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Altay S.K.

Turkish football club

Summary

Turkish football club

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image	Altay SK logo.png
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fullname	Altay Spor Kulübü
nickname	Büyük Altay (Great Altay)
founded
ground	Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium
capacity	12,285
chrtitle	President
chairman	Süleyman Özkaral
mgrtitle	Manager
manager	Gökhan Karaaslan
league
season
position
website
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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 play their home matches at the Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium.

Domestically, the club has finished third place for the Süper Lig three times and 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.

History

Altay was founded in 1914 in İzmir as İstiklal. The initial aim of the club was to encourage and unite Turkish youth through sporting activities, because in the 1910s early 20s, Greeks and their teams (Panionios and Apollon Smyrnis) dominated football 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.

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. Many players and supporters of Altay SK lost their lives in the Turkish War of Independence. After the Surname Law was adopted, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave General Fahreddin Pasha the surname of "Altay". Altay plays in the İzmir Alsancak Stadium first built in 1929 and was rebuilt 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, 2022–2024
TFF Second League: 2011–15, 2017–18, 2024–25
TFF Third League: 2015–17, 2025–

European record

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
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

1 UEFA edition.

2 non-UEFA edition.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967–68	First Round	BEL Standard Liège	2–3	0–0	2–3
1968–69	NOR Lyn	3–1	1–4	4–5
1980–81	Preliminary Round	POR Benfica	0–0	0–4	0–4

UEFA Cup:

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

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
19741	Group Stage
(Group 10)	POR CUF	2–1	0–2	3rd
SWE Landskrona	1–1	1–1
SWE Hammarby	2–2	0–2
1998	First Round	IRL Shamrock Rovers	3–1	2–3	5–4
Second Round	HUN Diósgyőr	1–1	1–0	2–1
Third Round	FRA 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	ITA Roma	2–3	1–10	3–13
1969–70	East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	0–1	0–1

Balkans Cup:

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

UEFA Ranking history:

Season	Rank	Points
1968	168	0.500
1969	103	1.500
1970	89	2.000
1971	86	2.000
1972	87	2.000
1973	112	1.500
1974	203	0.500
1978	157	1.000
1979	155	1.000
1980	155	1.000
1981	153	1.000
1982	149	1.000

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Sources

Football history in Izmir

References

(5 January 2014). "Futbolda İlk Yarı Liderleri ve Şampiyonlar". [].
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Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1969". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1970". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1971". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1972". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1973". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1974". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1978". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1979". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1980". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1981". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1982". Xs4all.nl.
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