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Nickname	Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries) Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues) Yellow Legacy
Leagues	BSL EuroLeague
Founded	1913; 112 years ago (1913)
Arena	Ülker Sports Arena
Capacity	13,800
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow, navy blue
Main sponsor	Beko
President	Ali Koç
Team manager	Cenk Renda
Head coach	Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Team captain	Melih Mahmutoğlu
Championships	2 EuroLeague 14 Turkish Championships (3 pre–1967) 9 Turkish Cups 7 Turkish Presidential Cups
Retired numbers	2 (6, 7)
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Fenerbahçe Basketball, commonly referred as Fenerbahçe or Fenerbahce Istanbul in European matches, currently also known as Fenerbahçe Beko for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball team and the men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. They are one of the most successful clubs in Turkish basketball history, being the first Turkish team to have won the EuroLeague, as well as 14 Turkish championships (11 titles in the Turkish Basketball Super League and 3 in the former Turkish Basketball Championship), 9 Turkish Cups, and 7 Turkish Presidential Cups, among others. They play their home matches at the club's own Ülker Sports and Event Hall.

Besides the European championship title in 2017, which was secured by a convincing 80–64 win against Olympiacos in the final, Fenerbahçe have also been EuroLeague runners-up in 2016 and 2018. Fener also have played in seven EuroLeague Final Fours (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025) to date, a record in Turkish basketball. As of 2024, Fenerbahçe is considered to be one of the two top teams of the Turkish Super League and 5th in European rankings. In 2012, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish basketball club to win against an NBA team.

Many memorable players in European basketball have played for Fenerbahçe over the years, some of which have included: Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Žan Tabak, Conrad McRae, Nemanja Bjelica, Ömer Aşık, Thabo Sefolosha, Linas Kleiza, Ömer Onan, Mirsad Türkcan, David Andersen, Harun Erdenay, Damir Mršić, Bojan Bogdanović, Semih Erden, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Tanoka Beard, Nikos Zisis, James Gist, Gordan Giriček, Mike Batiste, Marko Milič, Will Solomon, Bo McCalebb, Ekpe Udoh, Pero Antić, Luigi Datome, Nikola Kalinić, Kostas Sloukas, Jan Veselý, Ali Muhammed, Nicolò Melli, Bogdan Bogdanović, Nando De Colo, and Boban Marjanović. Also, the most accomplished coach in the history of European basketball, Željko Obradović.

History

Early history and first titles

The men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe was initially founded in 1913, but could not persist due to the Balkan Wars and World War I. Eventually, under the initiative of Muhtar Sencer and Cem Atabeyoğlu, it was founded in its current permanent form in 1944 and achieved considerable success when the sport established itself in Turkey.

Fenerbahçe, who dominated the sport with notable players of the period such as Altan Dinçer, Sacit Seldüz, Hikmet Vardar, Erdoğan Karabelen, Yılmaz Gündüz and Mehmet Baturalp under the leadership of memorable coach Samim Göreç, became champions of the Istanbul Basketball League in 1954–55, 1955–56, and 1956–57. By defeating their rivals Galatasaray 55–47 on February 5, 1955, which was the first basketball game broadcast live on radio in Turkey, Fener celebrated their first championship. The club made a new breakthrough in amateur sports, after İsmet Uluğ, one of the former football players and boxers of the club became president in 1962, and won Istanbul League titles again in 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 and 1965–66.

Fenerbahçe won Turkish Basketball Championship titles in 1957, 1959, and 1965 undefeated, just before the current professional Turkish Super League was founded in 1966, and made it to the European Champions Cup in 1960 and 1966.

They remained a solid team in the rest of the 1960s, but had mixed success in the following decades, especially the 70s and 80s. Those decades were dominated by the likes of Efes Pilsen and Eczacıbaşı, and later also Ülkerspor, who won most of the titles. As these teams belonged to notable corporations with a solid financial background and support, traditional sports clubs such as Fenerbahçe had difficulties keeping up with them.

