2011–12 Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball) season

Fenerbahçe Ülker
2011–12 season
Chairman	Aziz Yıldırım
Head coach	Neven Spahija
Arena	Abdi İpekçi Arena
Turkish Basketball League	5th seed
0Playoffs	0Quarterfinals
Euroleague	Top 16
Turkish Cup	Quarterfinals
Presidential Cup	Runners-up

The 2011–12 season was Fenerbahçe's 98th season in the existence of the club. The team played in the Turkish Basketball League and in the Euroleague.

Players

Squad information

Fenerbahçe Ülker roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	4	Ukić, Roko	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	27 – (1984-12-05)5 December 1984
PG	5	Finley, Morris	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	30 – (1981-08-02)2 August 1981
PF	6	Türkcan, Mirsad	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	113 kg (249 lb)	35 – (1976-06-07)7 June 1976
SG	7	Onan, Ömer (C)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	34 – (1978-02-04)4 February 1978
G	8	Eroğlu, Erbil	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	19 – (1993-01-23)23 January 1993
G	10	Atsür, Engin	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	28 – (1984-04-02)2 April 1984
C	13	Vidmar, Gašper	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	120 kg (265 lb)	24 – (1987-09-14)14 September 1987
PF	14	Peker, Kaya	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	31 – (1980-08-02)2 August 1980
PF	15	Gist, James	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	25 – (1986-10-26)26 October 1986
C	21	Savaş, Oğuz	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	132 kg (291 lb)	24 – (1987-07-13)13 July 1987
G	23	Demirel, Hakan	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	26 – (1986-05-07)7 May 1986
SF	32	Candan, Berkay	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	18 – (1993-05-22)22 May 1993
SF	33	Tomas, Marko	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	27 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985
F	44	Bogdanović, Bojan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	23 – (1989-04-18)18 April 1989
F	55	Preldžič, Emir	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	23 – (1987-09-06)6 September 1987

Head coach

Neven Spahija

Team manager

Damir Mršić

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Gašper Vidmar	Oğuz Savaş	Kaya Peker
PF	James Gist	Mirsad Türkcan	Berkay Candan
SF	Bojan Bogdanović	Marko Tomas
SG	Ömer Onan	Emir Preldžič	Engin Atsür
PG	Roko Ukić	Morris Finley	Hakan Demirel	Erbil Eroğlu

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Date	Source
44	SF	Bojan Bogdanović	22	KK Cibona		20 June 2011	^[1]
15	PF	James Gist	24	Partizan		20 June 2011	^[1]
5	PG	Curtis Jerrells	24	Partizan	June 2013	20 June 2011	^[2]
23	PG	Hakan Demirel	25	Erdemirspor	June 2012	4 August 2011	^[3]
25	SG	Thabo Sefolosha	27	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA lockout	13 October 2011	^[4]
5	PG	Morris Finley	31	Armani Jeans Milano		2 April 2012	^[5]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Date
42	PF	Sean May	27	KK Zagreb
12	C	Darjuš Lavrinovič	31	CSKA Moscow
13	PG	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	35	CSKA Moscow
22	G/F	Terrence Kinsey	28	Anadolu Efes
25	SG	Thabo Sefolosha	27	Oklahoma City Thunder	6 December 2011
5	PG	Curtis Jerrells	24	Murcia	5 March 2012

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Turkish Basketball League	15 October 2011	9 May 2012	Round 1	Quarterfinals	32	21	0	11	2,574	2,401	+173	065.63
Euroleague	19 October 2011	29 February 2012	Round 1	Top 16	16	8	0	8	1,205	1,218	−13	050.00
Turkish Cup	6 October 2011	14 February 2012	Group stage	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	322	281	+41	075.00
Presidential Cup	12 October 2011		Final	Runnersup	1	0	0	1	97	103	−6	000.00
Total					53	32	0	21	4,198	4,003	+195	060.38

Source: Competitions

Turkish Basketball League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray Medical Park	30	25	5	2503	2197	+306	55	Qualification to playoffs
2	Banvit	30	25	5	2434	2174	+260	55
3	Anadolu Efes	30	24	6	2479	2142	+337	54
4	Beşiktaş Milangaz	30	22	8	2570	2321	+249	52
5	Fenerbahçe Ülker	30	21	9	2406	2228	+178	51
6	Pınar Karşıyaka	30	19	11	2529	2378	+151	49
7	Aliağa Petkim	30	14	16	2308	2351	−43	44
8	Tofaş	30	14	16	2323	2350	−27	44
9	Türk Telekom	30	13	17	2421	2464	−43	43
10	Mersin BB	30	12	18	2424	2519	−95	42
11	Erdemirspor	30	12	18	2162	2276	−114	42
12	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	30	11	19	2145	2386	−241	41
13	Antalya BB	30	10	20	2473	2595	−122	40
14	Olin Edirne	30	8	22	2115	2290	−175	38
15	Trabzonspor (R)	30	6	24	2216	2437	−221	36	Relegation to TBL
16	Bandırma Kırmızı (R)	30	4	26	2016	2416	−400	34	Relegation to TBL

