Naci Özkaya

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Naci Özkaya
Personnel
birthday January 1, 1922
place of birth Trabzon ,  Turkey
date of death March 7, 2007
Place of death Istanbul , Turkey
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1938–? Izmit İttihatspor
Izmit Kağıtspor
Eskişehir Demirspor
Ankara Maskespor
until 1946 MKE Ankaragücü
1946-1947 Ankara Demirspor
1947-1953 Galatasaray Istanbul
1953 Çetinkaya SK
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1950-1952 Turkey U-21 6 (0)
1950-1951 Turkey B 2 (0)
1948-1952 Turkey 16 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1953-1956 Çetinkaya SK
1956–? Gençlik Gücü Türk SK
1960-1961 Beykozspor 1908
1961–1962 Feriköyspor
1962 Karagümrük SK
1962-1963 Beykozspor 1908
1963-1964 Galatasaray Istanbul (Assistant Coach)
1964-1965 Manisa Sakaryaspor
1965 Manisaspor
1966-1967 Boluspor
1968-1969 Giresunspor
1969-1970 Sivasspor
1970-1971 Kayserispor
1971-1974 Giresunspor
1974 Sakaryaspor
1975–? İskenderunspor
1977-1979 Galatasaray Istanbul (Assistant Coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Naci Özkaya (born January 1, 1922 in Trabzon , † March 7, 2007 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish football player and official. Through his many years of work for Galatasaray Istanbul , he is very strongly associated with this club. On fan and club pages he is described as one of the most important personalities in club history. During his time as a player at Galatasaray, he also wore the captain's armband at times. He also worked for Galatasaray as an assistant trainer, team manager and club official. During the playing days he was known by the nickname Sarı Naci (dt. Blonder Naci or Naci the blonde ) because of his blond hair . After the end of his playing career at Galatasaray, he worked in various positions as a club official and was a board member of the club until his death.

Player career

society

Özkaya started his football career at the age of sixteen with Izmit İttihatspor. He then played for the clubs Izmit Kağıtspor , Eskişehir Demirspor and Ankara Maskespor . In the 1940s he moved to the capital club MKE Ankaragücü . Since there was no transnational league in Turkey at that time, there were various regional leagues in the metropolitan areas, of which the Ankara Futbol Ligi ( Ankara Football League ) was one of the most renowned in the country after the Istanbul League. Özkaya played with his club in this league. In the summer of 1946, he moved within the league to city rivals Ankara Demirspor , the operating team of the state railway company. With this club he ended the 1946/47 season as champions of the Ankara Football League .

In his championship season with Ankara Demirspor, a legend from Galatasaray Istanbul, Gündüz Kılıç , also played for this club. Kılıç returned to Galatasaray in the summer of 1947 and previously reported to the Galatasaray officials about Özkaya. After the championship title with Demirspor, several Istanbul clubs became aware of Özkaya. The traditional club Galatasaray Istanbul convinces thanks to Kılıç Özkaya and his club of a change to the red-yellow. So Özkaya moved in the summer of 1948 to the İstanbul Futbol Ligi (German Istanbul Football League ). At his new club he immediately won a regular place and with 15 appearances together with his teammate Bülent Eken became the player with the most appearances for Galatasaray. He finished the league with his team far behind from the top as third in the table. Özkaya rose through his good performances at the end of the season to the Turkish national player. In his second season with Galatasaray, he won the championship of the Istanbul Football League with the team.

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. In the first season of this league Özkaya reached the 3rd place in the table behind arch rivals Beşiktaş Istanbul the runner-up. Özkaya appeared in 14 games and scored four goals. After another season for Galatasaray, Özkaya ended his football career in the summer of 1953.

After the end of his playing career Özkaya settled in Northern Cyprus and was one of the founders of the club Çetinkaya SK . For this club he worked for a while as a player- coach. On June 16, 1956, he stepped from the football stage with a farewell game in which Galatasaray met Dynamo Sofia .

National team

After moving to Galatasaray Istanbul, Özkaya also moved into the focus of the Turkish national team . So he was appointed to the squad of the Turkish team for the first time as part of a test match against the Greek national team scheduled for April 23, 1948 by the then national coach Ignác Molnár . In this game he played from the start and made his international debut. From then on he was one of the regularly nominated players for four years and took part with the national team in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Here Özkaya reached the quarter-finals with his team and failed in this with a 1: 3 defeat at Yugoslavia .

