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Legendary President of Besiktas Suleyman Seba has died ages 88 / Breaking News

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Turkish giant club  Besikstas Legendary president Suleyman Seba died at age 88.

Suleyman Seba, who was the club’s honorary chairman, surrendered to his illness at the American Hospital in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Suleyman Seba was born in 1926 in central Anatolian town of Duzce and briefly played Istanbul giant club Besiktas until 1954, when he quit football following an injury. He joined his club in 1957 as a member of the General Assembly and participated in the Board of Directors in 1963.

In 1984, Seba ran against his rival Mehmet Ustunkaya and defeated him with 85 votes to be elected as the club’s president. In his 16-year record chairmanship, Beşiktaş won staggering 21 championships.

Under his leadership, Beşiktaş won five Turkish League, four Presidential, five Turkey Cup, two Prime Ministry and six Turkish Sports Journalists Association championships. Seba also purchased Akaretler club building, Fulya Stadium camp facilities, Bsşiktas Plaza, Pendik and Cilekli facilities and Beşiktaş College during his period.

Suleyman Seba really trust with the British manager Gordon Milne lived in the golden age of Besiktas

His club released a statement on Wednedsay, saying that Suleyman Seba will continue to remain as “part of our hearts” and that his name was written in “pages of history with golden letters”.

Who is Suleyman Seba

Süleyman Seba (born 5 April 1926, Hendek, Sakarya) is a former Turkish football player and was the longest presiding Chairman of the Istanbul based multisports club Beşiktaş J.K..He died in 13 August 2014.

Süleyman Seba (Abkhaz name Tsyba) was born on 5 April 1926 in Soğuksulu, a village in the Sakarya Province of Turkey.

Sent to Istanbul by his father for education, Seba attended the prestigious Galatasaray High School in the Beyoğlu district for a while, but later went to Kabataş High School on the Bosphorus, another prestigious historic Turkish high school, in the Beşiktaş district.

Seba later enrolled into Istanbul University’s Faculty of Literature, but due to his football career he never graduated.

Seba started to play football in the Kabataş High School team. The promising player was soon discovered by the local football club Beşiktaş J.K. and admitted to its junior team. With his contribution, the junior team became the champions of that season, and Seba was promoted to the rank of team captain a short time later. In 1945, he was called to become a member of the A-team.

Seba went down in Turkish football history when he scored the first ever goal in BJK İnönü Stadium against the Swedish side Allmänna Idrottsklubben during the inauguration match of the venue in 1947.

In 1954, he was forced to retire from his career as a footballer due to a meniscus injury. During his entire professional career he played only for Beşiktaş J.K.

In 1957, Seba became an active member of Beşiktaş J.K..

Six years later, in 1963, he became a member of the club’s Presidential Council.

In 1984 Seba took the helm of the club, gaining more votes in the presidential election than Mehmet Üstünkaya (club president, 1981–1984). During this election Seba received the support of the all-time Beşiktaş legend “Baba” (Father) Hakkı Yeten.

In his second year as chairman, Beşiktaş won the Turkish Super League championship for the first time in four years. Beşiktaş immediately became the dominant team in Turkey and in the 1986–1987 season reached the quarter-finals of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup (known as the UEFA Champions League today) but lost to Dinamo Kiev.

When Seba brought British manager Gordon Milne, no one knew that Beşiktaş was set for years of dominance in the Turkish Super League. With a strong team of young players like “Atom Karınca” (Atom Ant) Rıza Çalımbay (team captain), Feyyaz Uçar, “Sarı Fırtına” (Blonde Storm) Metin Tekin, Ali Gültiken, Gökhan Keskin, Mehmet Özdilek and Sergen Yalçın, Beşiktaş won three League titles in a row between 1989–1992. Beşiktaş later became the League Champions in 1994–1995, but then went on for years to finish behind Fatih Terim’s Galatasaray SK.

Seba went on for a 16-year presidency as club chairman of Beşiktaş J.K.. During the elections of 2000, Seba declared that he would not run for another term. Elections were held without his candidacy and Serdar Bilgili became his successor.

Seba is still one of the most respected figures (and the honorary chairman) of Beşiktaş J.K. which became a financially strong club thanks to his efforts – far stronger than the practically bankrupt club which he took over in 1984.

 

 

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