Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ

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Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ
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Full name Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ
Founded 1949, 2003
Ground Cebeci İnönü Stadı,
Ankara
(Capacity 15,000)
Chairman Flag of Turkey Turgay Kalemci
Manager Flag of Turkey Osman Özdemir
League Turkcell Super League
2007-08 Turkcell Super League 11th
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Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ are a Turkish football club located in Ankara, Turkey. After the 2006/2007 season, the club was promoted from League A to the Turkish Super League, where they will compete in the 2007/2008 season.

Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ was founded as Sanayi Barbarosspor in 1949. He played Third League between 1968-1972. He renamed as Asaşspor in 1998 and played in the Turkish 2nd league between 1999-2001. ASASSpor withdrew from that league after moving from the 4th to 5th group. After ASASSpor had a financial crisis in 2003, Gençlerbirliği S.K. purchased the club and changed its name to Gençlerbirliği ASASSpor. The emblem of the club was replaced with Gençlerbirliği's emblem. After OFTAŞ signed a sponsorship deal with Gençlerbirliği in 2006, the club's name was changed to Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ.

Officially, all OFTAŞ players are under special contract with the parent club Gençlerbirliği, which uses OFTAŞ as a reserve team.

In 2007, before OFTAŞ was promoted, the Turkish Football Federation ruled that they would be permitted to compete in the Super Lig, alongside Gençlerbirliği, as long as the two clubs have a different chairman. This is in contrast to the rules of league in countries like Spain, where reserve teams can play in professional leagues but they cannot be in the same division with or in a higher division than their senior squad.[citation needed] But surprisingly, Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ is one of the best football teams in Turkey, and it has better squad and position in the league Gençlerbirliği.

[edit] Current squad

According to the TFF Official Website; correct as of June 4. 2008

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Turkey GK Ulaş Güler
3 Flag of Turkey DF Murat Selvi
6 Flag of Turkey MF Cemal Taşlı
7 Flag of Turkey MF Çağatay Tekin
8 Flag of Turkey FW Savaş Esen
10 Flag of Turkey MF Eren Özen
11 Flag of Turkey MF Kemal Yıldırım
14 Flag of Turkey GK Recep Biler
15 Flag of Turkey MF Kenan Çamoğlu
16 Flag of Turkey MF Hakan Aslantaş
17 Flag of Serbia FW Aleksandar Jevtic
19 Flag of Brazil MF Tozo*
20 Flag of Turkey FW Kadir Bekmezci
98 Flag of Turkey MF Ali Bayraktar
99 Flag of Brazil MF Sandro*
No. Position Player
21 Flag of Turkey GK Şener Özcan
22 Flag of Turkey MF Serkan Atak
23 Flag of Turkey MF Olgay Coşkun
24 Flag of Ghana FW James Boadu
26 Flag of Turkey FW İbrahim Şahin
30 Flag of Ghana FW Shaibu Yakubu
34 Flag of Turkey MF Bülent Kocabey
35 Flag of Turkey MF Volkan Özcan
44 Flag of Turkey DF Cevher Toktaş
55 Flag of Serbia MF Nikola Petkovic
67 Flag of Turkey DF Orhan Sam
69 Flag of Turkey FW Murat Kalkan
77 Flag of Turkey MF Ufuk Eş
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire FW François Zoko

(*) players on loan from Gençlerbirliği

For recent transfers see List of Turkish football transfers 2008-09

[edit] Notable former players

Gokhan Gonul

[edit] External links

Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ Site Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ Fan Site