Konyaspor

Full name	Konyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Anadolu Kartalı (Anatolian Eagle)
Founded	22 June 1922 (1922-06-22)[1][2]
Ground	Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium
Capacity	42,000
President	Ömer Korkmaz
Head coach	Hakan Keleş
League	Süper Lig
2022–23	Süper Lig, 8th of 19
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Konyaspor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [konjaspoɾ kulyby], Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 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]

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

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

Honours

European history

As of 11 August 2022

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 19 September 2023^[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 6 MF  TUR Soner Dikmen 7 FW  CRO Robert Murić 8 MF  ROU Alexandru Cicâldău (on loan from Galatasaray) 9 FW  TUR Muhammet Demir 10 MF  TUR Yunus Mallı 11 MF  DEN Louka Prip 12 DF  BRA Guilherme 13 GK  TUR Mehmet Erdoğan 14 DF  TUR Metehan Mert 15 DF  CRC Francisco Calvo 16 FW  POR Nélson Oliveira

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ALB Sokol Cikalleshi 19 DF  TUR Cebrail Karayel 20 DF  TUR Kahraman Demirtaş 21 MF  CRO Niko Rak 22 DF  TUR Ahmet Oğuz 23 MF  ANG Bruno Paz 27 FW  TUR Ata Berk Karababa 30 MF  TUR Gökhan Töre 35 MF  TUR Oğulcan Ülgün 37 MF  FRA Steven Nzonzi 42 FW  TUR Mehmet Ali Büyüksayar 61 GK  FRA Paul Bernardoni 70 FW  COL Marlos Moreno 90 FW  TUR Emrehan Gedikli

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 Veysi Karaduman (at 1922 Konyaspor until 30 June 2024) — DF  TUR Yaşar Kavas (at 1922 Konyaspor until 30 June 2024) — DF  TUR Nafican Yardımcı (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2024) — MF  TUR Adem Eren Kabak (at Şanlıurfaspor until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TUR Çağdaş Şendur (at 1922 Konyaspor until 30 June 2024) — MF  TUR Hüseyin Mert Uyanıker (at Siirt İl Özel İdaresi SK until 30 June 2024) — FW  TUR Ahmet Karademir (at Karaman FK until 30 June 2024)

Notable players

Club officials

Sponsorship and kit manufacturer

^{1 Main sponsorship 2 Europe Main sponsorship}

See also

• Konya İdman Yurdu

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Konyaspor.

• Official website
• Konyaspor on TFF.org