Fenerbahçe finished the league leader three times with stars such as Erman Kunter, Aytek Gürkan, Can Sonat, Ferhat Oktay, Pete Williams and Larry Richard in the seasons 1984–85, 1987–88 and 1989–90, but was eliminated in the playoffs. Erman Kunter broke the record by scoring 153 points in a game of the 1987–1988 season, in which the yellow-navy blues team beat Hilalspor 175–101. Fenerbahçe would reach championship in 1991 that the fans were waiting for. Levent Topsakal, Larry Richard, Hüsnü Çakırgil and head coach Çetin Yılmaz led Fenerbahçe to the Turkish League title over Tofaş.

1990s and 2000s

Mirsad Türkcan, retired with his jersey (2006–2012)

Fenerbahçe returned to the EuroLeague in 1992, but lost in the preliminary round. The club were back in the Turkish League finals in 1992, 1993, and 1995, but could not find a way to win the championship for some time. Fenerbahçe continued to have success in the late 90s. A third-place finish in the 1997–98 season allowed the club to return to the EuroLeague in 1998–99 season, and with players like Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Marko Milič, Žan Tabak, İbrahim Kutluay, and the late Conrad McRae, Fenerbahçe advanced to the eighth-final playoffs, losing there to Real Madrid. İbrahim Kutluay won the EuroLeague top scorer trophy with an average of 21.4 points.

The club made it to the Saporta Cup quarter-finals in 1994–95. The following season Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals of the Korać Cup in 1995–96 and repeated this achievement in 2000–01. The early 2000s, however, were with very limited success. After Aydın Örs started as a coach in 2004, Fenerbahçe returned to the Turkish League semifinals and had a great return to European competitions, finishing in fourth place in the 2004–05 FIBA Europe League.

In the summer of 2006, the basketball club acquired a main sponsorship deal with Ülker, to form Fenerbahçe Ülker. After the sponsorship agreement, Fenerbahçe dominated the Turkish League and became the league champions two times in a row after 16 years and the team returned to the EuroLeague. After losing the Turkish League championship to Efes Pilsen in the 2008–09 season, in a closely contested playoff finals, Fenerbahçe became Turkish League champions again in the 2009–10 season, this time by defeating Efes Pilsen in the finals 4–2.

2010s

Fenerbahçe coaches, from left: İlker Belgutay (Athletic trainer), Erdem Can (Assistant coach), Josep Maria Izquierdo (Assistant coach), Vladimir Androić (Assistant coach) and Željko Obradović (Head coach), September 2017.

Fenerbahçe Ülker headed into the 2010–11 season with five new transfers: Engin Atsür, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Marko Tomas, Kaya Peker, and Darjuš Lavrinovič. With new head coach Neven Spahija, Fenerbahçe Ülker continued their domination in the Turkish League, winning both the Turkish Cup and the Turkish League, over long time rivals Beşiktaş and Galatasaray, respectively.

After two disappointing seasons, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 where Fenerbahçe Ülker finished in fifth place in the Turkish league, legendary coach Željko Obradović was then signed as the team's head coach, and the roster was strengthened with the likes of former Toronto Raptor Linas Kleiza, promising power forward Nemanja Bjelica, consistent center Luka Žorić, and hot Turkish prospects Kenan Sipahi and Melih Mahmutoğlu. Fenerbahçe became the Turkish League champions once again, after beating eternal rivals Galatasaray in the playoff's finals of the 2013–14 season. Success in the EuroLeague, however, continued to elude the team.

Golden age with Obradović

Bogdan Bogdanović (2014-17)

In the 2014–15 season, Fenerbahçe reached the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in their history. In the quarterfinals, Fenerbahçe knocked out Maccabi Tel Aviv with three straight wins. In the semifinals, the team lost to Real Madrid, and eventually finished fourth. At the end of the season, the club's sponsorship agreement with Ülker ended. In the 2015–16 season, Fenerbahçe impressed in the EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16, and qualified once again for the Final Four tournament, by eliminating the defending champions, Real Madrid, in the playoffs, again with a score of 3–0. During their first Final Four match against Laboral Kutxa, Fenerbahçe faced risking elimination once again before Kostas Sloukas made a game-tying lay-up to force the game into overtime, where Bogdan Bogdanović would help lead the team in overtime to win 88–77. The club became the first Turkish team to ever make it to the EuroLeague Final game. Their final opponent in the EuroLeague competition was CSKA Moscow. Fenerbahçe lost 101–96 after overtime.

