Anadolu Efes S.K.

The club was established in 1976 as Efes Pilsen S.K., by taking over the Turkish second-division club Kadıköyspor, which had failed due to financial problems. Its initial sponsor was its former longtime namesake, Efes Pilsen, a subsidiary of the Anadolu Group. It won the 1978 Turkish second division national championship undefeated, earning promotion to the Turkish first division, where it has continuously competed ever since. In its first top-flight season (1978–79), Efes Pilsen S.K. won the Turkish national league title, immediately establishing itself as one of the country's top clubs. After finishing 2nd in the 1992–93 FIBA European Cup, Efes Pilsen S.K. won the 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup, which marked the first-ever European-wide title won by a Turkish club in any team sport. Efes Pilsen S.K. (later renamed Anadolu Efes S.K.) has also become a fixture in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, making it to the competition's EuroLeague Final Four in 2000, and also to the FIBA SuproLeague's 2001 Final Four, and finishing 3rd on both occasions. In 2011, the club changed its name to Anadolu Efes S.K., after the TAPDK (Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority) in Turkey prohibited the advertisement of tobacco and alcohol products in sports organizations. In the 2017–18 season, Efes finished in the 16th and last place in the EuroLeague. In the 2018–19 season, Efes had success in the EuroLeague as it managed to clinch the fourth-seed in the regular season. In the play-offs, the team beat FC Barcelona to advance to its first EuroLeague Final Four in 19 years. In the semi-final, Efes beat Fenerbahçe 92–73 to reach its first EuroLeague Final in history. In the championship game, Efes was defeated by CSKA Moscow, eventually finishing as the runner-up. In the same season, Efes won its first BSL championship since 2009. In Game 7 of the Finals against Fenerbahçe, Efes won 89–74 after Shane Larkin scored 38 points. Larkin was later named BSL Finals MVP. In the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons Anadolu Efes won back-to-back EuroLeague Championships. But later in the following 2022–23 EuroLeague season they had ended 11th place in the season and out of the playoff bound. ==Home arenas==

• Abdi İpekçi Arena: 1986–2010, 2012–2017 • Sinan Erdem Dome: 2010–2012, 2017–2024 • Basketball Development Centre: 2024–present Image:Abdi İpekçi Arena 2.jpg|Abdi Ipekçi Arena interior during a match Image:EuroBasket_2017_Top_16_Spain_vs_Turkey,_2017-09-10.jpg|Sinan Erdem Dome Image:Basketball Development Center 20250220 (2).jpg|Basketball Development Centre For many years, Efes has used the Abdi İpekçi Arena, with a seating capacity of 12,270, to host its home games. From 2017 to 2024, Efes uses the 16,000 seat Sinan Erdem Dome for its home games. Since 2024, they used their newly opened arena Basketball Development Centre using their home games ==Players==

Current roster Depth chart . Retired numbers ==Honours==

Domestic competitions • Turkish Super League : Winners (16) (record): 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23 : Runners-up (13): 1985–86, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2023–24 • Turkish Cup : Winners (12) (record): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2018, 2022 : Runners-up (5): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2017, 2019, 2024 • Turkish Presidential Cup : Winners (14) (record): 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 : Runners-up (11): 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016 European competitions • EuroLeague : Winners (2): 2020–21, 2021–22 : Runners-up (1): 2018–19 : 3rd place (2): 1999–00, 2000–01 : Final Four (5): 2000, 2001, 2019, 2021, 2022 • FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct) : Runners-up (1): 1992–93 • FIBA Korać Cup (defunct) : Winners (1): 1995–96 Other competitions • FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct) : 3rd place (1): 1996 • Sondrio, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2008 • Bandirma Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2008 • Sarajevo Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2010 • Istanbul, Turkey Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2014 • Αachen, Germany Basketball Tournament : Winners (1): 1995 • Crete Heraklion Basketball Tournament : Winners (1): 2016 • TUBAD Basketball Tournament : Winners (1): 2018 • Zadar Basketball Tournament : Winners: 2019 • Instabul Basketball Tournament : Winners (1): 1995 • Gloria Cup : Winners (2): 2020, 2021 ==Notable players==

