Galatasaray Café Crown

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Galatasaray Café Crown
Leagues	Turkish Basketball League ULEB Eurocup
Founded	1929
History	Galatasaray (1929-2005) Galatasaray Café Crown (2005-present)
Arena	Abdi İpekçi Arena (capacity: 12,500)
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow and Red
President	Adnan Polat
Head coach	Okan Çevik
Championships	Turkish League (4) Turkish Cup (2) President's Cup (2)
Website	www.galatasaray.org
Uniforms
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Active departments of Galatasaray
Football	Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)
Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)	Wheelchair Basketball
Athletics	Bridge	Equestrian
Judo	Rowing	Sailing
SL Formula	Swimming	Water Polo

Galatasaray Café Crown is a basketball club, part of Galatasaray Sports Club, based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Technical Staff 4 Roster 5 Notable Players 6 Head coaches 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] History

Ahmet Robenson, a physical education teacher in Galatasaray high school decided to introduce a new game to students in 1911. That was how basketball entered Turkey. Robenson, who also became a Galatasaray S.K. president later, helped this new sport to be known which became popular soon.

Galatasaray is the pioneer in Turkish basketball history, and baskeball had always been very important for the club. Former president of the club, Özhan Canaydın is a former player of basketball team. However, in recent years club has been focused on football section and basketball section seeks to revive the successful eras in its bright history.

[edit] Honours

• Turkish Basketball League: ^[1]
  • Winners (4): 1968-1969, 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1989-1990
• Turkish Cup: ^[2]
  • Winners (2): 1969-1970, 1994-1995
• President's Cup: ^[3]
  • Winners (2): 1985, 1990
• Turkish Championships:
  • Winners (11): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
• İstanbul League:
  • Winners (20): 1932-1933, 1933-1934, 1934-1935, 1935-1936, 1940-1941, 1941-1942, 1942-1943, 1943-1944, 1944-1945, 1945-1946, 1946-1947, 1947-1948, 1948-1949, 1949-1950, 1950-1951, 1951-1952, 1952-1953, 1953-1954, 1957-1958, 1960-1961
• ULEB Cup:
  • Semi-finalists(1): 2007-2008

[edit] Technical Staff

Name	Job
Ahmet Dedehayır	Basketball Branch Responsible
Ali Türsan	Manager
Mert Uyguç	Team Manager
Okan Çevik	Head Coach
Aziz Bekir	Assistant
Tolga Başer	Assistant
Semih Eroğlu	Fitness Coach
Levent Topsakal	Technical Manager
Osman Aşbay	Masseur
Erhan Çelik	Manciple

[edit] Roster

Galatasaray Café Crown roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. 1.0 PG 6 USA  Washington, Jr., Darius 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 2.0 SG 7 Turkey  Ersöz, Tufan (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 3.0 SF 8 Turkey  Topaloğlu, Caner 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 2.0 SG 10 Turkey  Kaya, Murat 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 4.0 PF 11 USA  Wilkinson, Mike 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 4.0 PF 12 Turkey  Kocaoğlu, Polat 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 4.0 PF 13 Slovakia  Rančík, Radoslav 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 5.0 C 15 Turkey  Nalga, Cemal 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 2.0 SG 16 Turkey  Büker, Evren 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 1.0 PG 20 Turkey  Akın, Can 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 2.0 SG 21 Turkey  Örge, Teoman 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 3.0 SF 24 Turkey  Güney, Alican 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 3.0 SF 31 Lithuania  Jasaitis, Simas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 5.0 C 55 Turkey  Beyaz, Eren 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 116 kg (256 lb)	Head coach Okan Çevik Assistant coach(es) Aziz Bekir Tolga Başer Legend (C) Team captain (*) Playing only in Euroleague Injured Roster • updated 2009-10-01

For a listing of past rosters, see Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team past rosters.

[edit] Notable Players

Turkey Arda Vekiloğlu Asım Pars Burak Sezgin Cemal Nalga Cenk Akyol Cüneyt Erden Erdem Türetken Fatih Solak Hüseyin Beşok Kerem Tunçeri Levent Topsakal Murat Kaya Muratcan Güler Nedim Dal Orhun Ene Ömer Büyükaycan Özhan Canaydın Polat Kocaoğlu Serdar Apaydın Serhat Çetin Tamer Oyguç Teoman Öztürk Tolga Tekinalp Tufan Ersöz

United States Anthony Tolliver Antonio Graves Ben Handlogten Brian Greene Britton Johnsen Corey Gaines Charles Gaines Chris Owens David Henderson Dee Brown Dell Demps Frankie King Gerald Fitch Jaquay Walls Lee Matthews Lloyd Daniels Malik Dixon Marlon Maxey Marshall Strickland Maurice Baker Paul Dawkins Quadre Lollis Quinton Hosley Randy Livingston Rashid Atkins Robert Hite Ron Johnson Terrell Lyday Thomas Kelley Tim Breaux

Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Mujezinović Tarik Valjevac  Canada Denham Brown  Czech Republic Richard Petruška  Croatia Andrija Zizic  Germany Mithat Demirel  Lebanon Joe Vogel  Nigeria Julius Nwosu  Panama Kevin Daley  Serbia Dejan Milojević Milan Gurović  Slovakia Richard Petruška

[edit] Head coaches

• Petar Sinemov
• Nur Germen
• Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
• Faruk Akagün
• Aydan Siyavuş
• Ömer Petorak
• Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
• Erman Kunter
• Halil Üner (2005-2006)
• Murat Özyer (2006-2009)
• Koray Mincinozlu (2009)
• Okan Çevik (2009-present)

[edit] See also

• See also Turkish National Men's Basketball Team
• See also Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team
• See also Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Galatasaray

• Galatasaray SK Official Web Site (Turkish) (English) (French)
• Unofficial Fan Site and Forum (Turkish)
• Turkish Basketball League (Turkish)
• Galatasaray Café Crown at tblstat.net (English) (Turkish)
• Galatasaray Café Crown at eurobasket.com (English)

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