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| Full name | Bucaspor Kulübü |
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| Nickname | Fırtına (Storm)[1] |
| Founded | 11 March 1928; 97 years ago (1928-03-11) |
| Dissolved | 1 September 2020; 5 years ago (1 September 2020) |
| Ground | Buca Arena,İzmir |
| Capacity | 8,800[2] |
| Website | www |
Bucaspor was a professional Turkishfootball club based inBuca,İzmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor were nicknamedFırtına (Storm). The club colours were yellow and navy.[1] It was dissolved in 2020.
At the time of its formation, Bucaspor was the fifth football club to be based in İzmir, followingKarşıyaka S.K. (1912),Altay S.K. (1914),Altınordu S.K. (1923), andGöztepe A.Ş. (1925). Yellow and navy were chosen for the club colours. Former president Yusuf Muhafiz pushed to make red one of the colours of the club, to distinguish it from Istanbul-based clubFenerbahçe. The colour has since been removed.[1] Bucaspor merged with Altay and Altınordu asÜçokspor in 1937. These clubs were separated again in 1939.
The club did not compete professionally for most of its history till 1984–85 season. They were promoted to the2.Lig after beating Edremitspor 1–0 on 6 May 1990, which gave them professional status. Bucaspor reached the play-offs of the 2.Lig twice, in 1994 and 1996, but failed to win promotion to the1.Lig.
The club earned promoted to the top-flight of the Turkish football pyramid on 8 May 2010. Their 4–0 win overKayseri Erciyesspor sealed their second-place finish in theTFF First League, which resulted in automatic promotion to theSüper Lig.[3] However, Bucaspor relegated after one year in Super League. Bucaspor also played quarter final in Turkish Cup in 2011.
In 2005 a women's football team of Bucaspor was established. TheBucaspor Ladies Football Team finished runner-up in theTurkish Women's Football Premier League in 2008 and 2009.
Due to thecoronavirus epidemic and financial debts in the 2020–21 season, Bucaspor decided not to participate in the amateur league and folded on September 1, 2020.
Bucaspor is very famous club with football academy inTurkey. The academy founded in 2007. Before this time Bucaspor educated important players for Turkish football. Some of these players areMehmet Batdal,Sercan Kaya,Hasan Kabze,Koray Arslan andKamil Ahmet Çörekçi.
Bucaspor's young teams had a lot of championship in Turkey. The most important success was the championship ofPremier Cup in 2010. Bucaspor management made a decision that all the young teams would play all their matches with team who younger one age. They have been playing about this since 2010–2011 season. Also Şirinyerspor and Buca Belediyespor are pilot teams of Bucaspor. Bucaspor andGalatasaray have the biggest football academy in Turkey.
2010–2011
1990–2001, 2009–2010, 2011–2015
1984–1990, 2001–2009, 2015–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
1928–1984
Bucaspor has rivalries with other İzmir teams which includeGöztepe,Karşıyaka,Altay,Altınordu andİzmirspor.
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