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Kasımpaşa

Full name	Kasımpaşa Sportif Faaliyetleri A.Ş.
Nickname(s)	Apaçiler (Apaches)
Founded	15 January 1921; 103 years ago (1921-01-15) as Kasımpaşa Gençlik Kulübü
Ground	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
Capacity	14,234
Owner	Turgay Ciner
President	Mehmet Fatih Saraç
Manager	Hakan Keleş
League	Süper Lig
2023–24	Süper Lig, 5th of 20
Website	http://www.kasimpasa.com.tr/
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü. (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈkasɯmpaʃa], Kasımpaşa Sports Club), commercially registered as Kasımpaşa Sportif Faaliyetleri A.Ş., colloquially known Kasımpaşa, is a Turkish professional football club located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul.

The club plays their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium in Kasımpaşa, a neighbourhood of the district of Beyoğlu. As of 2023–24 season, Kasımpaşa is one of eight Süper Lig clubs representing Istanbul, along with Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Fatih Karagümrük S.K., Pendikspor, İstanbulspor and İstanbul Başakşehir. In November 2021, the club officially celebrated its centenary of existence.

History

The club was found as "Kasımpaşa Gençik Kulubü" in 1921, following the merger of two local clubs, namely "Altuntuğ" and "Kasımpaşa Terbiye-i Bedeniye Kulübü". They played their first competitive match in 1923–1924 season. The club played in the Istanbul First League between 1939–1945 and 1946–1959. The club was promoted to the Türkiye Ligi in 1959 and remained there for 5 seasons, where their best finish was 5th in 1961–62 season.

The team promoted back to back from TFF Third League to Süper Lig between the seasons 2004-05 and 2006–07, and the club still holds the Turkish record of most consecutive promotions.

After 43 years, on 30 May 2007, the team was promoted to the Süper Lig for the second time in their history. In a dramatic match against Altay, Kasımpaşa came from behind twice to force a penalty shootout, which they won 4–3. They competed in the Süper Lig in the 2007–08 season, but were relegated back to the TFF First League.

Kasımpaşa was promoted to Süper Lig for the third time in the club's history on 17 May 2009, beating Karşıyaka 2–1 after extra time in Ankara. The team remained in the top tier of Turkish football and managed to finish in top ten in the 2009–10 season, during which they beat Fenerbahçe away from home 3–1 and Beşiktaş away in the Turkish Cup by the same score. They also beat Trabzonspor at home in the league by the same 3–1 scoreline.

By the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Kasımpaşa lost some of their important players due to the decisions of coach Yılmaz Vural just before the season started. After the squad weakened, the team went on a run of poor results and were relegated at the end of the season. On October 12, 2011, 96% of the shares of Kasımpaşa had been sold to its current owner Turgay Ciner for 1 million Turkish Liras (approximately €400,000 at that time). In the 2011–12 season, the team made a rapid return to Süper Lig after play-off matches that were played in Ankara. They first beat Konyaspor 2–0 away and 4–0 at home. Then they played the final against Adanaspor and beat them 3–2 after a dramatic match on 27 May 2012. This was their 3rd consecutive victory in play-off finals since 2007. Thus, they represented their neighbourhood in Süper Lig in the 2012–13 season. Despite challenging for a UEFA Europa League spot throughout the season, rising as a dark horse in the league, a series of dismal performances in the final few matches saw Kasımpaşa finishing sixth in the table, five points away from Bursaspor on fourth, the final Europa League qualification spot. The club missed their chance to play in UEFA Europa League two more times in 2014 and 2016.

In the 2018–19 season, the team was on the chase of the title with Mbaye Diagne, who had already scored 20 goals by the end of the January transfer window, but after Diagne was sold to Galatasaray for €10 million, which is also the club's record of received transfer fee from a player, the club's performance went downhill and finished that season 14th and survived relegation by only 2 points.

In the 2021–22 season, the team went on an ultimate survival run that; they went up from being last in December 2021 with only 2 wins to finishing the season 11th by having 13 wins and 3 draws from out of their remaining 21 gameweeks. Not only that, but also Umut Bozok became the top scorer of the same season by scoring 20 goals in total.

Since 2012, Kasımpaşa have lured well-known players such as Ryan Babel from Ajax, former Sweden national team goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson, Trézéguet and strikers Eren Derdiyok from the Bundesliga and Mbaye Diagne and have continued to invest and strengthen their squad. The club have also developed many Turkish national team players in various age categories from their youth squad, such as Eren Elmalı and Yasin Özcan.

Kasımpaşa would match their highest-ever position of 5th in the 2023–24 Süper Lig season.

Grounds

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

Named after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the stadium is also known as Kasımpaşa Stadium. It has a seating capacity of about 14,000.

Kasımpaşa Kemerburgaz Tesisleri

The club also makes use of the facilities of the Kasımpaşa Sports Club in Kemerburgaz.

