# Karşıyaka Basket

Karşıyaka Basket is a Turkish professional basketball team located in Karşıyaka, İzmir, that competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League. It is a section of the multi-sport club Karşıyaka SK. The team also goes by the name of KSK, which stands for Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (i.e. Karşıyaka Sport Club).

## History

Karşıyaka SK was founded in 1912 and opened its basketball section in 1966. Karşıyaka Basket is considered to be one of the most important basketball teams in all of Turkey. They first played in the Turkish Basketball League in 1966. They relegated to lower divisions in 1968. The club also played in lower divisions from 1968 to 1974. The team is still participating in the Turkish Basketball League since 1974. Karşıyaka Basket was sponsored by Yaşar Holding's Food and Beverage Group; Pınar between 1998 and 2024. Their home arena is the Karşıyaka Arena with a capacity of 6,500 seats, which was opened in 2005.

### Big achievements with Sarıca

Karşıyaka set to name Ufuk Sarıca as head coach in the summer of 2012. Sarıca was dreamed to be in Euroleague with Karşıyaka and he said that "We have a dream and we want to be in Euroleague in 3 years." On February 9, 2014, the team won the Turkish Cup with a victory against Anadolu Efes under managing Ufuk Sarıca. It was the first championship of club in Turkish Cup. On October 8, 2014, the team won the President's Cup by beating Fenerbahçe Ülker. In the 2014–15, Karşıyaka won its second Turkish League after 1987 championship, despite finishing the regular season in the fourth place, by defeating Fenerbahçe Ülker in the playoffs semifinals by 3–1 and Anadolu Efes 4–1 in the finals.
On 29 July 2015, EuroLeague announced the participating teams for the following season and included Karşıyaka with for the 2015–16 EuroLeague season. In its second appearance ever in the top tier of European basketball, the team won 3 games and lost 7.

## Honours
### National competitions

Turkish Super League
* Winners (2): 1986–87, 2014–15
* Runner-up (2): 1983–84, 2022–23
Turkish Cup
* Winner (1): 2013–14
* Runner-up (1): 2004–05
President's Cup
* Winners (2): 1987, 2014

### European competitions

Basketball Champions League
* Runner-up (1): 2020–21
FIBA EuroChallenge
* Runner-up (1): 2012–13

## Home arenas

* İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall: (1966–2005)
* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sport Hall: (2005–present)

## Players
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
| C | Muhsin Yaşar | Mehmet Efe Demirel |
| PF | Mert Celep | |
| SF | Austin Hollins | Hakan Sayılı |
| SG | Roberto Gallinat | Ergi Tırpancı |
| PG | Ozan Yılmaz | Thomas Akyazılı |
(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

### Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
* Criteria
* To appear in this section a player must have either:
* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
* Efe Aydan
* Hüseyin Beşok
* Kaya Peker
* Arda Vekiloğlu
* Mehmet Yağmur
* Şemsettin Baş
* Ufuk Sarıca
* Hakan Köseoğlu
* Muratcan Güler
* - Asım Pars
* Serhat Çetin
* Ümit Sonkol
* Barış Ermiş
* Furkan Aldemir
* Birkan Batuk
* İlkan Karaman
* Erkan Veyseloğlu
* Barış Hersek
* Kerem Gönlüm
* İnanç Koç
* Berk Uğurlu
* Metin Türen
* - Metecan Birsen
* Onuralp Bitim
* Semih Erden
* Berkan Durmaz
* - Kenan Sipahi
* Braian Angola
* Juan Palacios
* Siniša Kelečević
* Ángel Delgado
* Assem Marei
* Roberts Štelmahers
* Mindaugas Kuzminskas
* Vrbica Stefanov
* Thomas Abercrombie
* Alade Aminu
* Jaime Lloreda
* Mateusz Ponitka
* Zakhar Pashutin
* Jovo Stanojević
* Mirko Milićević
* Esteban Batista
* Jim Rowinski
* Dallas Comegys
* Dewayne Jefferson
* - Henry Domercant
* Jerry Holman
* Roberto Bergersen
* Rashard Griffith
* Marcus Slaughter
* Sean Marshall
* Gary Neal
* - Quinton Hosley
* Leon Williams
* Andre Smith
* David Holston
* Mire Chatman
* - Will Thomas
* - D. J. Strawberry
* - Ali Muhammed
* Jon Diebler
* Colton Iverson
* Kenny Gabriel
* DaJuan Summers
* - Jordan Morgan
* D.J. Kennedy
* - Michael Roll
* Tony Taylor
* Bonzie Colson
* Vernon Carey Jr.
* Kelan Martin
* Vitto Brown
* James Webb
* Errick McCollum
* Daron Russell

