MKE Ankaragücü

Ankaragücü
Full name	MKE Ankaragücü
Short name	AG
Founded	31 August 1910 as Turan Sanatkarangücü (108 years, 43 days old)
Ground	Osmanlı Stadium,; Ankara
Capacity	20,071
President	Mehmet Yiğiner
Manager	İsmail Kartal
League	Süper Lig
2017–18	1. Lig, 2nd (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈɑŋkɑɾɑɡʲyd͡ʒy]), is a professional Turkish sports club located in the city of Ankara, Turkey. The club wears a yellow and navy kit and temporarily play their home matches at Osmanlı Stadium following the closure of the Ankara 19 Mayıs.^[1]

The club's greatest domestic successes are the Turkish Football Championship title in 1949 and two Turkish Cups won in 1972 and 1981. They also won the second division on two occasions. Regionally, the club won seven Ankara Football League titles.^[2] The club has a rivalry with Gençlerbirliği.

Ankaragücü also operates cycling,^[3] taekwondo and women's volleyball departments. The women's volleyball team have competed in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League since the 2009–10 season.

History

Early years (1909–1959)

Ankaragücü are based in Ankara, but were founded in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul in 1904 as Altınörs İdman 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 Sanatkarangücü 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.^[4] Ankaragücü won the former Turkish Football Championship in 1949, their greatest success in their history, and reached the third place before in 1924 under the name Turan Sanatkarangücü.

Ankaragücü's classic home kit

1. Lig Years and Relegation (1959–1981)

The club were one of the original sixteen clubs in the 1959 Turkish National League.^[5] They were admitted into the league after finishing second in the Ankara Professional League.^[2] The club finished fifth in the Beyaz Grup (White Group) in the first season of the Milli Lig.^[5]

Ankaragücü were relegated to the 2.Lig in 1967–68 after finishing second to last place. The club returned to the top league next season. Ankaragücü were again relegated in the 1975–76 season,^[6] but promoted to the 1st League next season.^[7] Ankaragücü was relegated for the third time in 1977–1978 season.^[8]

Back to 1. Lig (1981–2012)

Ankaragücü returned to the 1st League in 1981 due to a political decision, towards which the FIFA was still powerless back then. The Turkish President Kenan Evren and Ankara governor Mustafa Gönül wanted a club from the capital in the 1. Lig and thus saw to that the club gained promotion despite only having finished second in the 2nd division, behind Sakaryaspor. Ankaragücü had won the Turkish Cup too.^[9] Ankaragücü has played in the 1st League since then. The club was occasionally successful during the 1990s.

Under Ersun Yanal's managership, the club has seen two successful seasons, becoming sixth in the 2000–01 season and fourth in the 2001–02 season. After Ersun Yanal left the club, Ankaragücü found it in a struggle to be saved from relegation each year and were in full-blown and widespread disarray. The club managed to stay clear of relegation at the last few matches during these years. Consequently, a financial crisis hit the club during the late 2000s.

After the economic crisis, Ahmet Gökçek became the chairman replacing Cemal Aydın. He promised that the club would become a champion in upcoming years. He was formerly (informally) associated with Ankaraspor and TFF objected to the control of two clubs at the same time and relegated Ankaraspor. After the relegation of Ankaraspor, he merged the football squads of two teams, but he did not manage to form a squad that would win a championship.

The congress in which Ahmet Gökçek was elected annulled by Turkish court and Cengiz Topel Yıldırım returned to the chairman position. Due to the economic crisis, Cengiz Topel Yıldırım sold key players of the squad and the team was one of the weakest teams of Turkish Super League. Sami Altınyuva became the next chairman but did not solve the financial problems. Due to the ongoing financial crisis, many players left the club. Later, Bent Ahlat, Atilla Süslü and Mehmet Yiğiner became chairmans but the financial problems were not solved.

