Konyaspor

Konyaspor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [konjaspoɾ kulyby], Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium, Konya Büyükşehir Stadium, since 2014. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Turkish football. The club colours are green and white.[4]

Konyaspor

Full name	Konyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Anadolu Kartalı (Anatolian Eagle)
Founded	22 June 1922[1][2]
Ground	Konya Büyükşehir Stadium
Capacity	42,000
President	Hilmi Kulluk[3]
Head coach	İsmail Kartal
League	Süper Lig
2019–20	Süper Lig, 13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Konyaspor were founded officially with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği on 22 June 1922. As champions of the regional Konya Football League they participated in the 1924 Turkish Football Championship, the first ever national championship in Turkish football.[5] In 1965 the club combined with Meramspor, Selçukspor, and Çimentospor and took the name Konyaspor with black and white as the team colors, and started their first season in the Second League in 1981. Konyaspor then changed to green and white as the team colours after their merger with the cross-town rivals Konya İdman Yurdu.[4] The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and the colors of Konya İdman Yurdu. In 1987–88 Konyaspor became champions of the second league and were promoted to the first league for the first time in their history.

Konyaspor lasted five seasons in the first league. They played 160 official matches, ending up with 47 wins, 33 draws, and 80 losses. During the 1988–89 season Konyaspor made it to the semi-finals of the Turkish Cup, losing to eventual champions Beşiktaş. In the 1992–93 season, the club were relegated back to the second league. After spending 10 seasons in the second league, Konyaspor returned to Süper Lig as the title holders of the 2002–03 First League with 68 points. During the 2003–04 season Konyaspor made it to the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup, but then lost to eventual champions Trabzonspor 2–1 during extra time. In 2004–05 Konyaspor advanced to the quarter-finals beating Beşiktaş 3–1, but then lost to Denizlispor 5–4 on penalty shoot-outs. In 2008–09 despite the 3–0 home win against Ankaraspor, Konyaspor couldn't avoid relegation as they remained 16th in the table with 38 points which meant their relegation from the Süper Lig. Konyaspor were in the Süper Lig since 2003. However, Konyaspor completed the TFF First League 6th and secured a position in the Promotion Play-offs in 2010. Konyaspor then won the Promotion Play-offs and made an immediate return to the Süper Lig after 1 year. They finished the Play-offs 1st with 7 points beating Adanaspor 3–1 in the first game, Karşıyaka 1–0 in the second and drawing with Altay 2–2 in the final match. But Konyaspor relegated again in the 2010–11 season.

They returned to the top level two years later. In 2015–16 Konyaspor eventually finished Süper Lig as 3rd, also the best result for them, and qualified for the UEFA Europa League. In 2016–17 they play for the first time in their history in European competitions and draw in Group H with Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Gent. They finished the group in fourth place with five losses, one draw and without winning any match. Also in the same season they reached the Turkish Cup final for the first time in their history.[6] On 31 May 2017 Konyaspor defeated İstanbul Başakşehir to win their first ever Turkish Cup in the club's 95-year history.[7] In the first Turkish Cup final since the 2007–08 season in which none of Istanbul's "big three" clubs Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, and Galatasaray were competing, Konyaspor against İstanbul Başakşehir finished regular and extra time tied 0–0 and won on penalty shoot-outs with a result of 4–1.[8][9][10][11]

Stadium

Konya Büyükşehir Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Konya, Turkey. It replaced the ageing Konya Atatürk Stadium at the end of 2013, which has been in use since the early 1950s. The stadium has a capacity of 37,829 people and is fully covered. Record attendance is 41,007 people in Turkey against Netherlands, 6 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A match.[12] The Konya Buyuksheir Stadium is one of Turkey's biggest stadiums with many sporting events happening there. The national team also plays some of its games there.