• Mustafa Abi • Cenk Akyol • Ender Arslan • Volkan Aydın • Birkan Batuk • Hüseyin Beşok • Erdal Bibo • Onuralp Bitim • Semih Erden • Serkan Erdoğan • Murat Evliyaoğlu • Kerem Gönlüm • Sinan Güler • Ersan İlyasova • Furkan Korkmaz • İbrahim Kutluay • Mehmet Okur • Ömer Onan • Cedi Osman • Tamer Oyguç • Kaya Peker • Ufuk Sarıca • Kerem Tunçeri • Mirsad Türkcan • Hedo Türkoğlu • Alper Yılmaz • Ermal Kuqo • Bryant Dunston • Brock Motum • Stanko Barać • Mario Kasun • Damir Mulaomerović • Zoran Planinić • Marko Popović • Nikola Prkačin • Dario Šarić • Krunoslav Simon • Nikola Vujčić • Ante Žižić • Thomas Heurtel • Adrien Moerman • Stéphane Lasme • Michalis Kakiouzis • Stratos Perperoglou • Kaspars Kambala • Saulius Štombergas • Predrag Drobnjak • Petar Naumoski • Vlado Šćepanović • Milko Bjelica • Goran Nikolić • Slavko Vraneš • Daniel Santiago • Vasili Karasev • Dušan Kecman • Vasilije Micić • Igor Rakočević • Duško Savanović • Zoran Savić • Vladimir Štimac • Zoran Dragić • Jurica Golemac • Edo Murić • Boštjan Nachbar • Alen Omić • Sasha Vujačić • Esteban Batista • Josh Adams • Derrick Alston • Derrick Brown • Marcus Brown • Elijah Bryant • Will Clyburn • Chris Corchiani • Bryce Cotton • Jon Diebler • Henry Domercant • Justin Doellman • Toney Douglas • Erwin Dudley • Jordan Farmar • Jamon Gordon • Antonio Granger • Jayson Granger • Kenny Green • Kenny Gregory • Marcus Haislip • Tyler Honeycutt • Matt Janning • Brian Howard • Trajan Langdon • Ricky Ledo • Anthony Mason • Errick McCollum • Conrad McRae • Drew Nicholas • Daniel Oturu • Scoonie Penn • Mark Pope • Larry Richard • Scott Roth • Willie Solomon • Charles Smith • Preston Shumpert • Deshaun Thomas • Bootsy Thornton • Alex Tyus • Rickie Winslow • Andrew Wisniewski • Sonny Weems ===Players at the NBA draft=== ==Season by season==

: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. ==International record==

Matches against NBA teams In 2006, Efes Pilsen became the first Turkish basketball club to be invited to play with NBA teams. They competed against the Denver Nuggets in Denver, Colorado on October 11, and against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California on October 12. In 2007, Efes Pilsen hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Abdi İpekçi Arena. ==Head coaches==

• Rıza Erverdi (1983–1984) • Aydan Siyavuş (1984–1986) • Rusmir Halilovic (1986–1987) • Aydan Siyavuş (1987–1990) • Halil Üner (1990–1992) • Aydın Örs (1992–1999) • Ergin Ataman (1999–2001) • Oktay Mahmuti (2001–2007) • David Blatt (2007–2008) • Ekrem Memnun (2008) • Ergin Ataman (2008–2010) • Velimir Perasović (2010–2011) • Ufuk Sarıca (2011–2012) • Ilias Zouros (2012) • Oktay Mahmuti (2012–2013) • Vangelis Angelou (2013–2014) • Dušan Ivković (2014–2016) • Ahmet Çakı (2016) • Velimir Perasović (2016–2017) • Ergin Ataman (2017–2023) • Erdem Can (2023–2024) • Tomislav Mijatović (2024–2025) • Luca Banchi (2025) • Igor Kokoškov (2025) • Pablo Laso (2025–present) ==References==