Bursaspor

Bursaspor

Full name	Bursaspor [1]
Nickname(s)	Yeşil Timsahlar (Green Crocodiles)
Founded	1 June 1963 (1963-06-01)[2]
Ground	Bursa Atatürk Stadium
Ground Capacity	26,800
Chairman	Recep Bölükbaşı
Manager	Şenol Güneş
League	Süper Lig
2013–14	Süper Lig, 8th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Bursaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, Bursaspor are nicknamed Yeşil Beyazlılar (the Green-Whites) also Yeşil Timsahlar (the Green Crocodiles). The club colours are green and white, with home kits usually donning both colours in a striped pattern. Domestically, the club has won the Süper Lig on one occasion 2009–10,^[3] gaining the distinction of being the second Anatolian club to win the competition, being the fifth ever team that won the Süper Lig. They have also won the Türkiye Kupası once and the Başbakanlık Kupası twice, as well as the 1. Lig twice.^[4] Their first, and most successful, foray into European competition came in the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup when they reached the quarter-finals. They also took part in the 1986–87, losing in the first round, as well as the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup, where they lost in the quarter-finals.^[5]

The club won its first Süper Lig title in 2010 after finishing with 75 points, one point ahead of the runners-up Fenerbahçe.^[6][7] Bursaspor became the second club outside Istanbul to win a Süper Lig title, joining Trabzonspor who won the first of their six titles in 1976.^[8]Bursaspor is the fourth football club in Turkey to start a television channel called Bursaspor TV dedicated to their club.^[9]

History

Early history

The club was founded on 1 June 1963 after Acar İdman Yurdu, Akınspor, İstiklal, Pınarspor and Çelikspor were merged to form a single club, Bursaspor. Green and white were chosen as the club colours, and the club entered the 2. Lig in 1963.^[2] Their first match took place on 21 September 1963 against Demirspor in İzmir.^[1] Bursaspor were promoted to the Süper Lig after winning the 1966–67 2. Lig Beyaz Grup (Second League, White Group). They won 19 of their 30 matches, finishing with 45 points, eight ahead of second placed Samsunspor.^[4] They were relegated to the 2. Lig in 1985–86 and were relegated again in 1986–87 season, but their relegations were revoked due to winning the Turkish Cup in 1986 and a Turkish Council of State verdict in 1987. Their most recent relegation came in 2004. They gained promotion back into the Süper Lig after winning the Second League in 16 May 2006. Bursaspor won their first major cup in 1971, beating Fenerbahçe 1–0 after extra time in the now-defunct Prime Minister's Cup. Because Fenerbahçe had won the league and cup in 1973–74, Bursaspor, as 1974 Cup runners up, were given a place in the 1974-75 European Cup Winners' Cup. Bursaspor reached the quarter-finals, beating Finn Harps and Dundee United, before falling to eventual champions Dynamo Kyiv. The club's first Turkish Cup win came in 1986 when they defeated Altay 2–0 in the finals.^[4] The club therefore qualified for the 1986-87 European Cup Winners' Cup, losing to eventual champions Ajax in the first round.^[5]

Recent years

The club won its first Süper Lig title in 2010 after finishing with 75 points, one point ahead of the runners-up Fenerbahçe.^[10]Bursaspor became the second club outside Istanbul to win a Süper Lig title, joining Trabzonspor who won the first of their six titles in 1976.^[11]Before winning their first Süper Lig title in 2009–10, Bursaspor had never finished inside the top three. They won their first title in Ertuğrul Sağlam's first full season as manager of the club. Pablo Batalla and Ozan İpek were the club's joint top scorers with eight goals apiece.^[12] Bursaspor is the fourth football club in Turkey to start a television channel dedicated to their club.^[9] Bursaspor were drawn against Rangers, Valencia and Manchester United in the group stages of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.^[13]In their away match against Rangers, Bursaspor decided not to don their home kit to avoid provoking Rangers' fans, as their kit heavily resembles that of Rangers' rivals, Celtic.^[14]