The team that won the EuroLeague title in the 2016-17 season is at the cup ceremony

In the following 2016–17 season, Fenerbahçe won their first European championship. The club beat Greek powerhouse Olympiacos 80–64 in the championship game of the Final Four, that was held in Istanbul. Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish team in history to win the EuroLeague title. Center Ekpe Udoh was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP. Following their European title, Fenerbahçe acquired a new main sponsor deal in the 2017 off-season. Doğuş Group signed a three-year contract with the club, worth an amount of €45 million, which guaranteed the club the largest name sponsorship deal in European basketball history.

In the 2017–18 season, Fenerbahçe finished second at the regular season of the EuroLeague. In the Playoffs, they faced off against Kirolbet Baskonia, whom they eliminated with 3–1 in the best-of-five series. Thus the club managed to reach the EuroLeague Final Four for the fourth time in a row, improving their record. The team eventually lost against Real Madrid in the championship final. Fenerbahçe also continued their domination of the Turkish Super League - after a setback in 2015, Fenerbahçe won the 2016, 2017, and 2018 championships in dominating fashion.

Ekpe Udoh (2015-17)

Before the beginning of the 2018–19 season, Doğuş withdrew from the sponsorship deal which originally was projected for three years. Following the unexpected retraction, a new main sponsorship agreement with Beko was initiated. During the 2018–19 season, Fenerbahçe became the only team who stayed undefeated at home after a 30-game regular season and secured the best record after a regular season (25–5) under the new EuroLeague format (2016–17 season to present). Fener also became the earliest EuroLeague Playoffs qualifiers ever in the modern EuroLeague era. Domestically, the Yellow-Navy Blues defeated rivals Anadolu Efes in the 2019 Turkish Cup final to claim their sixth title. Fenerbahçe defeated BC Žalgiris, 3–1, in the EuroLeague quarterfinals, qualifying to their fifth consecutive Final Four. In the EuroLeague Final Four, however, Fenerbahçe was beaten by Anadolu Efes in the semifinals, and Real Madrid in the third place game, finishing in a disappointing fourth place. In the Turkish Super League, Fenerbahçe once again made the finals - however, in an upset, they were again defeated by Anadolu Efes in a seven game series.

The 2019-2020 season was the last under Obradović. Fenerbahçe managed to win the 2020 Turkish Cup by beating Teksüt Bandırma in the quarterfinals, Türk Telekom in the semifinals, and Darüşşafaka in the finals. Despite improving their roster with signings like Derrick Williams and Nando De Colo, Fenerbahçe struggled in the EuroLeague - at the time the season was stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic, Fenerbahçe was fighting for the final playoff spot, and in the Turkish Super League, Fenerbahçe was just 4th - behind Anadolu Efes, Pınar Karşıyaka and Galatasaray. Both tournaments were cancelled with no champions announced. In the summer, coach Obradović resigned.

2020s (present)

Bobby Dixon (2015–2021)

Fenerbahçe signed former Phoenix Suns head coach Igor Kokoškov to replace Obradović. Fenerbahçe underwent many changes during the post season, though managed to keep top players like Vesely and De Colo on the roster. The team greatly struggled in the EuroLeague, suffering many embarrassing blowout loses in the beginning, and fell quickly behind Anadolu Efes in the Turkish Super League standings, but with the late season signing of Marko Gudurić, the team greatly improved. A winning streak in the EuroLeague helped Fenerbahçe make the EuroLeague playoffs with a 20-14 record and 7th place in the regular season. In the playoffs, Fenerbahçe was swept by CSKA Moscow. In the Turkish Super League, Fenerbahçe returned to the finals and faced the 2021 EuroLeague champions Anadolu Efes, who easily swept Fenerbahçe in the finals. Despite signing a long term contract, Kokoškov left Fenerbahçe during the summer.