On June 17, 1951, Turkey played its first international match against the German national team in the Berlin Olympic Stadium , which was sold out with 100,000 spectators . In this game, in which Özkaya played for the full season, Turkey won 2-1 and caused a big surprise.

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

In addition to his work for the senior national team, Özkaya also worked for the B national team and the Turkish U-21 national team. In his appearances for the latter selection, he was all players over the age of 21.

His last international match was on June 8, 1952 against the Spanish national team . In total, he played 16 times for the Turkish national team.

Coaching career

Towards the end of his playing career Özkaya traveled to Northern Cyprus and negotiated with the local club Çetinkaya SK for a job as a coach. Both sides agreed to work together, so that Özkaya began working as a coach after his playing career. The first time he worked for Çetinkaya as a player- coach . He trained Çetinkaya until October 1956, where he helped build football. So he helped organize the association and was one of the founders of the association. He ensures that Çetinkaya chose red and yellow as the club colors, the club colors of Özkaya's old club Galatasaray.

In October 1956 he resigned from his position as head coach of Çetinkaya SK and took over Gençlik Gücü Türk SK . This club trained for an indefinite period of time.

In the spring of 1959, the nationwide Millî Lig, today's Süper Lig, was re- founded. Up to this point in time there was no national league in Turkey, only regional leagues in the larger metropolitan areas, of which İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi (German: Istanbul Professional League) was the most renowned. Özkaya took over after the winter break of the second season of this Turkish national league, the first division season 1959/60 , the Istanbul club Beykozspor . After he had reached a place in the table in the lower third of the table with Beykozspor this first season, he established Beykoz at the end of the season first division season 1960/61 to the surprise team of the season. The team finished the season in 4th place in the table and thus achieved the best first division placement in the club's history, which is still valid today. In July 1961, Özkaya surprisingly resigned from his position as head coach of Beykozspor.

After his departure from Beykozspor, he took over the league and city rivals Feriköy SK for the upcoming season . He separated from this club after 14 months after some club officials had tried to interfere in team planning and line-up. He was replaced by Necdet Erdem .

One month after resigning from Feriköy, he took over another Istanbul first division club, Karagümrük SK . He looked after this club in a league game. After the club had not signed the promised contract with him after several weeks, he left this club in early December 1963 and instead took over his old club Beykozspor as head coach.

In the winter break of the season 1963/64 Gündüz Kılıç resigned from his position as head coach of Galatasaray Istanbul and was replaced in early January 1964 by his assistant coach Coşkun Özarı . He wanted Özkaya as an assistant coach. After these developments Özkaya tried to get a friendly release from Beykozspor. Since Beykozspor had refused him this long time, Özkaya announced his resignation at the end of February 1964 and took over the position of assistant coach at Galatasaray. With his former teammate Özarı, he looked after Galatasaray until the end of September 1964 and left the club after Özarı had previously announced his resignation.

Following his work at Galatasaray, he began to coach the second division Manisa Sakaryaspor . During this time he came into conflict with the football association during an infraction and had to answer to the Sports Penalty Committee. After this development he resigned from his position at Manisa Sakaryaspor. As early as the next season, in August 1965, he took over the club, which had since been renamed Manisaspor , one more time. But after a month he resigned from his office.

