Karşıyaka Basket Explained

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Karşıyaka Basket
Leagues:Basketbol Süper Ligi
Basketball Champions League
History:Karşıyaka Basket
(1966 – present)
Arena:Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sport Hall
Capacity:6,500
Location:İzmir, Turkey
Colors:Green, red
President:Azat Yeşil
Coach:Ufuk Sarıca
Captain:Kenan Sipahi
Championships:2 Turkish Championships
1 Turkish Cup
2 President's Cups
Website:www.kskbasketbol.net
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Karşıyaka Basket 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).

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

President's Cup

European competitions

Basketball Champions League

FIBA EuroChallenge

Home arenas

(1966–2005)

(2005–present)

Players

Depth chart

Notable players

Award winners

Head coaches

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionCup CompetitionsEuropean Competitions
1966–671TBL12th–
1967–681TBL15th–
1968–74Lower divisions
1974–751TBL3rd–
1975–761TBL3rd–Korać Cup
1976–771TBL6th–Korać Cup
1977–781TBL5th–
1978–791TBL3rd–Korać Cup
1979–801TBL5th–Korać Cup
1980–811TBL3rd4thKorać Cup
1981–821TBL7th6thKorać Cup
1982–831TBL6thKorać Cup
1983–841TBL4th
1984–851TBL6thSaporta Cup
1985–861TBL7th
1986–871TBL2ndChampionsKorać Cup
1987–881TBL9thEuropean Champions Cup
1988–891TBL10th
1989–901TBL9th
1990–911TBL7th
1991–921TBL11th
1992–931TBL14th
1993–941TBL9th
1994–951TBL10th
1995–961TBL12th
1996–971TBL10th
1997–981TBL12th
1998–991TBL9th
1999–001TBL4thQuarterfinalistKorać Cup
2000–011TBL10thSaporta Cup
2001–021TBL6th
2002–031TBL5thFIBA Europe Champions Cup
2003–041TBL4thGroup Stage
2004–051TBL5thRunner-up
2005–061TBL10thGroup Stage
2006–071TBL12thSemifinalist
2007–081TBL7thQuarterfinalist
2008–091TBL9thGroup Stage
2009–101TBL6thQuarterfinalist
2010–111TBL5thGroup Stage
2011–121TBL6thGroup Stage
2012–131TBL5thQuarterfinalistbgcolor=silver align=center
2013–141TBL6thChampion
2014–151TBL4thChampionsSemifinalist
2015–161BSL6thSemifinalist
2016–171BSL9thSemifinalist
2017–181BSL10th
2018–191BSL11th
2019–201BSL2nd–
2020–211BSL3rdbgcolor=silver align=center
2021–221BSL7thQuarterfinalist
2022–231BSL4th
2023–241BSL4thSemifinalist

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://kskbasket.net/en/karsiyaka-arena.html About of Karşıyaka Arena
  2. http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/turkey/73569/pinar-karsiyaka-beat-anadolu-efes-to-win-turkish-cup.html Karşıyaka won Turkish Cup victory against Anadolu Efes
  3. http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/euroleague/166126/proposed-team-list-for-the-2015-2016-turkish-airlines-euroleague.html Karşıyaka plays in Euroleague

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