Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League (TBL)

Current season or competition: 2011–12 Turkish Basketball League
TBL Logo
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966
Inaugural season	1966–67
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	Turkey
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Fenerbahçe Ülker (5th title)
Most titles	Anadolu Efes (13 titles)
Official website	www.TBL.org.tr

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. Basketbol Ligi"). There is also a Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L) consisting of 2 divisions (A and B).

History

The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert College in Istanbul in 1904. Galatasaray High School formed the first basketball team in 1911. The next basketball team founded was of Fenerbahçe in 1913. An unofficial league was founded in 1927 in Istanbul, which lasted until the establishment of a regional official league in 1933. From 1946 on, basketball championships were organized between the leading clubs of Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir.

The League, in the current form, was founded on December 13, 1969 by the Turkish Basketball Federation, and began play with the 1968–1969 season.

The competition

There are 16 teams in the league and they play against each other twice in the league manner, once at their home and the other away. At the end of the season, the top 8 teams are entitled to participate at the playoff games. The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Premier League. The two lowest placed teams of the Premier League play, respectively, with the third and fourth ranking teams of the Second League in a one game knock-out playoff. The winning top two teams are entitled to play in the Premier League, and the losing two others are relegated into the Second League. Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi and CASA TED Kolejililer placed last two standings and relegated to Second League in 2008–2009 season. They were replaced with Bornova Belediye and Tofaş for 2009–10 season.

Current clubs

Club	City	Venue	Established
Anadolu Efes	İstanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	1976
Aliağa Petkim	Aliağa	Enka Sport Hall	1993
Antalya B.B.	Antalya	Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall	1995
Banvit	Bandırma	Banvit Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall	1994
Bandırma Kırmızı	Bandırma	Banvit Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall	2005
Beşiktaş Milangaz	İstanbul	BJK Akatlar Arena	1933
Erdemir	Kdz. Ereğli	Erdemir Sport Hall	2000
Fenerbahçe Ülker	İstanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	1913
Galatasaray Medical Park	İstanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	1911
Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Ankara	Ankara Arena	1982
Mersin B.B.	Mersin	Edip Burhan Sport Hall	1993
Olin Edirne	Edirne	Mimar Sinan Sport Hall	2006
Pınar Karşıyaka	İzmir	Karşıyaka Arena	1966
Tofaş	Bursa	Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall	1974
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Hayri Gür Arena	2008
Türk Telekom	Ankara	Ankara Arena	1991

TBL Finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Finals MVP	Champion's Coach
1966–67	Altınordu	No playoffs	–	N/A	Samim Göreç
1967–68	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1968–69	Galatasaray	–	–	N/A	Petar Sinemov
1969–70	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1970–71	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Şengün Kaplanoğlu
1971–72	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Samim Göreç
1972–73	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Öner Şaylan
1973–74	Muhafızgücü	–	–	N/A	Armağan Asena
1974–75	Beşiktaş	–	–	N/A	Cavit Altunay
1975–76	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1976–77	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1977–78	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1978–79	Efes Pilsen	–	–	N/A	Faruk Akagün
1979–80	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1980–81	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1981–82	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1982–83	Efes Pilsen	–	–	N/A	Rıza Erverdi
1983–84	Efes Pilsen	Karşıyaka	2–1	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1984–85	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	2–1	N/A	Nur Germen
1985–86	Galatasaray	Efes Pilsen	2–1	N/A	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1986–87	Karşıyaka	Galatasaray	2–1	N/A	Nadir Vekiloğlu
1987–88	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3–1	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1988–89	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3–1	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1989–90	Galatasaray	Paşabahçe	3–1	N/A	Faruk Akagün
1990–91	Fenerbahçe	Tofaş	3–2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1991–92	Efes Pilsen	Paşabahçe	3–1	N/A	Aydın Örs
1992–93	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	4–0	N/A	Aydın Örs
1993–94	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Aydın Örs
1994–95	Ülkerspor	Fenerbahçe	4–2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1995–96	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–0	N/A	Aydın Örs
1996–97	Efes Pilsen	Türk Telekom PTT	4–1	N/A	Aydın Örs
1997–98	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1998–99	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Jasmin Repeša
1999–00	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4–1	N/A	Tolga Öngören
2000–01	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Murat Didin
2001–02	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2002–03	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–3	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2003–04	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2004–05	Efes Pilsen	Beşiktaş	4–1	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2005–06	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–0	N/A	Murat Özyer
2006–07	Fenerbahçe	Efes Pilsen	4–0	N/A	Aydın Örs
2007–08	Fenerbahçe	Türk Telekom	4–1	N/A	Bogdan Tanjević
2008–09	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	4–2	Bootsy Thornton	Ergin Ataman
2009–10	Fenerbahçe	Efes Pilsen	4–2	Tarence Kinsey	Bogdan Tanjević
2010–11	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	4–2	Oğuz Savaş	Neven Spahija

