Göztepe S.K.

Göztepe [ ˌ ɡœste pɛ ] ( complete:. Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Tic A.Ş. ), is an in Güzelyalı, Izmir, was established on June 14, 1925 Turkish football club. Göztepe played 22 years in the first Turkish league, in the "Eternal table" is Göztepe the 14th.

The founding fathers of the Association Muammer Akar, Nüzhet Bandak, Ahmet Serimoğlu, Kennan Bey, Nebil Çobanoğlu and Cevat Bey were former members of Altay Izmir, a deputy later found as a rival sports team Izmir. The name comes from the club to the district of İzmir, where the club is located, and in which also the club house is located. Even though the club was able to celebrate successes in sports such as handball and volleyball, and also has a traditionally strong swim team, he gained great fame by his professional football team. The Ultra Fangruppe of the association called Yalı.

The traditional club

The circumstances that the founding member of the first Turkish League despite limited financial possibilities could just at the end of the 60s recorded a surprising success for themselves and in the third largest city of Turkey, no other football club could keep up with the teams from Istanbul, meant that Göztepe also still has a very strong fan base.

The rivalry between the fans against the city rivals Karşıyaka SK and especially against Fenerbahçe often resulted in Derbys bloody street battles with numerous casualties. Many of these derbies were relocated due to high ticket demands and security concerns in the larger and not in the city center opposite Ataturk Stadı ( İzmir Atatürk Stadium ). In the 1980/81 season, the club put together with his rival Karşiyakaspor on May 18, 1981, more than 80,000 spectators the world record for the number of visitors of a second league game, although only 67 696 tickets were sold for the game. This record is in dispute with an encounter between 1860 München and FC Augsburg in 1973, attended by 90,000 spectators consequently in Munich's Olympic Stadium, according to estimates.

The crash

Although the club has experienced in 2001 a stunning revival in the city and the citizens of Izmir were finally able to enjoy a first division team from İzmir again, did not succeed in the club to compete in the Süper Lig. By miserable financial planning and poor transfer policy of the club plunged straight through in Division 3. In the 2001/2002 season the club made ​​a net profit of 25 million U.S. dollars due to the high gate receipts. It is not clear why the club four years to 50 million U.S. dollar weakened and finally sat on a mountain of debt. Since this financial loss could not be explained solely by expensive player commitments and missed the league, accusations of infidelity were heard, after which the complete club management had to vacate their positions. Angry fans took the official website of the Association in fitting. In the 2006/2007 season, the club already in the penultimate round in the amateur league ( 5 league) is descended. Thus, a 82- year history of professional football has ended.

The resurrection

2007 found himself with Imam Altinbas a patron who took over the club for 1.35 million Turkish Lira. In recent years, the owner of the Altinbas Holding invested (including oil business ) more than 10 million euros in the squad and in the infrastructure of the club. In four years, the club grew to about 3 leagues, because on matchday 33 of the 2010/11 season, the team secured a master of the third league promotion to the second highest Turkish league.

Current situation

The ambitions of Imam Altinbas are high. The club has announced the rise in the Süperlig and the return to the European stage over the next two seasons.

The company hopes that its involvement in the club to make a profit because the club both a great deal of media interest, as well as a very large and strong fan base promises a high sales of merchandise products and a high cut on viewership. In addition to the commitment to professional club and a soccer boarding school was founded.

The club is very active in the field of Scouting in Germany. Currently, there are six players in the squad of German origin - including the top scorer Tayfun Ozkan - which both have the German and Turkish nationality.

Situation at the football stadium

Currently, the club does not have a stadium. The games are either in the Ataturk Stadium ( 60,000 seats) or in Alsancak Stadium ( 23,000 seats) discharged at the port of Izmir. Since both stages with Altay and KARSIYAKA be shared, the Turkish Football Federation decided in accordance with the ticket demands and safety factors, which are encounters where discharged. By the end of the season 2010/11 tickets have been sold without seat numbers. On the tickets a block was only noted when the buyer had access. Many fans just hours before kick-off their seats accordingly searched on. This practice was, however, forbidden to the 2011/12 season by the Turkish Association.

