Karşıyaka Basket

Pınar Karşıyaka
Pınar Karşıyaka
Leagues	BSL; Champions League
Founded	1966; 55 years ago
History	Karşıyaka Basket; (1966 – present)
Arena	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Karşıyaka Sport Hall
Capacity	5,000
Location	İzmir, Turkey
Team colors	Green, red;
President	Turgay Büyükkarcı
Head coach	Ufuk Sarıca
Team captain	Semih Erden
Championships	2 Turkish Championships; 1 Turkish Cup; 2 President's Cups
Website	www.kskbasketbol.net
Home	Away

Karşıyaka Basket, mostly known as Pınar Karşıyaka for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball team that is located in Karşıyaka, İzmir. 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).

The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League.

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 5,000 seats, which was opened in 2005.^[1] They share the facilities with the Karşıyaka Women's Volleyball Team. The team has a reputation for developing young talent and scouting for lesser-known foreign players. The team is also known for its successful cadet infrastructure which has promoted many stars for Turkish basketball in recent years. Karşıyaka is known for having a strong energetic supporter base at Karşıyaka Arena which also frequently cheers its team on at away matches as well.

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

Winners (2): 1986–87, 2014–15
Runner-up (1): 1983–84

Turkish Cup

Winner (1): 2013–14
Runner-up (1): 2004–05

President's Cup

Winners (2): 1987, 2014

European competitions[]

Basketball Champions League

Runner-up (1): 2020–21

FIBA EuroChallenge

Runner-up (1): 2012–13

Home arenas[]

İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall: (1966–2005)
Karşıyaka Arena: (2005–present)

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	1	Blackmon, James	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	26 – (1995-04-25)25 April 1995
PG	2	Sonsırma, Yunus Emre	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	28 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992
F	3	Durmaz, Berkan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	24 – (1997-02-20)20 February 1997
F/C	6	Agva, Mahir	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	25 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996
PG	8	Korkmaz, Can	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	28 – (1992-10-21)21 October 1992
C	9	Erden, Semih (C)	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	35 – (1986-07-28)28 July 1986
G	10		1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		20 – (2001-04-13)13 April 2001
PF	19	Yıldızlı, Burak Can	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	27 – (1994-04-22)22 April 1994
PG	21	Taylor, Tony	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	31 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990
PF	24	M'Baye, Amath	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	31 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989
F/C	25	Mitchell, Akil	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	29 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992
F	50	Colson, Bonzie	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	25 – (1996-01-12)12 January 1996

Head coach

Ufuk Sarıca

Assistant coach(es)

Engin Gençoğlu
Recep Şen
Sinan Çambel

Team manager

Selim Çınar

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 14, 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Akill Mitchell	Semih Erden
PF	Amath M'Baye	Berkan Durmaz	Mahir Agva
SF	Bonzie Colson	Burak Can Yıldızlı
SG	James Blackmon	Can Korkmaz	Ali Efe Barış
PG	Tony Taylor	Yunus Emre Sonsırma

(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.

showCriteria
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[]

Aydan Siyavuş (1973–75, 1990–91)
Murat Didin (1998–99)
Ergin Ataman (1999)
Ahmet Kandemir (2003–06, 2007–08)
(2008–09)
Hakan Demir (2009–12)
Ufuk Sarıca (2012–16, 2019–present)
Nenad Marković (2016–17)
Aleksandar Trifunović (2016–17)
Özhan Çıvgın (2018–19)
Dirk Bauermann (2019)

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	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	4th		Korać Cup
1981–82	1	TBL	6th		Korać Cup
1982–83	1	TBL	7th		Korać Cup
1983–84	1	TBL	2nd
1984–85	1	TBL	6th		Saporta Cup
1985–86	1	TBL	7th
1986–87	1	TBL	1st		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
1991–92	1	TBL	11th
1992–93	1	TBL	14th
1993–94	1	TBL	9th
1994–95	1	TBL	10th
1995–96	1	TBL	12th
1996–97	1	TBL	10th
1997–98	1	TBL	12th
1998–99	1	TBL	10th
1999–00	1	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Korać Cup
2000–01	1	TBL	10th		Saporta Cup
2001–02	1	TBL	6th
2002–03	1	TBL	5th		FIBA Europe Champions Cup
2003–04	1	TBL	4th	Group Stage
2004–05	1	TBL	5th	Runner-up
2005–06	1	TBL	10th	Group Stage
2006–07	1	TBL	12th	Semifinalist
2007–08	1	TBL	7th	Quarterfinalist
2008–09	1	TBL	9th	Group Stage
2009–10	1	TBL	6th	Quarterfinalist
2010–11	1	TBL	5th	Group Stage	EuroChallenge Quarterfinalist
2011–12	1	TBL	6th	Group Stage	EuroChallenge Top 16
2012–13	1	TBL	4th	Quarterfinalist	EuroChallenge Runner-up
2013–14	1	TBL	4th	Champion	Eurocup Last 32
2014–15	1	TBL	1st	Semifinalist	Eurocup Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	BSL	6th	Semifinalist	Euroleague Group Stage Eurocup Last 16
2016–17	1	BSL	9th	Semifinalist	Champions League Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	BSL	10th		Champions League Quarterfinalist
2018–19	1	BSL	11th		FIBA Europa Cup Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	BSL	2nd¹		FIBA Europa Cup Semifinalist
2020–21	1	BSL	3rd		Champions League Runner-up

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References[]

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

External links[]

[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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Departments of Karşıyaka S.K.

Football	Basketball	Volleyball (Women's)

Handball	Tennis	Swimming

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Football	First Team Managers Footballers
Other branches	Basketball Volleyball
Facilities	Karşıyaka Arena
Rivalries	İzmir Derby

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Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
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Champions	Anadolu Efes (15) Fenerbahçe (9) Eczacıbaşı (8) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Karşıyaka (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Muhafızgücü (1)
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