Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (Turkish for Karşıyaka Sports Club), better known as simply Karşıyaka, is a Turkish sports club located in Karşıyaka, İzmir. Founded in 1912, they are İzmir's oldest club and first Turkish sports club founded in Anatolia. Like others in Turkey, the "SK" suffix refers to the establishment being a sports club, as, besides football, the club has sports branches in basketball, volleyball, tennis, sailing and fencing. The club's football team currently competes in the TFF Third League, the fourth tier of the Turkish football league system. The basketball team currently competes in the Turkish Basketball League and the women's volleyball team in the Turkish Women's Second League.
Karşıyaka has a very large fanbase in Northern İzmir, and have a fierce rivalry with Göztepe; matches between the two teams are known as the İzmir Derby. Other rivalries are with Altay and Bucaspor.
European participations
Statistics:
CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDBalkans Cup210156
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.
Balkans Cup: SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1992-93 Quarter-finals Etar 4–1 1–5 5–6
Current squad
League participations in football Turkish Premier Division: 1958–64, 1966–67, 1970–72, 1987–91, 1992–94, 1995–96 Turkish First Division: 1964–66, 1967–70, 1972–73, 1980–87, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1996–01, 2003–2016 Turkish Second Division: 1973–80, 2001–03, 2016–18 Turkish Third Division: 2018–present
See also
Karşıyaka Basket Karşıyaka Women's Volleyball Team Göztepe-Karşıyaka rivalry
References
External links
Karşıyaka on TFF.org