In the summer of 1966, Özkaya took over the newly founded Boluspor association . In the summer of 1963, the second highest professional league, the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi , was re-introduced in Turkish football . In the first seasons of this league, the newcomers were either the champions from the then third-class regional amateur leagues or had met the requirements of the Turkish Football Association and were allowed to participate in the only one season of the young league. The background to this recording was as follows: At the beginning of the 1960s, the Turkish Football Association decided to start a project whereby all the provinces of Turkey could participate in professional football. For this purpose, the governors and notables of all provinces nationwide were informed that, if none existed, they could represent their province in this league by founding a competitive football club. On this occasion , the two associations Bolu Abantspor and Bolu Gençlik SK were merged to Boluspor in December 1965 under the leadership of the first association president İsmail Özer , the then incumbent mayor of the city of Bolu . The club received permission to participate in the 1966/67 second division season . As the first coach they tried to commit the still active Galatasaray player Naci Erdem . When asked for a Naci coach at Galatasaray, Boluspor Naci Özkaya was put in charge of the club. Out of embarrassment to have spoken the wrong Naci, those responsible for Özkaya concealed the misunderstanding and hired him as the first coach in the club's history. In addition to his coaching activities, Özkaya also helped to build up football at this club and was called the most important coach in the club's history by some former club officials Boluspors because of these services. After the first season at Boluspor Özkaya held the team safe non-relegation place. On the second day of the 1967/68 season Boluspor met in a home game on Izmirspor . In this encounter there were massive riots. Özkaya was made responsible for these riots by the referees. Im was accused of inciting the spectators after conceding the second goal and was sent to the sports penal committee of the national football association. Özkaya appointed the referee as the main responsible. After these developments, Özkaya announced his resignation at the end of September 1967 and left the club. He was replaced by Lefter Küçükandonyadis and remained unemployed until the next year.

In the spring of 1968 Özkaya took over the second division Giresunspor as head coach. He coached this club for one and a half seasons, later worked here in addition to his coaching activity as a club official and thus also provided support for football development.

For the 1969/70 season Özkaya left Giresunspor and moved to league rivals Sivasspor . He looked after this club as head coach for the next one and a half seasons. In November 1970 he resigned from his post as head coach at Sivasspor and was replaced a little later by Lefter Küçükandonyadis .

In December 1970 he became the head coach of Kayserispor and looked after this club for an indefinite period. During the winter break he took over his club Giresunspor , which had meanwhile been promoted to the 1st Lig , replacing the resigned Ogün Altıparmak . He coached this club for the next two years. In the summer of 1972, the club in his hometown Trabzonspor tried to commit him as head coach. The change was prevented by Giresunspor. After losing to Boluspor , he announced his resignation as head coach at Giresunspor.

For the season 1974/75 Özkaya took over Sakaryaspor , then resigned from his post after just four months. Then in 1975 he trained İskenderunspor for an indefinite period of time .

At the end of the 1970s he worked again as an assistant coach at Galatasaray and assisted several coaches, including Fethi Demircan and Coşkun Özarı .

Functionary career

In February, Özkaya was elected club official at Galatasaray Istanbul and was appointed manager in March 1977. He carried out this activity with small interruptions until the summer of 1981 and in the meantime also worked as an assistant trainer at Galatasaray.

In August 1981 Özkaya became the club director. In December 1982 Özkaya became the head of the club's training grounds. After about a year he was promoted to team manager and remained in that position until the late 1980s. During this time he was jointly responsible for signing important players such as Metin Yıldız , Hayrettin Demirbaş , Erhan Önal , Uğur Tütüneker and Savaş Koç . He was also jointly responsible for the commitment of the German trainer Jupp Derwall .

In 1986 he was elected to the board of the Galatasarays (Turkish: Galatasaray Divan Kurulu Üyesi ) and remained a member until his death.

death

He died on March 7, 2007 in Istanbul . He was buried in the famous Zincirlikuyu cemetery a day later after the midday prayer in Istanbul's Şişli Mosque . A large number of celebrities attended his funeral.

Trivia

  • After Turkey's 2-1 win over the German national team , Özkaya found out about the birth of his son. He named his son Gündüz Kılıç Gündüz after his long-time teammate . He was later active as a football player and played for Safakspor, among others.