Achievements

Honours

• 2. Lig
  • Winners (1): 2005–06
• 3. Lig
  • Winners (3): 1988–89, 1996–97, 2004–05

League affiliation

• Süper Lig: 1959–64, 2007–08, 2009–11, 2012–
• TFF First League 1964–68, 1989–92, 1997–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12
• TFF Second League: 1968–79, 1984–89, 1992–97, 2000–01, 2005–06
• TFF Third League: 2001–05
• Amateur Level: 1979–1984

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Players

Current squad

As of 7 September 2024

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  GRE Andreas Gianniotis 2 DF  BRA Cláudio Winck 4 DF  NGA Kenneth Omeruo (captain) 5 DF  TUR Sadık Çiftpınar 6 MF  GER Gökhan Gül 7 FW  SEN Mamadou Fall 8 MF  POR Cafú 9 MF  CRO Josip Brekalo (on loan from Fiorentina) 10 FW  BIH Haris Hajradinović 11 FW  TUR Erdem Çetinkaya 12 MF  TUN Mortadha Ben Ouanes 13 DF  TUR Adnan Aktaş 14 DF  ECU Jhon Espinoza 15 DF  TUR Yaman Suakar 18 MF  CPV Nuno da Costa

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  TUR Sarp Yavrucu 20 MF  GHA Nicholas Opoku 23 FW  TUR Sinan Alkaş 25 GK  TUR Ali Emre Yanar 26 MF  KOS Loret Sadiku 29 MF  TUR Taylan Utku Aydın 35 DF  TUR Aytaç Kara 42 MF  TUR Emirhan Yiğit 55 DF  TUR Yunus Emre Atakaya 58 DF  TUR Yasin Özcan 61 GK  TUR Ege Albayrak 72 MF  CZE Antonín Barák (on loan from Fiorentina) 77 MF  POR Kévin Rodrigues 98 GK  TUR Şant Kazancı 99 FW  TUR Ali Demirel

Other players under contract

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 — FW  MAR Driess Saddiki

Out on loan

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 — GK  TUR Ramazan Özkanlı (at Nilüfer Belediye FK until 30 June 2025) — FW  TUR Yasin Eratilla (at Fatsa Belediyespor until 30 June 2025)

Club officials

Board members

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Technical staff

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Presidential history

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2024)

As of 8 April 2024

Years Nationality Name 1999–2004 Halil Bakırcı 2004–2012 Hasan Hilmi Öksüz 2012–2015 Zafer Yıldırım 2015–2022 Turgay Ciner 2022– Mehmet Fatih Saraç

See also

• List of Turkish Sports Clubs by Foundation Dates

References

Notes

Citations

1. "Kulübümüz" [Our Club] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ^ "Kasımpaşa Tarihi" [History of Kasımpaşa] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 1921 yılında adını taşıdığı semtte bulunan Altıntuğ Kulübü ile Kasımpaşa Terbiye-i Bedeniye Kulübü'nün birleşmesiyle Kasımpaşa Gençlik Kulübü adı altında kurulan Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü, lacivert-beyaz forma renkli futbol takımı ile 1923-1924 sezonunda ilk resmi maçına çıktı.
3. ^ "OUR CLUB". kasimpasa.com.tr. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "Kasımpaşa Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
5. "Kasımpaşa Profesyonel A Takımı" (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K.
6. "Info Bank" [Club Details]. Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
7. "A Takım" [Teknik Kadro] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
8. "Milliyet Yazarları Seçim Turunda" [Writers of Milliyet are on election tour] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 2 March 2004. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
9. Bayer, Yalçın (8 August 2004). "Kasımpaşa Kulübü imrendiriyor" [Kasımpaşa club makes envious] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
10. "Kasımpaşa'da dev yönetim kurulu" [ collosal board of directors at Kasımpaşa] (in Turkish). Habertürk. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
11. ^ "Kasımpaşa Başkanı istifa etti" (in Turkish). Sabah. 25 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Kasımpaşa Kulübü Başkan Vekili Hasan Hilmi Öksüz, AA muhabirine yaptığı açıklamada, Zafer Yıldırım'ın, Kasımpaşa Sportif Faaliyetler AŞ'deki yönetim kurulu başkanlığı görevinden ayrıldığını belirterek, "Böylece kulüp başkanlığından da ayrılmış oldu. Bu göreve Turgay Ciner geldi. Dolayısıyla yeni başkan da Turgay Ciner oldu" dedi.
12. ^ "Kasımpaşa Başkanı Turgay Ciner Görevini Bıraktı Yeni Başkan Fatih Saraç" (in Turkish). Ajansspor. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2024. Süper Lig ekiplerinden Kasımpaşa A.Ş'de yönetim değiştiği. Kulübün sahibi Turgay Ciner, yönetim kurulu başkanlığını bıraktı. Mavi beyazlı İstanbul ekibinin yeni başkanı Mehmet Fatih Saraç oldu. İstanbul Ticaret Odası (İTO) kayıtlarına göre Turgay Ciner'in görev süresi 25 Mart 2022'de sona erdi.

External links

• Official website
• Kasımpaşa on TFF.org

• Kasımpaşa S.K.
• Association football clubs established in 1921
• 1921 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
• Football clubs in Turkey
• Süper Lig clubs
• Sports clubs and teams in Istanbul