Konyaspor

Konyaspor
Full name	Konyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Anadolu Kartalı (Anatolian Eagle)
Founded	22 June 1922; 102 years ago
Ground	Konya Büyükşehir Stadium
Capacity	42,000
Chairman	Hilmi Kulluk
Manager	Bülent Korkmaz
League	Süper Lig
2023–24	Süper Lig, 16th of 20
Website	http://www.konyaspor.org.tr/
	Current season

Konyaspor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [konjaspoɾ kulyby], Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium, Konya Büyükşehir Stadium, since 2014. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Turkish football. The club colours are green and white.^[4]

History

Konyaspor were founded officially with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği on 22 June 1922. As champions of the regional Konya Football League they participated in the 1924 Turkish Football Championship, the first ever national championship in Turkish football.^[5] In 1965 the club combined with Meramspor, Selçukspor, and Çimentospor and took the name Konyaspor with black and white as the team colors, and started their first season in the Second League in 1981. Konyaspor then changed to green and white as the team colours after their merger with the cross-town rivals Konya İdman Yurdu.^[4] The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and the colors of Konya İdman Yurdu. In 1987–88 Konyaspor became champions of the second league and were promoted to the first league for the first time in their history.

Konyaspor lasted five seasons in the first league. They played 160 official matches, ending up with 47 wins, 33 draws, and 80 losses. During the 1988–89 season Konyaspor made it to the semi-finals of the Turkish Cup, losing to eventual champions Beşiktaş. In the 1992–93 season, the club were relegated back to the second league. After spending 10 seasons in the second league, Konyaspor returned to Süper Lig as the title holders of the 2002–03 First League with 68 points. During the 2003–04 season Konyaspor made it to the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup, but then lost to eventual champions Trabzonspor 2–1 during extra time. In 2004–05 Konyaspor advanced to the quarter-finals beating Beşiktaş 3–1, but then lost to Denizlispor 5–4 on penalty shoot-outs. In 2008–09 despite the 3–0 home win against Ankaraspor, Konyaspor couldn't avoid relegation as they remained 16th in the table with 38 points which meant their relegation from the Süper Lig. Konyaspor were in the Süper Lig since 2003. However, Konyaspor completed the TFF First League 6th and secured a position in the Promotion Play-offs in 2010. Konyaspor then won the Promotion Play-offs and made an immediate return to the Süper Lig after 1 year. They finished the Play-offs 1st with 7 points beating Adanaspor 3–1 in the first game, Karşıyaka 1–0 in the second and drawing with Altay 2–2 in the final match. But Konyaspor relegated again in the 2010–11 season.

They returned to the top level two years later. In 2015–16 Konyaspor eventually finished Süper Lig as 3rd, also the best result for them, and qualified for the UEFA Europa League. In 2016–17 they play for the first time in their history in European competitions and draw in Group H with Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Gent. They finished the group in fourth place with five losses, one draw and without winning any match. Also in the same season they reached the Turkish Cup final for the first time in their history.^[6] On 31 May 2017 Konyaspor defeated İstanbul Başakşehir to win their first ever Turkish Cup in the club's 95-year history.^[7] In the first Turkish Cup final since the 2007–08 season in which none of Istanbul's "big three" clubs Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, and Galatasaray were competing, Konyaspor against İstanbul Başakşehir finished regular and extra time tied 0–0 and won on penalty shoot-outs with a result of 4–1.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Stadium

Konya Büyükşehir Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Konya, Turkey. It replaced the ageing Konya Atatürk Stadium at the end of 2013, which has been in use since the early 1950s. The stadium has a capacity of 37,829 people and is fully covered. Record attendance is 41,007 people in Turkey against Netherlands, 6 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A match.^[12]

