Kayserispor
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| Full name | Kayserispor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Atatürk Kayseri Kayseri, Turkey |
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| Capacity | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Memduh Büyükkılıç |
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| Manager | Ertuğrul Sağlam |
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| League | Turkcell Süper Lig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Turkcell Süper Lig, 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kayserispor is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. Founded in 1975, they are currently playing in the Turkish Premier Super League. This team's previous name was Kayseri Erciyesspor.
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[edit] History
[edit] 05/06
Kayserispor finished 5th in the Turkcell Super League, and earned a place in the 2006 Intertoto Cup, their first European competition. They won the competition, becoming the first Turkish club honoured with winning the relatively new Uefa competition. Through this historic victory, they qualified for their second ever European competition; the Uefa Cup and became only the fifth Turkish Club to win a European club competition. The four other victories coming from Galatasaray twice (Uefa Cup 99/00 over Arsenal FC and Uefa Super Cup 00/01 over Real Madrid), Fenerbahce (Balkans Cup 66/67 over AEK Athens FC) and Samsunspor (Balkans Cup 93/94 over PAS Giannina).
[edit] 06/07
[edit] European
The team made its European debut in the 2006 Intertoto Cup, beating FC Sopron 4-3 on aggregate. The team then qualified for the 2006-2007 UEFA Cup after they defeated Greek side Larisa 2-0 on aggregate in the Intertoto Cup third round, and became the first Turkish team to qualify to the UEFA Cup through the Intertoto Cup.
In their first UEFA Cup match on August 10, 2006; they beat Albanian side KF Tirana 2-0 in the first leg at Albania. Kayserispor won 3-1 in Turkey and have made it to the first round of the UEFA Cup.
Kayserispor did not reach a place in the group stages. They lost to AZ Alkmaar 4-3 on aggregate.
[edit] League Attendances
Super League (1st League): 2004-
Second Level (Second League and League A): 1999-2002, 2003-2004
Third Level (Third League and League B): 1988-1999, 2002-2003
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.
As of 7 December 2006:
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[edit] Achievements
- UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Winners (1): 2006
[edit] Trivia
- Kayserispor is the first Turkish team to qualify for the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup.
- Gökhan Ünal finished the 2005/06 season as the top goalscorer of the Turkish Premier Super League.
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