Göztepe S.K.

Göztepe SK
Full name Göztepe Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s) Göz Göz
Tam 35
Founded 14 June 1925 (1925-06-14)
as Göztepe Gençlik Kulübü
Ground İzmir Atatürk Stadium
Ground Capacity 51,295[1]
Chairman Mehmet Sepil
Manager Önder Özen
League TFF First League
2014–15 TFF Second League, 1st
Website Club home page

Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.

History

The club was founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red and yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor was renamed again as Göztepe in 1939. Ateşspor was also renamed as İzmirspor the same year.

The club enjoyed their best success between the years 1963 and 1971 under the supervision of the coach Adnan Suvari. Their '11' during that period of success is still remembered today: Ali Artuner, Mehmet "Junior" Işıkal, Çağlayan Derebaşı, Hüseyin Yazıcı, Mehmet "Senior" Aydın, Nevzat "English" Guzelırmak, Nihat Yayöz, Ertan Öznur, Fevzi Zemzem, Gürsel Aksel, Halil Kiraz.

Since 2002, Göztepe has lived through financial problems and difficulties. Due to the inability to reduce their outstanding debt, the football club has been banned from signing new players, which resulted in a free-fall with the team being relegated four times in the last 5 seasons. On April 21, 2007, they lost their last home game 2–0 against Aliağa Belediyespor in Turkish 3rd Division and were relegated to the Izmir Super Amateur Division.

On August 20, 2007, the club was sold in an auction to an Istanbul-based business conglomerate Altınbaş Group. The new owner, businessman İmam Altınbaş, has vowed to take Göztepe SK back to the Turkish Super League, making them one of the top five clubs in Turkish football. The new owners of the club have been met by the local fan base with some suspicion, although there have been recent calls for solidarity and cooperation under the new ownership.

Göztepe SK are one of the last examples of an authentic neighborhood club, located in the Güzelyalı neighborhood of İzmir. They have one of the most devoted and die-hard fan bases in Turkey, despite their recent downfall. In terms of their fan base and attendance figures for their games, they are only behind the three Istanbul teams (Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş). Their games in the Amateur Division attract more fans than most clubs in the Turkish Super League.

The team competed in the Turkish Amateur Championship for the 2007–08 season but were eliminated by Ayazağaspor after a 6–5 penalty kick shootout in Eskişehir. However, Aliağa Belediyespor merged with Göztepe, so that they took place of Aliağa Belediyespor in the Third League on June 18, 2008. They played in TFF Third League Group 2 in 2008–09 season and finished 1st in group as qualified to Promotion Group. Göztepe made successful matches in Promotion Group and guaranteed promotion to Second League after beating Lüleburgazspor 2–0 at away before remaining 3 weeks to finishing normal season. Göztepe beat 2–0 Tepecik Belediyespor at home match on May 19, 2009 and crowned as Third League champions.

After finishing TFF Second League as 8th-placed in 2009–10, Göztepe SK won the Second League White Group trophy and were promoted to TFF First League at the end of 2010–11 season.

Rivalries

The main rivals of Göztepe are another Izmir club, Karşıyaka S.K.. When the two teams played on May 16, 1981 while pursuing the Turkish Second Division title, the game attracted an audience of 80,000 people. The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes this milestone as a world record for a Second Division football game and The Guardian published an article named "The biggest non-top-flight attendance ever"[2] including this match. It is one of the most fiercely contested derbies in the world.

They also have a rivalry with the other large clubs in Izmir, Altay SK and Bucaspor.

League participations

Göztepe SK's classic home kit

Participations in Super League and Cups

SeasonPos.PldWDLGFGAPtsCupEurope
1959 414554232115
1959–60 143891415354132
1960–61 1338121016405334
1961–62 73812179464241
1962–63 720839272519
1963–64 53414128393140
1964–65 43011910313331 UCUP1st round
1965–66 53012810332732 UCUP2nd round
1966–67 43214108473138 runner-up UCUP1st round
1967–68 43213910463435 UCUP3rd round
1968–69 7309129302630 winner UCUPsemi-final
1969–70 53012117332935 winner UCWCquarter-final
1970–71 3301497382137 UCWC2nd round
1971–72 93010911323229
1972–73 83011811333130
1973–74 133081012242826
1974–75 14304179233725
1975–76 143071211313226
1976–77 15308913213125
1978–79 103091011303128
1979–80 13081111273327
1981–82 1324820175316
1999-00 1347522265426
2001–02 13412913385645
2002–03 13451118325726

Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; Pts = Points
                         UCUP = UEFA Cup; UCWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup; Cup = Fortis Turkey Cup

