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Göztepe A.Ş. are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir. Göztepe SK were the first Turkish football club to ever reach a semi-final in a European Cup Competition in 1968. They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor was renamed again as Göztepe in 1939. Ateşspor was also renamed as İzmirspor the same year. The club enjoyed their best success between the years 1963-1971 under the supervision of the legendary coach Adnan Suvari. Their famous and legendary '11' during this period of success is still remembered today: Ali Artuner, Mehmet "Junior" Işıkal, Çağlayan Derebaşı, Hüseyin Yazıcı, Mehmet "Senior" Aydın, Nevzat "English" Guzelırmak, Nihat Yayöz, Ertan Öznur, Fevzi Zemzem, Gürsel Aksel, Halil Kiraz. Since 2002 Göztepe lived through immense financial problems/difficulties . Due to the inability to reduce their outstanding debt, the football club has been banned from signing new players, which resulted in a drastic free fall with the team being relegated 4 times in the last 5 seasons. On April 21, 2007, they lost their last home game 2-0 against Aliağa Belediyespor in Turkish 3rd Division and were relegated to the Izmir Super Amateur Division. On August 20, 2007, the club has been sold in an auction to an Istanbul based business conglomerate Altınbaş Group. The new owner, businessman İmam Altınbaş, has vowed to take Göztepe SK back to the Turkish Super League, making them one of the top five clubs in Turkish football. The new owners of the club have been met by the local fan base with some suspicion, although there have been recent calls for solidarity and cooperation under the new ownership. Göztepe SK are one of the last examples of an authentic neighborhood club, located in the Güzelyalı neighborhood of İzmir. They have one of the most devoted and die-hard fan bases in Turkey, despite their recent downfall. In terms of their fan base and attendance figures for their games, they are only behind the three Istanbul giants (Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş). Even their games in the Amateur Division attract more fans than most clubs in the Turkish Super League. The team competed in the Turkish Amateur Championship for the 2007-08 season but were eliminated by Ayazağaspor after a 6-5 penalty kick shootout in Eskişehir. However, Aliağa Belediyespor merged with Göztepe, so that they took place of Aliağa Belediyespor in the Third League on June 18, 2008. They played in TFF Third League - Group 2 in 2008-09 season and finished 1st in group as qualified to Promotion Group. Göztepe made successful matches in Promotion Group and guaranteed promotion to Second League after beating Lüleburgazspor 2-0 at away before remaining 3 weeks to finishing normal season. Göztepe beat 2-0 Tepecik Belediyespor at home match in May 19, 2009 and crowned as Third League champions. The main rivals of Göztepe are another Izmir club, Karşıyaka S.K.. When the two teams played on May 16, 1981 while pursuing the Turkish Second Division title, the game attracted an audience of 80,000 people. The Guiness Book of World Records recognizes this milestone as a world record for a Second Division football game and The Guardian published an article named "The biggest non-top-flight attendance ever"[2] including this match. The game was a 0-0 draw, but Göztepe were crowned champions a week later when they beat Balıkesirspor 3-2 at home, while Karşıyaka draw against Bandırmaspor 0-0 at away.  Göztepe legendary team against Cardiff City (1969)
[edit] League Participations
First Level (Now Turkcell Super League): 1958-1977, 1978-1980, 1981-1982, 1999-2000, 2001-2003 Second Level (Now Bank Asya First League): 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1982-1999, 2000-2001, 2003-2004 Third Level (Now TFF Second League): 2004-2005, 2009- Fourth Level (Now TFF Third League): 2005-2007, 2008-2009 Super Amateur League: 2007-2008 [edit] Participations in Super League and Cups Fiery Göztepe supporters from the Galatasaray match in 2001-02 season.  Early Göztepe team bus, a Routemaster.
Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; Pts = Points [edit] European Matches
[edit] Total Standings of European Cup Participations (1956-2008)Last updated: March 12, 2009 [3]
Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; Pa. = Participation; Pld = Matches played [edit] Total Standings of Super League Participations (1959-2008)Last updated: December 7, 2008 [4]
Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against [edit] Football Honours Some trophies Göztepe has won over the course of its history (Göztepe Museum). [edit] International
Note: At that time the UEFA Cup was called the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
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[edit] Current squadFor recent Göztepe transfers, see List of 2009-10 Göztepe Transfers.
[edit] Players out on loan
* Also holds  [edit] Board of directors
[edit] Coaching staff Adnan Suvari, coach of Göztepe. Under his lead, Göztepe played semifinals in the UEFA Cup (1968-69).
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[edit] Notable former players
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