Source: TBL
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
30	21	9	2406	2228	+178	12	3	1257	1138	+119	9	6	1149	1090	+59

Source: TBF.org.tr

Euroleague

Group C regular season

Standing

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	10	6	4	785	758	+27	1−1 (+9)
2.	Olympiacos	10	6	4	782	757	+25	1−1 (−9)
3.	Bennet Cantù	10	5	5	724	744	−20	3−1 (+3)
4.	Gescrap Bizkaia	10	5	5	776	755	+21	2−2 (−1)
5.	Caja Laboral	10	5	5	792	755	+37	1−3 (−2)
6.	Nancy	10	3	7	743	833	−90

Fixtures/results

All times given below are in Central European Time.

19 October 2011
19:00

Report

Fenerbahçe Ülker	66–69	Caja Laboral
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 16–22, 12–19, 18–16
Pts: Onan 16 Rebs: Gist, Savaş 7 Asts: Ukić 2		Pts: Teletović 23 Rebs: Seraphin, Teletović 6 Asts: Prigioni 7

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Ioannis Foufis (GRE)

27 October 2011
20:45

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Olympiacos	81–74	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 14–23, 27–17, 28–20
Pts: Spanoulis 22 Rebs: Antić 12 Asts: Spanoulis 7		Pts: Sefolosha 17 Rebs: Sefolosha 12 Asts: Preldžič 7

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Dani Hierrezuelo (ESP), Paolo Taurino (ITA), Sergiy Chebyshev (UKR)

3 November 2011
18:45

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Fenerbahçe Ülker	90–86	SLUC Nancy
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 32–17, 15–27, 20–25
Pts: Sefolosha 19 Rebs: Sefolosha 5 Asts: Preldžič 12		Pts: Samnick 24 Rebs: Moerman 15 Asts: Linehan 15

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Srdan Dozai (CRO), Sergey Mikhaylov (RUS)

9 November 2011
20:45

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Gescrap Bizkaia	70–73	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 15–6, 22–21, 12–20
Pts: Banić 17 Rebs: Banić, Mumbrú 5 Asts: Fischer 5		Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Preldžič 8 Asts: Preldžič 3

Bilbao Arena, Bilbao
Attendance: 7,523
Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Jakub Zamojski (POL), Enrico Sabetta (ITA)

16 November 2011
19:15

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Fenerbahçe Ülker	85–83 (OT)	Bennet Cantù
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 15–16, 24–17, 17–21, Overtime: 12–10
Pts: Onan 18 Rebs: Sefolosha 7 Asts: Ukić, Preldžič 2		Pts: Mazzarino, Basile 12 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: Markoishvili, Micov 3

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 8,355
Referees: J.R. Garcia Ortiz (ESP), Eddie Viator (FRA), Moritz Reiter (GER)

24 November 2011
20:45

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Caja Laboral	90–85 (OT)	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 22–28, 16–18, 19–13, Overtime: 17–12
Pts: San Emeterio 25 Rebs: San Emeterio 8 Asts: Seraphin 4		Pts: Bogdanović 19 Rebs: Sefolosha 7 Asts: Sefolosha 4

Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Attendance: 8,144
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Boris Ryzhyk (UKR), Nicola Maestre (FRA)

1 December 2011
19:00

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Fenerbahçe Ülker	86–70	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 17–20, 27–14
Pts: Jerrells 17 Rebs: Gist 7 Asts: Jerrells 5		Pts: Hines 14 Rebs: Hines 7 Asts: Spanoulis, Printezis 4

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 14,680
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), M. A. Perez Perez (ESP), Vicente Bulto (ESP)

7 December 2011
21:00

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SLUC Nancy	53–73	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 10–10, 15–17, 13–24
Pts: Shuler 17 Rebs: Akingbala 9 Asts: Linehan 4		Pts: Gist 16 Rebs: Peker, Gist 7 Asts: Preldžič 5

Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy
Attendance: 6,027
Referees: Paolo Taurino (ITA), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), J.C. Garcia Gonzalez (ESP)

15 December 2011
19:00

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Fenerbahçe Ülker	70–80	Gescrap Bizkaia
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 19–19, 17–23, 20–13
Pts: Preldžič 19 Rebs: Preldžič 7 Asts: Jerrells 4		Pts: Fischer 16 Rebs: Fischer 10 Asts: Jackson 6

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 11,280
Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Milija Vojinovic (SRB)

22 December 2011
20:00

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Bennet Cantù	76–83	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 15–14, 24–24, 21–28
Pts: Leunen, Shermadini 13 Rebs: Micov 6 Asts: Micov 4		Pts: Savaş 21 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: Preldžič 5

Palasport di Desio, Desio
Attendance: 6,067
Referees: Jose Martín (ESP), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Luis Lopes (POR)

Group G Top 16

Standing

Top 16 began in January 2012 and will conclude in March 2012.