European Matches

Season Home Away 1st Leg 2nd Leg Tournament
 1964–65  Turkey Göztepe   -     Romania Petrolul Ploieşti 0–1 1–2 UEFA Cup 1st round
1965–66 Turkey Göztepe -   West Germany TSV 1860 München 2–1 1–9 UEFA Cup 2nd round
1966–67 Turkey Göztepe -   Italy Bologna FC 1–2 1–3 UEFA Cup 1st round
1967–68 Belgium R. Antwerp FC -   Turkey Göztepe 1–2 0–0 UEFA Cup 1st round
Spain Atlético Madrid -   Turkey Göztepe 2–0 0–3 UEFA Cup 2nd round
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vojvodina -   Turkey Göztepe 1–0 1–0 UEFA Cup 3rd round
1968–69 Turkey Göztepe -   France Olympique de Marseille 2–0 0–2 (aet) (c) UEFA Cup 1st round
Turkey Göztepe -   Romania FC Argeş Piteşti 3–0 2–3 UEFA Cup 2nd round
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd -   Turkey Göztepe 3–1 0–2 UEFA Cup 3rd round
Turkey Göztepe -   West Germany Hamburger SV w/o w/o UEFA Cup Quarter-final
Turkey Göztepe -   Hungary Újpest FC 1–4 0–4 UEFA Cup Semi-final
1969–70 Turkey Göztepe -   Luxembourg US Luxembourg 3–0 3–2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1st round
Turkey Göztepe -   Wales Cardiff City 3–0 0–1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2nd round
Italy A.S. Roma -   Turkey Göztepe 2–0 0–0 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final
1970–71 Turkey Göztepe -   Luxembourg US Luxembourg 5–0 0–1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1st round
Turkey Göztepe -   Poland Górnik Zabrze 0–1 0–3 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2nd round

Football honours

International

Domestic

Current squad

B. Mehmet
K. Mehmet
Çağlayan
Gürsel (C)
Nevzat
Ertan
Nihat
Ceyhan
Halil
The "Legend" Squad[3]
Reserves: Güngör, Ali İhsan, Cenap, Mehmet, K. Ali   Coach: Adnan Süvari

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Turkey GK Gökhan Değirmenci
2 Turkey DF Serkan Kurtulus
3 Turkey DF Isa Akgöl
4 Turkey DF Cemil Vatansever
5 Turkey MF Kerem Seras
7 Turkey FW Emre Aygün
8 Turkey MF Hakan Baris
9 Germany FW Mirkan Aydin
10 Belgium FW Björn Vleminckx
11 France FW Robert Maah
12 Brazil MF Cleyton
14 Sweden MF Nahir Besara
17 Turkey MF Gökhan Karadeniz
19 Ivory Coast MF Jean-Jacques Gosso
No. Position Player
20 Turkey MF Mehmet Ugurlu
22 Turkey DF Fatih Kurucuk
23 Turkey DF Giray Kaçar
24 Turkey DF Hakan Arslan
26 Turkey MF Özgür İleri
29 Turkey GK Göktug Bakirbas
33 Turkey GK Atacan Öztürk
41 Suriname FW Leroy George
66 Turkey DF Gencer Cansev
69 Turkey MF Tuncay Kilic
77 Senegal FW Lamine Diarra
88 Turkey FW Serdar Özbayraktar
98 Turkey MF Salim Iyik

Coaching staff

Name Position
Turkey Önder Özen Manager
Turkey Nasuf Aköz Assistant Manager
Turkey Nihat Tümkaya Goalkeeping Coach
Turkey Hasan Yüksel Youth Academy Manager
Turkey Polat Sezersan Youth Academy Coach
Turkey Melih Sapmaz Youth Academy Coach
Turkey Tuğrul Yücel Youth Academy Coach
Turkey Ali Sütçü Youth Academy Coach
Turkey Nedim Akgül Youth Academy Coach
Turkey Yasin Tunçer Youth Academy Coach
Turkey Suat Arıcan Youth Academy Coach

Presidents

  • Rahmi Filibeli (1925)
  • Fehmi Simsaroğlu (1925–50)
  • Şevket Filibeli (1950–62)
  • Şerif Tikveşli (1962–63)
  • Sebahattin Süvari (1962–63)
  • Saffet Kuyaş (1963–65)
  • Macit Birsel (1965–67)
  • Süleyman Filibeli (1967–68)
  • Sebahattin Süvari (1968–70)
  • Nuri Öz (1970–73)
  • Rüştü Ünsal (1973)

  • İsmail Tiryakiler (1973)
  • Mekin Kutucular (1973)
  • Nuri Öz (1974)
  • Mekin Kutucular (1975)
  • Özdemir Arnas (1976)
  • Orhan Daut (1976–78)
  • Selamet Batur (1979)
  • Tacettin Hiçyılmaz (1980)
  • Özdemir Arnas (1981)
  • Muzaffer Atılgan (1982–83)
  • Şerif Tikveşli (1984)

  • Özdemir Arnas (1985)
  • Çoşkun Gencerler (1986–87)
  • Halit Horozoğlu (1987)
  • Ömer Köymen (1988)
  • İbrahim Şavkar (1988)
  • Cemal Gözümoğulları (1989)
  • Özdemir Arnas (1989–92)
  • Kenan Bilgiç (1993)
  • Atilla Türkkal (1993–94)
  • Taşdan Erdan (1994)
  • Mustafa Cücen (1995)
  • Bülen Özkul (1996)

  • Levent Ürkmez (1997)
  • Kamil Uçar (1997)
  • Aydın Bilgin (1998-00)
  • Hamdi Türkmen (2000–02)
  • Feyyaz Gülmen (2002–03)
  • İskender Tuğsuz (2003–05)
  • Uğur Bostancıoğlu (2005–06)
  • Levent Ürkmez (2006–07)
  • Gündüz Balkan (2007–08)
  • İsmail Hakkı Gül (2008)
  • İmam Altınbaş (2008–2013)
  • Hüseyin Altınbaş (2013–2015)
  • Mehmet Sepil (2015-ongoing)

See also

References

  1. "Turkish Football Federation Information Pages". Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  2. Smyth, Rob (December 6, 2006). "The biggest non-top-flight attendance ever". London: The Guardian. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  3. "The Legend Squad" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-07-21.

External links

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