Göztepe S.K.

Göztepe SK

Full name	Göztepe Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Göz Göz Tam 35
Founded	June 14, 1925 (1925-06-14) as Göztepe Gençlik Kulübü
Ground	İzmir Atatürk Stadium (Capacity: 51.295)
Chairman	İmam Altınbaş
Manager	Cihat Arslan
League	TFF First League
TFF First League 2010-2011	Off Season
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-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 1963-1971 under the supervision of the legendary coach Adnan Suvari. Their famous and legendary '11' during this 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 lived through immense financial problems/difficulties . Due to the inability to reduce their outstanding debt, the football club has been banned from signing new players, which resulted in a drastic free fall with the team being relegated 4 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 has been 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 giants (Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş). Even 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 managed to lift Second League White Group trophy and promoted to TFF First League at the end of 2010-11 season.

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.

League Participations

Göztepe SK's classic home kit

• First Level (Now Spor Toto Super League): 1958-77, 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
• Third Level (Now TFF Second League): 2004-05, 2009-
• Fourth Level (Now TFF Third League): 2005-07, 2008–09
• Super Amateur League: 2007-08

Participations in Super League and Cups

Fiery Göztepe supporters from the Galatasaray match in 2001-02 season.

83rd Foundation Anniversary celebrations in Güzelyalı, İzmir.

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

Total Standings of European Cup Participations (1956-2008)

Last updated: March 12, 2009

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	SCUP		ECCC / UCL		UCWC		UCUP		UIC
								Pa.	Pld	Pa.	Pld	Pa.	Pld	Pa.	Pld	Pa.	Pld
1	Galatasaray	218	81	55	82	289	318	1	1	20	133	8	32	12	52	-	-
2	Fenerbahçe	152	50	25	77	185	255	-	-	20	89	2	9	16	54	-	-
3	Beşiktaş	130	43	27	60	153	199	-	-	15	58	7	20	11	52	-	-
4	Trabzonspor	80	31	18	31	113	119	-	-	8	20	3	12	11	40	2	8
5	Göztepe	30	10	2	18	36	49	-	-	-	-	2	10	5	20	-	-
6	Gençlerbirliği	20	8	4	8	28	22	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	14	1	4

Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; Pa. = Participation; Pld = Matches played
SCUP = UEFA Super Cup; ECCC / UCL = European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League; UCWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup;
UCUP = UEFA Cup (including Inter-Cities Fairs Cup); UIC = UEFA Intertoto Cup

Total Standings of Super League Participations (1959-2008)

Last updated: December 7, 2008

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Year
								I	II
1	Fenerbahçe	1630	919	447	264	2848	1363	3204	2730	50
2	Galatasaray	1630	922	429	279	2834	1343	3195	2731	50
3	Beşiktaş	1700	875	459	294	2601	1304	3084	2641	50
4	Trabzonspor	1120	568	309	243	1719	998	2013	1817	34
5	MKE Ankaragücü	1456	474	430	552	1682	1870	1852	1619	45
6	Altay	1326	413	413	500	1415	1608	1652	1372	41
7	Bursaspor	1264	415	373	476	1434	1533	1618	1426	39
8	Gençlerbirliği	1196	402	363	431	1532	1561	1569	1405	36
9	Samsunspor	952	310	245	397	1057	1258	1175	1055	29
10	Gaziantepspor	722	266	186	270	909	960	984	945	22
11	Göztepe	770	238	248	284	802	899	962	748	25
12	Eskişehirspor	700	242	228	230	761	739	954	744	22

Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Pts = Points; I = Calculated in respect of three-points system; II = Calculated in respect of two-points system until the 1987-88 season Week 2 meeting of the season 2011-2012 göztepe Karsiyaka 0-8karşıyaka over göztepe

Football Honours

Some trophies Göztepe has won over the course of its history (Göztepe Museum).

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

For recent Göztepe transfers, see List of 2009–10 Göztepe Transfers.

