Sivasspor

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Sivasspor

Full name

Sivasspor

Nickname(s)

Yiğidolar (Brave people)

Founded

1967

Ground

4 Eylül
Sivas, Turkey

Capacity

16,000

Chairman

Mecnun Otyakmaz

Manager

Bülent Uygun

League

Turkcell Süper Lig

2005-06

Turkcell Süper Lig, 8th





Home colours





Away colours

Sivasspor is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. They were founded in 1967 and currently play in the Turkish Premier Super League. This is the first time in the top division of Turkey since they were founded. They have surprised the Superlig so far after achieving 3rd place after 10 matches. Werner Lorant took his disciplining ability to a small club last year, and turned them around. Now Sivasspor are contenders for a UEFA Cup spot.

[edit] League Attendances

Super League (1st League): 2005-

League A (Second League): 1967-1983, 1984-1986, 1999-2005

Third League: 1986-1999

Amateur League (As Promotion to Second League): 1983-1984

[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	GK	Michael Petkovic
2	DF	Gündüz Azer
4	DF	Hakkı Hocaoğlu
6	MF	Hakan Bayraktar
7	FW	Anderson Ricardo dos Santos
9	FW	Ertuğrul Arslan
10	FW	Nordin Wooter
11	FW	Gökhan Bozkaya
17	FW	Pini Felix Balili
18	MF	Serdar Topraktepe
19	FW	Ivan Cvetkov
20	MF	Cem Karaca
23		Hakan Canbazoğlu

No.	Position	Player
25	MF	Fabricio Carvalho Pereira
32	MF	Gürhan Gürsoy
33	MF	İlhan Ummak
35	GK	Akin Vardar
38	DF	Hasan Yurt
42	MF	Yasir Elmacı
54	MF	Musa Kuş
55	DF	Murat Sözgelmez
58	DF	Hayrettin Yerlikaya
76	DF	Servet Çetin (C)
86	FW	Hilmi Mihçi
-	MF	Simon Colosimo