Past seasons

Domestic results

Season	League	Place	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Turkish Cup
~~"1922–65"~~^{[nb 1]}
1965–66	TFF First League	9	20	6	4	10	30	28	22	2nd Round
1966–67		9	30	10	8	12	28	44	38	2nd Round
1967–68		11	38	13	10	15	39	55	49	–
1968–69		16	34	11	8	15	33	39	41	–
1969–70	TFF Second League	6	40	20	9	11	69	28	69	–
1970–71	TFF Second League	1	28	21	4	3	61	17	67	–
1971–72	TFF First League	9	30	9	10	11	21	24	37	1st Round
1972–73		4	30	11	9	10	24	20	42	–
1973–74		6	30	10	12	8	27	27	42	–
1974–75		13	30	9	8	13	20	32	35	–
1975–76		4	30	11	10	9	23	19	43	2nd Round
1976–77		10	30	9	9	12	20	34	36	3rd Round
1977–78		9	32	11	8	13	34	36	41	2nd Round
1978–79		16	30	5	7	18	15	49	22	3rd Round
1979–80	TFF Second League	5	18	10	5	13	32	33	35	3rd Round
1980–81	TFF First League	11	34	12	7	15	32	45	43	4th Round
1981–82		4	28	9	13	6	28	25	40	Last 32
1982–83		9	30	9	10	11	24	31	37	2nd Round
1983–84		8	32	11	10	11	33	34	43	2nd Round
1984–85		2	30	15	9	6	46	32	54	2nd Round
1985–86		4	32	20	3	9	54	33	63	2nd Round
1986–87		2	34	23	10	1	62	14	70	1st Round
1987–88		1	32	19	8	5	49	27	65	Last 32
1988–89	Süper Lig	8	36	14	4	18	43	59	46	Semi-Final
1989–90		7	34	13	7	14	41	42	46	Last 16
1990–91		12	30	10	4	16	33	45	34	Last 16
1991–92		12	30	8	8	14	28	34	32	5th Round
1992–93		16	30	2	10	18	29	85	16	5th Round
1993–94	TFF First League	3	33	18	6	9	62	34	60	5th Round
1994–95		7	32	12	9	11	40	42	45	3rd Round
1995–96		10	36	15	4	17	42	48	49	3rd Round
1996–97		3	33	14	7	12	53	36	49	2nd Round
1997–98		4	32	14	11	7	51	29	53	4th Round
1998–99		8	32	11	8	13	40	51	41	2nd Round
1999–00		5	38	22	7	9	63	34	73	–
2000–01		3	37	21	7	9	78	39	70	3rd Round
2001–02		5	38	20	8	10	70	45	68	2nd Round
2002–03		1	34	20	8	6	55	28	68	3rd Round
2003–04	Süper Lig	11	34	10	14	10	53	54	44	Quarter-finals
2004–05		8	34	11	12	11	62	62	45	Quarter-finals
2005–06		7	34	12	10	12	39	43	46	Group stage
2006–07		9	34	12	9	13	42	44	45	Group stage
2007–08		14	34	10	6	18	37	64	36	2nd Round
2008–09		16	34	10	8	16	35	46	38	Group stage
2009–10	TFF First League	6	37	17	11	9	48	40	62	2nd Round
2010–11	Süper Lig	17	34	4	12	18	28	49	24	3rd Round
2011–12	TFF First League	5	36	16	11	9	35	31	59	2nd Round
2012–13	TFF First League	6	37	16	10	11	42	37	58	3rd Round
2013–14	Süper Lig	7	34	11	9	14	48	45	42	3rd Round
2014–15		8	34	12	10	12	30	39	46	Last 16
2015–16		3	34	19	9	6	44	33	66	Semi-Final
2016–17		9	34	11	10	13	40	45	43	Winners
2017–18

League affiliation

Süper Lig: 1988–93, 2003–09, 2010–11, 2013–
TFF First League: 1965–69, 1971–79, 1980–88, 1993–03, 2009–10, 2011–13
TFF Second League: 1969–71, 1979–80
Turkish Football Championship: 1924

Honours

Leagues

1. Lig
- Winners (2): 1987–88, 2002–03

2. Lig
- Winners (1): 1970–71

Cups

Turkish Cup
- Winners (1): 2016–17

Turkish Super Cup
- Winners (1): 2017

European history

European participation

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	GS	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	0–4	4th
			Braga	1–1	1–3
			Gent	0–1	0–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	GS	Marseille	1–1	0–1	3rd
			Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	1–1
			Salzburg	0–2	0–0

Notes

GS: Group stage

UEFA ranking

As of 19 May 2017^[13]

Rank	Team	Points
157	FC Thun	9.915
158	Konyaspor	9.840
159	Neftçi PFK	9.840

Players

Current squad

As of 30 March 2020^[14]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Serkan Kırıntılı
2	MF	TUR	Volkan Fındıklı
5	DF	TUR	Selim Ay
7	MF	TUR	Ömer Ali Şahiner
8	MF	SRB	Marko Jevtović
11	MF	BIH	Deni Milošević
12	DF	BRA	Guilherme Sityá
13	GK	BIH	Ibrahim Šehić
14	DF	BIH	Marin Aničić
15	DF	TUR	Uğur Demirok
16	MF	PER	Paolo Hurtado
18	MF	BIH	Amir Hadžiahmetović
19	MF	GEO	Levan Shengelia
21	MF	UGA	Farouk Miya
25	DF	TUR	Alper Uludağ


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	MF	TUR	Ali Karakaya
35	GK	TUR	Ozan Can Oruç
77	MF	TUR	Şener Kaya
88	FW	MKD	Erdon Daci
89	DF	SVN	Nejc Skubic
99	FW	BRA	Thuram
—	FW	TUR	Mücahit Can Akçay
—	MF	TUR	Vedat Bora
—	DF	TUR	Savaş Polat
—	DF	TUR	Kaan Özdemir
—	DF	BEL	Ali Yaşar
—	DF	TUR	Abdülkerim Bardakçı
—	GK	TUR	Ahmet Çolak
—	MF	TUR	Maksut Taşkıran
—	FW	TUR	Seddar Karaman

Notable players

Most appearances and goals in Süper Lig

Rank	Name	Appearances	Season
01.	Ömer Gündostu	145	2003–2009
02.	Tayfun Türkmen	124	2003–2007
03.	Mustafa Er	113	2005–2009
04.	Suat Kaya	109	1988–1992
05.	Yasin Çelik	109	2003–2007
06.	Cemal Menteşe	107	1988–1993
07.	Osman Şahinoğlu	106	1988–1992
08.	Salih Eken	105	1988–1992
09.	Zafer Demir	98	2003–2009
10.	Sedat Balkanlı	97	1988–1992

