Altay S.K.

Altay
Full name Altay Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s) Büyük Altay (Great Altay)
Founded 16 January 1914
Ground Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium
Capacity 15,000
Owner Levant Özdemir
President Murat Pervane
Manager Yusuf Şimşek
League TFF First League
2022–23 TFF First League, 12th of 19
Website Club website

Altay Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay (Great Altay). The club colors are black and white, and they currently play their home matches at the Bornova Stadium, while a new stadium is under construction at the site of the Altay Alsancak Stadium, where they previously played.

Domestically, the club has finished third place for the Süper Lig three times and have won the Turkish Cup twice. They hold the record for most İzmir Football League titles with 14. They are the most successful İzmir-based club with 16 championships in various competitions.

Collecting 24 points in the first half of the 1969–70 season in undefeated 15 games with 9 wins and 6 draws, Altay SK is one of three non-champion clubs that topped the first half of 1. Lig table, along with Kocaelispor in 1992–93, and Sivasspor in 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2019–20.

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 1910s minorities dominated sporting activities in İzmir. Under Ottoman rule, Turkish footballers were unable to compete. Altay was supported by many prominent Turkish politicians of the era. Former Turkish President Celal Bayar worked very hard in founding 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 İzmir Alsancak Stadium first built in 1929 and recently renovated in 2021.

Honours

National Championships

National Cups

  • Turkish Cup
    • Winners (2): 1966–67, 1979–80
    • Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1985–86
  • Super Cup
    • Runners-up (2): 1967, 1980
  • Prime Minister's Cup
    • Runners-up (3): 1972, 1979, 1986
  • Organ Doğan Cup
    • Runners-up (18): 1936, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984, 2004, 2005, 2021
  • Ayçilek Doğan Cup
    • Runners-up (2): 1973, 1978
  • Tore Doğan Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 1976
  • Aydin Doğan Cup
    • Runners-up (3): 1963, 1964, 1986

Regional competitions

  • İzmir Professional League
    • Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58
  • İzmir Football League
    • Winners (14) (record): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58

1Altay won the championship as "Üçok" (Three arrows), an alliance between Altay, Altınordu, and Bucaspor.

League participations

European record

As of 25 July 1998
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 1 2 3 6 12 –6
UEFA Cup 2 1 0 1 5 6 –1
UEFA Intertoto Cup1 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1
UEFA Total 14 5 3 6 21 27 –6
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 4 0 1 3 3 14 –11
Intertoto Cup2 6 1 3 2 6 9 –3
Balkans Cup 8 1 1 6 6 23 –17
Non-UEFA Total 18 2 5 11 15 46 –31
Overall Total 32 7 8 17 36 73 –37

1 UEFA edition.

2 non-UEFA edition.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1967–68 First Round Standard Liège 2–3 0–0 2–3
1968–69 First Round Lyn 3–1 1–4 4–5
1980–81 Preliminary Round Benfica 0–0 0–4 0–4

UEFA Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1977–78 First Round Carl Zeiss Jena 4–1 1–5 5–6

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
19741 Group Stage
(Group 10) 		CUF 2–1 0–2 3rd
Landskrona 1–1 1–1
Hammarby 2–2 0–2
1998 First Round Shamrock Rovers 3–1 2–3 5–4
Second Round Diósgyőr 1–1 1–0 2–1
Third Round Bastia 3–2 (aet) 0–2 3–4

1 The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1962–63 First Round Roma 2–3 1–10 3–13
1969–70 First Round Carl Zeiss Jena 0–0 0–1 0–1

Balkans Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1971 Group Stage
(Group B) 		Panionios 2–1 0–1 3rd
Steagul Roșu Brașov 0–0 0–3
1977 Group Stage
(Group A) 		Slavia Sofia 0–3 0–6 3rd
Politehnica Timișoara 2–4 2–5

UEFA Ranking history:

See also: UEFA coefficient
As of 1982
Season Rank Points Ref.
1968 168 Increase 0.500
1969 103 Increase 1.500
1970 89 Increase 2.000
1971 86 Increase 2.000
1972 87 Decrease 2.000
1973 112 Decrease 1.500
1974 203 Decrease 0.500
1978 157 Increase 1.000
1979 155 Increase 1.000
1980 155 Same position 1.000
1981 153 Increase 1.000
1982 149 Increase 1.000

Players

Current squad

As of 11 September 2023

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 Ozan Evrim Özenç
3 DF TUR Yusuf Tekin
5 DF TUR Sefa Özdemir
6 MF TUR Ceyhun Gülselam
7 FW TUR Eren Erdoğan
8 MF TUR Zeki Yıldırım
11 FW TUR Murat Uluç
14 DF TUR Tolga Ünlü
17 DF TUR Salih Sarıkaya
19 FW POR Marco Paixão
20 MF TUR Enes Yetkin
21 MF TUR Ali Kızılkuyu
23 MF TUR Murat Demir
24 FW TUR Erdem Özcan
25 DF TUR Tugay Gündem
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF TUR Ege Parmaksiz
28 MF TUR Mehmet Gündüz
30 MF TUR Caner Baycan
32 MF TUR Arda Gezer
33 DF TUR Efe Sarıkaya
34 MF TUR Enes Öğrüce
35 GK TUR Eren Karataş
38 DF TUR İbrahim Öztürk
44 DF TUR Kuban Altunbudak
45 GK TUR Mustafa Çalışkan
63 FW TUR Deniz Kadah
77 DF TUR Onur Efe
88 DF TUR Özgür Özkaya
99 FW TUR Nurettin Küçükdeniz
— FW TUR Erdem Özcan

See also