Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)

Beşiktaş Basketbol, commonly known as Beşiktaş, is a Turkish professional basketball team from the city of Istanbul. The team formed in 1967 as the basketball section of Beşiktaş J.K., which was founded in 1903. The team competes in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. They have won the Turkish championship two times, with their most recent title coming in the 2011–12 season, and have finished as runners-up nine times, the most in league history behind only Anadolu Efes and Fenerbahçe.

History The club's men's basketball section started out in the year 1967 and since then, Beşiktaş has played in the first Turkish Basketball Super League, in every season, except in the 1988–89 season, due to their relegation to the Turkish Basketball First League after the 1987–88 season. The club won the Turkish Basketball Super League, under the management of and Tom Davis, in the 1974–75 season.

In October 2010, Beşiktaş announced the biggest transfer in the history of the club's basketball department, with the signing of the former NBA Most Valuable Player, Allen Iverson. Iverson signed a 2-year $4 million net income contract.

In July 2011, NBA All-Star Deron Williams of the Brooklyn Nets, announced he would play for Beşiktaş, due to the 2011 NBA lockout. His $5 million net income contract included a clause that would enable him to return to the NBA during the regular season, if an agreement was made between the owners and players association. When the lockout finished, Williams was replaced by Carlos Arroyo.

Arroyo led the team to the Turkish Cup title in February 2012. In April 2012, the team won the 3rd-tier level EuroChallenge Final against Elan Chalon. After the EuroChallenge championship, the team won the Turkish Basketball Super League Finals against Anadolu Efes. On September 30, 2012, the team won the Turkish President's Cup against Anadolu Efes.

Starting from the 2023–24 season, the team started to compete in EuroCup, departing from Basketball Champions League. They advanced to semifinals of the same year's league.

In the 2025–26 season, the team reached to the finals but they fell short to JL Bourg 2–0 and in the Finals. Later, Bourg did not promote to the EuroLeague due to financial problems and Monaco bought down to the EuroCup in the following season, The team got the license and the 20th team in the EuroLeague in the following season and the first time ever since the 2012–13 season.

Sponsorship naming Beşiktaş has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship;

Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 2005–2011 Beşiktaş Milangaz: 2011–2012 Beşiktaş Integral Forex: 2013–2015 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan: 2015–2020 Beşiktaş Icrypex: 2021–2022 Beşiktaş Emlakjet: 2022–2024 Beşiktaş Fibabanka: 2024–2025 Beşiktaş Gain: 2025–2026

Players Current roster

EuroLeague Depth chart

BSL Depth chart

Retired numbers Beşiktaş retired numbersNoPlayerPositionTenureCeremony date 8 Deron Williams PG 2011 29 November 2011

Notable players

Erman Kunter Haluk Yıldırım Ufuk Sarıca Sertaç Şanlı Efe Aydan Engin Atsür Kaya Peker Kerem Tunçeri Levent Topsakal Kenan Sipahi Ömer Büyükaycan Serhat Çetin Semih Erden Erkan Veyseloğlu Sinan Güler Tamer Oyguç Barış Hersek Kartal Özmızrak Alperen Şengün Şehmus Hazer Erxhan Osmani Ryan Broekhoff Ratko Varda Damir Markota Sandro Nicević Erik Murphy Robin Benzing Pops Mensah-Bonsu Kimani Ffriend Virginijus Praškevičius Gediminas Orelik Predrag Drobnjak Maciej Lampe Michał Sokołowski Carlos Arroyo Larry Ayuso Rick Apodaca Fedor Likholitov Vladimir Štimac Zoran Erceg - D. J. Strawberry John Holland Lonny Baxter Bryce Brown Mire Chatman Earl Clark Jo Jo English Donnell Harvey Allen Iverson Chris Lofton Khalid El-Amin Isaiah Whitehead Deron Williams

Head coaches

Cavit Altunay: 1967–70 Aydan Siyavuş: 1970–71 Ünal Büyükaycan: 1971–73 Cavit Altunay: 1973–74 Ateş Çubukçu / Tom Davis: 1974–75 Ateş Çubukçu / Tom Davis / Tanju Feyzioğlu: 1975 Mehmet Baturalp: 1975–79 Fehmi Sadıkoğlu: 1979–85 Hurşit Baytok: 1985–86 Aydan Siyavuş: 1986–87 Hurşit Baytok: 1987–89 İren İmre: 1989–90 Mehmet Baturalp: 1990–91 İren İmre: 1991–93 Hakan Yavuz: 1993–94 Cem Akdağ: 1994–95 Tolga Tuğsavul: 1995–96 Erman Kunter: 1996–97 Ahmet Kandemir: 1997–03 İhsan Bayülken: 2003–05 Burak Bıyıktay: 2005 Murat Didin: 2005–07 Ufuk Sarıca: 2007 Ergin Ataman: 2007–08 Hakan Demir: 2008–09 Burak Bıyıktay: 2009–11 Ergin Ataman: 2011–12 Erman Kunter: 2012–13 Ahmet Kandemir: 2013–15 Henrik Dettmann: 2015–16 Yağızer Uluğ: 2016 Ufuk Sarıca: 2016–18 Duško Ivanović: 2018–20 Burak Bıyıktay: 2020 Ahmet Kandemir: 2020–22 Igor Miličić: 2022–23 Dušan Alimpijević: 2023–present

