Göztepe

Full name	Göztepe Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Göz Göz
Founded	14 June 1925; 98 years ago (1925-06-14) (as Göztepe Gençlik Kulübü)
Ground	Gürsel Aksel Stadium [1]
Capacity	19,713 [1]
Owner	Sport Republic [2]
Chairman	Rasmus Ankersen [1]
Manager	Stanimir Stoilov
League	TFF First League
2022–23	TFF First League, 7th of 19
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Göztepe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [ɟœztepe spoɾ kulyby], Göztepe Sports Club), also known as Göztepe, is a Turkish sports club based in the Göztepe and Güzelyalı neighborhoods of İzmir. The "AŞ" refers to incorporated company, as besides football, the club also has departments in fencing, triathlon, handball, volleyball, basketball, gymnastic, archery, billiards, sailing, swimming, and windsurfing.

Domestically, the greatest success was achieved when the club became Turkish champions in 1950. In 1969 Göztepe became the first Turkish football team to play a semi-final in European competitions.

Göztepe are one of the last examples of an authentic neighborhood club. They have one of the most devoted and die-hard fan bases in Turkey, despite their downfall between 2002 and 2008. Their games in the Regional Amateur League attracted more fans than most clubs in the Süper Lig. ^[3]

History

The club was founded in 1925 as a breakaway from Altay. ^[3] Their colours are red and yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and Egespor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor was renamed again as Göztepe in 1939. Ateşspor was also renamed as İzmirspor the same year.

The club's greatest success was the win of the former Turkish Football Championship in 1950, where the football team won the Final Group in their own city, İzmir. With that, they became the first and only football club from İzmir to become Turkish football champions. ^[4] Göz Göz also became runners-up in 1942.

Göztepe enjoyed a successful period between the years of 1963 and 1971 under the supervision of coach Adnan Süvari. Their common starting line-up during that period of success are still remembered today: Ali Artuner, Mehmet Işıkal, Çağlayan Derebaşı, Hüseyin Yazıcı, Mehmet Aydın, Nevzat Güzelırmak, Nihat Yayöz, Ertan Öznur, Fevzi Zemzem, Gürsel Aksel, Halil Kiraz. ^[3]

Starting with 2002–03 season which brought relegation from Süper Lig, Göztepe struggled with financial problems. ^[5] Due to the inability to reduce their outstanding debt, the football club was banned from signing new players, which resulted in a free-fall with the team being relegated four times in the next five seasons. ^[6] On 21 April 2007 they lost their last home game 2–0 against Aliağa Belediyespor in TFF Third League and were relegated to the Regional Amateur League. ^[6]

On 20 August 2007, the club was sold in an auction to an Istanbul-based business conglomerate Altınbaş Holdings. ^[7] The owner, businessman İmam Altınbaş, vowed to take Göztepe back to the Süper Lig, making them one of the top five clubs in Turkish football. The owners of the club were met by the local fan base with initial suspicion. Altınbaş Holdings sold the club to Mehmet Sepil in June 2014, for a sum rumored to be around $9 million. ^[8]

The team competed in the Regional Amateur League for the 2007–08 season but were eliminated by Ayazağaspor after a 6–5 penalty kick shootout in Eskişehir. However, on 18 June 2008 Aliağa Belediyespor merged with Göztepe, so that they took place of Aliağa Belediyespor in the TFF Third League. They played in TFF Third League Group 2 in 2008–09 season and finished 1st in group as qualified to Promotion Group. Göztepe secured promotion to TFF Second League after beating Lüleburgazspor 2–0 away from home with 3 weeks remaining before the end of the season. On 19 May 2009, Göztepe defeated Tepecik Belediyespor 2–0 at home and crowned as Third League champions. ^[9]

After finishing TFF Second League as 8th placed in 2009–10, Göztepe won the TFF Second League White Group trophy and were promoted to TFF First League at the end of 2010–11 season. On 3 May 2015, Göztepe won the TFF Second League and were promoted to TFF First League. ^[3] On 4 June 2017, Göztepe advanced to the Süper Lig for the first time since the 2002–03 season. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

