Fenerbahçe Ülker is the professional basketbal team of Fenerbahce,İstanbul and team center is İstanbul,Turkey. The club known in Turkey and internationally by its sponsorship name of Ülker Group. One of the oldest clubs in European sports club, Fenerbahçe, recently celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007 and Fenerbahçe Ülker won the Turkey basketball lague cup with coach Aydın ÖRS. Its basketball team, Fenerbahçe Ülker, has made some of the most loyal and die-hard fans in the world happy. Fenerbahçe won national titles in 1957, 1959 and 1965, just before the Turkish League was founded in 1966. and made it to the Euroleague in 1960 and 1966. Its fans had to wait until 1991 for another title, when Levent Topsakal, Larry Richard and head coach Çetin Yılmaz led Fenerbahçe to the Turkish League title over Tofaş S.K.,Fenerbahçe returned to the Euroleague in 1992, but lost in the preliminary round. Fenerbahçe was back in the Turkish League finals in 1992, 1993 and 1995, but could not find a way to get the elusive trophy for a while. A third-place finish in the 1997-98 season allowed the club to return to the Euroleague, and with players like Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Marko Milič, İbrahim Kutluay and the late Conrad McRae. Fenerbahçe advanced to the eighthfinal playoffs, losing there to mighty Real Madrid. The club made it to the Korac Cup quarterfinals in 1996 and 2001, as well as finishing fourth 2005 FIBA Europe League, but it wasn't until summer 2006 that the team became a European powerhouse. Fenerbahçe merged with Ülkerspor, one of the winningest clubs in recent Turkish basketball history and a perennial Euroleague powerhouse since 1997. the club’s Turkish League Championship in 1990-91, 2006-07, 2007-08 seasons and Turkish Championship in 1957, 1959, 1965, Turkish cup is one time in 1967, Turkish Super Cup in 1990, 1991, President’s Cup in 1994, 2007.
Fenerbahce Ulker registered its first win in Top 16 Group H by edging Cibona 55-65 at the Drazen Petrovic Basketball Center in Zagreb, Croatia on Thursday night. Both teams are now tied for third place in Group H, each with a 1-2 record, just one win away from Montepaschi Siena and CSKA Moscow, who are 2-1. Mirsad Turkcan led the winners with 20 points and 12 rebounds for his 46th Euroleague career double-double. He had 11 points in the final six minutes to help FB Ulker seal the outcome down the stretch. Gordan Giricek added 12 points against his former team, while Marques Green had 10 for Fener. Alan Anderson and Niksa Prkacin each had 12 points for Cibona. Earl Calloway added 11 and Vedran Vukusic 10 for the hosts. Anderson led a 10-2 opening run for Cibona but Turkcan and a three-pointer by Omer Onan allowed Fener to tie the game, 12-12, early in the second quarter. Cibona answered with a 9-0 run that Vedran Princ capped with a layup, enough for the hosts to keep a 27-22 halftime edge. A reverse layup by Marin Rozic kept Cibona ahead, 43-41, at the end of the third quarter. The fourth period featured 6 ties before Turkcan led a 0-11 run that allowed FB Ulker cruise to a well-deserved win.
Reigning Euroleague champion CSKA Moscow got off to a strong start in Top 16 Group H by thrashing Fenerbahce Ulker 48-66 in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday night. CSKA joined Cibona in a tie for first place in the group at 1-0 and the teams will face each other in the Russian capital next week. Fenerbahce Ulker visits Montepaschi Siena, as both teams will be looking for their first win in the Top 16. Ramunas Siskauskas led the winners with 14 points. Terence Morris added 12, while Viktor Khryapa had 11 for CSKA. Gordan Giricek had 13 points for FB Ulker in his first Euroleague game since 2002. Semih Erden pulled down 11 boards for the hosts. Siskauskas buried consecutive triples in a 2-12 opening run that allowed CSKA to take a 12-20 lead after 10 minutes. Siskauskas, Trajan Langdon and an outstanding Morris fueled a game-breaking 0-11 run that made it an 18-point game midway through the second quarter. J.R. Holden helped CSKA to a 25-41 lead at halftime. FB Ulker improved its defense after the break with Gasper Vidmar and Semih Erden together on court, but CSKA kept a 38-49 margin after 30 minutes. And the hosts did not rally in the fourth quarter, as Khryapa and Morris made sure that CSKA went back to Moscow with a valuable road win.