Nigel Hayes-Davis (2022–present)

During the off-season, Fenerbahçe signed Saša Đorđević as the new head coach. Fenerbahçe had higher expectations for the season than the previous year. In the EuroLeague, Fenerbahçe struggled, and for the first time since the 2013-2014 season, failed to make the playoffs - finishing in a disappointing 12th place, and coach Đorđević suffered much criticism. Anadolu Efes repeated as the 2022 EuroLeague champions. In the re-established Turkish Cup, Fenerbahçe was beaten by Anadolu Efes. Afterwards, Dimitris Itoudis was signed in and in the Turkish Super League, Fenerbahçe got their revenge - they finished over Efes in the regular season standings, earning home-court advantage for the playoffs, and made the finals - in the finals, Fenerbahçe beat Anadolu Efes 3-1 to win the championship, their record breaking 10th Turkish League championship.

Nicolò Melli, (2017-19 and 2024-present)

In the first match of the semi-finals of the 2022-23 Turkish Basketball Super League Play-Offs, Fenerbahçe Beko defeated Anadolu Efes by 108-66, with a difference of 42 points. With this result, Fenerbahçe broke new record in its competition against Anadolu Efes. The yellow-navy blue team achieved its biggest victory in all the matches it played against its opponent in history, with a difference of 42 points. In addition, this result was the most different defeat suffered by Anadolu Efes in a Basketball Super League match.

Šarūnas Jasikevičius. He was a player in the 2010-11 season and is the head coach of the Fenerbahce until (2023-present)

Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Basketball Cup for the 8th time in the 2023-24 season by defeating Anadolu Efes 67-80 in the Turkish Basketball Cup final. With the appointment of Šarūnas Jasikevičius as head coach on December 14, 2023, Fenerbahçe once again participated in the Final Four after a 3-year hiatus. In the 2023-24 Euroleague season, Nigel Hayes-Davis broke the record for most points scored in a EuroLeague game by scoring 50 points against Alba Berlin. Fenerbahçe, which successfully completed the Play-Offs in the 2023-24 Turkish Basketball League, faced Anadolu Efes in the finals and won the final games 3-1, winning its 11th Championship. In the 2024-25 season, Fenerbahçe defeated Beşiktaş 104-81 in the Turkish Basketball Cup final and took the Turkish Basketball Cup to its museum for the 9th time. Fenerbahçe qualified for the 2024 EuroLeague Final Four for the 6th time in the 2023-24 season. Fenerbahçe, which finished the 2024-25 EuroLeague regular season in second place, beat Paris 3-0 in the Play-Off qualifiers, qualified for the 2025 EuroLeague Final Four held in Abu Dhabi, and beat Panathinaikos 82-76 in the semi-finals, making it to the EuroLeague finals for the fourth time and winning it for the second time.

History of overseas

Choreography event prepared by fans at Ülker Arena before the AS Monaco Basketball match, (2024 EuroLeague 8 Play-Offs)

Fenerbahçe participated in European competitions numerous times throughout their history and became one of the most successful Turkish clubs ever. By winning the former Turkish Basketball Championship, the club represented Turkey for their first time in the FIBA European Champions Cup in 1959–60 and again in 1965–66. Some years later, they made it to the FIBA European Cup quarter-finals in the 1994–95 season. The following season Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals of the FIBA Korać Cup in 1996 and repeated this achievement in 2001. In the 1998–99 season of the FIBA EuroLeague, they reached the Top 16 stage, but lost there to Real Madrid. The club became fourth in the 2004–05 season of the FIBA EuroChallenge. The first major success in the modern era EuroLeague was achieved in the 2007–08 season, where Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals. The first Final Four participation in the history of the club followed some years later, in the 2014–15 season, when the team eliminated reigning European champions Maccabi Tel Aviv in the play-offs with three straight victories under the guidance of legendary coach Željko Obradović. In the semi-final game they lost against Real Madrid and eventually finished fourth. In the next season, the club reached the final of the competition with a convincing overall performance, again by eliminating the reigning champions (Real Madrid) with three straight wins, and lost dramatically against CSKA Moscow in overtime. Then eventually, in 2017, Fenerbahçe managed to win the EuroLeague trophy as the first and only Turkish club ever, in their own city, by defeating Greek giants Olympiacos in the final game with a score of 80–64. From the quarter-finals onwards, the club eliminated their opponents in dominating fashion, first sweeping Greek giants Panathinaikos Superfoods with 3–0 wins despite the home-court disadvantage, and then defeating European powerhouses Real Madrid and Olympiacos with being behind only for a few seconds in total in the Final Four in Istanbul.

