Gaziantep F.K.

Not to be confused with Gaziantepspor.

Gaziantep

File:Gazişehir Gaziantep logo.svg
Full name	Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü A.Ş.
Short name	GFK
Founded	1988 (1988) as Sankospor 1999 (1999) Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor 2017 (2017) as Gazişehir Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü 2019 (2019) as Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü
Ground	Gaziantep Stadium
Ground Capacity	35,574
Chairman	Cevdet Akınal
Manager	Erdal Güneş
League	Süper Lig
2022–23	Süper Lig, 18th of 19 (withdrew)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Gaziantep. Founded in 1988, the club played in the Süper Lig, the highest tier of Turkish football, until their withdrawal from the league on 11 February 2023.

The club was founded as Sankospor in 1988 and competed at the amateur level until 1993. They competed between the TFF Third League and TFF First League until 2019, when they were promoted to Süper Lig. During the 2020–21 season, the club reached the top of the standings in week 17, which they held for one week until being taken over by Beşiktaş J.K.

History

The club was founded at the amateur level as Sankospor under Sanko Holding A.Ş., an industrial group of companies headquartered in Gaziantep, in 1988. The first colors of club were blue and white. The club started to compete at TFF Third League in the 1993–94 season. In the TFF Third League, they played their first game in professional leagues against İslahiyespor, another Gaziantep-based club, which ended as a goalless draw on 26 September 1993. Amassing 85 points with 27 wins in a total of 34 games, the team won Group 3 of the 1996–97 season and was promoted to the TFF Second League, with 17 points above the closest competitor Kilis Belediyespor.

The name of the club was changed to Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor in the beginning of the 1999–2000 season. The club won the Group C title of the 2004–05 season of the TFF Second League, winning 22 games out of 34 with 73 points, scoring 90 goals.

The club made the playoffs for the first time in the 2010–11 season of the TFF First League, when they were defeated by Orduspor 1–0. In the same season, Gaziantep reached the quarter finals of the 2010–11 Turkish Cup, beaten by Beşiktaş J.K. 0–8 (0–5 and 0–3) in aggregate score.

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The team, as Gaziantep BB, in yellow-black shirts at 2013–14 Turkish Cup 4th Round encounter against Galatasaray, on 3 December 2013

The name of club was changed for third time as Gazişehir Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü, following the general assembly held on 15 June 2017. The club competed at TFF First League for 2 seasons under this name. The club reached play-offs in 2 consecutive seasons between 2017–18 season under Erkan Sözeri, and 2018–19 season under Mehmet Altıparmak's management. In 2017–18 season, club was eliminated by Erzurum BB after 4–5 final score in play-off final after penalty shoot-outs.

In 2018–19 season, this time club defeated Hatayspor by 5–3 final score after penalty shoot-outs and promoted to Süper Lig. Thus, after Gaziantepspor, Gazişehir Gaziantep are the 2nd team in history to compete at Süper Lig from city of Gaziantep.

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On 26 August 2019, Olarenwaju Kayode (pictured in 2016) scored the first Süper Lig goal of club's history

Following their promotion to Süper Lig, the club announced the employment of Marius Șumudică as head coach on a single-season-basis contract with a potential one season extension, on 13 June 2019. In match week 1 of 2019–20 season, the club made their Süper Lig debut against Fenerbahçe S.K. on an away game held at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, which Gaziantep FK lost by 0–5 final score, on 19 August 2019. Following week of fixtures, they achieved their first Süper Lig win agasint Gençlerbirliği with a 4–1 final score, on 26 August 2019. The first Süper Lig level goal of the club was scored by Olarenwaju Kayode. In October 2019, name of the club was changed once again as Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü. On 28 October 2019, the club announced the contract renewal with coach Șumudică, until 2021. The club completed 2019–20 season at 8th place of the table.

On week 17 of the 2020–21 season, beating MKE Ankaragücü by 2–0 final score, reaching 31 points, Gaziantep FK topped the first position of Süper Lig standings, with one game in front Beşiktaş, on 5 January 2021. Following a 1–3 loss against Galatasaray at week one, the 2019–20 season, the team retained a 15-week-long unbeaten record until 9 January 2021, where they have been eventually beaten by Sivasspor by 1–2. Following a long infiltrated discussion concentrated a contract renewal between the board of club and Șumudică, the club sacked Romanian coach on 11 January 2021. The club agreed with Portuguese former international Ricardo Sá Pinto on a two-and-a-half-season-long contract, with a potential one season extension, on 20 January 2021. After 6 wins and 6 draws out of 21 official games, finishing the season on 9th place under Sá Pinto's management, the parties agreed for a mutual termination at the end of the season. Club announced their agreement with Erol Bulut on 20 May 2021.

