Konyaspor

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Konyaspor
Full name	Konyaspor
Nickname(s)	Yesil Simsekler (Green Lightnings)
Founded	1922 (reformed 1981)
Ground	Konya Atatürk Stadium Konya, Turkey (Capacity 19,440)
Chairman	Ahmet Şan
Manager	Ünal Karaman
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2006-07	Turkcell Süper Lig, 9th
Home colours 　 Away colours

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.

Contents 1 Current squad 1.1 Players out on loan 2 Achievements 3 Notable Former Players 4 External links

[edit] Current squad

Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

As of May 12, 2007

No. Position Player 1 GK Özden Öngün 2 DF Firat Akkoyun 4 DF Ömer Gündostu 5 DF Abd elzahr El-Saqua 6 MF Erkan Sekman 7 MF João Batista* 8 MF Erman Ergin 9 FW Washington Luiz 10 FW Cedric Sabin 11 FW Kauê 12 MF Erkan Atilgan 13 MF Mustafa Er 15 MF Sedat Ağçay 16 DF Zé Gomes

No. Position Player 17 MF Sedat Yeşilkaya 18 MF Eren Şen 19 MF Erman Özgür 20 GK Eray Birniçan 21 MF Mohamed Abdullah 33 FW Veysel Cihan 35 FW Can Parlayan 37 MF Gökhan Çakır 42 MF Muhammed Akıncı 48 DF Ozan Özkan 61 GK Oğuzhan Bahadır 81 DF Levent Nalıncı 87 MF Uğur Yanıkdemir 99 MF Neca**

* also holds  Turkey citizenship

** on loan from Maritimo

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player 12 DF Erkan Atılgan (at Elaziğspor until June 2007)

No. Position Player 77 MF Erhan Albayrak (at Çaykur Rizespor until June 2007)

For recent transfers, see the "Transfer Deals" section of 2006-07 in Turkish football.

[edit] Achievements

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

• Second League:
  • Winners (1): 1988^{[citation needed]}

• Third League:
  • Winners (1): 1971^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 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
• Ümit Bozkurt
• Jobanny Rivero

[edit] External links

• (Turkish) Official web site of the Club

Turkcell Super League • 2007/08 clubs v • d • e

Ankaragücü • Ankaraspor • Beşiktaş • Bursaspor • Çaykur Rizespor • Denizlispor • Fenerbahçe • Galatasaray • Gaziantepspor • Gençlerbirliği S.K. • Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ • İstanbul Belediyespor • Kasımpaşa • Kayserispor • Konyaspor • Manisaspor • Sivasspor • Trabzonspor