Karşıyaka S.K.

Karşıyaka

Full name	Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Kaf Kaf, Kaf Sin Kaf, The 35 and half
Founded	1 November 1912 (1912-11-01)
Ground	Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	İlker Mehmet Ergüllü
Manager	Mustafa Reşit Akçay
League	TFF Third League
2023-24	TFF Third League , Group 2, 3rd
Website	http://www.ksk.org.tr/
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Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (Turkish for Karşıyaka Sports Club), better known as simply Karşıyaka, is a Turkish sports club located in Karşıyaka, İzmir. Founded in 1912, they are İzmir's oldest club. Like others in Turkey, the "SK" suffix refers to the establishment being a sports club, as, besides football, the club has sports branches in basketball, volleyball, handball, tennis, swimming, sailing, billiards, and bowling. The club's football team currently competes in the TFF Third League, the fourth tier of the Turkish football league system. The basketball team currently competes in the Turkish Basketball League and the women's volleyball team in the Turkish Women's Second League.

Karşıyaka has a very large fanbase in Northern İzmir, and have a fierce rivalry with Göztepe; matches between the two teams are known as the İzmir Derby. Other rivalries are with Altay and Bucaspor.

Karşıyaka in 1912.

European participations

As of 29 September 1992

Statistics:

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Balkans Cup	2	1	0	1	5	6	–1

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.

Balkans Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1992-93	Quarter-finals	Etar	4–1	1–5	5–6

Current squad

As of For the 2024-25 season TFF Third League Group 2

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Hasan Sürmeli
3	DF	TUR	Ferdi Burgaz
4	DF	TUR	Abdülkadir Öksüz
5	DF	TUR	İsmail Güner
6	MF	GER	Kayra Elmalı
7	FW	TUR	Sinan Gayla
8	MF	GER	Erdal Öztürk
9	FW	TUR	İshak Kurt
10	FW	TUR	Enes Nalbantoğlu
11	MF	GER	Yasi̇n Ozan
17	MF	TUR	Aygün Özışıkyıldız

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	TUR	Kadir Bakırtaş
20	MF	TUR	Hakan Barış
24	MF	TUR	Sefa Küpeli̇
26	DF	TUR	Bedirhan Altuntaş
30	FW	TUR	Çağatay Yılmaz (on loan from Esenler Erokspor)
28	DF	TUR	Onur Akbay
33	GK	TUR	Hakan Canbazoğlu
37	MF	TUR	Mert Yusuf Torlak (on loan from Alanyaspor)
41	DF	TUR	Gökhan Meral
72	FW	TUR	Bedran Ekin
99	DF	TUR	Cenk Ahmet Alkılıç

League participations in football

• Turkish Premier Division: 1958–64, 1966–67, 1970–72, 1987–91, 1992–94, 1995–96
• Turkish First Division: 1964–66, 1967–70, 1972–73, 1980–87, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1996–01, 2003–2016
• Turkish Second Division: 1973–80, 2001–03, 2016–18
• Turkish Third Division: 2018–present

See also

• Pınar Karşıyaka
• Karşıyaka Women's Volleyball Team
• Göztepe-Karşıyaka rivalry

External links

• Official website
• Karşıyaka on TFF.org