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Karşıyaka S.K. is a Turkish sports club from Izmir. 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. Karşıyaka merged with Bornovaspor and renamed as Yamanlarspor between 1937-1944.
Fans like to call the club 35 and a half, to differentiate themselves from Izmir that license plate number is 35. On 16 May 1981, a 2nd league match between Karşıyaka SK and Göztepe which is the club's main rival, had 80.000 spectators. This is still a world record for a 2nd league match.[citation needed]. Karşıyaka finishing First League as 6th and qualified for promotion play-offs in 2008-2009 season. They played with Boluspor in May 15, 2009 and beat 3-2 them after penalty shoots. However, they failed to promotion to Super League after 2-1 losing final match after adding extra time to Kasımpaşa in May 17, 2009.
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 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.[citation needed]
Karşıyaka's biggest rivalry is against Göztepe, Bursaspor, Kasımpaşa is also strongest rival for Karşıyaka. Karşıyaka fans friends of ones of Fatih Karagümrük.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- First Level: 1958-64, 1966-67, 1970-72, 1987-91, 1992-94, 1995-96
- Second Level: 1964-66, 1967-70, 1972-73, 1980-87, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1996-01, 2003-
- Third Level: 1973-80, 2001-03
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