Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (Turkish forKarşıyaka Sports Club), better known as simplyKarşıyaka, is a Turkish sports club located inKarşıyaka,İzmir. Founded in 1912, they are İzmir's oldest club. Like others in Turkey, the "SK" suffix refers to the establishment being asports club, as, besides football, the club has sports branches inbasketball,volleyball,tennis,sailing andfencing. The club's football team currently competes in theTFF Third League, the fourth tier of the Turkish football league system. The basketball team currently competes in theTurkish Basketball League and the women's volleyball team in the Turkish Women's Second League.
Karşıyaka has a very large fanbase in Northern İzmir, and have a fierce rivalry withGöztepe; matches between the two teams are known as theİzmir Derby. Other rivalries are withAltay andBucaspor.
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