Huseyin Saygun

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Huseyin Saygun
Personnel
Surname Huseyin Naci Saygun
birthday January 1, 1920
place of birth Istanbul ,  Turkey
date of death March 31, 1993
Place of death Istanbul, Turkey
position Defense , midfield , storm
Juniors
Years station
Kadırga SK
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
until 1935 Kurtuluş Istanbul
1935-1946 Beşiktaş Istanbul 124 (27)
1946-1948 Vefa Istanbul 25 0(5)
1948-1953 Beşiktaş Istanbul 59 0(9)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1948-1951 Turkey 13 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1957-1958 Beşiktaş Istanbul (Youth)
1958-1959 Beşiktaş Istanbul
1 Only league games are given.

Hüseyin Naci Saygun (born January 1, 1920 in Istanbul , † March 31, 1993 ibid) was a Turkish football player and coach. Through his many years of work for Beşiktaş Istanbul , he is very strongly associated with these clubs. Fan and club members regard him as one of the most important players in club history. During his time at Beşiktaş he played with legendary players such as Hakkı Yeten , Şeref Görkey , Hüsnü Savman , Eşref Bilgiç , İbrahim Tusder , Şükrü Gülesin and Şevket Yorulmaz . He was an important part of the team that won the Istanbul championship eleven times from 1938 to 1952, the most important title in Turkish football at the time, five of which in a row. Towards the end of his career, he wore the captain's armband for Beşiktaş for an indefinite period. During his active time as a football player, he was known by the nickname Çengel or Çengel Hüseyin (German: Hüseyin the hook or hook Hüseyin ) because as a man hit the oncoming opponent, symbolically like a hook, stopped or took the ball from him.

Player career

Beşiktaş Istanbul

Saygun was born in Istanbul's Beyazıt district and started playing club football in the youth of the amateur club Kadırga SK . He then moved to the amateur club Kurtuluş Istanbul and played here at the men's level.

In the summer of 1935 he moved to the traditional Beşiktaş Istanbul club . At the time of his move to this club, there was no national professional league in Turkey. Instead, regional leagues existed in metropolitan areas such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir , of which the İstanbul Futbol Ligi (German: Istanbul Football League ) was considered the most renowned. Saygun made his debut for Beşiktaş during the game in the Istanbul Football League on May 31, 1936 against İstanbulspor . In this game, Saygun played the entire length of the game and completed another league game this season. In the next two seasons he completed three missions per season in this league. In the 1938/39 season he was able to win the championship of the Istanbul Football League with his team, which Saygun was able to get his first title at club level. In the same season he and his team took part in the Millî Küme , a kind of championship in which the teams from the three cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir participated. In this league, which was played in connection with the Istanbul Football League from spring to summer, Saygun conquered a regular place and played almost all of his team's games. With this tournament Saygun finally made his breakthrough at Beşiktaş and was one of the most important players on his team until the end of his career. In the following four years, Saygun and his team managed to defend their title in the Istanbul championship four times. In addition, the Millî Küme was won in the 1940/41 season. Saygun played in various playing positions during these four seasons. In the 1941/42 season he even played in the storm and formed the most successful storm in the league with Şükrü Gülesin , Şeref Görkey and Hakkı Yeten . He himself was also the third most successful goalscorer of his team with 14 league goals.

In the 1944/45 season, Saygun failed to defend the title in the Istanbul Championship with Beşiktaş, but was able to win the Maarif Mükafatı , the İstanbul Cup and the Prime Minister's Cup this season. The next two seasons Saygun and his team were again Istanbul champions and won the Istanbul Cup for the second time in the 1945/46 season.

Vefa Istanbul

In the summer of 1946, Saygun surprisingly moved within the league to Vefa Istanbul - the club that was founded by the renowned Vefa high school . At this association, the former education minister and writer Hasan Ali Yücel , himself a graduate of the Vefa-Gymnasium, was elected president and tried to help the association to its first championship as a patron . He was responsible for the acquisition of some stars, including the change from Saygun. At his new club, Saygun immediately established himself as a top performer and played all of his team's competitive games in his first season for Vefa. In the championship, Vefa played for a long time with Fenerbahçe Istanbul for the lead and ended the season 1946/47 finally on points with Fenerbahçe and due to the poorer goal difference because of the 2nd place in the table. In his second season for Vefa Saygun quickly lost with his team to the top of the table and finished the league in 4th place in the table.

2. Beşiktaş period

In the summer of 1948, Saygun returned to Beşiktaş after two years. Here he won a regular place straight away. The first season after his return, Saygun played with his team with arch rivals Galatasaray Istanbul for the Istanbul championship and was runner-up behind them at the end of the season. In the seasons 1949/50 and 1950/51 but succeeded in winning the title.

In spring 1952 the İstanbul Futbol Ligi was transferred to the İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi (German: Istanbul Professional League ) and all well-known clubs took part in this league from then on. Saygun took part in this league with his club and was also the first champion of this league. He completed twelve of the possible 14 league games of his team.

In the second season of the newly created Istanbul professional league , Saygun suffered a serious knee injury in a derby against arch rivals Fenerbahçe and was unable to play most of his team's games as a result. After his club finished the season as runner-up, Saygun ended his professional career.

National team

Saygun was nominated for the first time in April 1948 in the squad of the Turkish national team . Here he made his international debut as part of a friendly against the Greek national team . After this game, she was one of the regularly nominated players for the next four years and took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics with the national team. Here Saygun reached the quarter-finals with his team and failed in this with a 1: 3 defeat at Yugoslavia . Saygun played every two of his team's games during this tournament and scored one goal against China.

In the summer of 1949 Saygun took part with Turkey in the Mediterranean Cup and is second behind the second selection of the Italian national team .

Saygun completed his last international game on November 14, 1951 in the game against the Swedish national team . Overall, he was used in 13 international matches and scored one goal.

Coaching career

Saygun began working as a coach in 1957 in the youth of Beşiktaş.

At the end of December 1958, the Italian head coach Leandro Remondini took over the 1st team Beşiktaş 'and looked after them until the end of the season.

From the spring of 1959, Saygun and the team took part in the newly founded and nationwide Millî Lig (today's Süper Lig). This league replaced the regional leagues in the larger metropolitan areas, such as B. the Istanbul professional league , as the highest Turkish league. In the first season of the Millî Lig , the championship was played in two rounds. In the first round, the league system was divided into two separate groups. In the second round, the two group winners decided the championship among themselves in a final with a return leg. Saygun took part with his team in the group red in the competition and finished the group stage behind Fenerbahçe in second place. So the team missed the opportunity to become the first champions of the Millî Lig. After the group stage, Saygun was replaced by András Kuttik .

successes

As a player

With Beşiktaş Istanbul
With the Turkish national team

Trivia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bjk.com.tr: "Hüseyin Saygun" ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 21, 2014)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.besiktask.org
  2. ↑ August 28, 1952, Milliyet, p. 5: "Hüseyin, takımında bu senede yerini alacak"
  3. ↑ September 7, 1957, Milliyet, p. 6
  4. ↑ January 28, 1959, Milliyet, p. 6
  5. ↑ April 25, 1965, Milliyet, p. 12: "42 yılın en iyi onbiri"
personal data
SURNAME Saygun, Huseyin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saygun, Hüseyin Naci (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1993
Place of death Istanbul