Honours Domestic competitions Turkish League Winners (2): 1974–75, 2011–12 Runners-up (9): 1971–72, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 2004–05, 2016–17, 2024–25, 2025–26 Turkish Cup Winners (1): 2011–12 Runners-up (5): 1970–71, 1972–73, 2010–11, 2025, 2026 Turkish Super Cup Winners (1): 2012 Runners-up (3): 1987, 2025, 2026

European competitions EuroCup Runners-up (1): 2025–26 Semifinalists (1): 2023–24 FIBA EuroChallenge Winners (1): 2011–12

Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.PostseasonCup CompetitionsEuropean Competitions1967–681 TBL5th –Semifinalist –1968–691 TBL7th – – –1969–701 TBL5th – – –1970–711 TBL5th –Runner-up Cup Winners' Cup 1971–721 TBL2nd –Quarterfinalist –1972–731 TBL6th –Runner-up –1973–741 TBL5th – – –1974–751 TBL1st – – –1975–761 TBL2nd – – Champions Cup 1976–771 TBL2nd – – Cup Winners' Cup 1977–781 TBL8th – – Cup Winners' Cup 1978–791 TBL6th – – –1979–801 TBL3rd – – –1980–811 TBL2nd – – Korać Cup 1981–821 TBL2nd – – Cup Winners' Cup 1982–831 TBL4th – – Cup Winners' Cup 1983–841 TBL7thQuarterfinalist – Korać Cup 1984–851 TBL9th – – –1985–861 TBL9th – – –1986–871 TBL1stQuarterfinalist – –1987–881 TBL11th – – Korać Cup 1988–892 TB2L1stPromoted – –1989–901 TBL9th – – –1990–911 TBL10th – – –1991–921 TBL10th – Last 16 –1992–931 TBL10thQuarterfinalistQuarterfinalist –1993–941 TBL13th – Last 16 –1994–951 TBL14th – Last 16 –1995–961 TBL6th First Round Last 16 –1996–971 TBL13th –Quarterfinalist Korać Cup 1997–981 TBL5thQuarterfinalist Last 16 –1998–991 TBL8thQuarterfinalistSemifinalistKorać Cup 1999–001 TBL5thSemifinalistSemifinalist Korać Cup 2000–011 TBL7thQuarterfinalist – Saporta Cup 2001–021 TBL7thQuarterfinalist – Korać Cup 2002–031 TBL10thQuarterfinalist – –2003–041 TBL3rdSemifinalist – –2004–051 TBL3rdRunner-upSemifinalistEurope League 2005–061 TBL3rdSemifinalist – ULEB Cup 2006–071 TBL5thQuarterfinalistQuarterfinalist ULEB Cup 2007–081 TBL1stSemifinalistQuarterfinalistULEB Cup 2008–091 TBL5thQuarterfinalistQuarterfinalist Eurocup 2009–101 TBL4thSemifinalistQuarterfinalist Eurocup 2010–111 TBL6thQuarterfinalistRunner-up Eurocup 2011–121 TBL4thChampionChampionEurochallenge 2012–131 TBL6thQuarterfinalistSemifinalist Euroleague 2013–141 TBL5thQuarterfinalistQuarterfinalist Eurocup 2014–151 TBL9th – – Eurocup 2015–161 TBL9th – – Eurocup 2016–171 BSL2ndRunner-upQuarterfinalist Champions League 2017–181 BSL4thQuarterfinalistSemifinalist Champions League 2018–191 BSL6thQuarterfinalistSemifinalist Champions League 2019–201 BSL8th – – Champions League 2020–211 BSL5thSemifinalist – FIBA Europe Cup 2021–221 BSL10th – – Champions League 2022–231 BSL14th – – FIBA Europe Cup 2023–241 BSL3rdSemifinalistSemifinalist EuroCup 2024–251 BSL2ndRunner-upRunner-up EuroCup 2025–261 BSL2ndRunner-upRunner-upEuroCup

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Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)

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