Çaykur Rizespor

Çaykur Rizespor
Full name Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü
Nickname(s) Karadeniz Atmacası
(The Black Sea Sparrowhawk)
Founded 1953
Ground Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı
Rize, Turkey
(Capacity: 15,485)
Chairman Metin Kalkavan
Manager Hüseyin Kalpar
League TFF First League
2010–11 TFF First League, 4th
Home colours
Away colours

Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1953 in green-yellow colours and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor and changed its colours to blue-green. Since 1990, the team has been sponsored by the Turkish tea company Çaykur hence the name and the image of a tea leaf on the club's logo.

Contents

Current squad

As of 15 October, 2011. 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
1 GK Ramazan Kurşunlu
2 DF Yunus Ceylan
4 DF Aytek Aşıkoğlu
5 DF Sezer Özmen (on loan from Beşiktaş)
6 DF Mesut Yılmaz
7 FW Mehmet Al
8 MF Cumhur Yılmaztürk
10 MF Gökhan Öztürk (on loan from Gaziantepspor)
11 MF Caner Öztel
14 DF Engin Aktürk
17 FW İlyas Çakmak
19 MF Hair Zeqiri
20 FW Çağrı Yarkın
No. Position Player
21 MF Cumali Bişi (on loan from Beşiktaş)
22 FW Ousman Jallow
24 FW Brice Bikoko
29 DF Sahinali Terzi
34 MF Cenk Ahmet Alkılıç
39 MF Erkan Kaş (on loan from Beşiktaş)
44 DF Osman Fırat
53 FW Murat Hacıoğlu
55 GK Mahmut Öksüz
88 GK Selçuk Görmüş
93 MF Hasan Köse
99 GK Mehmet Tunc

Rizespor becoming Çaykur Rizespor, ahead of the 1990–91 season.

Notable matches

Notable players

Albania
Bulgaria
Cameroon
France
Egypt
Germany
Netherlands
United States
Turkey

Local participitations

Turkcell Super League

1979-81, 1985-89, 2000-02, 2003-08

Turkey 2.League

1974-79, 1981-85, 1989-93, 1994-00, 2002-03, 2008-

Turkey 3.League

1968-74, 1993-94

European history

Intertoto Cup:

Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2001 2R FK Pobeda 0–2 1–2 1–4

Presidents

  • Metin Kalkavan ( )
  • Halim Mete ( )
  • Abdülkadir Çakır (08.07.2007 - .......)
  • Ekrem Cengiz (14.06.2002 - 08.07.2007)
  • Mehmet Cengiz (20.06.1998 - 14.06.2002)
  • Mehmet Hikmet Aslankaya (07.06.1997 - 20.06.1998)
  • Mehmet Cengiz (26.04.1996 - 07.06.1997)
  • Cemal Aydoğdu (10.03.1996 - 26.04.1996)
  • Ali Baba Çillioğlu (13.01.1996 - 10.03.1996)
  • İsmail Topçu (04.11.1995 - 12.01.1996)
  • Tuncer Ergüven (06.05.1995 - 04.11.1995)
  • Ruşen Kukul (01.04.1995 - 05.05.1995)
  • Tuncer Ergüven (19.04.1992 - 30.03.1995)
  • Süreyya Turgut (19.01.1992 - 14.04.1992)
  • Nejat Ural (30.03.1991 - 19.01.1992)
  • Hasan Basri Çillioğlu (23.06.1990 - 30.03.1991)
  • Hamit Oral (21.05.1990 - 23.06.1990)
  • Muharrem Kürkçü (10.01.1990 - 21.05.1990)
  • Ahmet AkyıldIz (02.07.1989 - 10.01.1990)
  • Şeref Keçeli (07.01.1989 - 02.07.1989)
  • Şadan Tuzcu (05.06.1988 - 07.01.1989)
  • M. Turgut Yılmaz (01.01.1987 - 05.06.1988)
  • Servet Takış (01.01.1986 - 31.12.1986)
  • Fehmi Ekşi (01.01.1985 - 31.12.1985)
  • Hasan Kemal Yardımcı (01.01.1984 - 31.12.1984)
  • Ali Rıza Feyiz (02.08.1981 - 31.12.1983)
  • Nuri Akbulut (23.06.1981 - 02.08.1981)
  • Paşa Ali Alaman (30.06.1980 - 23.06.1981)
  • Nuri Akbulut (03.07.1978 - 30.06.1980)
  • Köksal Mataracı (02.06.1978 - 03.07.1978)
  • Mustafa Zeki Rakıcıoğlu (07.06.1975 - 02.06.1978)
  • Reşat Uçak (03.04.1973 - 07.06.1975)
  • Bahattin Coşkun (21.04.1968 - 03.04.1973)

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