Past seasons

Domestic results

Season	League	Place	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Turkish Cup
"1922–65"[nb 1]
1965–66	TFF First League	9	20	6	4	10	30	28	22	2nd Round
1966–67		9	30	10	8	12	28	44	38	2nd Round
1967–68		11	38	13	10	15	39	55	49	–
1968–69		16	34	11	8	15	33	39	41	–
1969–70	TFF Second League	6	40	20	9	11	69	28	69	–
1970–71		1	28	21	4	3	61	17	67	–
1971–72	TFF First League	9	30	9	10	11	21	24	37	1st Round
1972–73		4	30	11	9	10	24	20	42	–
1973–74		6	30	10	12	8	27	27	42	–
1974–75		13	30	9	8	13	20	32	35	–
1975–76		4	30	11	10	9	23	19	43	2nd Round
1976–77		10	30	9	9	12	20	34	36	3rd Round
1977–78		9	32	11	8	13	34	36	41	2nd Round
1978–79		16	30	5	7	18	15	49	22	3rd Round
1979–80	TFF Second League	5	18	10	5	13	32	33	35	3rd Round
1980–81	TFF First League	11	34	12	7	15	32	45	43	4th Round
1981–82		4	28	9	13	6	28	25	40	Last 32
1982–83		9	30	9	10	11	24	31	37	2nd Round
1983–84		8	32	11	10	11	33	34	43	2nd Round
1984–85		2	30	15	9	6	46	32	54	2nd Round
1985–86		4	32	20	3	9	54	33	63	2nd Round
1986–87		2	34	23	10	1	62	14	70	1st Round
1987–88		1	32	19	8	5	49	27	65	Last 32
1988–89	Süper Lig	8	36	14	4	18	43	59	46	Semi-Final
1989–90		7	34	13	7	14	41	42	46	Last 16
1990–91		12	30	10	4	16	33	45	34	Last 16
1991–92		12	30	8	8	14	28	34	32	5th Round
1992–93		16	30	2	10	18	29	85	16	5th Round
1993–94	TFF First League	3	33	18	6	9	62	34	60	5th Round
1994–95		7	32	12	9	11	40	42	45	3rd Round
1995–96		10	36	15	4	17	42	48	49	3rd Round
1996–97		3	33	14	7	12	53	36	49	2nd Round
1997–98		4	32	14	11	7	51	29	53	4th Round
1998–99		8	32	11	8	13	40	51	41	2nd Round
1999–00		5	38	22	7	9	63	34	73	–
2000–01		3	37	21	7	9	78	39	70	3rd Round
2001–02		5	38	20	8	10	70	45	68	2nd Round
2002–03		1	34	20	8	6	55	28	68	3rd Round
2003–04	Süper Lig	11	34	10	14	10	53	54	44	Quarter-finals
2004–05		8	34	11	12	11	62	62	45	Quarter-finals
2005–06		7	34	12	10	12	39	43	46	Group stage
2006–07		9	34	12	9	13	42	44	45	Group stage
2007–08		14	34	10	6	18	37	64	36	2nd Round
2008–09		16	34	10	8	16	35	46	38	Group stage
2009–10	TFF First League	6	37	17	11	9	48	40	62	2nd Round
2010–11	Süper Lig	17	34	4	12	18	28	49	24	3rd Round
2011–12	TFF First League	5	36	16	11	9	35	31	59	2nd Round
2012–13		6	37	16	10	11	42	37	58	3rd Round
2013–14	Süper Lig	7	34	11	9	14	48	45	42	3rd Round
2014–15		8	34	12	10	12	30	39	46	Last 16
2015–16		3	34	19	9	6	44	33	66	Semi-Final
2016–17		9	34	11	10	13	40	45	43	Winners
2017–18

League affiliation

• Süper Lig: 1988–93, 2003–09, 2010–11, 2013–
• TFF First League: 1965–69, 1971–79, 1980–88, 1993–03, 2009–10, 2011–13
• TFF Second League: 1969–71, 1979–80
• Turkish Football Championship: 1924

Honours

Leagues

• 1. Lig
  • Winners (2): 1987–88, 2002–03

• 2. Lig
  • Winners (1): 1970–71

Cups

• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (1): 2016–17

• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017

European history

European participation

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	GS	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	0–4	4th
			Braga	1–1	1–3
			Gent	0–1	0–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	GS	Marseille	1–1	0–1	3rd
			Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	1–1
			Salzburg	0–2	0–0

Notes

• GS: Group stage

UEFA ranking

As of 19 May 2017[13]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
157		FC Thun	9.915
158		Konyaspor	9.840
159		Neftçi PFK	9.840

Players

Current squad

As of 3 February 2021[14]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  TUR Volkan Fındıklı 4 DF  TUR Adil Demirbağ 5 DF  BIH Marin Aničić 6 DF  TUR Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık 8 MF  SRB Marko Jevtović 11 MF  BIH Deni Milošević 12 DF  BRA Guilherme 13 GK  BIH Ibrahim Šehić 14 MF  KVX Zymer Bytyqi 16 MF  TUR Oğuz Kağan Güçtekin (on loan from Fenerbahçe) 17 FW  ALB Sokol Cikalleshi 18 MF  BIH Amir Hadžiahmetović 19 MF  GEO Levan Shengelia 20 MF  TUR İsmail Güven 21 MF  UGA Farouk Miya