On 19 August 2022, Göztepe became the first Turkish football club to be majority owned by foreign investors with the London based sports investment firm, Sport Republic, purchasing a 70% stake in the club. ^[13]

Rivalries

The main rivals of Göztepe are another İzmir club, Karşıyaka. When the two teams played on 16 May 1981 while chasing the TFF First League title, the game attracted a crowd of 80,000 Persons. The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes this milestone as a world record for a Second Division football game and The Guardian published an article named "The biggest non-top-flight attendance ever" including this match. ^[14] It is one of the most fiercely contested derbies in the world. They also have a rivalry with the other large clubs in İzmir, Altay, Altınordu, İzmirspor and also Bucaspor.

Stadium

Starting from 1 October 2016, Göztepe ground-shared with Altınordu F.K. and used the Bornova Stadium until their new and very own stadium was built. On 26 January 2020, Göztepe played the first game of their own Gürsel Aksel Stadium against Beşiktaş and they are still using this stadium as their home ground.

Stadium history

#	Stadium	Years	Capacity
1	Alsancak Stadium	1925–2011	15,358
2	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	2011–2016	51,337
3	Doğanlar Stadium	2016–2020	12,500
4	Gürsel Aksel Stadium	2020–	19,713

Honours

League

• Turkish Football Championship
  • Champions: 1950
  • Runners-up: 1942
• TFF First League
  • Winners: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1998–99, 2000–01
  • Runners-up: 1989–90, 1990–91
• TFF Second League
  • Winners: 2010–11, 2014–15
  • Runners-up: 2013–14
• TFF Third League
  • Winners: 2008–09

Cups

• Turkish Cup
  • Winners: 1968–69, 1969–70
  • Runners-up: 1966–67
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners: 1970
  • Runners-up: 1969
• Prime Minister's Cup
  • Runners-up: 1950

Europe

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  • Semi-finalist: 1968–69
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  • Quarter-finalist: 1969–70

Other achievements

• Turkish Federation Cup
  • Winners: 1962–63
• İzmir Football League
  • Winners (5): 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1949–50, 1952–53

Statistics

Leagues affiliation

• Süper Lig: 1959–77, 1978–80, 1981–82, 1999–2000, 2001–03, 2017–2022
• TFF First League: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–99, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2011–13, 2015–2017, 2022–
• TFF Second League: 2004–05, 2009–11, 2013–15
• TFF Third League: 2005–07, 2008–09
• Amateur Level: 2007–08

League results (since 1959)

