Kayseri Erciyesspor

Full name	Kayseri Erciyesspor
Nickname(s)	Mavi Ejder (Blue Dragons) Panterler (Panthers)
Founded	1966
Ground	Atatürk Kayseri Kayseri, Turkey (Set to move into Kayseri New Stadium in 2008) (Capacity: 26,500 (33,000))
Chairman	Sabri Büyükbahçeci
Manager	Mustafa Altındağ
League	TFF First League
2007-2008	TFF First League, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Kayseri Erciyesspor is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. Kayseri Erciyesspor currently plays in TFF 1. League. Known as Kayserispor from 1966 to 2004, they switched names with Erciyesspor. Even though Erciyesspor finished league in 17th place and got relegated, they still will be able to play in the UEFA Cup 2007-08 because they reached the Turkish Cup final in 2007.

[edit] Notable Players

• Emerich Jenei
• Gheorghe Constantin
• Helman Mkhalele
• Alloysius Agu
• Ali Gültiken
• Recep Umut
• Cengizhan Hıncal
• Mustafa Uğur
• Hakan Keleş
• Levent Kurt
• Erkan Avseren
• Mustafa Sarp
• Kürşat Duymuş
• Orkun Uşak
• İlkem Özkaynak

[edit] League participations

First Level: 1973-1975, 1979-1980, 1985-1986, 1992-1996, 1997-1998, 2005-2007

Second Level: 1966-1973, 1975-1979, 1980-1985, 1986-1989, 1991-1992, 1996-1997, 1998-2005, 2007-

Third Level: 1989-1991

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Ali Üçkulak 3 DF Burak İnkaya 4 DF Fatih Kılıçkaya 5 DF Kemal Dulda 7 FW Mehmet Al 8 MF Altan Güneş 9 FW Halim Karaköse 10 MF Emre Morgil 13 GK Ali Türkan 14 DF Oğuzhan Yalçın 17 MF Mehmet Fatih Karaca 18 MF Aytek Aşıkoğlu 20 DF Mehmet Türkmehmet 23 FW Emmanuel Njock 24 FW Bikoko

No. Position Player 26 MF Ümit İlyas Özkan 33 MF Berk Deniz 41 MF Erhan Yılmaz 54 MF Emre Uzunca 55 DF Kamil Şener 61 FW Samet Özen 88 Tayfun Yanar 91 FW İsmail Bulut 99 MF Ekrem Turhan (on loan from Kayserispor) FW Selçuk Vural FW Ersoy Yılmaz FW Aydemir Yavuz GK Cengiz Balcıoğlu MF Rıdvan Koçer (on loan from Kayserispor)

And these youth players signed their first professional contract and are eligible to play for professional team :

No. Position Player Cengiz Şahiner Mehmet Menderes Önkuzu Göksu Hasancık FW Mehmet Yaman MF Hakan Doğru MF Hakan Bahran DF Ahmet Tanrıkulu DF Şenol Büyükçekiç DF Ümit Kale

[edit] Achievements

• Fortis Turkey Cup:
  • Runner Up (1): 2007

They are also participating in the UEFA Cup 2007-08 for finishing runner-up in the Fortis Turkish Cup in 2007.

[edit] History

During a match against Sivasspor played on September 17, 1967 at the Kayseri Atatürk Stadium, a disaster occurred with forty deaths and at least 300 injuries among the fans, which was the worst sporting-related event in Turkey.

[edit] External links

• (Turkish) Official web site

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