Kocaelispor

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clubname = Kocaelispor

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founded = 1966
ground = Ismet Pasa Stadium,
İzmit, Turkey
capacity = 16,800| chairman = Flagicon|Turkey Serhan Gürkan
manager = Flagicon|Turkey Yılmaz Vural
league = Turkcell Super League
season = 2007-08
position = Bank Asya 1. Lig, 1st (Promoted)
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Kocaelispor, is the football team of İzmit, Turkey. They were founded in 1966 and played in the Turkcell Super League between 1980 - 1988 and 1992 - 2003. The best result for them was 4. in 1992 - 93 season. They won Turkish Cup twice in 1997 and 2002. Kocaelispor were managed by 3 managers during 2007-2008 season: Fuat Yaman (1 - 10), Kayhan Çubuklu (11 - 31) and Engin İpekoğlu (32 - 34). They finally returned to Turkcell Super League as Champions in this season.

Current squad

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

Notable players

*Orhan Ak|nat=Turkey
*Kaan Dobra|nat=Polonia||nat=Turkey
*Erman Güraçar|nat=Turkey
*Ahmed Hassan|nat=Egypt
*Sabin Ilie|nat=Romania
*Güvenç Kurtar|nat=Turkey
*Mert Meriç|nat=Serbia||nat=Turkey
*John Moshoeu|nat=South Africa
*Saffet Sancaklı|nat=Turkey
*Faruk Yiğit|nat=Turkey
*Erhan Albayrak|nat=Turkey||nat=Germany
*Ahmet Dursun|nat=Turkey||nat=Germany
*Capone|nat=Brasil

Former managers

*Mustafa Denizli
*Güvenç Kurtar
*Holger Osieck
*Hikmet Karaman
*Fuat Yaman

External links

* http://www.korfez.org