Vefa S.K.
Spor Kulübü Vefa, short Vefa SK or rarely only Vefaspor, is a Turkish football club from Istanbul. It is named after the district of Vefa and the resident Vefa high school. The club was a founding member of the highest Turkish league and played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, a total of 14 seasons in the Süper Lig in the Eternal table of the Süper Lig club is on the 30th place. With this placement is the club after Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş Istanbul, Sariyer SK İstanbulspor and the sixth most successful club of the city of Istanbul, which was ever active in the highest Turkish league.
History
Vefaspor founded in 1908 and soon established himself in his time still operated by amateur statutes Istanbul football. The association was indeed in the shadow of the big clubs like Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe Galatasaray or who dominated the city championship. Nevertheless, the team was responsible for the Milli Lig in 1959, the first season of the country's Turkish professional league, qualified. In the first year in second in the red season, she finished in the next two years courses in mid-table. In 1962, together with Ankara Demirspor and Şeker Hilal of relegation to the second division.
It took until 1965 before Vefaspor rise again. The climber played in subsequent seasons in the rear table space. After 1973 had only helped superior goal difference compared to the competitors Etimesgut Şekerspor for relegation, the club rose in the subsequent season from a Table. First, the club played for the direct re-emergence, before he had to fight in the second division against relegation over time.
In August 1980, the company Simtel, which had many graduates of Vefagymnasiums the board bought one at Vefa SK and called the club in Vefa SK Simtel or in the short form Vefa Simtel.
In 1987 the team got down to the third division before she slipped into the amateur in 1994. After a short interlude lasting two seasons in the third division between 1998 and 2000, the club strengthened in the highest amateur league.
League membership
Well-known former players
- Turkey İsfendiyar Açıksöz
- Turkey Özcan Arkoç
- Turkey Abdullah Avcı
- Turkey Galip Haktanır
- Turkey Garbis İstanbulluoğlu
- Turkey Salim Görür
- Turkey Huesamettin Böke
- Turkey Hilmi Kiremitçi
- Turkey Doğan Kologlu
- Turkey Metin Türel
- Turkey Necmi Onarıcı
- Turkey Saffet Sancaklı
- Turkey İsmail Kurt
- Turkey Yorgo KASAPOGLU
- Turkey Şükrü Ersoy
Well-known former coach
- Turkey Bülent Eken
- Italy Giovanni Varglien
- Turkey Şeref Görkey
- Hungary Ignatius Molnár
- Turkey Metin Türel
- Turkey Turgay Şeren
- Turkey İbrahim Tusder ( September 1964 - MAY 1965)
- Turkey İbrahim Tusder ( February 1966 - MAY 1966)
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Petakovic (September 8, 1967 - January 7, 1968 )
- Turkey İbrahim Tusder ( February 1968 - MAY 1968)