Colours and badge

Bursaspor's club badge includes the club name, foundation year, and the crescent moon and star from the Turkish flag. As a tribute to the club's origins, the badge also includes five stars, each a different colour – black, red, yellow, green, and navy blue. This represents the colours used by the clubs that made up Bursaspor (Acar İdman Yurdu – black, Akınspor – red, İstiklal – yellow, Pınarspor – green, Çelikspor – navy blue). Bursaspor's kit: Green shirts with white trim, green shorts, green socks. Away: Green & white hooped shirts, white shorts, green & white hooped socks. Alternate: Amber shirts with black trim, claret shorts, amber socks.^[1]

Stadium

Bursa Atatürk Stadium

Location	Bursa, Turkey
Capacity	25,500-seat
Field size	105 x 68 metres
Construction
Opened	1979
Renovated	2010
Tenants
Bursaspor (1979-present)

Bursaspor play their home matches at Bursa Atatürk Stadium. Built in 1979, the stadium seats 18,587 spectators. The field measures 68 by 105 meters, and is covered with natural grass.^[15] The stadium is set to be expanded to 34,750 seats, along with a cover. The expected completion date is before or during the start of the 2011–12 season.^[16][17] Currently a new stadium is under construction for Bursaspor. The name of the stadium have been declared as Timsah Arena which means Crocodile Arena.^[18] The stadium will have a capacity of 42.000 seats.

Supporters

Fans

The club's main fan base is known as Teksas (Texas) and Legend Teksas.

Special relationship with Ankaragücü

In the early 1990s Bursaspor's ultra group Teksas had a leader called, "Abdulkerim Bayraktar". He went to study in Ankara, whilst in the city he started attending Ankaragücü games and started building ties between the two clubs. In 1993 however, his life was cut short, during his military service he was martyred by terrorists. This tragic event bought Bursaspor and Ankaragücü even closer together. During the first game after his death, Bursaspor organized a tribute to him, the events which happened next cemented the brotherhood between these two teams. A large group of Ankaragücü supporters made their way onto the pitch and unveiled a large banner reading, Our brother Abdul will never die, he lives on in our hearts. The two supporter groups united and hundreds of Ankaragücü ultras attended his funeral. From that day on Bursaspor supporters would chant Ankaragücü's name in the 6th minute of every home game, 06 being significant due to 06 being Ankara's city code. Ankaragücü supporters in return chant Bursaspor's name during the 16th minute, 16 being Bursa's city code. When the two sides play, the supporters sit together, its one of the rare occasions in which ultra from opposing teams watch a game together in a mixed environment, they bring Bursankara scarfs (a merger of the two cities' names) to the games and create a fantastic atmosphere full of mutual respect.^[19]

European history

UEFA Current ranking

As of 9 April 2013^[20]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
118		A. Académica de Coimbra	15.833
119		Wisła Kraków	15.150
120		Bursaspor	14.900
121		Aris Thessaloniki FC	14.800
122		Vitória S.C.	14.333

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1974–75	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Finn Harps	4–2	0–0	4–2
		2R	Dundee United	1–0	0–0	1–0
		QF	Dynamo Kiev	0–1	0–2	0–3
1986–87	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Ajax	0–2	0–5	0–7
1995	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 10	Wimbledon	N/A	4–0	1st
			Beitar Jerusalem	2–0	N/A
			Charleroi	N/A	2–0
			Košice	1–1	N/A
		R16	OFI Crete	2–1	N/A	2–1
		QF	Karlsruhe	3–3	N/A	3–31
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	Group C	Manchester United	0–3	0–1	4th
			Valencia	0–4	1–6
			Rangers	1–1	0–1
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Gomel	2–1	3–1	5–2
		PO	Anderlecht	1–2	2–2	3–4
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	3Q	KuPS	6–0	0–1	6–1
		PO	Twente	3–1	1–4	4–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Vojvodina	0–3	2–2	2–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Chikhura	0–0	0–0	0–02

Notes

¹ Karlsruhe progressed to the Semi-finals after winning a penalty shoot-out 6–5.
² Chikhura progressed to the third qualifying round after winning a penalty shoot-out 4–1.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 March 2015^[21]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Sébastien Frey 2 DF Renato Civelli 4 DF Serdar Aziz 5 MF Fernando Belluschi 6 MF Şamil Çinaz 7 MF Ozan Tufan 8 MF Bakaye Traoré 9 FW Fernandão 10 FW Enes Ünal 12 GK Harun Tekin 16 MF Volkan Şen 19 DF Emre Taşdemir

