ALG Spor

ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. Club president is Ali Gözcü.[1] It is located in the İncilipınar neighborhood of Şehitkamil district. The team play their home matches in the Batur Stadium.

ALG Spor
Full nameALG Spor Kulübü
Founded1998 (1998)
GroundBatur Stadium
Coordinates37°03′31″N 37°23′49″E
PresidentAli Gözcü
LeagueTurkish Women's First Football League
2018-19runners-up

History
ALG Spor squad in the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First League.
Club president Ali Gözcü (April 2019)

The club was founded as Güneykent Spor in Gaziantep.[2] ALG Spor started playing league matches by entering the Group 6 of the 2015–16 Turkish Women's Third Football League season. They finished the season runners-up in the group. The next season, the team became runners-up at the end of the play-offs, and was entitled to play in the Turkish Women's Second Football League.[3] They finished the 2017–18 Women's Second League season as champion after the play-offs, and were so promoted to the Women' First League for the 2018–19 season.[4]

To strengthen the team for the matches in the Women's First League, the club transferred three experienced footballers, Yaşam Göksu, Fatoş Yıldırım, Gülbin Hız from Konak Belediyespor and Second-League striker Ebru Atıcı from Hakkarigücü Spor in the summer of 2018.[1] Further transfers were local players Remziye Bakır, Mislina Gözükara and Fatma Songül.[5] In the beginning of the second half of the 2018–19 season, the club transferred the Ukrainian striker Tetyana Kozyrenko.[6] ALG Spor finished their first season in the Women's First League as runner-up behind Beşiktaş J.K. losing the champion title only in the last league round equal on points but with goal average. ALG Spor, the leader of the previous two rounds with goal average, won their last match with 5-1, Beşiktaş J.K. defeated their opponent by 9-0, which enabled them a goal average of four in the final. The Turkish Football Federation set a play-off round between the two teams to be played on 12 May 2019 at a neutral venue, in Manavgat, Antalya.[3] The team became runners-up after losing to Beşiktaş J.K. in the play-off match with 0-1.[7][8]

The 2019-20 First League season was discontinued on 19 March 2020 according to an announcement by the Youth and Sports Ministery including from the round 17 on due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[9] The Turkish Football Federation decided on 8 July 2020 that the further matches will not be played, the league will be registered according to the score ranking on the date when the league was stopped, no champion will be declared, and the top-ranking team ALG Spor ,are to represent Turkey at the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League.[10]

Statistics

As of 8 July 2020.[3][7]

SeasonLeaguePos.PldWDLGFGAGDPts
2015–16Third League - Gr. 621815121206+11446
2016–17Third League225221211214+9864 1)
2017–18Second League12014335321+3245
2018–19First League21913336017+4342
2019–20First League1 2)151410536+4743
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Current squad
As of 1 March 2020

Head coach: Mehmet Karayılan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  TUR Ezgi Çağlar
21 GK  TUR Gamze Nur Yaman
6 DF  TUR Derya Arhan
8 DF  TUR Medine Erkan
12 DF  TUR Aslı Canan Sabırlı
20 DF  BLR Alesia Lynko
38 DF  TUR Aleyna Gültekin
75 DF  TUR Kezban Tağ
3 MF  RSA Rachel Raesetja Sebati
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  TUR Gülbin Hız
13 MF  UKR Khrystyna Pereviznyk
23 MF  TUR Emine Ecem Esen
33 MF  UKR Natia Pantsulaia
7 FW  AZE Mislina Gözükara
9 FW  RSA Letago Madiba
16 FW  TUR Ebru Topçu
17  TUR Neslihan Demirdöğen
88  TUR Sabriye Arslano
97  TUR Esra Sertdemir

Honours
Runners-up (1): 2018–19
Champions (1): 2017–18
Runners-up (1): 2016-17

Kit history
2018-19 way
  • ALG Spor squad in the 2018–19 Women's First League
  • ALG Spor squad in the 2018-19 Women's First League

References
  1. "ALG Spor'dan dört önemli transfer". Yerel Futbol (in Turkish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. "ALG Spor Hakkında ..." (in Turkish). ALG Spor. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. "Kadın Futbol Ligleri Arşiv Sayfası" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. "Alg Spor ve Hakkarigücü birinci lige yükseldi". Malatay Time (in Turkish). 15 April 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. Bucak, Efkan (1 July 2018). "ALG Spor iç transfere hızlı girdi". Yerel Futbol (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. "ALG Spor'dan büyük transfer - Gaziantep Haberleri". Samsun Son Haber (in Turkish). 5 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  7. "ALG Spor 0-1 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  8. "Kadın futbolunda şampiyon Beşiktaş". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. "Bakan Kasapoğlu resmen açıkladı: Liglerin ertelenmesine karar verdik". Milliyet (in Turkish). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  10. "2019-2020 Sezonu Kadın Ligleri Yönetim Kurulu Kararı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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