Göztepe Izmir
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| Full name | Göztepe Spor Kulübü |
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| Nickname(s) | Göz Göz |
| Founded | 14 June 1925 as Göztepe Gençlik Kulübü |
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| Capacity | 12,500 |
| Chairman | |
| Manager | Yılmaz Vural |
| League | TFF First League |
| 2016–17 | 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Göztepe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [ɡøztepe spoɾ kulyby], Göztepe Sports Club) also known as Göztepe are a Turkish sports club located in the neighborhood of İzmir. The "SK" refers to sports club, as besides football the club has also branches in Fencing, Triathlon, Handball, Sailing, swimming and Windsurfing. Göztepe is the first Turkish football team to play a semi-final in European competitions.
The club was founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red and yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor was renamed again as Göztepe in 1939. Ateşspor was also renamed as İzmirspor the same year.
Göztepe enjoyed their best success between the years 1963 and 1971 under the supervision of coach Adnan Süvari. Their legendary 11 during that period of success is still remembered today: Ali Artuner, Mehmet "Junior" Işıkal, , Hüseyin Yazıcı, , , , Ertan Öznur, Fevzi Zemzem, , .
Starting with 2002-03 season which brought relegation from Süper Lig, Göztepe struggled with financial problems and difficulties. Due to the inability to reduce their outstanding debt, the football club was banned from signing new players, which resulted in a free-fall with the team being relegated four times in the next 5 seasons. On April 21, 2007 they lost their last home game 2–0 against in TFF Third League and were relegated to the Turkish Regional Amateur League.
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