Bucaspor

Full name

Bucaspor Kulübü

Nickname(s)

Fırtına (Storm)^[1]

Founded

11 March 1928

Ground

Buca Arena, Izmir

Capacity

10,500^[2]

Chairman

Hüsnü Kaya

Manager

İlker Seven

League

TFF First League

2013–14

TFF First League, 9th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Bucaspor is a professional Turkish football based in Buca, Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor are nicknamed Fırtına (Storm). The club colours are yellow and navy.^[1]

History

Bucaspor was the fifth football club to be based in Izmir, following Karşıyaka S.K. (1912), Altay S.K. (1914), Altınordu S.K. (1923), and Göztepe A.Ş. (1925). Yellow and navy were chosen for the club colours. Former president Yusuf Muhafiz pushed to make red one of the colours of the club, to distinguish it from Istanbul-based club Fenerbahçe. The colour has since been removed.^[1] Bucaspor merged with Altay and Altınordu as Üçokspor in 1937. These clubs were separated again in 1939.

The club did not compete professionally for most of its history till 1984–85 season. They were promoted to the 2.Lig after beating Edremitspor 1–0 on 6 May 1990, which gave them professional status. Bucaspor reached the play-offs of the 2.Lig twice, in 1994 and 1996, but failed to win promotion to the 1.Lig.

The club earned promoted to the top-flight of the Turkish football pyramid on 8 May 2010. Their 4–0 win over Kayseri Erciyesspor sealed their second-place finish in the TFF First League, which resulted in automatic promotion to the Süper Lig.^[3] However, Bucaspor relegated after one year in Super League. Bucaspor also played quarter final in Turkish Cup in 2011.

In 2005 a women's football team of Bucaspor was established. The Bucaspor Ladies Football Team finished runner-up in the Turkish Women's Football Premier League in 2008 and 2009.

Bucaspor Football Academy

Bucaspor is very famous club with football academy in Turkey. The academy founded in 2007. Before this time Bucaspor educated important players for Turkish football. Some of these players are Mehmet Batdal, Sercan Kaya, Hasan Kabze, Koray Arslan and Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi.

Bucaspor's young teams had a lot of championship in Turkey. The most important success was the championship of Premier Cup in 2010. Bucaspor management made a decision that all the young teams would play all their matches with team who younger one age. They have been playing about this since 2010–2011 season. Also Şirinyerspor and Buca Belediyespor are pilot teams of Bucaspor. Bucaspor and Galatasaray have the biggest football academy in Turkey.

Honours

1.Lig:
- Runners-up (1): 2010
2.Lig:
- Winners (1): 2009
3.Lig:
- Winners (1): 1990
TSYD Cup:
- Winners (1): 2008
Izmir Football League:
- Winners (1): 1937–38
Turkish Cup:
- Quarter Final (1): 2010–11

League Participations

Super League

2010–2011

First League

2009–2010, 2011–

Second League

1990–2009

Third League

1984–1990

Izmir Regional League

1928–1984

Rivalry

Bucaspor has rivalries with other İzmir teams which include Göztepe, Karşıyaka and Altay.

Current squad

As of 21 January 2016.^[4]

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Stjepan Tomas
4	MF	Ferhat Çulcuoğlu
5	DF	Landry Mulemo
6	DF	Alper Sürücü
7	MF	Emre Sahin
8	MF	Burakcan Kunt
9	FW	Yasin Avcı
10	MF	Mehmet Incebacak
11	FW	Victor Mendy
12	FW	Burak Aydin
13	GK	Carlos
27	MF	Erkan Taskiran
18	MF	Furkan Yildirim
20	FW	Erkan Taskiran

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Mahmuthan Samet Acar
22	DF	Abdullah Balikuv
23	MF	Jerko Leko
27	GK	Kemal Mert Özyigit
30	FW	Dady
77	FW	Ibrahim Sirin
88	FW	Ahmet Tamet
90	MF	Ömer Kanberoglu
95	FW	Deniz Pero
98	GK	Hüseyin Koc
99	GK	Ömer Kahveci
—	MF	Bedirhan Artuc
—	MF	Civar Cetin
—	DF	Emin Celik

Out on loan