successes

As a player

With Ankara Demirspor
With Galatasaray Istanbul

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ November 23, 1981, Milliyet Spor, p. 5
  3. ↑ September 15, 1956, Milliyet, p. 6
  4. ^ Greece-Turkey April 23, 1948 in tff.org.
  5. ↑ tagesspiegel.de: "Turkish fans make a pilgrimage to Potsdam" , accessed on November 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ October 4, 1953, Milliyet, p. 5
  7. ↑ October 2, 1953, Milliyet, p. 5
  8. ↑ July 26, 1955, Milliyet, p. 8
  9. ↑ October 30, 1954, Milliyet, p. 8
  10. ↑ October 6, 1956, Milliyet, p. 6
  11. ↑ July 2, 1961, Milliyet, p. 8
  12. ↑ October 30, 1962, Milliyet, p. 8
  13. ↑ November 23, 1962, Milliyet, p. 8
  14. ↑ December 8, 1962, Milliyet, p. 8
  15. ↑ January 22, 1964, Milliyet, p. 8
  16. ↑ February 22, 1964, Milliyet, p. 8
  17. ↑ August 16, 1964, Milliyet, p. 8
  18. ^ March 4, 1964, Milliyet, p. 8
  19. ↑ November 14, 1964, Milliyet, p. 8
  20. ↑ March 4, 1965, Milliyet, p. 8
  21. ↑ August 31, 1965, Milliyet, p. 8
  22. ↑ September 5, 1965, Milliyet, p. 7
  23. ^ September 9, 1965, Milliyet, p. 8
  24. ↑ September 10, 1966, Milliyet sports supplement to the 2nd Türkiye Ligi , p. 2
  25. ↑ a b bolununsesi.comg: "NACİ ÖZKAYA (SARI NACİ)" , accessed on November 8, 2013.
  26. ↑ August 29, 1967, Milliyet, p. 8
  27. ↑ September 1, 1967, Milliyet, p. 8
  28. ↑ Aug. 30, 1967, Milliyet, p. 8
  29. ↑ September 20, 1967, Milliyet, p. 8
  30. ↑ October 3, 1967, Milliyet Sportbeilage, p. 4
  31. ↑ December 26, 1967, Milliyet Sportbeilage, p. 4
  32. ↑ January 25, 1968, Milliyet, p. 8
  33. ↑ April 8, 1969, Milliyet Sportbeilage, p. 4
  34. ↑ November 12, 1968, Milliyet Sportbeilage, p. 3
  35. ↑ April 13, 1968, Milliyet Sportbeilage, p. 10
  36. ↑ September 21, 1969, Milliyet, p. 10
  37. ↑ May 29, 1970, Milliyet, p. 10
  38. ↑ sivasspor.org.tr: "Teknik Direktörler" , accessed on November 7, 2013
  39. ↑ November 17, 1970, Milliyet, p. 10
  40. ↑ December 1, 1970, Milliyet, p. 12
  41. ↑ December 15, 1971, Milliyet, p. 8
  42. ↑ June 29, 1972, Milliyet, p. 8
  43. ↑ April 2, 1974, Milliyet, p. 10
  44. ↑ July 10, 1974, Milliyet, p. 11
  45. ↑ November 14, 1974, Milliyet, p. 12
  46. ↑ June 26, 1975, Milliyet, p. 11
  47. ↑ July 3, 1977, Milliyet, p. 11
  48. ↑ December 15, 1977, Milliyet, p. 13
  49. ^ February 11, 1978, Milliyet, p. 13
  50. ↑ July 26, 1978, Milliyet, p. 16
  51. ↑ June 27, 1979, Milliyet, p. 14
  52. ↑ March 18, 1977, Milliyet, p. 12
  53. ↑ February 23, 1977, Milliyet, p. 11
  54. ↑ December 28, 1978, Milliyet, p. 16
  55. ↑ July 9, 1980, Milliyet, p. 12
  56. ↑ June 4, 1981, Milliyet, p. 14
  57. ↑ Aug. 11, 1981, Milliyet, p. 15
  58. ↑ December 11, 1982, Milliyet, p. 14
  59. ↑ July 22, 1983, Milliyet, p. 13
  60. ↑ July 16, 1984, Milliyet, p. 12
  61. ↑ June 19, 1986, Milliyet, p. 13
  62. ↑ October 29, 1982, Milliyet, p. 14
  63. ↑ June 29, 1985, Milliyet, p. 16
  64. ↑ July 25, 1986, Milliyet, p. 15
  65. ↑ tff.org: "NACİ ÖZKAYA (1923-2007)" , accessed on November 5, 2013.
  66. ↑ April 22, 1969, Milliyet Spor supplement, p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Özkaya, Naci
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Trabzon , Turkey
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2007
Place of death Istanbul , Turkey