Altay S.K.

Altay Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay (Great Altay). The club colors are black and white, and they currently play their home matches at the Bornova Stadium, while a new stadium is under construction at the site of the İzmir Alsancak Stadium, where they previously played.[1]

Altay

Full name	Altay Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Büyük Altay (Great Altay)
Founded	16 January 1914
Ground	Bornova Stadium
Capacity	12,500
President	Özgür Ekmekçioğlu
Manager	Yücel İldiz
League	TFF First League
2019–20	TFF First League, 7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Domestically, the club has finished third place for the Süper Lig three times and have won the Turkish Cup twice. They hold the record for most İzmir Football League titles with 14. They are the most successful İzmir-based club with 16 championships in various competitions.

Collecting 24 points of first halve of 1969–70 season in undefeated 15 games with 9 wins and 6 draws, Altay SK is one of four non-champion clubs that topped the first halve of 1. Lig ladder, along with İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. in 2016–17, Kocaelispor in 1992–93, and Sivasspor in 2007–08 and 2008–09.[2]

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.[3]

Honours

National Championships

• Süper Lig
  • Third place (3): 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77
• Turkish Football Championship
  • Runners-up (2): 1934, 1951
• TFF First League
  • Winners (1): 2001–02
  • Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1990–91

National Cups

• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (2): 1966–67, 1979–80
  • Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1985–86
• Super Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1967, 1980
• Prime Minister's Cup
  • Runners-up (3): 1972, 1979, 1986

Regional competitions

• İzmir Professional League
  • Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58
• İzmir Football League
  • Winners (14) (record): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957-58

¹Altay won the championship as "Üçok" (Three arrows), an alliance between Altay, Altınordu, and Bucaspor.

League Participations

• Super League: 1958–83, 1984–90, 1991–2000, 2002–03
• TFF First League: 1983–84, 1990–91, 2000–02, 2003–11, 2018-
• TFF Second League: 2011–15, 2017-18
• TFF Third League: 2015–17

European record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cup Winners' Cup	6	1	2	3	6	12	–6
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	2	1	0	1	5	6	–1
UEFA Intertoto Cup	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	4	0	1	3	3	14	–11
Total	18	5	4	9	24	41	–17

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

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	1R	Carl Zeiss Jena	4–1	1–5	5–6

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

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

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

Players

Current squad

As of 7 October 2020[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Tolga Ünlü 5 DF   SUI Berkay Sülüngöz 7 FW  NED Leandro Kappel 8 MF  TUR Yekta Kurtuluş 10 MF  MAR Adrien Regattin 11 MF  SRB Jovan Blagojević 14 MF  TUR Yılmaz Özeren 17 FW  TUR Ziya Alkurt 18 FW  FRA Abdullah Aydın (on loan from Beşiktaş) 19 FW  POR Marco Paixão 20 FW  TUR Kazımcan Karataş 22 DF  TUR Çağlar Birinci 23 MF  TUR Harun Alpsoy (on loan from Antalyaspor) 25 DF  TUR Rıdvan Şimşek 29 MF  SEN Khaly Thiam

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 FW  TUR Eren Erdoğan 32 MF  TUR Arda Gezer 35 GK  TUR Cihan Topaloğlu 38 DF  TUR İbrahim Öztürk 40 DF  BIH Edin Cocalić 44 DF  TUR Kuban Altunbudak 53 DF  TUR Lokman Gör 61 DF  TUR Kadir Yazıcı 66 DF  TUR Gençer Cansev 77 MF  BIH Jasmin Šćuk 88 DF  TUR Özgür Özkaya 89 MF  TUR Erhan Çelenk 91 FW  BRA William 99 GK  TUR Ozan Evrim Özenç

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 45 GK  TUR Aydın Bağ (at Vanspor) — MF   SUI Hakan Demirci (at Kocaelispor)

See also

• List of Turkish sports clubs by foundation dates

References

1. ALTAY tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 24 June 2010
2. "Futbolda İlk Yarı Liderleri ve Şampiyonlar" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
3. Στη Σμύρνη οι παλαίμαχοι του "Ιστορικού" Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine sport24.gr (in Greek), accessed 24 June 2010
4. "A TAKIM". Altay. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Altay on TFF.org