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Gaziantepspor
Full name	Gaziantepspor
Nickname(s)	Şahinler
Founded	February 25, 1969
Ground	Antep Kamil Ocak; Gaziantep, Turkey; (Capacity: 17,000)
Chairman	İbrahim Halil Kızıl
Manager	José Couceiro
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2008-09	Turkcell Süper Lig, 8th
Home colours	Away colours

Gaziantepspor is a football Turkish sports club, based in Gaziantep, southern Turkey. Gaziantepspor currently plays in the Turkish Premier Super League. Its biggest success so far was finishing 3rd in the Super League [Turkcell Super League] in the seasons 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. Also, Gaziantepspor reached the third round of UEFA cup, when they defeated AC Roma in the first leg of that competition's third round. Gaziantepspor is considered the 5th strongest team in the Turkish Super League.

[edit] League Participitations

First Level: 1979-1983, 1990-
Second Level: 1972-1979, 1983-1990
Third Level: 1970-1972

[edit] Current squad

As of 21 September 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Murat Şahin
4	DF	Soner Örnek
5	MF	Murat Ceylan
6	DF	Erkan Sekman
7	MF	Mehmet Yozgatlı
8	MF	Cristian Zurita (captain)
9	FW	Ertan Koç
11	FW	Jorginho
12	DF	Armand Deumi
16	MF	Serdar Kurtuluş
17	MF	Hakan Bayraktar
19	MF	Erman Özgür
20	MF	Gökhan Öztürk
21	MF	İbrahim Ferdi Coşkun
22	GK	Mahmut Bezgin

No.	Position	Player
23	GK	Recep Biler
25	FW	Beto
27	DF	Mehmet Karakeçili
28	DF	Tolga Seyhan
29	MF	Olcan Adın
35	DF	Bülent Tek
37	DF	Ivan
39	FW	Roland Linz
55	DF	Júlio César
61	FW	Ümit Tütünci
72	FW	Ahmet Arı
77	DF	Cenk Güvenç
89	MF	Caner Bulut
99	FW	Júlio César

For recent transfers, see List of Turkish football transfers summer 2009.

[edit] Gaziantepspor

In:

No.	Position	Player
-	FW	Roland Linz (from S.C. Braga)
-	FW	Jorginho (from S.C. Braga)
-	FW	Júlio César (from FC Rapid Bucureşti)
-	FW	Ertan Koç (from Sarıyerspor)
-	FW	Gökhan Ünver (from Sarıyerspor)
-	DF	Serdar Kurtuluş (from Beşiktaş)
-	GK	Recep Biler (from Hacettepe S.K.)
-	DF	Tolga Seyhan (from Hacettepe S.K.)
-	MF	Gökhan Öztürk (from Galatasaray)
-	DF	Caner Bulut (from Hatayspor)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Rodrigo Tabata (toBeşiktaş)
3	DF	İsmail Köybaşı (to Beşiktaş)
4	DF	Bekir İrtegün (to Fenerbahçe)
9	FW	Eduardo Pacheco (free agent)

[edit] Europa

Gaziantepspor heeft ook enige ervaring in Europa. Men nam drie maal deel aan de UEFA Cup en één maal aan de Intertoto Cup. In totaal speelde Gaziantepspor 16 Win, 6 hiervan werd gewonnen, 4 verloren en er werd 6 maal gelijk gespeeld.

[edit] Gaziantepspor in Europa

Seizoen	Competitie	Ronde	Club	Score
1996	Intertoto Cup	Groep	Lierse SK	0-1
		Groep	MTK Hungária FC	3-2
		Groep	FC Groningen	1-1
		Groep	Trans Narva	0-0
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	Deportivo Alavés	0-0, 3-4
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Q	Zimbru Chisinau	0-0, 4-1
		1R	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0-1, 1-1
2003–04	UEFA Cup	1R	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1-0, 0-0
		2R	RC Lens	3-0, 3-1
		3R	AS Roma	1-0, 0-2

[edit] Notable Former Players

[edit] Technical staff

Position	Name
Technical Director	Jose Couceiro
Assistant Technical Director	Jesus Quinito
Physical Fitness Coach	Miguel Leal Araujo
Goalkeeper Coach	Jorge Manuel Da Silva
assistant Coach	İsmet Ölmez
First Team Coach	Samuel André Sousa Pedroso
Separate Player Coach	Mustafa Bozkurt
Doctor	Yusuf Bozfırat
Physiotherapist	Selçuk KULLİ

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[edit] External links

Gaziantepspor official web site (Turkish)
Gaziantep newspaper (Turkish)

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