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Efes Pilsen S.K.
Efes Pilsen SK
Founded 1976
Arena Abdi Ipekci Sport Center
Team Colors Navy Blue and White
League Turkish Basketball League
Chairman Turkey Tuncay Özilhan
Head Coach United States Israel David Blatt

Efes Pilsen Spor Kulübü (English: Efes Pilsen Sport Club) is a Turkish basketball club based in İstanbul and sponsored by the Efes Beverage Group. It is the most successful club in the history of the Turkish Basketball League, having won the league's championship 12 times. Their home arena is the Abdi Ipekci Sport Center.

The club was founded in 1976 through a takeover of a second-division club which had failed due to financial problems, Kadıköyspor. It won the 1978 second division championship undefeated, earning promotion to the Turkish first division, where it has played ever since. In its first top-flight season (1978-79), Efes won the league title, immediately establishing itself as one of the country's top clubs.

The club's main claim to fame was winning the Korac Cup in 1996, marking the first-ever European title in a team sport by a Turkish club. More recently, it has become a fixture in the Euroleague, making the competition's Final Four in 2000 and narrowly missing the Final Four in each season from 2002 to 2006.

Current NBA player Hidayet Türkoğlu former NBAer Mirsad Türkcan are products of Efes' youth program. Former Efes player Mehmet Okur also plays in the NBA and former Efes player İbrahim Kutluay briefly played in the NBA.

For the season 2007-2008, Efes Pilsen signed David Blatt as the head coach.1

Honors

  • Korac Cup (1): 1996
  • Turkish League (12): 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Turkish Cup (7): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006
  • President's Cup (7): 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006
  • European Cup (1): 1993 (final)
  • Euroleague (1): 2000 (third)
  • Suproleague (1): 2001 (third)

Current squad 2006/07

Coach: United StatesIsraelDavid Blatt
Number Player Position Height (m)
4 United States Drew Nicholas PG/SG 1.93
5 Turkey Albania Ermal Kurtoğlu PF 2.07
6 Turkey Can Akın PG/SG 1.90
TBD United States Rashad Wright PG 1.88
8 Croatia Nikola Prkačin PF 2.08
9 Turkey Cenk Akyol SF 1.98
10 Turkey Mustafa Abi SG/SF 1.97
11 Turkey Cüneyt Erden PG/SG 1.85
12 Turkey Kerem Gönlüm PF 2.08
13 United States Marcus Haislip PF/C 2.08
14 Turkey Barış Hersek SF/PF 2.07
15 Serbia Aleksandar Rasic PG/SG 1.95
16 Turkey Bora Hun Paçun PF/C 2.10
17 Turkey Emre Bayav C 2.12
TBD United States Loren Woods C 2.15
TBD United States Andre Hutson PF 2.02

Notable players

Against the NBA

In 2006, Efes became the first Turkish basketball club to be invited to play NBA teams. Efes competed against the Denver Nuggets in Denver, Colorado on 11 October, and against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California on 13 October.[1]

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  1. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2623475
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