Konyaspor

Konyaspor

Full name	Konyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Anadolu Kartalı (Anatolian Eagle)
Founded	22 June 1922 (1922-06-22)[1][2]
Ground	Konya Büyükşehir Stadium
Capacity	37,829
Chairman	Hilmi Kulluk[3]
Manager	Rıza Çalımbay
League	Süper Lig
2017–18	Süper Lig, 15th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Konyaspor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [konjɑspoɾ kulyby], Konya Sports Club) is a professional Turkish sports club based in Konya, Turkey. They are better known as Konyaspor or Atiker Konyaspor (Turkish pronunciation: [ɑtɯkʲæɾ konjɑspoɾ]) due to sponsorship reasons. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home ground, 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]

History

Konyaspor were founded officially with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği in 1922. 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 rival 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 history. Konyaspor lasted 5 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 immadiate 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.^[5] On 31 May 2017 Konyaspor defeated İstanbul Başakşehir to win their first ever Turkish Cup in the club's 95-year history.^[6] 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.^{[7][8][9][10]}

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.^[11]

Past seasons

Honours

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

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 19 May 2017^[12]

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

Players

Current squad

As of 13 August, 2018^[13]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Serkan Kırıntılı 2 DF Volkan Fındıklı 3 DF Fallou Diagne 4 DF Ali Turan 5 DF Selim Ay 6 MF Jens Jønsson 7 MF Ömer Ali Şahiner 8 MF Marko Jevtović 9 FW Mustapha Yatabaré 10 FW Adis Jahović 11 MF Deni Milošević 12 FW Abdou Razack Traoré 15 DF Uğur Demirok 16 MF Paolo Hurtado

No. Position Player 17 GK Ertuğrul Taşkıran 18 MF Amir Hadžiahmetović 19 DF Wilfred Moke 20 MF Vedat Bora 21 MF Moryké Fofana 23 DF Sertan Yegenoglu 26 GK Ahmet Çolak 39 DF Yevhen Opanasenko 42 DF Petar Filipović 53 MF Musa Araz 61 GK Mücahit Atalay 87 DF Ferhat Öztorun 89 DF Nejc Skubic 98 FW Mücahit Can Akçay

Out on loan

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2016 and Transfers winter 2016–17.

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

No. Position Player — MF Recep Aydin (on loan to Ümraniyespor until 30 June 2019)

Notable players

Club officials

Sponsorship and kit manufacturer

^{1 Main sponsorship 2 Europe Main sponsorship}

See also

• List of Turkish Sports Clubs by Foundation Dates

Notes

References

External links

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• Official website (in Turkish)