BESIKTAS AND SOCCER

Although soccer was overshadowed by others in the first period when the Club accelerated its activities, the athletes and the gymnasts in the Club felt more interest in soccer and started to have games between themselves, starting from late 1910s. In those years, the interest of the youth was about to shift to soccer and two powerful soccer teams like Valideçe?me and Basiret were founded not too far away from Be?ikta? Club. In August 1911, Ahmet ?erafettin Bey (?eref Bey), the president and founder of Valideçe?me Soccer Team joined Be?ikta? Club with his players. As a result of the attempts by ?eref Bey, who strived to bring together the soccer teams founded by youths from Be?ikta? under a single roof, Basiret Club joined Be?ikta? as well. Thus, the Soccer Branch started to operate officially as part of the Club. 

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