Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)

Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)
Beşiktaş Basketbol, for sponsorship reasons Beşiktaş Emlakjet is a Turkish professional basketball team from the city of İstanbul. 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 and in the EuroCup.
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 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–present
Players
Retired numbers
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
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
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
John Holland
Allen Iverson
Chris Lofton
Deron Williams
Earl Clark
Jo Jo English
Khalid El-Amin
Donnell Harvey
Lonny Baxter
Mire Chatman
- D. J. Strawberry
Isaiah Whitehead
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: 2020–2022
Igor Miličić: 2022–2023
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 (3): 1971, 1973, 2011
Turkish President's Cup
Winner (1): 2012
Runner-up (1): 1987
European competitions
EuroCup:
Quarter-final (1): 2008
EuroChallenge:
Winner (1): 2012
Korać Cup:
Quarter-final (1): 1999
FIBA Europe League:
Quarter-final (1): 2005
Season by season
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
See also
Beşiktaş J.K.
References
External links
Eurobasket.com Profile
TBLStat.net Profile
Basketball teams established in 1933
Basketball teams in Turkey
Beşiktaş Basketball
Sport in Beşiktaş
Turkish Basketball Super League teams
1933 establishments in Turkey
Sports clubs and teams in Istanbul