Altay S.K.

Altay
Full name	Altay Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Büyük Altay (Great Altay)
Founded	16 January 1914; 110 years ago
Ground	Bornova Stadium
Capacity	12,500
President	Özgür Ekmekçioğlu
Manager	Yalçın Koşkavak
League	TFF First League
2018–19	TFF First League, 10th
Website	Club website

Altay Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay (Great Altay). The club colors are black and white, and they currently play their home matches at the Bornova Stadium, while a new stadium is under construction at the site of the İzmir Alsancak Stadium, where they previously played.^[1]

Domestically, the club has finished third place for the Süper Lig three times and have won the Turkish Cup twice. They hold the record for most İzmir Football League titles with 14. They are the most successful İzmir-based club with 16 championships in various competitions.

Collecting 24 points of first halve of 1969–70 season in undefeated 15 games with 9 wins and 6 draws, Altay SK is one of four non-champion clubs that topped the first halve of 1. Lig ladder, along with İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. in 2016–17, Kocaelispor in 1992–93, and Sivasspor in 2007–08 and 2008–09.^[2]

History

Altay was founded in 1914 in İzmir as İstiklal. The initial aim of the club was to unite Turkish youth under sporting activities and to encourage them, because in the 1910s minorities dominated sporting activities in İzmir. Under Ottoman rule, Turkish footballers were unable to compete. Altay was supported by Turkish politicians of the era. Celal Bayar worked very hard in foundation of the club and gave his full support.^{[citation needed]}

Altay has an important place in Turkey's football history. The club had a key role in uniting the Turkish community during the Turkish War of Independence.^{[citation needed]} Many players and supporters of Altay SK lost their lives in the Turkish War.^{[citation needed]} After the Surname Law was adopted, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave General Fahreddin Pasha the surname of "Altay". Altay play in the former Stadium of Panionios and also use the former offices of the same club.^[3]

Honours

National Championships

Süper Lig
- Third place (3): 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77
Turkish Football Championship
- Runners-up (2): 1934, 1951
TFF First League
- Winners (1): 2001–02
- Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1990–91

National Cups

Turkish Cup
- Winners (2): 1966–67, 1979–80
- Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1985–86
Super Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1967, 1980
Prime Minister's Cup
- Runners-up (3): 1972, 1979, 1986

Regional competitions

İzmir Professional League
- Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58
İzmir Football League
- Winners (14) (record): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957-58

¹Altay won the championship as "Üçok" (Three arrows), an alliance between Altay, Altınordu, and Bucaspor.

League Participations

Super League: 1958–83, 1984–90, 1991–2000, 2002–03
TFF First League: 1983–84, 1990–91, 2000–02, 2003–11, 2018-
TFF Second League: 2011–15, 2017-18
TFF Third League: 2015–17

European record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cup Winners' Cup	6	1	2	3	6	12	–6
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	2	1	0	1	5	6	–1
UEFA Intertoto Cup	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	4	0	1	3	3	14	–11
Total	18	5	4	9	24	41	–17

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967–68	1R	Standard Liège	2–3	0–0	2–3
1968–69	1R	Lyn	3–1	1–4	4–5
1980–81	PR	Benfica	0–0	0–4	0–4

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	1R	Carl Zeiss Jena	4–1	1–5	5–6

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1962–63	1R	Roma	2–3	1–10	3–13
1969–70	1R	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	0–1	0–1

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	R1	Shamrock Rovers	3–1	2–3	5–4
	R2	Diósgyőr	1–1	1–0	2–1
	R3	Bastia	3–2 (aet)	0–2	3–4

Players

Current squad

As of 21 August, 2019^[4]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Emre Koyuncu
4	MF	GER	Deniz Vural
5	MF	TUR	Merter Yüce
6	DF	TUR	Doğa İşeri
7	FW	NED	Leandro Kappel
8	MF	CPV	Hélder Tavares
10	MF	GRE	Andreas Tatos
12	MF	TUR	Turgut Doğan Şahin
13	DF	TUR	Cagri Bugra Dissiz
14	MF	TUR	Yılmaz Özeren
16	MF	BLR	Anton Putsila
17	DF	TUR	İbrahim Öztürk
19	FW	POR	Marco Paixão
20	MF	GER	Kerim Avcı
21	MF	NGA	Ibrahim Alhassan
34	DF	TUR	Abdülhamit Yıldız


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	GK	TUR	Cihan Topaloğlu
38	DF	TUR	Cenk Özkacar
42	DF	TUR	Abdülkerim Bardakcı (on loan from Konyaspor)
45	GK	TUR	Aydın Bağ
48	DF	TUR	Erhan Kartal
55	MF	TUR	İbrahim Akın
66	DF	TUR	Gençer Cansev
70	FW	BRA	Leandrinho
77	MF	TUR	Ihsan Deniz
88	DF	TUR	Özgür Özkaya
92	DF	TUR	Mustafa Murat Uslu
98	MF	TUR	Atakan Çankaya
99	MF	DEN	Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu
—	FW	TUR	Yaser Hacımustafaoğlu
—	MF	NGA	Aniekeme Okon
—	MF	TOG	Prince Segbefia

References

^ ALTAY tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 24 June 2010
^ "Futbolda İlk Yarı Liderleri ve Şampiyonlar" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ Στη Σμύρνη οι παλαίμαχοι του "Ιστορικού" Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine sport24.gr (in Greek), accessed 24 June 2010
^ "A TAKIMI". Altay. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

External links

[tff-1] ALTAY tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 24 June 2010

[2] "Futbolda İlk Yarı Liderleri ve Şampiyonlar" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[3] Στη Σμύρνη οι παλαίμαχοι του "Ιστορικού" Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine sport24.gr (in Greek), accessed 24 June 2010

[Current_squad-4] "A TAKIMI". Altay. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

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Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
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Champions	Galatasaray (24) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current teams	Adana Demirspor Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Başakşehir Beşiktaş Bodrum Eyüpspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Göztepe Hatayspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Rizespor Samsunspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaragücü Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor F.K. Eskişehirspor Fatih Karagümrük Feriköy Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Pendikspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeni Malatyaspor Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

v t e Turkish Cup
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Winners	Galatasaray (18) Beşiktaş (11) Trabzonspor (9) Fenerbahçe (7) Altay (2) Ankaragücü (2) Gençlerbirliği (2) Göztepe (2) Kocaelispor (2) Akhisarspor (1) Bursaspor (1) Eskişehirspor (1) Kayserispor (1) Konyaspor (1) Sakaryaspor (1) Sivasspor (1)