Konyaspor

Konyaspor

Full name	Konyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Anadolu Kartalı (Anatolian Eagle)
Founded	22 June 1922[1][2]
Ground	Konya Büyükşehir Stadium
Ground Capacity	42,276
Chairman	Ahmet Şan
Manager	Mustafa Reşit Akçay
League	Süper Lig
2016–17	Süper Lig, 9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Konyaspor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [konyɑspoɾ kulyby], Konyasports Club) is a professional Turkish football club based in Konya. Better known as Konyaspor or due sponsorship Atiker Konyaspor (Turkish pronunciation: [ɑtɯkeɾ konyɑspoɾ]). Konyaspor was founded in 1922 with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and has played at its current home ground, Konya Büyükşehir Stadium, ever since 2014. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig the top tier of Turkish football. The club colours are green and white.^[3]

History

Konyaspor was founded officially in 1922 with the name "Konya Gençlerbirliği". In 1965 the club combined with "Meramspor", "Selçukspor" and "Çimentospor" and took the name "Konyaspor" with black and white as the team colors, and started their first season in the Second League. Konyaspor then changed to green and white as the team colours after its merger in 1981 with the cross-town rival "Konya İdman Yurdu".^[3] The new team adopted the name of "Konyaspor" and colors of "Konya İdman Yurdu". In 1987–88 Konyaspor became the champions of the second league and were promoted to the first league for the first time in history. Konyaspor lasted 5 seasons in the first league. They played 160 official matches. They ended up with 47 wins, 33 draws and 80 losses. During in 1988–89 season Konyaspor made it to the semi-finals of the Turkish Cup losing to eventual champions Beşiktaş In 1992–93, the club was relegated back to the second league. After spending 10 seasons in the second league, Konyaspor returned to Süper Lig as the title holders of the 2002–03 First League with 68 points. During the 2003–04 season Konyaspor made it to the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup, but then lost to eventual champions Trabzonspor 2–1 during extra time. In 2004–05 Konyaspor advanced to the quarter-finals beating Beşiktaş 3–1, but then lost to Denizlispor 5–4 on penalty shoot-outs. In 2008–09 despite the 3–0 home win against Ankaraspor, Konyaspor couldn't avoid relegation as they remained 16th in the table with 38 points which meant their relegation from the Süper Lig. Konyaspor was in the Süper Lig since 2003. However, Konyaspor completed the TFF First League 6th and secured a position in the Promotion Play-offs in 2010. Konyaspor then won the Promotion Play-offs and made an immadiate return to the Süper Lig after 1 year. They finished the Play-offs 1st with 7 points beating Adanaspor 3–1 in the first game, Karşıyaka 1–0 in the second and drawing with Altay 2–2 in the final match. But, Konyaspor relegated again in 2010–11 season. They returned top level 2 years later. In 2015–16 Konyaspor finally finished Süper Lig as 3rd, also the best result for them, and qualified for UEFA Europa League. In 2016–17 they play for the first time in their history in European competitions and draw in Group H with Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Gent. They finished the group in 4th place with 5 lose, 1 draw and without winning any match. Also in the same season they reach to the Turkish Cup final for the first time in their history.^[4] On 31 May 2017 Konyaspor defeated İstanbul Başakşehir to win their first ever Turkish Cup in their clubs 95-year history.^[5] In the first Turkish Cup final since the 2007–08 Turkish Cup season in which none of Istanbul's "big three" clubs Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray were competing, Konyaspor against İstanbul Başakşehir finished regular and extra time tied 0–0 and win after penalty shootout with result 4–1.^[6][7][8][9]

Stadium

Konya Büyükşehir Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Konya, Turkey. It replaced the ageing Konya Atatürk Stadium at the end of 2013, which has been in use since the early 1950s. The stadium has a capacity of 42,276 people and is totally covered. Record attendance is 41,007 people in Turkey against Netherlands, 6 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A match.^[10]

Past seasons

Domestic results

League affiliation

• Süper Lig: 1988–93, 2003–09, 2010–11, 2013–
• TFF First League: 1965–69, 1971–79, 1980–88, 1993–03, 2009–10, 2011–13
• TFF Second League: 1969–71, 1979–80

Honours

Domestic League

• 1. Lig
  • Winners (2): 1987–88, 2002–03
• 2. Lig
  • Winners (1): 1970–71

Domestic Cup

• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017

European history

European participations

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	Group H	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	0–4	4th
			Braga	1–1	1–3
			Gent	0–1	0–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	Group stage

UEFA ranking

As of 19 May 2017^[11]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
157		FC Thun	9.915
158		Konyaspor	9.840
159		Neftçi PFK	9.840

Players

Current squad

As of 6 August 2017^[12]

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 Kaya Tarakcı 2 DF Volkan Fındıklı 4 DF Ali Turan 5 DF Selim Ay 6 MF Jens Jønsson 7 MF Ömer Ali Şahiner 8 MF Ali Çamdalı (Captain) 11 MF Deni Milošević 14 MF Marc Kibong Mbamba 15 MF Emre Can Atila 18 MF Amir Hadžiahmetović 19 MF Wilfred Moke

No. Position Player 20 DF Can Aktav 21 FW Moryké Fofana 25 GK Abdülaziz Demircan 27 MF Alban Meha 30 GK Serkan Kırıntılı 54 DF Mehmet Uslu 61 FW Halil İbrahim Sönmez 68 MF Mehdi Bourabia 89 DF Nejc Skubic MF Burak Saban

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 – MF Recep Aydin (on loan to Giresunspor until 30 June 2018)

Notable players

Most appearances and goals in Süper Lig

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016–17 season.

Club officials

Board members

Source: ^[13]

Technical staff

Source: ^[14]

Sponsorship and kit manufacturer

^{1 Main sponsorship 2 Europe Main sponsorship}

See also

• List of Turkish Sports Clubs by Foundation Dates

Notes

1. ↑ No information about results

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Konyaspor.

• Official website (in Turkish)

Konyaspor related articles

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