Altay Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional

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club based in the city of

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed ''Büyük Altay'' (Great Altay). The club colors are black and white, and they currently play their home matches at the

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, while a new stadium is under construction at the site of the

Altay Alsancak Stadium The Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in İzmir, Turkey used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 and was built in 1929. In 1959 it hosted Turkey's first-ever premiere league game. The sta ...

, where they previously played.ALTAY
tff.org , accessed 24 June 2010 Domestically, the club has finished third place for the

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three times and have won the

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twice. They hold the record for most

İzmir Football League The İzmir Football League ( tr, İzmir Futbol Ligi) was founded as a regional football league for İzmir based clubs in 1924. In the period from 1924 to 1935, the winners of the İzmir League qualified for the former Turkish Football Championship ...

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 six non-champion clubs that topped the first half of 1. Lig table, along with

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in 1992–93, and

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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 unite Turkish youth under sporting activities and to encourage them, because in the 1910s minorities dominated sporting 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

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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

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. Many players and supporters of Altay SK lost their lives in the Turkish War. After the

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was adopted,

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gave General Fahreddin Pasha the surname of "Altay". Altay play in

İzmir Alsancak Stadium The Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in İzmir, Turkey used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 and was built in 1929. In 1959 it hosted Turkey's first-ever premiere league game. The stad ...

first built in 1929 and recently renovated in 2021.

Honours

National Championships

** ''Third place (3):'' 1956–57, 1969–70, 1976–77 *

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** ''Runners-up (2):''

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1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

** Winners (1): 2001–02 ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1983–84, 1990–91 *

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** Winners (1): 2006–07 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1963–64

National Cups

** Winners (2): 1966–67, 1979–80 ** ''Runners-up (5):'' 1963–64, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1985–86 *

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** ''Runners-up (2):''

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

, 1980 *

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** ''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 *

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** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1976 * Aydin Doğan Cup ** ''Runners-up (3):'' 1963, 1964, 1986

Regional competitions

* İzmir Professional League ** Winners (2): 1956–57, 1957–58 *

** 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 Bucaspor was a professional Turkish football club based in Buca, Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor were nicknamed Fırtına (Storm). The club colours were yellow and navy. It was dissolved in 2020. History Bucaspor was the fifth football club to ...

League Participations

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: 1958–83, 1984–90, 1991–2000, 2002–03, 2021– *

: 1983–84, 1990–91, 2000–02, 2003–11, 2018–21 *

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: 2011–15, 2017–18 *

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: 2015–17

European record

¹ UEFA edition. ² non-UEFA edition.

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: ¹ The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.

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: UEFA Ranking history:

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

References

External links

Official websiteAltay on TFF.org
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