Gençlerbirliği S.K.

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Gençlerbirliği

Full name	Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	“Ankara Rüzgârı” ("The Wind of Ankara")
Founded	March 14, 1923
Ground	19 Mayıs Stadyumu, Ankara, Turkey (Capacity: 19,209)
Chairman	İlhan Cavcav
Manager	Thomas Doll
League	Süper Lig
2007-08	Süper Lig, 15th
Home colours Away colours

Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü (pronounced [ɟeŋtʃˈlɛɾbirliː]) is a Turkish football club from the capital, Ankara, playing in the Süper Lig. The name translates literally as "Juvenile United".

Contents 1 History 2 Colors 3 Rivalry 4 Youth academy and scouting 5 Recent rise and UEFA Cup run 6 Achievements 7 Players 7.1 Current squad 7.1.1 On loan 7.2 Former player 7.3 Player of the Year award winners 7.4 Most appearances 7.5 Most goals scored 8 Coaching Staff 9 Presidents 10 Managers 11 Further reading 12 See also 13 External links

[edit] History

Gençlerbirliği was founded in a slightly different way to many other football clubs, having been established by students from the high school, Ankara Erkek Lisesi (Sultani Mektebi). The students in question (Ramiz Eren, Mennan İz, Mazhar Atacanlı, Sait, Kenan, Nuri, Namık Katoğlu, Namık Ambarcıoğlu, Rıdvan Kırmacı, Hafi Araç, Ruhi, Sarı Ziya and Hakkı) had failed to be selected for their own school team, and asked one of their student friends, Asim, to talk with his father about setting up a football team for them to show how well they could play.

On March 14, 1923, Asim's father, the member of parliament from Muş Province established the team for his son and his friends. Since all the members of the teams were students he chose the name 'Youth Union'. They elected Sarı Ziya's father Faik Bey as their first chairman.[1]

Subsequently these young students wanted to play against the school team which had not selected them. Gençlerbirliği won the game, played at “Hamit tarlası”, 3-0. According to these young rebel players this victory forged the identity of their new team.

[edit] Colors

There are many rumors about how Gençlerbirliği got its team colors, black and red:

• The young students went to a local haberdashers and the only available colors were black and red. They purchased these colors to sew their own kit.
• At that time the İstanbul Altınordu team was famous and supported in many Anatolian cities. The students bought ten Altınordu jerseys and the team colors were established.
• The outskirts of Ankara during spring time sees plenty of Poppy flowers (Gelincik) blooming and Gençlerbirliği selected the red and black of this flower for its colors. Gençlerbirliği merchandise in its store is usually called Gelincik by its supporters.

[edit] Rivalry

Gençlerbirliği's arch-rival is the neighbouring club Ankaragücü and games between the clubs are considered as the "Ankara derby".

[edit] Youth academy and scouting

Gençlerbirliği has always been one of the teams in Turkey most notable for its talented young footballers that it procures through scouting both in Turkey and throughout Europe and Africa. For example Geremi was scouted and raised by the club, transferred to Real Madrid and later Chelsea. Another of Gençlerbirliği's young stars Promise Isaac received the 2005-2006 Turkcell Super League Individual Youth player of the year award.

Gençlerbirliği's state of the art youth academy is in Beştepe, Ankara with 50 acres (200,000 m²) of training facilities (Beştepe İlhan Cavcav Tesisleri).

Gençlerbirligi has been run by the current president İlhan Cavcav since 1977. With Cavcav's help, Gençlerbirliği have become one of the more stable clubs in Turkey. This has been achieved mainly through the departure of the most talented players every season to the other clubs in Turkey. Departing players are usually replaced with much cheaper imports from Turkey, Europe or Africa.

[edit] Recent rise and UEFA Cup run

For the last ten years the team has consistently finished in the top half of the table, and in the 2002/2003 season they were in contention for the championship until a month before the end of the season. The next season, they played in the UEFA Cup under coach Ersun Yanal. The young team eliminated teams like Parma FC, Blackburn Rovers and Sporting Clube de Portugal. Finally they were eliminated in the fourth round of the UEFA Cup by eventual winners Valencia. In 2004/05 they finished fifth in the league, but with a large number of their most talented players leaving the club, they were again forced to confront the challenges of replacing them before the start of the next season.

