Ankaragücü

Ankaragücü

Full name	MKE Ankaragücü
Founded	1910
Ground	Ankara 19 Mayis Ankara, Turkey (Capacity: 21,000)
Chairman	Cengiz Topel Yildirim
Manager	Hikmet Karaman
League	Turkcell Super League
2008-09	Turkcell Super League, 13th
Home colours Away colours

MKE Ankaragücü, (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈankaɾaɟydʒy]; full name Makina Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü) is a Turkish sports club based in the Turkish capital Ankara. Ankaragücü's football team is currently playing in the Süper Lig. 2010 yılında şampiyonlar liginde koyacağız real madrid'e. kapital karl dan saygılar.The direct translation is: 'Machinery and Chemical Industry Ankara Force'. Home ground is named as Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium. She also played Second League in periods of 1968-1969, 1976-1977 and 1978-1981 and won Turkish Cup twice. She was second level team during winning of Turkish Cup in 1981 and promoted to First League by Kenan Evren's order despite she didn't promote to this league after finishing second behind of Sakaryaspor at Group B in 1980-81 season.^[1].

History

Ankaragücü is an Ankara club, but it was founded in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul in 1904 under the historical name of "Altin Örs Idman Yurdu". This team played in Friday League in Istanbul. The club was later moved to the capital city, Ankara. There are some theories about this move. One of them is that during Turkish War of Independence the team moved from Istanbul to Ankara and another one is that in 1910 the players of the team in Zeytinburnu were divided and followed two separate leaders (Şükrü Abbas and Agah Orhan). The Şükrü Abbas group left the club and formed "Turan Sanatkaran gücü". This date is accepted as the establishment day of Ankaragücü. During World War I both teams sent players for war efforts. After the war both teams united and moved the team to the capital city and formed "AS-FA Gücü". Since 1948, the"Ankaragücü" name has become the official name.

ANKARAGÜCÜ The team is known today for its large hooligan group. Some examples include the violent monopoly of Ankaragücü merchandise or the now the most dangerous neighborhood in Ankara Çin Çin, patrolled by heavily armed policemen, is associated with Ankaragücü fans.

Achievements

• Turkish Football Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1949
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1972, 1981
  • Runners-up (3): 1973, 1982, 1991
• Ankara Football League:
  • Winners (5): 1935-36, 1936-37, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57
  • Runners-up (4): 1938-39, 1943-44, 1954-55, 1958-59
• Second League:
  • Winners (2): 1969, 1977

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Serkan Kırıntılı 2 DF Kali 5 DF Tolga Doğantez 6 DF Onur Acar 8 MF Maniche 9 FW Jaba 10 FW Mehmet Yılmaz 11 FW Darius Vassell 12 FW Antonio de Nigris 13 MF Luiz Henrique 16 MF Ceyhun Eriş 18 MF Semavi Özgür 19 FW Çağrı Yasan

No. Position Player 20 MF Mert Erdoğan 21 MF Metin Akan 22 GK Bayram Olgun 23 MF Barbaros Barut 25 MF İbrahim Ege 27 MF Leonardo Iglesias 28 DF Mustafa Aydın 38 MF Burak Karaduman 39 DF İlkem Özkaynak 55 DF Moïn Chaabani 61 MF Hasan Üçüncü 77 GK Zafer Özgültekin 83 FW Leandro Chavez Rodrigues

For recent transfers see List of Turkish football transfers 2008-09

References

External links

• (Turkish) Ankaragücü's official web site
  
• (Turkish) ANKARAGÜCÜ - 1910 Ankaragüçlüler Derneği
• English site about Ankaragücü