Bursaspor

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Bursaspor
Logo of Bursaspor
Full name Bursaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s) “Timsahlar” (Crocodiles)
Founded 1963
Ground Bursa Atatürk stadium
Bursa, Turkey
Capacity 19,700
Chairman Flag of Turkey Levent Kızıl
Manager Flag of Turkey Engin İpekoğlu
League Turkcell Süper Lig
2005-06 Turk Telekom League A, 1st
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Bursaspor (officially Bursaspor Kulübü) is a professional Turkish football (soccer) team based in Bursa. The club was founded in 1963 and they play at the Bursa Atatürk stadium, which has a capacity of 19,700. Their most notable accomplishment was a Turkish Football Cup win in 1986. Bursaspor played in the Turkish Superlig between 1967 and 2004. They were relegated to the Second League Category A, the second level of the Turkish League in 2004. They gained promotion back into the Turkish Superlig after topping the Second League Category A in 2006.

Flag of Bursaspor
Flag of Bursaspor

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[edit] League Attendances

Super (First) League: 1967-2004, 2006

League A (Second League): 1963-1967, 2004-2006

[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:

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Turkey GK Ömer Çatkıç
2 Flag of Turkey MF Ömer Aysan Barış
3 Flag of Turkey DF İsmail Güldüren
4 Flag of Turkey DF Ömer Erdoğan
5 Flag of Turkey MF Can Cumhur Bozacı
6 Flag of Turkey MF Bekiz Ozan Has
7 Flag of Turkey MF Orhan Alemdar
8 Flag of Turkey MF Veli Acar
10 Flag of Romania MF Cornel Danut Frasineanu
11 Flag of Turkey FW Sinan Kaloğlu
15 Flag of Turkey FW Zafer Biryol (Left to Çaykur Rizespor)
16 Flag of Turkey DF Egemen Korkmaz
17 Flag of Brazil FW Edmar Gees de Souza
No. Position Player
18 Flag of Republic of Macedonia MF Velice Šumulikoski
19 Flag of Romania FW Daniel Pancu
21 Flag of Turkey MF Fatih Serkan Kurtuluş
22 Flag of Turkey DF Hasan Yiğit
24 Flag of Turkey DF Eser Yağmur
28 Flag of Turkey DF Yenal Tuncer
33 Flag of Turkey GK Yavuz Özkan
47 Flag of Turkey FW Volkan Kürşat Bekiroğlu
52 Flag of Turkey DF Mehmet Yılmaz
54 Flag of Turkey FW Burak Akdiş
58 Flag of Turkey MF İbrahim Dağaşan
61 Flag of Turkey GK Yavuz Eraydın

[edit] Notable players

  • Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Baljić
  • Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Nejad Biyediç
  • Flag of Romania Cornel Danut Frasineanu
  • Flag of Romania Daniel Pancu
  • Flag of Turkey Şeref Kazıklı (Bomba Şeref)
  • Flag of Turkey Mesut Şen
  • Flag of Turkey Suphi Ergözen
  • Flag of Turkey Nurettin Sezgiç
  • Flag of Turkey Hasan Bora
  • Flag of Turkey İzzet Cengiz

[edit] Achievements

  • Turkish Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1986
    • Runners-up (3): 1971, 1974, 1992

[edit] External links

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