Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)

Beşiktaş Basketbol, for sponsorship reasons Beşiktaş Fibabanka is a Turkish professional basketball team from the city of Istanbul. The team formed in 1967 as the basketball section of Beşiktaş J.K., which was founded in 1903. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League and in the EuroCup.

History
The club's men's basketball section started out in the year 1967 and since then, Beşiktaş has played in the first Turkish Basketball Super League, in every season, except in the 1988–89 season, due to their relegation to the Turkish Basketball First League after the 1987–88 season. The club won the Turkish Basketball Super League, under the management of Ateş Çubukçu and Tom Davis, in the 1974–75 season.

In October 2010, Beşiktaş announced the biggest transfer in the history of the club's basketball department, with the signing of the former NBA Most Valuable Player, Allen Iverson. Iverson signed a 2-year $4 million net income contract.

In July 2011, NBA All-Star Deron Williams of the Brooklyn Nets, announced he would play for Beşiktaş, due to the 2011 NBA lockout. His $5 million net income contract included a clause that would enable him to return to the NBA during the regular season, if an agreement was made between the owners and players association. When the lockout finished, Williams was replaced by Carlos Arroyo.

Arroyo led the team to the Turkish Cup title in February 2012. In April 2012, the team won the 3rd-tier level EuroChallenge Final against Elan Chalon. After the EuroChallenge championship, the team won the Turkish Basketball Super League Finals against Anadolu Efes. On September 30, 2012, the team won the Turkish President's Cup against Anadolu Efes.

Sponsorship naming
Beşiktaş has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship;


 * Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 2005–2011
 * Beşiktaş Milangaz: 2011–2012
 * Beşiktaş Integral Forex: 2013–2015
 * Beşiktaş Sompo Japan: 2015–2020
 * Beşiktaş Icrypex: 2021–2022
 * Beşiktaş Emlakjet: 2022–2024
 * Beşiktaş Fibabanka: 2024–present

Notable players

 * 🇹🇷 Erman Kunter
 * 🇹🇷 Haluk Yıldırım
 * 🇹🇷 Ufuk Sarıca
 * 🇹🇷 Sertaç Şanlı
 * 🇹🇷 Efe Aydan
 * 🇹🇷 Engin Atsür
 * 🇹🇷 Kaya Peker
 * 🇹🇷 Kerem Tunçeri
 * 🇹🇷 Levent Topsakal
 * 🇹🇷 Kenan Sipahi
 * 🇹🇷 Ömer Büyükaycan
 * 🇹🇷 Serhat Çetin
 * 🇹🇷 Semih Erden
 * 🇹🇷 Erkan Veyseloğlu
 * 🇹🇷 Sinan Güler
 * 🇹🇷 Tamer Oyguç
 * 🇹🇷 Barış Hersek
 * 🇹🇷 Kartal Özmızrak
 * 🇹🇷 Alperen Şengün
 * 🇹🇷 Şehmus Hazer
 * 🇦🇺 Ryan Broekhoff
 * 🇧🇦 Ratko Varda
 * Damir Markota
 * Sandro Nicević
 * 🇫🇮 Erik Murphy
 * 🇩🇪 Robin Benzing
 * 🇬🇧 Pops Mensah-Bonsu
 * 🇯🇲 Kimani Ffriend
 * 🇱🇹 Virginijus Praškevičius
 * 🇱🇹 Gediminas Orelik
 * 🇲🇪 Predrag Drobnjak
 * 🇵🇱 Maciej Lampe
 * 🇵🇱 Michał Sokołowski
 * Carlos Arroyo
 * Larry Ayuso
 * Rick Apodaca
 * 🇷🇺 Fedor Likholitov
 * 🇷🇸 Vladimir Štimac
 * 🇷🇸 Zoran Erceg
 * 🇺🇸🇵🇷 John Holland
 * 🇺🇸 Allen Iverson
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Lofton
 * 🇺🇸 Deron Williams
 * 🇺🇸 Earl Clark
 * 🇺🇸 Jo Jo English
 * 🇺🇸 Khalid El-Amin
 * 🇺🇸 Donnell Harvey
 * 🇺🇸 Lonny Baxter
 * 🇺🇸 Mire Chatman
 * 🇺🇸-🇨🇲 D. J. Strawberry
 * 🇺🇸 Isaiah Whitehead

Head coaches

 * 🇹🇷 Cavit Altunay: 1967–70
 * 🇹🇷 Aydan Siyavuş: 1970–71
 * 🇹🇷 Ünal Büyükaycan: 1971–73
 * 🇹🇷 Cavit Altunay: 1973–74
 * 🇹🇷 Ateş Çubukçu / 🇺🇸 Tom Davis: 1974–75
 * 🇹🇷 Ateş Çubukçu / 🇺🇸 Tom Davis / 🇹🇷 Tanju Feyzioğlu: 1975
 * 🇹🇷 Mehmet Baturalp: 1975–79
 * 🇹🇷 Fehmi Sadıkoğlu: 1979–85
 * 🇹🇷 Hurşit Baytok: 1985–86
 * 🇹🇷 Aydan Siyavuş: 1986–87
 * 🇹🇷 Hurşit Baytok: 1987–89
 * 🇹🇷 İren İmre: 1989–90
 * 🇹🇷 Mehmet Baturalp: 1990–91
 * 🇹🇷 İren İmre: 1991–93
 * 🇹🇷 Hakan Yavuz: 1993–94
 * 🇹🇷 Cem Akdağ: 1994–95
 * 🇹🇷 Tolga Tuğsavul: 1995–96
 * 🇹🇷 Erman Kunter: 1996–97
 * 🇹🇷 Ahmet Kandemir: 1997–03
 * 🇹🇷 İhsan Bayülken: 2003–05
 * 🇹🇷 Burak Bıyıktay: 2005
 * 🇹🇷 Murat Didin: 2005–07
 * 🇹🇷 Ufuk Sarıca: 2007
 * 🇹🇷 Ergin Ataman: 2007–08
 * 🇹🇷 Hakan Demir: 2008–09
 * 🇹🇷 Burak Bıyıktay: 2009–11
 * 🇹🇷 Ergin Ataman: 2011–12
 * 🇹🇷 Erman Kunter: 2012–13
 * 🇹🇷 Ahmet Kandemir: 2013–15
 * 🇫🇮 Henrik Dettmann: 2015–16
 * 🇹🇷 Yağızer Uluğ: 2016
 * 🇹🇷 Ufuk Sarıca: 2016–18
 * 🇲🇪 Duško Ivanović: 2018–20
 * 🇹🇷 Burak Bıyıktay: 2020
 * 🇹🇷 Ahmet Kandemir: 2020–22
 * 🇵🇱 Igor Miličić: 2022–23
 * Dušan Alimpijević: 2023–present

National competitions

 * Turkish Basketball Super League :
 * WikiCup Trophy Gold.png Winner (2): 1975, 2012
 * Runners-up (7): 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2005, 2017
 * Turkish Cup:
 * WikiCup Trophy Gold.png Winner (1): 2012
 * Runners-up (3): 1971, 1973, 2011
 * Turkish President's Cup
 * WikiCup Trophy Gold.png Winner (1): 2012
 * Runner-up (1): 1987

European competitions

 * EuroCup:
 * Semi-final (1): 2024
 * EuroChallenge:
 * Trophy(transp).png Winner (1): 2012
 * Korać Cup:
 * Quarter-final (1): 1999
 * FIBA Europe League:
 * Quarter-final (1): 2005

Season by season

 * Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.