Beşiktaş J.K.

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Beşiktaş J.K.

Full name

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü

Nickname(s)

Kara Kartallar (The Black Eagles)

Founded

1903

Ground

BJK İnönü Stadium,
Istanbul, Turkey

Capacity

32,086

Chairman

Yıldırım Demirören

Manager

Jean Tigana

League

Turkcell Süper Lig

2005-06

Turkcell Süper Lig, 3rd





Home colours





Away colours

Beşiktaş J.K. (Full Turkish name: Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü, Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club) is a Turkish sports club from İstanbul, which professionally participates in many branches including football, basketball, volleyball, handball and chess. They play their football matches at İnönü Stadium, located by the Bosphorus, near the Dolmabahçe Palace. [1]

1 History
2 Colours
3 Emblem
4 Nickname
5 Current football squad
6 Notable players
7 Managers
8 Presidents
9 Achievements
10 Contact information
11 External links

[edit] History

Beşiktaş J.K. was established in 1903 in Ottoman Empire, which makes it the first Turkish sports club. The first branches of the club were wrestling, boxing, weight-lifting and a variety of gymnastics branches.

The monarchical rules of the Ottomans were relaxed with the declaration of Mesrutiyet (constitutional monarchy) on July 23, 1908; a law allowing the foundation of sport clubs passed on August 3, 1909.

Finally, the club was officially registered on January 20, 1910 under the name of "Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club", and Şükrü Pasha took over the presidency of Beşiktaş. In this way, Beşiktaş became the first officially registered Turkish sports club, as well.

Some of the young patriots from the Beşiktaş district of İstanbul formed two football clubs called "Valideçeşme" and "Basiret", under the leadership of Şeref Bey. Valideçeşme and Basiret football clubs joined under Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club in 1911. In a very short time, football became the foremost branch in the club.

[edit] Colours

Since only individual sports were done at the beginning in the Osman Pasha Mansion, there was no need for any colors for a uniform. However, the number of sportsmen increased with new youths who joined sport teams each passing day. Mehmet Şamil Bey (first president of the Club), who had graduated from the French school gathered the Founders Committee. He removed the pin he used in his school days bearing the colors of his school from his lapel and showed it around. He said “We must have a pin just like this one made and we must force all members who attend sports in our Club to bear this pin”. Those attending the meeting eagerly agreed to Mehmet Şamil Bey’s proposal. At the end of the meeting, the colors of the Club to be shown on the pin were decided. The two principal colors of nature in full contrast to each other were chosen as the Club colors: Black and White.

[edit] Emblem

The date Beşiktaş’s first pin was made was written as “1906” in Latin years inspired by the pins in the French school. On top, it said “Beşiktaş” in Arabic letters, the letter “J” was placed on the rights and letter “K” was placed on the left. At the back of the pin, there is a script saying it was made in Constantinople and there is the seal of the craftsmen who made the pin on the inside. It is interesting that the star on the crest on the pin has 6 points. This 6-pointed star was used until the 2nd Constitutional Monarchy (1908). This pin was donated by Iskender Yakak to Süleyman Seba, the Honorary President of Beşiktaş J.K.

The current emblem of Beşiktaş symbolizes the foundation date. There are two white and three black bars on the emblem. It consists of nine parts in total. There is one white bar, three black bars, and another white bar, and there are nine parts in total. Thus: 1319, the year of the club's foundation. (The Islamic calendar was still used in the Ottoman Empire at the time of the club's foundation. 1319 is the equivalent of 1903 in Gregorian Calendar.)

The Turkish flag which appears in Beşiktaş's emblem is a gift from the Turkish Football Federation. Beşiktaş earned the right to incorporate the flag after having its full roster drafted as the Turkish national team playing against the Greek national team on May 16, 1952.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Nickname

Beşiktaş, the title holder the previous two seasons started the 1940-41 season with a young and renewed team. Beşiktaş, which opened up its lead as weeks went by, was the leader in the league. Five weeks remaining to the end, the opponent was Süleymaniye. Beşiktaş had started the game in Şeref Stadium refereed by Semih Turansoy on Sunday January 19, 1941 with the following players: Faruk, Yavuz, İbrahim, Rıfat, Halil, Hüseyin, Şakir, Hakkı, Şükrü, Şeref, Eşref. As in all games of that season, the team played magnificently. Half way through the second half of the game, Beşiktaş attacked endlessly although it is way in front. Just then, a voice was heard from Şeref Stadı stands towards which Beşiktaş was attacking where there was an Atatürk panel. "Come on Black Eagles. Attack Black Eagles". Thousands of fans and journalists following the game that filled Şeref Stadium were frozen by the echoing sound. What was done was an extremely correct observation. It was not possible to describe the Beşiktaş players who crushed over their opponents that season as nothing other than “Black Eagles” and the soccer they played as nothing other than “Attacking like Black Eagles”. The owner of the voice coming from the stands was a fisherman called Mehmet Galin.

Beşiktaş closed the game with a 6-0 lead with 3 magnificent goals volleyed in by Şeref Görkey, who was known as volleyer Şeref and one goal each by Captain Hakkı, Şakir and Şükrü.

After this game, Beşiktaş’s symbol has become “Black Eagles” (Turkish: Karakartallar).

