Şenol Birol

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Şenol Birol
Personnel
birthday May 8, 1937
place of birth Rize ,  Turkey
size 180 cm
position Storm
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Kilimlispor
until 1957 Rize Güneşspor
1957-1959 Sarıyer GK
1959-1963 Beşiktaş Istanbul 159 (74)
1963-1966 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 56 (20)
1966-1967 Karşıyaka SK 24 0(2)
1967-1968 Beşiktaş Istanbul 11 0(1)
1968-1969 Rizespor 0 0(0)
1969-1970 Karşıyaka SK 4 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1960-1963 Turkey 8 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1968-1969 Rizespor ( player-coach )
1 Only league games are given.

Şenol Birol (born May 8, 1937 in Rize ) is a former Turkish football player and coach . Through his many years of work for Beşiktaş Istanbul and Fenerbahçe Istanbul , he is very strongly associated with these clubs and viewed by both clubs as one of their most legendary players. He was an important part of the Beşiktaş team that won the Turkish championship for the first time and part of the Fenerbahçe team that won the Turkish championship twice in a row for the first time. In his heyday, which was in the first half of the 1960s, he was one of the most successful and popular strikers in Turkish football. Because of his hard and precise shots, he was nicknamed Topa ıslık çaldıran futbolcu (English: The football player who let the ball whistle). He was always mentioned together with his long-time teammate Birol Pekel and played with him both his entire time at Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe. Pekel was considered to be Birol's most important template. The offensive duo was so successful and popular that the fans composed the fan song in the rhyme form Şenol Birol gol (meaning: Şenol! Birol! Ein Tor! ) For them. This fan-rhyme, which had multiple meanings, was also one of Birol's nicknames, as Birol formed both the first name of his storm partner and his own surname. In 1965 he played the lead role in a feature film that was named after the fan rhyme.

Player career

society

The beginnings of Birol's footballing career are partly unknown. Since his father worked in the public service , the family moved frequently and stayed in Çankırı in the second half of the 1940s . According to his own statements, he watched the games of the local amateur men's teams here when he was eleven and always stayed behind the goal line. Here he shot the balls back into the field. Since he shot back the balls noticeably hard and placed, the team captain of Çankırı Demir invited him to play for his team. In his first game in which he played in a men's team at the age of eleven, he scored all three goals for his team's 3-0 victory. After this encounter, the team captain recommended Birol's father to send his son to a big city club and predicted a great career for Birol. As the first documented activity, Birol played for Kilimlispor in the mid-1950s and then for Rize Güneşspor, one of the most famous clubs in his hometown of Rize at the time . While working for Güneşspor, the Istanbul club Sarıyer GK Rize visited and played two men against Güneşspor. His team lost in both games, but Birol scored a goal in both games and recommended himself to the Istanbul team. So Sarıyer signed him in the summer of 1957 for a transfer fee of 10,000 Turkish Lira . At his new club he immediately established himself as a regular player and was the top scorer of the 2nd Istanbul Football League with 29 goals in his first season.

From Sarıyer he moved in 1958 or according to other information in July 1959 for a transfer fee of 35,000 lira to Beşiktaş Istanbul . With his new club he played in the Millî Lig (today's Süper Lig). This league was founded in the spring of 1959 as the first nationwide national league in Turkey and replaced the regional leagues in the larger metropolitan areas, such as B. the İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi (German Istanbul Professional League ), as the highest and only Turkish league. Birol established himself at Beşiktaş right away as a regular player and top performer. His club took over the championship lead and finished the season as Turkish champions , as 2nd Turkish champions. Birol was one of the squad that won the first championship for Beşiktaş. Birol formed the Beşiktaş offensive with his teammates Ahmet Özacar , Arif Özataç , Nazmi Bilge and Birol Pekel and contributed to this title with twelve league goals and several assists. This season, the Turkish trade press highlighted Birol's interaction with Birol Pekel. Birol was to play with Pekel for several years and received many assists from him. In the next three seasons, Beşiktaş missed the championship, Birol himself gradually established himself as one of the best strikers in the league. The 1963/64 season ended his team as runner-up and Birol led the scorers list for a long time before Metin Oktay , the most successful Turkish striker of the 1950s and 1960s. Towards the end of the season he was overtaken by Oktay and finished the season with 34 league goals behind Oktay as second on the scorers list.

Even before the end of the 1962/63 season, arch-rivals Fenerbahçe Istanbul expressed interest in Birol and his strike partner Birol Pekel. Since both teams were still in the championship fight, this recruitment attempt made Fenerbahçes for a scandal. In return, Beşiktaş officials said they would also sign some Fenerbahçe players. This club negotiated unswervingly with the two players and reached an agreement with both. Both players have come under increasing criticism due to the last three untitled seasons and were therefore not averse to a change. Beşiktaş, under the leadership of club president Hakkı Yeten, refused to give the two players a handover and stressed that the strikers would only be allowed to go for a transfer fee of 100,000 Turkish lira each. After these developments, Galatasaray Istanbul waited for the end of the season and offered Beşiktaş 100,000 lira for the two strikers. According to Birol's own statements, the then Galatasaray coach Gündüz Kılıç persuaded Birol to switch to the yellow-reds by offering him the prospect of forming the Galatasaray storm with Metin Oktay. This change failed due to the fact that Galatasaray was in financial difficulties and Birol only wanted to pay with the proceeds from an Istanbul gas station that was on display for sale. Birol refused this type of payment and requested immediate payment after the contract was signed. Since Galatasaray could not comply with this request, the change did not take place. Fenerbahçe reacted quickly and signed Birol Pekel at the beginning of July 1963 and Birol one day later. Since no agreement was reached with Beşiktaş on this move, this club declared the contracts invalid and announced legal action. After several weeks of waiting, the Turkish Football Association got involved in the events, declared the transfer to be legal and obliged Fenerbahçe to pay Beşiktaş a transfer fee of 162,000 lira. According to other sources, Fenerbahçe paid a transfer fee of 200,000 lira. At his new club, Birol immediately established himself as a regular player. He finished the season with Fenerbahçe before his old club Beşiktaş as Turkish champions. Birol was the second top scorer of his team with nine league goals. The following 1964/65 he and his team succeeded in defending the championship title, the first in the club's history.

