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 location of Istanbul Province Maiden Tower and Historical Peninsula of Istanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul) (the former Constantinople, Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... Navy blue is an especially dark shade of the color blue. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... David Blatt (Hebrew:דיוויד בלאט ;born 22 May 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an Israeli-American present day basketball coach and a former basketball point guard. ... Image File history File links Kit_body_basketball. ... white soccer jersey with thin sides File links The following pages link to this file: Cambridge United F.C. Template talk:Football kit Drogheda United Sligo Rovers F.C. Template:Football kit/pattern list User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Kit_body_basketball. ... Image File history File links soccer jersey with thin white sides File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about the sport. ... The location of Istanbul Province Maiden Tower and Historical Peninsula of Istanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul) (the former Constantinople, Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... Efes Beverage Group was founded in Turkey in 1969, and today consists of 14 breweries in Turkey, Russia, the CIS countries and Southeast Europe. ... The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League (Turkish: Türkiye 1. ... Abdi Ipecki Sport Center is an indoor sporting arena located in Istanbul, Turkey. ...

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. Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League (Turkish: Türkiye 1. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

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. The Korac Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The Euroleague (EL) is a high-calibre professional basketball league with teams from thirteen different European countries. ... Final Four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Hidayet TürkoÄŸlu, sometimes called as Hedo/Hido TürkoÄŸlu (born March 19, 1979 in Istanbul), is a Turkish professional basketball player, and the first Turkish-born player in NBA history. ... Mirsad Turkcan (Turkish: Mirsad Türkcan) (born June 7, 1976 in Novi Pazar, Sandzak, Serbia) is a basketball player. ... Mehmet Okur (born May 26, 1979 in Yalova, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He is married to former Miss Turkey and model Yeliz Caliskan, and they have a daughter, Melisa, born on March 21, 2007. ... Ä°brahim Kutluay (born 7 January 1974 in Ä°stanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish basketball player. ...

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 2007/08

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Notable players

• Mirsad Türkcan
• Hedo Türkoğlu
• Mehmet Okur
• İbrahim Kutluay
• Huseyin Besok
• Kerem Tunçeri
• Kaya Peker
• Asım Pars
• Volkan Aydın
• Conrad McRae
• Anthony Mason
• Marcus Brown
• Charles Cornelius Smith
• Trajan Langdon
• Will Solomon
• Marc Jackson
• Chris Corchiani
• Henry Domercant
• Derrick Alston
• Antonio Granger
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Kaspars Kambala
• Zoran Savić
• Vlado Šćepanović
• Damir Mulaomerović
• Saulius Štombergas
• Petar Naumoski

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He has also played for the Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, the Miami Heat, the Los Angeles Clippers... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Trajan Shaka Langdon (born May 13, 1976, in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional basketball player. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... William James Solomon (born July 20, 1978, in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American basketball player that plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Marc Anthony Jackson (born January 16, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Christopher Corchiani (born March 28, 1968 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American former professional basketball player. ... 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Predrag Drobnjak (born October 27, 1975) is a Serbian professional basketball player currently with KK Partizan of the Serbian Basketball League and the Adriatic League and who has formerly played in the National Basketball Association. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Kaspars Kambala (born on 13 December 1978 in Riga-Latvia) is a professional basketball player of Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor and Latvia national basketball team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia. ... Savic lifts the Euroleague trophy, April 1991 Zoran Savić (Serbian: Зоран Савић) born November 18, 1966 in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Hercegovina) is a Serbian/Yugoslav professional basketball player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro. ... Vlado Šćepanović (born 13 November 1975 in Kolašin, Montenegro) is a professional Montenegrin basketball player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Damir Mulaomerovic (born 19 September 1974) is a professional Croatian basketball player who currently plays for Gipuzkoa BC in Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Saulius Štombergas (born December 14, 1973 in Klaipėda, USSR, now Lithuania) is a former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team currently playing for BC Unics in Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macedonia. ... Petar Naumoski (born: 27 August 1968) is a former basketball player and Sport Minister of the Republic of Macedonia. ...

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] Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... For the original defunct Denver Nuggets, see Denver Nuggets (original). ... Nickname: Location of Denver in Colorado Location of Colorado in the United States Coordinates: , Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded [1] November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Government  - Type Strong Mayor/Weak Council  - Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area [1]  - City & County  154. ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. ... “Oakland” redirects here. ... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

External links

• Efes Pilsen Basketball Team Official Website
• Euroleague team profile
• Statistics