Karsiyaka SK
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Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (Karşıyaka Sports Club), commonly referred to as Karşıyaka is a sports based in 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...
. They are currently playing in the Turkish 1.League
TFF First League
The 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...
football. The "SK" refers to the sports club, as this club has several other sports branches on-going - basketball (which won the Turkish championship title in 1987, won the President Cup same year by beating Beşiktaş and made it to the finals two other times), volleyball, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, tennis, swimming, sailing (twice under-21 world champions), billiards
Billiards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
, bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, and motorcycling.
History
Karşıyaka S.K. was founded on November 1, 1912 in KarşıyakaKarsiyaka
Karşıyaka is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. It is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area of İzmir, in other words a metropolitan district, the second largest after Konak in terms of population, and it is almost entirely urbanized at the rate of 99,9 per cent, with corresponding high levels...
. Karşıyaka merged with Bornovaspor and was renamed as Yamanlarspor between 1937-1944.
On May 16, 1981, a 2nd league match between Karşıyaka and Göztepe SK which is the club's main rival, had 80.000 spectators.
2008-2009 Playoff
Karşıyaka finished in the First League as 6th and qualified for promotion play-offs in the 2008-2009 season. They played with BolusporBoluspor
Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their formation in 1965....
on May 15, 2009 and beat them 3-2 after a penalty shootout. However, they were not promoted to the Super League after losing the final match 2-1 match after extra time to Kasımpaşa
Kasimpasa S.K.
Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium. The club was founded in 1921 as Altıntuğ. They played in the Istanbul First League between 1939–1945 and 1946–1959. The club was promoted to the Turkish...
on May 17, 2009.
Fans and Rivalries
Fans like to call the club 35 and a half, to differentiate themselves from Izmir that license plate number is 35. Being one of the biggest municipalities of Izmir, Karşıyaka's people always see themselves apart from Izmir. This motto survives mostly on the football field with the passion of Karşıyaka S.K. crowd. Although they have an isolated point of view against Izmir, the team play at the Alsancak Stadium which is in the city center. Fans want the Zübeyde Hanım Stadium to be built at the Karşıyaka district until the club's centenary in 2012.Karşıyaka's biggest rivalry is against Göztepe
Göztepe A.S.
Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor...
.That known as Izmir Derby
Izmir Derby
Izmir Derby is the name given to football matches between Göztepe and Karşıyaka , both of them from Izmir, Turkey.İzmir Gulf is separates Göztepe and Karşıyaka which mutual towns in Izmir....
.Other rivalries are against Bursaspor
Bursaspor
Bursaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, Bursaspor are nicknamed the Yeşil Timsahlar...
, Altay
Altay SK
Altay Spor Kulübü is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay . The club colours are black and white, and they play their home matches at İzmir Alsancak Stadium....
and Bucaspor
Bucaspor
Bucaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor are nicknamed Fırtına . The club colours are yellow and navy....
. Karşıyaka fans are friends of those of Fatih Karagümrük
Fatih Karagümrük
Fatih Karagümrük is a football club in Turkey. The side currently plays in the TFF Third League, having been relegated in the 2007–2008 season....
.
Football Squad
(on loan from GalatasarayGalatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....
)
(on loan from Galatasaray
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....
)
(on loan from Manisaspor)
(on loan from A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
)
League Particitations In Football
- First Level: 1958-64, 1966–67, 1970–72, 1987–91, 1992–94, 1995–96
- Second Level: 1964-66, 1967–70, 1972–73, 1980–87, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1996-01, 2003-present
- Third Level: 1973-80, 2001–03
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See also
- Pınar KarşıyakaPinar KarsiyakaPınar Karşıyaka is a professional basketball team based in the city of İzmir in Turkey. It is a section of the Karşıyaka SK. The team was sponsored by Pınar since 1998. It is the product of Yasar Holding's Food and Beverage Group....
- List of Turkish Sports Clubs by Foundation Dates