Anadolu Efes Basketball Team disappointed with its performance this season in the THY Europa League. Anadolu Efes won its first trophy for Turkey in team sports, completed the last two seasons in the Europa League, and added star names such as Shane Larkin, Vasilije Micic, Tibor Pleiss’s Will Clyburn, Ante Zizic and Amath M’Baye at the beginning of the season. failed to qualify for the play-off stage.
Shown as one of the strongest candidates for the championship at the beginning of the season, the navy blue-white team won 16 victories in the remaining 33 weeks of the Europa League, lost 17 times, and lost its chance to be among the top 8 teams with one week left.
NO PLAY-OFF AFTER FOUR SEASONS
Anadolu Efes will not be able to compete in the play-off stage after 4 seasons in the THY Europa League. The dark blue-white team, which completed the 2017-2018 season in the last place in the organization; In 2018-2019, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, he passed the play-off stage and took part in the Final Four.
Anadolu Efes, who was content with second place in 2018-2019, took the championship rope in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. The 2019-2020 season, in which the navy blue-white team was in the leadership seat of the Europa League, was canceled in the 28th week due to the new type of coronavirus epidemic.
6 LOSSES VS LOWER TEAMS
Anadolu Efes could not get the desired results against the teams in the lower ranks this season in the Europa League. The navy-whites were defeated in 6 of the 8 matches they played against Bayern Munich, Valencia, Red Star and ALBA Berlin, which did not have a play-off claim in the league. Losing both games against Bayern Munich and Valencia, Anadolu Efes was also defeated once by Red Star and ALBA Berlin.
TURKISH PLAYERS DID NOT FIND MORE TIME
Turkish players playing for Anadolu Efes did not get much time in the Europa League this season. In addition to Buğrahan Tuncer, Doğuş Balbay, Erten Gazi and Egehan Arna, Ömer Can İlyasoğlu, who was transferred to Beşiktaş at halftime, played in a dark blue-white jersey in the organization. Among these players, Buğrahan Tuncer took the most time with 64 minutes in 7 games.
Buğrahan was followed by Erten Gazi with 51 minutes in 11 matches, Doğuş Balbay with 23 minutes in 4 matches, Egehan Arna with 13 minutes in 5 matches and Ömer Can İlyasoğlu with 7 minutes in 3 matches.
Furkan Haltalı, who was in the squad during the Red Star and Fenerbahçe Beko matches, could not take the time.