Konyaspor

Konyaspor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [konjaspoɾ kulyby], Konya Sports Club), known as TÜMOSAN Konyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1982 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium, Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium, since 2014. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Turkish football. The club colours are green and white.^[3]

Konyaspor

Full name	Konyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Anadolu Kartalı (Anatolian Eagle)
Founded	22 June 1982; 42 years ago (1982-06-22)[1][2]
Ground	Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium
Capacity	42,000
President	Ömer Korkmaz
Head coach	Recep Uçar
League	Süper Lig
2023–24	Süper Lig, 16th of 20
Website	http://www.konyaspor.org.tr/
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Konyaspor were founded officially with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği on 22 June 1922. As champions of the regional Konya Football League they participated in the 1924 Turkish Football Championship, the first ever national championship in Turkish football.^[4] In 1965 the club combined with Meramspor, Selçukspor, and Çimentospor and took the name Konyaspor with black and white as the team colors, and started their first season in the Second League in 1981. Konyaspor then changed to green and white as the team colours after their merger with the cross-town rivals Konya İdman Yurdu.^[3] The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and the colors of Konya İdman Yurdu. In 1987–88 Konyaspor became champions of the second league and were promoted to the first league for the first time in their history.

Konyaspor lasted five seasons in the first league. They played 160 official matches, ending up with 47 wins, 33 draws, and 80 losses. During the 1988–89 season Konyaspor made it to the semi-finals of the Turkish Cup, losing to eventual champions Beşiktaş. In the 1992–93 season, the club were relegated back to the second league. After spending 10 seasons in the second league, Konyaspor returned to Süper Lig as the title holders of the 2002–03 First League with 68 points. During the 2003–04 season Konyaspor made it to the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup, but then lost to eventual champions Trabzonspor 2–1 during extra time. In 2004–05 Konyaspor advanced to the quarter-finals beating Beşiktaş 3–1, but then lost to Denizlispor 5–4 on penalty shoot-outs. In 2008–09 despite the 3–0 home win against Ankaraspor, Konyaspor couldn't avoid relegation as they remained 16th in the table with 38 points which meant their relegation from the Süper Lig. Konyaspor were in the Süper Lig since 2003. However, Konyaspor completed the TFF First League 6th and secured a position in the Promotion Play-offs in 2010. Konyaspor then won the Promotion Play-offs and made an immediate return to the Süper Lig after 1 year. They finished the Play-offs 1st with 7 points beating Adanaspor 3–1 in the first game, Karşıyaka 1–0 in the second and drawing with Altay 2–2 in the final match. But Konyaspor relegated again in the 2010–11 season.

They returned to the top level two years later. In 2015–16 Konyaspor eventually finished Süper Lig as 3rd, also the best result for them, and qualified for the UEFA Europa League. In 2016–17 they play for the first time in their history in European competitions and draw in Group H with Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Gent. They finished the group in fourth place with five losses, one draw and without winning any match. Also in the same season they reached the Turkish Cup final for the first time in their history.^[5] On 31 May 2017 Konyaspor defeated İstanbul Başakşehir to win their first ever Turkish Cup in the club's 95-year history.^[6] In the first Turkish Cup final since the 2007–08 season in which none of Istanbul's "big three" clubs Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, and Galatasaray were competing, Konyaspor against İstanbul Başakşehir finished regular and extra time tied 0–0 and won on penalty shoot-outs with a result of 4–1.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Stadium

See also: Konya Atatürk Stadium and Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Konya, Turkey. It replaced the ageing Konya Atatürk Stadium at the end of 2013, which has been in use since the early 1950s. The stadium has a capacity of 42,000 people and is fully covered. Record attendance is 41,007 people in Turkey against Netherlands, 6 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A match.^[11] The Konya Buyuksheir Stadium is one of Turkey's biggest stadiums with many sporting events happening there. The national team also plays some of its games there.