Season	League	Place	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Turkish Cup
1959	Süper Lig	4	14	5	5	4	23	21	20	–
1959–60		14	38	9	14	15	35	41	41	–
1960–61		13	38	12	10	16	40	53	46	–
1961–62		7	38	12	17	9	46	42	53	–
1962–63		13	20	8	3	9	27	25	27	Quarter-finals
1963–64		5	34	14	12	8	39	31	54	3rd Round
1964–65		4	30	11	9	10	31	33	42	3rd Round
1965–66		5	30	12	8	10	33	27	44	3rd Round
1966–67		4	32	14	10	8	47	31	52	Runners-up
1967–68		4	32	13	9	10	46	34	48	2nd Round
1968–69		7	30	9	12	9	30	26	39	Winners
1969–70		5	30	12	11	7	33	29	47	Winners
1970–71		3	30	14	9	7	38	21	51	Semi-finals
1971–72		9	30	10	9	11	32	32	39	2nd Round
1972–73		8	30	11	8	11	33	31	41	2nd Round
1973–74		13	30	8	10	12	24	28	34	1st Round
1974–75		14	30	4	17	9	36	23	29	–
1975–76		15	30	7	12	11	31	32	33	Semi-finals
1976–77		15	30	8	9	13	21	31	33	Quarter-finals
1977–78	TFF First League	1	31	21	6	4	70	24	69	2nd Round
1978–79	Süper Lig	10	30	9	10	11	30	41	37	Last 32
1979–80		14	30	8	11	11	27	33	35	Last 16
1980–81	TFF First League	1	32	22	8	4	71	18	74	4th Round
1981–82	Süper Lig	16	32	4	8	20	17	53	20	Last 32
1982–83	TFF First League	5	30	14	8	8	31	19	50	Last 32
1983–84		4	30	11	12	7	38	31	45	2nd Round
1984–85		3	30	14	10	6	38	23	52	Last 16
1985–86		5	34	13	11	10	48	41	50	3rd Round
1986–87		7	34	16	7	11	47	37	55	Last 32
1987–88		5	32	14	6	12	50	47	48	–
1988–89		5	34	17	5	12	46	31	56	1st Round
1989–90		2	32	18	9	5	58	32	63	1st Round
1990–91		2	34	25	4	5	81	30	79	2nd Round
1991–92		4	34	14	11	9	48	42	53	2nd Round
1992–93		9	38	14	6	18	44	54	48	1st Round
1993–94		4	32	14	7	11	42	39	49	1st Round
1994–95		4	32	14	7	11	42	34	49	2nd Round
1995–96		7	36	15	8	13	45	40	53	3rd Round
1996–97		7	32	10	10	12	41	44	40	–
1997–98		6	32	10	12	10	39	44	42	–
1998–99		3	39	23	6	10	68	51	75	–
1999–00	Süper Lig	17	34	7	5	22	26	54	26	3rd Round
2000–01	TFF First League	1	38	24	7	7	30	17	79	–
2001–02	Süper Lig	7	34	12	9	13	38	56	45	4th Round
2002–03		17	34	5	11	18	32	57	26	3rd Round
2003–04	TFF First League	17	34	8	9	17	36	62	26	–
2004–05	TFF Second League	16	32	6	7	19	35	60	25	–
2005–06	TFF Third League	11	30	9	8	13	29	31	35	–
2006–07		15	30	8	4	18	21	47	28	–
2007–08	This season Göztepe played in Regional Amateur League
2008–09	TFF Third League	1	36	20	11	5	48	29	71	–
2009–10	TFF Second League	8	36	13	11	12	33	30	50	1st Round
2010–11		1	34	22	8	4	70	27	74	1st Round
2011–12	TFF First League	13	34	11	8	15	36	43	41	2nd Round
2012–13		16	34	10	7	17	28	40	37	Last 16
2013–14	TFF Second League	2	38	21	12	5	57	30	75	2nd Round
2014–15		1	34	19	12	3	57	30	69	3rd Round
2015–16	TFF First League	13	34	9	11	14	38	40	38	3rd Round
2016–17		5	33	15	7	11	54	50	52	Group stage
2017–18	Süper Lig	6	34	13	10	11	49	50	50	3rd Round
2018–19		15	34	11	5	18	37	42	38	Quarter-finals
2019–20		11	34	11	9	14	44	49	42	Last 16
2020–21		10	40	13	12	15	59	59	51	Last 32
2021–22		19	38	7	7	24	40	77	28	Last 16

Continental competitions

Summary

As of 6 September 1972

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10	4	1	5	14	10	+4
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	20	6	1	13	22	39	−17
Balkans Cup	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2
non-UEFA Total	24	8	2	14	28	43	–15
Overall Total	34	12	3	19	42	53	–11

Achievements

Season	Achievement	Notes
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1968–69	Semi-finalist	eliminated by Újpest FC 1–4 in İzmir, 0–4 in Budapest
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1969–70	Quarter-finalist	eliminated by Roma 0–0 in İzmir, 0–2 in Rome
Balkans Cup
1972	Group Stage	eliminated by Trakia Plovdiv, Steagul Roșu Brașov

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1969–70	First round	Union Luxembourg	3–0	3–2	6–2
	Second round	Cardiff City	3–0	0–1	3–1
	Quarter-final	Roma	0–0	0–2	0–2
1970–71	First round	Union Luxembourg	5–0	0–1	5–1
	Second round	Górnik Zabrze	0–1	0–3	0–4

