Gaziantepspor

Gaziantepspor

Full name	Gaziantepspor
Nickname(s)	Şahinler (The Falcons)
Founded	25 February 1969 (1969-02-25)
Ground	Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium, Turkey
Ground Capacity	16,891
President	İbrahim Halil Kızıl
Manager	İsmail Kartal
League	Süper Lig
2015–16	Süper Lig, 14th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Gaziantepspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969, Gaziantepspor are nicknamed the Şahinler (The Falcons). The club colours are black and red, and they play their home matches at Kamil Ocak Stadyumu.^[1]

History

Background

The first sports club in Gaziantep was founded by students at the American College in 1923. Several other clubs were founded soon after; Altınışık, Kilis İdman Yurdu Spor Kulübü, and Türkocağı Spor Kulübü. However, these clubs did not last long, with Altınışık and Türkocağı folding in 1929 and 1931 respectively. Türkocağı went on to merge with Sanatkarlar Spor Kulübü to form Gaziantep İdman Yurdu. The club did not register in time for the Gaziantep amateur league and were only permitted to compete in friendly matches. Gaziantep Idman Yurdu disbanded in 1932.^[2]

There were no clubs in Gaziantep until 1938, with the sports branch of the community centre taking over and running all sporting activities.

Foundation

Gaziantepspor which bears the name of Gaziantep city was founded in the first days of 1969. Gaziantep city's leading people held a meeting under the chairmanship of Mayor Abdulkadir Batur and they made a first attempt for the foundation of the club.

Later on, as a result of continuing meetings, Gaziantepspor Club was founded in 1969. Important figures in Gaziantep held a meeting with then-mayor Abdülkadir Batur in order to form the club. A total of 58 people helped with the foundation of Gaziantepspor in 1969. Besir Bayram who was a founder member, has been a first president. The club contested friendly matches in their first season. They were allowed to join the 3.Lig in 1970.^[3]

Playing history

Gaziantepspor finished its first season by playing friendly matches. The red–blacks started to play in the Turkish League in 1970–71 season through a decree executed in 1970 which allowed city teams play directly in the third division. In their first season of professional football, Gaziantepspor finished third in the 3.Lig, Yeşil Grup (Green Group).^[4]

The club finished second in the 2.Lig in 1974–75, barely missing promotion by three points.^[5] Gaziantepspor were promoted to the top-flight after the 1978–79 season.^[6] The club managed to stay afloat in their first season in the 1.Lig, finishing one point above the relegation zone.^[7] The club was relegated in 1983, but earned promotion back to the top-flight in 1990, where they have competed since. The club had the best position in the top-flight as 3rd in 1999–00 and 2000–01 seasons.

Colours and emblem

The club colours are red and black. The colours were chosen as a dedication to the martyrs who gave up their lives to defend Gaziantep; black for the martyrs, and red for the martyrs blood.^[3]

Gaziantepspor’s emblem represents the cities landmarks and was designed under the guidance of ex-chairman Celal Doğan. Gaziantep castle is symbolized by the outline of the logo. Above the Gaziantep banner lies the martrys memorial, the checkered background represents the cities treat to the world, the famous desert ‘Baklava’. In the foreground is a Falcon which is the clubs nickname as well as the name of one of the cities heroes Şahinbey.^[8]

Support

The club enjoy most of their support from the city and surrounding provinces. Their main ultra group is called Gençlik 27, (Youngers 27), 27 corresponds to the province's code. Gençlik 27 was founded in 1996 by Hasan Günoğlu also known as Hasan Reis (Reis meaning Boss). The supporter group are renowned for creating a great atmosphere at home games with their red flares flags and are found in the 5th and 6th stands behind the goal. Gaziantepspor fans also are known for being proud of their Anatolian heritage, playing national Turku Anadolu music, causing trouble, causing fights, violence and many crowd trouble is reported at games, which is caused by every fan and club in Turkish football as it is more than religion for the Turkish population.^[8]

League participations

• Turkish Super League: 1979–83, 1990–
• TFF First League: 1972–79, 1983–90
• TFF Second League: 1970–72