Past seasons

Main article: List of Konyaspor seasons

Domestic results

Season	League	Place	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Turkish Cup
"1922–65"[nb 1]
1965–66	TFF First League	9	20	6	4	10	30	28	22	2nd Round
1966–67		9	30	10	8	12	28	44	38	2nd Round
1967–68		11	38	13	10	15	39	55	49	–
1968–69		16	34	11	8	15	33	39	41	–
1969–70	TFF Second League	6	40	20	9	11	69	28	69	–
1970–71		1	28	21	4	3	61	17	67	–
1971–72	TFF First League	9	30	9	10	11	21	24	37	1st Round
1972–73		4	30	11	9	10	24	20	42	–
1973–74		6	30	10	12	8	27	27	42	–
1974–75		13	30	9	8	13	20	32	35	–
1975–76		4	30	11	10	9	23	19	43	2nd Round
1976–77		10	30	9	9	12	20	34	36	3rd Round
1977–78		9	32	11	8	13	34	36	41	2nd Round
1978–79		16	30	5	7	18	15	49	22	3rd Round
1979–80	TFF Second League	5	18	10	5	13	32	33	35	3rd Round
1980–81	TFF First League	11	34	12	7	15	32	45	43	4th Round
1981–82		4	28	9	13	6	28	25	40	Last 32
1982–83		9	30	9	10	11	24	31	37	2nd Round
1983–84		8	32	11	10	11	33	34	43	2nd Round
1984–85		2	30	15	9	6	46	32	54	2nd Round
1985–86		4	32	20	3	9	54	33	63	2nd Round
1986–87		2	34	23	10	1	62	14	70	1st Round
1987–88		1	32	19	8	5	49	27	65	Last 32
1988–89	Süper Lig	8	36	14	4	18	43	59	46	Semi-Final
1989–90		7	34	13	7	14	41	42	46	Last 16
1990–91		12	30	10	4	16	33	45	34	Last 16
1991–92		12	30	8	8	14	28	34	32	5th Round
1992–93		16	30	2	10	18	29	85	16	5th Round
1993–94	TFF First League	3	33	18	6	9	62	34	60	5th Round
1994–95		7	32	12	9	11	40	42	45	3rd Round
1995–96		10	36	15	4	17	42	48	49	3rd Round
1996–97		3	33	14	7	12	53	36	49	2nd Round
1997–98		4	32	14	11	7	51	29	53	4th Round
1998–99		8	32	11	8	13	40	51	41	2nd Round
1999–00		5	38	22	7	9	63	34	73	–
2000–01		3	37	21	7	9	78	39	70	3rd Round
2001–02		5	38	20	8	10	70	45	68	2nd Round
2002–03		1	34	20	8	6	55	28	68	3rd Round
2003–04	Süper Lig	11	34	10	14	10	53	54	44	Quarter-finals
2004–05		8	34	11	12	11	62	62	45	Quarter-finals
2005–06		7	34	12	10	12	39	43	46	Group stage
2006–07		9	34	12	9	13	42	44	45	Group stage
2007–08		14	34	10	6	18	37	64	36	2nd Round
2008–09		16	34	10	8	16	35	46	38	Group stage
2009–10	TFF First League	6	37	17	11	9	48	40	62	2nd Round
2010–11	Süper Lig	17	34	4	12	18	28	49	24	3rd Round
2011–12	TFF First League	5	36	16	11	9	35	31	59	2nd Round
2012–13		6	37	16	10	11	42	37	58	3rd Round
2013–14	Süper Lig	7	34	11	9	14	48	45	42	3rd Round
2014–15		8	34	12	10	12	30	39	46	Last 16
2015–16		3	34	19	9	6	44	33	66	Semi-finals
2016–17		9	34	11	10	13	40	45	43	Winners
2017–18		15	34	9	9	16	38	42	36	Quarter-finals
2018–19		8	34	9	17	8	40	38	44	4th Round
2019–20		13	34	8	12	14	35	52	36	4th Round
2020–21		11	40 KONYA	14	14	49	48	50	Quarter-finals
2021-22		3	38	20	8	10	66	45	68	Round of 16

League affiliation

• Süper Lig: 1988–93, 2003–09, 2010–11, 2013–
• TFF First League: 1965–69, 1971–79, 1980–88, 1993–03, 2009–10, 2011–13
• TFF Second League: 1969–71, 1979–80
• Turkish Football Championship: 1924

Honours

Leagues

• 1. Lig
  • Winners (2): 1987–88, 2002–03
• 2. Lig
  • Winners (1): 1970–71

Cups

• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017

European history

As of 11 August 2022

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Europa League	12	1	4	7	6	18	–12
UEFA Europa Conference League	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3
Total	16	3	5	8	14	23	–9