European Statistics

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; PF = Points for; PA = Points against; PD = Point Difference; PCT = Winning percentage.

By team and by country

Country	Club	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Austria	SKN St. Pölten	2	1	1	210	148	+62
Subtotal		2	1	1	210	148	+62
Belgium	Antwerp Giants	2	2	0	159	126	+33
	Leuven Bears	2	2	0	189	173	+16
	RBC Pepinster	2	1	1	142	155	−13
	Spirou Charleroi	2	1	1	150	150	0
Subtotal		8	6	2	640	604	+36
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosna	2	0	2	154	178	−24
	Igokea	2	1	1	148	143	+5
Subtotal		4	1	3	302	321	−19
Bulgaria	CSKA Sofia	2	2	0	176	142	+34
	Levski Sofia	3	2	1	254	225	+29
	Yambol	1	0	1	71	91	−20
	Academic	3	1	2	189	205	−16
Subtotal		9	5	4	690	663	+27
Croatia	Cedevita Junior	2	1	1	145	162	−17
	Cibona	8	5	3	596	567	+29
	Zagreb	2	1	1	143	147	−4
Subtotal		12	7	5	884	876	+8
Cyprus	AEL Limassol	2	1	1	167	163	+4
	Keravnos	1	1	0	99	94	+5
Subtotal		3	2	1	266	257	+9
Czech Republic	Basketball Nymburk	4	2	2	319	331	−12
	Sparta Praha	2	1	1	182	152	+30
	BK Opava	2	1	1	150	138	+12
Subtotal		8	4	4	651	621	+30
Estonia	Kalev	2	2	0	172	140	+32
Subtotal		2	2	0	172	140	+32
France	Monaco	13	7	6	1088	1111	−23
	ASVEL	16	12	4	1281	1178	+103
	Cholet	2	1	1	171	143	+28
	Chorale Roanne	2	2	0	178	158	+20
	Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez	4	1	3	259	301	−42
	JDA Dijon	2	2	0	163	137	+26
	Le Mans	2	1	1	175	173	+2
	Nanterre 92	2	2	0	178	142	+36
	Paris Basketball	5	5	0	458	421	+37
	SIG Strasbourg	2	1	1	151	155	−4
	SLUC Nancy Basket	2	2	0	163	139	+24
	Stade Français	2	0	2	177	215	−38
Subtotal		54	36	18	4442	4273	+169
Georgia	Merani Tbilisi	2	2	0	211	146	+65
Subtotal		2	2	0	211	146	+65
Germany	Alba Berlin	16	10	6	1333	1276	+57
	Brose Bamberg	6	5	1	459	428	+31
	Bayern Munich	17	14	3	1397	1291	+106
Subtotal		39	29	10	3189	2995	+194
Greece	Aris	4	1	3	293	300	−7
	Olympiacos	34	17	17	2613	2651	−38
	Panathinaikos	33	15	18	2479	2453	+26
	Panionios	2	1	1	173	173	0
	PAOK	2	2	0	189	175	+14
	Sporting	2	1	1	188	184	+4
Subtotal		77	37	40	5935	5936	−1
Hungary	PVSK Panthers	2	2	0	134	111	+23
	ZTE KK	2	1	1	152	139	+13
Subtotal		4	3	1	286	250	+36
Israel	Hapoel Galil Elyon	5	4	1	429	373	+56
	Hapoel Jerusalem	2	1	1	147	148	−1
	Hapoel Tel Aviv	5	4	1	394	364	+30
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	2	2	0	165	154	+11
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	25	14	11	1860	1792	+68
Subtotal		39	25	14	2995	2831	+164
Italy	Mens Sana 1871 Basket	10	1	9	726	854	−128
	Napoli Basket	2	1	1	171	171	0
	Olimpia Milano	30	17	13	2422	2397	+25
	Cantù	6	4	2	456	469	−13
	Treviso	4	2	2	319	320	−1
	Trieste	2	0	2	159	168	−9
	Varese	2	1	1	172	167	+5
	Victoria Libertas	2	1	1	151	145	+6
	Virtus Bologna	8	4	4	640	652	−12
	Virtus Roma	4	3	1	326	291	+35
Subtotal		70	34	36	5542	5634	−92
Latvia	BK Brocēni	4	3	1	328	312	+16
	BK Ventspils	4	0	4	313	335	−22
