İstanbulspor

In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many decades, it was the fourth most famous and well-developed professional football club in Istanbul, coming after Beşiktaş, Galatasaray, and Fenerbahçe. After being bought by the Uzan family in 1990, it has been repossessed by the government and resold to third parties.

İstanbulspor

Full name	İstanbulspor Kulübü A.Ş.
Nickname(s)	Boğalar (Bulls) İstanbul'un Takımı (Istanbul's Team) Halkın Takımı (People's Team)
Founded	4 January 1926; 98 years ago (1926-01-04)
Ground	Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
Capacity	4,491
Chairman	Ecmel Faik Sarıalioğlu
Manager	Osman Zeki Korkmaz
League	Süper Lig
2022–23	Süper Lig, 12th of 19
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Their greatest success is the Turkish championship title won in 1932.

İstanbulspor was founded by Kemal Halim Gürgen, also known by his native Albanian name of Qemal Omari and Istanbul Boys High School students. It was founded on 4 January 1926, being one of the first sports clubs of the Turkish Republican period. In the 1931–32 season, İstanbulspor won both the Istanbul League and Turkish Football Championship.

 

Until 1990, the club was managed by the Istanbul High School foundation. During this period, İstanbulspor has been relegated from and promoted to the top division several times. Also, it relegated to the amateur level in 1979 and played at the amateur level for two seasons. In 1984, club was relegated to third league. In 1990, Uzan Holding, led by Turkish businessman Cem Uzan, bought the club and converted it into İstanbulspor A.Ş., İstanbulspor incorporation. After that, Istanbulspor was funded by Uzan family and promoted back to first league in 1995. Istanbulspor became one of the most successful Turkish football clubs again, as they reached fourth place in the 1997–98 season and played in the UEFA Cup. Uzan family withdrew its support from İstanbulspor in 2001. Because of this, İstanbulspor fell into financial crisis and came ninth in the 2002–03 season.

Eventually, in 2003, the Turkish government took over the financially collapsed club. However, Istanbulspor were relegated to the second league in 2004–05. In 2006, İstanbulspor were resold by the government to former Turkish player Saffet Sancaklı's Marmara Spor Faaliyetleri San. ve Tic. A.Ş. for $3,250,000. In 2007, Ömer Sarıalioğlu, a Turkish businessman, bought the club from Saffet Sancaklı. İstanbulspor tried to avoid relegation at the last two seasons. İstanbulspor escaped from relegation in the 2008–09 season after finishing sixth in the Third Group. However, İstanbulspor finished the second group of the 2nd League next season as second from last and were finally relegated to the Third League, which is the fourth level of the Turkish football system. They played in the promotion play-offs in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons but failed to achieve success. İstanbulspor finally promoted to the Second League after defeating Zonguldak Kömürspor and Çorum Belediyespor successively in promotion play-offs in the 2014–15 season.

The colours of İstanbulspor are yellow and black, which are the colours of Istanbul High School. Also, white is accepted as a third colour, but this is not official. Having represented Turkey in an international competition, İstanbulspor was granted the privilege to use the Turkish flag in its emblem, located on the top left corner. The emblem of Istanbul High School is in the middle.

• Süper Lig (25): 1959–67, 1968–72, 1995–2005, 2022–
• TFF First League (18): 1967–68, 1972–75, 1981–84, 1992–95, 2005–08, 2017–2022
• TFF Second League (16): 1975–79, 1984–92, 2008–10, 2015–17
• TFF Third League (5): 2010–15
• Turkish Amateur League (35): 1926-59, 1979–81

As of 27 August 1998

UEFA Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998–99	Q2	Argeș Pitești	4–2	0–2	4–4 (a)

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997	Group Stage	Vasas	2–0	—	1st
		Werder Bremen	—	0–0
		Öster	3–2	—
		Universitāte Rīga	—	5–1
	Semi-final	Lyon	2–1	0–2	2–3

 

