Vefa SK is a football club in

Vefa Vefa is part of the district of Fatih in Istanbul, and lies inside what was once the old walled city of Constantinople. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich in monuments, both Byzantine and Otto ...

, neighborhood of the

Fatih Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the co ...

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Eminönü Eminönü is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of Istanbul within the Fatih district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara. It is connected to Karaköy (historic G ...

between 1928 and 2008) district of

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. The team currently competing at

Bölgesel Amatör Lig The Turkish Regional Amateur League ( tr, Bölgesel Amatör Ligi) is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 11-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped ac ...

8th Grup which is 5th level of Turkish leagues. Vefa SK is the first and only Turkish club coached by a female manager, Özgür Gözüaçık Akyıldız.

History

The club was founded in 1908 when

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football was legalized. The club was formed by the students from Vefa Idadisi (Vefa College), Saim Turgut Aktansel, Zeki (Baban), Hikmet (Barlan), Rıfat (Baban), Sudi Cavit (Oral), Tevfik (Kut), Yusuf Ziya and Sabri Beyler as Vefa Idman Yurdu. Following foundation of the Republic of Turkey, club's name change into Vefa Spor Klubu (Vefa Sport Club). They played in the İstanbul League until the establishment of the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

in 1959, for which they qualified. Vefa were relegated to the Second League (2. Lig) first time in 1962–63. They became the champions of the second league in 1964–65. They were relegated again in 1973–74. They stayed in the second league until 1986–87 season. They were relegated from 3rd division to amateur league in 1993–94. They played in the third league in 1998–99 and 1999–2000 seasons. Today they play in the amateur leagues. Their ground is the 6,000 capacity

Vefa Stadı Vefa Stadı ( en, Vefa Stadium) (also named Karagümrük Stadı/Arena) is a football stadium located in Fatih, Istanbul that is the home ground of Fatih Karagümrük. Vefa Stadı is occasionally in use for the promotional play-off encounters in ...

. Vefa finished İstanbul 4th Group of Super Amateur as champions and qualified to play-offs for Regional Amateur League. They finished it as 6th and qualified to Regional Amateur League play-outs. They faced with Bayrampaşa Tunaspor on 6 May 2012 and won as 3–1. Consequently, they promoted to Regional Amateur League (RAL) for 2012–13 season. They finished 9rd group of RAL as 2nd and didn't qualify to promotion play-off. They finished 11th group of RAL as 8th, but they relegated to Istanbul Super Amateur due to Vefa finished below Dikilitaş, which was another Istanbul team according to RAL rules in 2013–14 season. Vefaspor finished 1st Group of Istanbul Super Amateur League as 1st and qualified to promotion play-offs in 2014–15 season. Vefaspor finished play-offs as 3rd and returned to RAL immediately. The club's colours are green and white.

Professional League history

They played in total 14 seasons in the top Turkish league. The first ever national professional Turkish league (called Milli Lig – National League) started in 1959. Vefa was one of the founder member of Turkish Professional League. In 1959 Turkish Professional League was played in two stages – the Groups and the Final. The winners of each group qualified to the second stage. Vefa was placed in Group Red. They just missed the final, coming second after Galatasaray. Turkish Professional League in 1959. * Group Red: * 1 Galatasaray A.Ş. 20 14 7 6 1 18 7 (Proceeds to Final) * 2 Vefa 20 14 7 6 1 21 10 * 3

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Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the ...

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11 14 5 1 8 14 20 * 7 Beykoz 1908 S.K.D. 10 14 3 4 7 17 21 * 8 İstanbul S.A.Ş. 6 14 1 4 9 6 22 * Final: Fenerbahçe S.K. – Galatasaray A.Ş. (0–1), (4–0) Vefa SK's all participations in the Turkish Professional League (

