Sivasspor

Sivasspor

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Full name	Sivasspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Yiğidolar (Yigidos)
Founded	1967
Ground	4 Eylül Sivas, Turkey
Ground Capacity	14,998
Chairman	Mecnun Otyakmaz
Manager	Okan Buruk
League	Süper Lig
2014–15	Süper Lig, 15th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Sivasspor is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas, Turkey formed in 1967. They play in the Turkish Süper Lig. Their manager is currently Sergen Yalçın, after he took over mid-December from Roberto Carlos. They finished 5th in the 2013–14 Süper Lig, and contended for the Süper Lig title for two consecutive seasons (2007-08, 2008-09), ultimately finishing 4th and 2nd respectively. Their current captain is Adem Koçak.

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.

There were several boycotts until July 1, 1967, when Sivasspor was allowed to play professional football in Turkey. Sivasspor started out in the Second League, White Group. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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	FK Grbalj	1–0	2–2	3–2
		3R	Braga	0–2	0–3	0–5
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	3Q	Anderlecht	3–1	0–5	3–6
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	PO	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	0–2	0–5

League Participations

• Turkish Super League: 2005–
• TFF First League: 1967–83, 1984–86, 1999–05
• TFF Second League: 1986–99
• Amatör Futbol Ligleri: 1983–84

Players

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Korcan Çelikay 2 DF Çağatay Çeken 4 MF Orhan Gülle 5 MF Yiğit İncedemir 6 DF Djakaridja Kone 7 FW Dani Abalo 8 MF Hakan Özmert 9 FW Batuhan Karadeniz 10 MF Cristian Tănase 11 MF İbrahim Akın 12 DF Cicinho 13 GK Ernestas Šetkus 14 FW Michael Eneramo 15 DF John Boye 16 DF İbrahim Öztürk 19 FW Jerónimo Barrales

No. Position Player 21 MF Burhan Eşer 28 MF Beykan Şimşek 35 MF Yekta Kurtuluş 39 DF Erkan Kaş 54 GK Alper Doğan 58 DF Ziya Erdal 66 MF Adem Koçak 80 DF Ümit Kurt 91 MF Mehdi Taouil 92 MF Aatif Chahechouhe MF Etzaz Hussain FW David Texeira FW Hasan Kabze DF Joan Oumari

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Sporting Director
Manager	Sergen Yalcin
Assistant Manager	Cesar Domingos
Coach	Sefer Yılmaz
Goalkeeping Coach	Murat Göksu

Honours

• TFF First League

Winners : 2005

• Turkcell Super League

Second Position :2009

Fourth Position :2008

• UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2008

UEFA Current ranking

As of 25 April 2012

Rank	Country	Team	Points
167		FK Crvena Zvezda	8.425
168		Sivasspor	8.400
169		KSC Lokeren OV	8.380

Managers

• Ismail Kartal (25 Aug 2004–30 June 05)
• Werner Lorant (1 July 2005–30 June 06)
• Karol Pecze (1 July 2006–6 Nov 06)
• Bülent Uygun (2006–5 Oct 09)
• Muhsin Ertuğral (13 Oct 2009–22 March 10)
• Mesut Bakkal (25 March 2010–25 Oct 10)
• Rıza Çalımbay (25 Oct 2010–20 May 13)
• Roberto Carlos (3 June 2013–21 Dec 14)
• Sergen Yalçın (23 Dec 2014-24 October 2015)
• Okan Buruk (25 October-Present)

External links

• (Turkish) Sivasspor's official web site
• (Turkish) Sivasspor's fan web site
• (Turkish) İstanbul Sivasspor Supporters Association web site