Konyaspor

Football club infobox
clubname = Konyaspor


fullname = Konyaspor
nickname = Yesil Simsekler (Green Lightnings)
founded = 1922 (reformed 1981)
ground = Konya Atatürk Stadium Konya, Turkey
capacity = 19,440| chairman = flagicon|Turkey M. Ali Kuntoglu
manager = flagicon|Turkey Giray Bulak
league = Turkcell Super League
season = 2007-08
position = Turkcell Super League, 14th

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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.

Achievements

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

*Second League:
**Winners (1): 1988Fact|date=February 2007

*Third League:
**Winners (1): 1971Fact|date=February 2007

Current squad

"The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.""As of July 9, 2008"

"* also holds citizenship of TUR"

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

Notable former players

* Mehmet Ekşi
* Kayhan Kaynak
* Savaş Demiral (He was known Big Savaş)
* Fatih Uraz
* Mücahit Yalçıntaş
* Gürol Arkan
* Fuat Yaman
* Fuat Buruk
* Suat Kaya
* Sertan Eser
* Saffet Sancaklı
* Tolunay Kafkas
* Ogün Temizkanoğlu
* Cenk İşler
* Murat Hacıoğlu
* Zafer Biryol
* Erhan Albayrak
* Ümit Bozkurt
* Cahit Paşa
* Jobanny Rivero

External links

*tr icon [http://www.konyaspor.org.tr/ Official web site of the Club]