Relegation again

Due to financial crisis, the club relegated from Süper Lig in the 2011–2012 season and from PTT 1. Lig in the 2012–2013 season.

Special relationship with Bursaspor

In the early 1990s Bursaspor's ultra group Teksas had a leader called, 'Abdulkerim Bayraktar'. He went to study in Ankara, whilst in the city he started attending Ankaragücü games and started building ties between the two clubs.

In 1993 however, his life was cut short, during his military service he was killed by. This tragic event bought Bursaspor and Ankaragücü even closer together. During the first game after his death, Bursaspor organized a tribute to him, the events which happened next cemented the brotherhood between these two teams. A large group of Ankaragücü supporters made their way onto the pitch and unveiled a large banner reading, 'Our brother Abdul will never die, he lives on in our hearts'. The two supporter groups united and hundreds of Ankaragücü ultras attended his funeral. From that day on Bursaspor supporters would chant Ankaragücü's name in the sixth minute of every home game, number six being significant due to it being Ankara's city code.

Ankaragücü supporters in return chant Bursaspor's name during the 16th minute, 16 being Bursa's city code. When the two sides play, the supporters sit together, its one of the rare occasions in which ultra from opposing teams watch a game together in a mixed environment, they bring "Bursankara" scarfs (a merger of the two clubs names) to the games and create a fantastic atmosphere full of mutual respect.^[10]

Stadium

The club currently plays its home matches at the Osmanlı Stadium, the home stadium of TFF First League club Osmanlıspor. Ankaragücü's former home, the Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, was demolished in 2018. They also currently share the stadium with fellow-Ankara based club and rivals Gençlerbirliği.

Honours

Turkish Football Championship

Winners (1): 1949

Third place (1): 1924

Turkish Cup

Winners (2): 1972, 1981

Runners-up (3): 1973, 1982, 1991

TFF First League^[11]

Winners (2): 1969, 1977

Ankara Football League

Winners (7): 1923–24, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57

Runners-up (5): 1938–39, 1943–44, 1954–55, 1958–59

European participations

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cup Winners' Cup	6	0	1	5	1	13	–12
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	6	3	0	3	4	8	–4
Total	12	3	1	8	5	21	–16

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1972–73	1R	Leeds United	1–1	0–1	1–2
1973–74	1R	Rangers	0–2	0–4	0–6
1981–82	1R	SKA Rostov	0–2	0–3	0–5

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1999–00	QR	B36 Tórshavn	1–0	1–0	2–0
1999–00	1R	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–3	1–3
2002–03	1R	Alavés	1–2	0–3	1–4

Current squad

As of 19 August 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Altay Bayındır
2	DF	Yalçın Ayhan
3	MF	Sedat Ağçay
4	DF	Mehmet Sak
5	MF	Alihan Kubalas
6	DF	Łukasz Szukała
7	MF	Kenan Özer
8	DF	Tiago Pinto
9	FW	Moestafa El Kabir
10	FW	Thievy Bifouma
11	DF	Mahmut Akan
12	GK	Korcan Celikay
14	MF	Ricardo Faty
15	MF	Anton Putsila

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Nduka Ozokwo
19	MF	Arif Morkaya
20	FW	Alessio Cerci
21	DF	Brice Dja Djédjé
22	DF	Erdem Özgenç
23	FW	İlhan Parlak
26	DF	Bakary Koné
29	FW	Lanre Kehinde
34	GK	Johannes Hopf
75	DF	Thomas Heurtaux
77	FW	Youness Mokhtar
90	MF	Thibault Moulin (on loan from PAOK)
98	DF	Kaan Uykur

References

1 2 MKE ANKARAGÜCÜ tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 23 May 2010
1 2 Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues – Ankara Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. turkish-soccer.coom. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
↑ Ankaragücü Cycling Team in international area
↑ Tarihçe Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine. ankaragucu.org.tr (in Turkish), accessed 23 May 2010
1 2 1959 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
↑ "1975–1976". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
↑ "1976–1977". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
↑ "1977–1978". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
↑ 1980–1981 Türkiye 2. Ligi turkishsoccer.com, accessed 23 May 2010
↑ www.turkish-football.com Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine.|
↑ The league was named The 2.Lig until 2001. However, the 2.lig today is the third division in the Turkish football league system.

