Kartal S.K.

Kartalspor is a sports club located in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team plays in the Bank Asya First League after finishing 2nd in the Second League Promotion Group in the 2006–2007 season. Kartal SK started the 2007–2008 season well and was 3rd with half of the games played, but had a disappointing second half of the season and finished 13th. This pattern recurred in the 2008–2009 season, finishing 12th whilst having been 6th halfway through.

Kartalspor
Full nameKartal Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)Kartal, Partizan
Founded18 August 1949 (1949-08-18)
GroundKartal Bulvar Mimar Kubilay Köse Stadium, Istanbul
Capacity2,000
ChairmanBinali Aydın
ManagerRıdvan Elmastaş
LeagueTurkish Regional Amateur League

The club is well known for its success at developing young players. They have produced players like Fenerbahçe and Turkey national football team goalkeeper Volkan Demirel,[1] national team defender Servet Çetin,[2] and Fenerbahçe former captain Egemen Korkmaz.[3]

The club also has a women's team that finished 3rd in Turkey in 2007.

League Participations

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
0 MF Onur Acar
1 GK Osman Şimşek
3 MF Mustafa Seker
5 DF Emrah Taysi
6 DF Mehmet Sait Ulucan
7 MF Dündar Denizhan
8 MF Kadir Samet Eser
9 FW Aytek Öktem
10 MF Recep Yaşar
11 FW Volkan Yılmaz
15 DF Burak Yılmaz (on loan from Galatasaray A2)
17 MF Safa Serbest
20 MF Yasin Şahan
No. Position Player
21 FW Furkan Çarkçı
29 FW Muhammet Yusuf Ocak
35 DF Oğuzhan Demir
39 GK Armağan Önür
44 DF Tulga Balcı
49 DF Ömer Bozyiğit
53 MF Ozan Solak
54 DF Tugay Kaya
61 FW Zafer Çuvalcı
67 GK Ender Kaya
90 FW Baran Basut
99 FW Görkem Güven
100 MF Ibrahim Karaağaç

References
  1. http://www.volkandemirel.com.tr/kariyer.asp Archived 2010-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Volkan Demirel's career
  2. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=443959 Servet Çetin's transfers
  3. http://www.trabzonunsesi.com/news_detail.php?id=15075 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Egemen Korkmaz's career


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