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
Manager	Şenol Can
League	Süper Lig
2021–22	Süper Lig, 11th of 20
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

Players

Current squad

As of 28 January 2023^[4]

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 Ertuğrul Taşkıran 4 DF   SUR Ryan Donk 5 DF   NED Jeffrey Bruma 6 DF   BIH Daniel Graovac 7 FW   SEN Mamadou Fall 8 FW   TUR Tunay Torun 9 FW   GUI Bengali-Fodé Koita (on loan from Trabzonspor) 10 MF   BIH Haris Hajradinović 11 FW   TUR Yunus Mallı 12 DF   TUN Mortadha Ben Ouanes 13 MF   FRA Valentin Eysseric 14 MF   TUR Oğuzhan Efe Yılmaz 15 DF   TUR Tarkan Serbest 17 MF   GER Ahmet Engin

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   TUR Sadık Çiftpınar 19 FW   CMR Stéphane Bahoken 22 GK   GER Erdem Canpolat 23 DF   TUR Feyzi Yıldırım 24 DF   BEL Mickaël Tırpan 30 MF   TUR Selim Dilli 35 MF   TUR Aytaç Kara 41 FW   MKD Berat Kalkan 58 DF   TUR Yasin Özcan 67 GK   TUR Enes Sarı 81 MF   TUR Turgay Gemicibaşi (on loan from Austria Klagenfurt) 94 DF   KOS Florent Hadergjonaj 99 MF   TUR Ali Demirel — FW   FRA Mounir Chouiar (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir)

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 Sarıyer until 30 June 2023) — GK   TUR Murat Can Yıldız (at Muş 1984 Muşspor until 30 June 2023) — DF   TUR Taha Veysel Kemendi (at Malatya Arguvan SK until 30 June 2023) — DF   TUR Furkan Yaşa (at Malatya Arguvan SK until 30 June 2023) — DF   TUR Onur Ural (at Iskenderunspor until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   TUR Ahmet Demirli (at Artvin Hopaspor until 30 June 2023) — MF   TUR Hasan Emre Yeşilyurt (at Kırklarelispor until 30 June 2023) — FW   TUR Ethem Erboğa (at Tepecikspor until 30 June 2023) — FW   TUR Furkan Külekci (at Niğde Anadolu until 30 June 2023) — FW   TUR Erdem Çetinkaya (at Bodrumspor until 30 June 2023)

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: ^[5]

Technical staff

Manager	Sami Uğurlu
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: ^[6]

Presidential history

As of 12 November 2021

Years Nationality Name 1999–2004   Halil Bakırcı^[7] 2004–^[a]   Hasan Hilmi Öksüz^[8] 2012–2015   Zafer Yıldırım^[9]^[10] 2015–^[b]   Turgay Ciner^[10] 2020–   Hasan Hilmi Öksüz^[11]

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 Profesyonel A Takımı" (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K.
5. "Yönetim Kurulu" [Board of Directors] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. "Teknik Kadro" [Technical staff] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
7. "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.
8. 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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.

External links

• Official website
• Kasımpaşa on TFF.org