Kasımpaşa S.K.

Kasımpaşa
Full name Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s) Apaçiler (Apaches)
Founded 15 January 1921
Ground Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
Ground Capacity 14,234
Owner Turgay Ciner
Chairman Zafer Yıldırım
Manager Kemal Özdeş
League Süper Lig
2015–16 Süper Lig, 7th
Website Club home page

Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. They play their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium in Kasımpaşa, a neighbourhood of the district of Beyoğlu.

History

Kasımpaşa 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 Türkiye Ligi in 1959 and remained there for 5 seasons, where their best finish was 5th in 1961–62 season.

After 43 years, on 30 May 2007, the team was promoted to the Süper Lig for the second time in their history. In a dramatic match against Altay, Kasımpaşa came from behind twice to force a penalty shootout, which they won 4–3. They competed in the Süper Lig in the 2007–08 season, but were relegated back to the TFF First League. Kasımpaşa was promoted to the Süper Lig for the third time in the club's history on 17 May 2009 by beating Karşıyaka 2–1 after extra time in Ankara.

The team remained in the top tier of Turkish football and managed to finish in top ten in the 2009–10 season, during which they beat Fenerbahçe away from home 3-1 and Beşiktaş away in the Turkish Cup by the same score. They also beat Trabzonspor at home in the league by the same 3-1 scoreline. By the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Kasımpaşa lost some of their important players due to the decisions of coach Yılmaz Vural just before the season started.

After the squad weakened, the team went on a run of poor results and were relegated at the end of the season. In the 2011–12 season, the team made a rapid return to Süper Lig after play-off matches that were played in Ankara. They first beat Konyaspor 2–0 away and 4–0 at home. Then they played the final against Adanaspor and beat them 3-2 after a dramatic match on 27 May 2012. This was their 3rd consecutive victory in play-off finals since 2007. Thus, they will represent their neighbourhood in Süper Lig in the 2012–13 season. Despite challenging for a Europa League spot throughout the season, rising as a dark horse in the league, a series of dismal performances in the final few matches saw Kasımpaşa finishing sixth in the table, five points away from Bursaspor on fourth, the final Europa League qualification spot.

Since 2013 Kasımpaşa have lured well known players such as Ryan Babel from Ajax and striker Eren Derdiyok from the Bundesliga and have continued to invest and strengthen their squad and as a result Kasımpaşa is now one of Turkey's stronger clubs.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2016 [1][2]

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

No. Position Player
1 Turkey GK Ramazan Köse
2 Hungary DF Kenny Otigba (on loan from Heerenveen)
3 Bulgaria DF Vasil Bozhikov
4 Brazil DF Titi
5 Turkey MF Abdullah Durak
6 Kosovo DF Loret Sadiku
7 Kosovo MF Herolind Shala (on loan from Sparta Prague)
8 Portugal MF André Castro
9 Guinea FW Bengali-Fodé Koita
10 Turkey FW Adem Büyük (Captain)
11 Turkey MF Tunay Torun
12 Czech Republic MF David Pavelka
13 Nigeria MF Samuel Eduok (on loan from Espérance)
14 Cameroon FW Franck Etoundi
No. Position Player
17 Turkey MF Turgut Doğan Şahin
19 Turkey MF Ferhat Kiraz
22 Turkey DF Onur Ural
25 Turkey GK Emirhan Emir
31 France DF Olivier Veigneau
33 Turkey FW Batuhan Altıntaş (on loan from Hamburg)
34 Turkey GK Eray Birniçan
53 Turkey GK Kadem Yaşar
55 Turkey MF Hamit Yildirim
61 Turkey MF İsmail Ayaz
88 Turkey DF Veysel Sarı
90 Bulgaria DF Strahil Popov
95 Turkey FW Kubilay Akyüz

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
24 Turkey DF Mert Kula (at Sarıyer until 31 May 2017)
 

League participations

Note: Turkish Regional Amateur League was played between 1991 and 1995 as 4th level. It was refounded in 2010 as 5th level

Managers

Name Nat From To
Cihat Arman Turkey 1957 1960
Akif Başaran Turkey Jan 17, 2005 June 1, 2007
Kadir Özcan Turkey March 30, 2007 Oct 1, 2007
Werner Lorant Germany Oct 6, 2007 Dec 3, 2007
Uğur Tütüneker Turkey Dec 18, 2007 March 11, 2009
Besim Durmuş Turkey March 11, 2009 Sept 2009
Yılmaz Vural Turkey Sept 7, 2009 Dec 30, 2010
Fuat Çapa Turkey Jan 5, 2011 May 25, 2011
Uğur Tütüneker Turkey June 1, 2011 March 26, 2012
Metin Diyadin Turkey March 28, 2012 Sept 24, 2012
Fuat Kılıç (int.) Germany Sept 24, 2012 Oct 7, 2012
Shota Arveladze Georgia (country) Oct 7, 2012 Mar 14, 2015
Jan Wouters (int.) Netherlands Mar 17, 2015 Apr 14, 2015
Önder Özen Turkey Apr 14, 2015 June 26, 2015
Rıza Çalımbay Turkey June 26, 2015

See also

References

External links

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