Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)

Beşiktaş Basketbol, for sponsorship reasons Beşiktaş Gain 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.

Beşiktaş Gain
Nickname	Kara Kartallar (The Black Eagles)
Leagues	BSL EuroCup
Founded	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
History	Beşiktaş J.K. (1967–present)
Arena	Akatlar Arena
Capacity	3,200
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Black, white
President	Hasan Arat[1]
Team manager	Nedim Yücel
Head coach	Dušan Alimpijević
Team captain	Yiğit Arslan
Championships	2 Turkish Championships 1 Turkish Cup 1 Turkish President's Cup 1 EuroChallenge
Retired numbers	1 (8)
Website	www.bjk.com.tr
Home Away

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 [tr] 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.

Starting from the 2023-24 season, the team started to compete in EuroCup, departing from Basketball Champions League. They advanced to semifinals of the same year's league.

Sponsorship naming

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

• Beşiktaş Cola Turka: 2005–2011^[2]
• Beşiktaş Milangaz: 2011–2012^[3]
• Beşiktaş Integral Forex: 2013–2015^[4]
• Beşiktaş Sompo Japan: 2015–2020^[5]
• Beşiktaş Icrypex: 2021–2022^[6]
• Beşiktaş Emlakjet: 2022–2024^[7]
• Beşiktaş Fibabanka: 2024–2025^[8]
• Beşiktaş Gain: 2025–present^[9]

Players

Retired numbers

Beşiktaş retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony date
8		Deron Williams	PG	2011	29 November 2011[10]

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Beşiktaş Gain roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 2 Mathews, Jonah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 PG 6 Uğurlu, Berk 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 29 – (1996-04-27)27 April 1996 SG 7 Arslan, Yiğit (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1996-05-12)12 May 1996 PF 9 Morgan, Conor 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1994-08-03)3 August 1994 PG 10 Aksu, Yağız 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 19 – (2006-01-31)31 January 2006 PF 20 Konan, Kerem Kuthan 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 20 – (2004-10-09)9 October 2004 SF 22 Özbek, Ata 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-11-17)17 November 2005 C Elezay, Rezon 2.19 m (7 ft 2 in) 18 – (2007-05-22)22 May 2007 F Brown, Anthony 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 32 – (1992-10-10)10 October 1992 C Žižić, Ante 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 28 – (1997-01-04)4 January 1997 SG Lemar, Brynton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 C Kamagate, Ismaël 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (2001-01-17)17 January 2001 PF Brown, Vitto 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 30 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995 PG Dotson, Devon 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1999-08-02)2 August 1999 SF Kuş, Canberk 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1996-08-12)12 August 1996	Head coach Dušan Alimpijević Assistant coach(es) Dmytro Boldaiev Sinan Çelik Buğra Bayazıt Team manager Nedim Yücel Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 13, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ante Žižić	Ismaël Kamagate	Kerem Kuthan Konan
PF	Vitto Brown	Conor Morgan
SF	Anthony Brown	Yiğit Arslan	Canberk Kuş
SG	Jonah Mathews	Brynton Lemar	Ata Özbek
PG	Berk Uğurlu	Devon Dotson	Yağız Aksu

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
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.

• 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
• Erxhan Osmani
• 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
• - D. J. Strawberry
• John Holland
• Lonny Baxter
• Bryce Brown
• Mire Chatman
• Earl Clark
• Jo Jo English
• Donnell Harvey
• Allen Iverson
• Chris Lofton
• Khalid El-Amin
• Isaiah Whitehead
• Deron Williams

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

Honours

National competitions

Bryce Brown

• Turkish Basketball Super League :
  • Winner (2): 1975, 2012
  • Runners-up (8): 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2005, 2017, 2025
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winner (1): 2012
  • Runners-up (4): 1971, 1973, 2011, 2025
• Turkish President's Cup
  • Winner (1): 2012
  • Runner-up (1): 1987

