Modafen F.K.

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Modafen
Full nameModafen Futbol Kulübü
Nickname(s)Modamen, Atlılar (The Cavalry)
Founded2011
GroundAlemdağ Stadium,
Çekmeköy, Istanbul
Capacity1,300
ChairmanFatih Kanberoğlu
ManagerSultan Ersayın
LeagueTFF Third League
WebsiteClub website

Modafen Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish association football club located in the Çekmeköy district of Istanbul, Turkey.

History[edit]

The Club was established in 2011. The club has strong ties with Modafen Schools. After the establishment of the club in 2011, they promoted three times in row. 2014–15 season they participate amateur divisions but they relegated. In 2019–20 season they managed to promote one more time which means they promoted five times, relegated once, and lost chance to promote once at playoff game since they established.

The club gained professional status at the end of 2018-19 season after defeating 1877 Alemdağspor at play-offs of Regional Amateur League.[1]

2019-20 season started like a disaster for the team. They were almost relegated but thanks to covid Turkish Football Federation canceled the leagues. 2020-21 season they were lucky again. 2021-22 season the club relegated back to Regional Amateur League.

Stadium[edit]

Modafen plays their home games at Alemdağ Stadium.

Crest and colours[edit]

Crest[edit]

Modafen have had two main crests. The first version was original yellow and green colours and the second one current red and black.

Colours[edit]

The original colours of Modafen was yellow and green. Modafen Schools still use these colours. But the club changed their colours to red and black.

Support[edit]

The fans are known as the "Modamen".

Rivalries[edit]

Because of having short history and playing in different levels each year, club does not have any serious rivalry.

Records[edit]

Although club has a shorter history, they managed to set some interesting records.

Modafen's biggest winning scoreline in a competitive match is 11–0, achieved against Kocamustafapaşa in 2015-16 season. Modafen's biggest loss was against Diyarbekir 6-0 in 2019-20. Other heavy defeats were a 5–1 against Leventspor and a 4–0 against Yenibosna in 2014–15 season and 4-0 against Yesilyurt in 2019-20 season

Modafen hold a 16-game clean sheet streak (where they did not permit their opponent to score). They also hold a 13-game streak of keeping a clean sheet at home.

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

As of 1 November 2021.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Turkey TUR Hakan Özkan
4 DF Turkey TUR Gökhan Çetinus
5 DF Turkey TUR Hasan Ozan Girgin (captain)
6 DF Turkey TUR Umut Uysal
7 FW Turkey TUR Muhammed Emir Yildirim
8 MF Turkey TUR Efe Niyazi Kurtulmuş
9 FW Turkey TUR Emirhan Atilla
11 FW Turkey TUR Yunus Emre Kefeli
12 DF Turkey TUR Emin Kaan Arslan
16 GK Turkey TUR Reşat Şen
17 DF Turkey TUR Omer Karanci
19 MF Turkey TUR Barin Aydogdu
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Turkey TUR Emin Kaan Arslan
22 MF Turkey TUR Yiğit Yılmaz
23 MF Turkey TUR Ismail Cembako
33 GK Turkey TUR Rasim Mutlu
41 FW Turkey TUR Emrecan Yildizhan
60 DF Turkey TUR Muhammed Sura Cetin
70 FW Turkey TUR Mustafa Cinar
77 DF Turkey TUR Mert Yamak
81 DF Turkey TUR Emre Bayraktarbasi
88 MF Turkey TUR Emirhan Adak

League participations[edit]

Famous former players[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sabah, 8 May 2019, [1]

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