Göztepe S.K.

Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor was renamed again as Göztepe in 1939. Ateşspor was also renamed as İzmirspor the same year.

The club enjoyed their best success between the years 1963-1971 under the supervision of the legendary coach Adnan Suvari. Their famous and legendary '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.

Since 2002 Göztepe lived through immense financial problems/difficulties . Due to the inability to reduce their outstanding debt, the football club has 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 21, 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 20, 2007, the club has been sold in an auction to an Istanbul based business conglomerate Altınbaş Group. The new owner, businessman İmam Altınbaş, has vowed to take Göztepe SK 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 met by the local fan base with some suspicion, although there have been recent calls for solidarity and cooperation under the new ownership.

Göztepe SK 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 only behind 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 2007-08 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 played in TFF Third League - Group 2 in 2008-09 season and finished 1st in group as qualified to Promotion Group. Göztepe made successful matches in Promotion 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 on May 19, 2009 and crowned as Third League champions.

After finishing TFF Second League as 8th placed in 2009-10, Göztepe SK managed to lift Second League White Group trophy and promoted to TFF First League at the end of 2010-11 season.

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 Guinness 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.

League Participations

• First Level (Now Spor Toto Super League): 1958-77, 1978–80, 1981–82, 1999-00, 2001–03
• Second Level (Now Bank Asya First League): 1977-78, 1980–81, 1982–99, 2000–01, 2003–04
• Third Level (Now TFF Second League): 2004-05, 2009-
• Fourth Level (Now TFF Third League): 2005-07, 2008–09
• Super Amateur League: 2007-08

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	1	30	8	11	11	27	33	27
1981-82	1	32	4	8	20	17	53	16
1999-00	1	34	7	5	22	26	54	26
2001-02	1	34	12	9	13	38	56	45
2002-03	1	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

European Matches

Total Standings of European Cup Participations (1956-2008)

Last updated: March 12, 2009^[3]

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

Total Standings of Super League Participations (1959-2008)

Last updated: December 7, 2008^[4]

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 Week 2 meeting of the season 2011-2012 göztepe Karsiyaka 0-8karşıyaka over göztepe

Football Honours

International

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  • Semi-Finalist: 1968-69 [1]
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  • Quarter-Finalist: 1969-70 [2]

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

Current squad

For recent Göztepe transfers, see List of 2009–10 Göztepe Transfers.

• Last updated on October 15, 2011

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

Players out on loan

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

Week 2 meeting of the season 2011-2012 göztepe Karsiyaka 0-8karşıyaka over göztepe

Board of directors

Week 2 meeting of the season 2011-2012 göztepe Karsiyaka 0-8karşıyaka over göztepe

Coaching staff

Presidents

Notable former players

References

External links

• (Turkish) Official website
• (Turkish) Official Store website
• (Turkish) Yalı website
• (Turkish) Gencligimin Katilisin Fanzine
• (Turkish) Göztepelist website
• (Turkish) Uniforce website
• (Turkish) GözGöz.net website
• (Turkish) Tam35.org website
• (Turkish) Göztepe Facebook
• British TV Documetary about rivalry between Göztepe and Karşıyaka

See also

• TFF Second League (2009–10)
• TFF Second League - Promotion Group (2009–10)
• TFF Second League - Ranking Group 2 (2009–10)
• TFF Third League (2008–09)
• TFF Third League - Promotion Group (2008–09)
• TFF Third League - Ranking Group 2 (2008–09)