Titles

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Championship seasons
Anadolu Efes	13	9	1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
Eczacıbaşı	8	1	1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989
Fenerbahçe	5	8	1991, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
İTÜ	5	1	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Ülkerspor	4	5	1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
Galatasaray	4	4	1969, 1985, 1986, 1990
Tofaş	2	2	1999, 2000
Beşiktaş	1	6	1975
Karşıyaka	1	1	1987
Altınordu	1	0	1967
Muhafızgücü	1	0	1974

Notable players

Turkey Tutku Açık Furkan Aldemir Birkan Batuk Serdar Apaydın Lütfi Arıboğan Ender Arslan Engin Atsür Ömer Aşık Efe Aydan Doğuş Balbay Hüseyin Beşok Ömer Büyükaycan Hüsnü Çakırgil Nedim Dal Hakan Demirel Kemal Dinçer Zaza Enden Orhun Ene Semih Erden Harun Erdenay Serkan Erdoğan Murat Evliyaoğlu Kerem Gönlüm Sinan Güler Ersan İlyasova Enes Kanter Erman Kunter İbrahim Kutluay Cemal Nalga Mehmet Okur Ömer Onan Tamer Oyguç Cevher Özer Asım Pars Kaya Peker Emir Preldžič Ufuk Sarıca Oğuz Savaş Fatih Solak Levent Topsakal Kerem Tunçeri Mirsad Türkcan Hidayet Türkoğlu İzzet Türkyılmaz Haluk Yıldırım Azerbaijan Rasim Başak Georgia Zaza Pachulia Latvia Kaspars Kambala Roberts Štelmahers Lithuania Vidas Ginevičius Simas Jasaitis Šarūnas Jasikevičius Darjuš Lavrinovič Tomas Nagys Virginijus Praškevičius Renaldas Seibutis Darius Songaila Saulius Štombergas Eurelijus Žukauskas Russia Sergei Bazarevich Vasily Karasev Sergei Panov Zakhar Pashutin Nigeria Kenny Adeleke Julius Nwosu

Albania Ermal Kuqo Bosnia and Herzegovina Kenan Bajramović Goran Ikonić Damir Mršić Ratko Varda Croatia Lukša Andrić Stanko Barać Bojan Bogdanović Gordan Giriček Damir Mulaomerović Marko Popović Nikola Prkačin Slaven Rimac Žan Tabak Marko Tomas Roko Ukić Nikola Vujčić Andrija Žižić Republic of Macedonia Vlado Ilievski Petar Naumoski Vrbica Stefanov Predrag Samardžiski Montenegro Predrag Drobnjak Vladimir Golubović Vlado Šćepanović Slovenia Sani Bečirovič Jurica Golemac Goran Jagodnik Jaka Lakovič Boštjan Nachbar Marko Milič Gašper Vidmar Sasha Vujačić Jure Zdovc Serbia Radisav Ćurčić Milan Gurović Dušan Kecman Dejan Koturović Igor Milošević Goran Nikolić Igor Rakocevic Aleksandar Rašić Duško Savanović United Kingdom Pops Mensah-Bonsu Germany Mithat Demirel Patrick Femerling Jan Jagla Greece Michalis Kakiouzis Efthimios Rentzias Sweden Serkan Inan Switzerland Thabo Sefolosha New Zealand Pero Cameron Mark Dickel Paul Henare

United States Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Derrick Alston Tanoka Beard Dee Brown Marcus Brown Dallas Comegys Charles Davis Quincy Douby Henry Domercant Erwin Dudley Khalid El-Amin James Gist Marques Green Lynn Greer Rashard Griffith Marcus Haislip Ben Handlogten Quinton Hosley Allen Iverson Marc Jackson Horace Jenkins Curtis Jerrells Tarance Kinsey Trajan Langdon Chris Lofton Kalin Lucas Sean May Bo McCalebb Conrad McRae (†) Anthony Mason Ronald Murray Drew Nicholas Kevin Rankin Larry Richard David Rivers Steven Rogers Marc Salyers Preston Shumpert Devin Smith Mitch Smith Willie Solomon Jarod Stevenson Robert Traylor (†) Bootsy Thornton Henry Turner James White Deron Williams Pete Williams Rickie O'Neal Winslow Darius Washington Andre Woolridge Bahamas Trevor Harvey Canada Olu Famutimi Jay Triano Jamaica Kimani Ffriend Puerto Rico Rick Apodaca Carlos Arroyo Larry Ayuso Christian Dalmau Daniel Santiago Uruguay Esteban Batista

