İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K.

İTÜ
Leagues Turkish Basketball Second League
Founded 1953 (1953)[1]
History İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K.
(1953–present)
Arena ITU Ayazaga Sports Center
Capacity 2,500[2]
Location Istanbul, Turkey
President Kemal Erdenay[3]
Head coach Recep Şen
Championships 5 Turkish Championships
2 Turkish Cups
Website http://www.ituspor.org.tr
Uniforms

İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. (English: Istanbul Technical University basketball club), commonly abbreviated as İTÜ B.K., is a Turkish professional basketball club that is based in Istanbul. It is one of the most successful clubs in the history of the Turkish Basketball League, having won the league's championship 5 times. Their home arena is the ITU Ayazaga Sports Center in ITU's Maslak campus.

Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years are İbrahim Kutluay, Harun Erdenay and Hüseyin Alp.

History

ITU basketball team was founded by the former president of Istanbul Technical University Ilhami Civaoglu and ITU graduate Nami Sukal in 1953. The team participated at the first Turkish Basketball League in the 1966-67 season. The golden era of the club was between 1967 and 1973. During this period, the team won 5 out of 6 national championships. After 1973, İTÜ gradually declined and relegated to the second league for the first time in the 1977-78 season. The team played first-tier basketball between 1979-1994, 1996-1998, 1999-2000 and 2001-2006. It was known as "Raks İTÜ" in 1996-97 and "Aras İTÜ" in the 2003-2004 season. In the 2010-11 season, İTÜ once again was relegated to the third-tier but returned to the second league in the 2012-13 season. However, İTU faced with 2 successive relegations between 2014 and 2016 and ended up in the Regional Basketball League.

Honours

Turkish League

  • Winners (5): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973

Turkish Cup

  • Winners (2): 1969, 1971

Notable players

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.oss.itu.edu.tr/Icerik.aspx?sid=727
  2. ↑ Merkez Spor Salonu (in Turkish)
  3. ↑ http://www.ituspor.org.tr/Haber-40-yonetim-kurulu-gorev-dagilimi-yapildi
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