championship final. Fenerbahçe also continued their domination of the Turkish Super League - after a setback in 2015, Fenerbahçe won the 2016, 2017, and 2018 championships in dominating fashion.

Before the beginning of the 2018–19 season, Doğuş withdrew from the sponsorship deal which originally was projected for three years.[17] Following the unexpected retraction, a new main sponsorship agreement with Beko was initiated.[18] During the 2018–19 season, Fenerbahçe became the only team who stayed undefeated at home after a 30-game regular season and secured the best record after a regular season (25–5) under the new EuroLeague format (2016–17 season to present). Fener also became the earliest EuroLeague Playoffs qualifiers ever in the modern EuroLeague era.[19] Domestically, the Yellow-Navy Blues defeated rivals Anadolu Efes in the 2019 Turkish Cup final to claim their sixth title. Fenerbahçe defeated BC Žalgiris, 3–1, in the EuroLeague quarterfinals, qualifying to their fifth consecutive Final Four.

Sponsorship naming

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

Home courts
The first match at Ülker Sports Arena against Olimpia Milano
# Court Capacity Period
1
Istanbul Sports and Exhibition Palace
 07,000 1949–1988
2 Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center 07,000 1988–1989
3
Abdi İpekçi Arena
 12,270 1989
4 Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center 07,000 1989–1992
5
Abdi İpekçi Arena
 12,270 1992–2010
6
Sinan Erdem Dome
 16,000 2010–2012
7
Ülker Sports Arena
 13,800[20]
2012–present

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Fenerbahçe roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 9 Westermann, Léo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1992-07-24)24 July 1992
SG 10 Mahmutoğlu, Melih (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1990-05-12)12 May 1990
G/F 13 Biberovic, Tarık 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 19 – (2001-01-28)28 January 2001
G 19 de Colo, Nando 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987
G/F 21 Pierre, Dyshawn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993
PF 22 Barthel, Danilo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991
F/C 24 Veselý, Jan 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 30 – (1990-04-24)24 April 1990
PG 25 Sipahi, Kenan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1995-05-26)26 May 1995
F 31 Eddie, Jarell 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991
PF 32 Candan, Berkay 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 27 – (1993-05-22)22 May 1993
PG 35 Muhammed, Ali (DC) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 37 – (1983-04-10)10 April 1983
C 44 Düverioğlu, Ahmet (DC) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 27 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993
SF — Ulanovas, Edgaras 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
C — Hamilton, Johnny 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1994-02-03)3 February 1994
PG — Brown, Lorenzo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 29 – (1990-08-26)26 August 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • İlker Belgutay
  • Predrag Zimonjić
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Rıza Özdemir
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: August 6, 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jan Veselý Johnny Hamilton Ahmet Düverioğlu
PF Danilo Barthel Jarell Eddie Berkay Candan
SF Edgaras Ulanovas Dyshawn Pierre Tarik Biberovic
SG Nando de Colo Léo Westermann Melih Mahmutoğlu
PG Lorenzo Brown Ali Muhammed Kenan Sipahi

Squad changes for the 2020–21 season

In
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromEndsDateSource
21G/FDyshawn Pierre26Dinamo SassariJune 20218 July 2020[21]
SFEdgaras Ulanovas28ŽalgirisJune 20229 July 2020[22]
CJohnny Hamilton26Darüşşafaka TekfenJune 202110 July 2020[23]
22PFDanilo Barthel28Bayern MunichJune 202213 July 2020[24]
PGLorenzo Brown29Crvena zvezdaJune 202114 July 2020[25][26]
31SFJarell Eddie28MurciaJune 202127 July 2020[27][28]
25PGKenan Sipahi25Real BetisJune 202127 July 2020[29][30]

Out
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toDateSource
70FLuigi Datome32AX Olimpia Milan30 June 2020[31][32][33]
18SFEgehan Arna23Beşiktaş7 July 2020[34]
21PFDerrick Williams29Valencia8 July 2020[35][36]
77F/CJoffrey Lauvergne28Žalgiris14 July 2020[37][38]
12FNikola Kalinić28Valencia18 July 2020[39][40]
16GKostas Sloukas30Olympiacos23 July 2020[41]
23PFMalcolm Thomas31Bayern Munich27 July 2020[42]
2SFJames Nunnally29Free agentJune 2020
3SFErgi Tırpancı20OGM Ormanspor13 August 2020
8SGEkrem Sancaklı19Afyon Belediye S.K.12 August 2020

