Kardemir Demir Çelik Karabükspor , known simply as Kardemir Karabükspor or Karabükspor , was a Turkish sports club based in Karabük . The team was founded in 1969 after a merger between "Karabük Gençlikspor" and "Demir Çelik Spor". The club had branches in football , wheelchair basketball and volleyball . The nickname of the club was Mavi Ateş (Blue Flame), based on the unfading blue flames of chimneys from the Kardemir iron-steel works located in the city. As the factory gives name to the club the team was regarded as a blue collar worker's team. The club finances collapsed during the 2017–18 Süper Lig season, setting the club on a path of constant relegation, losing almost every game as they could play nothing but amateur youth players. The club became unable to field teams and were ultimately banned from the amateur leagues which lead to dissolution as a club.
27-541: In 2023 a form of successor phoenix club was created under the name Karabük İdman Yurdu . Adatepe Dökecekspor, an amateur club also in Karabük, won promotion to the Regional Amateur League. Before the 2023/24 season began, to better represent the city the club leadership elected to change the name to Karabük İdman Yurdu (Karabük Sports Club). There was also an adjustment of their match kit, team colours and logo to add
54-410: A club that has failed in business terms but not in sporting terms, and generally involves the continuation of the sporting activity. In some cases, the phoenix club is created by the supporters of the club which has ended, or seems to be on the point of ending. A phoenix club will often have a very similar (although, for legal reasons, not identical) name and logo to the original club, and will also use
81-448: A replacement of the better known original club following its dissolution. Dr. Necmettin %C5%9Eeyho%C4%9Flu Stadium Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium , is a football stadium in Karabük , Turkey . It is used for football matches for Karabük İdman Yurdu , a phoenix club created in 2022/23 after long term tenant Karabükspor 's financial troubles lead to it being dissolved. In 2010
108-476: A similar playing kit. The term is particularly prevalent in the United Kingdom and Italy in relation to association football , although it is also used in other countries. The term has also been used to refer to a club formed by supporters of a major team when a change of ownership or policy causes them to lose faith in the management of their favoured side. This happened in 2005, when F.C. United of Manchester
135-404: Is not a phoenix as it took the place of an existing entity. However the current incarnation of Clydebank is a phoenix, as it was founded by supporters to replace the entity which had moved to Airdrie and had to restart at the bottom of the ( Junior ) league pyramid. During the liquidation of The Rangers Football Club plc in 2012 , a new company, set up for the purpose , bought the assets of
162-455: The Süper Lig after 11 years. The 2017–18 Süper Lig season was a disaster for the club and resulted in their relegation. Erkan Sözeri resigned following poor early performances. On 1 October 2017 the club appointed Australian coach Tony Popovic to run the side. His stint in charge lasted 2 months, during which time the entire board quit the club. Popovic was replaced by Levent Açıkgöz , who
189-767: The "Bury FC" trading name) and the Shakers Community Society (who owned phoenix club Bury AFC) merged. Bury AFC adopted the Bury FC playing name and returned to Gigg Lane, following FA approval in June 2023. The two team's histories were combined — retroactively counting Bury AFC's seasons as seasons for Bury FC. In the early 21st century, numerous Italian clubs endured very severe economic problems, including some famous and historically successful teams. Some, most notably Fiorentina , Napoli , Parma and Torino were each declared formally bankrupt and thus had to reapply to
216-413: The 1940s, Karabükspor became a symbol in cycling , tennis , and wrestling around Turkey . Starting in the 1950s, the "Karabük Gençlikspor" joined "DÇ Gençlik Kulübü" and finally, the club got its colours as red-blue. In the last game of the 1993–94 season against Zeytinburnuspor , Karabükspor relegated from the Süper Lig . Karabükspor promoted to the top tier after winning the promotion play-off in
243-598: The 1996–97 season. Karabükspor finished 8th in 1997–98. The next season, however, was disastrous for them as they again relegated to the second level . Karabükspor relocated to the Second League B Category in the 2001–02 season. The team was promoted to the TFF First League in the 2007–08 season after a 7–0 win against Erzurumspor in the promotion group. On their 30th game of the 2009–10 season , they won 3–0 against Çaykur Rizespor which meant they were promoted to
270-613: The 2018/19 TFF First League , winning no games, drawing only three and suffering a negative 102 goal difference. They finished the season with zero points after a 3-point administrative penalty was assessed on the club. The 2019/20 season, where the club competed in the 3rd tier TFF Second League saw a brief respite from relegation as the Turkish government suspended all the leagues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey , with relegations cancelled for
297-423: The 5th tier amateur league system. In October 2022, the club was unable to field a team two games in a row due to player shortages, a situation which was punished by an automatic relegation to the 6th tier amateur league system. The team were then dissolved. Fellow local side Adatepe Dökecekspor have since renamed itself to Karabük İdman Yurdu after winning a promotion in 2022/23. Following that season they changed
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#1732868792063324-573: The Browns as one single team, albeit with a sporting hiatus, making the Browns not a phoenix club. Because there is no single, universally-accepted definition, ascribing the term phoenix club can be disputed depending on the criteria used. Furthermore, there may be changes in what each country's football governing body and legal system defines as a phoenix club rather than resurrected club. A.D. Generaleña merged with A.D. Pérez Zeledón to become Municipal Pérez Zeledón , de facto only continuing
