Göztepe A.Ş.

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Göztepe AS

Full name	Göztepe Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Göz Göz Tam 35
Founded	14 June 1925
Ground	İzmir Alsancak Stadium (Capacity: 15,358[1])
Chairman	İmam Altınbaş
Manager	Akif Başaran
League	TFF 2. Lig 2nd Group
2008-09	TFF 3. Lig Ranking Group 2, 1st TFF 3. Lig Promotion Group, 1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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. They were founded in 1925 aa a breakaway from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor renamed again Göztepe in 1939. Ateşspor also renamed as İzmirspor at same year.

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 İzmir. 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 in the Third League on June 18, 2008. They will play in TFF Third League - Group 2 in 2008-2009 season. Göztepe finished 1st in Group 2 and qualified to promotion Play-Off. Göztepe made successful matches in this group and guaranteed promotion to Second League after beating Lüleburgazspor 2-0 at away before remaining 3 weeks to finishing normal season. Göztepe beat 2-0 Tepecik Belediyespor at home match in May 19, 2009 and crowned as Third League champions.

The main rivals of Göztepe are another Izmir club, Karşıyaka S.K.. When the two teams played on May 16, 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 draw against Bandırmaspor 0-0 at away.

Contents 1 League Participations 1.1 Participations in Super League and Cups 1.2 European Matches 1.3 Total Standings of European Cup Participations (1956-2008) 1.4 Total Standings of Super League Participations (1959-2008) 2 Football Honours 2.1 International 2.2 Domestic 3 Current Squad 3.1 Players out on loan 4 Board of Directors 5 Coaching Staff 6 Presidents 7 Notable former players 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] League Participations

Göztepe's original colours

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, 2009-

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 (1956-2008)

Last updated: December 7, 2008 ^[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	215	80	53	82	284	314	1	1	20	133	8	32	12	49	-	-
2	Fenerbahçe	151	50	25	76	185	254	-	-	20	88	2	9	16	54	-	-
3	Beşiktaş	130	43	27	60	153	199	-	-	15	58	7	20	11	52	-	-
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 (1959-2008)

Last updated: December 7, 2008 ^[4]

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Year
								I	II
1	Fenerbahçe	1630	919	447	264	2848	1363	3204	2730	50
2	Galatasaray	1630	922	429	279	2834	1343	3195	2731	50
3	Beşiktaş	1628	875	459	294	2601	1304	3084	2641	50
4	Trabzonspor	1120	568	309	243	1719	998	2013	1817	34
5	MKE Ankaragücü	1456	474	430	552	1682	1870	1852	1619	45
6	Altay	1326	413	413	500	1415	1608	1652	1372	41
7	Bursaspor	1264	415	373	476	1434	1533	1618	1426	39
8	Gençlerbirliği	1196	402	363	431	1532	1561	1569	1405	36
9	Samsunspor	952	310	245	397	1057	1258	1175	1055	29
10	Gaziantepspor	722	266	186	270	909	960	984	945	22
11	Göztepe	770	238	248	284	802	899	962	748	25
12	Eskişehirspor	700	242	228	230	761	739	954	744	22

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

[edit] International

• 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]

[edit] Domestic

• Turkish Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1949-50
• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (2): 1968-69, 1969-70
  • Runners-up (1): 1966-67
• President Cup
  • Winners (1): 1969-70
  • Runners-up (1): 1968-69
• Chancellor Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1949-50
• Turkish Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 1962-63
• TSYD Cup (Izmir)
  • Winners (9): 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1995, 2002
• Izmir Football League
  • Winners (6): 1938-39 (as Doğanspor), 1941-42, 1942-43, 1943-44, 1949-50, 1952-53
• First Level
  • Third (1): 1970-71
  • Fourth (4): 1959, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68
• Second Level
  • Winners (4): 1977-78, 1980-81, 1998-99, 2000-01
• Fourth Level
  • Winners (1): 2008-2009

[edit] Current Squad

For recent Göztepe transfers, see List of 2008-09 Göztepe Transfers.

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

The "Legend" Squad [5] Reserves: Güngör, Ali İhsan, Cenap, Mehmet, K. Ali   Coach: Adnan Suvari

• Last updated on February 3, 2009

No. Position Player GK Tamer Coşkun * GK Sinan Ören GK Serhat Çağlar GK Övünç Şeşenoğlu DF Murat Cömert DF Mehmet Alkan DF Alparslan Çakır * DF Anıl Çağrı Seçgin DF Burak Keskin DF Emir Barlas DF Eriş Özkan DF Evren Özsu (captain) DF İbrahim Metli DF Murat Efe Kura DF Ahmet Sağlam * DF Serhat Gülşen DF Yiğit Akın DF Bulut Dönmez

No. Position Player MF Ali Çalış MF Ali Mumcu MF Anıl Özönerli MF Melih Ersoy MF Çağrı Kodalak * MF Fatih Özer MF Ferhat Çulcuoğlu MF Emre İşçiler MF Mehmet Akif Tatlı MF Serkan Yıldık MF Tuğrul Bitin MF Tayfun Rıdvan Albayrak (vice-captain) MF Berkay Onarıcı MF Salih Seçkin Ayaz FW Recep Gayık FW Adnan Demirel FW Mustafa Tahir Babaoğlu FW Oktay Kuday *

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player DF Mehmet Alkan (at Torbalıspor until June 2009) DF Murat Cömert (at Kartalspor until June 2009)

 * Also holds Turkish citizenship.