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  UKR Artem Kravets 25 DF  TUR Alper Uludağ 27 MF  CIV Ismaël Diomandé 28 MF  TUR Musa Çağıran 29 MF  BIH Amar Rahmanović 34 GK  TUR Eray Birniçan 35 GK  TUR Ozan Can Oruç 42 DF  TUR Abdülkerim Bardakcı (Captain) 49 FW  TUR Ahmet Karademir 54 GK  TUR Erten Ersu 70 FW  NGA Emem Eduok (on loan from Hajduk Split) 71 FW  NGA Jesse Sekidika (on loan from Galatasaray) 86 MF  TUR İzzet Karaboğa 88 FW  MKD Erdon Daci 89 DF  SVN Nejc Skubic

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  TUR Mücahit Atalay (at 1922 Konyaspor) — DF  TUR Kaan Özdemir (at Kahramanmaraşspor)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TUR Maksut Taşkıran (at 1922 Konyaspor) — FW  TUR Seddar Karaman (at 1922 Konyaspor)

Notable players

Most appearances and goals in Süper Lig

Rank Name Appearances Season 01. Ömer Gündostu 145 2003–2009 02. Tayfun Türkmen 124 2003–2007 03. Mustafa Er 113 2005–2009 04. Suat Kaya 109 1988–1992 05. Yasin Çelik 109 2003–2007 06. Cemal Menteşe 107 1988–1993 07. Osman Şahinoğlu 106 1988–1992 08. Salih Eken 105 1988–1992 09. Jens Jønsson 99 2016–2020 10. Zafer Demir 98 2003–2009

Rank Name Goals Appearances Goals per game 01. Zafer Biryol 43 69 0.62 02. Tayfun Türkmen 21 124 0.17 03. Murat Hacıoğlu 17 67 0.25 04. Kayhan Kaynak 15 52 0.29 05. Sinan Bayraktar 15 63 0.24 06. Nedim Demirbilek 14 90 0.16 07. Salih Eken 14 105 0.13 08. Theofanis Gekas 13 24 0.54 09. Hasan Kabze 13 54 0.24 10. Veysel Cihan 13 61 0.21

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016–17 season.

Club officials

Board members

President	Ahmet Şan
II President	Fatih Yılmaz
Deputy Chairman	Ali Akkanat
Vice-President	Abdullah Şanlı
Vice-President	Celalettin Çakıcı
Vice-President	Ahmet Baydar
Vice-President	Ali Kaya
Board Members	Ali Kayaçayır
Board Members	Mehmet Günbaş
Board Members	Mehmet Tosunoğlu
Board Members	Sefa Coşkun
Board Members	Mustafa Güncü
Board Members	Mustafa Erkan
Board Members	Mustafa Okçu
Board Members	Fatih Tınmaz
Board Members	Ömer Zeren

Source: [15]

Technical staff

Head coach	Rıza Çalımbay
Assistant coach	Bülent Albayrak
Assistant coach	Kenan Oktay
Goalkeeping coach	Cengiz Birgen
Coach	Turgay Altay
Coach	Arda Keskin
Coach	Barış Karakoç
Coach	Coşkun Peker
Performance Coach	Alper Aşçı
Administrative Assistant	Seçkin Özdil
Club doctor	Bilen Kürklü
Health Committee Advisor	Dr. Anıl Işik
Physiotherapist	Ahmet Bayrak
Physiotherapist	Salih Kırışka
Masseur	Mehmet Can
Masseur	Hüsmen Canbek
Masseur	Uğur Çimen

Source: [16]

Sponsorship and kit manufacturer

Years	Kit manufacturers	Shirt sponsors
1998–04	^none	Kombassan
2004–09	Lotto	Turkcell
2009–10		Bank Asya
2010–12		Turkcell
2012–13		Torku
2013–16	Hummel
2016–18		Spor Toto^1 / Turkish Airlines^2
2018–19	Nike	Spor Toto
2019-	Lotto

^{1 Main sponsorship 2 Europe Main sponsorship}

See also

• Konya İdman Yurdu

Notes

1. No information about results

References

1. "Kuruluş tarihimiz 1922 olarak tescillendi" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
2. "Atiker Konyaspor'un kuruluş tarihi değişti" (in Turkish). trtspor.com. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
3. "Konyaspor" (in Turkish). tff.org. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
4. "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
5. "Turkey 1924". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
6. "Türkiye Kupası'nda Finaldeyiz" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
7. "Konyaspor crowned Turkish Cup Champions for the first time". theturf.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
8. "Atiker Konyaspor win Turkish Cup after penalty shootout". sportskeeda.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
9. "Atiker Konyaspor win Turkish Cup after penalty shootout". economictimes. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
10. "55. Ziraat Türkiye Kupası Atiker Konyaspor'un" (in Turkish). tff.org. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
11. "55.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası Konyaspor'umuzun" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
12. "Stadyum" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
13. "UEFA coefficients". uefa.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
14. "Futbolcular". Konyaspor (in Turkish). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
15. "Yönetim" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
16. "Teknik Heyet" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Konyaspor on TFF.org