### Award winners
## Head coaches

* Aydan Siyavuş (1973–1975)
* Nadir Vekiloğlu
* Aydan Siyavuş (1990–1991)
* Murat Didin (1998–1999)
* Ergin Ataman (1999)
* Ahmet Kandemir (2003–2006)
* Levent Topsakal (2006)
* Okan Çevik (2006–2007)
* Ahmet Kandemir (2007–2008)
* Ayhan Kalyoncu (2008–2009)
* Hakan Demir (2009–2012)
* Ufuk Sarıca (2012–2016)
* Nenad Marković (2016–2017)
* Aleksandar Trifunović (2017–2018)
* Özhan Çıvgın (2018–2019)
* Dirk Bauermann (2019)
* Ufuk Sarıca (2019–2025)
* Rüçhan Tamsöz (2025)

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Playoffs | Cup Competitions | European Competitions | European Competitions |
| 1966–67 | 1 | TBL | 12th | – | | | |
| 1967–68 | 1 | TBL | 15th | – | |
| 1968–74 | Lower divisions | Lower divisions | Lower divisions | Lower divisions | Lower divisions | Lower divisions | Lower divisions |
| 1974–75 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | – | | | |
| 1975–76 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | – | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1976–77 | 1 | TBL | 6th | – | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1977–78 | 1 | TBL | 5th | – | | | |
| 1978–79 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | – | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1979–80 | 1 | TBL | 5th | – | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1980–81 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | 4th | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1981–82 | 1 | TBL | 7th | 6th | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1982–83 | 1 | TBL | 6th | | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1983–84 | 1 | TBL | 4th | RU | | | |
| 1984–85 | 1 | TBL | 6th | QF | | Saporta Cup | Saporta Cup |
| 1985–86 | 1 | TBL | 7th | QF | | | |
| 1986–87 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | Champions | | Korać Cup | Korać Cup |
| 1987–88 | 1 | TBL | 9th | | | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup |
| 1988–89 | 1 | TBL | 10th | | | | |
| 1989–90 | 1 | TBL | 9th | | | | |
| 1990–91 | 1 | TBL | 7th | QF | | | |
| 1991–92 | 1 | TBL | 11th | | | | |
| 1992–93 | 1 | TBL | 14th | | | | |
| 1993–94 | 1 | TBL | 9th | 1R | | | |
| 1994–95 | 1 | TBL | 10th | 1R | | | |
| 1995–96 | 1 | TBL | 12th | 1R | | | |
| 1996–97 | 1 | TBL | 10th | 1R | | | |
| 1997–98 | 1 | TBL | 12th | 1R | | | |
| 1998–99 | 1 | TBL | 9th | 1R | | | |
| 1999–00 | 1 | TBL | 4th | QF | Quarterfinalist | Korać Cup | 3R |
| 2000–01 | 1 | TBL | 10th | 1R | | Saporta Cup | RS |
| 2001–02 | 1 | TBL | 6th | QF | | | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | TBL | 5th | QF | | FIBA Europe Champions Cup | RS |
| 2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 4th | SF | Group Stage | | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | TBL | 5th | QF | Runner-up | | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | TBL | 10th | | Group Stage | | |
| 2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 12th | | Semifinalist | | |
| 2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 7th | QF | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | TBL | 9th | | Group Stage | | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 6th | QF | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 5th | QF | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | QF |
| 2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 6th | QF | Group Stage | EuroChallenge | T16 |
| 2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 5th | SF | Quarterfinalist | EuroChallenge | RU |
| 2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 6th | SF | Champion | Eurocup | L32 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Champions | Semifinalist | Eurocup | QF |
| 2015–16 | 1 | BSL | 6th | QF | Semifinalist | Euroleague Eurocup | RS L16 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | BSL | 9th | | Semifinalist | Champions League | QF |
| 2017–18 | 1 | BSL | 10th | | | Champions League | QF |
| 2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 11th | | | FIBA Europa Cup | QF |
| 2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 2nd | – | | FIBA Europa Cup | SF |
| 2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 3rd | SF | | Champions League | RU |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 7th | QF | Quarterfinalist | Champions League | PI |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 4th | RU | | Champions League | PI |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 4th | SF | Semifinalist | Champions League | R16 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | BSL | | | Quarterfinalist | Champions League | PI |
    ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.