[edit] Board of Directors

Management Committee İmam ALTINBAŞ - President Serdar SAMUR - Deputy President Cengiz BİÇER - Financial Affairs Kaan KORKMAZ - Fiscal Affairs Turgut TAVŞANOĞLU - Legal Affairs Emre ALKİN - Responsible for Project Development

Hulusi DERİCİ - Responsible for Brand and Communication İsmail Hakkı GÜL - Health Affairs Hasan YALÇIN - Responsible for Internal Audit Discipline Committee Umut METİN - President Yücel KARADAĞ Atilla KESKİN

Supervisory Committee Selim VURAL - President Tayfun ŞENOL Doğan MUTLU Rating Committee Veysel OĞUZ - President Hamit YURT Kayhan KÖSEOĞLU

[edit] Coaching Staff

Name Position Akif Başaran Manager Aydın Kahraman Assistant Manager Ayhan Yakar Goalkeeping Coach Serkan Salman Conditioning Coach Kemal Yılmaz Scout Hasan Yüksel Youth Academy Manager Polat Sezersan Youth Academy Coach Melih Sapmaz Youth Academy Coach Tuğrul Yücel Youth Academy Coach Ali Sütçü Youth Academy Coach Nedim Akgül Youth Academy Coach Yasin Tunçer Youth Academy Coach Suat Arıcan Youth Academy Coach

[edit] Presidents

Rahmi Filibeli (1925) Fehmi Simsaroğlu (1925–1950) Şevket Filibeli (1950–1962) Şerif Tikveşli (1962–1963) Sebahattin Süvari (1962–1963) Saffet Kuyaş (1963–1965) Macit Birsel (1965–1967) Süleyman Filibeli (1967–1968) Sebahattin Süvari (1968–1970) Nuri Öz (1970–1973) Rüştü Ünsal (1973)

İsmail Tiryakiler (1973) Mekin Kutucan (1973) Nuri Öz (1974) Mekin Kutucan (1975) Özdemir Arnas (1976) Orhan Daut (1976–1978) Selamet Batur (1979) Tacettin Hiçyılmaz (1980) Özdemir Arnas (1981) Muzaffer Atılgan (1982–1983) Şerif Tikveşli (1984)

Özdemir Arnas (1985) Çoşkun Gencerler (1986–1987) Halit Horozoğlu (1987) Ömer Köymen (1988) İbrahim Şavkar (1988) Cemal Gözümoğulları (1989) Özdemir Arnas (1989–1992) Kenan Bilgiç (1993) Atilla Türkkal (1993–1994) Mustafa Cücen (1995) Bülen Özkul (1996)

Levent Ürkmez (1997) Kamil Uçar (1997) Aydın Bilgin (1998–2000) Hamdi Türkmen (2000–2002) Feyyaz Gülmen (2002–2003) İskender Tuğsuz (2003–2005) Uğur Bostancıoğlu (2005–2006) Levent Ürkmez (2006–2007) Gündüz Balkan (2007–2008) İsmail Hakkı Gül (2008) İmam Altınbaş (2008—)

[edit] Notable former players

Turkey Fuat Göztepe Ali Artuner Mehmet Işıkal (Junior) Çağlayan Derebaşı Hüseyin Yazıcı Mehmet Aydın (Senior) Nevzat Güzelırmak 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 Ümit İnal 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 Croatia Ante Šimunac Czech Republic Ludek Zdrahal Denmark John Nielsen 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 (2008–09)
• TFF Third League - Promotion Group (2008–09)
• TFF Third League - Ranking Group 2 (2008–09)
• Göztepe Match Details in 2008-09 season

[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

TFF Third League Promotion Group • 2008-09 clubs v • d • e

Ankara Demirspor • Bafra Belediyespor • Göztepe • Hatayspor • İzmirspor • Kahramanmaraşspor • Lüleburgazspor • Pursaklarspor • Tavşanlı Belediye TKİ Linyitspor • Tepecik Belediyespor

TFF Third League Ranking Group 2 • 2008-09 clubs v • d • e

Aydınspor • Balıkesirspor • Bandırmaspor • Göztepe • Ispartaspor • İzmirspor • Menemen Belediyespor • Mustafakemalpaşaspor • Nazilli Belediyespor • Torbalıspor