Boluspor

Boluspor

Full name	Boluspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Bolu Beyi
Founded	28 December 1965 (1965-12-28)
Ground	Bolu Atatürk Stadium, Bolu
Capacity	8,456
Chairman	Savaş Abak
Manager	Sait Karafırtınalar
League	TFF First League
2021–22	TFF First League, 8th of 19
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their formation in 1965. Some of famous players of her were Lütfü Isıgöllü, Sinan Alayoğlu, Sadullah Acele, Rıdvan Dilmen, Sercan Görgülü, Halil İbrahim Eren, Recep Çetin, Ali Beykoz, Şenol Fidan, Müfit İkizoğlu and Faruk Yiğit.

Domestically, the club has won the TFF Second League on one occasion, finishing as runner-up to the Turkish Cup. Their greatest success in top-flight football came in 1974, when they finished in third place.

History

Boluspor became a professional club when they entered the TFF Second League (now TFF First League) during the 1966–67 season. They were first promoted into the TFF First League (Now Super League) after the 1969–70 season. They finished third, their highest finish in the Süper Lig in 1973-74 season.

The club has competed in continental competition once, losing to Dinamo Bucharest, in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup. They also competed in the now defunct Balkans Cup, winning matches against clubs such as Sofya Akademik and Sport Clup Bacau, but never won the cup.

League participations

Süper League: 1970-79, 1980–85, 1986–92

First League: 1966-70, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1992–96, 1997-2001, 2007-

Second League: 1996-97, 2001-2002, 2005-2007

Third League: 2002-2005

Honours

• Turkish Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1981
• TFF Second League:
  • Winners (1): 2007
• Prime Minister's Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1970
• Prime Minister's Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1981
• Süper Lig:
  • Runners-up (3): 1974
• Süper Lig:
  • Runners-up (4): 1983

European competitions

UEFA Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1974–75	1R	Dinamo București	0–1	0–3	0–4

Players

Current squad

As of 27 January 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF TUR Tugay Kaçar 5 MF TUR Eray Ataseven 7 FW COD Joel Kayamba 9 FW TUR Safa Kınalı (on loan from Trabzonspor) 10 FW ALB Dejvi Bregu 13 DF GUI Naby Oularé 14 DF TUR Onur Ulaş 16 MF GUI Guy-Michel Landel 17 DF TUR Hakan Bilgiç 19 FW SEN Ibrahima Baldé 20 MF TUR Gökhan Alsan 21 MF TUR Arda Köksal 22 DF TUR Zahit Çınar 24 FW TUR Furkan Demir

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK TUR Çağlar Akbaba 33 FW BRA Alex Souza 35 DF TUR Batuhan İşçiler 54 FW TUR Ensar Bilir 55 DF TUR Ercan Yazıcı 58 MF TUR Burak Asan 59 GK TUR Bartu Kulbilge 61 DF TUR Bülent Cevahir 70 MF TUR Berk Yıldız 77 FW TUR Melih Okutan (on loan from Samsunspor) 78 GK TUR Muhammet Özkan 90 DF MDA Veaceslav Posmac 99 FW RSA Dino Ndlovu

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF TUR Mert Meriç Köstereli

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW TUR Mert Can Bilaloğlu

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF TUR Ahmet Çelik (at Karaman FK until 30 June 2023) — DF TUR Gökhan Kardeş (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2023) — MF TUR Talha Erdoğan (at Bayburt Özel İdarespor until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF TUR Bertu Özyürek (at Şanlıurfaspor until 30 June 2023) — FW TUR Kerem Ersin (at Darıca Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2023) — FW TUR Diyar Kaba (at Siirt İl Özel İdaresi SK until 30 June 2023)

External links

• Official website
• Boluspor on TFF.org