European competitions

• UEFA Intertoto Cup

Semi-finals (1): 1997

Domestic competitions

• Turkish Football Championship

Winners (1): 1932

• TFF First League

Winners (1): 1967–68
Runners-up (1): 1994–95

• TFF Second League

Winners (2): 1991–92, 2016–17

• TFF Third League

Winners (1): 2014–15

Regional competitions

• Istanbul Football League

Winners (1): 1931–32

• Istanbul Shield

Winners (1): 1931–32

• Istanbul 2. Football League

Winners (1): 1926–27

Others

• Spor Toto Cup

Winners (1): 1970–71

• TSYD Cup

Winners (2): 1996, 2000

Current squad

As of 9 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   TUR Mehmet Yeşil 5 MF   TUR Eslem Öztürk 6 MF   LTU Modestas Vorobjovas 7 MF   GAB David Sambissa 8 MF   TUR Vefa Temel 9 FW   TUR Emrehan Gedikli (on loan from Konyaspor) 12 MF   SEN Mendy Mamadou 13 DF   SEN Racine Coly 14 DF   CIV Simon Deli 19 FW   TUR Emir Kaan Gültekin 20 FW   TUR Özcan Şahan

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF   ENG Demeaco Duhaney 23 DF   GER Okan Erdoğan 26 GK   TUR Mücahit Serbest 34 MF   KOS Florian Loshaj 41 MF   TUR Tunahan Şamdanlı 52 FW   TUR İzzet Topatar 59 GK   TUR Alp Arda 66 DF   BEL Ali Yaşar 88 FW   CIV Djakaridja Junior Traoré 99 FW   BRA Jackson — GK   TUR Murat Eser (on loan from Adana Demirspor)

Other players with contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   TUR Alperen Çaylak

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   TUR Eren Arda Şan

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 — DF   TUR Yiğit Yitmez (at Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUR Arda Belen (at Talasgücü Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUR Abdurrahman Emek (at Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor until 30 June 2024) — DF   NGA Wiki EnglishMichael Ologo (at Çorum F.K. until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUR Fatih Tultak (at Karacabey Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) — MF   TUR Abdullah Dıjlan Aydın (at Amed S.F.K. until 30 June 2024) — MF   TUR Kubilay Köylü (at Sarıyer until 30 June 2024) — MF   TUR Ahmet Can Özer (at Artvin Hopaspor until 30 June 2024) — MF   ALB Eduard Rroca (at Manisa until 30 June 2024) — MF   TUR Erdem Seçgin (at Vanspor FK until 30 June 2024) — MF   TUR Muammer Sarıkaya (at Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   KOS Jetmir Topalli (at Manisa F.K. until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Muhammed Enes Durmuş (at Amed S.F.K. until 30 June 2024) — FW   MKD Valon Ethemi (at Konyaspor until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Görkem Güven (at İnegöl Kafkas Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Berk Ali Nizam (at Beyoğlu Yeni Çarşı FK until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Yusuf Özer (at Beyoğlu Yeni Çarşı FK until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Tolga Şahin (at Kırşehir Futbol SK until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Mustafa Sol (at Osmaniyespor FK until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Yusuf Tunç (at 52 Orduspor until 30 June 2024) — FW   TUR Hakan Yılmaz (at Karaköprü Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) — MF   KOS Eduard Rroca (at Manisa F.K. until 30 June 2024)

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Nationality	Position	İstanbulspor debut	Last match	Ref
22	Zeki Çelik	Turkey	Right back	3 September 2016	4 May 2018

Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

•   Aldin Čajić
•   Fahrudin Omerović
•   Elvir Bolić
•   Elvir Baljić
•   Hadis Zubanović
•   Enes Demirović

Bulgaria

•   Zdravko Zdravkov

Russia

•   Oleg Salenko

Turkey

•   Zeki Çelik
•   Volkan Babacan
•   Ümit Davala
•   Turhan Akra
•   Sergen Yalçın
•   Tanju Çolak
•   Aykut Kocaman
•   Oğuz Çetin

Asia

Iran

•   Allahyar Sayyadmanesh

As of 6 June 2019

 

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