Karşıyaka S.K.
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| Full name | Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Kaf Kaf Kaf Sin Kaf The Green & Reds The Thirty-five and half |
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| Founded | November 1, 1912 | ||
| Ground | İzmir Alsancak Stadium, Izmir, Turkey (Capacity: 15,358) |
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| Chairman |  Hüseyin Çalışkan |
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| Manager | Mustafa Uğur |
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| League | TFF 1. League | ||
| 2010-11 | TFF 1. League, 10th | ||
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Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (English: Karşıyaka Sports Club), commonly referred to as Karşıyaka is a sports based in İzmir. They are currently playing in the Turkish 1.League football. The "SK" refers to the sports club, as this club has several other sports branches on-going - basketball (which won the Turkish championship title in 1987, won the President Cup same year by beating Beşiktaş and made it to the finals two other times), volleyball, handball, tennis, swimming, sailing (twice under-21 world champions), billiards, bowling, and motorcycling.
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[edit] History
Karşıyaka S.K. was founded on November 1, 1912 in Karşıyaka. Karşıyaka merged with Bornovaspor and was renamed as Yamanlarspor between 1937 and 1944.
On May 16, 1981, a 2nd league match between Karşıyaka and Göztepe SK which is the club's main rival, had 80,000 spectators.
[edit] 2008-2009 Playoff
Karşıyaka finished in the First League as 6th and qualified for promotion play-offs in the 2008-2009 season. They played with Boluspor on May 15, 2009 and beat them 3–2 after a penalty shootout. However, they were not promoted to the Super League after losing the final match 2–1 match after extra time to Kasımpaşa on May 17, 2009.
[edit] Fans and Rivalries
Fans like to call the club 35 and a half, to differentiate themselves from Izmir that license plate number is 35. Being one of the biggest municipalities of Izmir, Karşıyaka's people always see themselves apart from Izmir. This motto survives mostly on the football field with the passion of Karşıyaka S.K. crowd. Although they have an isolated point of view against Izmir, the team play at the Alsancak Stadium which is in the city center. Fans want the Zübeyde Hanım Stadium to be built at the Karşıyaka district until the club's centenary in 2012.
Karşıyaka's biggest rivalry is against Göztepe. That known as Izmir Derby. Other rivalries are against Bursaspor, Altay.
[edit] Football Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit] League Particitations In Football
- Turkish Super League: 1958–64, 1966–67, 1970–72, 1987–91, 1992–94, 1995–96
- TFF First League: 1964–66, 1967–70, 1972–73, 1980–87, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1996–01, 2003–
- TFF Second League: 1973–80, 2001–03
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[edit] See also
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