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Turkish football history from Ottoman Empire to the modern times in english

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Welcome! This is the right and most probably only place regarding Turkish football history in english from Ottoman Empire to modern times.

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Alanyaspor founded in 1948 by Ali Nazım Köseoğlu.
The club was the champion of Turkish 3rd League in 1987 - 1988 season.

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German striker Stefan Kuntz played out of Germany for just one year. It was 1995-1996 season for Beşiktaş. He scored 9 goals in 30 games.

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Giresunspor was founded in 1925 and re-formed in 1967 after the merge of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, Beşiktaşspor. This is from 1967-68 season. Şükrü, Sadettin, İsmet, Ahmet, Muhlis, Erol, Servet, Hüseyin, Ünal, Emin, Mehmet, Ruhi.

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Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı won Super League 4 times as a manager. (1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1983-84) He did it with Trabzonspor. He is the second most championed manager in Turkey after Fatih Terim.

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Rıza Çalımbay was one of the symbol names of Beşiktaş and was among the best players in Turkey between 1980-1996. His determination and hard work brings him a nickname Atom Ant He played 494 league games for Beşiktaş and scored 43 goals. He is the most capped player for Beşiktaş.

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Ahmet Berman (1932 - 1980) was a defender who played for Turkey in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Fatih Karagümrük, Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Vefaspor between 1955-1967. He was known as "Kambur Ahmet" (hunchback)

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Croatian attacking midfielder Milan Rapaić played for Fenerbahçe between 2000-2002 and he scored 15 goals in 51 games. He was one of the most important player of the team while Fenerbahçe became champion in 2000-2001 season.

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Adana Demirspor: 1975-1976 season. They finished the Super League as the 8th.

Güray Erdener, Burhan Sürer, Ahmet Yılmaz, Eser Özaltındere, İsmail Saçal, Erol Pamuk, Ahmet Yaşar, Rasin Gürcan, Orhan Uçak, Hasan Özden, İsmail Güner.

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İstanbulspor 1998-1999 season. They finished the league as the 9th. Ivailo Petkov, Zdravko Zdravkov, Sergen Yalçın, Ahmet Yıldırım, Paulo Gralak, Jean-Michel Ferri, Nesim Özgür, Timur Yanyalı, Fuat Buruk, Saffet Akyüz, Oğuz Çetin.

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Antalyaspor relegated from Turkish Super League in 1984-1985 season. Ünal Gezer, Behudin Trbovic, Ufuk Şiranlı, Abdülkadir Arıkan, Mehmet Ekşi, Mehmet Ali Öztürk, Fuat Yaman, Sancar Biçikçi, Cemil Canalioğlu, Erol Dinler, Haluk Çakar.

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Fenerbahçe 2 - 1 Beşiktaş in 1989. Fenerbahçe won the championship with 103 goals in the most critical bend of the legendary season. Yellow canaries needing an absolute victory on the way to the championship and they did it.

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Fenerbahçe 0 - 1 Beşiktaş in 1996., In fact, it was not a match that will take place in many memories until the free kick goal of Sergen Yalcin for Beşiktaş.

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We are terribly sorry that Isaac Promise Nigerian striker who played for Gençlerbirliği, Trabzonspor, Manisaspor, Antalyaspor, Balıkesirspor, Karabükspor and Giresunspor between 2005-2017 passed away. We offer condolences to his family and his fans.

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Romanian goalkeeper Ilie Datcu (İlyas Datça after Turkish citizenship) played for Fenerbahçe between 1969-1975. In 1969-70 season, Fenerbahçe, conceded only 6 goals in 30 games. Romanian Datcu showed a spectacular performance. This is still Super League record.

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Turkish striker Gökhan Ünal is still the most expensive transfer of Trabzonspor. He played for the club between 2008-2010 and scored 17 goals in 50 games. Trabzonspor paid 6,2 million € to Kayserispor for his transfer.

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Brazilian midfielder Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata played for Beşiktaş between 2009-2011. It is paid 8 million € to Gaziantepspor by Beşiktaş. This is still the most expensive transfer of the club.

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Brazilian striker Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro was able to become one of Europe's most prolific strikers during his time at Porto, Galatasaray, and Sporting CP, scoring 266 goals in 274 matches for those clubs between 1998-2003. It is paid 17 mil. € to Porto by Galatasaray.

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Spanish striker Daniel "Dani" González Güiza made a name for himself at the age of 27, being crowned La Liga top scorer with Mallorca and signed with Fenerbahçe in 2008. It is paid 14 million € to Mallorca by Fenerbahçe for the transfer.

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Metin Kurt (1948–2012) nicknamed Çizgi "drawing" Metin because he drew opponents towards him when he played. He is best known for his stint with Galatasaray where he won three consecutive Süper Lig titles in 1970s. Kurt founded various unionist organizations for football.