Konyaspor

Full name	Konyaspor
Founded	1922 (reformed 1981)
Ground	Konya Atatürk Stadium Konya, Turkey (Capacity: 22,440)
Chairman	Bahattin Karapınar
Manager	Hüsnü Özkara
League	Bank Asya First League
2008-09	Turkcell Super League, 16th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Konyaspor is a Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Turkish Premier Super League. The club was founded officially in 1922 with black and white as the team colors, but they were changed to green and white after its merger in 1981 with the cross-town rival Konya İdmanyurdu. The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and colors of Konya İdmanyurdu. The club played in Turkish First League (predecessor to the Turkcell Super League) between 1988 and 1993. The club later returned to top-flight in 2003 but relegated again to the second level in 2009.

[edit] League Participations

• First Level: 1988-1993, 2003-2009

• Second Level: 1965-1969, 1971-1979, 1980-1988, 1993-2003, 2009-

• Third Level: 1969-1971, 1979-1980

[edit] Achievements

• Second League Category A:
  • Winners (1): 2003

• Second League:
  • Winners (1): 1988^{[citation needed]}

• Third League:
  • Winners (1): 1971^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Current squad

The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player. As of 2009-10.

No. Position Player 1 GK Atilla Özmen 12 GK Recep Öztürk 23 GK Eray Birniçan 2 DF Ramazan Kahya 3 DF Görkem Gök 4 DF Ömer Gündostu 5 DF Uğur Akdemir 28 DF Ufukhan Bayraktar 6 MF Zé Gomes 7 MF Roman Kratochvíl 8 MF Kauê 14 MF Serhat Akyüz 16 MF Abdulvahit Karacabey 19 MF Mehmet Ayaz 54 MF Erdal Kılıçaslan 15 FW Eser Yağmur 20 FW Recep Aydın 99 FW Branimir Poljac

* also holds citizenship of  Turkey

For recent transfers, see List of Turkish football transfers 2008-09

[edit] Former Coaches

• Hüsnü Özkara

[edit] External links

• (Turkish) Official web site of the Club