Rıza Köprülü

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Rıza Köprülü
Personnel
birthday 1911
place of birth Istanbul ,  Ottoman Empire
date of death 20th century
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
until 1932 Galatasaray Istanbul
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1932-1933 Galatasaray Istanbul
1933-1938 Güneş SK
1938-1939 Galatasaray Istanbul
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1937 Turkey 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Rıza Köprülü (* 1911 in Istanbul ; † 20th century there) was a Turkish football player , referee and official. Through his many years of work for Galatasaray Istanbul and as its own generation, he is associated with this association. He was also one of the most important performers of the Güneş SK club , which surprisingly won all of Turkey's major titles in the 1937/38 season. After his playing career, he worked for the Turkish Red Crescent .

Player career

society

Köprülü attended the Galatasaray high school and played in the youth department of the traditional Galatasaray Istanbul club , which was founded in 1905 by students of the Galatasaray high school. Word of his footballing talent spread quickly in the Galatasaray community, so that he was accepted into the squad of the Galatasaray football team as a 21-year-old in the 1932/33 season . At the time of his entry into the professional squad, his club played in the İstanbul Futbol Ligi (German Istanbul Football League ). Since there was no international professional league in Turkey at that time, there were regional leagues instead in metropolitan areas such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir , of which the İstanbul Ligi (also called İstanbul Futbol Ligi) was considered the most renowned. Despite his young age, he was used in four league games.

For Galatasaray Köprülü only played until the summer of 1933. After a controversy arose within the club in 1933, about half of the team's squad left the club and founded the rival club Güneş SK . After this split Galatasaray team lost the connection to the top of the table and remained until the 1948/49 season without winning the title in the Istanbul championship. Only in the season could the title be won in the Milli Küme , a kind of championship tournament in which the teams from the three cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir participated.

Köprülü belonged to the faction that left Galatasaray after the dispute and gathered under the new club Güneş SK. At Güneş, Köprülü quickly established himself as a regular player. With this club he finished the 1936/37 season behind Fenerbahçe and before Galatasaray as runner-up. Köprülü completed all league games of his team as a performance player this season. In the 1937/38 season, Köprülü's team won the Istanbul league title. In addition to the Istanbul championship, the title in the Milli Küme was won this season , a kind of championship tournament in which the teams of the three cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir participated. As a result, Köprülü's team won all of Turkey's major titles this season. In this championship season they inflicted one of the bitterest defeats in the club's history away from Galatasaray. So the club from which Güneş was founded and some founding members were expelled in the league game of Milli Küme on March 20, 1938 with 0: 7 defeated.

Güneş took part in the Istanbul League again after this championship season, but surprisingly broke up after the 4th matchday. This dissolution of the association was accompanied by a dispute settlement with Galatasaray. After this club dissolution, most of the squad rejoined Galatasaray, including Köprülü. For Galatasaray he played for a season. In terms of titles, Köprülü and Galatasaray only won the Milli Küme championship in the 1938/39 season.

National team

Köprülü began his national team career in 1931 with a commitment for the Turkish national team in a friendly against the Yugoslav national team . With this encounter he completed his first and only international match.

successes

With Güneş Istanbul
With Galatasaray Istanbul

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ March 18, 1958, Milliyet, p. 6: "Rıza Köprülü tedaviye gidiyor"
  2. ↑ ntvmsnbc.com "İstanbul'a 'Güneş' doğuyor!" (accessed December 20, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Köprülü, Rıza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul , Ottoman Empire
DATE OF DEATH 20th century