İstanbulspor A.Ş.
Squad
Patrick Ebert2022current
David Jensencurrent- Kristal Abazajcurrent
- Ali Beratlıgil1959–1961
- Cemil Turan1968–1972
Abdullah Avcı1991–1995- Tanju Çolak1993–1994
Hamza Hamzaoğlu1995–1999
John van den Brom1995–1996- Peter van Vossen1995–1996
- Peter van Vossen1995–1995
Ümit Davala1995–1996
Čedomir Janevski1995–1996
Aykut Kocaman1996–2000
Emre Aşık1996–2000- Fahrudin Omerović1996–1998
Oleg Salenko1996–1998
Oğuz Çetin1996–1998
Sergen Yalçın1997–1999
Zdravko Zdravkov1997–1999
Ivaylo Petkov1998–2003- Jean-Michel Ferri1998–1998
Sejad Halilović1998–1999
Recep Çetin1999–2001- Alban Bushi2000–2005
Bruno Quadros2000–2000- Zdravko Zdravkov2000–2002
Selçuk Şahin2001–2003
Aleksandar Aleksandrov2002–2005- Alioum Boukar2002–2003
- Uche Okechukwu2002–2006
Elvir Bolić2003–2004
Yalçın Ayhan2003–2005- Zdravko Zdravkov2003–2003
Abdullah Ercan2004–2006- Ahmet Dursun2004–2004
- Elvir Bolić2005–2006
Serdar Özkan2005–2005
Elvir Baljić2006–2008- Oktay Derelioğlu2006–2007
Volkan Babacan2006–2007- Alioum Boukar2007–2010
- Yalçın Ayhan2007–2008
- Oktay Derelioğlu2008–2008
Zeki Çelik2016–2018
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Career & Clubs
İstanbulspor was founded by Kemal Halim Gürgen, also known by his native Albanian name of Qemal Omari and Istanbul Boys High School students. It was founded on 4 January 1926, being one of the first sports clubs of the Turkish Republican period. In the 1931–32 season, İstanbulspor won both the Istanbul League and Turkish Football Championship.
Until 1990, the club was managed by the Istanbul High School foundation. During this period, İstanbulspor has been relegated from and promoted to the top division several times. Also, it relegated to the amateur level in 1979 and played at the amateur level for two seasons. In 1984, club was relegated to third league. In 1990, Uzan Holding, led by Turkish businessman Cem Uzan, bought the club and converted it into İstanbulspor A.Ş., İstanbulspor incorporation. After that, Istanbulspor was funded by Uzan family and promoted back to first league in 1995. Istanbulspor became one of the most successful Turkish football clubs again, as they reached fourth place in the 1997–98 season and played in the UEFA Cup. Uzan family withdrew its support from İstanbulspor in 2001. Because of this, İstanbulspor fell into financial crisis and came ninth in the 2002–03 season. Eventually, in 2003, the Turkish government took over the financially collapsed club. However, Istanbulspor were relegated to the second league in 2004–05. In 2006, İstanbulspor were resold by the government to former Turkish player Saffet Sancaklı's Marmara Spor Faaliyetleri San.…
- League
- TFF Second League
- League
- TFF Third League
- League
- TFF First League
- League
- Süper Lig
Legacy
European competitions
UEFA Intertoto Cup Semi-finals (1): 1997
Domestic competitions
Turkish Football Championship Winners (1): 1932 TFF First League Winners (1): 1967–68 Runners-up (1): 1994–95 TFF Second League Winners (2): 1991–92, 2016–17 TFF Third League Winners (1): 2014–15
Regional competitions
Istanbul Football League Winners (1): 1931–32 Istanbul Shield Winners (1): 1931–32 Istanbul 2. Football League Winners (1): 1926–27
Others
Spor Toto Cup Winners (1): 1970–71 TSYD Cup Winners (2): 1996, 2000
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig to the TFF First League. For many decades, it was the fourth most famous and well-developed professional football club in Istanbul, coming after Beşiktaş, Galatasaray, and Fenerbahçe. After being bought by the Uzan family in 1990, it has been repossessed by the government and resold to third parties.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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