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Ankaragücü
Full name	MKE Ankaragücü
Founded	1910
Ground	Ankara 19 Mayis; Ankara, Turkey; (Capacity: 21,000)
Chairman	Ahmet Gökçek
Manager	Roger Lemerre
League	Turkcell Super League
2008-09	Turkcell Super League, 13th
Home colours	Away colours

MKE Ankaragücü, (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈankaɾaɟydʒy]; full name Makina Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü) is a Turkish sports club based in the Turkish capital Ankara. Ankaragücü's football team is currently playing in the Süper Lig. The direct translation is: 'Ankara Force'. Home ground is named as Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium. She also played Second League in periods of 1968-1969, 1976-1977 and 1978-1981 and won Turkish Cup twice. She was second level team during winning of Turkish Cup in 1981 and promoted to First League by Kenan Evren's order despite she didn't promote to this league after finishing second behind of Sakaryaspor at Group B in 1980-81 season.^[1]. Ankaragücü had a basketball team which played in Turkish Basketball League between 1970-1975. In addition, Ankaragücü has a women volleyball team which got promoted to Turkey Women's Volleyball First League in 2008-2009 season.

[edit] History

Ankaragücü is an Ankara club, but it was founded in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul in 1904 under the historical name of "Altin Örs Idman Yurdu". This team played in Friday League in Istanbul. The club was later moved to the capital city, Ankara. There are some theories about this move. One of them is that during Turkish War of Independence the team moved from Istanbul to Ankara and another one is that in 1910 the players of the team in Zeytinburnu were divided and followed two separate leaders (Şükrü Abbas and Agah Orhan). The Şükrü Abbas group left the club and formed "Turan Sanatkaran gücü". This date is accepted as the establishment day of Ankaragücü. During World War I both teams sent players for war efforts. After the war both teams united and moved the team to the capital city and formed "AS-FA Gücü". After 1948, the "Ankaragücü" name has become the official name.

[edit] Achievements

Turkish Football Championship:
- Winners (1): 1949
Turkish Cup:
- Winners (2): 1972, 1981
- Runners-up (3): 1973, 1982, 1991
Ankara Football League:
- Winners (5): 1935-36, 1936-37, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57
- Runners-up (4): 1938-39, 1943-44, 1954-55, 1958-59
Second League:
- Winners (2): 1969, 1977

[edit] Current squad

As of 28 October 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Serkan Kirintili
2	DF	Erich Brabec (on loan from Ankaraspor)
3	DF	Elyasa Süme
4	DF	Koray Çölgeçen
5	MF	Semavi Özgür
6	DF	Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
11	MF	Murat Duruer
12	MF	Adem Koçak (on loan from Ankaraspor)
13	FW	Darius Vassell
14	MF	Ceyhun Eriş
15	DF	Baki Mercimek (on loan from Ankaraspor)
18	MF	Volkan Arslan
19	DF	Ariel Broggi (on loan from Banfield)
22	GK	Zafer Özgültekin
23	MF	Barbaros Barut
27	MF	Kaan Kanak

No.	Position	Player
28	DF	Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş (on loan from Ankaraspor)
30	FW	Emre Aygün
34	GK	Štefan Senecký (on loan from Ankaraspor)
35	GK	Bora Körk
39	DF	İlkem Özkaynak
46	DF	Cihan Haspolatlı
50	MF	Hürriyet Güçer (on loan from Ankaraspor)
60	MF	Özgür Çek (on loan from Ankaraspor)
77	MF	Mehmet Çakır (on loan from Ankaraspor)
79	FW	Bilal Kisa (on loan from Ankaraspor)
80	DF	Madiou Konate (on loan from Ankaraspor)
82	FW	Theo Lewis Weeks (on loan from Ankaraspor)
86	DF	Roguy Meye (on loan from Ankaraspor)
87	FW	İlhan Parlak (on loan from Ankaraspor)
88	MF	Aydın Karabulut (on loan from Ankaraspor)
99	FW	Gustave Bebbe