Altay S.K. (women's football)

Altay S.K.

Full name	Altay Spor Kulüvü Kadın Futbol Takımı
Founded	2020; 5 years ago (2020)
Ground	Gaziemir District Stadium
Chairman	Özgür Ekmekçioğlu
Manager	Cenk Decdel
League	Turkish Women's Super League
Away colours

Altay S.K. women's football, (Turkish: Altay Spor Kulübü Kadın Futbol Takımı), is a Turkish women's football team as part of Altay S.K. based in İzmir. Founded in 2020, the black-white colored team play currently in the Turkish Women's Football Super League, the top tier of the women's football in Turkey.

History

The 1914-established İzmir-based Altay S.K. of the Süper Lig founded the women's football team in 2020 with the intention to join the Women's Third League.[1][2][3][4] For preparations for the upcoming league season, the team trained at Kültürpark, an urbank park in the city center, since the club's facility with two fields of grass ground were not available to the women's team.[3] The newly formed team ended their trainings because it became evident that they will not compete in the league as the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) suspended the Women's Third League in the 2020–21 season dure to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[2][4]

In September 2021, Altay S.K. applied to the TFF to be admitted to the Women's Super League, which was newly restructured from the Women's First League by the TFF to incorporate women's teams of major clubs of the men's Süper Lig.[2] Upon approval, the team joined the Women's Super League.[1][5]

For preparation to the 2020-21 Turkcell Super League season, the team played their first match, a friendly game, against the also new-formed team Galatasaray S.K.[6]

The black-white colored team's chairman is Özgür Ekmekçioğlu. The is coached by Cenk Decdel, and the captain is Suzan Durmaz.[5]

Stadium

The team play their home matches at Gaziemir District Stadıum.[7]

Statistics

As of 9 March 2022^[update][8]

Season	League	Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2021-22	Super League Gr. A	9 (^1)	13	3	1	9	16	30	-14	10
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

• (^1) : Season in progress

Current squad

As of 9 March 2021^[update][7]

• Head coach: Cenk Decdel

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GEO Svetlana Gabelaia 12 GK  TUR Aleyna Tayboğa 3 DF  TUR Nihal Saraç 2 DF  TUR Gamze Nur Sönmez 4 DF  TUR Büşranur Alp 13 DF  TUR Beyza Nur Altınışık 14 DF  TUR Nilay Güreler 35 DF  TUR Suzan Durmaz (C) 77 DF  JAM Sacha-Gay Brown 6 MF  TUR Nisa Öztürk 11 MF  TUR Tuana Demirbaş 19 MF  TUR Beste Altınelmalı 20 MF  TUR Betül Bayrakdar

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 MF  TUR Cansu İriş 7 FW  AZE Peritan Bozdağ 9 FW  TUR Demet Dumrul 17 FW  GEO Ana Kirvalidze 21 FW  TUR Elif Irmak Çatak 58 FW  TUR Arife Kübra Gözmener 5  TUR Melisa Göl 18  NED Anisah Karahan 22  TUR Aylin İşi 23  TUR Pelin Işıl Işık 24  IRN Hananeh Aminghashghay 61  TUR Hazal Köse 89  TUR Kübra Gezer

References

1. "Altay kadın futbol takımı kuruyor". Sözcü (in Turkish). 19 August 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
2. "Altay'dan kadın futbolu için tarihi adım". Medya Tava (in Turkish). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
3. "Altay Kadın Futbol Takımı göçebeye döndü". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
4. "Altay Kadın Futbol Takımı, antrenmanlarını durdurdu". Alan Savunması (in Turkish). 5 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
5. "Altay Kadın Futbol Takımı sezona hazır". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 15 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
6. "Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımımızdan galibiyetli prova" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. Resimi İnternet Sitesi n. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
7. "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi - Altay 2-3 Fatih Vatan Spor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
8. "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi 2021-2022 Sezonu Fikstürü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 December 2021.