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Beşiktaş JK
Beşiktaş logo
Full nameBeşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü
Nickname(s)Kara Kartallar (The Black Eagles)
Founded1903
Groundİnönü Stadyumu,
Istanbul, Turkey
Capacity32,145
ChairmanTurkey Yıldırım Demirören
ManagerFrance Jean Tigana
LeagueTurkcell Süper Lig
2005-06Turkcell Süper Lig, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

Beşiktaş JK is a Turkish sports club from İstanbul, which professionally participates in many branches such as basketball, volleyball, handball etc. They play their football matches at İnönü Stadyumu, located by the Bosphorus, near the Dolmabahçe Palace.

History

Besiktas is the first football/sports club to exist in Turkey, earlier than Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. The first branches of the club were wrestling, boxing, weight-lifting and a variety of gymnastics branches.

The monarchical rules were relaxed with the declaration of Mesrutiyet (constitutional monarchy) on July 23, 1908; a law allowing the foundation of sport clubs passed on August 3, 1909.

Finally, the club was officially registered on January 20, 1910 under the name of "Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club", and Şükrü Pasha took over the presidency of Beşiktaş. In this way, Beşiktaş became the first officially registered Turkish sports club.

Football and Beşiktaş

Some of the young patriots from the neighborhood Beşiktaş in İstanbul formed two Football clubs called "Valideçeşme" and "Basiret", under the leadership of Şeref Bey. They were not members of Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club. One day they came together and Seref Bey said: "Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club is the strongest and biggest club of Beşiktaş. If we want to think big, we should come together under Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club."

Hence "Valideçeşme" and "Basiret" Football clubs joined Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club in 1911. In a very short time, Football became the foremost branch in the club.

Nickname

It was the last week of the season of 1932–33 in İstanbul Amateur League, and the final match was between Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş. Fenerbahçe were the league leaders, and Beşiktaş had trailed by 2 points.

Şeref Bey, who brought Football to Beşiktaş, died just one day before this derby match. The match was on June 16, 1933, and it was a very close call: either Beşiktaş or Fenerbahçe were going to be the champions. Before the match, there was an air of mourning in the Beşiktaş locker room . Suddenly Hakki Yeten, one of the players, stood up and said to his teammates "If Şeref Bey were alive, he would want us to win this match." This charged the team up. It was the first time Beşiktaş were playing in a black uniform to express their sorrow after Şeref Bey's death . The match started. Fenerbahçe mostly preferred a defensive strategy, playing for a draw and Beşiktaş preferred an offensive strategy. On the 24th minute, Nazim scored a goal for Beşiktaş, and the fans of Besiktas started cheering, but the referee cancelled the goal calling it offside. Most of the game was played in the Fenerbahçe's half. Beşiktaş attacked 66 times in 90 minutes. But the match ended in a goalless draw, securing Fenerbahçe's title. Despite the draw, everyone was talking about the great performance:

—What a team it was!
—They attacked like eagles.
—Yes. They were like black eagles…

Despite the fact that on that day Beşiktaş failed to win the championship, they won something more important than that, the nickname of "The Black Eagles".

Colours

When Beşiktaş was founded, the club colours were red and white, the colours of the Turkish flag. After the Balkan Wars in 1912–13, the Ottoman Empire lost most of its territories in the Balkans, and casualties included some of the sportsmen of the club.

Beşiktaş substituted the red in their kits with black to commemorate the losses in the war with the intention to change back upon reacquistion of the land. Because the Ottomans were never able to conquer back the lost territories, club colours have remained black and white since then.

The Emblem

The emblem of Beşiktaş symbolizes the foundation date. There are two white and three black bars on the emblem. It consists of nine parts in total. There is one white bar, three black bars, and another white bar, and there are nine parts in total. Thus: 1319, the year of the club's foundation. (The Islamic calendar was still used in the Ottoman Empire at the time of the club's foundation. 1319 is the equivalent of 1903 in Gregorian Calendar.)

The Turkish flag which appears in Beşiktaş's emblem is the result of a gift from the Turkish Football Federation. Beşiktaş earned the right to incorporate the flag after they played against the Greek national team as Turkish national team on May 16, 1952.

Squad

Current Squad

Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

As of 21 August, 2006:

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 Croatia CRO Vedran Runje
2 MF Turkey TUR Serdar Kurtulus
3 DF Turkey TUR Mehmet Sedef
4 DF Turkey TUR Mustafa Doğan
5 DF Turkey TUR Gökhan Zan
6 MF Turkey TUR Serdar Ozkan
7 MF Turkey TUR Burak Yilmaz
8 DF Turkey TUR Baki Mercimek
9 FW Turkey TUR Gokhan Gulec
10 MF Argentina ARG Matias Emilio Delgado
11 FW Turkey TUR Mert Nobre
13 FW Brazil BRA Bobo
15 MF Brazil BRA Jose Kleberson
17 MF Brazil BRA Ricardinho
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Turkey TUR İbrahim Üzülmez
20 MF Turkey TUR Aydın Karabulut
21 GK Turkey TUR Ramazan Kurşunlu (on loan to Diyarbakırspor)
22 MF Turkey TUR Ali Tandoğan
29 GK Turkey TUR Murat Şahin
30 DF Turkey TUR Ali Güneş
41 MF Turkey TUR Mustafa Koray Avcı
53 MF Turkey TUR Fahri Tatan
55 MF Turkey TUR İbrahim Akın
58 DF Turkey TUR İbrahim Toraman
77 MF Turkey TUR Emre Ozkan
78 DF Turkey TUR Ibrahim Kaser
80 FW Turkey TUR Kenan Ozer

* Márcio Nobre (Mert Nobre) holds dual Turkish and Brazilian citizenship.
* Mustafa Doğan holds dual Turkish and German citizenship.
* Ali Güneş holds dual Turkish and German citizenship.

Squad Changes During 2006/2007 Season

In

Out

Out on Loan

Notable players

Managers

Presidents

Achievements

  • Turkish League Championships:
    • Winners (12): 1956-1957, 1957-1958, 1959-1960, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1994-95, 2002-03
    • Runners-up (13): 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00
  • Turkish Cup:
    • Winners (6): 1975, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006
    • Runners-up (6): 1966, 1977, 1984, 1993, 1999, 2002
  • Turkish Super Cup:
    • Winners (1): 2006
  • Champions League:
    • Quarterfinals (1): 1987
  • UEFA Cup:
    • Quarterfinals (1): 2003

Contact information

BJK Plaza Akaretler Süleyman Seba Caddesi, No. 92 Besiktas 80680 Istanbul/TURKEY

Phone Number: +90 (212) 310 1000 (pbx 100 HAT)

Fax: +90 (212) 258 8194

External links

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