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Diyarbakırspor
Full name	Diyarbakırspor
Nickname(s)	Diyar
Founded	1968
Ground	Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium; Diyarbakır, Turkey; (Capacity: 18,000)
Chairman	Çetin Sümer
Manager	Ziya Doğan
League	Turkcell Super League
2009-10	Turkcell Süper Lig
Home colours	Away colours

Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish football club based in Diyarbakır, southeast Turkey. It has played in Bank Asya League One and is playing in the Turkcell Super League in the season 2009-2010. Founded in 1968, the club plays at Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium, which has a capacity of 14,963. It played in the top division for 10 seasons and the best position was 5th in 1978-79 season. Diyarbakırspor's 6 points were deducted since they had failed to pay the 189.879 euro transfer fee of Borislav Mikic, who was a Bosnian player for them in July 31, 2008. But this decision was revoked later. The club displayed a good performance in Bank Asya First League and guaranteed returning to Turkcell Super League after 1-1 drawing with Manisaspor at away match in May 3 in 2008-2009 season. Manisaspor also earned a promotion at the same season.

[edit] History

In June 24, 1968 two local rival teams in amateur league Diclespor and Yildizspor united to form Diyarbakirspor. New team jersey created colors by both teams. Green from Diclespor and Red from Yildizspor.^[1].

[edit] Stadium

Diyarbakır Stadium (Turkish: Diyarbakır Stadı) is a multi-purpose stadium in Diyarbakır, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Diyarbakırspor. The stadium holds 12,963 and was built in 1960.

[edit] League participations

First Level: 1977-1980, 1981-1982, 1986-1987, 2001-2006, 2009-

Second Level: 1976-1977, 1980-1981, 1982-1986, 1987-2001, 2006-2009

Third Level: 1968-1976

[edit] Current squad

As of 9 October 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rorys Aragón
2	DF	Amir Azmy
3	DF	Bassim Abbas
4	DF	Tolga Doğantez
6	MF	Abdullah Çetin
7	FW	Eren Şen
8	FW	Erdal Güneş
9	FW	Thierry Fidjeu-Tazemeta
10	MF	Erhan Şentürk (on loan from Galatasaray)
11	MF	Ersin Güreler
12	MF	Ayman Abdelaziz (on loan from Zamalek)
14	DF	Ümit Bozkurt
16	MF	Mikkel Rask
17	DF	Mamadou Alimou Diallo
18	FW	Andrés Mendoza
19	FW	Joseph-Désiré Job
20	MF	Hakan Güler

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Barış Ataş
22	FW	Mustafa Özkan
23	MF	Burak Karaduman
25	DF	Erkan Atılgan
32	DF	Erdinç Yavuz
34	MF	Musa Büyük
42	MF	Yasir Elmacı
43	DF	Şener Aşkaroğlu
48	GK	Fevzi Tuncay
55	DF	Adnan Güngör
61	GK	Osman Kurtuldu
63	FW	İbrahim Ülüm (on loan from Sivasspor)
77	MF	Celaleddin Koçak
—	MF	İbrahim Ege
—	DF	Fırat Gelişgen
—	FW	Hasan İnci