	Rīgas ASK	2	2	0	203	172	+31
Subtotal		10	5	5	844	819	+25
Lithuania	Rytas	4	3	1	346	320	+26
	Žalgiris	30	20	10	2378	2258	+120
Subtotal		34	23	11	2724	2578	+146
Montenegro	Budućnost	2	2	0	165	132	+33
Subtotal		2	2	0	165	132	+33
Netherlands	Amsterdam Basketball	2	1	1	152	162	−10
Subtotal		2	1	1	152	162	−10
North Macedonia	Kumanovo	1	1	0	77	71	+6
	Rabotnički	7	5	2	609	507	+102
Subtotal		8	6	2	686	578	+108
Poland	Włocławek	4	3	1	376	354	+22
	Śląsk Wrocław	4	0	4	292	319	−27
	Turów Zgorzelec	2	2	0	180	150	+30
Subtotal		10	5	5	848	823	+25
Romania	Progresul Pecica	1	1	0	85	60	+25
	BC Timișoara	2	2	0	222	123	+99
	Steaua București	2	1	1	146	150	−4
	Dinamo București	2	1	1	143	146	−3
	CSU Ploiești	2	2	0	193	139	+54
Subtotal		9	7	2	789	618	+171
Russia	Avtodor	2	2	0	168	159	+9
	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	2	1	1	154	154	0
	Euras	2	1	1	140	148	−8
	Khimki	15	10	5	1222	1174	+48
	Nizhny Novgorod	2	2	0	170	139	+31
	UNICS	6	3	3	474	463	+11
	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4	3	1	319	301	+18
	CSKA Moscow	24	9	15	1870	1957	−87
	Lokomotiv Kuban	2	2	0	140	131	+9
Subtotal		59	33	26	4657	4626	+31
Serbia	Borac Čačak	2	1	1	178	171	+7
	Crvena zvezda	24	14	10	1791	1759	+32
	Partizan	10	5	5	841	810	+31
	Vojvodina Srbijagas	3	2	1	270	253	+17
	Vršac	2	1	1	140	131	+9
Subtotal		41	23	18	3220	3124	+96
Slovakia	Iskra Svit	2	1	1	170	175	−5
Subtotal		2	1	1	170	175	−5
Slovenia	Hopsi Polzela	2	1	1	170	170	0
	Olimpija	4	4	0	345	300	+45
	Zlatorog Laško	2	1	1	152	153	−1
	ZM Maribor Lumar	2	2	0	155	143	+12
Subtotal		10	8	2	822	766	+56
Spain	Málaga	8	4	4	595	576	+19
	Manresa	2	1	1	138	137	+1
	Bilbao	2	1	1	143	150	−7
	Estudiantes	2	2	0	183	165	+18
	Gran Canaria	2	2	0	179	136	+43
	Zaragoza	2	2	0	147	143	+4
	Joventut Badalona	4	3	1	309	292	+17
	Barcelona	36	12	24	2637	2938	−301
	Real Madrid	33	13	20	2527	2644	−117
	Saski Baskonia	39	18	21	3106	3156	−50
	Valencia	12	6	6	982	954	+28
Subtotal		142	64	78	10946	11291	−345
Sweden	Gothia Basket	2	1	1	160	157	+3
	Norrköping Dolphins	2	1	1	189	178	+11
Subtotal		4	2	2	349	335	+14
Turkey	Anadolu Efes	26	17	9	2116	2058	+58
	Beşiktaş	5	3	2	378	373	+5
	Darüşşafaka	6	4	2	509	466	+43
	Galatasaray	2	2	0	188	167	+21
	Tuborg Pilsener	1	0	1	67	84	−17
	Türk Telekom	2	2	0	151	137	+14
Subtotal		42	28	14	3409	3285	+124
Ukraine	Budivelnyk	4	2	2	332	325	+7
	Kyiv	5	3	2	400	384	+16
	Odesa	2	1	1	165	185	−20
Subtotal		11	6	5	897	894	+3
Total		719	408	311	57093	55901	+1192

Against NBA teams

On 5 October 2012, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish basketball club to win against an NBA team, having beaten the Boston Celtics by a score of 97–91 at the Ülker Sports Arena. By defeating the Brooklyn Nets 101–96 in Barclays Center on 5 October 2015, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish basketball club and only third club in basketball history to win against an NBA team in the United States.