[edit] Achievements

• Turkish Football Championship:
  • Winners (2): 1941, 1946
  • Runners-up (1): 1951
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1987, 2001
• Ankara Football League:
  • Winners (10): 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1934-35, 1939-40, 1940-41, 1945-46, 1949-50, 1950-51
  • Runners-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2008
• UEFA Cup:
  • Fourth Round (1): 2003-04

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Recep Öztürk 3 DF Eren Aydın 5 DF Lamine Traoré 6 DF Erkan Özbey (Captain) 7 MF Mehmet Nas 9 FW Kahê 11 FW Mustafa Pektemek 15 MF Koray Avcı 17 MF Bilal Çubukçu 18 DF Jacques Momha 19 FW Bruce Djite 20 DF İlhan Eker 21 MF Burhan Eşer

No. Position Player 23 MF Mile Jedinak 24 DF Daniel Addo 25 DF Hakan Aslantaş 26 FW Hurşit Meriç 27 DF Mehmet Polat 30 GK Bojan Isailović 33 MF Uğur Kapısız 34 MF Yasir Elmacı 36 FW Kemal Akbaba 40 MF Cem Can 55 DF Emre Balak 91 MF Soner Aydoğdu GK Serdar Kulbilge

[edit] On loan

No. Position Player MF Sandro (at Hacettepe Spor Kulübü until June 2009) MF Tozo (at Hacettepe Spor Kulübü until June 2009) MF Engin Baytar (at Eskişehirspor until June 2009) GK Ramazan Köse (at Giresunspor until June 2009)

No. Position Player MF Umut Gündoğan (at Fethiyespor until June 2009) MF Kerem Şeras (at Ankaragücü until June 2009) DF Ergün Teber (at Kocaelispor until June 2009) MF Seçkin Getbay (at Giresunspor until June 2009)

[edit] Former player

• See Category:Gençlerbirliği players

[edit] Player of the Year award winners

Year Winner 2004 Ali Tandoğan 2005 Erkan Özbey 2006 Lars Fredrik Risp 2007 Erkan Özbey 2008 Burhan Eşer

Source: Gençlerbirliği statistics and news site, in Turkish

[edit] Most appearances

#	Player	Caps	Period
1.	Tevfik Kutlay	337	1959 - 1972
2.	Selçuk Çakmaklı	332	1959 - 1972
3.	Avni Okumuş	317	1983 - 1993
4.	Zeynel Soyuer	288	1959 - 1970
5.	Metin Diyadin	286	1988 - 1998
6.	Nihat Baştürk	279	1994 - 2004
7.	Okan Gedikali	274	1981 - 1991
8.	Cemalettin Sakallıoğlu	235	1975 - 1984
9.	Mehmet Şimşek	233	1993 - 2001
10.	Orhan Yüksel	232	1959 - 1966

Source: Gençlerbirliği statistics and news site, in Turkish

[edit] Most goals scored

#	Player	Goals (Caps)	Period
1	Andre Kona N'Gole	73 (147)	1993 - 2001
2	Avni Okumuş	72 (317)	1983 - 1993
3	Orhan Yüksel	70 (232)	1959 - 1966
4	Ümit Karan	60 (150)	1997 - 2001
5	Souleymane Youla	56 (134)	2001 - 2005
6	Muammer Nurlu	48 (150)	1983 - 1989
7	Zeynel Soyuer	48 (288)	1959 - 1970
8	Abdullah Çevrim	47 (151)	1961 - 1966
9	Asım Gündüz	46 (124)	1972 - 1978
10	Tevfik Kutlay	43 (337)	1959 - 1972

Source: Gençlerbirliği statistics and news site, in Turkish

[edit] Coaching Staff

Position Staff Head Coach Thomas Doll Assistant Coach Ulvi Güveneroğlu Assistant Coach Levent Şahin Assistant Coach Gökhan Keskin Goalkeeping Coach Yaşar Duran Youth Team Head Coach Osman Nuri Işılar Youth Team Assistant Coach Tanser Aydın

