Kayserispor

Football club infobox
clubname = Kayserispor


fullname = Kayserispor
nickname = Anatolian Tigers
founded = 1966
ground = Atatürk Kayseri Kayseri, Turkey
"(Set to move into
Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium
in 2008)"
capacity = 26,500
(33,000)| chairman = Flagicon|Turkey Recep Mamur
manager = Flagicon|Turkey Tolunay Kafkas
league = Turkcell Süper Lig
season = 2007-08
position = Turkcell Süper Lig, 5th
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Kayserispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. Founded in 1966, they are currently playing in the Turkish Super League. This team's previous name was Kayseri Erciyesspor before switching names with another club on July 9, 2004.

History

Kayseri Erciyesspor was founded as Kayseri Emniyetspor "(by changing name of Kayserigücü in 1975.)" Emniyetspor's colours were red and dark blue. They have gone through several name and colour changes: "Kayseri Erciyesspor" and black and white in the 1989-90 season; Büyükşehir Belediye Erciyesspor and blue-white in 1992; Melikgazi Belediyespor and yellow and red in 1994; Hacılar Erciyesspor and yellow and dark blue in 1999; Erciyesspor and yellow, red, and white in 2001; and Kayserispor and yellow and red in 2004. The existing Kayserispor changed its name to Kayseri Erciyesspor.

Kayseri Emniyetspor were promoted to the Third League in the 1987-88 season and to the Second League in the 1999-2000 season. Hacılar Erciyesspor finished first in the Third Group of the Second League and managed to reach the Promotion Play-Off in 2000-2001 season. Finishing sixth, they didn't get the promotion they vied for. However, they did advance to Second League Category A.

They were relegated to Second League Category B, since they finished third-to-last in the 2001-2002 season. However, they finished first in Group C in 2002-2003, and were promoted to Category A. Finishing third the next season, Erciyesspor reached the Turkish Super League for the first time.

In 2004-2005, the first seven matches for Kayserispor amounted to only two points. Hüsnü Özkara, the coach, was replaced by Hikmet Karaman, and the team began to recover. In the end, they finished 14th with 34 points, barely staying in the Super League. Kayserispor appointed Ertuğrul Sağlam as coach after the season.

2005-2006

Kayserispor finished 5th in the newly-christened Turkcell Super League, and forward Gökhan Ünal led the league in goals. The team earned a place in the 2006 Intertoto Cup, their first European competition, and would go on to win it, becoming the first Turkish club honoured with winning this relatively new UEFA competition. Through this historic victory, they qualified for the 2006-2007 UEFA Cup, the club's second European competition. Their victory was only the fifth time a Turkish club won in a UEFA competition.

2006-2007

European

Kayserispor were seeded for the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, where they beat MFC Sopron 4-3 on aggregate. After they defeated Greek side Larissa F.C. 2-0 on aggregate in the third round, they became the first Turkish team to qualify for the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup.

In their first UEFA Cup match on August 10, 2006; they beat Albanian side KF Tirana 2-0 in the first leg in Albania. Kayserispor won 3-1 at home and advanced to the second round.

Kayserispor did not reach a place in the group stages, as they lost to AZ Alkmaar 4-3 on aggregate.

Meanwhile, in the Turkcell Super League, they once again finished fifth after being passed by Trabzonspor due to a series of bad results.

2007-2008

The new manager for the upcoming season was Tolunay Kafkas, following the departure of Ertuğrul Sağlam to Besiktas JK in the summer. After managing to fight off interest from other clubs of star players Gokhan Unal and Mehmet Topuz, they comfortably finished in fifth place in the 2007-08 Turkcell Super Lig. As well as achieving their second consistant fifth-place finish in as many seasons, the team also won the Turkish Cup for the first time. Thus, enabling them to compete again in the UEFA Cup. This will be their third UEFA european competition in four years of being in the Turkcell Super Lig - a remarkable achievement for the club. They quickly becoming one of the more consistent and powerful Turkish league teams, and with the completion of the new 32,864-seat Kayseri Kadir Has Stadyumu, they will have the facilities to match their new-found success.

tadium

Kayseri Atatürk Stadium

Kayseri Atatürk Stadium, opened in 1964, is a multi-use stadium in Kayseri, Turkey. It is currently used for football matches, and is shared by the two largest clubs in the region, Kayserispor who currently play in the Turkcell Super League and Kayseri Erciyesspor who were last season relegated into the Turkish Second Division. The stadium is able to hold 26,500 people, and is mostly uncovered.

In 2009, it will be replaced by Kayseri Yeni Stadyumu, located on a different site, but will have a capacity in excess of 33,000 seats. When completed, it is unclear what the current stadium will be used for.

Achievements

*Fortis Turkey Cup:
**Winner: 2008

*UEFA Intertoto Cup:
**Winner: 2006

*Turkish Super Cup:
**Runner-up: 2008

*Championships:
**Winner: 1984/1985

*TSYD Cup:
**Winner:

*Turkcell Super League:
**League (5)th: 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08

Current squad

2008-09 Transfers in

2008-09 Transfers out

Notable players

*flagicon|Turkey Mehmet Topuz
*flagicon|Turkey Gökhan Ünal
*flagicon|Turkey İlhan Parlak
*flagicon|Turkey Bülent Bölükbaşı
*flagicon|Turkey Ali Turan
*flagicon|Turkey Aydın Toscalı
*flagicon|Turkey Ragıp Başdağ
*flagicon|Turkey Mehmet Eren Boyraz
*flagicon|Turkey Erdinç Yavuz
*flagicon|Turkey Yusuf Soysal
*flagicon|Turkey Kemal Okyay
*flagicon|Turkey Uğur Uçar
*flagicon|Turkey Tayfun Cora
*flagicon|Nigeria Julius Aghahowa
*flagicon|Nigeria Alloysius Agu
*flagicon|Cameroon Salomon Olembe
*flagicon|Cameroon Alioum Saidou
*flagicon|Cameroon Souleymanou Hamidou
*flagicon|Ghana Samuel Johnson
*flagicon|Argentina Franco Cangele
*flagicon|Argentina Juan Pablo Avendaño
*flagicon|Argentina Leonardo Andrés Iglesias
*flagicon|Paraguay Delio Toledo
*flagicon|Bulgaria Dimitar Ivankov
*flagicon|Bulgaria Alex Yordanov
*flagicon|Montenegro Milan Purovic
*flagicon|South Africa Helman Mkhalele
*flagicon|Israel Pini Balili
*flagicon|Israel Salim Tuama
*flagicon|Romania Gheorghe Constantin
*flagicon|SloveniaAleksander Rodić

2008-2009 formation

External links

* [http://www.kayserispor.org.tr Official web site]
* [http://www.kayserispor.org Supporters Web Site]