Participations in Super League and Cups

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Manager
2005–06	SL	11	34	10	10	14	34	50	40	SF	Walter Zenga
2006–07	SL	11	34	11	10	13	31	39	43	QF	Samet Aybaba
2007–08	SL	9	34	11	10	13	36	45	43		Erdoğan Arıca / Mesut Bakkal
2008–09	SL	8	34	12	11	11	46	48	47		Nurullah Sağlam
2009–10	SL	13	34	9	13	12	38	39	40		José Couceiro
2010–11	SL	4	34	17	8	9	44	33	59	SF	Tolunay Kafkas
2011–12	SL	10	34	13	9	12	39	33	48		Abdullah Ercan / Hikmet Karaman
2012–13	SL	10	34	12	10	12	42	49	46		Hikmet Karaman / Bülent Uygun
2013–14	SL	15	34	10	7	17	38	58	37		Bülent Uygun / Sergen Yalçın / Tahsin Tam
2014–15	SL										Okan Buruk

Honours

Domestic

• Turkish Süper Lig

Third Position (2): 1999–00, 2000–01

Fourth Position (2): 1980–81, 2010–11

• Bank Asya 1. Lig

Winners (2): 1978–79,1989–90

• TFF Third League

Winners (1): 1971–72

Cup

• Spor Toto Cup :

Winners: 2011–12

• TSYD Cup (Ankara) :

Winners (1)

• TSYD Cup (Adana):

Winners (5)

• Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı Cup :

Winners: 1978–79

European participations

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000–01	1R		Deportivo Alavés	3–4	0–0	3–4
2001–02	QR		Zimbru Chișinău	4–1	0–0	4–1
	1R		Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	0–1	1–2
2003–04	1R		Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	0–0	1–0
	2R		Lens	3–0	3–1	6–1
	3R		Roma	1–0	0–2	1–2
2011–12	Q2		Minsk	5–1	1–1	6–2
	Q3		Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–0	0–1

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996	GS		Trans Narva	0–0		4th place
	GS		Lierse		0–1
	GS		Vasas	3–2
	GS		Groningen		1–1

UEFA club competition record

Stadium

Gaziantepspor play their home matches at Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium. The stadium is named after former politician Kamil Ocak (1914–69), who was a member of parliament and a minister of state responsible for sports between 1965 and 1969;^[9] he helped build sporting facilities in Gaziantep.^[9] The stadium was opened in 1974 and it currently seats 16,981 spectators. The field is covered with grass, and the stadium also has floodlights.^[1]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2016 ^[10]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Charles Itandje 3 DF Elyasa Süme (Captain) 4 DF Bart van Hintum 5 MF Abdülkadir Kayalı 6 DF Şenol Can 7 MF Emre Nefiz 8 MF Doğanay Kılıç 9 MF Daniel Larsson 10 MF Orkan Çınar 11 MF Evans Kangwa 14 MF Anton Putsila 15 MF Syarhey Kislyak 17 MF Alpay Koçaklı 18 MF Mohammed Fatau

No. Position Player 19 FW Davy Claude Angan (on loan from Hangzhou Greentown) 20 MF Muhammed Ildiz 22 MF Bruno Mota 23 FW İlhan Parlak 26 DF Barış Yardımcı 27 DF František Rajtoral 33 DF Ilker Günaslan 34 GK Erten Ersu (on loan from Fenerbahce) 77 DF Musa Nizam (on loan from Trabzonspor) 83 GK Gökhan Değirmenci 85 MF Daniel Kolář 95 GK Tolga Gemici 99 FW Nabil Ghilas

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player FW Serhan Yılmaz (on loan to Darica Genclerbirligi until 30 June 2017)

Current coaching staff

Name	Flag	Position
Mutlu Topçu		Technical Director
İsmail Kartal		Manager
Tahsin Tam		Assistant Coach

All-time top scorers

Rank	Player	Apps[11]	Years	Goal
1	Hasan Çelik	160	1988–96	56
2	Hasan Özer	160	1992–05	53
3	Cenk Tosun	130	2010–14	51
4	Elvir Bolić	75	1992–95	45
5	Zdravko Lazarov	103	2003–06	41
6	Fatih Tekke	67	2000–03	31
7	Ayhan Akman	112	1994–98	26
8	Hüseyin Çakıroğlu	128	1979–84	26
8	Beto	82	2007–11	25
8	Oktay Derelioğlu	31	1989–90	25
9	Maksim Romaschenko	68	2000–03	24
10	Erdal Güneş	137	1999–08	24

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gaziantepspor.