Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League

Current season, competition or edition: File:Sports current event.svg Turkish Basketball League 2010–2011
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966
No. of teams	16
Country	Turkey
Continent	Europe/Asia
Most recent champion(s)	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Official website	tbl.org.tr/beko/index.asp

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The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League (Turkish: "Türkiye 1. Basketbol Ligi"). There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League (TB2L) consisting of 2 divisions (A and B).

History

The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert College in Istanbul in 1904. Galatasaray High School formed the first basketball team in 1911. The next basketball team founded was of Fenerbahçe in 1913. An unofficial league was founded in 1927 in Istanbul, which lasted until the establishment of a regional official league in 1933. From 1946 on, basketball championships were organized between the leading clubs of Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir.

The League, in the current form, was founded on December 13, 1969 by the Turkish Basketball Federation, and began play with the 1968–1969 season.

The competition

There are 16 teams in the league and they play against each other twice in the league manner, once at their home and the other away. At the end of the season, the top 8 teams are entitled to participate at the playoff games. The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Premier League. The two lowest placed teams of the Premier League play, respectively, with the third and fourth ranking teams of the Second League in a one game knock-out playoff. The winning top two teams are entitled to play in the Premier League, and the losing two others are relegated into the Second League. Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi and CASA TED Kolejililer placed last two standings and relegated to Second League in 2008–2009 season. They were replaced with Bornova Belediye and Tofaş for 2009–10 season.

Clubs 2010–11 Season

Club	City	Venue	Established
Anadolu Efes	İstanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	1976
Aliağa Petkim	Aliağa	ENKA Spor Salonu	1993
Antalya B.B.	Antalya	Dilek Sabancı Spor Salonu	1995
Bandırma Banvit	Bandırma	Banvit Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall	1994
Beşiktaş Cola Turka	İstanbul	BJK Akatlar Arena	1903
Bornova Belediye	İzmir	İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall	1986
Olin Edirne Basketbol	Edirne	Mimar Sinan Spor Salonu	2006
Erdemir Zonguldak	Kdz. Ereğli	Erdemir Spor Salonu	2000
Fenerbahçe Ülker	İstanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	1907
Galatasaray Café Crown	İstanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	1905
Medical Park Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Hayri Gür Sport Hall	2008
Mersin B.B. SK	Mersin	Edip Buran Spor Salonu	1993
Tofaş S.K.	Bursa	Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall	1974
OYAK Renault	Bursa	Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall	1974
Pınar Karşıyaka	İzmir	Karşıyaka Arena	1912
Türk Telekom BK	Ankara	Ankara Arena	2010

TBL Finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Finals MVP	Champion's Coach
1966–67	Altınordu	No playoffs	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Samim Göreç
1967–68	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mehmet Baturalp
1968–69	Galatasaray	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data BULTemplate:Namespace detect showall Petar Sinemov
1969–70	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mehmet Baturalp
1970–71	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Şengün Kaplanoğlu
1971–72	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Samim Göreç
1972–73	İTÜ	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Öner Şaylan
1973–74	Muhafızgücü	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Armağan Asena
1974–75	Beşiktaş	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Cavit Altunay
1975–76	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydan Siyavuş
1976–77	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydan Siyavuş
1977–78	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydan Siyavuş
1978–79	Efes Pilsen	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Faruk Akagün
1979–80	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydan Siyavuş
1980–81	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydan Siyavuş
1981–82	Eczacıbaşı	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydan Siyavuş
1982–83	Efes Pilsen	–	–	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rıza Erverdi
1983–84	Efes Pilsen	Karşıyaka	2–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydan Siyavuş
1984–85	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	2–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nur Germen
1985–86	Galatasaray	Efes Pilsen	2–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1986–87	Karşıyaka	Galatasaray	2–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nadir Vekiloğlu
1987–88	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mehmet Baturalp
1988–89	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mehmet Baturalp
1989–90	Galatasaray	Paşabahçe	3–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Faruk Akagün
1990–91	Fenerbahçe	Tofaş	3–2	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Çetin Yılmaz
1991–92	Efes Pilsen	Paşabahçe	3–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydın Örs
1992–93	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	4–0	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydın Örs
1993–94	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydın Örs
1994–95	Ülkerspor	Fenerbahçe	4–2	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Çetin Yılmaz
1995–96	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–0	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydın Örs
1996–97	Efes Pilsen	Türk Telekom PTT	4–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydın Örs
1997–98	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Çetin Yılmaz
1998–99	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Jasmin Repeša
1999–00	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tolga Öngören
2000–01	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Murat Didin
2001–02	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oktay Mahmuti
2002–03	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–3	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oktay Mahmuti
2003–04	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oktay Mahmuti
2004–05	Efes Pilsen	Beşiktaş	4–1	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oktay Mahmuti
2005–06	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–0	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Murat Özyer
2006–07	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Efes Pilsen	4–0	N/A	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Aydın Örs
2007–08	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Türk Telekom	4–1	N/A	Bogdan Tanjević
2008–09	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe Ülker	4–2	Bootsy Thornton	Template:Country data TURTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ergin Ataman
2009–10	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Efes Pilsen	4–2	Tarence Kinsey	Bogdan Tanjević
2010–11	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Galatasaray Cafe Crown	4–2	Oğuz Savaş	Neven Spahija

