Kasımpaşa S.K.

Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü. (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈkasɯmpaʃa], Kasımpaşa Sports Club), commercially registered as Kasımpaşa Sportif Faaliyetleri A.Ş., colloquially known Kasımpaşa, is a Turkish professional football club located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul.

Kasımpaşa

Full name	Kasımpaşa Sportif Faaliyetleri A.Ş.
Nickname(s)	Apaçiler (Apaches)
Founded	15 January 1921; 102 years ago (1921-01-15) as Kasımpaşa Gençlik Kulübü^[1]
Ground	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
Capacity	14,234
Owner	Turgay Ciner
President	Mehmet Fatih Saraç
League	Süper Lig
2022–23	Süper Lig, 10th of 19
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

The club plays their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium in Kasımpaşa, a neighbourhood of the district of Beyoğlu. As of 2021–22 season, Kasımpaşa is one of six Süper Lig clubs representing Istanbul, along with Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Fatih Karagümrük S.K. and İstanbul Başakşehir. In November 2021, the club officially celebrated its centenary of existence.

History

The club was found as "Kasımpaşa Gençik Kulubü" in 1921, following the merger of two local clubs, namely "Altuntuğ" and "Kasımpaşa Terbiye-i Bedeniye Kulübü".^[2] They played their first competitive match in 1923–1924 season.^[2] The club 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 Süper Lig for the third time in the club's history on 17 May 2009, 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 represented their neighbourhood in Süper Lig in the 2012–13 season. Despite challenging for a UEFA 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.

Grounds

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

Main article: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

Named after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the stadium is also known as Kasımpaşa Stadium. It has a seating capacity of about 14,000.^[3]

Kasımpaşa Kemerburgaz Tesisleri

The club also makes use of the facilities of the Kasımpaşa Sports Club in Kemerburgaz.^[3]

Achievements

Honours

• 2. Lig
  • Winners (1): 2005–06
• 3. Lig
  • Winners (3): 1988–89, 1996–97, 2004–05

League affiliation

• Süper Lig: 1959–64, 2007–08, 2009–11, 2012–
• TFF First League 1964–68, 1989–92, 1997–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12
• TFF Second League: 1968–79, 1984–89, 1992–97, 2000–01, 2005–06
• TFF Third League: 2001–05
• Amateur Level: 1979–1984

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref
2009-10	Lotto	Turkcell
2010-11	Lescon	Kasımpaşa 90. Yıl	^[4]
2011-12	Lescon	Kasımpaşa 91. Yıl
2012-13	Lotto	UCZ
2013-14	Adidas
2014-15		-
2015-16	Nike
2016-17		Halley
2017-18		Ciner
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22	Puma
2022-23
2023-24

Players

Current squad

As of 16 September 2023^[5]

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   GRE Andreas Gianniotis 2 DF   BRA Cláudio Winck 3 DF   TUR Duhan Aksu 4 DF   NGA Kenneth Omeruo 5 DF   TUR Sadık Çiftpınar 6 DF   GER Gökhan Gül 7 MF   SEN Mamadou Fall 9 FW   BEL Julien Ngoy (on loan from Mechelen) 10 MF   BIH Haris Hajradinović (captain) 11 FW   TUR Erdem Çetinkaya 12 DF   TUN Mortadha Ben Ouanes 13 DF   TUR Adnan Aktaş 17 MF   NED Dries Saddiki

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW   CPV Nuno da Costa 20 MF   TUR Selim Dilli 22 MF   TUR Yusuf İnci 25 GK   TUR Ali Emre Yanar 28 MF   COD Samuel Bastien (on loan from Burnley) 29 DF   TUR Taylan Utku Aydın 34 FW   TUR Sinan Alkaş 35 MF   TUR Aytaç Kara 42 MF   TUR Emirhan Yiğit 58 DF   TUR Yasin Özcan 80 MF   TUR Hasan Emre Yeşilyurt 97 FW   FRA Iron Gomis 98 GK   TUR Murat Can Yıldız

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 — GK   TUR Ramazan Özkanlı (at Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUR Furkan Yaşa (at Osmaniyespor FK until 30 June 2024) — MF   TUR Ali Demirel (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   TUR Oğuzhan Efe Yılmaz (at Ankaraspor until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Yasin Eratilla (at Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) — FW   MKD Berat Kalkan (at Karşıyaka until 30 June 2024)

Club officials

Main article: List of Kasımpaşa S.K. managers

Board members

Chairman	Turgay Ciner
Vice President	Hasan Hilmi Öksüz
Board Member	Mehmet Fatih Saraç

Source: ^[6]

Technical staff

Manager	Kemal Özdeş
Assistant manager	Murat Duman
Goalkeeping coach	Nejdet Şen
Coach	İsmail Özünal
Coach	Shay Nahmias
Coach	Murat Aslan
Performance Coach	Uğur Güler
Club doctor	Cem Ergenç

Source: ^[7]

Presidential history

As of 12 November 2021

Years Nationality Name 1999–2004   Halil Bakırcı^[8] 2004–^[a]   Hasan Hilmi Öksüz^[9] 2012–2015   Zafer Yıldırım^[10]^[11] 2015–^[b]   Turgay Ciner^[11] 2020–   Hasan Hilmi Öksüz^[12]

See also

• List of Turkish Sports Clubs by Foundation Dates

References

Notes

1. end of tenure is not mentioned in the reference
2. end of tenure is not mentioned in the reference

Citations

1. "Kulübümüz" [Our Club] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Kasımpaşa Tarihi" [History of Kasımpaşa] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 1921 yılında adını taşıdığı semtte bulunan Altıntuğ Kulübü ile Kasımpaşa Terbiye-i Bedeniye Kulübü'nün birleşmesiyle Kasımpaşa Gençlik Kulübü adı altında kurulan Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü, lacivert-beyaz forma renkli futbol takımı ile 1923-1924 sezonunda ilk resmi maçına çıktı.
3. "OUR CLUB". kasimpasa.com.tr. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "Kasımpaşa Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
5. "Kasımpaşa Profesyonel A Takımı" (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K.
6. "Yönetim Kurulu" [Board of Directors] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
7. "Teknik Kadro" [Technical staff] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
8. "Milliyet Yazarları Seçim Turunda" [Writers of Milliyet are on election tour] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 2 March 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
9. Bayer, Yalçın (8 August 2004). "Kasımpaşa Kulübü imrendiriyor" [Kasımpaşa club makes envious] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
10. "Kasımpaşa'da dev yönetim kurulu" [[A] collosal board of directors at Kasımpaşa] (in Turkish). Habertürk. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
11. "Kasımpaşa Başkanı istifa etti" (in Turkish). Sabah. 25 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Kasımpaşa Kulübü Başkan Vekili Hasan Hilmi Öksüz, AA muhabirine yaptığı açıklamada, Zafer Yıldırım'ın, Kasımpaşa Sportif Faaliyetler AŞ'deki yönetim kurulu başkanlığı görevinden ayrıldığını belirterek, "Böylece kulüp başkanlığından da ayrılmış oldu. Bu göreve Turgay Ciner geldi. Dolayısıyla yeni başkan da Turgay Ciner oldu" dedi.
12. "Kasımpaşa başkan vekili Hilmi Öksüz koronavirüse yakalandı" [President of Kasımpaşa is Corona-infected] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 31 December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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