Altay S.K.

Altay
Full name	Altay Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Büyük Altay (Great Altay)
Founded	16 January 1914; 109 years ago
Ground	Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Levant Özdemir
President	Murat Pervane
Manager	Serkan Afacan
League	TFF First League
2022–23	TFF First League, 12th of 19
Website	Club website
	Current season

Altay Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay (Great Altay). The club colors are black and white, and they currently play their home matches at the Bornova Stadium, while a new stadium is under construction at the site of the Altay Alsancak Stadium, where they previously played.^[1]

Domestically, the club has finished third place for the Süper Lig three times and have won the Turkish Cup twice. They hold the record for most İzmir Football League titles with 14. They are the most successful İzmir-based club with 16 championships in various competitions.

Collecting 24 points in the first half of the 1969–70 season in undefeated 15 games with 9 wins and 6 draws, Altay SK is one of three non-champion clubs that topped the first half of 1. Lig table, along with Kocaelispor in 1992–93, and Sivasspor in 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2019–20.^[2]

History

Altay was founded in 1914 in İzmir as İstiklal. The initial aim of the club was to unite Turkish youth under sporting activities and to encourage them, because in the 1910s minorities dominated sporting activities in İzmir. Under Ottoman rule, Turkish footballers were unable to compete. Altay was supported by many prominent Turkish politicians of the era. Former Turkish President Celal Bayar worked very hard in founding the club and gave his full support.^{[citation needed]}

Altay has an important place in Turkey's football history. The club had a key role in uniting the Turkish community during the Turkish War of Independence.^{[citation needed]} Many players and supporters of Altay SK lost their lives in the Turkish War.^{[citation needed]} After the Surname Law was adopted, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave General Fahreddin Pasha the surname of "Altay". Altay play in İzmir Alsancak Stadium first built in 1929 and recently renovated in 2021.

Honours

National Championships

Süper Lig
- Third place (3): 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77
Turkish Football Championship
- Runners-up (2): 1934, 1951
TFF First League
- Winners (1): 2001–02
- Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1990–91
Turkish Football Federation Cup
- Winners (1): 2006–07
- Runners-up (1): 1963–64

National Cups

Turkish Cup
- Winners (2): 1966–67, 1979–80
- Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1985–86
Super Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1967, 1980
Prime Minister's Cup
- Runners-up (3): 1972, 1979, 1986
Organ Doğan Cup
- Runners-up (18): 1936, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984, 2004, 2005, 2021
Ayçilek Doğan Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1973, 1978
Tore Doğan Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1976
Aydin Doğan Cup
- Runners-up (3): 1963, 1964, 1986

Regional competitions

İzmir Professional League
- Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58
İzmir Football League
- Winners (14) (record): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58

¹Altay won the championship as "Üçok" (Three arrows), an alliance between Altay, Altınordu, and Bucaspor.

League participations

Super League: 1958–83, 1984–90, 1991–2000, 2002–03, 2021–2022
TFF First League: 1983–84, 1990–91, 2000–02, 2003–11, 2018–21, 2022-2023
TFF Second League: 2011–15, 2017–18
TFF Third League: 2015–17

European record

As of 25 July 1998

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	6	1	2	3	6	12	–6
UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	5	6	–1
UEFA Intertoto Cup¹	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1
UEFA Total	14	5	3	6	21	27	–6
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	4	0	1	3	3	14	–11
Intertoto Cup²	6	1	3	2	6	9	–3
Balkans Cup	8	1	1	6	6	23	–17
Non-UEFA Total	18	2	5	11	15	46	–31
Overall Total	32	7	8	17	36	73	–37

¹ UEFA edition.

² non-UEFA edition.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967–68	First Round	Standard Liège	2–3	0–0	2–3
1968–69	First Round	Lyn	3–1	1–4	4–5
1980–81	Preliminary Round	Benfica	0–0	0–4	0–4

UEFA Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	First Round	Carl Zeiss Jena	4–1	1–5	5–6

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1974¹	Group Stage (Group 10)	CUF	2–1	0–2	3rd
		Landskrona	1–1	1–1
		Hammarby	2–2	0–2
1998	First Round	Shamrock Rovers	3–1	2–3	5–4
	Second Round	Diósgyőr	1–1	1–0	2–1
	Third Round	Bastia	3–2 (aet)	0–2	3–4

¹ The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1962–63	First Round	Roma	2–3	1–10	3–13
1969–70	First Round	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	0–1	0–1

Balkans Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1971	Group Stage (Group B)	Panionios	2–1	0–1	3rd
1971	Group Stage (Group B)	Steagul Roșu Brașov	0–0	0–3	3rd
1977	Group Stage (Group A)	Slavia Sofia	0–3	0–6	3rd
1977	Group Stage (Group A)	Politehnica Timișoara	2–4	2–5	3rd

UEFA Ranking history:

As of 1982

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
1968	168	0.500	^[3]
1969	103	1.500	^[4]
1970	89	2.000	^[5]
1971	86	2.000	^[6]
1972	87	2.000	^[7]
1973	112	1.500	^[8]
1974	203	0.500	^[9]
1978	157	1.000	^[10]
1979	155	1.000	^[11]
1980	155	1.000	^[12]
1981	153	1.000	^[13]
1982	149	1.000	^[14]

Players

Current squad

As of 11 September 2023^[15]

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

References

^ ALTAY tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 24 June 2010
^ "Futbolda İlk Yarı Liderleri ve Şampiyonlar" (in Turkish). []. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1968". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1969". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1970". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1971". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1972". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1973". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1974". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1978". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1979". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1980". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1981". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1982". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ "A TAKIM". Altay. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

External links

Official website
Altay on TFF.org

[tff-1] ALTAY tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 24 June 2010

[2] "Futbolda İlk Yarı Liderleri ve Şampiyonlar" (in Turkish). []. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[3] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1968". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[4] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1969". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[5] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1970". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[6] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1971". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[7] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1972". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[8] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1973". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[9] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1974". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[10] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1978". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[11] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1979". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[12] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1980". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[13] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1981". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[14] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1982". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[Current_squad-15] "A TAKIM". Altay. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

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v t e Altay Spor Kulübü
The club	Club history Europe
Football	Managers
Seasons	2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

v t e Süper Lig
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Champions	Galatasaray (23) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) İstanbul Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current teams	Adana Demirspor Ankaragücü Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Çaykur Rizespor Fatih Karagümrük Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Hatayspor İstanbul Başakşehir İstanbulspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Pendikspor Samsunspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor Eskişehirspor Feriköy Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Göztepe Hacettepe İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeni Malatyaspor Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

v t e Turkish Cup
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Winners	Galatasaray (18) Beşiktaş (10) Trabzonspor (9) Fenerbahçe (7) Altay (2) Ankaragücü (2) Gençlerbirliği (2) Göztepe (2) Kocaelispor (2) Akhisarspor (1) Bursaspor (1) Eskişehirspor (1) Kayserispor (1) Konyaspor (1) Sakaryaspor (1) Sivasspor (1)