Karşıyaka Basket

Karşıyaka Basket, mostly known as Pınar Karşıyaka for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball team located in Karşıyaka, İzmir, that competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League. It is a section of the multi-sport club Karşıyaka SK. The team also goes by the name of KSK, which stands for Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (i.e. Karşıyaka Sport Club).

Pınar Karşıyaka
Pınar Karşıyaka logo
LeaguesBasketbol Süper Ligi
Champions League
Founded1966 (1966)
HistoryKarşıyaka Basket
(1966 – present)
ArenaMustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sport Hall
Capacity6,500
Locationİzmir, Turkey
Team colorsGreen, red
   
PresidentAzat Yeşil
Head coachUfuk Sarıca
Team captainKenan Sipahi
Championships2 Turkish Championships
1 Turkish Cup
2 President's Cups
Websitewww.kskbasketbol.net

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 Ufuk Sarıca as head coach in the summer of 2012. Sarıca was dreamed to be in Euroleague with Karşıyaka and he said that "We have a dream and we want to be in Euroleague in 3 years." On February 9, 2014, the team won the Turkish Cup with a victory against Anadolu Efes under managing Ufuk Sarıca.[2] It was the first championship of club in Turkish Cup. On October 8, 2014, the team won the President's Cup by beating Fenerbahçe Ülker. In the 2014–15, 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.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, Vernon 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 22 – (2001-02-25)25 February 2001
G 3 United States McCollum, Errick 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 35 – (1988-01-22)22 January 1988
C 7 Turkey Haltalı, Furkan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – (2002-02-02)2 February 2002
PF 8 Turkey Sayılı, Hakan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000
SF 10 Turkey Tırpancı, Ergi 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (2000-01-01)1 January 2000
SG 11 Turkey Belgium Akyazılı, Thomas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (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) 30 – (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
C Vernon Carey Jr. Furkan Haltalı Deniz Kılıçlı
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
BSL Finals MVP – Bobby Dixon: 2015
Turkish Cup Final MVP – Bobby Dixon: 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 Cup3R
2000–01 1 TBL 10th 1R Saporta CupRS
2001–02 1 TBL 6th QF
2002–03 1 TBL 5th QF FIBA Europe Champions CupRS
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 EuroChallengeQF
2011–12 1 TBL 6th QF Group Stage EuroChallengeT16
2012–13 1 TBL 5th SF Quarterfinalist EuroChallengeRU
2013–14 1 TBL 6th SF Champion EurocupL32
2014–15 1 TBL 4th Champions Semifinalist EurocupQF
2015–16 1 BSL 6th QF Semifinalist Euroleague
Eurocup		RS
L16
2016–17 1 BSL 9th Semifinalist Champions LeagueQF
2017–18 1 BSL 10th Champions LeagueQF
2018–19 1 BSL 11th FIBA Europa CupQF
2019–20 1 BSL 2nd1 –1 FIBA Europa CupSF1
2020–21 1 BSL 3rd SF Champions LeagueRU
2021–22 1 BSL 7th QF Quarterfinalist Champions LeaguePI
2022–23 1 BSL 4th RU Champions LeaguePI
^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

See also

References
  1. About of Karşıyaka Arena Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
  2. Karşıyaka won Turkish Cup victory against Anadolu Efes (in English)
  3. Karşıyaka plays in Euroleague

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