Altay S.K. women's football, ( tr, Altay Spor Kulübü Kadın Futbol Takımı), is a Turkish women's football team as part of Altay S.K. based in

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. Founded in 2020, the black-white colored team play currently in the

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, the top tier of the

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History

The 1914-established

-based Altay S.K. of the

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founded the women's football team in 2020 with the intention to join the Women's Third League. For preparations for the upcoming league season, the team trained at Kültürpark, an urbank park in the city center, since the club's facility with two fields of grass ground were not available to the women's team. The newly formed team ended their trainings because it became evident that they will not compete in the league as the

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(TFF) suspended the Women's Third League in the 2020–21 season dure to ongoing

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. In September 2021, Altay S.K. applied to the TFF to be admitted to the

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, which was newly restructured from the Women's First League by the TFF to incorporate women's teams of major clubs of the men's Süper Lig. Upon approval, the team joined the Women's Super League. For preparation to the 2020-21 Turkcell Super League season, the team played their first match, a friendly game, against the also new-formed team Galatasaray S.K. The black-white colored team's chairman is Özgür Ekmekçioğlu. The is coached by Cenk Decdel, and the captain is Suzan Durmaz.

Stadium

The team play their home matches at Gaziemir District Stadıum.

Statistics

*(¹) : Season in progress

Current squad

*Head coach: Cenk Decdel

References

{{Turkish Women's First Football League Altay S.K. Women's football clubs in Turkey Association football clubs established in 2020 2020 establishments in Turkey Sports clubs and teams in İzmir