Karşıyaka S.K.

Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (English: Karşıyaka Sports Club) also known as Karşıyaka is a Turkish sports club located in Karşıyaka, Izmir. Founded in 1912, they are Izmir's oldest club. Like all others in Turkey; the "SK" suffix refers to sports club, as besides football the club has sports branches in basketball, volleyball, handball, tennis, swimming, sailing, billiards, and bowling. The club's football team currently compete in the TFF Third League, the fourth tier of the Turkish football league system. The basketball team currently compete in the Turkish Basketball League and the women's volleyball team in the Turkish Women's Second League.

Karşıyaka
Full nameKarşıyaka Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)Kaf Kaf, Kaf Sin Kaf, The 35 and half
Founded1 November 1912 (1912-11-01)
GroundBornova Stadium
Capacity12,500
ChairmanTurgay Büyükkarcı
ManagerAhmet Taşyürek
LeagueTFF Third League
2020–21TFF Third League, Group 3, 7th
WebsiteClub website
Departments of Karşıyaka S.K.
Football Basketball Volleyball
(Women's)
Handball Tennis Swimming

Karşıyaka has a very large fanbase in Northern Izmir, and have a fierce rivalry with Göztepe; the match between the two teams is collectively known as the Izmir Derby. Other rivalries are with Altay and Bucaspor.

Karşıyaka in 1912.

Current squad
As of 22 October 2020[1]

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  TUR Efe Öcal
3 DF  TUR Cenk Özbey
4 MF  TUR Görkem Ali Kınay
5 MF  TUR Mustafa Aşan
6 MF  TUR Arif Cılak
7 FW  TUR Doğukan İnci
8 MF  TUR Harun Atalay
9 FW  TUR Hakan Kuş
10 FW  TUR Battal Demirbilek
12 FW  TUR Can Muhammet Vural (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor)
14 MF  TUR Özkan Duman
15 MF  TUR Oğuz Erk
17 DF  TUR Mustafa Değirmenci
19 FW  TUR Batuhan Kara
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  TUR Namık Barış Çelik
22 DF  TUR Metin Peker
23 DF  TUR Cihan Ethemoğlu
25 MF  TUR Caner Cengiz
27 MF  TUR Mustafa Çalışkan
29 FW  TUR Barış Sungur (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
33 DF  TUR Burak Karapınar
48 DF  TUR Onur Kıntaş
71 GK  TUR Erdoğan Açar
88 DF  TUR Anıl Çıracı
89 GK  TUR Mehmet Aksoy
95 DF  TUR Muhammet Fatih Öztekin
99 DF  TUR İlyas Kahraman

League participations in football

See also

References
  1. "Takım". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.


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