European participation

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	GS	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	0–4	4th
			Gent	0–1	0–2
			Braga	1–1	1–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	GS	Salzburg	0–2	0–0	3rd
			Marseille	1–1	0–1
			Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	1–1
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	BATE Borisov	2–0	3–0	5–0
		3QR	Vaduz	2–4	1–1	3–5

Notes

• GS: Group stage

UEFA ranking

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 21 June 2023^[12]

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2017	162	9.840	[13]
2018	154	7.160	[14]
2019	154	7.000	[15]
2020	161	7.000	[16]
2021	162	7.000	[17]
2022	248	5.420	[18]
2023	206	6.420	[19]
2024			[20]

Players

Current squad

As of 25 August 2024^[21]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Deniz Ertaş 3 DF  TUR Yasir Subaşı 4 DF  TUR Adil Demirbağ 5 DF  TUR Uğurcan Yazğılı 7 FW  TUR Tunahan Taşçı 8 FW  BRA Pedrinho 9 MF  SRB Danijel Aleksic 10 FW  TUR Yusuf Erdoğan 11 MF  DEN Louka Prip 12 DF  BRA Guilherme 15 DF  CRO Josip Ćalušić 16 MF  SRB Marko Jevtović 18 FW  SEN Alassane Ndao 19 MF  TUR Ufuk Akyol 20 MF  NED Riechedly Bazoer

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CRO Niko Rak 22 FW  TUR Umut Nayir 24 DF  SRB Nikola Boranijašević 26 MF  GHA Emmanuel Boateng 27 GK  POL Jakub Słowik 28 MF  FRA Hamidou Keyta 32 MF  TUR Çağdaş Şendur 33 DF  SRB Filip Damjanović 35 MF  TUR Oğulcan Ülgün 66 MF  TUR Adem Eren Kabak 77 MF  TUR Melih İbrahimoğlu 90 FW  TUR Emrehan Gedikli 91 FW  TUR Melih Bostan 96 GK  TUR Yavuz Aygün 99 FW  TUR Ata Berk Karababa

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Metehan Mert (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2025)

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Nationality	Position
6	Ahmet Çalık	Turkey	Centre back

Notable players

Most appearances and goals in Süper Lig

Rank Name Appearances Season 01. Ömer Gündostu 145 2003–2009 02. Tayfun Türkmen 124 2003–2007 03. Mustafa Er 113 2005–2009 04. Suat Kaya 109 1988–1992 05. Yasin Çelik 109 2003–2007 06. Cemal Menteşe 107 1988–1993 07. Osman Şahinoğlu 106 1988–1992 08. Salih Eken 105 1988–1992 09. Jens Jønsson 99 2016–2020 10. Zafer Demir 98 2003–2009

Rank Name Goals Appearances Goals per game 01. Zafer Biryol 43 69 0.62 02. Tayfun Türkmen 21 124 0.17 03. Murat Hacıoğlu 17 67 0.25 04. Kayhan Kaynak 15 52 0.29 05. Sinan Bayraktar 15 63 0.24 06. Nedim Demirbilek 14 90 0.16 07. Salih Eken 14 105 0.13 08. Theofanis Gekas 13 24 0.54 09. Hasan Kabze 13 54 0.24 10. Veysel Cihan 13 61 0.21

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016–17 season.

See also: Category:Konyaspor footballers

Managers history

Main article: List of Konyaspor managers

Sponsorship and kit manufacturer

Years	Kit manufacturers	Shirt sponsors
1998–04	Umbro/Adidas/Lotto	Kombassan
2004–09	Lotto	Turkcell
2009–10		Bank Asya
2010–12		Turkcell
2012–13		Torku
2013–16	Hummel
2016–18		Spor Toto1 / Turkish Airlines2
2018–19	Nike	Spor Toto
2019–21	Lotto
2021–22	Macron	Atiker
2022–23	New Balance	Arabam.com1 / Turkish Airlines2
2023–		Tümosan

^{1 Main sponsorship 2 Europe Main sponsorship}

See also

• Konya İdman Yurdu

Notes

1. No information about results

References

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External links

• Official website
• Konyaspor on TFF.org