Bucaspor

Bucaspor

Full name	Bucaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Fırtına (Storm)
Founded	11 March 1928 (1928-03-11)
Ground	Buca Arena, Izmir
Ground Capacity	10,500
Chairman	Hüsnü Kaya
Manager	Sait Karafırtınalar
League	TFF First League
2013–14	TFF First League, 9th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Bucaspor is a professional Turkish football based in the city of Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor are nicknamed Fırtına (Storm). The club colours are yellow and navy.

History

Bucaspor was the fifth football club to be based in Izmir, following Karşıyaka S.K. (1912), Altay S.K. (1914), Altınordu S.K. (1923), and Göztepe A.Ş. (1925). Yellow and navy were chosen for the club colours. Former president Yusuf Muhafiz pushed to make red one of the colours of the club, to distinguish it from Istanbul-based club Fenerbahçe. The colour has since been removed. Bucaspor merged with Altay and Altınordu as Üçokspor in 1937. These clubs were separated again in 1939.

The club did not compete professionally for most of its history till 1984-85 season. They were promoted to the 2.Lig after beating Edremitspor 1-0 on 6 May 1990, which gave them professional status. Bucaspor reached the play-offs of the 2.Lig twice, in 1994 and 1996, but failed to win promotion to the 1.Lig.

The club earned promoted to the top-flight of the Turkish football pyramid on 8 May 2010. Their 4-0 win over Kayseri Erciyesspor sealed their second place finish in the TFF First League, which resulted in automatic promotion to the Süper Lig. However, Bucaspor relegated after one year in Super League. Bucaspor also played quarter final in Turkish Cup in 2011.

In 2005 a women's football team of Bucaspor was established. The Bucaspor Ladies Football Team finished runner-up in the Turkish Women's Football Premier League in 2008 and 2009.

Bucaspor Football Academy

Bucaspor is very famous club with football academy in Turkey. The academy founded in 2007. Before this time Bucaspor educated important players for Turkish football. Some of these players are Mehmet Batdal, Sercan Kaya, Hasan Kabze, Koray Arslan and Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi.

Bucaspor's young teams had a lot of championship in Turkey. The most important success was the championship of Premier Cup in 2010. Bucaspor management made a decision that all the young teams would play all their matches with team who younger one age. They have been playing about this since 2010-2011 season. Also Şirinyerspor and Buca Belediyespor are pilot teams of Bucaspor. Bucaspor and Galatasaray have the biggest football academy in Turkey.

Honours

• 1.Lig:
  • Runners-up (1): 2010
• 2.Lig:
  • Winners (1): 2009
• 3.Lig:
  • Winners (1): 1990
• TSYD Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2008
• Izmir Football League:
  • Winners (1): 1937-38
• Turkish Cup:
  • Quarter Final (1): 2010-11

League Participations

• Super League

2010-2011

• First League

2009-2010, 2011-

• Second League

1990-2009

• Third League

1984-1990

• Izmir Regional League

1928-1984

Rivalry

Bucaspor has rivalries with other İzmir teams which include Göztepe, Karşıyaka and Altay.

Current squad

As of 8 February, 2014.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Çağlar Şahin Akbaba 3 DF Hakan Çinemre (on loan from Fenerbahce) 4 DF Taha Can Velioğlu 6 MF Tam Nsaliwa 7 MF Zafer Çevik (C) 8 MF Taylan Antalyalı 10 MF Mehmet İncebacak 11 FW Tosaint Ricketts 13 DF Luiz Henrique 14 MF Ferhat Çulcuoğlu 17 DF Okan Alkan 19 DF Volkan Özcan 21 MF Berkant Taşkıran

No. Position Player 34 GK Ziya Aydın 41 MF Berkay Samancı 45 FW Cagri Tekin 46 GK Ömer Kahveci 55 DF Emre Balak 58 MF Hasan Kaşıkara 61 FW Anil Dilaver 66 MF Emre Şahin 67 MF Zekeriya Kacaroğlu 75 MF Hüseyin Bilican 77 FW Yasin Avcı 95 DF Batuhan İşçiler — MF Torric Jebrin

External links

• Official website (Turkish)
• Club profile at TFF.org (Turkish)