In the summer of 1966, Fenerbahçe Birol, who last played partly due to injury and partly because of the strong competition in the squad, for sale and set a transfer fee of 45,000 lira. So after three years at Fenerbahçe, Birol moved to league rivals and promoted Karşıyaka SK in July 1966 . At this club he played only one season and left this after the failed relegation towards Beşiktaş. In Istanbul, he failed to prevail against the younger strikers Sanlı Sarıalioğlu and Faruk Karadoğan .

Birol moved in the summer of 1968 to the third division Rizespor , the club in his hometown of Rize . This club, which had previously only played in the regional amateur league, took part in the third Futbol Ligi , which had only been newly founded a year earlier , from the 1968/69 season. In addition to his playing activities, Birol also looked after the team as a player- coach . After a season he left this club again. In the season 1969/70 he played again for Karşıyaka SK. With this club he reached the second division championship at the end of the season and rose to the first division. After this success, he ended his career.

National team

Birol was nominated for the first time for the squad of the Turkish national team in June 1960 by national coach Ignác Molnár as part of a test match against the Danish national team and made his international debut in this match. In this encounter he also scored his first goal in the national dress. By October 1963, he was used in seven other A-internationals and scored two more goals.

He also played two games for the Turkish B national team, the second selection of the Turkish national team at the time, and scored a goal between 1960 and 1961.

Trivia

  • In addition to his football career, Birol successfully studied literature, making him one of the few studied football players of his time.
  • With his 34 league goals in the 1962/63 season , he still holds the club record of Beşiktaş Istanbul as the player who scored the most goals in a first division season.
  • In 1964, Galatasaray Istanbul initiated the production of the feature film Taçsız Kral in which his star striker Metin Oktay played the leading role. Produced by Ertem Eğilmez and directed by well-known director Atıf Yılmaz, the drama became a hit and increased the popularity of Galatasarays and Metin Oktays. To do the same with its arch-rivals, Fenerbahçe Istanbul had the competing film Şenol Birol Gool shot , the title of which was based on a fan rhyme and at the same time a nickname Birol. In this, Şenol Birol played the main role and received a fee of 55,000 lira. The main female role was played by Fatma Girik . Birol's longtime strike partner Birol Pekel played a supporting role.

successes

With Beşiktaş Istanbul
With Fenerbahçe Istanbul
With Karşıyaka SK
Individually

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c bjk.com.tr: "Şenol Birol - Biyografi" (accessed on March 20, 2015)
  2. ↑ turkfutbolu.net: "2. BÖLÜM - BİROL PEKEL" ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 20, 2015)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f dailymotion.com: "Şenol Birol Efsanesi" - broadcast on TRT 1 (accessed on March 20, 2015)
  4. ↑ a b c d e youtube.com: "Derepazarılı" Şenol Birol Belgeseli..Rizedeyi.com Farkıyla " (accessed on March 20, 2015)
  5. ↑ sinematurk.com: "Şenol Birol Gool" (accessed on March 20, 2015)
  6. ↑ July 3, 1959, Milliyet, p. 6: "Üç kulüp thin dört mukavele yaptı"
  7. ↑ August 1, 1959, Milliyet, p. 5: "Transferde harcanan para: 2.820.000"
  8. ↑ March 4, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "Şenol 1 gol farkını koruyor"
  9. ↑ April 24, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "Metin gol Krallığında başa geçti"
  10. ↑ June 7, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "Transfer harbi başlıyor"
  11. ↑ June 13, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "F.Bahçe, Şenol ve Birol ile görüştü"
  12. ↑ June 14, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "Yeten: Şenol ve Birol bir yere gidemez"
  13. ↑ June 30, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "G.Saray'ın da Şenol ve Birola teklifi: 100 bin lira"
  14. ↑ July 2, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "Beşiktaş'lı Birol F.Bahçe'de"
  15. ↑ July 3, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "Şenol da Fenerbahçe'de"
  16. ↑ July 20, 1963, Milliyet, p. 8: "Fenerbahçe Şenol için 90, Birol için 72,000 lira ödeyecek"
  17. ↑ July 4, 1966, Milliyet, p. 8: "40 bini veren Şenol'u alır! ..."
  18. ↑ July 12, 1966, Milliyet, p. 8: "Sürpriz: Şenol Karşıyaka'da"
  19. ↑ a b sinematurk.com: "Taçsız Kral" (accessed on March 20, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Birol, Senol
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Rize , Turkey