Balıkesirspor
Full nameBalıkesirspor Kulübü Derneği[1]
Nickname(s)Balkes, Balkesler
Founded6 June 1966
GroundBalıkesir Atatürk Stadium
Balıkesir, Turkey
Capacity15,800[2]
ChairmanNedim Ömer
ManagerUğur Balcıoğlu
WebsiteClub website

Balıkesirspor is a Turkish club based in Balıkesir. Established in 1966, the football team played in the Süper Lig after achieving promotion having finished as runners-up of the TFF First League in 2013–14.[3] The team's previous promotion was 40 years before that.[4] Their stadium, the all-seater Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium, has a capacity of 15,800.[5]

History

Balıkesirspor was founded on 6 June 1966 and started to compete in Turkish Second Football League in 1967–68 season. On 20 August 1967, it played its first competitive match against Malatyaspor and won 3–1. Kadir Gürsoy scored the first goal of the club in that match. The club won its first title in 1974–75 season under the management of Rıdvan Kösemihal and promoted to Turkish First Football League, the top level of Turkish Football. Despite being 4th in the first half of the season, Balıkesirspor finished its first season in the top level in the last place and was relegated to Second League.

After competing in Second League for 10 seasons in a row, the club was relegated to Third League, the third level of Turkish football at that time. In the 1991–92 season, Balıkesirspor earned promotion after finishing first in Third League Group 7.

Balıkesirspor fans celebrating promotion to Süper Lig, in 2014
Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium, ground of Balıkesirspor

Players

Current squad

As of 8 September 2022[6]

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 Turkey TUR Yiğithan Kır
2 DF Turkey TUR Berat Aydoğdu
4 DF Turkey TUR Birol Parlak
5 MF Turkey TUR Sedat Dursun
7 FW Turkey TUR Andaç Güleryüz
9 FW Turkey TUR Bedirhan Kolkoparan
10 FW Denmark DEN Oğuz Han Aynaoğlu
15 DF Turkey TUR Kağan Kayalı
20 MF Turkey TUR Berk Tosun
21 MF Turkey TUR Sedat Kurnaz
22 DF Turkey TUR Ayberk Kaygısız
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Turkey TUR Enes Karabulut
26 GK Turkey TUR Yiğit Berber
33 DF Turkey TUR Güney Keleş
39 DF Turkey TUR Hüseyin Karabey
44 DF Turkey TUR Görkem Altun
61 DF Turkey TUR Hasan Can Bingül
63 MF Turkey TUR Halil Çolak
77 DF Turkey TUR Doğa İşeri
80 MF Turkey TUR Ümit Doğru
97 FW Turkey TUR Berkay Aykurt
99 FW Turkey TUR Emirhan Çakır

Managers

Competitions

Honours

Balıkesirspor
Medal record
Football
Representing Balıkesirspor
Turkish Leagues
Gold medal – first place Turkish 2nd League 1974–75
Gold medal – first place Turkish 3rd League 7th Group 1992–93
Silver medal – second place TFF 3rd League 2009–10
Gold medal – first place TFF 2nd League 2012–13
Silver medal – second place TFF 1st League 2013–14

References

  1. ↑ "Tüzük". Balikesirspor.org.tr. Balikesirspor Kulübü Derneği. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Stadium will up to 15.800 attendance". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  3. ↑ "Fan website". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Balkesarsivi". Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  5. ↑ Ataturk Stadium capacity will be 15800 Archived August 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Takım" [Team] (in Turkish). Balıkesirspor. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mackolik.com Team Matches". Archived from the original on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
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