Turkish basketball league

Turkish Basketball League (TBL)

Current season or competition: 2013–14 Turkish Basketball League
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Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966
Inaugural season	1966–67
No. of teams	16
Country	Turkey
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Galatasaray Medical Park (5th title)
Most titles	Anadolu Efes (13 titles)
Level on pyramid	1st tier
Relegation to	TB2L
Official website	www.TBL.org.tr

The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) is the pre-eminent professional men's basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League (Turkish: ). There is also a Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L) with 20 teams and, since 2011, a Turkish Basketball Third League (TB3L) with the teams divided in several groups.

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 was founded in 1966 by the Turkish Basketball Federation, and began with the 1966–1967 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.

Current clubs

TBL Finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result	Finals MVP	Champion's Coach
1966–67	Altınordu	Galatasaray	–	N/A	Samim Göreç
1967–68	İTÜ	Fenerbahçe	–	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1968–69	Galatasaray	İTÜ	–	N/A	Petar Sinemov
1969–70	İTÜ	Fenerbahçe	–	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1970–71	İTÜ	Fenerbahçe	–	N/A	Şengün Kaplanoğlu
1971–72	İTÜ	Beşiktaş	–	N/A	Samim Göreç
1972–73	İTÜ	Şekerspor	–	N/A	Öner Şaylan
1973–74	Muhafızgücü	Şekerspor	–	N/A	Armağan Asena
1974–75	Beşiktaş	Galatasaray	–	N/A	Cavit Altunay
1975–76	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1976–77	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1977–78	Eczacıbaşı	Tofaş	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1978–79	Efes Pilsen	Eczacıbaşı	–	N/A	Faruk Akagün
1979–80	Eczacıbaşı	Efes Pilsen	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1980–81	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1981–82	Eczacıbaşı	Beşiktaş	–	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1982–83	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	–	N/A	Rıza Erverdi
1983–84	Efes Pilsen	Karşıyaka	2–1	N/A	Aydan Siyavuş
1984–85	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	2–1	N/A	Nur Germen
1985–86	Galatasaray	Efes Pilsen	2–1	N/A	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1986–87	Karşıyaka	Galatasaray	2–1	N/A	Nadir Vekiloğlu
1987–88	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3–1	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1988–89	Eczacıbaşı	Çukurova Sanayi	3–1	N/A	Mehmet Baturalp
1989–90	Galatasaray	Paşabahçe	3–1	N/A	Faruk Akagün
1990–91	Fenerbahçe	Tofaş	3–2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1991–92	Efes Pilsen	Paşabahçe	3–1	N/A	Aydın Örs
1992–93	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	4–0	N/A	Aydın Örs
1993–94	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Aydın Örs
1994–95	Ülkerspor	Fenerbahçe	4–2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1995–96	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–0	N/A	Aydın Örs
1996–97	Efes Pilsen	Türk Telekom	4–1	N/A	Aydın Örs
1997–98	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Çetin Yılmaz
1998–99	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Jasmin Repeša
1999–00	Tofaş	Efes Pilsen	4–1	N/A	Tolga Öngören
2000–01	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–2	N/A	Murat Didin
2001–02	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2002–03	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–3	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2003–04	Efes Pilsen	Ülkerspor	4–2	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2004–05	Efes Pilsen	Beşiktaş	4–1	N/A	Oktay Mahmuti
2005–06	Ülkerspor	Efes Pilsen	4–0	N/A	Murat Özyer
2006–07	Fenerbahçe	Efes Pilsen	4–0	N/A	Aydın Örs
2007–08	Fenerbahçe	Türk Telekom	4–1	N/A	Bogdan Tanjević
2008–09	Efes Pilsen	Fenerbahçe	4–2	Bootsy Thornton	Ergin Ataman
2009–10	Fenerbahçe	Efes Pilsen	4–2	Tarence Kinsey	Ertuğrul Erdoğan
2010–11	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	4–2	Oğuz Savaş	Neven Spahija
2011–12	Beşiktaş	Anadolu Efes	4–2	Carlos Arroyo	Ergin Ataman
2012–13	Galatasaray	Banvit	4–1	Jamont Gordon	Ergin Ataman

Titles

Notable players

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 at the end 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 and 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 due to sponsorship reasons)
• Kadıköyspor (1966–1969, 1972–1975) (Became Efes Pilsen in 1976 and Anadolu Efes in 2011)
• Karagücü (1968–1970)
• Konyaspor (1992–1993, 1996–2001, played as Kombassan Konyaspor between 1996 and 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 and 1983)
• Muratpaşa Bld. (1993–1996, 1997–1999, played as Antalyaspor between 1993 and 1996 and joined to Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2001)
• Mülkiye (1980–1981)
• Nasaşspor (1986–1987, 1989–1993) (Originally, the team played in İzmit, then 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 and 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 and 1997 and Emlakbank Ortaköy in 1997–98 season due to sponsorship reasons)
• Paşabahçe (1987–1992, İş Bankası closed basketball branch in 1992)
• Samsunspor (1973–1974, withdrew at the end of first half of season)
• Şekerspor (1966–1968, 1971–1983, 1986–1987)
• Taçspor (1978–1982, 1994–1995)
• Tarsus İdman Yurdu Erkutspor (1985–1986, withdrew and haven't played any matches)
• Tekelspor (2002–2007)
• Tofaş (1976–1989, 1990–2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2007, played as Tofaş SAS between 1976 and 1989 and withdrew from the league in 2000–2001 season)
• TTNet Beykozspor (1988–1990, 2005–2008, played as Sümerbank Beykozspor between 1988 and 1990 and Beykozspor between 2005 and 2007)
• Yenişehir (1976–1983, 1985–1986, played as Yenişehir Meysu between 1977 and 1979, as İstanbul Bankası Yenişehir between 1979 and 1983 and as Hortaş Yenişehir between 1985 and 1986)
• Tuborg Pilsener (1995–2001, 2003–2006, played as Tuborg between 1995 and 1999 and Troy Pilsener between 1999 and 2001 and withdrew in 2001 and in 2006)
• Yıldırımspor (1992–1994, withdrew from the league in 1994)
• Ziraat Fakültesi (1977–1982, 1983–1984)

See also

• Turkish Cup Basketball

External links

• (Turkish) Turkish Basketball Federation official website
• (Turkish) Turkish Basketball League official website
• (English) Official TBL Stats
• (Turkish) News from the Turkish National Basketball Team
• (Turkish) Lig TV

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