Karşıyaka Basket

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Pınar Karşıyaka
President's Cups
Websitewww.kskbasketbol.net

Karşıyaka Basket, mostly known as Pınar Karşıyaka for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional

Karşıyaka SK
. The team also goes by the name of KSK, which stands for Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (i.e. Karşıyaka Sport Club).

History

Karşıyaka SK was founded in 1912 and opened its basketball section in 1966. Karşıyaka Basket is considered to be one of the most important basketball teams in all of Turkey. They first played in the

Turkish Basketball League in 1966. They relegated to lower divisions in 1968. The club also played in lower divisions from 1968 to 1974. The team is still participating in the Turkish Basketball League since 1974. Karşıyaka Basket is sponsored by Pınar since 1998. It is the product of Yaşar Holding's Food and Beverage Group. Their home arena is the Karşıyaka Arena with a capacity of 6,500 seats, which was opened in 2005.[1]

Big achievements with Sarıca

Karşıyaka set to name

, Karşıyaka won its second Turkish League after 1987 championship, despite finishing the regular season in the fourth place, by defeating Fenerbahçe Ülker in the playoffs semifinals by 3–1 and Anadolu Efes 4–1 in the finals.

On 29 July 2015, EuroLeague announced the participating teams for the following season and included Karşıyaka with for the 2015–16 EuroLeague season.[3] In its second appearance ever in the top tier of European basketball, the team won 3 games and lost 7.

Honours

National competitions

Turkish Super League

Turkish Cup

  • Winner (1):
    2013–14
  • Runner-up (1): 2004–05

President's Cup

  • Winners (2): 1987, 2014

European competitions

Basketball Champions League

FIBA EuroChallenge

Home arenas

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Pınar Karşıyaka roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G
0 United States Brown, Jaylon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1994-09-11)11 September 1994
F/C 1 United States Carey Jr., Vernon Injured 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 23 – (2001-02-25)25 February 2001
G
3 United States McCollum, Errick 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 36 – (1988-01-22)22 January 1988
C 7 Turkey Haltalı, Furkan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2002-02-02)2 February 2002
PF
8 Turkey Sayılı, Hakan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000
SF 10 Turkey Tırpancı, Ergi 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (2000-01-01)1 January 2000
SG 11 Turkey Belgium Akyazılı, Thomas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1997-01-15)15 January 1997
C 13 Turkey Kılıçlı, Deniz 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 132 kg (291 lb) 33 – (1990-10-23)23 October 1990
F
30 United States Martin, Kelan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1995-08-03)3 August 1995
G/F 32 United States Hilliard, Darrun 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1993-04-13)13 April 1993
F
33 United States Brown, Vitto 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 28 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995
PF
35 Turkey Celep, Mert 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1995-06-23)23 June 1995
PG 55 Turkey Kosovo Sipahi, Kenan (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1995-05-26)26 May 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Recep Şen
  • Turkey Sinan Aksoylar
  • Turkey Okan Kılıç
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Turkey Tolga Altun
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Turkey Batuhan Çelik
Team manager
  • Turkey Selim Çınar

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: September 6, 2023

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Furkan Haltalı Deniz Kılıçlı Vernon Carey Jr. Injured
PF
Vitto Brown Mert Celep Hakan Sayılı
SF Kelan Martin Ergi Tırpancı
SG Jaylon Brown Thomas Akyazılı
PG Kenan Sipahi Errick McCollum

(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official
    NBA
    match at any time.

Award winners

2014

Head coaches

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Playoffs Cup Competitions
European Competitions
1966–67 1
TBL
12th
1967–68 1
TBL
15th
1968–74 Lower divisions
1974–75 1
TBL
3rd
1975–76 1
TBL
3rd Korać Cup
1976–77 1
TBL
6th Korać Cup
1977–78 1
TBL
5th
1978–79 1
TBL
3rd Korać Cup
1979–80 1
TBL
5th Korać Cup
1980–81 1
TBL
3rd 4th Korać Cup
1981–82 1
TBL
7th 6th Korać Cup
1982–83 1
TBL
6th Korać Cup
1983–84 1
TBL
4th RU
1984–85 1
TBL
6th QF Saporta Cup
1985–86 1
TBL
7th QF
1986–87 1
TBL
2nd Champions Korać Cup
1987–88 1
TBL
9th European Champions Cup
1988–89 1
TBL
10th
1989–90 1
TBL
9th
1990–91 1
TBL
7th QF
1991–92 1
TBL
11th
1992–93 1
TBL
14th
1993–94 1
TBL
9th 1R
1994–95 1
TBL
10th 1R
1995–96 1
TBL
12th 1R
1996–97 1
TBL
10th 1R
1997–98 1
TBL
12th 1R
1998–99 1
TBL
9th 1R
1999–00 1
TBL
4th QF Quarterfinalist Korać Cup 3R
2000–01
1
TBL
10th 1R Saporta Cup RS
2001–02
1
TBL
6th QF
2002–03
1
TBL
5th QF FIBA Europe Champions Cup RS
2003–04
1
TBL
4th SF Group Stage
2004–05
1
TBL
5th QF Runner-up
2005–06
1
TBL
10th Group Stage
2006–07
1
TBL
12th Semifinalist
2007–08
1
TBL
7th QF Quarterfinalist
2008–09
1
TBL
9th Group Stage
2009–10
1
TBL
6th QF Quarterfinalist
2010–11
1
TBL
5th QF
Group Stage
EuroChallenge
QF
2011–12 1
TBL
6th QF
Group Stage
EuroChallenge
T16
2012–13 1
TBL
5th SF
Quarterfinalist
EuroChallenge
RU
2013–14 1
TBL
6th SF
Champion
Eurocup L32
2014–15 1
TBL
4th Champions
Semifinalist
Eurocup QF
2015–16
1
BSL
6th QF
Semifinalist
Euroleague
Eurocup
RS
L16
2016–17
1
BSL
9th
Semifinalist
Champions League QF
2017–18 1
BSL
10th Champions League QF
2018–19 1
BSL
11th FIBA Europa Cup QF
2019–20 1
BSL
2nd1 1 FIBA Europa Cup SF1
2020–21 1
BSL
3rd SF Champions League RU
2021–22 1
BSL
7th QF Quarterfinalist Champions League PI
2022–23 1
BSL
4th RU Champions League PI
2023–24 1
BSL
Semifinalist Champions League R16
^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

See also

References

External links

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