Konyaspor

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Konyaspor

Full name

Konyaspor

Nickname(s)

Yesil Simsekler (Green Lightnings)

Founded

1981

Ground

Konya Atatürk Stadı
Konya, Turkey

Capacity

Chairman

Ahmet Şan

Manager

Nurullah Saglam

League

Turkcell Süper Lig

2005-06

Turkcell Süper Lig, 7th





Home colours





Away colours

Konyaspor is a Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Turkish Premier Super League. The club was founded officially in 1922 with black and white as the team colors, but they were changed to green and white after its merger in 1981 with the cross-town rival Konya İdmanyurdu. The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and colors of Konya İdmanyurdu. The club played in Turkish First League (predecessor to the Turkcell Super League) between 1988 and 1993. The club later returned to top-flight in 2003.

1 League Attendances
2 Current squad
3 Achievements
4 Notable Former Players
5 External links

[edit] League Attendances

Super League (1st League): 1988-1993, 2003-

League A (Second League): 1965-1969, 1971-1979, 1980-1988, 1993-2003

Third League: 1969-1971, 1979-1980

[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 30 January 2007:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Özden Öngün
2	DF	Firat Akkoyun
4	DF	Ömer Gündostu
5	DF	Abdel Zaher El Saka
6	MF	Erkan Sekman
7	MF	Joao Batista (Turkey citizenship status)
8	MF	Erman Ergin
10	FW	Cedric Sabin
11	FW	Da Silva
12	MF	Erkan Atilgan
13	MF	Mustafa Er
15	MF	Sedat Ağçay

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Eder Ceccon
17	MF	Sedat Yeşilkaya
18	MF	Eren Şen
19	MF	Erman Özgür
20	GK	Eray Birniçan
21	MF	Mohamed Abdullah
33	FW	Tayfun Türkmen
35	FW	Ufuk Ateş
37	MF	Gökhan Çakır
48	DF	Ozan Özkan
61	GK	Oğuzhan Bahadır
81	DF	Levent Nalinci
87	MF	Uğur Yanikdemir
--	MF	Neca