Göztepe A.Ş.

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Göztepe

Full name	Göztepe Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Göz Göz Tam 35
Founded	14 June 1925
Ground	İzmir Alsancak Stadium (Capacity: 15,737[1])
Chairman	İsmail Hakkı Gül
Manager	Mustafa Fedai
League	TFF Third League - Group 2
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Göztepe A.Ş. are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir. Göztepe were the first Turkish football club to ever reach a semi-final in a European Cup Competition in 1968.

The club enjoyed their best success between the years 1963-1971 under the supervision of the legendary coach Adnan Suvari. Their famous 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.

Göztepe lived through immense financial troubles since 2002. Due to the inability to reduce their outstanding debt, the football club have 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 21st, 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 20th, 2007, the club have been sold in an auction to an Istanbul based business conglomerate Altınbaş Group. The new owner, businessman İmam Altınbaş, has vowed to take Göztepe 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 first received by the local fan base with some suspicion, although there have been recent calls for solidarity and cooperation under the new ownership.

Göztepe are one of the last examples of an authentic neighborhood club, located in the Güzelyalı neighborhood of Izmir. 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 behind only 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 2007-2008 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's in the Third League on June 18, 2008. They will play in TFF Third League - Group 2 in 2008-2009 season.

The main rivals of Göztepe are another Izmir club, Karşıyaka S.K.. When the two teams played on May 16th, 1981 while pursuing the Turkish Second Division title, the game attracted an audience of 80,000 people. The Guiness 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. The game was a 0-0 draw, but Göztepe were crowned champions a week later when they beat Balıkesirspor 3-2 at home, while Karşıyaka slipped against Bandırmaspor.

Contents 1 League Participations 1.1 Participations in Super League and Cups 1.2 European Matches 1.3 Total Standings of European Cup Participations (1956-2006) 1.4 Total Standings of Super League Participations (1959-2007) 2 Football Honours[5] 3 Current Squad 3.1 Recent Transfers 4 Board of Directors 5 Coaching Staff 6 Notable former players 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] League Participations

First Level (Now Turkcell Super League): 1958-1977, 1978-1980, 1981-1982, 1999-2000, 2001-2003

Second Level (Now Bank Asya First League): 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1982-1999, 2000-2001, 2003-2004

Third Level (Now TFF Second League): 2004-2005

Fourth Level (Now TFF Third League): 2005-2007, 2008-2009

Super Amateur League: 2007-2008

[edit] 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	14	30	8	11	11	27	33	27
1981-82	16	32	4	8	20	17	53	16
1999-00	17	34	7	5	22	26	54	26
2001-02	7	34	12	9	13	38	56	45
2002-03	17	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

[edit] 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

[edit] Total Standings of European Cup Participations (1956-2006)

Last updated: July 1, 2007 ^[3]

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	197	71	50	76	254	290	1	1	19	131	8	32	10	33	-	-
2	Fenerbahçe	130	40	20	70	152	227	-	-	18	67	2	9	16	54	-	-
3	Beşiktaş	117	36	26	55	135	178	-	-	15	49	7	20	9	48	-	-
4	Trabzonspor	80	31	18	31	113	119	-	-	8	20	3	12	11	40	2	8
5	Göztepe	30	11	2	17	37	48	-	-	-	-	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

[edit] Total Standings of Super League Participations (1959-2007)

Last updated: June 12, 2007 ^[4]

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Year
								I	II
1	Fenerbahçe	1596	897	440	259	2776	1326	3131	2657	49
2	Galatasaray	1596	898	422	276	2770	1320	3116	2652	49
3	Beşiktaş	1594	852	455	287	2543	1273	3011	2568	49
4	Trabzonspor	1086	554	302	230	1675	959	1964	1768	33
5	MKE Ankaragücü	1422	463	420	539	1646	1826	1809	1576	44
6	Altay	1326	413	413	500	1415	1610	1652	1372	41
7	Bursaspor	1230	406	362	462	1403	1493	1580	1388	38
8	Gençlerbirliği	1162	393	355	414	1488	1510	1534	1370	35
9	Samsunspor	952	310	245	397	1057	1258	1175	1055	29
10	Göztepe	770	238	248	284	802	899	962	748	25

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

[edit] Football Honours^[5]

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  • Semi-Finalist: 1968-69 [1]

Note: At that time the UEFA Cup was called the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  • Quarter-Finalist: 1969-70 [2]
• İzmir League
  • Winners: 1941-42, 1942-43, 1943-44, 1949-50, 1952-53
• Turkish Football Championship
  • Winners: 1949-50
• First League
  • Third: 1970-71
  • Fourth: 1959, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68
• Second League
  • Winners: 1977-78, 1980-81, 1998-99, 2000-01
• Turkish Cup
  • Winners: 1968-69, 1969-70
  • Runners-up: 1966-67
• President Cup
  • Winners: 1969-70
  • Runners-up: 1968-69
• Chancellor Cup
  • Runners-up: 1949-50
• Turkish Federation Cup
  • Winners: 1962-63
• TSYD Cup (İzmir) [3]
  • Winners: 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1995, 2002

[edit] Current Squad

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

The "Legend" Squad [6] Reserves: Güngör, Ali İhsan, Cenap, Mehmet, K. Ali   Coach: Adnan Suvari

As of September 3, 2008

No. Position Player GK Erdinç Kurt (vice-captain) GK Hakan Bulut GK Erman Sarı DF Mehmet Alkan DF Burak Çeneli DF Murat Cömert DF Bulut Dönmez DF Evren Özsu DF Eriş Özkan DF Emir Barlas DF Yiğit Akın MF Erhan Uyaroğlu MF Melih Ersoy MF Seçkin Ayaz

No. Position Player MF Ferhat Çulcuoğlu MF Hakan Üstün MF Hakan Akpınar MF Orhan Küçükertuğrul MF Özdoğan Demircioğlu MF Mert Somay FW Oktay Kuday* (captain) FW Ahmet Aydın* FW Recep Gayık FW Semih Aral FW Berkay Onarıcı FW Hakan Karakayalı FW Cüneyt Aytürk FW Ender Akaoğlu

 * Also holds German citizenship.