[edit] Current football squad

As of March 16, 2007:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Vedran Runje
2	MF	Serdar Kurtuluş
3	DF	Mehmet Sedef
4	DF	Mustafa Doğan
5	DF	Gökhan Zan
7	MF	Burak Yılmaz
8	DF	Baki Mercimek
9	FW	Gökhan Güleç
10	MF	Matias Emilio Delgado
11	FW	Mert Nobre
13	FW	Bobo
14	FW	Can Erdem
15	MF	José Kleberson
17	MF	Ricardinho

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	İbrahim Üzülmez
20	MF	Aydın Karabulut
21	GK	Ramazan Kurşunlu (on loan to Diyarbakırspor)
22	MF	Ali Tandoğan
29	GK	Murat Şahin
30	DF	Ali Güneş
41	MF	Mustafa Koray Avcı
53	MF	Fahri Tatan
55	MF	İbrahim Akın
58	DF	İbrahim Toraman
77	MF	Emre Özkan
78	DF	İbrahim Kaş
80	FW	Kenan Özer

* Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.
* Márcio Nobre (Mert Nobre) holds dual Turkish and Brazilian citizenship.
* Mustafa Doğan holds dual Turkish and German citizenship.
* Ali Güneş holds dual Turkish and German citizenship.
* Shirt number 12 was retired for Beşiktaş Supporters.

[edit] Notable players

Turkey

Argentina

Matias Delgado
Osvaldo Nartallo

Brazil

Bulgaria

Colombia

Óscar Córdoba

Egypt

Ahmed Hassan

England

Les Ferdinand
Alan Walsh

France

Pascal Nouma

Germany

Iceland

Eyjólfur Sverrisson

Italy

Federico Giunti

Morocco

Jamal Sellami

Nigeria

Daniel Amokachi
Christopher Ohen

Norway

Romania

Slovakia

Miroslav Karhan

Tunisia

Zoubeir Baya

[edit] Managers

1911-1925 Şeref Bey
1925-1935 Zinger
1935-1944 Refik Osman Top
1944-1946 Charles Howard
1946-1947 Refik Osman Top
1947-1948 Giuseppe Meazza
1948-1949 Hakkı Yeten
1949-1950 Eric Keen
1950-1954 Hakkı Yeten
1954-1955 Sandro Puppo
1955-1956 Cihat Arman
1956-1957 Mesaros
1957-1958 Eşref Bilgiç
1958-1959 Leandro Remondini
1959-1960 Andrea Kutik
1960-1961 Sandro Puppo
1961-1963 Şeref Görkey
1963-1964 Recep Adanır - Melcihor
1964-1967 Lubisa Spajic
1967-1968 Jane Janevski
1968-1969 Krum Milev
1969-1970 Milovan Ciric
1970-1971 Dimitru Teoderescu
1971-1972 Gündüz Kılıç

[edit] Presidents

M. Samil Osmanoglu (1903-1908)
Sükrü Pasa (1908-1911)
Fuat Pasa (1911-1918)
Fuat Balkan (1918-1923)
Salih Bey (1923-1924)
Ahmet Fetgeri Aseni (1924-1926)
Dr. Emin Sükru Kurt (1926-1932)
A. Ziya Karamürsel (1932-1935)
Fuat Balkan (1935-1937)
Recep Peker (1937-1938)
A. Ziya Karamürsel (1939-1940)
Yusuf Özay Erdem (1939-1940)
Yusuf Ziya Erdem (1940-1941)
A. Ziya Karamürsel (1941-1942)
A. Ziya Kozanoglu (1942-1950)
Ekrem Amaç (1950-1951)
S. Fuat Keçeçi (1951-1955)
Tahir Sögütlü (1955-1956)
Danyal Akbel (1956-1957)
Nuri Togay (1957-1958)
Ferhat Nasir (1958-1959)
Nuri Togay (1959-1960)
Hakki Yeten (1960-1963)
Selahattin Akel (1963-1964)
Hakki Yeten (1964-1966)
Hasan Salman (1966-1967)
Talat Asal (1967-1969)
Rüstü Erkus - Nuri Togay (1969-1970)
Agasi Sen (1970-1971)
Himmet Ünlü (1971-1972)
Sekip Okçuoglu (1972-1973)
Mehmet Üstünkaya (1973-1977)
Sevket Belgin (1977-1977)
Gazi Akinal (1977-1980)
Huseyin Cevahir - Alp Göksan (1980-1980)
Riza Kumruoglu (1980-1981)
Mehmet Üstünkaya (1981-1984)
Süleyman Seba (1984-2000)
Serdar Bilgili (2000-2004)
Yıldırım Demirören (2004-)

[edit] Achievements

Turkish League Championships:
- Winners (12): *1956-1957, *1957-1958, 1959-1960, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1994-95, 2002-03
- Runners-up (13): 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00
Turkish Cup:
- Winners (6): 1975, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006
- Runners-up (6): 1966, 1977, 1984, 1993, 1999, 2002
Turkish Super Cup:
- Winners (1): 2006
Champions League:
- Quarterfinals (1): 1987
UEFA Cup:
- Quarterfinals (1): 2003

Note: The Beşiktaş total includes the Turkish Federation League, which was played for 2 seasons (1957 and 1958). Beşiktaş won this league both years. This league was accepted like Įequivalent of Turkish Premier Super League in the meeting of Turkish Football Federation which was held on 20 March 2002.