351-559: The Browns, one of the twelve "old guard" NFL franchises. As such, the Ravens technically entered the NFL as an expansion franchise . While the Browns franchise was deemed to have "suspended operations" for three years, in 1999 it was sold to new ownership and was recognized by the league to own all of the pre-1996 Browns' history, even though the extant Ravens had acquired the contracts of that team's players and personnel. The league and club thus recognize
378-558: The Italian football authorities to play at a lower level, with new owners and as new corporate entities. However, all are considered to be the same clubs before and after the bankruptcy rather than separate phoenix entities: they obtained the "sports title" to remain in the Italy football pyramid using clauses in the Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Following a court settlement in 2014, club acquired rights to
405-494: The Pérez Zeledón heritage. The finances of the original NK Varaždin (called NK Varteks from 1958 to 2010) stumbled repeatedly for five years. When this led to their suspension in 2011, an unassociated NK Varteks was created. When they were suspended again in 2012, a new unassociated Varaždin emerged. The original club, including its records and history, folded in 2015. Wimbledon F.C. relocated to Milton Keynes in 2004 and
432-473: The business and secured the transfer of its SFA membership, which allowed Rangers F.C. to continue playing, albeit having to start again in the lowest national division of the Scottish football league system . As such, the club survived and would go on to win its 55th league title in 2021. Most phoenix clubs in Turkey are clubs that were originally founded independently under a different name and only repurposed as
459-463: The club despite the ongoing difficulty before it dissolved and many continue to support the phoenix club that plays at the same stadium. These supporters include Çelik-iş Sendikası , the labor union of the workers in Kardemir Iron & Steel Works. Phoenix club (sports) The term phoenix club is used in professional team sports to refer to a new entity that is set up to replace that of
486-458: The history, titles, name and other assets of the original club. In 2020, FK Aukštaitija acquired the name and history of the club disestablished in 2015 from the bankruptcy administrator . The local authorities confirmed the continuity of the club that June. Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) were liquidated in 2002 but their owners bought Clydebank and rebranded it as Airdrie United (now known as Airdrieonians F.C. (2002) ); therefore that club
513-514: The leagues for the 2021/22 season. UEFA Europa League : Ranking history: The club were sponsored by the Kardemir company and the Iron workers unions from whom they draw a lot of their support, making it a club with true working class identity. Their ultra group is called Mavi Ateş (Blue Flame) and their motto is, Dumanlı kentin puslu çocukları (Sons of the smoky city). They continued to support
540-487: The name of a phoenix club has played on the term itself: in the Australia-New Zealand A-League, now known as A-League Men , the defunct New Zealand Knights were replaced by new club Wellington Phoenix FC . In some cases, phoenix clubs retain the name of the club which they replaced, implying a continuation from the former team. In other cases, name changes occur, perhaps due to proprietorial ownership of
567-458: The name, colours, shirt & logo to be similar to what Kardemir Karabükspor used to use. They play at the same Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium . Note: In the 2019/20 season all relegations were postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic causing the cancellation of the season, while promotions continued as normal. Additional relegation slots were added to the 2020–21 season to rebalance the size of
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#1732868792063594-530: The old club's name. An essential element of a phoenix club is that it is a legally separate entity from the original. A counter example is the American football Cleveland Browns , the football organization of which moved to Baltimore in 1995 to become the Baltimore Ravens . The NFL stipulated that, as a condition of allowing the move, the Ravens would have to relinquish any claim to the history and records of
621-477: The red stripes of the original Kardemir side. In the year 1938, Azmi Tılabar, the head manager of the Turkish iron-steel industry , founded DÇ Gençlik Kulübü; DÇ Youth Club with grey-blue colours. In these times, the trainer of the football team was an English engineer Mr. Lain. The trainer of athleticism was Turkish athlete Faik Önen . Moreover, Mersinli Ahmet and Yaşar Doğu were trainers of wrestling. During
648-425: The season. They continued their plunge down the pyramid with another last place finish, in the 2020/21 season. They scored just one win and three draws, while another 3 point administrative penalty had them end the season on only 3 points. They were relegated into the fourth tier TFF Third League system. Their season in the 4th tier did not see any improvement, and the side were relegated once again, this time into
675-455: Was formed by some fans of Manchester United , specifically as a protest at the sale of the latter to Malcolm Glazer , and at what they saw as the excessive and unacceptable commercialisation of the club, although the new club's status as a phoenix is open to dispute on the basis that the original club still exists. The term is derived from the mythical phoenix , a bird which was said to resurrect itself from its own ashes. In at least one case,
702-459: Was himself sacked on 21 March 2018 and replaced by Ünal Karaman . The coaching changes, financial ruin and poor performances all contributed to the club finishing in last place with only three wins and three draws for the entire season. With no money and little in the way of talent to sell, the clubs precarious financial position required them to use low paid youth players and this saw Karabükspor suffer back to back relegations. They finished last in
729-560: Was renamed Milton Keynes Dons F.C. , two years after the Football Association 's binding decision to permit the move, and two years after the foundation of AFC Wimbledon ; see Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes . In February 2022, Bury fans' group Est.1885 acquired the trading name, history and memorabilia of Bury F.C. . In May 2023, the Bury Football Club Supporters' Society (who owned Gigg Lane and
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