Source: Gençlerbirliği SK Official Website

[edit] Presidents

Name Years Münif Kemal Ak 1923-1936 Saffet Gürol 1936-1943 Namık Ambarlıoğlu 1943-1944 Fevzi Magat 1944-1946 Namık Katoğlu 1947-1948 Yusuf Bahri 1948-1949 Orhan Şeref Apak 1949-1950 Reşat Taşer 1950-1952

Name Years Nuri Togay 1952-1955 Mümtaz Tarhan 1955-1957 Ahmet Salih Korur 1957-1958 Orhan Şeref Apak 1958-1961 Turhan Ogan 1961-1963 İbrahim Sıtkı Hatipoğlu 1964-1965 Muslihittin Yılmaz Mete 1965-1966 İsmet Sezgin 1966-1967

Name Years Hadi Özbay 1967-1968 Necip Türegen 1968-1969 Mehmet Ali Tuzcuoğlu 1969-1970 Adil Evrensel 1970-1972 Sezai Diblan 1972-1974 Hasan Şengel 1976-1977 İlhan Cavcav 1977- present

Source: Gençlerbirliği SK Official Website

[edit] Managers

Yüksel Doğanay (1960-1970) Oktay Arıca (1970-1971) Kazım Türesin (1971-1972) Yüksel Doğanay (1972–1973) Fehmi Baştüzel (1973-1974) Tevfik Kutlay (1975) Avni Bulduk (1975) Fehmi Baştüzel (1975–1976) Avni Bulduk (1976) Oktay Arıca (1976-1977) Ruhi Yavuz (1977–1978) Fehmi Baştüzel (1978–1981) Mümtaz Tümer (1981) Fehmi Baştüzel (1981) Enver Ürekli (1981) Teoman Yamanlar (1981–1982)

Kadri Aytaç (1982-1983) Tınaz Tırpan (1983–1985) Erkan Kural (1985–1986) Metin Türel (1986–1987) Hüsnü Macurni (1987) Tınaz Tırpan (1987–1988) Kadri Aytaç (1988) İbrahim Aydın (1988) Teoman Yamanlar (1988) Erkan Kural (1988–1989) Gündüz Tekin Onay (1989–1990) Metin Türel (1990) Jozef Jarabinský (1990–1991) Aldoğan Argon (1991–1992) Battal Tokyay (1992) Valeri Nepomniachi (1992-1993)

Kurban Berdyev (1993-1994) Augusto Palacios (1994) Zafer Göncüler (1994–1995) Metin Türel (1995) Georges Heylens (1995-1996) Metin Türel (1996) Sadi Tekelioğlu (1996-1997) Teoman Yamanlar (1997) Luka Peruzovic (1997) Yılmaz Vural (1997–1998) Karol Pecze (1998-2000) Samet Aybaba (2000-2001) Hasan Gül (2001) Walter Meeuws (2001) Erdoğan Arıca (2001–2002) Ersun Yanal (2002–2004)

Erdoğan Arıca (2004) Oğuz Çetin (2004) Ziya Doğan (2004-2005) Mesut Bakkal (2005-2007) Fuat Çapa (2007) Reinhard Stumpf (2007) Bülent Korkmaz (2007-2008) Mesut Bakkal (2008) Samet Aybaba (2008- present) Thomas Doll (2009)

Source: Gençlerbirliği statistics and news site, in Turkish

[edit] Further reading

• (Turkish) Ankara Rüzgarı. Kendi Yayinlari 2003 ISBN 9759242206 author: Tanıl Bora.

[edit] See also

• Hacettepe Spor Kulübü Reserve team of Gençlerbirliği in Turkcell Super League.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Gençlerbirliği statistics and news site in Turkish
• English site about Ankara football and Gençlerbirliği
• Gençlerbirliği fan site in Turkish
• Gençlerbirliği fan site in Turkish

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