Anatolia FC was established with the help of Anatolia Cultural and Educational Society (ACES), to help the youth with Turkish/Kurdish background living in Leicester to blend together and keep them away from bad habits by encouraging them to engage in sports…
The team enrolled to The Leicester Sunday League. For more details, please see Anatolia FC’s webpage.
Founded: 17th August 2007
Ended: 28th February 2010
All time statistics
Player Statistics
Most Appearances: Mesut Erzurumluoglu (54), Erol Nas (51), Ozer Kircicek (47), Fatih Gaygusuz (46), Sefa Macit (43), Esat Erzurumluoglu (40)
Most Goals: Mesut Erzurumluoglu (59), Erkan Ozbek (24), Sefa Macit (23), Fatih Gaygusuz (15), Serkan Pala (7)
Most Goals in a Single Match: (3) by Mesut Erzurumluoglu, Erkan Ozbek, Serkan Pala and Sefa Macit
Scored in How Many Games: Mesut Erzurumluoglu (35), Sefa Macit (17), Erkan Ozbek (16), Fatih Gaygusuz (13)
Youngest Player To Play: Hoshang Ibrahim (15 Years, 171 Days)
Youngest Player To Score: Hoshang Ibrahim (15 Years, 348 Days)
Oldest Player To Play: Kenan Tunc (38 Years, 251 Days)
Oldest Player To Score: Dean Ramsey (32 Years, 279 Days)
Team Statistics
Total Games Played: 54 (including Cup matches & Friendlies)
Total Games Played (League): 45
Total Results: W19, D11, L24
Total Results (League): W19, D10, L16
Total Goals Scored: 160
Total Goals Scored (League): 143
Total Goals Conceded: 195
Total Goals Conceded (League): 143
Biggest Win: 7-0 (The Alliance – 3 Feb 2008)
Heaviest Loss: 1-10 (G.T. FC – 26 Oct 2008)
Highest Scoring Game: 4-9 (Aylestone Utd – 23 Nov 2008)
Longest Unbeaten Run:
14 Games (From 12 Nov 2007 To 20 Sep 2008)
Longest Period Without A Win:
6 Games (From 2 March 2009 To 10 Oct 2009)
Captains (2007-2010) – at least one game
Fatih Gaygusuz (1st)
Idris Ciftci (2nd)
Erol Nas
Erkan Ozbek
Mesut Erzurumluoglu
Milestones
First Silverware
Anatolia FC were awarded the ‘Fair Play’ Trophy in an International Tournament based in London (Summer 2009) for reaching the knockout stages without a single yellow card. The team qualified to the Quarter Finals as Group Winners (beating Teams from Holland and Turkey in the process), before losing to the eventual runners-up Xanthi FC (from Greece) on penalties after the game finished 1-1. The team was managed by Kenan Tunc
Lucozade Sport Performance League
Anatolia FC has been picked out of the draw (also announced in talkSPORT radio) to become one of the 80 Teams in the whole of the UK to be given the chance to participate in the first ever Lucozade Sport Performance League (Season 08/09)
First Season Summary
Anatolia FC finished the 2007/08 Season in 3rd place, scoring the most goals (79) and with a 17 game unbeaten run! Also, Mesut Erzurumluoglu finished the season as Top Goalscorer of Division 4 (with 28 goals)
First Win
Anatolia FC convincingly defeated Leicester Echos 4-0 at home to record the first win in the Club’s history – the second game of the 2007/08 Season… Goals came from Ramazan Aslan (2), Mesut Erzurumluoglu & Sefa Macit
First Match & Goal
Mesut Erzurumluoglu was the first Scorer in the Club’s history, scoring the only goal against Shoemakers FC (A) in the 3-1 Loss – first game of the Season 07/08…
Foundation Date Anatolia FC was setup on the 17th August 2007 – starting in Division 4 of The Leicester Sunday League
Video from one of our games:
Anatolia FC were also chosen to be one of the eighty teams throughout the UK to take part in the first Lucozade Sport Performance League (LSPL, Sept 2009). Click here for picks from the weekly LSPL newsletter mentioning Anatolia FC.
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