Bayrampaşaspor

Full name

Bayrampaşa Spor Kulübü

Nickname(s)

Pasha

Founded

1959 (1942)

Ground

Çetin Emeç Stadyumu, Bayrampaşa

Capacity

6,500 now, (was 3,300 until 2012)

Chairman

Ali Kahraman

Manager

Bülent Yenihayat

League

TFF Second League

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Bayrampaşaspor is a Turkish association football club located in the Bayrampaşa district of Istanbul, Turkey. They currently play in the third tier of Turkish football, the TFF Second League.

History

In 1942 the club was founded as Sağmalcılar Youth Sports Club, in 1959 the name was changed to Bayrampaşa Youth Sports Club. The club has spent the majority of its history in the third division, between 1984 and 1994, before being relegated to the amateur divisions. In 2009, after 16 years, they returned to the fourth tier of Turkish football. Soon after, in May 2012 they beat Hacettepe S.K. by a score of 2–1, thereby being promoted back into the TFF Second League (after being out for 53 years). In the 2012-2013 season, right after promotion, they reached the play-offs, but were eventually knocked out.

Supporters

The fans are referred to as the "Bayrampaşalılar". The fan movement has started in the late 1980s, and has been present ever since. As of 2014, the Association of Bayrampaşa Fans takes part in helping charitable organizations, visiting schools, and other charitable activities. The fans share a rivalry with Gaziosmanpaşaspor and Eyüpspor.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
	GK	Mesut Balkan
	GK	Ömür Hacısalihoğlu
	DF	Mert Çetin
	DF	Hayrullah Akyel
26	DF	Cenk Kaplan
3	DF	Barış Çetin
	DF	Ünal Danışıkkaya
	DF	Oğuzhan Barkın
	DF	Mehmet Sait Ulucan
	DF	Hüseyin Akmaz
	MF	Özkan Yılmaz
	MF	Alicivan Düzova

No.	Position	Player
	MF	Taner Yıldız
	MF	Sedat Yeşilkaya
6	MF	Hakan Hacıbektaşoğlu
	MF	Tufan Deniz Gelen
	MF	Yasin Hatipoğlu
	MF	Oğuzhan Coşkunsever
	MF	Armağan Kuş
9	FW	Recep Berk Elitez
	FW	Hakan Albayrak
	FW	Gökhan Kılınç
	FW	Can Akgün
68	FW	Serhat Çakmak

References

http://www.turus.net/sport/fussball/7621-bayrampasaspor-istanbul-vs-ankaraguecue-tuerkischer-drittligafussball-bei-ansprechender-kulisse.html, German magazine
"Bayrampaşaspor, Cenk Kaplan'nın sözleşmesini uzattı". Türkiye (newspaper) national newspaper. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
"TAKIM DETAY Bayrampaşaspor". Habertürk national newspaper. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
"Spor Toto 2. Lig Play-off: Yeni Malatyaspor’da Spor Toto 2. Lig Play-off’da tur atlamanın sevinci yaşanıyor". Beyaz Gazette, local(?) paper. Retrieved 2014-01-12. Same source has half-a-dozen other pieces online.

External links

http://www.bayrampasaspor.com.tr, official homepage