İsmail Arca (born 5 September 1948) is a Turkish former football player, who played as a defender, and manager. He spent his entire professional career with Eskişehirspor, and is known by his nickname Büyük Kaptan (Turkish, "Great Captain").

Arca begun playing football with İnegöl İdman Yurdu in 1962, and in 1964 moved to Eskisehir Fatihspor where he attended his local highschool. He moved to Eskişehirspor in 1965, and remained in the team for 17 years, becoming their captain. Arca holds the record for most official caps with Eskişehirspor, with 542 official appearances across all competitions.^[1]

An international footballer for Turkey, Arca scored his only international goal in a 2–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying win over Switzerland on 1 December 1974.^[2]

Eskişehirspor

• Prime Minister's Cup (1): 1965–1966
• TFF First League (1): 1965–1966
• Turkish Cup (1): 1970–71
• Turkish Super Cup (1): 1970–71

Turkey national football team

• ECO Cup (1): 1974

• İsmail Arca at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com) (in Turkish)
• İsmail Arca player profile at the Turkish Football Federation
• İsmail Arca coach profile at the Turkish Football Federation
• İsmail Arca at National-Football-Teams.com