Ali K. Mehmet B. Mehmet Çağlayan Nevzat Nihat Gürsel (C) Ceyhan Ertan Fevzi Halil

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

• Last updated on October 15, 2011

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Akın Dağdelen 2 DF Ulac Caglayan 4 DF Ömer Ates 5 MF Hakan Hacibektasoglu 6 MF Samet Albayrak 7 FW Gürhan Gürsoy 8 MF Samil Ünal 9 FW Türker Demirhan 11 MF Ramazan Kahya 15 FW Bismark Idan 16 MF Bülent Bal 17 FW Yasin Avci 20 MF Aydin Karabulut

No. Position Player 22 GK Vedat Kapurtu 23 MF Bradley Grobler 24 MF İlhan Şahin 25 FW Emre Öztürk 27 MF Theo Weeks 33 DF Fuat Onur 35 DF Anil Özönerli 44 GK Murat Günay 53 DF Anil Özönerli 55 FW Uğur Kıllı 61 DF Yüksel Kayaalp 65 FW Murat Berge 87 MF Korhan Öztürk

Players out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Ahmet Sağlam (at Turgutluspor until June 2012)

Göztepe vs. Fenerbahçe at İzmir Atatürk Stadium in 2002-03 season.Week 2 meeting of the season 2011-2012 göztepe Karsiyaka 0-8karşıyaka over göztepe .

Week 2 meeting of the season 2011-2012 göztepe Karsiyaka 0-8karşıyaka over göztepe

Board of directors

Management Committee İmam ALTINBAŞ - President Serdar SAMUR - Deputy President Cengiz BİÇER - Financial Affairs Kaan KORKMAZ - Fiscal Affairs Turgut TAVŞANOĞLU - Legal Affairs Emre ALKİN - Responsible for Project Development

Hulusi DERİCİ - Responsible for Brand and Communication İsmail Hakkı GÜL - Sports Affairs Hasan YALÇIN - Responsible for Internal Audit Discipline Committee Umut METİN - President Yücel KARADAĞ Atilla KESKİN

Supervisory Committee Selim VURAL - President Tayfun ŞENOL Doğan MUTLU Rating Committee Veysel OĞUZ - President Hamit YURT Kayhan KÖSEOĞLU

Week 2 meeting of the season 2011-2012 göztepe Karsiyaka 1-1karşıyaka over göztepe

Coaching staff

Name Position Cihat Arslan 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) 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) 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-)

Notable former players

Turkey Ali Artuner Ali Çağlar (Junior) Ali İhsan Okçuoğlu Atalay Alsan Aykut Canik Bülent Ataman Bülent Uygun Çağlayan Derebaşı Cenk Gönen Ceyhan Yazar Ceyhun Eriş Ertan Adatepe Ersen Martin Ertan Öznur Fevzi Zemzem Fuat Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Halil Kiraz Hasan Çelik Hüseyin Yazıcı Kurthan Yılmaz Mehmet Aydın (Senior) Mehmet Işıkal (Junior) Mehmet Türkkan (Fuji) Metin Diyadin Mustafa Özkan Nevzat Güzelırmak Nihat Yayöz Özer Yurteri Raşit Çetiner Sadullah Acele Servet Çetin Ümit İnal Zafer Biryol Argentina Eber Dario Fernandez Brazil Rogerio de Mello

Croatia Ante Šimunac Czech Republic Ludek Zdrahal Denmark John Nielsen DR Congo N'Dayi Kalenga France Rachid Djebaili Kamel Ouejdide Ghana Richard Kingson Hungary Péter Kabát Liberia Joseph Amoah Morocco Reda Ereyahi Paraguay Emilio Aldama Poland Radosław Majdan Slovakia Miroslav Barcik South Africa Helman Mkhalele Pollen Ndlanya

External links

• (Turkish) Official website
• (Turkish) Official Store website
• (Turkish) Yalı website
• (Turkish) Gencligimin Katilisin Fanzine
• (Turkish) Göztepelist website
• (Turkish) Uniforce website
• (Turkish) GözGöz.net website
• (Turkish) Tam35.org website
• (Turkish) Göztepe Facebook
• British TV Documetary about rivalry between Göztepe and Karşıyaka

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)