Malatyaspor

Malatyaspor

Full name	Malatya Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Tigers of the East
Founded	1966
Ground	Malatya İnönü Stadi, Malatya (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Kenan Kalı
Manager	Kadir Özcan
League	TFF Second League
2008-09	TFF First League, 18th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Malatya SK is a Turkish sports club based in Malatya, mainly concentrated on football. Malatyaspor are currently playing in the TFF Third League. Previously their colors were yellow and black (before 1984). They played in First League for 11 seasons. They are the first and only team located in Eastern Anatolia which qualified for a European cup, 2003-04 UEFA Cup. They relegated to amateur level after matches played in 31 March 2011.

League participations

• Turkish Super League: 1984–90, 2001–06
• TFF First League: 1967–68, 1973–77, 1980–84, 1990–01, 2006–09
• TFF Second League: 1968–73, 1977–80, 2009–10
• TFF Third League: 2010–11
• Amateur League: 2011–

European Cups

UEFA Cup/Europa League:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2003–04	1R		FC Basel	0–2	2–1 (aet)	2-3

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Taylan Aydoğan GK Önder Biçer DF Mustafa Sert DF Alper Akici DF Ali Şimşek DF Buğra Dinler DF Mahmut Acar DF Mehmet Yoldaş MF Ahmet Çetinkaya MF Fatih Sezer

No. Position Player MF Mert Güneş MF Murat Avcu MF Mustafa Aslan MF Talat Akça MF Tuncay Selçuk MF Uğur Gölgeli MF Volkan Aydın FW Güven Gürsoy FW Hakan Koç FW Ergun Cengiz

Notable former players

• Bünyamin Süral
• Celaleddin Koçak
• Ceyhun Güray
• Erdoğan Arıca
• Eren Talu
• Feyzullah Küçük
• Mert Korkmaz
• Okan Yılmaz
• Oktay Çevik

• Orhan Kapucu
• Şeyhmuz Suna
• Taner Demirbaş
• Tolga Seyhan
• Ünal Karaman
• Yaşar Duran
• Klodian Duro
• Carlos
• Eder

• Serginho
• Zdeněk Šenkeřík
• Marcel Mbayo
• Arsim Abazi
• Petar Milosevski
• Artim Sakiri
• Milan Osterc
• Helman Mkhalele

External links

• Malatyaspor's official web site (Turkish)