Sivasspor

Sivasspor
Full name Sivasspor Kulübü
Nickname(s) Yiğidolar (Yigidos)
Founded 9 May 1967 (1967-05-09)
Ground Sivas Arena Sivas, Turkey
Ground Capacity 27,532
Chairman Mecnun Otyakmaz[1]
Manager Osman Özköylü
League TFF First League
2015–16 Süper Lig, 16th (relegated)
Website Club home page

Sivasspor is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas, Turkey formed in 1967. They play in the Turkish Süper Lig. They finished fifth in the 2013–14 season, and contended for the Süper Lig title for two consecutive seasons (2007–08 and 2008–09), ultimately finishing fourth and secondnd respectively.

History

Sivasspor were originally formed on May 14, 1932 in Sivas as Sivas Gençlik. They sported Kırmızı-Beyaz (Red-White) shirts and Beyaz (White) shorts. They played many matches at the amateur level in their early years before they were allowed to play professionally. By the mid-1960s, Sivas Gençlik merged with Yolspor and Kızılırmak. They had hoped that this merger would help their push to join the professional leagues, the league closed their doors to Sivasspor once more.[2]

There were several boycotts until July 1, 1967, when Sivasspor was allowed to play professional football in Turkey.[2] Sivasspor started out in the Second League, White Group.[3] Due to there being many new clubs, the Turkish Football Federation decided to create a third league. They were permitted into the Second League along with Afyonspor, Balıkesirspor, Giresunspor, Kastamonuspor, Malatyaspor, Orduspor, Uşakspor, and Taksim GK.[3] During their first professional season, Sivasspor finished 16th in their group, a mere 4 points from relegation. They also finished in the bottom half of the table the following season.[3][4] They came close to promotion to First League in 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons but finished 2nd behind Şekerspor and Adana Demirspor.

Sivas SK's classic home kit

Sivasspor would remain in the lower leagues until winning the Second League in 2005, gaining automatic promotion.[3] The club finished 8th in their first season in the Turkcell Super League. Werner Lorant lead the team to key victories over clubs like Beşiktaş J.K. and Gençlerbirliği. At the end of their first season in the top flight, they finished with a record of ten wins, thirteen draws, and eleven losses, totaling out to 43 points. The club then finished 4th in the 2007–08 season, finishing on the same number of points as the second and third place teams but with an inferior goal difference.[3] Sivasspor had the championship in their sights until the penultimate match, when they were beaten 5–3 by eventual champions Galatasaray. The 2008–09 season saw them finish 2nd after leading the table for much of the season. After losing their final match of the season, they finished behind leaders Beşiktaş by 5 points.

On September 17, 1967 during a match against Kayseri Erciyesspor (Then Kayserispor) played at the Kayseri Atatürk Stadium, a disaster occurred with 40 dead and at least 300 injuries among the fans, which was the worst sporting-related event in Turkey. Almost all casualties were Sivasspor fans, who perished in a stampede after chaos broke out in their ranks, due to attacking Kayserispor fans. The match was finished 1–0 in favour of the Kayseri side. After the disaster, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Sivasspor played different groups of the 2nd league until the 1990–91 season. That year, both teams reconciled and played in the Fourth Group of the Third League (now TFF Second League). Kayseri Erciyesspor were champions and promoted to Second League.

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2R Montenegro FK Grbalj 1–0 2–2 3–2
3R Portugal Braga 0–2 0–3 0–5
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 3Q Belgium Anderlecht 3–1 0–5 3–6
2009–10 UEFA Europa League PO Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 0–2 0–5

League Participations

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2016 [5]

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

No. Position Player
1 Turkey GK Korcan Çelikay
2 Turkey DF Çağatay Çeken
4 Turkey MF Yiğit İncedemir
5 Turkey MF Galip Güzel
7 Brazil FW Leandrinho
8 Turkey MF Muhammed Furkan Işık
10 Turkey MF Kerim Avcı
11 Turkey MF Musa Sinan Yılmazer
15 Turkey GK Tolgahan Acar
16 Turkey DF İbrahim Öztürk
17 Lebanon DF Joan Oumari
No. Position Player
20 Turkey DF Ahmet Cebe
21 Turkey MF Burhan Eşer
23 Turkey FW Ergin Keleş
25 Ghana DF John Boye
27 Turkey DF Hasan Hatipoglu
28 Turkey MF Beykan Şimşek
37 Turkey MF Hakan Arslan
39 Turkey DF Erkan Kaş
58 Turkey DF Ziya Erdal
66 Turkey MF Adem Koçak
97 Turkey MF Serhat Mutlu

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
3 Turkey DF Emre Öztürk (at Manisaspor until 31 May 2017)
9 Argentina FW Jerónimo Barrales (at Huracán until 30 June 2017)
12 Turkey GK Alper Doğan (at Üsküdar Anadolu until 31 May 2017)
 

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Sporting Director
Manager Turkey Okan Buruk
Assistant Manager Brazil Cesar Domingos
Coach Turkey Sefer Yılmaz
Goalkeeping Coach Turkey Murat Göksu

Honours

Winners : 2005
Second Position :2009
Fourth Position :2008

Managers

References

  1. "SİVAS 4 EYLÜL". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  2. 1 2 "Üç Yıldızın Öyküsü". Sivasspor.org.tr. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Turkish-Soccer.com". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  4. "Dünden Bugüne". Sivasspor.org.tr. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  5. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=535&kulupId=74
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