# Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)

Active departments of Beşiktaş J.K. :
| Athletics | Basketball (Men's) (Women's) | Boxing |
| Bridge | Chess | e-Sports |
| Football (Men's) (Women's) | Gymnastics | Handball (Men's) |
| Rowing | Table tennis | Volleyball (Men's) (Women's) |
| Wheelchair basketball | Wrestling | |
Beşiktaş Basketbol, for sponsorship reasons Beşiktaş Fibabanka is a Turkish professional basketball team from the city of Istanbul. The team formed in 1967 as the basketball section of Beşiktaş J.K., which was founded in 1903. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League.

## History

The club's men's basketball section started out in the year 1967 and since then, Beşiktaş has played in the first Turkish Basketball Super League, in every season, except in the 1988–89 season, due to their relegation to the Turkish Basketball First League after the 1987–88 season. The club won the Turkish Basketball Super League, under the management of Ateş Çubukçu [tr] and Tom Davis, in the 1974–75 season.
In October 2010, Beşiktaş announced the biggest transfer in the history of the club's basketball department, with the signing of the former NBA Most Valuable Player, Allen Iverson. Iverson signed a 2-year $4 million net income contract.
In July 2011, NBA All-Star Deron Williams of the Brooklyn Nets, announced he would play for Beşiktaş, due to the 2011 NBA lockout. His $5 million net income contract included a clause that would enable him to return to the NBA during the regular season, if an agreement was made between the owners and players association. When the lockout finished, Williams was replaced by Carlos Arroyo.
Arroyo led the team to the Turkish Cup title in February 2012. In April 2012, the team won the 3rd-tier level EuroChallenge Final against Elan Chalon. After the EuroChallenge championship, the team won the Turkish Basketball Super League Finals against Anadolu Efes. On September 30, 2012, the team won the Turkish President's Cup against Anadolu Efes.

## Sponsorship naming

Beşiktaş has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship;
* Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 2005–2011
* Beşiktaş Milangaz: 2011–2012
* Beşiktaş Integral Forex: 2013–2015
* Beşiktaş Sompo Japan: 2015–2020
* Beşiktaş Icrypex: 2021–2022
* Beşiktaş Emlakjet: 2022–2024
* Beşiktaş Fibabanka: 2024–present

## Players
### Retired numbers

Beşiktaş retired numbers :
| No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | Ceremony date |
| 8 | | Deron Williams | PG | 2011 | 29 November 2011 |

### 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 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Emanuel Terry | Uroš Plavšić | Kerem Kuthan Konan |
| PF | Dustin Sleva | Conor Morgan | |
| SF | Kelan Martin | Yiğit Arslan | Ata Özbek |
| SG | Jonah Mathews | Kyle Allman | |
| PG | Derek Needham | Berk Uğurlu | Yağız Aksu |

### 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.
* Erman Kunter
* Haluk Yıldırım
* Ufuk Sarıca
* Sertaç Şanlı
* Efe Aydan
* Engin Atsür
* Kaya Peker
* Kerem Tunçeri
* Levent Topsakal
* Kenan Sipahi
* Ömer Büyükaycan
* Serhat Çetin
* Semih Erden
* Erkan Veyseloğlu
* Sinan Güler
* Tamer Oyguç
* Barış Hersek
* Kartal Özmızrak
* Alperen Şengün
* Şehmus Hazer
* Erxhan Osmani
* Ryan Broekhoff
* Ratko Varda
* Damir Markota
* Sandro Nicević
* Erik Murphy
* Robin Benzing
* Pops Mensah-Bonsu
* Kimani Ffriend
* Virginijus Praškevičius
* Gediminas Orelik
* Predrag Drobnjak
* Maciej Lampe
* Michał Sokołowski
* Carlos Arroyo
* Larry Ayuso
* Rick Apodaca
* Fedor Likholitov
* Vladimir Štimac
* Zoran Erceg
* - D. J. Strawberry
* John Holland
* Lonny Baxter
* Bryce Brown
* Mire Chatman
* Earl Clark
* Jo Jo English
* Donnell Harvey
* Allen Iverson
* Chris Lofton
* Khalid El-Amin
* Isaiah Whitehead
* Deron Williams

## Head coaches

* Cavit Altunay: 1967–70
* Aydan Siyavuş: 1970–71
* Ünal Büyükaycan: 1971–73
* Cavit Altunay: 1973–74
* Ateş Çubukçu / Tom Davis: 1974–75
* Ateş Çubukçu / Tom Davis / Tanju Feyzioğlu: 1975
* Mehmet Baturalp: 1975–79
* Fehmi Sadıkoğlu: 1979–85
* Hurşit Baytok: 1985–86
* Aydan Siyavuş: 1986–87
* Hurşit Baytok: 1987–89
* İren İmre: 1989–90
* Mehmet Baturalp: 1990–91
* İren İmre: 1991–93
* Hakan Yavuz: 1993–94
* Cem Akdağ: 1994–95
* Tolga Tuğsavul: 1995–96
* Erman Kunter: 1996–97
* Ahmet Kandemir: 1997–03
* İhsan Bayülken: 2003–05
* Burak Bıyıktay: 2005
* Murat Didin: 2005–07
* Ufuk Sarıca: 2007
* Ergin Ataman: 2007–08
* Hakan Demir: 2008–09
* Burak Bıyıktay: 2009–11
* Ergin Ataman: 2011–12
* Erman Kunter: 2012–13
* Ahmet Kandemir: 2013–15
* Henrik Dettmann: 2015–16
* Yağızer Uluğ: 2016
* Ufuk Sarıca: 2016–18
* Duško Ivanović: 2018–20
* Burak Bıyıktay: 2020
* Ahmet Kandemir: 2020–22
* Igor Miličić: 2022–23
* Dušan Alimpijević: 2023–present

