TED Ankara Kolejliler Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as TED Ankara Kolejliler is a professional

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team from the city of

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. Their home arena is the

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with a capacity of 10,400 seats, which was opened in April 2010. The team currently competes in the Turkish Basketball First League (TBL), the second tier league of basketball in Turkey.

History

The team played in

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(now called BSL) between 1966-1977, 1979-1981, 1982-1983, 1984-1985, 1990-1995, 1996-1997, 1998-2003 and 2006-2009. The team promoted the

(now called BSL) from the

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in May 2012. The team made its European club competitions debut at the

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in the 1973-74 season due to winning

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in 1972-73. In the early nineties, it reached the Korac Cup qualifying rounds three times, from 1991-92 to 1993-94. Most recently, it reached the 2014 Eurocup quarterfinals.Aykon TED Ankara Kolejliler - Welcome to Eurocup
Last accessed 2014-03-13.

Sponsorship names

TED Ankara Kolejliler has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship; * Kolej: 1966-1993 * Tiffany Tomato Kolejliler: 1993-1994 * Kolejliler: 1994-1996 * TED Kolej: 1996-1998 * Maydonoz Kolejliler: 1998-2001 * TED Kolej: 2001-2006 * CASA TED Kolejliler: 2006-2009 * Optimum TED Ankara Kolejliler: 2009-2012 * TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2012-13 * Aykon TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2013-2014 * Rönesans TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2014–2015 * Halk Enerji TED Ankara Kolejliler : 2018-present

Players

Notable players

* Rüştü Yüce * Erdal Poyrazoğlu *

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* Ömer Bozer * Rahmi Özyar * Murat Evliyaoğlu * Victor Brejnoi *

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* Kerem Gönlüm * Murat Evliyaoğlu *

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* Ömer Ünver *

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* Tolga Tekinalp * Tutku Açık * Vladimir Golubović *

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* Elshad Gadashev *

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* Jovo Stanojević *

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* Ben Woodside * Chuck Davis * Clay Tucker * Donald Little * Erek Hansen * Ivan McFarlin * Marques Green *

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* Melvin Robinson *

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* Ronald Coleman *

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Season by season

Honours

International

* Eurocup: ** Quarter-final (1): 2013–2014

Domestic

: ** Winners (1): 1972-73

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Profile

TBLStat.net Profile
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