Retired numbers
Fenerbahçe retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure Ceremony date
6Mirsad TürkcanPF2006–201216/09/2012[43]
7Ömer OnanSG2004–2005; 2006–201417/10/2014[44]

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 (9): 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2008–09, 2018–19
Winners (3): 1957, 1959, 1965
Runners-up (6): 1954, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1967
Winners (7): 1966–67, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016, 2019, 2020
Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2014–15
Winners (7): 1990, 1991, 1994, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017
Runners-up (9): 1985, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019
  • Federation Cup (defunct)
Winners (5): 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
Runners-up (2): 1948, 1951

European competitions
Winners (1): 2016–17
Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2017–18
4th place (2): 2014–15, 2018–19
Final Four (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Regional competitions
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

Other competitions
Winners (4): 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
Runners-up (1): 2016
  • Cártama, Malaga, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2016
  • Torneo Costa de Sol:
Winners (1): 2016
  • Istanbul, Turkey Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2017
  • Bologna, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2019
  • Treviso, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2019

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 Greek giants 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.

Competition Participation Years
FIBA European Champions Cup / EuroLeague
16
 1959–60, 1965–66, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup / FIBA Saporta Cup
8
 1967–68, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000
FIBA Korać Cup
9
 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02
FIBA EuroChallenge
2
 2004–05, 2005–06
FIBA EuroCup Challenge
1
 2003–04
North European Basketball League
1
 2001–02

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.[45][46] 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.[47]

5 October 2012
19:00 CET
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
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
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
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
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
Season Tier League Pos. Turkish Cup European competitions
1998–99 1 TBL 3rd Runners-up 1 EuroLeagueR16
1999–00 1 TBL 10th Group stage 2 Saporta CupGS
2000–01 1 TBL 5th Group stage 3 Korać CupQF
2001–02 1 TBL 8th Group stage 3 Korać CupR1
2002–03 1 TBL 6th Group stage
2003–04 1 TBL 8th Group stage 4 Europe CupSFC
2004–05 1 TBL 4th Quarterfinalists 3 Europe League4th
2005–06 1 TBL 7th Semifinalists 3 EuroCupR2
2006–07 1 TBL 1st Semifinalists 1 EuroLeagueRS
2007–08 1 TBL 1st Semifinalists 1 EuroLeagueQF
2008–09 1 TBL 2nd Semifinalists 1 EuroLeagueT16
2009–10 1 TBL 1st Champions 1 EuroLeagueRS
2010–11 1 TBL 1st Champions 1 EuroLeagueT16
2011–12 1 TBL 5th Quarterfinalists 1 EuroleagueT16
2012–13 1 TBL 5th Champions 1 EuroLeagueT16
2013–14 1 TBL 1st Semifinalists 1 EuroLeagueT16
2014–15 1 TBL 3rd Runners-up 1 EuroLeague4th
2015–16 1 BSL 1st Champions 1 EuroLeagueRU
2016–17 1 BSL 1st Quarterfinalists 1 EuroLeagueC
2017–18 1 BSL 1st Quarterfinalists 1 EuroLeagueRU
2018–19 1 BSL 2nd Champions 1 EuroLeague4th
2019–20 1 BSL — Champions 1 EuroLeague—

Individual awards and achievements

Retired Numbers

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
Chosen:

Nominated:

EuroLeague Legends

EuroLeague Basketball 2000–10 All-Decade Team
Chosen:

Nominated:

EuroLeague Basketball 2010–20 All-Decade Team
Chosen:

Nominated:

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague First Team

All-EuroLeague Second Team

EuroLeague MVP of the Month

EuroLeague Rising Star

EuroLeague Coach of the Year

EuroLeague Executive of the Year

EuroLeague Magic Moment of the Season

EuroLeague records since 2000–01

EuroLeague Top Scorer

EuroLeague Rebounding Leaders

EuroLeague Blocked Shoots Leaders

Turkish Super League Finals MVP

Turkish League Top Scorer

Turkish Cup Final MVP

Turkish Super Cup MVP

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[62]

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
2013–20 Željko Obradović
2020–present Igor Kokoškov

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Notable coaches
Aydın Örs
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See also

References
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