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1964–65	First Round	Petrolul Ploiești	0–1	1–2	1–3
1965–66	Second Round	1860 Munich	2–1	1–9	3–10
1966–67	First Round	Bologna	1–2	1–3	2–5
1967–68	First Round	Royal Antwerp	0–0	2–1	2–1
	Second Round	Atlético Madrid	3–0	0–2	3–2
	Third Round	Vojvodina	0–1	0–1	0–2
1968–69	First round	Marseille	2–0	0–2	2–2 ( c)
	Second round	Argeș Pitești	3–0	2–3	5–3
	Third round	OFK Beograd	2–0	1–3	3–3 ( a)
	Quarter-final	Hamburg	Hamburg withdrew
	Semi-final	Újpest	1–4	0–4	1–8

Balkans Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1972	Group Stage (Group B)	Trakia Plovdiv	0–0	0–3	2nd
		Steagul Roșu Brașov	5–1	1–0

UEFA Ranking history

As of 1975

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
1966	112	1.000	[15]
1967	125	1.000	[16]
1968	84	1.833	[17]
1969	69	2.708	[18]
1970	33	4.041	[19]
1971	48	3.541	[20]
1972	46	3.541	[21]
1973	69	2.708	[22]
1974	101	1.833	[23]
1975	203	0.500	[24]

Players

Current squad

As of 10 February 2024 ^[25]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   POL Mateusz Lis (on loan from Southampton) 4 DF   TUR Taha Altıkardeş 5 DF   BRA Héliton 6 MF   TUR Celil Yüksel (on loan from Samsunspor) 9 FW   TUR Kubilay Kanatsızkuş 11 MF   TUR Ahmed Ildiz 12 DF   TUR İsmail Köybaşı 13 GK   TUR Arda Özçimen 14 MF   SWE Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 15 DF   TUR Tarkan Serbest 17 FW   TUR Ensar Aksakal (on loan from Hertha BSC) 18 FW   SEN Mame Biram Diouf 21 MF   TUR Doğan Erdoğan 23 FW   NGA Kenneth Mamah

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF   DEN Lasse Nielsen 30 MF   TUR Yalçın Kayan 31 MF   NGA Anthony Dennis 32 MF   TUR İzzet Furkan Malak 33 DF   TUR Atınç Nukan 40 DF   TUR Ege Yıldırım 45 FW   ALG Billel Messaoudi (on loan from Kortrijk) 50 DF   ROU Ümit Akdağ (on loan from Alanyaspor) 77 DF   TUR Ogün Bayrak 78 GK   TUR Yiğit Yıldız 79 FW   BRA Rômulo (on loan from Athletico Paranaense) 81 MF   TUR Turgay Gemicibaşi 88 DF   TUR Fıratcan Üzüm

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   TUR Ömer Samet Akin — MF   TUR Emir Enes Araz

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   TUR Berkay Atay — FW   TUR Kaan Atalay

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 — DF   TUR Emre Gedik (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUR Erkam Kömür (at 1461 Trabzon FK until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUR Uğur Kaan Yıldız (at Ümraniyespor until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   TUR Tuğbey Akgün (at İnegölspor until 30 June 2024) — MF   SVN David Tijanić (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2024) — MF   ENG Romal Palmer (at St Patrick's Athletic until 31 December 2024)

Current staff

Board members

President	Rasmus Frøkiær Ankersen
Board Member	Henrik Kraft
Board Member	Mehmet Sepil
Board Member	Enes Memiş

Source:  ^[26]

Technical staff

Sporting Director	Ivan Mance
Manager	Stanimir Stoilov
Assistant	Sadik Ahmet Balci
Assistant	Tsanko Tsvetanov
Assistant	Yoncho Arsov
Goalkeeping Coach	Süha Özen
Athletic Coach	Dr. Gökhan Kandemir
Match Analyst	Ivan Radoslavov
Chief Scout	Deyan Georgiev

Source:  ^[27]

Managerial history

Presidential history

References

External links

• Official website
• Göztepe on TFF.org