Following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, the club withdrew from the 2022-23 Süper Lig.

Crest and colors

The first colors of the club were blue and white. The colors were altered into "white-red-black" combination and the new and current logo was enacted, all together under the scope of a council board, including changing the name of club, held in June 2017. The design of crest was inspired after baklava slices, colored in official club colors.

Stadium

Gaziantep F.K. stadium history

#	Stadium	Capacity	Years
1	Kamil Ocak Stadium	16,981	1993–2000
2	GASKİ Stadium	1,250	2000–2005
3	Kamil Ocak Stadium	16,981	2005–2017
4	New Gaziantep Stadium	35,502	2017–

Since their promotion to TFF Third League in 1993, Gaziantep FK played in professional leagues, governed by TFF. During playing at third division, the club co-tenanted their home fixtures with Gaziantepspor at Kamil Ocak Stadium between 1993 and 2000. They played their first home game at professional leagues at Kamil Ocak Stadium, on 3 October 1993, where they beat Adana Polisgücü by 3–0, at week 2 of 1993–94 season, on 3 October 1993.

They sublet GASKİ Stadium of GASKİ SK between 2000 and 2005, until they promoted to TFF First League. Their first game at GASKİ Stadium against Bakırköyspor at first week of 2000–01 season, which they won 6–0, on 13 August 2000. The club returned to Kamil Ocak Stadium at 2005–05 season. They played their last home game at Kamil Ocak Stadium against Eskişehirspor, losing the game 0–1, on 23 December 2016. Demolition of Kamil Ocak Stadium was started in October 2018.

Constructed between 2013 and 2017 with an approximate 120m TRY, the club took New Gaziantep Stadium, their own stadium, with all-seated 35,502 of capacity, in 2017. They played their first home match of club at New Gaziantep Stadium on 28 January 2017, where team beat Bandırmaspor 3–1. Muhammet Reis scored the first ever goal of stadium's history in the 10th minute of the same match.

Honours

Sankospor

• TFF Third League
  • Winner: 1996–97 (Group 3)

Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor

• TFF Second League
  • Winner: 2004–05 (Group C)

Gazişehir Gaziantep F.K.

• TFF First League
  • Play-off winners: 2018–19

Team records

League affiliation

• Süper Lig: 2019–
• TFF First League: 1997–2001, 2005–2019
• TFF Second League: 2001–2005
• TFF Third League: 1993–1997
• Turkish Regional Amateur League: 1988–1993

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Serdar Deliktaş played in 175 official games and scored 55 goals across all competitions for the club between 2009 and 2018, in two different spells

Recent seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League									Domestic Cup		Continental		Other		Top goalscorer(s)		Ref
	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts	Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Name(s)	Goals
2010–11	TFF First League	3rd	32	16	9	7	43	26	57	Turkish Cup	QF	& —	& —	& —	& —	Serdar Deliktaş	16
2011–12	TFF First League	14th	34	9	13	12	36	37	40	Turkish Cup	3rd round	& —	& —	& —	& —	Ramazan Altıntepe	8
2012–13	TFF First League	13th	34	11	8	15	37	43	41	Turkish Cup	4th round	& —	& —	& —	& —	Serdar Deliktaş	12
2013–14	TFF First League	14th	36	10	11	15	30	37	41	Turkish Cup	4th round	& —	& —	& —	& —	Serdar Deliktaş	13
2014–15	TFF First League	13th	34	10	11	13	38	47	41	Turkish Cup	Group phase	& —	& —	& —	& —	Alanzinho	5
2015–16	TFF First League	8th	34	11	15	8	38	33	48	Turkish Cup	2nd Round	& —	& —	& —	& —	Nemanja Kojić (footballer)	9
2016–17	TFF First League	13th	34	9	10	15	37	46	37	Turkish Cup	3rd Round	& —	& —	& —	& —	Muhammet Reis	10
2017–18	TFF First League	6th	34	15	8	11	57	38	53	Turkish Cup	3rd Round	& —	& —	& —	& —	Özgür Can Özcan	14
2018–19	TFF First League	5th	34	17	8	9	61	30	59	Turkish Cup	3rd Round	& —	& —	Promotion play-offs	Winner	Gökhan Alsan	10
2019–20	Süper Lig	8th	34	11	13	10	49	50	46	Turkish Cup	5th Round	& —	& —	& —	& —	Olarenwaju Kayode	10
2020–21	Süper Lig	9th	40	15	13	12	59	51	58	Turkish Cup	Last 16	& —	& —	& —	& —	Muhammet Demir	17

