Konyaspor
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Full name | Konyaspor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Yesil Simsekler (Green Lightnings) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Konya Atatürk Stadı Konya, Turkey |
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Chairman | Ahmet Şan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Nurullah Saglam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Turkcell Süper Lig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005-06 | Turkcell Süper Lig, 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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[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:
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[edit] Achievements
- Second League Category A:
- Winners (1): 2003
- Second League:
- Winners (1): 1988[citation needed]
- Third League:
- Winners (1): 1971[citation needed]
[edit] Notable Former Players
- Mehmet Ekşi
- Kayhan Kaynak
- Savaş Demiral (He was known Big Savaş)
- Fatih Uraz
- Mücahit Yalçıntaş
- Fuat Yaman
- Fuat Buruk
- Suat Kaya
- Sertan Eser
- Saffet Sancaklı
- Tolunay Kafkas
- Ogün Temizkanoğlu
- Cenk İşler
- Murat Hacıoğlu
- Zafer Biryol
- Ümit Bozkurt
[edit] External links
- (Turkish) Official web site of the Club
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