) as follows; * 1959: 2nd in the Group Red, P: 20, G: 14, W: 7, D: 6, L: 1, F: 21, A: 10. * 1959–60: 11th place, P: 335, G: 38, W: 11, D: 13, L: 14, F: 37, A: 60. * 1960–61: 6th place, P: 41, G: 38, W: 13, D: 15, L: 10, F: 32, A: 39. * 1961–62: 18th place, P: 31, G: 38, W: 11, D: 9, L: 18, F: 29, A: 48. * 1962–63: 10th place in the Group White, P: 13, G: 20, W: 3, D: 7, L: 10, F: 22, A: 37, Relegated to Turkish Second Division. * 1965–66: 11th place, P: 27, G: 30, W: 9, D: 9, L: 12, F: 26, A: 36. * 1966–67: 13th place, P: 29, G: 32, W: 9, D: 11, L: 12, F: 31, A: 35. * 1967–68: 12th place, P: 29, G: 32, W: 8, D: 13, L: 11, F: 31, A: 35. * 1968–69: 13th place, P: 24, G: 30, W: 8, D: 8, L: 14, F: 27, A: 37. * 1969–70: 13th place, P: 25, G: 30, W: 7, D: 11, L: 12, F: 19, A: 28. * 1970–71: 14th place, P: 22, G: 30, W: 4, D: 14, L: 12, F: 28, A: 48. * 1971–72: 10th place, P: 28, G: 30, W: 9, D: 10, L: 11, F: 23, A: 27. * 1972–73: 14th place, P: 22, G: 30, W: 6, D: 10, L: 14, F: 22, A: 35. * 1973–74: 16th place, P: 17, G: 30, W: 5, D: 7, L: 18, F: 16, A: 39. (Relegated to Turkish Second Division) Vefa SK's Turkish Second Division (currently known as

TFF 1. League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

) History; * 1963–64: Second League 4th * 1964–65: Second League 1st (Promoted to First (Now Turkey Super League) * 1974–75: Second Division Group Red 15th. * 1975–76: Second Division Group White 5th. * 1976–77: Second Division Group White 8th. * 1977–78: Second Division Group White 8th. * 1978–79: Second Division Group White 4th. * 1979–80: Second Division Group B 6th. * 1980–81: Second Division Group B 9th. * 1981–82: Second Division Group A 5th. * 1982–83: Second Division Group A 8th. * 1983–84: Second Division Group B 5th. * 1984–85: Second Division Group C 8th. * 1985–86: Second Division Group C 8th. * 1986–87: Second Division Group C 16th. (Relegated to Turkish Third Division)

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National players

Vefa SK players capped for

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national Football Team whilst playing for Vefa SK: *

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: 4 caps (Poland 1–2, Poland 1–6, Bulgaria 1–5, Yugoslavia 2–0) * Hüsamettin Böke: 2 caps (Romania 1–3, Yugoslavia 2–0) *

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: 2 caps (Romania 1–3, Poland 1–6) *

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: 4 caps (Greece 3–1, Austria 0–1, China 4–0, Yugoslavia 1–3) *

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: 5 caps (Austria 0–1, Greece 2–1, Austria 0–1, Iran 6–1, Israel 1–5) *

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: 1 cap (Iran 6–1) *

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: 1 cap (Iran 6–1) *

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(goalkeeper): 1 cap (Israel 1–5) *

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: 5 caps (Sweden 1–3, Switzerland 1–5, Spain 0–0, Switzerland 2–1, Yugoslavia 2–2) *

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: 5 caps (Switzerland 1–5, Spain 0–0, Switzerland 2–1, Yugoslavia 2–2, Italy B 0–1) *

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: 2 caps (Egypt 4–0, Poland 1–0, * Hilmi Kiremitçi: 10 caps (Egypt 4–0, Poland 1–0, Spain 0–3, Belgium 1–1, Holland 2–1, Belgium 1–1, Romania 0–3, Romania 2–0, Holland 0–0, Bulgaria 1–2) Vefa SK players scored for

National Football Team whilst playing for Vefa SK; *

: 1 goal (China 4–0) *

: 3 goals (Switzerland 1–5, Switzerland 2–1 (2 goals)) * Hilmi Kiremitçi: 1 goal (Egypt 4–0) Note: *

is first Vefa SK player represented

National Football team on 2 October 1925 in İstanbul against Poland. *

is the first Vefa SK player scored for

National Football Team. *

first capped on 1 June 1952 in Ankara against Switzerland, scored in his debut. *

is also the first Christian player represented

National Football Team. * Hilmi Kiremitçi also scored in his debut for Turkey against Egypt on 5 April 1957 in Al-Qairah during

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. He is the last Vefa SK player represented Turkey as a Vefa SK player on 27 November 1960 in Sofija against Bulgaria. He then moved to Fenerbahçe S.K.

League participations

: 14 1959–1963, 1965–1974 *

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

: 15 1963–1965, 1974–1987 *

TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second le ...

: 9 1987–1994, 1998–2000 *

Turkish Regional Amateur League The Turkish Regional Amateur League ( tr, Bölgesel Amatör Ligi) is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 11-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped a ...

: 3 2012–2014, 2015–16 * Istanbul Amateur League: 17 1994–1998, 2000–2012, 2014–15

References

* Vefa Terbiye-i Bedeniyye Kulübü. ''Türk Futbol Tarihi vol.1''. ''page(23)''. (June 1992) Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.

External links

Official websiteVefaspor on TFF.org
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