Konyaspor

Konyaspor
Full name	Konyaspor
Nickname(s)	Yesil Simsekler (Green Lightnings)
Founded	1922 (reformed 1981)
Ground	Konya Atatürk Stadium; Konya, Turkey; (Capacity: 19,440)
Chairman	M. Ali Kuntoglu
Manager	Unal Karaman
League	Bank Asya First League
2008-09	Turkcell Super League, 16th (Relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

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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 but relegated again to the second level in 2009.

[edit] Achievements

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

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

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

[edit] Current squad

The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player. As of February 2, 2009.

No.	Position	Player
33	GK	Jefferson
20	GK	Eray Birniçan
61	GK	Oğuzhan Bahadır
38		Ibrahim Günar
43	DF	Şener Aşkaroğlu
3	DF	İsmail Güldüren
9	FW	Serhat Akın
7	DF	Roman Kratochvíl
20	DF	Cihan Haspolatlı
8	DF	Mehmet Çoğum
4	DF	Ömer Gündostu(C)
11	DF	Kauê
12	DF	Zé Gomes
21	DF	Miloš Mihajlov
77	DF	Celaleddin Koçak(*)

No.	Position	Player
42	DF	Zafer Demir
14	DF	Serhat Akyüz
85	DF	Ozan Özkan
35	DF	Koray İçten
15	MF	Fahri Tatan
18	MF	Eren Şen ()*
92	MF	Fatih Egedik
13	MF	Mustafa Er
37	MF	Gökhan Çakır
45	MF	İbrahim Günar
17	MF	Ayman Abdelaziz ()*
50	FW	Veysel Cihan
24	FW	Caner Altın
12	FW	Branimir Poljac