Göztepe S.K.

Göztepe SK

Full name	Göztepe Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Göz Göz Tam 35 İzmir'in Ağası (İzmir's Lord)
Founded	14 June 1925 (1925-06-14) as Göztepe Gençlik Kulübü
Ground	Bornova Doğanlar Stadium
Ground Capacity	12,500
Chairman	Mehmet Sepil
Manager	Okan Buruk
League	TFF First League
2015–16	TFF First League, 13.
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 Süvari. 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" 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

• First Level (Now Spor Toto Super League): 1959–77, 1978–80, 1981–82, 1999–00, 2001–03
• Second Level (Now Bank Asya First League): 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–99, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2011–
• Third Level (Now TFF Second League): 2004–05, 2009–11
• Fourth Level (Now TFF Third League): 2005–07, 2008–09
• Turkish Regional Amateur League:' 2007–08

Participations in Super League and Cups

Season	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup	Europe
1958–1959	4	14	5	5	4	23	21	15
1959–60	14	38	9	14	15	35	41	32
1960–61	13	38	12	10	16	40	53	34
1961–62	7	38	12	17	9	46	42	41
1962–63	7	20	8	3	9	27	25	19
1963–64	5	34	14	12	8	39	31	40
1964–65	4	30	11	9	10	31	33	31		UCUP	1st round
1965–66	5	30	12	8	10	33	27	32		UCUP	2nd round
1966–67	4	32	14	10	8	47	31	38	runner-up	UCUP	1st round
1967–68	4	32	13	9	10	46	34	35		UCUP	3rd round
1968–69	7	30	9	12	9	30	26	30	winner	UCUP	semi-final
1969–70	5	30	12	11	7	33	29	35	winner	UCWC	quarter-final
1970–71	3	30	14	9	7	38	21	37		UCWC	2nd round
1971–72	9	30	10	9	11	32	32	29
1972–73	8	30	11	8	11	33	31	30
1973–74	13	30	8	10	12	24	28	26
1974–75	14	30	4	17	9	23	37	25
1975–76	14	30	7	12	11	31	32	26
1976–77	15	30	8	9	13	21	31	25
1978–79	10	30	9	10	11	30	31	28
1979–80	1	30	8	11	11	27	33	27
1981–82	1	32	4	8	20	17	53	16
1999-00	1	34	7	5	22	26	54	26
2001–02	1	34	12	9	13	38	56	45
2002–03	1	34	5	11	18	32	57	26

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	Göztepe	-			Petrolul Ploieşti	0–1	1–2	UEFA Cup	1st round
1965–66	Göztepe	-			TSV 1860 München	2–1	1–9	UEFA Cup	2nd round
1966–67	Göztepe	-			Bologna FC	1–2	1–3	UEFA Cup	1st round
1967–68	R. Antwerp FC	-			Göztepe	1–2	0–0	UEFA Cup	1st round
	Atlético Madrid	-			Göztepe	2–0	0–3	UEFA Cup	2nd round
	FK Vojvodina	-			Göztepe	1–0	1–0	UEFA Cup	3rd round
1968–69	Göztepe	-			Olympique de Marseille	2–0	0–2 (aet) (c)	UEFA Cup	1st round
	Göztepe	-			FC Argeş Piteşti	3–0	2–3	UEFA Cup	2nd round
	OFK Beograd	-			Göztepe	3–1	0–2	UEFA Cup	3rd round
	Göztepe	-			Hamburger SV	w/o	w/o	UEFA Cup	Quarter-final
	Göztepe	-			Újpest FC	1–4	0–4	UEFA Cup	Semi-final
1969–70	Göztepe	-			US Luxembourg	3–0	3–2	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1st round
	Göztepe	-			Cardiff City	3–0	0–1	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2nd round
	A.S. Roma	-			Göztepe	2–0	0–0	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-final
1970–71	Göztepe	-			US Luxembourg	5–0	0–1	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1st round
	Göztepe	-			Górnik Zabrze	0–1	0–3	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2nd round

Football honours

International

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  • Semi-Finalist: 1968–69 [1]
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  • Quarter-Finalist: 1969–70 [2]

Domestic

• Turkish Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1949–50
• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (2): 1968–69, 1969–70
  • Runners-up (1): 1966–67
• President Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969–70
  • Runners-up (1): 1968–69
• Chancellor Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1949–50
• Turkish Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 1962–63
• TSYD Cup (Izmir)
  • Winners (9): 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1995, 2002
• Izmir Football League
  • Winners (6): 1938–39 (as Doğanspor), 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1949–50, 1952–53
• First Level
  • Third (1): 1970–71
  • Fourth (4): 1959, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68
• Second Level
  • Winners (4): 1977–78, 1980–81, 1998–99, 2000–01
• Fourth Level
  • Winners (1): 2008–2009

Current squad

Ali

B. Mehmet

K. Mehmet

Çağlayan

Gürsel (C)

Nevzat

Ertan

Nihat

Ceyhan

Fevzi

Halil

The "Legend" Squad
Reserves: Güngör, Ali İhsan, Cenap, Mehmet, K. Ali   Coach: Adnan Süvari

As of 1 September 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Göktuğ Bakirbaş 4 DF Emre Can Coşkun 5 DF Léo Schwechlen 6 MF Soner Dikmen (on loan from Hacettepe) 7 FW Emre Aygün 8 FW Umut Nayir (on loan from Osmanlıspor) 10 MF Hakan Bariş 12 MF Doğa Kaya 13 DF Ismail Can Üzüm 14 DF Benjamin Fuchs 16 MF Salim İyik 17 MF Gökhan Karadeniz 18 FW Adis Jahović 19 MF Jean-Jacques Gosso

No. Position Player 20 DF Mehmet Erdem Ugurlu 21 DF Tanju Kayhan 22 DF Fatih Kuruçuk 23 GK Günay Güvenç 27 MF Metin Acet 28 MF Prince Segbefia 29 FW Famoussa Koné 39 FW Burak Çolak (on loan from Hacettepe) 41 MF Leroy George 43 MF Halil Akbunar 53 DF Lokman Gör 61 GK Yavuz Aygün 66 DF Gençer Cansev (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) 75 MF Tayfur Bingöl

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Okan Buruk	Manager
Nasuf Aköz	Assistant Manager
Nihat Tümkaya	Goalkeeping Coach
Hasan Yüksel	Youth Academy Manager
Polat Sezersan	Youth Academy Coach
Melih Sapmaz	Youth Academy Coach
Tuğrul Yücel	Youth Academy Coach
Ali Sütçü	Youth Academy Coach
Nedim Akgül	Youth Academy Coach
Yasin Tunçer	Youth Academy Coach
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)
• Coşkun Gençerler (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 (2013–2014)
• Mehmet Sepil (2014-ongoing)

See also

• TFF Second League (2009–10)
• TFF Second League – Promotion Group (2009–10)
• TFF Second League – Ranking Group 2 (2009–10)
• TFF Third League (2008–09)
• TFF Third League – Promotion Group (2008–09)
• TFF Third League – Ranking Group 2 (2008–09)

External links

• (Turkish) Official website
• (Turkish) Yalı website
• (Turkish) Göztepelist website
• (Turkish) Uniforce website