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 Fikret Orman
Manager Erkan Avseren[1]
League U-21 Ligi
2013–14 Round of 16

Beşiktaş J.K. A2 (also known Beşiktaş A2 or Beşiktaş Reserves) 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 in numerous age groups as below:

History

Team had started their operations as the amateur squad in 1950s. Beşiktaş, as one of the participants of Balkans Cup in 1963–64 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.[2] Therefore A2 team had been tasked for the encounter in Tirane to represent the team on senior level against Albanian side KS Dinamo Tirana.[2] The match ended 2-0 in favour of home side.[3]

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 penalties. 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

Batuhan Karadeniz, an alumnus of BJK A2, joined Eskişehirspor in 2010
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

A2 Squad

As of 5 February 2015.[4]

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

No. Position Player
Turkey GK Süleyman Enes Özer
Turkey GK Veysel Sapan
Turkey GK Abdulsamet Ilgar
Turkey DF Serkan Yavuz
Turkey DF Umutcan İnce
Turkey DF Muhammet Sefa Baş
Turkey DF Halil İbrahim Mızrap
Turkey DF Engin Yldız
Turkey DF Çağrıhan Ağaç
Turkey DF İlhami Sağlık
Turkey DF Turgay Kaya
Turkey DF Muhammet Şahingöz
Turkey MF Alpcan Arıcı
No. Position Player
Turkey MF Oğuz Aksoy
Turkey MF Ender Burak Reis
Turkey MF Hakan Esa
Turkey MF Cenker Yazar
Turkey MF Gökhan Artun
Turkey MF Furkan Karabatak
Turkey FW Fevzi Sedat Şahintürk
Turkey FW Burak Balaban
Turkey FW Tayfun Aydoğan
Turkey FW Furkan Yaman
Turkey FW Devran Çamurdaş
Turkey FW Cengiz Gündüz

Honours

Technical Staff

Beşiktaş A2 staff as of 4 October 2014[5]

Name Nat. Job
Emrah Bayraktar Turkey General Coordinator and Youth Team Manager
Erkan Avseren Turkey A2 Head Coach
Ümit Dohman Turkey A2 Team Assistant Coach
Gökay Kavalcı Turkey A2 Team Assistant Coach
Cem Özden Turkey U-19 Coach
Yasin Sülün Turkey U-17 Coach
Tarkan Yaran Turkey U-17 Assistant Coach
Kaan Demir Turkey U-16 Coach
Sarp Yiğit Turkey U-15 Coach
Ozan Köprülü Turkey U-14 Coach
Hüseyin Yeşildağ Turkey U-13 Coach
Hikmet Çapanoğlu Turkey U-12 Coach
Vaner Pekin Turkey U-10 Coach

Notable alumni

İbrahim Kaş, an alumnus experienced La Liga football

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U-21 Team - Beşiktaş J.K. official Website". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Balkan Cup 1960-69". rsssf.com. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Dinamo Tiran 2-0 Beşiktaş" (in Turkish). macanlari.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "U-21 Takımı" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Futbol Özkaynaklar Kadrosu". Beşiktaş J.K. (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 October 2014.

External links