Altay S.K.

Altay

Full name

Altay Spor Kulübü

Nickname(s)

Büyük Altay
(Great Altay)

Founded

16 January 1914

Ground

Alsancak Stadium,
İzmir, Turkey

Capacity

15,358^[1]

President

Niyazi Konuşmaz

Manager

Feyyaz Uçar

League

2.Lig

2013–14

2.Lig, 12th (Red Group)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Altay Spor Kulübü is a professional Turkish football club based in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay (Great Altay). The club colours are black and white, and they play their home matches at İzmir Alsancak Stadium.^[1]

Domestically, the club has finished third place for the Süper Lig three times and have won the Türkiye Kupası twice. They hold the record for most Izmir Football League titles with 15. They are the most successful İzmir-based club with 16 championships in various competitions.

History

Altay was founded in 1914 in İzmir as İstiklal. The initial aim of the club was to unite Turkish youth under sporting activities and to encourage them, because in the 1910s minorities dominated sporting activities in İzmir. Under Ottoman rule, Turkish footballers were unable to compete. Altay was supported by Turkish politicians of the era. Celal Bayar worked very hard in foundation of the club and gave his full support.

Altay has an important place in Turkey's football history. The club had a key role in uniting the Turkish community during the Turkish War of Independence. Many players and supporters of Altay SK lost their lives in the Turkish War. After the Surname Law was adopted, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave General Fahreddin Pasha the surname of "Altay". Altay play in the former Stadium of Panionios and also use the former offices of the same club.^[2]

European Participations

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967–68	1R	Standard Liège	2–3	0–0	2–3
1968–69	1R	Lyn	3–1	1–4	4–5
1980–81	PR	Benfica	0–0	0–4	0–4

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1962–63	1R	Roma	2–3	1–10	3–13
1969–70	1R	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	0–1	0–1
1977–78	1R	Carl Zeiss Jena	4–1	1–5	5–6

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	R1	Shamrock Rovers	3–1	2–3	5–4
	R2	Diósgyőr	1–1	1–0	2–1
	R3	Bastia	3–2 (aet)	0–2	3–4

List of chairmen

	Name	Years	Notes
1	Mustafa Necati UĞURAL		Minister of Public Works and Settlement
2	Hüseyin Vasıf ÇINAR		Minister of National Education
3	Baha Esad TEKAND		Minister of Industry
4	Halil Zeki OSMA
5	Rıfat Ahmet Bey
6	Şakir MORALİZADE
7	Kemal Tahsin SOYDAM
8	Refik Şevket İNCE
9	Nuri Sıtkı ERBOY
10	Nuri EĞİNLİOĞLU
11	İsmail Hakkı OCAKOĞLU
12	Sezai Bey
13	İskender Bey
14	Danyal AKBEL	Member of Parliament
15	Hüseyin Hulki CURA
16	Fikret Tahsin SOYDAM
17	Edmond GİRAUD
18	Şerif Remzi REYENT
19	Şani KÖSEMEN
20	Osman KUTAY
21	Haydar DÜNDAR	Member of Parliament
22	Halis TEMEL
23	Orhan BAYKENT
24	Tevfik SAĞEL
25	Macit USLU
26	Dündar SOYER
27	Sami GOMEL
28	Hüseyin BARBAROS
29	Sebati ACUN		Member of Parliament
30	Hayri YORGANCIOĞLU		Member of Parliament
31	Fahri ERON
32	Bahir ERSOY
33	Faruk PAKSOY		Director, ESHOT; Mayor Pro-Tem
34	Ali MÜTEVELLİOĞLU
35	Rıdvan BURTEÇİN
36	Mazhar ZORLU		President of TFF
37	Erdoğan TÖZGE
38	Abdurrahman SUSUZLU	1978–79
39	Alaattin ÖZBULU	1979–1981
40	Yener TINAZ	1971–1985
41	Hanri Benazüs	11 December 1985 – 30 December 1987
42	Halil SÜRÜCÜ	1 January 1988 – 11 November 1988
43	Tuğrul KOPARAN	12 November 1988 – 24 May 1990
44	Rıdvan BURTEÇİN	24 May 1990 – 3 February 1992
45	Esin ÖZGENER	1977 – 78 / 4 February 1992 – 28 December 1992
46	Ender TÜRK	29 December 1993 – 15 October 1993
47	Ahmet ERTEM	16 October 1993 – 26 May 1994
48	Bayram DİNSEL	10 January 1997 – 20 May 1997 / 20 September 2000 – 31 December 2000
49	Sabri SEVENOĞLU	2001
50	Burhan BIÇAKÇIOĞLU	2001	Member of Parliament
51	Mahmut ÖZGENER	27 May 1994 – 5 June 1996 / 1 November 2001 – 5 July 2002	President of TFF
52	Hayri YORGANCIOĞLU	6 June 2002 – 13 October 2002 / 20 July 2000 – 19 July 2000
53	Erdinç ALTINYELEKLİOĞLU	6 June 1996 – 9 January 1997 / 22 June 2004–31 May 2005
54	Mehmet EROĞAN	1 June 2005 – 8 January 2007
55	Nafiz ZORLU	21 May 1997 – 1 August 2001 / 9 January 2007 – 14 May 2008
56	Melih Tunç TANDOĞAN	15 May 2008 – 5 May 2009
57	Niyazi KONUŞMAZ	05 June 2010–09 June 2010
58	Ahmet TAŞPINAR	14 October 2002 – 21 June 2004 / 9 June 2010 – 28 July 2011
59	Ömer HIZLIOK	28 July 2011 – present