External links

English Ankaragücü and Turkish news site
(in Turkish) Ankaragücü's official web site

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[tff-1] 1 2 MKE ANKARAGÜCÜ tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 23 May 2010

[anklig-2] 1 2 Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues – Ankara Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. turkish-soccer.coom. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

[3] Ankaragücü Cycling Team in international area

[tarihce-4] Tarihçe Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine. ankaragucu.org.tr (in Turkish), accessed 23 May 2010

[59milli-5] 1 2 1959 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

[6] "1975–1976". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2010-08-18.

[7] "1976–1977". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2010-08-18.

[8] "1977–1978". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2010-08-18.

[kupasi-9] 1980–1981 Türkiye 2. Ligi turkishsoccer.com, accessed 23 May 2010

[10] www.turkish-football.com Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine.|

[2lignote-11] The league was named The 2.Lig until 2001. However, the 2.lig today is the third division in the Turkish football league system.

Süper Lig
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Champions	Galatasaray (21) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (15) Trabzonspor (6) Bursaspor (1)
Current teams	Akhisar Belediyespor Alanyaspor Ankaragücü Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Bursaspor Çaykur Rizespor Erzurum BB Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Göztepe İstanbul Başakşehir Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor Yeni Malatyaspor
Former clubs	Adalet Adana Demirspor Akçaabat Sebatspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Eskişehirspor Feriköy Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Göztepe Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karagümrük Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdmanyurdu Orduspor Osmanlıspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Samsunspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Sivasspor Şekerspor Vanspor Vefa Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

Turkish Super Cup
Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası	1966: Galatasaray 1967: Beşiktaş 1968: Fenerbahçe 1969: Galatasaray 1970: Göztepe 1971: Eskişehirspor 1972: Galatasaray 1973: Fenerbahçe 1974: Beşiktaş 1975: Fenerbahçe 1976: Trabzonspor 1977: Trabzonspor 1978: Trabzonspor 1979: Trabzonspor 1980: Trabzonspor 1981: Ankaragücü 1982: Galatasaray 1983: Trabzonspor 1984: Fenerbahçe 1985: Fenerbahçe 1986: Beşiktaş 1987: Galatasaray 1988: Galatasaray 1989: Beşiktaş 1990: Fenerbahçe 1991: Galatasaray 1992: Beşiktaş 1993: Galatasaray 1994: Beşiktaş 1995: Trabzonspor 1996: Galatasaray 1997: Galatasaray 1998: Beşiktaş
TFF Süper Kupa	2006: Beşiktaş 2007: Fenerbahçe 2008: Galatasaray 2009: Fenerbahçe 2010: Trabzonspor ~~2011~~ 2012: Galatasaray 2013: Galatasaray 2014: Fenerbahçe 2015: Galatasaray 2016: Galatasaray 2017: Konyaspor 2018: Akhisar Belediyespor
Winners	Galatasaray (15) Fenerbahçe (9) Beşiktaş (8) Trabzonspor (8) Ankaragücü (1) Göztepe (1) Eskişehirspor (1) Konyaspor (1) Akhisar Belediyespor (1)

Turkish Cup
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Finals	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Winners	Galatasaray (17) Beşiktaş (9) Trabzonspor (8) Fenerbahçe (6) Altay (2) Ankaragücü (2) Gençlerbirliği (2) Göztepe (2) Kocaelispor (2) Akhisar Belediyespor (1) Bursaspor (1) Eskişehirspor (1) Kayserispor (1) Konyaspor (1) Sakaryaspor (1)