MKE Ankaragücü
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| Full name | MKE Ankaragücü |
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| Founded | 1910 |
| Ground |
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara |
| Capacity | 19,209 |
| President | Mehmet Yiğiner |
| Manager | Kemal Kılıç |
| League | TFF Second League |
| 2014–15 | TFF Second League – Red Group, 9th |
| Website | Club home page |
MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈankaɾaɟyd͡ʒy]), is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Ankara. The club wears a yellow and navy kit and play their home matches at Ankara 19 Mayıs.
The club's greatest domestic success were two Türkiye Kupası trophies in 1972 and 1981. They also won the second division on two occasions. Amateur-wise, the club won five Ankara Football League titles. The club has a rivalry with Gençlerbirliği.
Ankaragücü also operates cycling,taekwondo and women's volleyball branches. The women's volleyball team have competed in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League since the 2009–10 season.
Ankaragücü is based in Ankara, but was originally founded in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul in 1904 as Altin Örs Idman Yurdu. The club competed in the Istanbul Friday League. It is unclear as to the motive behind the uprooting of the Istanbul-based club to Ankara. Another theory is that the club splintered, with some players following Şükrü Abbas and others following Agah Orhan. Şükrü Abbas founded Turan Sanatkaragücü in 1910. In 1938, both clubs merged to form AS-FA Gücü. The club name was changed for one last time in 1948, with both sides settling on Ankaragücü.
The club were one of the original sixteen in the 1959 Milli Lig. They were admitted into the league after finishing second in the Ankara Professional League. The club finished fifth in the Beyaz Grup (White Grup) in the first season of the Milli Lig.
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