Altay SK
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Altay Spor Kulübü is a professional Turkish
football club located 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.
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.
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.
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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
/UEFA Cup
/UEFA Europa League:
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
football club located in the city of İzmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
. 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.
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
Izmir Football League
Izmir Football League was founded as regional league for İzmir based clubs in 1923.The name of the league changed later and became Izmir Professional Football League in 1955-56 season.Altay hold the record with 14 titles.-Champions:*1923-24 Altay...
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 1910’s 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 BayarCelal Bayar
Celâl Bayar was a Turkish politician, statesman and the third President of Turkey. At the time of his death, he was the longest lived former head of state, living over 103 years .-Early years:He was born in 1883 at Umurbey, a village of Gemlik, Bursa as the son of a religious leader and teacher...
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
Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence was a war of independence waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies, after the country was partitioned by the Allies following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I...
. Many players and supporters of Altay SK lost their lives in the Turkish War. After the Surname Law
Surname Law (Turkey)
The Surname Law of the Republic of Turkey was adopted on June 21, 1934. The law required all citizens of Turkey to adopt the use of surnames. Turkey's Christian and Jewish citizens were already using surnames, but Muslims generally did not use Western-style surnames...
was adopted, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....
gave General Fahreddin Pasha
Fahrettin Altay
Fahrettin Altay was an Ottoman officer and Turkish general.He was born to Ismail Bey and Hayriye Hanım in İşkodra ....
the surname of “Altay”. Altay play in the former Stadium of Panionios
Panionios
Panionios GSS , the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Association of Smyrna, is a Greek multi sport club founded in 1890. Originally based in Smyrna/Izmir, the club was uprooted in the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922...
and also use the former offices of the same club.
European Participations
UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
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| Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-68 | 1R |  |
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2-3 | 0–0 | 2-3 |
| 1968-69 | 1R |  |
FK Lyn | 3-1 | 1–4 | 4-5 |
| 1980-81 | PR |  |
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0-0 | 0-4 | 0-4 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
/UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
/UEFA Europa League:
| Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-63 | 1R |  |
Roma A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s... |
2-3 | 1–10 | 3-13 |
| 1969-70 | 1R |  |
Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
0-0 | 0–1 | 0-1 |
| 1977-78 | 1R | |
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4-1 | 1–5 | 5-6 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
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| Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | R1 |  |
Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers F.C. Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24... |
3-1 | 2-3 | 5-4 |
| R2 |  |
Diósgyőri | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | |
| R3 |  |
Bastia SC Bastia Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2... |
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 TFF TFF may stand for:* TFF Rudolstadt, a music festival* Tangential Flow Filtration, a technique in biochemistry* Tanzania Football Federation* Telematics Freedom Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Rome, Italy* Tears For Fears... |
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| 37 | Erdoğan TÖZGE | ||
| 38 | Abdurrahman SUSUZLU | 1978 - 79 | |
| 39 | Alaattin ÖZBULU | 1979 - 1981 | |
| 40 | Yener TINAZ | 1971 - 1985 | |
| 41 | Hanri Benazüs | 11.12.1985 - 30.12.1987 | |
| 42 | Halil SÜRÜCÜ | 01.01.1988 - 11.11.1988 | |
| 43 | Tuğrul KOPARAN | 12.11.1988 - 24.05.1990 | |
| 44 | Rıdvan BURTEÇİN | 24.05.1990 - 03.02.1992 | |
| 45 | Esin ÖZGENER | 1977 - 78 / 04.02.1992 - 28.12.1992 | |
| 46 | Ender TÜRK | 29.12.1993 - 15.10.1993 | |
| 47 | Ahmet ERTEM | 16.10.1993 - 266.05.1994 | |
| 48 | Bayram DİNSEL | 10.01.1997 - 20.05.1997 / 20.09.2000 - 31.12.2000 | |
| 49 | Sabri SEVENOĞLU | 2001 | |
| 50 | Burhan BIÇAKÇIOĞLU | 2001 | Member of Parliament |
| 51 | Mahmut ÖZGENER | 27.05.1994 - 05.06.1996 / 01.11.2001 - 05.07.2002 | President of TFF TFF TFF may stand for:* TFF Rudolstadt, a music festival* Tangential Flow Filtration, a technique in biochemistry* Tanzania Football Federation* Telematics Freedom Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Rome, Italy* Tears For Fears... |
| 52 | Hayri YORGANCIOĞLU | 06.06.2002 - 13.10.2002 / 20.07.2000 - 19.07.2000 | |
| 53 | Erdinç ALTINYELEKLİOĞLU | 06.06.1996 - 09.01.1997 / 22.06.2004-31.05.2005 | |
| 54 | Mehmet EROĞAN | 01.06.2005 - 08.01.2007 | |
| 55 | Nafiz ZORLU | 21.05.1997 - 01.08.2001 / 09.01.2007 - 14.05.2008 | |
| 56 | Melih Tunç TANDOĞAN | 15.05.2008 - 05.05.2009 | |
| 57 | Niyazi KONUŞMAZ | 05.06.2010-09.06.2010 | |
| 58 | Ahmet TAŞPINAR | 14.10.2002 - 21.06.2004 / 09.06.2010 - 28.07.2011 | |
| 59 | Ömer HIZLIOK | 28.07.2011 - Present |
Current squad
As of 29 September, 2011.Honours
- Süper Lig
- Third Place (2): 1969-70, 1976–77
- 1.LigTFF First LeagueThe TFF First League is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2000 after it was separated from the Turkish Second League Category B during reorganizing Second League, who was second level of Turkish league between 1963–2001...
- 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 KupaTurkish Super CupThe TFF Süper Kupa, as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and...
- Runners-up (2): 1967, 1980
- Başbakanlık KupasıChancellor CupThe Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966....
- Runners-up (3): 1972, 1979, 1986
- İzmir Professional League
- Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58
- Izmir Football LeagueIzmir Football LeagueIzmir Football League was founded as regional league for İzmir based clubs in 1923.The name of the league changed later and became Izmir Professional Football League in 1955-56 season.Altay hold the record with 14 titles.-Champions:*1923-24 Altay...
(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.