Titles

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Championship seasons
Anadolu Efes	13	9	1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
Eczacıbaşı	8	1	1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989
Fenerbahçe	5	8	1991, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
İTÜ	5	1	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Ülkerspor	4	5	1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
Galatasaray	4	4	1969, 1985, 1986, 1990
Tofaş	2	2	1999, 2000
Beşiktaş	1	6	1975
Karşıyaka	1	1	1987
Altınordu	1	0	1967
Muhafızgücü	1	0	1974

Other Participants

• Adana Demirspor (1973–1974, 1975–1976)
• Altay (1967–1972, played as Egepen Altay in 2000–2001)
• Altınordu (1966–1973)
• Anadoluhisarı (1984–1985)
• Ankaragücü (1970–1975)
• Antbirlik (1981–1982, 1994–1996, 2000–2001)
• Bakırköyspor (1993–1994)
• Beslen Makarna (1986–1992, withdrew after finish of 1991–92 season)
• Büyük Kolej (2000–2006)
• Büyük Salat (1988-1988, withdrew after 7 matches)
• Çukurova Sanayi (1981–1992)
• DSİ Spor (1966–1982, played as Suspor between 1966–1975)
• Eczacıbaşı (1974–1990, 1991–1992, Eczacıbaşı Holding closed basketball branch after relegation to Second League in 1992)
• Göztepe (1968–1969, 2002–2003)
• Güney Sanayi (1980–1984)
• Hilalspor (1984–1986, 1987–1988)
• Jandarmagücü (1967–1969)
• İTÜ (1966–1978, 1979-1994, 1996–1998, 1999–2000, 2001–2006, played as Raks İTÜ in 1996–97 and Aras İTÜ in 2003–2004 seasons)
• Kadıköyspor (1966–1969, 1972–1975) (Became Efes Pilsen in 1976)
• Karagücü (1968–1970)
• Konyaspor (1992–1993, 1996–2001, played as Kombassan Konyaspor between 1996–2001 and withdrew in 2001)
• Kuşadasıspor (1998–1999)
• Kurtuluş (1966–1968)
• Meysuspor (1992–1993, 1994–1998)
• Modaspor (1968–1971)
• Muhafızgücü (1966–1976, 1977–1978, 1980–1983, played as Silahlı Kuvvetler Gücü between 1982–1983)
• Muratpaşa Bld. (1993–1996, 1997–1999, played as Antalyaspor between 1993–1996 and joined to Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2001)
• Mülkiye (1980–1981)
• Nasaşspor (1986–1987, 1989–1993) (The team was played in İzmit, it was relocated to İstanbul and became Ülkerspor in 1993–94 season, Alpellaspor in 2006–2007 one. It was finally relocated to Trabzon and became Trabzonspor in 2008–2009 season). Trabzonspor played in TBL as Alpellaspor between 2006–2008 and promoted to TBL again in 2009–10 season as champions.
• Netaş (1995–1997)
• ODTÜ (1975–1977, 1980–1983)
• Olin Gençlik (2010–?)
• Ortaköy (1992–1998, played as Mis Süt Ortaköy in 1993–94 season, Mavi Jeans Ortaköy between 1994–1997 and Emlakbank Ortaköy in 1997–98 season)
• Paşabahçe (1987–1992, İş Bankası closed basketball branch in 1992)
• Samsunspor (1973–1974, withdrew after finishing first half of season)
• Şekerspor (1966–1968, 1971–1983, 1986–1987)
• Taçspor (1978–1982, 1994–1995)
• Tarsus İdman Yurdu Erkutspor (1985–1986, withdrew and played any matches)
• Tekelspor (2002–2007)
• Tofaş (1976–1989, 1990–2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2007, played as Tofaş SAS between 1976–1989 and withdrew from the league in 2000–2001 season)
• TTNet Beykozspor (1988–1990, 205–2008, played as Sümerbank Beykozspor between 1988–1990 and Beykozspor between 2005–2007)
• Yenişehir (1976–1983, 1985–1986, played as Yenişehir Meysu between 1977–1979, as İstanbul Bankası Yenişehir between 1979–1983 and as Hortaş Yenişehir between 1985–1986)
• Tuborg Pilsener (1995–2001, 2003–2006, played as Tuborg between 1995–1999 and Troy Pilsener between 1999–2001 and withdrew in 2001 and in 2006)
• Yıldırımspor (1992–1994, withdrew from the league in 1994)
• Ziraat Fakültesi (1977–1982, 1983–1984)

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