## Honours
### National competitions

* Turkish Basketball Super League :
** Winner (2): 1975, 2012
** Runners-up (7): 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2005, 2017
* Turkish Cup:
** Winner (1): 2012
** Runners-up (4): 1971, 1973, 2011, 2025
* Turkish President's Cup
** Winner (1): 2012
** Runner-up (1): 1987

### European competitions

* EuroCup:
** Semi-final (1): 2024
* EuroChallenge:
** Winner (1): 2012
* Korać Cup:
** Quarter-final (1): 1999
* FIBA Europe League:
** Quarter-final (1): 2005

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Postseason | Cup Competitions | European Competitions | European Competitions |
| 1967–68 | 1 | TBL | 5th | – | Semifinalist | – |
| 1968–69 | 1 | TBL | 7th | – | – | – |
| 1969–70 | 1 | TBL | 5th | – | – | – |
| 1970–71 | 1 | TBL | 5th | – | Runner-up | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |
| 1971–72 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | – | Quarterfinalist | – |
| 1972–73 | 1 | TBL | 6th | – | Runner-up | – |
| 1973–74 | 1 | TBL | 5th | – | – | – |
| 1974–75 | 1 | TBL | 1st | – | – | – |
| 1975–76 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | – | – | Champions Cup | 1R |
| 1976–77 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | – | – | Cup Winners' Cup | 2R |
| 1977–78 | 1 | TBL | 8th | – | – | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |
| 1978–79 | 1 | TBL | 6th | – | – | – |
| 1979–80 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | – | – | – |
| 1980–81 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | – | – | Korać Cup | 2R |
| 1981–82 | 1 | TBL | 2nd | – | – | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |
| 1982–83 | 1 | TBL | 4th | – | – | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |
| 1983–84 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | – | Korać Cup | 1R |
| 1984–85 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | – | – |
| 1985–86 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | – | – |
| 1986–87 | 1 | TBL | 1st | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 1987–88 | 1 | TBL | 11th | – | – | Korać Cup | 2R |
| 1988–89 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | Promoted | – | – |
| 1989–90 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | – | – |
| 1990–91 | 1 | TBL | 10th | – | – | – |
| 1991–92 | 1 | TBL | 10th | – | Last 16 | – |
| 1992–93 | 1 | TBL | 10th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | – |
| 1993–94 | 1 | TBL | 13th | – | Last 16 | – |
| 1994–95 | 1 | TBL | 14th | – | Last 16 | – |
| 1995–96 | 1 | TBL | 6th | First Round | Last 16 | – |
| 1996–97 | 1 | TBL | 13th | – | Quarterfinalist | Korać Cup | 3R |
| 1997–98 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Last 16 | – |
| 1998–99 | 1 | TBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Korać Cup | QF |
| 1999–00 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | Korać Cup | 2R |
| 2000–01 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | – | Saporta Cup | T16 |
| 2001–02 | 1 | TBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | – | Korać Cup | R32 |
| 2002–03 | 1 | TBL | 10th | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 2003–04 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | – | – |
| 2004–05 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Runner-up | Semifinalist | Europe League | QF |
| 2005–06 | 1 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | – | ULEB Cup | RS |
| 2006–07 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ULEB Cup | RS |
| 2007–08 | 1 | TBL | 1st | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | ULEB Cup | QF |
| 2008–09 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | RS |
| 2009–10 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | RS |
| 2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Runner-up | Eurocup | RS |
| 2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Champion | Champion | Eurochallenge | C |
| 2012–13 | 1 | TBL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Euroleague | T16 |
| 2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Eurocup | L16 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | – | Eurocup | L32 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | TBL | 9th | – | – | Eurocup | RS |
| 2016–17 | 1 | BSL | 2nd | Runner-up | Quarterfinalist | Champions League | L16 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | BSL | 4th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Champions League | L16 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | BSL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | Semifinalist | Champions League | L16 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | BSL | 8th | – | – | Champions League | L16 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | BSL | 5th | Semifinalist | – | FIBA Europe Cup | RS |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BSL | 10th | – | – | Champions League | PI |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BSL | 14th | – | – | FIBA Europe Cup | QR2 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BSL | 3rd | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | EuroCup | SF |
    ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.