Italic players still plays in the league

Other participants

• Adana Demirspor (1973–1974, 1975–1976)
• Altay (1967–1972, played as Egepen Altay in 2000–2001)
• Altınordu (1966–1973)
• Anadoluhisarı (1984–1985)
• Ankaragücü (1970–1975)
• Antbirlik (1981–1982, 1994–1996, 2000–2001)
• Bakırköyspor (1993–1994)
• Beslen Makarna (1986–1992, withdrew after finish of 1991–92 season)
• Büyük Kolej (2000–2006)
• Büyük Salat (1988-1988, withdrew after 7 matches)
• Çukurova Sanayi (1981–1992)
• DSİ Spor (1966–1982, played as Suspor between 1966–1975)
• Eczacıbaşı (1974–1990, 1991–1992, Eczacıbaşı Holding closed basketball branch after relegation to Second League in 1992)
• Göztepe (1968–1969, 2002–2003)
• Güney Sanayi (1980–1984)
• Hilalspor (1984–1986, 1987–1988)
• Jandarmagücü (1967–1969)
• İTÜ (1966–1978, 1979-1994, 1996–1998, 1999–2000, 2001–2006, played as Raks İTÜ in 1996–97 and Aras İTÜ in 2003–2004 seasons)
• Kadıköyspor (1966–1969, 1972–1975) (Became Efes Pilsen in 1976 and Anadolu Efes in 2011)
• Karagücü (1968–1970)
• Konyaspor (1992–1993, 1996–2001, played as Kombassan Konyaspor between 1996–2001 and withdrew in 2001)
• Kuşadasıspor (1998–1999)
• Kurtuluş (1966–1968)
• Meysuspor (1992–1993, 1994–1998)
• Modaspor (1968–1971)
• Muhafızgücü (1966–1976, 1977–1978, 1980–1983, played as Silahlı Kuvvetler Gücü between 1982–1983)
• Muratpaşa Bld. (1993–1996, 1997–1999, played as Antalyaspor between 1993–1996 and joined to Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2001)
• Mülkiye (1980–1981)
• Nasaşspor (1986–1987, 1989–1993) (The team was played in İzmit, it was relocated to İstanbul and became Ülkerspor in 1993–94 season, Alpellaspor in 2006–2007 one. It was finally relocated to Trabzon and became Trabzonspor in 2008–2009 season). Trabzonspor played in TBL as Alpellaspor between 2006–2008 and promoted to TBL again in 2009–10 season as champions.
• Netaş (1995–1997)
• ODTÜ (1975–1977, 1980–1983)
• Olin Gençlik (2010–?)
• Ortaköy (1992–1998, played as Mis Süt Ortaköy in 1993–94 season, Mavi Jeans Ortaköy between 1994–1997 and Emlakbank Ortaköy in 1997–98 season)
• Paşabahçe (1987–1992, İş Bankası closed basketball branch in 1992)
• Samsunspor (1973–1974, withdrew after finishing first half of season)
• Şekerspor (1966–1968, 1971–1983, 1986–1987)
• Taçspor (1978–1982, 1994–1995)
• Tarsus İdman Yurdu Erkutspor (1985–1986, withdrew and played any matches)
• Tekelspor (2002–2007)
• Tofaş (1976–1989, 1990–2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2007, played as Tofaş SAS between 1976–1989 and withdrew from the league in 2000–2001 season)
• TTNet Beykozspor (1988–1990, 205–2008, played as Sümerbank Beykozspor between 1988–1990 and Beykozspor between 2005–2007)
• Yenişehir (1976–1983, 1985–1986, played as Yenişehir Meysu between 1977–1979, as İstanbul Bankası Yenişehir between 1979–1983 and as Hortaş Yenişehir between 1985–1986)
• Tuborg Pilsener (1995–2001, 2003–2006, played as Tuborg between 1995–1999 and Troy Pilsener between 1999–2001 and withdrew in 2001 and in 2006)
• Yıldırımspor (1992–1994, withdrew from the league in 1994)
• Ziraat Fakültesi (1977–1982, 1983–1984)

External links

• (English) www.TBLStat.net
• (Turkish) Turkish Basketball League official website
• (Turkish) Turkish Basketball Federation official website