Beşiktaş A2

Beşiktaş J.K.
Full name Beşiktaş J.K. A2 Team
Nickname(s) Kara Kartallar (The Black Eagles)
Founded 1950s
Ground Fulya Facilities
Chairman Yıldırım Demirören
Manager Talat Tuncel
League A2 Ligi
2010–11 4th
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Beşiktaş J.K. A2 (also known Beşiktaş A2) is the top section youth system of Turkish multi-sports club Beşiktaş in the main branch of football. They are formerly known as Beşiktaş J.K. Amateurs (1950s-1996) and Beşiktaş J.K. PAF (1996–2010). A2 Squad compete in A2 Ligi in which include 18 youth teams of Süper Lig outfits.

The basic intent of the system is to train youngsters and promote them for the senior team. Beşiktaş PAF is formed of teenager players who are generally between 17 and 19 years-old. A2 team players who get on age of 20 are accepted to be promoted as a senior player and no longer they would be adequate to contiune to play for youth squad. With most recent status of the A2 Ligi, 3 players over 20 year-old can also play for A2 level, along with 2 foreigners under same conditions. Beşiktaş also have youth teams diversed in numerous age groups as below:

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History

Team had started their operations as the amateur squad in 1950s. Beşiktaş, as one of the participants of Balkans Cup in 1963-1964 version, requested the officials to play 2 away games with a day deficit in between, whereas it had been realized that it was not possible for the team to play 2 matches in 2 days.[1] Therefore A2 team had been tasked for the encounter in Tirane to represent the team on senior level against Albanian side KS Dinamo Tirana.[1] The match ended 2-0 in favour of home side.[2]

Achieved 2nd spot in local championshjip in Istanbul under the management of Serpil Hamdi Tüzün, Beşiktaş Amateurs participated in Turkey Amateur Football Championship in 1985 and grasped the trophy. The success led team to compete in Turkish Cup in 1985-86 version in which they have been eliminated by the quarter finalists PTT (now known as Türk Telekom Gençlik Spor Kulübü) in 1st Round by the score 1-0. In 1988, they repeated the success and joined Turkish Cup once again, beaten Bayrampaşaspor by 3-0 in 1st Round and Zeytinburnuspor by penalities. Dramatically, Beşiktaş A2 drawn Beşiktaş. The two-legged matches ended 4-0 and 5-1 respectively, in favour of the seniors.

Beşiktaş Amateurs competed in Istanbul Amateur League in 1st and 2nd tier levels, despite they achieved couple of championships, they could not achieve a major success in domestic scene. The team was renamed Beşiktaş J.K. PAF Takımı (simply Beşiktaş PAF) in 1996 and joined PAF Ligi. Two times PAF Ligi crowned Beşiktaş PAF, was renamed Beşiktaş J.K. A2 (simply Beşiktaş A2) in 2010-11 season start.

Beşiktaş A2 dramatically supported the senior level in recent years, as numerous youngsters had made their debut on senior level such as Necip Uysal, Muhammed Demirci, Cumali Bişi, Atınç Nukan, and out transferred players like Nihat Kahveci, Serdar Özkan, Batuhan Karadeniz, İbrahim Kaş and Orhan Gülle.

PAF/A2 Ligi seasons

Season Position Pld W D L GA GD GD Pts
1996–1997 6 34 18 4 12 63 34 29 58
1997–1998 2 34 23 5 6 78 33 45 74
1998–1999 8 34 15 9 10 51 42 9 54
1999–2000 1 34 26 7 1 63 21 42 85
2000–2001 4 34 16 11 7 65 47 18 59
2001–2002 4 34 19 8 7 68 39 29 65
2002–2003 1 34 20 10 4 78 40 38 70
2003–2004 6 34 17 9 8 48 28 20 60
2004–2005 5 34 17 11 6 83 50 33 62
2005–2006 3 34 24 1 9 71 30 41 73
2006–2007 2 34 21 7 6 74 34 40 70
2007–2008 7 34 15 9 10 59 35 24 54
2008–2009 8 34 12 13 9 53 35 18 49
2009–2010 1 32 23 4 5 65 25 40 73
2010–2011 4 38 21 8 9 58 44 14 71
2011–2012

Source: TFF A2 Ligi Archieve Note: In 2009-10 season, BJK A2 completed Marmara Group 1st in regular fixture (along with other 3 groups), however; they have achieved 3rd place in Play-off Group A and failed to play at Finale

Honours

Technical Staff

Beşiktaş A2 staff as of 1 September 2011[3]

Name Nat. Job
Ulvi Güveneroğlu General Coordinator and Youth Team Manager
Talat Tuncel A2 Coach
Faruk Şahin A2 Team Assistant Coach
Cengiz Aydın U-18 Coach
Haluk Duranoğlu U-17 Coach
Sarp Yiğit U-16 Coach
Kaan Demir U-14 & U-15 Coach
Fahrettin Eldek U-12 & U-13 Coach

Current squad

BJK A2 Squad correct as 2 September 2011:[4]

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

No. Position Player
2 MF Cumali Bişi
26 MF Onur Bayramoğlu
35 DF Güven Gürsoy
36 FW Kemal Akbaba
54 MF Mertcan Demirer
57 MF Volkan Ekici
66 MF Doğukan Pala
71 MF Oğuz Ceylan
80 MF Muhammed Demirci
90 GK Umut Kaya
92 DF Furkan Şeker
93 DF Atınç Nukan
Anıl Gökmen
Cebrail Serçek
Caner Turp
No. Position Player
Semih Beyaz
Cenk İmsak
Emir Alagöz
Umut Can Bahalı
Ömer Faruk Özgen
Hasan Türk
Mehmet Erkut Şentürk
Metehan Yatkın
Kadir Ari
Sercan Hacıoğlu
Ömer Arslan
Güven Gürsoy
Kerem Alıcı

Notable alumni

See also

References

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