İstanbul Güngörenspor (formerly known as Güngören Belediyespor) is a

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club located in

Güngören Güngören is an industrial and working class residential district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located near the district of Bakırköy on the Çatalca Peninsula in the western half of Istanbul Province. It is the smallest district of Turkey in ter ...

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. This club was formed as ''Beyoğlu Kapalıçarşıspor'' in 1983. They moved to Güngören and changed their name to ''Güngören Belediyespor'' in 1994. The club is owned by the municipality of Güngören. This club played in the

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and promoted to Bank Asya 1. League after extra play-offs in 2007–2008 season and relegated to

after 2008–2009 season. They changed their name to ''İstanbul Güngörenspor'' before the start of the 2011–12 season. After many promotions and relegations between

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and fourth levels of Turkish Football, Güngören B.S. had a chance to promote

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at the end of the 2007 – 2008 season. Though their opponent

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was favourites before the final match at

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, Güngören B.S. managed to score at the last minute to win 1 – 0 and get promoted. Following season was hard as expected, Güngören BS tried to secure their place over the relegation zone. Wins against

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and other title contenders, kept them in mid-table for most of the season. Despite their tries, they relegated to Second League after losing 3–1 to Boluspor at away match on May 10, 2009 as 17th. Güngören BS played 1st Group of Second League in 2009–10 season and qualified to Promotion Group after finishing it as 2nd. After finishing 2nd in this group, they returned second level immediately. In 2010–11 season, Güngören BS escaped relegation and finished it as 15th. They renamed their name as İstanbul Güngörenspor before start of next season, but they finished First League as 17th and relegated to Second League. Güngörenspor finished Red Group of Second League as 14th in 2012–13 season. But, after finishing Red Group as 17th, they relegated to fourth level. Finally Güngörenspor finished 3rd Group of Third League as last (18th) and relegated to Regional Amateur League in 2014–15 season. They finished 12th Group of RAL as 10th and faced with Kartal Bulvarspor at play-outs in 2015-16 season. They lost this math as 2-1 in 8 May 2016 and relegated to Istanbul Super Amateur League after three consecutive relegations.

Current squad

''As of 15 October 2011''

External links

Official websiteGüngörenspor on TFF.org
Güngören Belediyespor Sport in Istanbul Football clubs in Turkey Association football clubs established in 1983 1983 establishments in Turkey {{Turkey-footyclub-stub