History and achievements
The Turkish football club Besiktas represents the Istanbul district of the same name. Sports community ‘Besiktas’ was founded in 1903; however, the football section was formed much later – in 1911. Soon after the introduction football took over as the club’s basic direction.
Besiktas plays at the BJK stadium which can seat 32 thousand spectators. Besiktas is the only Turkish club which features the national flag on their emblem. The thing is in 1952 Besiktas played as the national team in a match against Greece. So Turkish Football Federation allowed the club to have the national flag on its emblem.
Besiktas is one of the country’s strongest clubs. The team played in the UEFA Champions League in the 1997/1998, 2000/20001, 2003/2004, 2007/2008 and 2009/2010 seasons; it also played in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Europa League in the 2010/2011 season.
One of the strongest Turkish clubs boasts 13 national championship titles and 14 vice-champion trophies, 9 Turkish Cups and one national Super Cup. Apart from that the team played in the UEFA Champion’s Cup (1987) and UEFA Cup (2003) quarterfinals.
Besiktas featured such famous footballers as Metin, Ali and Feyyaz (played together), Adrian Ilie, Ricardinho, Dmitri Khlestov, Les Ferdinand, Nihat, Ilhan Mansiz, Ailton and John Carew.
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Club top players
№ | Name and surname | Role | Ranking | Age | Weight | Height | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Domagoj Vida | defender |
104 |
34 years | 71 kg | 182 cm | Croatia |
2 | Jeremain Lens | forward |
8 |
36 years | 73 kg | 178 cm | Netherlands |
3 | Atiba Hutchinson | defender |
2 |
41 years | 72 kg | 187 cm | Canada |
4 | Adem Ljajić | midfielder |
1 |
32 years | 69 kg | 182 cm | Serbia |
5 | Berat Çetinkaya | defender |
0 |
33 years | 85 kg | 186 cm | Turkey |
6 | Umut Kaya | goalkeeper |
0 |
34 years | 82 kg | 198 cm | Turkey |
7 | Douglas | defender |
0 |
34 years | 84 kg | 190 cm | Brazil |
8 | Gökhan Töre | midfielder |
0 |
32 years | 80 kg | 176 cm | Turkey |
9 | Necip Uysal | midfielder |
0 |
33 years | 72 kg | 180 cm | Turkey |
10 | Mehmet Akgün | midfielder |
0 |
37 years | 70 kg | 179 cm | Turkey |
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