Güngörenspor
Full nameİstanbul Güngörenspor
Founded1983
GroundMimar Yahya Baş Stadium,
Güngören, Istanbul
Capacity7,589
LeagueIstanbul Super Amateur League
2015–16TFF Regional Amateur League 12th Group, 10th
(Relegated after play-out)

İstanbul Güngörenspor (formerly known as Güngören Belediyespor) is a sports club located in Güngören, Istanbul, Turkey. This club was formed as Beyoğlu Kapalıçarşıspor in 1983. They moved to Güngören and changed their name to Güngören Belediyespor in 1994. The club is owned by the municipality of Güngören. This club played in the TFF Second League and promoted to Bank Asya 1. League after extra play-offs in 2007–2008 season and were relegated to TFF Second League after the 2008–2009 season. They changed their name to İstanbul Güngörenspor before the start of the 2011–12 season.

After many promotions and relegations between third and fourth levels of Turkish Football, Güngören B.S. had a chance to promote TFF First League at the end of the 2007 – 2008 season. Though their opponent Adana Demirspor was favourites before the final match at Konya Atatürk Stadium, Güngören B.S. managed to score at the last minute to win 1 – 0 and get promoted.

Following season was hard as expected, Güngören BS tried to secure their place over the relegation zone. Wins against Kasımpaşa S.K. and other title contenders, kept them in mid-table for most of the season. Despite their tries, they were relegated to the Second League after losing 3–1 to Boluspor at away match on May 10, 2009 as 17th.

Güngören BS played 1st Group of Second League in 2009–10 season and qualified to the Promotion Group after finishing second. After finishing 2nd in this group, they returned to the second level immediately. In 2010–11 season, Güngören BS escaped relegation and finished it as 15th. They renamed their name as İstanbul Güngörenspor before the start of the next season, but they finished First League as 17th and relegated to Second League.

Güngörenspor finished Red Group of Second League as 14th in 2012–13 season. But, after finishing Red Group as 17th, they relegated to fourth level. Finally Güngörenspor finished 3rd Group of Third League as last (18th) and relegated to Regional Amateur League in 2014–15 season. They finished 12th Group of RAL as 10th and faced with Kartal Bulvarspor at play-outs in 2015-16 season. They lost this math as 2-1 in 8 May 2016 and relegated to Istanbul Super Amateur League after three consecutive relegations.

Current squad

As of 15 October 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Turkey TUR Erhan Yilmaz
3 DF Turkey TUR Mustafa Ün
4 DF Turkey TUR Ibrahim Arikan
5 MF Turkey TUR Kürsat Aydin
7 FW Turkey TUR Hakan Albayrak
8 MF Turkey TUR Özgür Ergün
9 FW Turkey TUR Mehmet Tülümen
11 FW Turkey TUR Semih Türe
14 FW Ghana GHA Benjamin Boateng
17 FW Turkey TUR Tunc Behram
19 MF Turkey TUR Sinan Ayar
23 MF Ghana GHA Obed Owusu
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Turkey TUR Ibrahim Necipoglu
25 DF Turkey TUR Yunus Ceylan
28 DF Turkey TUR Hasan Yigit
30 FW Turkey TUR Mehmet Sen
33 GK Turkey TUR Orhan Altay
61 FW Turkey TUR Hamza Akaydin
70 MF Ghana GHA Paul Aidoo
76 MF Turkey TUR Turgut Gönültas
77 GK Turkey TUR Egemen Gencalp
85 MF Turkey TUR Necdet Kaba
99 FW Turkey TUR Emrah Kol
35 FW Turkey TUR Ejike Collins


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