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Panathinaikos	6	4	2	436	394	+42
2.	UNICS	6	3	3	432	423	+9	1–1 (+10)
3.	EA7 Milano	6	3	3	379	390	−11	1–1 (–10)
4.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	6	2	4	420	460	−40

Fixtures/results

18 January 2012
17:00

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UNICS Kazan	76–71	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 9–23, 29–15, 23–15
Pts: Veremeenko 17 Rebs: Veremeenko 11 Asts: Samoylenko 10		Pts: Bogdanović 24 Rebs: Savaş 6 Asts: Jerrells 4

Basket Hall Arena, Kazan
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Juan Carlos Garcia Gonzalez (ESP), Eddie Viator (FRA), Damir Javor (SLO)

25 January 2012
20:00

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Fenerbahçe Ülker	65–63	EA7 Emporio Armani
Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 18–18, 16–15, 19–20
Pts: Bogdanović 17 Rebs: Türkcan 12 Asts: Ukić, Preldžič 2		Pts: Fotsis, Rocca 16 Rebs: Rocca 11 Asts: Cook 8

Fenerbahçe Ülker City, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,191
Referees: Miguel Perez Perez (ESP), Fernando Rocha (POR), Robert Vyklicky (CZE)

2 February 2012
19:30

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Fenerbahçe Ülker	56–77	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 13–12, 21–22, 13–19
Pts: Jerrells 12 Rebs: Türkcan 8 Asts: Ukić, Atsür 3		Pts: Kaimakoglou 19 Rebs: Sato 10 Asts: Diamantidis 8

Fenerbahçe Ülker City, Istanbul
Attendance: 11,917
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), LATISEVS, Latisevs (LAT)

9 February 2012
20:45

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Panathinaikos	72–62	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 16–14, 18–16, 14–19
Pts: Tsartsaris 21 Rebs: Sato, Batiste 6 Asts: Diamantidis 5		Pts: Bogdanovic 15 Rebs: Turkcan 13 Asts: Four players 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Boris Shulga (UKR)

23 February 2012
20:45

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Fenerbahçe Ülker	94–87 (OT)	UNICS Kazan
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 21–18, 13–24, 24–11, Overtime: 15–8
Pts: Bogdanović 20 Rebs: Türkcan 13 Asts: Türkcan, Preldžić		Pts: Greer 33 Rebs: Greer, McCarty 6 Asts: Greer 6

Fenerbahçe Ülker City, Istanbul
Attendance: 11,870
Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Vicente Bulto (ESP)

29 February 2012
18:30

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EA7 Emporio Armani	85–72	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 26–19, 20–15, 19–17
Pts: Hairston 27 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Cook 8		Pts: Preldžič 15 Rebs: Gist 9 Asts: Preldžič 5

Mediolanum Forum, Milan
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP),Ilija Belosevic (SRB),Milija Vojinovic (SRB)

Turkish Basketball Cup

Group B

Standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fenerbahçe Ülker	3	3	0	253	199	+54	6	Advance to Final 8
2	Tofaş	3	1	2	223	238	−15	4	Advance to Final 8
3	Mersin BŞB	3	1	2	224	232	−8	4
4	Olin Edirne	3	1	2	205	236	−31	4

Source: Turkish Basketball Federation

External links

Official Fenerbahçe site (in Turkish, English, German, and Portuguese)
Euro League Page (in English)
TBLStat.net (in English)
Euroleague Format
Euroleague.net
Fenerbahçe fansite (in Turkish and English)

References

[Bogdanovic-Gist-1] Fenerbahçe Ülker gücüne güç katıyor

[2] Fenerbahçe Ülkerde yeni isim: Curtis Jerrells

[3] Hakan Demirel Fenerbahçe Ülkerde

[4] Fenerbahçe Ülker’de yeni isim; Sefolosha

[5] Fenerbahçe Ülker Morris Finleyi renklerine kattı

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2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague
Champions	Olympiacos
Runners-up	CSKA Moscow
Third place	FC Barcelona Regal
Fourth place	Panathinaikos
Eliminated in quarterfinals	Gescrap Bizkaia Maccabi Tel Aviv Montepaschi Siena UNICS Kazan
Eliminated in Top 16	Group E Group F Group G Group H Anadolu Efes Bennet Cantù EA7 Emporio Armani Fenerbahçe Ülker Galatasaray Medical Park Real Madrid Unicaja Žalgiris Kaunas
Eliminated in regular season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Asseco Prokom Gdynia Brose Baskets Caja Laboral KK Zagreb Partizan Mt:s Belgrade SLUC Nancy Spirou Basket Union Olimpija Ljubljana
Eliminated in third qualifying round	ČEZ Nymburk Lietuvos Rytas
Eliminated in second qualifying round	Alba Berlin ASVEL Basket BC Khimki Cibona Zagreb
Eliminated in first qualifying round	Banvit BC Donetsk BCM Gravelines Cholet Basket KK Budućnost P.A.O.K. PGE Turów VEF Rīga