The Gürsel Aksel Sports and Healthy Life Center ( tr, Gürsel Aksel Spor ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Merkezi), colloquially known as Gürsel Aksel Stadium
is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
stadium located in Üçkuyular,
Göztepe, a neighbourhood in the
Konak district of
Ä°zmir, Turkey. The stadium is the home ground of Ä°zmir-based sports club
Göztepe S.K.
The stadium is commemorated after
Gürsel Aksel
Gürsel Aksel (10 May 1937 – 13 October 1978), was a Turkish footballer who played as a midfielder. Aksel spent his entire professional career with Göztepe, and is their most capped player in their history. He had three caps with the Turke ...
who
served entirely to club during his professional career, officially dubbed as "the great captain" by the club.
History
Göztepe S.K. announced their agreement with
TOKI, governmental housing agency of Turkey, for construction of a stadium on 22 February 2017.
of stadium was 9 September 2017.
Stadium is planned to be built total of 12 thousand
m2.
Initial projected capacity of stadium was announced as 20,035. In July 2019, projected capacity was increased up to 25,035.
In 2020, the construction cost of the stadium was reported by
Anadolu Agency as 218,900,000.00
₺.
The first ever
season ticket
A season ticket, or season pass, is a ticket that grants privileges over a defined period of time.
History
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s of the stadium were released on 8 November 2019, covering the second half of the
2019–20 Süper Lig
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season.
The stadium was opened on 26 January 2020, Monday, at 16:00
local time, at the week 19 game of 2019–20 Süper Lig season, between Göztepe and
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ J.K.
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...
The game ended 2–1 in favour of Göztepe S.K.
On 25th minute of the game,
Halil Akbunar scored the first goal ever scored in Gürsel Aksel Stadium.
17,855 spectators attended the opening game.
announced their decision on 14 April 2021, revealing that
2020–21 Turkish Cup Final to take place at Gürsel Aksel Stadium.
Played on 18 May 2021 between
Antalyaspor and Beşiktaş, the game ended with 0–2 final score, sealing the cup title of Beşiktaş.
On 11 June 2023, the stadium hosted the
2023 Turkish Cup final, which was played between
Fenerbahçe and
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir
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. Fenerbahçe won the match 2–0.
Facilities
Final layout of Gürsel Aksel Stadium lies on 34.651
m2 of building area with a total construction presence of 94.541 m
2.
There is the official sports museum of Göztepe S.K., exhibition halls, food courts and a parking garage located inside and underground of the stadium.
On the roof of stadium, there is a 650 metres long
walking track built.
Transportation
As of 2020 information, stadium is accessible via
ESHOT bus service
Public transport bus services are generally based on regular operation of transit buses along a route calling at agreed bus stops according to a published public transport timetable.
History of buses Origins
While there are indications ...
s with related connections of bus numbers 5, 6, 7, 24, 25 and 480 from
Balçova
Balçova (pronounced Balchova), is a district of Izmir Province in Turkey. It is one of the eleven districts in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Izmir, the smallest in terms of area. Balçova is a fully urbanized at the rate of 100,0 per cent an ...
,
Narlıdere districts and Kavacık and Oyunlar Köyü neighbourhoods, bus number 486 from Oyak Sitesi neighbourhood, bus numbers 17, 650, 671, 690 and 873 from surrounding
high ways, bus number 510 from
Gaziemir district, bus number 202 from
Adnan Menderes Airport.
References
External links
Göztepe S.K. website
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2020 establishments in Turkey
Sports venues in Ä°zmir
Football venues in Turkey
Multi-purpose stadiums in Turkey
Sports venues completed in 2020
Konak District