Current squad

As of 4 February 2013. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ali Şaşal Vural
2	DF	Hasan Erbey (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
3	DF	İsa Akgöl
4	DF	Ahmet Yakak
5	DF	Mehmet Yılmaz
6	MF	Hüseyin Cihan Avcu
7	MF	Serkan Akın
8	MF	Metin Yüksel
11	DF	Volkan Altın
14	MF	Erdal Güneş
15	MF	İsmet Kavuştu
19	MF	Sercan Karagöz
20	MF	Yakup Sertkaya
23	MF	Aykut Geçmen

No.	Position	Player
27	MF	Emrah Kaya
28	FW	Hüseyin Kuday
32	DF	Ömer Arslan
33	GK	Fatih Kaldan
34	FW	Murat Uluç
35	MF	İsmet Gökseloğlu
38	MF	Burak Karaduman
52	MF	Hüsamettin Yener
53	FW	Yunus Altun
64	GK	Mert Can Dadan
87	MF	Korhan Öztürk
91	FW	Abdulkadir Kuzey
93	DF	Halil Yılmaz

Honours

Süper Lig
- Third Place (2): 1969–70, 1976–77

1.Lig
- Winners (1): 2001–02
- Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1990–91

Türkiye Kupası
- Winners (2): 1966–67, 1979–80
- Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1985–86

Süper Kupa
- Runners-up (2): 1967, 1980

Başbakanlık Kupası
- Runners-up (3): 1972, 1979, 1986

İzmir Professional League
- Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58

Izmir Football League (Record)
- Winners (13): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1937–38¹, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1953–54

¹Altay won the championship as "Üçok", an alliance between Altay, Altınordu, Bucaspor.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 ALTAY tff.org (Turkish), accessed 24 June 2010
↑ Στη Σμύρνη οι παλαίμαχοι του "Ιστορικού" sport24.gr (Greek), accessed 24 June 2010

External links

Official web site (Turkish)

TFF Second League

2014-2015 teams

White Group	1461 Trabzon Aydınspor Bayrampaşaspor Fatih Karagümrük SK Fethiyespor Hacettepe Spor Kartalspor Keçiörengücü Konya Anadolu Selçukspor Körfez İskenderunspor Menemen Belediyespor Ofspor Pendikspor Tarsus Idman Yurdu SK TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor Tokatspor Turgutluspor Ümraniyespor Yeni Malatyaspor

Red Group	Altay Bandırmaspor Birlik Nakliyat Düzyurtspor Bugsaşspor Diskispor Gölbaşıspor Göztepe S.K. Gümüşhanespor Hatayspor İnegölspor Kahramanmaraşspor Kırklarelispor Kocaeli Birlik Spor MKE Ankaragücü Nazilli Belediyespor Pazarspor Sarıyer G.K. Tepecikspor

Turkish Cup

Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Finals	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Winners	Galatasaray (15) Beşiktaş (9) Trabzonspor (8) Fenerbahçe (6) Altay (2) Ankaragücü (2) Gençlerbirliği (2) Göztepe (2) Kocaelispor (2) Bursaspor (1) Eskişehirspor (1) Kayserispor (1) Sakaryaspor (1)