[edit] Recent Transfers

In: No. Position Player FW Oktay Kuday (from Tokatspor) MF Ferhat Çulcuoğlu (from Turgutluspor) FW Ahmet Aydın (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth) MF Hakan Üstün (on loan from Karabükspor until June 2009) FW Hakan Karakayalı (from Orhangazispor) DF Evren Özsu (from Torbalı Belediyespor) MF Hakan Akpınar (from Gebzespor) DF Emir Barlas (from Tepecik Belediyespor) DF Yiğit Akın (from Aliağa Belediyespor) FW Cüneyt Aytürk (from Aliağa Belediyespor) FW Ender Akaoğlu (from Aliağa Belediyespor) GK Hakan Bulut (from Aliağa Belediyespor) FW Berkay Onarıcı (on loan from Eskişehirspor until June 2010) DF Eriş Özkan (from Afyonkarahisarspor) MF Özdoğan Demircioğlu (from İstanbulspor) MF Orhan Küçükertuğrul (from Denizli Belediyespor) GK Erman Sarı (from Boluspor) MF Mert Somay (on loan from Kartalspor until June 2009)

Out: No. Position Player MF Murat Çaydemir (to Hatayspor) MF Ufuk Özşah (to Torbalıspor) DF Ali Alper Kotay (released) FW Sergio Custadio de Oliviera Junior (released) DF Metin Yüksek (released) GK Doğukan Tükel (released) DF İsmail Hakkı Işın (released) MF Cihan Çağatay (released) FW İbrahim Türkkan (released)

For recent transfers, see List of Turkish football transfers 2008–09.

[edit] Board of Directors

İsmail Hakkı GÜL - President Hasan YALÇIN - Vice-President, Accountant Member Cengiz BİÇER - Deputy President Öztekin SEVÜK - General Secretary Turgut TAVŞANOĞLU - Vice-President, Responsible for Legal Affairs Mustafa DURAN - Vice-President

Hulusi DERİCİ - Board Member Yavuz EĞİTİMCİ - Board Member, Responsible for Amateur Departments Doğan MUTLU - Director of Financial Process Barış GÜÇLÜ - General Director Gürol GÜNCAN - Club Manager Ünal Serhan SELÇUK - Manager of Administrative Process

Levent TOROS - Manager of Stores Ali ÖZTÜRK - Financial Process Expert Serkan AKGÖZ - Responsible for Information Processing Mustafa FEDAİ - Coordinator of Football Infrastructure Ali METİN - Manager of Facilities

[edit] Coaching Staff

Name Position Barış Güçlü General Director Mustafa Fedai Manager Bilal Şar Assistant Manager Oktay Akgül Assistant Manager Şenol Sevindi Goalkeeping Coach Dr. Mutlu Gürsoy Club Doctor Ünlü Danyal Coach of Youth Academy Mustafa Oğuz Coach of Youth Academy Aktuğ Sönmez Coach of Youth Academy Polat Sezersan Coach of Youth Academy

[edit] Notable former players

Turkey Ali Artuner Mehmet Işıkal (Junior) Çağlayan Derebaşı Hüseyin Yazıcı Mehmet Aydın (Senior) Nevzat Güzelırmak (English) Nihat Yayöz Ertan Öznur Fevzi Zemzem Gürsel Aksel Halil Kiraz Ali İhsan Okçuoğlu Mehmet Türkkan (Fuji) Özer Yurteri Ali Çağlar (Junior) Sadullah Acele Atalay Alsan Hasan Çelik Mustafa Özkan Kurthan Yılmaz Aykut Canik Bülent Uygun Metin Diyadin Ceyhun Eriş Servet Çetin Zafer Biryol Bülent Ataman Ersen Martin

Argentina Eber Dario Fernandez Brazil Rogerio de Mello Sergio Custadio de Oliviera Junior Czech Republic Ludek Zdrahal DR Congo N'Dayi Kalenga France Kamel Ouejdide Rachid Djebaili Ghana Richard Kingston Hungary Péter Kabát Liberia Joseph Amoah Morocco Reda Ereyahi Paraguay Emilio Aldama Poland Radosław Majdan Slovakia Miroslav Barcik South Africa Helman Mkhalele Pollen Ndlanya

Legendary captain of Göztepe, Gürsel Aksel.

[edit] See also

• TFF Third League - Group 2 (2008–09)
• Göztepe's Match Details in TFF Third League (2008-09)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Turkish) Official website
• (Turkish) Yalı website
• (Turkish) Gencligimin Katilisin Fanzine
• (Turkish) Göztepelist website
• (Turkish) Uniforce website
• (Turkish) GözGöz.net website
• (Turkish) Tam35.org website
• (Turkish) Tam35Göztepe.net website

• British TV Documetary about rivalry between Göztepe and Karşıyaka

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