Fatih Karagümrük S.K.

Fatih Karagümrük Spor Kulübü, also called Karagümrük, is a Turkish professional football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul. They currently play in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Turkish football.

Fatih Karagümrük

Full name	Fatih Karagümrük Sportif Faaliyetler San. Tic. A.Ş.
Nickname(s)	Kara Kırmızı (Black Red) Fatih'in Torunları (Fatih's grandchildren)
Founded	1926; 97 years ago (1926)
Ground	Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Capacity	75,145^[1]
Owner	Süleyman Hurma
President	Süleyman Hurma
Manager	Andrea Pirlo
League	Süper Lig
2021–22	Süper Lig, 8th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

The club was founded in 1926. It joined the national tiers of the football pyramid in 1933.

The club played in the Turkish Premier League in the years 1959–1963 and 1983–84.

Karagümrük were relegated to the Turkish Regional Amateur League twice.

The side currently plays in the Süper Lig, after being promoted from the TFF First League in the 2019–20 season.^[2] The team defied the odds of many, finishing in 8th place in the Süper Lig.

League participations

• Turkish Super League: 1958–63, 1983–84, 2020–present
• TFF First League: 1963–69, 1980–83, 1984–88, 1989–92, 2004–05, 2019–20
• TFF Second League: 1969–80, 1988–89, 1992–97, 2000–01, 2002–04, 2005–08, 2014–19
• TFF Third League: 2001–02, 2008–09, 2012–14
• Turkish Regional Amateur League: 2010–12
• Amatör Futbol Ligleri: 1997–2000, 2009–10

Club staff

Position	Staff
Owner & President	Süleyman Hurma
Vice-President	Serkan Hurma
Sporting Director	Murat Akın
Manager	Andrea Pirlo
Assistant Manager	Mauro Bertoni
First-Team Coach	Alparslan Erdem
Goalkeeper Coach	Nicola Pavarini
Fitness Coach	Paolo Bertelli
Technical Coach	Roberto Baronio   Antonio Gagliardi

Players

Current squad

As of 8 December 2022^[3]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   TUR Batuhan Şen (on loan from Galatasaray) 2 GK   ITA Emiliano Viviano 3 DF   TUR Emir Tintiş 4 DF   ITA Davide Biraschi (on loan from Genoa) 5 DF   KOS Ibrahim Drešević 8 MF   ITA Matteo Ricci (on loan from Frosinone) 9 FW   SEN Mbaye Diagne 11 MF   TUR Kerim Frei 13 FW   TUR Colin Kazim-Richards 14 MF   TUR Efe Tatlı 16 FW   ITA Fabio Borini 17 MF   TUR Samed Onur 18 MF   GER Levent Mercan 19 FW   GAM Ebrima Colley (on loan from Atalanta)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   TUR Burak Kapacak (on loan from Fenerbahçe) 23 GK   TUR Cem Kablan 24 MF   NGA Lawrence Nicholas 25 MF   TUR Fatih Kurnaz 27 MF   RUS Magomed Ozdoyev 29 MF   UZB Otabek Shukurov 33 MF   SRB Adem Ljajic 37 DF   TUR Efecan Mızrakcı 54 DF   TUR Salih Dursun 77 MF   BEL Adnan Ugur 89 MF   ALG Sofiane Feghouli 91 MF   ITA Andrea Bertolacci 99 DF   ITA Rayyan Baniya

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   TUR Emir Yazıcı (at Kuşadasıspor until 30 June 2023) — MF   TUR Berke Demircan (at Isparta 32 SK until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   TUR Ömer Gümüş (at Vanspor until 30 June 2023) — MF   TUR Egemen Pehlivan (at Sapanca Gençlikspor until 30 June 2023)

See also

• Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football)

References

1. "Tesi̇sleri̇mi̇z".
2. "Fatih Karagümrük promoted to Turkish Süper Lig". Daily Sabah. 31 July 2020.
3. "OYUNCULAR". Fatih Karagümrük. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fatih Karagümrük SK.

• Official website
• Fatih Karagümrük on TFF.org