5 October 2012 19:00 CET

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Boston Celtics	91–97	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 18–29, 27–24, 19–18
Pts: Green, Sullinger 22 Rebs: Sullinger 8 Asts: Rondo 9		Pts: Sato 24 Rebs: Sato, Ilkan 7 Asts: McCalebb 5

Ülker Sports Arena Attendance: 12,191 Referees: David Guthrie (USA), John Goble (USA), Sasa Pukl (SLO)

5 October 2013 14:00 CET

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Oklahoma City Thunder	95–82	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 28–14, 27–23, 20–17
Pts: Durant 24 Rebs: Durant 8 Asts: Jackson 5		Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Bogdanović, Vidmar, Kleiza 4 Asts: Preldžić 4

Ülker Sports Arena Attendance: 12,191 Referees: Dan Crawford (USA), Courtney Kirkland (USA), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)

11 October 2014 17:00 CET

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San Antonio Spurs	96–90	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 18–19, 28–30, 21–20
Pts: Duncan 23 Rebs: Ginóbili 8 Asts: Parker 7		Pts: Goudelock 30 Rebs: Žorić 7 Asts: Preldžić 11

Ülker Sports Arena Attendance: 12,191 Referees: Tony Brothers (USA), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Haywoode Workman (USA)

5 October 2015 02:30 CET

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Fenerbahçe	101–96	Brooklyn Nets
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 31–26, 26–20, 19–24
Pts: Veselý 18 Rebs: Udoh 8 Asts: Sloukas 11		Pts: Lopez 18 Rebs: Robinson 16 Asts: Larkin 5

Barclays Center Attendance: 6,857 Referees: Ken Mauer (USA), Nick Buchert (USA), Violet Palmer (USA)

9 October 2015 03:00 CET

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Fenerbahçe	81–111	Oklahoma City Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 20–26, 17–29, 23–24
Pts: Veselý 17 Rebs: Udoh 9 Asts: Sloukas 6		Pts: Waiters 19 Rebs: Adams 8 Asts: Durant, Westbrook 5

Chesapeake Energy Arena Referees: Kevin Cutler (USA), Dan Crawford (USA), Scott Wall (USA)

Players

Current roster

2024–25 Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball) season

Depth chart

2024–25 Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball) season

Team captains

Melih Mahmutoğlu, team captain from 2015 to present

Period	Captain
1986–1990	Necdet Ronabar
1990–1993	Ali Limoncuoğlu
1993–1995	Hüsnü Çakırgil
1995–1998	Güray Kanan
1998–2003	Zaza Enden
2003–2006	Zeki Gülay
2006–2010	Damir Mršić
2010–2014	Ömer Onan
2014–2015	Emir Preldžić
2015–present	Melih Mahmutoğlu

Retired numbers

Fenerbahçe retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony date
6		Mirsad Türkcan	PF	2006–2012	16/09/2012
7		Ömer Onan	SG	2004-2005; 2006-2014	17/10/2014

Notable players

Italic written players still play for the club.

