Ülkerspor
Encyclopedia
History
Ülkerspor had been founded in 1975 but its basketball department was created in 1993 by buying a Turkish League spot from Nasaşspor. It won Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2006 with greats including Harun ErdenayHarun Erdenay
Harun Erdenay is a Turkish former professional basketball player from Turkey. He is currently the team manager of the Turkish national basketball team. He was famous for his spectacular 3 point shooting. He was a member the Turkish national team as a player.The small forward is 1.98 m and...
, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson (basketball)
Michael Levin Anderson is a former basketball player for Drexel University, the NBA, Spain's professional Liga ACB, the Continental Basketball Association, the Greek A1 League and the Turkish Basketball League.Anderson was a high school star at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering &...
, Orhun Ene
Orhun Ene
Orhun Ene is a former professional basketball player from Turkey and the head coach of the Turkish national basketball team. The former guard is 1.88 m...
, Kevin Rankin
Kevin Rankin
Kevin Rankin is a retired American/Turkish professional basketball player. He stands 2.10 m tall and played the power forward and center positions.-Amateur career:...
and more recently, Mirsad Türkcan and Serkan Erdoğan
Serkan Erdogan
Serkan Erdoğan is a Turkish professional basketball player that currently plays for Bandırma Banvit.-Pro Career:...
. Ülkerspor made the Top 16 for five consecutive seasons between 2002 and 2006, beating all the best European teams in the process and showing it was an important team in the competition. Ülkerspor had its best finish when surviving a tough Top 16 group to make the 2005 Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Quarterfinal Playoffs, where it lost against CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...
. Ülkerspor also won five Turkish President's Cup and three Turkish Cup titles between 2001 and 2005. Things got serious again in the 2005-06 season, as Ülkerspor conquered its fourth Turkish League title before merging with Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe Ülker
Fenerbahçe Ülker is the professional men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major multisport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The department has been sponsored by the Ülker since 2006. In 2006 Fenerbahçe S.K...
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Notable Players
- Harun ErdenayHarun ErdenayHarun Erdenay is a Turkish former professional basketball player from Turkey. He is currently the team manager of the Turkish national basketball team. He was famous for his spectacular 3 point shooting. He was a member the Turkish national team as a player.The small forward is 1.98 m and...
9 seasons: '94-'03 - Orhun EneOrhun EneOrhun Ene is a former professional basketball player from Turkey and the head coach of the Turkish national basketball team. The former guard is 1.88 m...
4 seasons: '93-'97 - Mirsad Türkcan 1 season: '05-'06
- İbrahim Kutluay 2 seasons: '03-'04, '05-'06
- Ufuk SarıcaUfuk SaricaUfuk Sarıca is a Turkish former national basketball player and now the head coach at Turkish club Efes Pilsen.Sarıca could play either at Shooting Guard or Small forward positions during his playing career....
2 seasons: '99-'01 - Serkan ErdoğanSerkan ErdoganSerkan Erdoğan is a Turkish professional basketball player that currently plays for Bandırma Banvit.-Pro Career:...
5 seasons: '00-'05 - Ömer OnanÖmer OnanÖmer Onan is a professional basketball player of Fenerbahçe Ülker. The shooting guard is 1.94 m tall and 95 kg in weight and wears number 7 for Fenerbahçe Ülker....
1 season: '05-'06 - Asım ParsAsim ParsAsım Pars is a Bosnian born Turkish national basketball player...
3 seasons: '96-'98, '01-'02 - Haluk YıldırımHaluk YildirimHaluk Yıldırım is a professional basketball player. He currently plays for Galatasaray.-International career:Haluk Yıldırım is a former Turkish national team player.-Personal:...
11 seasons: '93-'04 - Kerem TunçeriKerem TunçeriMehmet Kerem Tunçeri is a Turkish professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions...
1 season: '04-'05 - Kerem GönlümKerem GönlümKerem Gönlüm is a Turkish basketball player. He currently plays in the power forward and center positions for Anadolu Efes S.K..Gönlüm is a regular Turkish national team player.-Doping Scandal:...
6 seasons: '99-'05
- Tanoka BeardTanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
1 season: '94-'95 - Charles ShacklefordCharles ShacklefordCharles Edward Shackleford is an American former professional basketball player.Shackleford played collegiate basketball at North Carolina State University for 3 seasons . He was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 2nd round of the 1988 NBA Draft...
1 season: '95-'96 - Kevin RankinKevin RankinKevin Rankin is a retired American/Turkish professional basketball player. He stands 2.10 m tall and played the power forward and center positions.-Amateur career:...
4 seasons: '96-'00 - Michael AndersonMichael Anderson (basketball)Michael Levin Anderson is a former basketball player for Drexel University, the NBA, Spain's professional Liga ACB, the Continental Basketball Association, the Greek A1 League and the Turkish Basketball League.Anderson was a high school star at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering &...
2 seasons: '97-'99 - Jerome Allen 2 seasons: '99-'00
- Mark PopeMark PopeMark Edward Pope is a American basketball coach and is currently an assistant coach for Brigham Young University...
1 season: '99-'00 - Melvin BookerMelvin BookerMelvin Jermaine Booker is an American basketball player. A 6'1" , 185 lb point guard, he played collegiately for the Missouri Tigers....
2 seasons: '02-'04 - Joseph BlairJoseph BlairJoseph Blair is a retired American professional basketball player. He is 2.10 m tall and he weighs 120 kg . He played as a forward-center...
2 seasons: '02-'04 - Jeff TrepagnierJeff TrepagnierJeffery Trepagnier is an American professional basketball player.-Pro career:He played collegiately at the University of Southern California and was a second round draft pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2001 NBA Draft...
1 season: '05-'06 - Marcus HaislipMarcus HaislipMarcus Deshon Haislip is an American professional basketball player. Haislip attended Marshall County High School in Lewisburg. He rose to prominence while playing college basketball with the University of Tennessee from 1999 to 2002. After college, he played for several seasons in the NBA...
1 season: '05-'06
- Zaza PachuliaZaza PachuliaZaza Pachulia , is a Georgian professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketball League. He is also under contract with the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA, but is playing overseas because of the 2011 NBA lockout.-Early athletic career:...
4 seasons: '99-'03
- Efthimios RentziasEfthimios RentziasEfthimios Rentzias is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was most notably a member of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers...
1 season: '03-'04
Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
- Petar NaumoskiPetar NaumoskiPetar Naumoski is a former Macedonian basketball player who had successful years especially in Turkey and Italy. He is a 1.94 m point-guard and a very skillful playmaker. He once served as Sport Minister of the Republic of Macedonia...
1 season: '03-'04
- Roberts ŠtelmahersRoberts ŠtelmahersRoberts Štelmahers is a retired Latvian professional basketball player, who played at the Point guard position.Štelmahers was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2005 participating in four EuroBasket final tournaments in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He has played a total of...
1 season: '01-'02
- Saulius ŠtombergasSaulius ŠtombergasSaulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
1 season: '04-'05 - Eurelijus ŽukauskasEurelijus ŽukauskasEurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round...
1 season: '04-'05