İstanbul Ottomans R.F.C
Full nameİstanbul Ottomans Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)The Ottomans, Kaysers
Founded1999
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Ground(s)Dikilitas Spor Kulubu Tesisleri, Besiktas
Coach(es)Alkım Bayraktar
League(s)Turkish Rugby Clubs Division
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.ottomansrugby.com

İstanbul Ottomans R.F.C. is a professional rugby union club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1999 by mostly French and English rugby lovers working and living in İstanbul, the Ottomans were the first rugby club to be established in the country, and, until 2006, the only chapter in the history of Turkish rugby prior to the foundation of Turkey's second rugby club, Kadıköy Rugby.

Another first of the İstanbul Ottomans was to win the very first official Turkish Rugby Union competition in the year of 2007 / 2008.

The club has participated in a number of tournaments taking place both in Turkey and abroad, and has formidably good relations with the rugby clubs of neighboring countries. With most of its players having played rugby away back since their junior years, they are a driving force and a role model of experience to other rugby players in Turkey.

The İstanbul Ottomans joined the international Ameland Beach Rugby Festival in The Netherlands in June 2008, as a first Turkish team ever to participate in this tournament. The team played under the name of the Ottoman Sevens. Out of the 64 teams within the 2-day competition, the İstanbul Ottomans just missed out a place on the podium, became 4th and had 1st place in 2009 tournament.

Current squad

  • Scotland TurkeyBlake, Alistair Baran
  • Turkey Baykal, Anılcan
  • Turkey Baykal, Onur
  • Turkey Bozanoglu, Mustafa
  • Turkey Bozoglu, Emre
  • Turkey Bulman, Orhan
  • Turkey Çakıner, Gürhan
  • Turkey Çakıroğlu, Samet
  • Turkey Cemiloglu, Fuat
  • Turkey Cicek, Basar
  • Turkey Colok, Oytun
  • France Delettre, Jean-François
  • Turkey Dursun, Sarven
  • France Gandois, Florent
  • England Greatorex, Stephen
  • Turkey Gungormus, Oguzhan
  • France Hebert, Yannick
  • England James, Tamwar
  • Turkey Karadeniz, Deniz
  • Turkey Küçüktuna, Salih
  • France Langlois, Thomas
  • New Zealand Matheson, Alan
  • Turkey Narbay, Sertac
  • TurkeyUnited Kingdom Önkal, Özer Ali
  • Turkey Northern CyprusÖztuna, Çağan
  • New Zealand Reardon, Bryan
  • Turkey Soysevinç, Ulaş
  • Turkey Şapçı, Emre
  • Turkey Şengelen, Yiğit
  • Turkey Şirinyan, Yenovk
  • Turkey Tatar, Murat Boygar
  • Turkey Tezel, Murat
  • Turkey Tosun, Altug
  • Turkey Tuğtağ, Melih
  • Turkey Turkaslan, Cansin
  • Turkey Turkay, Cenk
  • Turkey Belentepe, Mehmet Turgut
  • Turkey Yenidogan, Deniz
  • Turkey Yesil, Coskun
  • Turkey Yılmazgüler, Oğuzhan
  • Turkey Alkan, Vedat
  • Turkey Bayraktar, Alkım
  • Turkey Alçar, Ekin
  • Turkey Erdem, Berk
  • Turkey Yavuz, Eyüp
  • Turkey Alkan, Doğukan
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