In the course of Turkey's candidature to host the Euro 2016, the city should get a new pure football stadium with 50,000 seats, which meets the requirements of the Uefa for a 5 - star stadium. Since the contract to host the European Championship went to France, the plans are currently on hold. As Turkey wants to apply for the Euro 2020 is to start from a new building, if Turkey really content of this tournament.

Former Presidents

• Rahmi Filibeli (1925 )
• Fehmi Simsaroğlu ( 1925-50 )
• Şevket Filibeli ( 1950-62 )
• Serif Tikveşli ( 1962-63 )
• Sebahattin Süvari ( 1962-63 )
• Saffet Kuyas ( 1963-65 )
• Macit Birsel ( 1965-67 )
• Süleyman Filibeli ( 1967-68 )
• Sebahattin Süvari ( 1968-70 )
• Nuri Öz ( 1970-73 )
• Rüştü Ünsal (1973 )
• İsmail Tiryakiler (1973 )

• Mekin Kutucular (1973 )
• Nuri Öz (1974 )
• Mekin Kutucular (1975 )
• Özdemir Arnas (1976 )
• Orhan Daut ( 1976-78 )
• Selamet Batur (1979 )
• Tacettin Hiçyılmaz (1980 )
• Özdemir Arnas (1981 )
• Muzaffer ATILGAN ( 1982-83 )
• Serif Tikveşli (1984 )
• Özdemir Arnas (1985 )
• Coskun Gencerler ( 1986-87 )

• Halit Horozoğlu (1987 )
• Ömer Köymen (1988 )
• İbrahim Şavkar (1988 )
• Cemal Gözümoğulları (1989 )
• Özdemir Arnas ( 1989-92 )
• Kenan Bilgiç (1993 )
• Taşdan connection to earth (1994 )
• Atilla Türkkal ( 1993-94 )
• Mustafa Cücen (1995 )
• Buelen Özkul (1996 )
• Levent Ürkmez (1997)
• Kamil Ucar (1997)

• Aydın Bilgin ( 1998-00 )
• Hamdi Türkmen ( 2000-02 )
• Feyyaz Gülmen ( 2002-03 )
• Iskender Tuğsuz ( 2003-05 )
• Uğur Bostancıoğlu (2005-06 )
• Levent Ürkmez ( 2006-07)
• Gündüz Balkans ( 2007-08 )
• İsmail Hakkı Gul (2008)
• Imam Altinbas (2008 -)

Achievements

National

• Town Chief of İzmir: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1949
• Turkish champions: 1950
• 3rd place in the Championship: 1970
• Turkish Cup winners: 1969, 1970
• Turkish Super Cup: 1970

Since the founding of the Turkish professional league Süper Lig 1959 Göztepe spent 21 years in the first division and 20 in the second division.

Internationally

• Two participations in the European Cup Winners' Cup: 1969 /70 1970/71
• Five participations in the Fairs Cup: 1964-1969

Fairs Cup

In the 1968/69 season the club reached the semi-finals as the first Turkish team of Fair Cup, the forerunner to the UEFA Cup. The quarter-final supernatant Göztepe without a fight, as the Hamburger SV renounced the sporting competition. In the semifinals Göztepe subject to the selection of Ujpest.

European Cup Winners' Cup

After 1969/70 Cardiff City defeated in the season, they failed in the quarterfinals at AS Roma. In the 1970/71 season they had already failed in the 2nd round at Gornik Zabrze.

League membership

Trivia

• The cup final in 1967 between Göztepe and Altay ended 2:2. Was then determined by Münzentscheid the Altay as cup winners.
• In the 30 matches in European competition Göztepe has been able to take 11 wins to 17 games were lost and 2 were not winners.
• 2006, the club was ranked 14 of the Eternal table in Turkey.
• Fevzi Zemzem, the century players of the club filled with 144 league matches still rank 7 of the eternal Turkish scoresheet.
• Besides Zemzen Nevzat Güzelırmak, Ali Arturner and Gursel Aksel among the players legends of the club.
• The Polish goalkeeper Radoslaw Maidan Göztepe put even a national team for FIFA World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea.