ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club was named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's ownership was transferred to the construction company Sercan İnşaat in the 2025–26 Super League season. The club's president is Servet Can. It is located in the İncilipınar neighborhood of Şehitkamil district. The team play their home matches at the Batur Stadium.
History
The club was founded as Güneykent Spor in Gaziantep. ALG Spor started playing league matches by entering the Group 6 of the 2015–16 Turkish Women's Third Football League season. They finished the season runners-up in the group. The next season, the team became runners-up at the end of the play-offs, and was entitled to play in the Turkish Women's Second Football League. They finished the 2017–18 Women's Second League season as champion after the play-offs, and were so promoted to the Women' First League for the 2018–19 season.
To strengthen the team for the matches in the Women's First League, the club transferred three experienced footballers, Yaşam Göksu, Fatoş Yıldırım, Gülbin Hız from Konak Belediyespor and Second-League striker Ebru Atıcı from Hakkarigücü Spor in the summer of 2018. Further transfers were local players Remziye Bakır, Mislina Gözükara and Fatma Songül. In the beginning of the second half of the 2018–19 season, the club transferred the Ukrainian striker Tetyana Kozyrenko. ALG Spor finished their first season in the Women's First League as runner-up behind Beşiktaş J.K. losing the champion title only in the last league round equal on points but with goal average. ALG Spor, the leader of the previous two rounds with goal average, won their last match with 5–1, Beşiktaş J.K. defeated their opponent by 9–0, which enabled them a goal average of four in the final. The Turkish Football Federation set a play-off round between the two teams to be played on 12 May 2019 at a neutral venue, in Manavgat, Antalya. The team became runners-up after losing to Beşiktaş J.K. in the play-off match with 0–1.
The 2019–20 First League season was discontinued on 19 March 2020 according to an announcement by the Youth and Sports Ministry including from the round 17 on due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. The Turkish Football Federation decided on 8 July 2020 that the further matches will not be played, the league will be registered according to the score ranking on the date when the league was stopped, no champion will be declared, and the top-ranking team ALG Spor, are to represent Turkey at the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League.
ALG Spor played in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League against Albanian team KFF Vllaznia Shkodër on 3 November 2020. The team were eliminated after losing the penalty shout-out by 2–3 following a draw by 2–2 in the regular time and subsequently another draw by 3–3 after extra time.
ALG Spor finished the 2021–22 Women's Super League season as Group B leader and became league champion after the play-offs. The team was entitled to represent Turkey at the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League. They were eliminated in the First qualifying round Tournament 11's first match after losing 0–1 to SK Brann KvinnerBrann Kvinner from Norway.
Prior to the 2025–26 Super League season, the club was transferred to the construction company Sercan İnşaat due to difficulties in terms of budget and sustainability of the club caused by the economic contraction and uncertainties in the global markets that the recent club sponsor ALG Textile faced. Servet Can took over the club's presidenship from Ali Gözcü.
Stadium ALG Spor play their home matches in the Batur Stadium located in Şahinbey district of Gaziantep.
Statistics .
Season League Pos. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts2015–16 Third League – Gr. 6 2 18 15 1 2 120 6 +114 46Play-offs 1 0 0 1 7 8 -1 02016–17 Third League 2 25 22 1 2 112 14 +98 64 (1)2017–18 Second League 1 20 14 3 3 53 21 +32 452018–19 First League 2 19 13 3 3 60 17 +43 422019–20 First League 1 (2) 15 14 1 0 53 6 +47 432020–21 First League Gr. C 1 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9Play-offs3 3 2 0 1 5 0 +5 62021–22Super League Gr. B 1 22 19 2 1 93 3 +90 59Play-offs 1 5 2 2 1 11 2 +9 172022–23Super League Gr. A 1 16 13 2 1 49 12 +37 41Play-offs 3 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 72023–24Super League 6 30 17 4 9 51 36 +15 552024–25Super League 7 2613 6 7 51 35 +16 452025–26Super League 15 (3)29 3 0 26 14 160 -146 6Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.
(1): three penalty points had been deducted imposed by the Turkish Football Federation. (2): Season discontinued. No league champion was declared. (3): 3 points deducted, expelled from the league. (4): Season in progress
Current squad
Head coach: Cesin Karalar
Former managers Manager Season Mehmet Karayılan 2015–16 Abdullah Dağdeviren 2016–17, 2017–18 Mehmet Karayılan 2018–19, 2019–20 Abdülkadir Aslan 2020–21 Hasan Vural 2021–22, 2022–23, Mehmet Kenan Öztürk 2023–24 Hilmi Bugüner 2024–25
Former notable players
Patricia Seteco
Ayshan Ahmadova Kristina Bakarandze Mislina Gözükara Zhala Mahsimova Vusala Seyfatdinova
Ekaterina Miklashevich Karina Olkhovik
Thays Ferrer
Henriette Akaba Rose Bella
Christelle Demba
Antonia Dulčić
Marlène Kasaj Grâce Mfwamba Fideline Ngoy Falonne Pambani Ruth Kipoyi
Aminata Haidara
Darija Đukić Jelena Karličić
Maggie Jenkins
Glory Ogbonna Ujunwa Okafor Esther Sunday
Zehra Borazancı
Rosa Miño
Letago Madiba Rachel Sebati
Marina Kiskonen
Jovana Petrović
Mariem Houij
Selda Akgöz Nagehan Akşan Derya Arhan Remziye Bakır Ezgi Çağlar Sevgi Çınar İlayda Civelek Ecem Cumert Medine Erkan Emine Ecem Esen Yaşam Göksu Fatma Songül Gültekin Gülbin Hız Başak İçinözbebek Arzu Karabulut Eda Karataş Seval Kıraç Beyza Kocatürk Handan Kurğa Aslı Canan Sabırlı Kezban Tağ Ece Tekmen Ebru Topçu Yağmur Uraz Gamze Nur Yaman Aycan Yanaç Fatoş Yıldırım
Yana Derkach Tetyana Kozyrenko Iryna Pidkuiko Liudmyla Shmatko
International results Event Stage Date Venue Opponent Result Scorers2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueFirst qualifying roundNov 3, 2020 , Shkodër KFF Vllaznia Shkodër L 3–3 Seyfatdinova, Arhan, Civelek, Topçu, Hız2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueFirst qualifying round Tournament 113rd Aug. 18, 2022 , Bačka Topola SK Brann Kvinner L 0–1
Ranking history
Season Rank Points Ref.2020–2194 2.5002021–22109 2.6002022–2399 4.0002023–2497 4.0002024–25TBA
Honours Turkish Women's Football Super League Champions (1): 2021–22 First Place (1): 2019–20 (1) Runners-up (1): 2018–19 Third places (1): 2022–23
Turkish Women's Second Football League Champions (1): 2017–18
Turkish Women's Third Football League Runners-up (1): 2016–17
Note: (1) declared league first, not a champion. Season discontinued. No league champion was declared.
Kit history
Squad history
References