Kartalspor

Full name	Kartal Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Kartal, Partizan
Founded	18 August 1949 (1949-08-18)
Ground	Kartal Bulvar Mimar Kubilay Köse Stadium, Istanbul
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Binali Aydın
Manager	Rıdvan Elmastaş
League	Turkish Regional Amateur League
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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

• TFF First League: 1988–01, 2007–
• TFF Second League: 1984–88, 2001–07

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Osman Şimşek 3 MF  TUR Mustafa Seker 6 DF  TUR Mehmet Sait Ulucan 7 MF  TUR Dündar Denizhan 8 MF  TUR Kadir Samet Eser 9 FW  TUR Aytek Öktem 10 MF  TUR Recep Yaşar 17 MF  TUR Safa Serbest 20 MF  TUR Yasin Şahan 29 FW  TUR Muhammet Yusuf Ocak

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 DF  TUR Oğuzhan Demir 39 GK  TUR Armağan Önür 44 DF  TUR Tulga Balcı 49 DF  TUR Ömer Bozyiğit 53 MF  TUR Ozan Solak 54 DF  TUR Tugay Kaya 61 FW  TUR Zafer Çuvalcı 67 GK  TUR Ender Kaya

References