Coaches

Period Coach 1944–49 none 1949–50 Feridun Koray 1951–65 Samim Göreç 1965–66 Samim Göreç / Sacit Seldüz / Mehmet Baturalp / Altan Dinçer 1966–67 Erol Demiroma / Altan Dinçer 1967–68 Altan Dinçer 1968–69 Önder Dai 1969–71 Mehmet Baturalp 1971–72 Mehmet Baturalp / Altan Dinçer / Deniz Sine / Bülent Yüksel 1972–73 Altan Dinçer 1973–75 Önder Seden 1975–76 Önder Seden / Hüseyin Kozluca 1976–78 Tuluğ Siyavuş 1978–79 Tuluğ Siyavuş / Hüseyin Kozluca 1979–82 Mehmet Baturalp 1982–83 Önder Seden 1983–84 Aydan Siyavuş / Önder Okan 1984–85 Önder Okan 1985–86 Dennis Perryman / Erdal Poyrazoğlu / Mahmut Uslu 1986–87 Faruk Akagün / Rıza Erverdi 1987–88 Rıza Erverdi / Doğan Hakyemez Period Coach 1988–89 Fehmi Sadıkoğlu / Rıza Erverdi 1989–93 Çetin Yılmaz 1993–94 Necati Güler / Faruk Kulenović 1994–95 Murat Didin 1995–96 Murat Didin / Murat Özgül 1996–98 Murat Özgül 1998–99 Murat Özgül / Halil Üner 1999–00 Halil Üner 2000–01 Nihat İziç 2001–04 Murat Özgül 2004–07 Aydın Örs 2007–09 Bogdan Tanjević 2009–10 Bogdan Tanjević / Ertuğrul Erdoğan 2010–12 Neven Spahija 2012–13 Simone Pianigiani / Ertuğrul Erdoğan 2013–20 Željko Obradović 2020–21 Igor Kokoškov 2021–22 Aleksandar Đorđević 2022–23 Dimitrios Itoudis 2023– Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Honours

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (2): 2016–17, 2024–25

Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2017–18

Fourth-place (3): 2014–15, 2018–19, 2023–24

• FIBA Europe League

Fourth-place (1): 2004–05

Domestic competitions

• Turkish League

Winners (14): 1957, 1959, 1965, 1990–91, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2023–24

Runners-up (16): 1954, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2008–09, 2018–19, 2020–21

• Turkish Cup

Winners (9): 1966–67, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025

Runners-up (5): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2014–15, 2022

• Turkish Presidential Cup

Winners (7): 1990, 1991, 1994, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017

Runners-up (11): 1985, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024

• Turkish Federation Cup

Winners (5): 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961

Runners-up (2): 1948, 1951

• Istanbul Basketball League

Winners (7): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66

Runners-up (3): 1950–51, 1953–54, 1957–58

Season by season

Individual awards and achievements

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers

Home courts

The first match at Ülker Sports Arena against Olimpia Milano

Trivia

• First team to achieve the greatest success in European cups by clubs in Turkey (2016-17 season EuroLeague Champion)
• First team to win the Turkish Cup (1966-67)
• First team to win the Presidential Cup for 2 consecutive years (1989-90, 1990-91)
• Only Turkish team to win against NBA teams (October 5, 2012 Fenerbahçe 97-91 Boston Celtics)
• Turkish team with the most wins against NBA teams. It is the 4th team in Europe (2 Wins)
• Only Turkish team to beat an NBA team in the Americas. In Europe, it is the 2nd team after CSKA Moscow (October 5, 2015 Brooklyn Nets 96-101 Fenerbahçe)
• The Turkish team that finished the EuroLeague 1st round groups as the leader the most (3 times: 2011-12, 2013-14, 2015-16)
• The Turkish team that won the most in a single EuroLeague season (28 wins in the 2018-19 season, 25 wins in the regular season, 3 wins in the play-offs)
• The Turkish team that won the most at home in a single EuroLeague season (14 wins - 0 losses in the 2015-16 season)
• The Turkish team that won the most in the same season in EuroLeague history, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos and Barcelona on the road
• First Turkish team to advance to the EuroLeague finals (2015-16 season)
• Turkish team with the highest winning average in the EuroLeague (Fenerbahçe 54%, Anadolu Efes 51%)
• Only Turkish team to advance to the EuroLeague Final Four for 5 consecutive seasons (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 seasons)
• First Turkish team to become champions in the EuroLeague (2016-17 season)
• First Turkish team to finish the regular season as the leader in the EuroLeague (2018-19 season)
• First Turkish team to play in 3 consecutive EuroLeague finals (2016, 2017, 2018)

See also

In Spanish: Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (baloncesto) para niños

• Basketbol Süper Ligi
• Fenerbahçe Opet
• Fenerbahçe Koleji Novotel