Sanica Boru Elazığspor

Elazığspor^[1]

Full name	Elazığspor Kulubü
Nickname(s)	Gakgoşlar
Founded	1967
Ground	Elazığ Atatürk Stadium, Elâzığ
Ground Capacity	13,923
Chairman	Selçuk Cengiz Öztürk
Manager	Okan Buruk
League	Süper Lig
2012–13	Süper Lig, 13th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Elazığspor is a football team located in Elâzığ, Turkey, which competes in the Turkish Super League. They play their home games at Elazığ Atatürk Stadium in Elâzığ. The club was founded in 1967.

History

Elazığspor was founded in 1967 when three clubs (Merkez Gençlik, Güvenspor and Harputspor) were united to form a strong team for the city of Elâzığ. The club's emblem refers to a famous local dance called Çayda Çıra. This dance is performed with candles in the hands. The club has played in the Second and Third Leagues for several years. Finally in 2002, the club was promoted to the Turkish First Football League. However, in 2004, they were relegated to the TFF First League again. Elazığspor's main rivals are Malatyaspor. They were relegated to the TFF Second League in 2008 after finishing in 16th place.

League participation

• Turkish Super League: 2002–04, 2012–
• TFF First League: 1974–82, 1983–85, 1986–87, 1990–92, 1995–02, 2004–08, 2011–12
• TFF Second League: 1968–75, 1985–86, 1987–90, 1992–95, 2008–11
• TFF Third League: 1982–83

Current squad

As of 24 January, 2014. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Vanja Iveša 2 DF Deniz Aslan 4 DF Ognjen Vranjes 5 DF İbrahim Kaş 6 MF Mehmet Nas 7 MF Marvin Zeegelaar 8 MF Tidiane Sane 10 FW Serdar Gürler 16 DF Erol Erdal Alkan 18 FW Deniz Yılmaz 19 FW Noyan Öz 21 MF Serdar Özkan 24 MF Muhammed Dogan

No. Position Player 25 DF Tanju Kayhan (on loan from Beşiktaş) 27 MF Pape Habib Sow 32 FW Onur Ayık 33 FW Franco Cángele (on loan from Boca Juniors) 35 FW Batuhan Karadeniz 40 MF Vitolo 41 MF Rodrigo Tello 46 DF Ali Gökdemir 58 DF Fábio Bilica 61 DF Çağlar Birinci 88 DF Özgür Özkaya 91 GK Mücahit Atalay 99 GK Zülküf Özer

Former players

Managers

• Faruk Omer (1984)
• Güvenç Kurtar (Oct 31, 2003–??)
• Erol Tok (Aug 22, 2007–Feb 19, 2008)
• Serafettin Tutas (Aug 29, 2008–??)
• Osman Özköylü (June 10, 2010–Oct 10, 2011)
• Hüsnü Özkara (Oct 14, 2011–March 29, 2012)
• Bülent Uygun (March 30, 2012–Oct 8, 2012)
• Yılmaz Vural (Oct 10, 2012–May 20, 2013)
• Trond Sollied (June 24, 2013–Oct 27, 2013)
• Okan Buruk (Oct 31, 2013–)

References

External links

• Elazığspor Website
• Elazığspor on TFF page

See also