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 competes in the TFF Third League, the fourth tier of the Turkish football league system. The basketball team currently competes 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)
GroundAlsancak Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanTurgay Büyükkarcı
ManagerErman Güraçar
LeagueTFF Third League
2021–22TFF Third League, Group 3, 8th
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 21 January 2023[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
3 DF  TUR Cenk Özbey
4 DF  TUR Aykut Çolakoğlu
5 MF  TUR Mustafa Aşan
7 MF  TUR Barış Çelik
8 MF  TUR Onur Kolay
9 FW  TUR Fatih Taşdelen
10 FW  TUR Emre Gemici
11 MF  TUR Okan Baydemir
14 MF  TUR Recep Türköz
18 GK  TUR Enes Kalyoncu
19 MF  TUR Yılmaz Ceylan
20 MF  TUR Caner Cengiz
22 DF  TUR Metin Peker
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW  TUR Kerem Pala
28 FW  TUR Taha Yeşilbaş
30 DF  TUR Ferdi Burgaz
33 DF  TUR Burak Karapınar
38 GK  TUR Yusuf Balcıoğlu
47 MF  TUR Ali Say
48 MF  TUR Polat Abay (on loan from Altınordu)
53 DF  TUR Ertuğrul Sancaktutan
55 DF  TUR Batuhan Akyüz
71 GK  TUR Erdoğan Açar
74 FW  TUR Mustafa Durgun
80 MF  TUR Fatih Ergen
88 DF  TUR Özgür Güler

League participations in football

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


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