European competitions

• EuroCup:
  • Semi-final (1): 2024
• EuroChallenge:
  • Winner (1): 2012
• Korać Cup:
  • Quarter-final (1): 1999
• FIBA Europe League:
  • Quarter-final (1): 2005

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions
1967–68	1	TBL	5th	–	Semifinalist	–
1968–69	1	TBL	7th	–	–	–
1969–70	1	TBL	5th	–	–	–
1970–71	1	TBL	5th	–	Runner-up	Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1971–72	1	TBL	2nd	–	Quarterfinalist	–
1972–73	1	TBL	6th	–	Runner-up	–
1973–74	1	TBL	5th	–	–	–
1974–75	1	TBL	1st	–	–	–
1975–76	1	TBL	2nd	–	–	Champions Cup	1R
1976–77	1	TBL	2nd	–	–	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1977–78	1	TBL	8th	–	–	Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1978–79	1	TBL	6th	–	–	–
1979–80	1	TBL	3rd	–	–	–
1980–81	1	TBL	2nd	–	–	Korać Cup	2R
1981–82	1	TBL	2nd	–	–	Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1982–83	1	TBL	4th	–	–	Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1983–84	1	TBL	7th	Quarterfinalist	–	Korać Cup	1R
1984–85	1	TBL	9th	–	–	–
1985–86	1	TBL	9th	–	–	–
1986–87	1	TBL	1st	Quarterfinalist	–	–
1987–88	1	TBL	11th	–	–	Korać Cup	2R
1988–89	2	TB2L	1st	Promoted	–	–
1989–90	1	TBL	9th	–	–	–
1990–91	1	TBL	10th	–	–	–
1991–92	1	TBL	10th	–	Last 16	–
1992–93	1	TBL	10th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	–
1993–94	1	TBL	13th	–	Last 16	–
1994–95	1	TBL	14th	–	Last 16	–
1995–96	1	TBL	6th	First Round	Last 16	–
1996–97	1	TBL	13th	–	Quarterfinalist	Korać Cup	3R
1997–98	1	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Last 16	–
1998–99	1	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	Korać Cup	QF
1999–00	1	TBL	5th	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	Korać Cup	2R
2000–01	1	TBL	7th	Quarterfinalist	–	Saporta Cup	T16
2001–02	1	TBL	7th	Quarterfinalist	–	Korać Cup	R32
2002–03	1	TBL	10th	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2003–04	1	TBL	3rd	Semifinalist	–	–
2004–05	1	TBL	3rd	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Europe League	QF
2005–06	1	TBL	3rd	Semifinalist	–	ULEB Cup	RS
2006–07	1	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	ULEB Cup	RS
2007–08	1	TBL	1st	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	ULEB Cup	QF
2008–09	1	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eurocup	RS
2009–10	1	TBL	4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eurocup	RS
2010–11	1	TBL	6th	Quarterfinalist	Runner-up	Eurocup	RS
2011–12	1	TBL	4th	Champion	Champion	Eurochallenge	C
2012–13	1	TBL	6th	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	Euroleague	T16
2013–14	1	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	Eurocup	L16
2014–15	1	TBL	9th	–	–	Eurocup	L32
2015–16	1	TBL	9th	–	–	Eurocup	RS
2016–17	1	BSL	2nd	Runner-up	Quarterfinalist	Champions League	L16
2017–18	1	BSL	4th	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	Champions League	L16
2018–19	1	BSL	6th	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	Champions League	L16
2019–20	1	BSL	8th1	–1	–	Champions League	L16
2020–21	1	BSL	5th	Semifinalist	–1	FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2021–22	1	BSL	10th	–	–	Champions League	PI
2022–23	1	BSL	14th	–	–	FIBA Europe Cup	QR2
2023–24	1	BSL	3rd	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	EuroCup	SF

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

See also

• Beşiktaş J.K.