İzmirspor is а Turkish

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

, Turkey.

History

The club was founded as ''Altın Ay'' on 25 July 1923. Altın Ay merged with rivals ''Sakarya'' and formed İzmirspor on 28 November 1930. They are currently playing in the

Turkish Regional Amateur League The Turkish Regional Amateur League () is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 10-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped according to the regions in ...

. The club's greatest achievement was to become runner-up in the former

Turkish Football Championship The Turkish Football Championship () was a top-level association football, football competition in Turkey. It was the first nationwide championship in Turkish football history. The championship was organised by the Turkish Football Federation (the ...

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. İzmirspor also has won the

İzmir Football League The İzmir Football League () 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. In 1937 the first na ...

five times.

League participations

Turkish Super League Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The ...

: 1958–67, 1968–69 *

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 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 ...

: 1967–68, 1969–72, 1980–88, 1989–93, 1998–04 *

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

: 1972–80, 1988–89, 1993–98, 2004–08 *

TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Foot ...

: 2008–10 *

: 2010–2016, 2018– * İzmir Super Amateur League: 2016–18

Honours

: ''Runners-up (1):''

: Winners (5): 1929–30, 1932–33, 1949, 1954–55, 1955–56

Notable players

Metin Oktay Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Crownless King () by Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish people, Turkish association football, footballer and one of the most successful goal score ...

References

External links

Official websiteİzmirspor on TFF.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Izmirspor Football clubs in Turkey Association football clubs established in 1923 1923 establishments in Turkey Süper Lig clubs Sports clubs and teams in İzmir