Players

Current squad

As of 6 March 2023

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Berkan Küpelikılınç 8 MF Marko Jevtović 23 FW Abdulkerim Çakar 30 MF Onurhan Babuscu

No. Position Player 52 MF Alexander Merkel 54 GK Erten Ersu 91 MF Bahadır Gölgeli

Out on loan

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 Günay Güvenç (on loan at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023) 4 MF Arda Kızıldağ (at Ankaragücü until 30 June 2023) 5 MF Furkan Soyalp (on loan at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2023) 15 DF Ertuğrul Ersoy (on loan at İstanbulspor until 30 June 2023) 17 FW Mustafa Eskihellaç (on loan at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023) 26 FW Mirza Cihan (on loan at İstanbulspor until 30 June 2023) 27 DF Ömürcan Artan (at Tuzlaspor until 30 June 2023) 28 FW Ángelo Sagal (at Ferencváros until 30 June 2023) 44 MF Alexandru Maxim (at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2023)

No. Position Player 50 FW Lazar Marković (at Trabzonspor until 30 June 2023) 71 GK Mustafa Burak Bozan (at Tuzlaspor until 30 June 2023) 80 MF Luka Stankovski (at Gorica until 30 June 2023) GK Ekrem Kılıçarslan (at Göztepe until 30 June 2023) DF Papy Djilobodji (on loan at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023) DF Ulaş Zengin (at Karacabey Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) MF Berke Gürbüz (at Etimesgut Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) MF Hasan Yurtseven (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2023) FW Yusuf Türk (at Somaspor until 30 June 2023) FW Valmir Veliu (on loan at İstanbulspor until 30 June 2023)

Club Officials

Position	Staff
President	Cevdet Akınal
Sporting director	Adnan Erkan
First-team manager	Erdal Güneş
First-team assistant manager
First-team coach	Oscar Corrochano
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach	Mario Galinović Murat Ibrahim Uslu
Conditioning Coach	Nikolaos Karydas
Match analyst	Tayfun Kayabas
Media & Communications Co-ordinator	Volkan Kücük
Club doctor	Mehmet Tarık Baloğlu
Physiotherapist	Ferhat Yanç Sercan Çiftçioğlu
Masseur	Orhan Çalışkan Mehmet Çolak
Translator	Rıdvan Nicolas Erdem
Chief Materialist	Fethi Fıstıkçı
Outfitter	İsmet Gür Mustafa Demir
Psychologist	Deniz Kömürcü

Coaching history

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Nationality Name Years Ali Güneş 2004–2005 Sedat Karabük 2005–2006 Mehmet Şahan 2006 Suat Kaya 2006–2007 Mehmet Şahan 2007–2008 İsmet Savcılıoğlu 2008 Suat Kaya 2008–2009 Bünyamin Süral 2009–2010 Erol Azgın 2010–2012 Bünyamin Süral 2012 Mehmet Şahan 2012–2013 Suat Kaya 2013 Hasan Özer 2014

Nationality Name Years Mehmet Polat 2014 Nurullah Sağlam 2014–2015 Hakan Kutlu 2015 Bayram Bektaş 2015–2016 Metin Diyadin 2016–2017 Hüseyin Kalpar 2017–2018 Erkan Sözeri 2018 Yalçın Koşukavak 2018–2019 Mehmet Altıparmak 2019 Marius Șumudică 2019–2021 Erdal Güneş (caretaker) 2021 Ricardo Sá Pinto 2021 Erol Bulut 2021–2023

Presidential history

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Years Nationality Name 2004–05 Mehmet Erol Maraş 2008 Fahreddin Uslusoy 2008 Ünsal Göksen 2014 Abdülkadir Gözegir 2014 Osman Toprak 2017–19 Adil Sani Konukoğlu 2019–2021 Mehmet Büyükekşi 2021– Cevdet Akınal

External links

• Official website
• Gaziantep FK at Turkish Football Federation