Rank	Name	Goals	Appearances	Goals per game
01.	Zafer Biryol	43	69	0.62
02.	Tayfun Türkmen	21	124	0.17
03.	Murat Hacıoğlu	17	67	0.25
04.	Kayhan Kaynak	15	52	0.29
05.	Sinan Bayraktar	15	63	0.24
06.	Nedim Demirbilek	14	90	0.16
07.	Salih Eken	14	105	0.13
08.	Theofanis Gekas	13	24	0.54
09.	Hasan Kabze	13	54	0.24
10.	Veysel Cihan	13	61	0.21

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016–17 season.

Club officials

Board members

President	Ahmet Şan
II President	Fatih Yılmaz
Deputy Chairman	Ali Akkanat
Vice-President	Abdullah Şanlı
Vice-President	Celalettin Çakıcı
Vice-President	Ahmet Baydar
Vice-President	Ali Kaya
Board Members	Ali Kayaçayır
Board Members	Mehmet Günbaş
Board Members	Mehmet Tosunoğlu
Board Members	Sefa Coşkun
Board Members	Mustafa Güncü
Board Members	Mustafa Erkan
Board Members	Mustafa Okçu
Board Members	Fatih Tınmaz
Board Members	Ömer Zeren

Source: ^[15]

Technical staff

Manager	Rıza Çalımbay
Assistant manager	Bülent Albayrak
Assistant manager	Kenan Oktay
Goalkeeping coach	Cengiz Birgen
Coach	Turgay Altay
Coach	Arda Keskin
Coach	Barış Karakoç
Coach	Coşkun Peker
Performance Coach	Alper Aşçı
Administrative Assistant	Seçkin Özdil
Club doctor	Bilen Kürklü
Health Committee Advisor	Dr. Anıl Işik
Physiotherapist	Ahmet Bayrak
Physiotherapist	Salih Kırışka
Masseur	Mehmet Can
Masseur	Hüsmen Canbek
Masseur	Uğur Çimen

Source: ^[16]

Sponsorship and kit manufacturer

Years	Kit manufacturers	Shirt sponsors
1998–2004	^none	Kombassan
2004–09	Lotto	Turkcell
2009–10		Bank Asya
2010–12		Turkcell
2012–13		Torku
2013–16	Hummel	Torku
2016–18	Hummel	Sport Toto¹ / Turkish Airlines²
2018–	Nike	Sport Toto

¹ ^{Main sponsorship} ² ^{Europe Main sponsorship}

Notes

^ No information about results

References

^ "Kuruluş tarihimiz 1922 olarak tescillendi" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ "Atiker Konyaspor'un kuruluş tarihi değişti" (in Turkish). trtspor.com. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ "Konyaspor" (in Turkish). tff.org. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Turkey 1924". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ "Türkiye Kupası'nda Finaldeyiz" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ "Konyaspor crowned Turkish Cup Champions for the first time". theturf.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Atiker Konyaspor win Turkish Cup after penalty shootout". sportskeeda.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Atiker Konyaspor win Turkish Cup after penalty shootout". economictimes. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "55. Ziraat Türkiye Kupası Atiker Konyaspor'un" (in Turkish). tff.org. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "55.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası Konyaspor'umuzun" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Stadyum" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "UEFA coefficients". uefa.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ "Futbolcular". Konyaspor (in Turkish). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Yönetim" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Teknik Heyet" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

External links

[13] No information about results

[1] "Kuruluş tarihimiz 1922 olarak tescillendi" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[2] "Atiker Konyaspor'un kuruluş tarihi değişti" (in Turkish). trtspor.com. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[3] "Konyaspor" (in Turkish). tff.org. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[TARİHÇE-4] "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[5] "Turkey 1924". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[6] "Türkiye Kupası'nda Finaldeyiz" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[7] "Konyaspor crowned Turkish Cup Champions for the first time". theturf.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[8] "Atiker Konyaspor win Turkish Cup after penalty shootout". sportskeeda.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[9] "Atiker Konyaspor win Turkish Cup after penalty shootout". economictimes. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[10] "55. Ziraat Türkiye Kupası Atiker Konyaspor'un" (in Turkish). tff.org. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[11] "55.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası Konyaspor'umuzun" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[12] "Stadyum" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[14] "UEFA coefficients". uefa.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[15] "Futbolcular". Konyaspor (in Turkish). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[16] "Yönetim" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[17] "Teknik Heyet" (in Turkish). konyaspor.org.tr. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

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v t e Konyaspor Kulübü
Founded in 22 June 1922 Based in Konya
Stadium	Konya Atatürk Stadium (1922–2014) Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium (2014–present)
Facilities	Kayacık Facilities
Football	Football Footballers Managers Seasons
Matches	2017 Turkish Cup Final 2017 Turkish Super Cup
Supporter groups	Nalçacılılar
Website konyaspor.org.tr