No. Position Player 20 MF Samuel Holmén 22 DF Şener Özbayraklı 23 DF Aziz Behich 24 DF Ertuğrul Ersoy 25 GK Okan Kocuk 30 MF Josué 33 MF Ozan İpek 35 GK Onurcan Piri 41 FW Batuhan Altıntaş 88 MF Bekir Yılmaz 94 FW Cédric Bakambu 96 MF Doğanay Kılıç

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player FW Colin Kâzım Richards (at Feyenoord) FW Oğuzhan Aynaoğlu (at Adana Demirspor)

No. Position Player FW Okan Deniz (at İnegölspor) GK Bekir Sevgi (at Bandırmaspor)

List of former players

See also Category:Bursaspor footballers

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Süper Lig:
  • Winners (1): 2009–10
• 1. Lig:
  • Winners (2): 1966–67, 2005–06

Cups

• Türkiye Kupası:
  • Winners (1): 1986–87
  • Runners-up (4): 1970–71, 1973–74, 1991–92, 2011–12
• Süper Kupa:
  • Runners-up (2): 1986, 2010
• Başbakanlık Kupası:
  • Winners (2): 1970–71, 1991–92
  • Runners-up (1): 1993-74

International pre competitions

• UEFA Champions League:
  • Group Stage (1): 2010–11

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Quarter-finals (1): 1974–75

• UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  • Quarter-finals (1): 1995

Managers

Tomislav Kaloperović (July 1, 1970–June 30, 1972) Metin Oktay (1972–73) Mustafa Ertan (1973–74) Abdulah Gegić (July 1, 1974–June 30, 1975) Mustafa Ertan (1975–76) Necdet Niş (July 1, 1979–June 30, 1980) Đorđe Milić (1985) Tomislav Kaloperović (July 1, 1986–June 30, 1987) Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı (1988) Yılmaz Vural (1989–90) Ion Nunweiller (1990–91) Đorđe Milić (July 1, 1990–June 30, 1991) Yılmaz Vural (July 1, 1991–June 30, 1993) Sepp Piontek (July 1, 1993–June 30, 1994) Nenad Bijedić (1994–96) Gordon Milne (July 1, 1996–June 30, 1997) Rasim Kara (July 29, 1997–June 30, 1998) Nenad Bijedić (1998)

Yılmaz Vural (July 1, 1999–June 30, 2000) Jörg Berger (July 1, 2000–Oct 15, 2000) Nenad Bijedić (2000–02) Erdoğan Arıca (July 1, 2002–June 30, 2003) Gheorghe Hagi (July 1, 2003–Feb 28, 2004) Nenad Bijedić (March 1, 2004–June 30, 2004) Hüseyin Kalpar (2004–05) Raşit Çetiner (July 1, 2005–Oct 31, 2006) Engin İpekoğlu (Nov 1, 2006–June 30, 2007) Bülent Korkmaz (July 1, 2007–Oct 23, 2007) Samet Aybaba (Oct 25, 2007–Nov 4, 2008) Güvenç Kurtar (Nov 4, 2008–Dec 23, 2008) Ertuğrul Sağlam (Jan 2, 2009–Jan 28, 2013) Ersel Uzgur (interim) (Jan 28, 2013–March 6, 2013) Hikmet Karaman (Feb 7, 2013–Aug 9, 2013) Christoph Daum (Aug 13, 2013–March 24, 2014) İrfan Buz (March 26, 2014–June 6, 2014) Şenol Güneş (May 29, 2014–Present)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bursaspor.

• Official Website (Turkish) (English)
• Official Store (Turkish)
• Official Online Television Channel (Turkish)
• Official Online Magazine (Turkish)
• Bursaspor & Turkish football in English
• English Bursaspor and Turkish football website
• Bursa and Bursaspor (224) Fan Website (Turkish)
• Bursaspor Texas Fan Website (Turkish)
• Bursaspor Legend Texas Fan Website (Turkish)
• Bursaspor Fan Website (Turkish)
• Bursaspor Fan Website (Turkish)
• Bursaspor News in English

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