Sivasspor

Sivasspor, officially known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Sivas. Formed in 1967, the currently play in the Süper Lig. They finished fifth in the 2013–14 season, and contended for the Süper Lig title for two consecutive seasons 2007–08 and 2008–09, ultimately finishing fourth and second respectively.

Sivasspor
Full nameDemir Grup Sivasspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)Yiğidolar
Yigidos (The Braves)
Founded9 May 1967 (1967-05-09)
GroundSivas Stadium
Capacity27,532
PresidentMecnun Otyakmaz[1]
Head coachRıza Çalımbay
LeagueSüper Lig
2019–20Süper Lig, 4th
WebsiteClub website

History

Sivasspor were originally formed on 14 May 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.[2]

There were several boycotts until 1 July 1967, when Sivasspor was allowed to play professional football in Turkey.[2] Sivasspor started out in the Second League, White Group.[3] 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.[3] During their first professional season, Sivasspor finished 16th in their group, a mere four points from relegation. They also finished in the bottom half of the table the following season.[3][4] They came close to promotion to First League in 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons but finished second 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.[3] The club finished 8th in their first season in the Turkcell Super League. Werner Lorant led 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.[3] 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 17 September 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.

Sivasspor finished fourth in the 2019–20 Süper Lig season; hence, they qualified to the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League for the first time in their history.[5]

Honours

National competitions

European competitions

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
UEFA Europa League PO Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 0–2 0–5
2020–21 UEFA Europa League GS Villarreal 0–1 3–5 3rd
Qarabağ 2–0 3–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 0–1

League participations

Players

Current squad
As of 24 December 2020[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
2 FW  CIV Arouna Koné
3 DF  TUR Uğur Çiftçi
4 DF  GAB Aaron Appindangoyé
5 MF  GHA Isaac Cofie
6 MF  BRA Claudemir
7 FW  CIV Max Gradel
8 MF  GER Robin Yalçın
9 FW  MLI Mustapha Yatabaré
11 FW  ESP Jorge Félix
14 DF  FRA Samba Camara
17 MF  GER Erdoğan Yeşilyurt
20 MF  TUR Kerem Atakan Kesgin
22 MF  SRB Armin Đerlek
23 MF  UKR Serhiy Rybalka
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK  TUR Muammer Yıldırım
26 DF  TUR Barış Yardımcı
29 FW  CHA Casimir Ninga (on loan from Angers)
30 GK  MLI Mamadou Samassa
35 GK  TUR Ali Şaşal Vural
37 MF  TUR Hakan Arslan
58 DF  TUR Ziya Erdal
76 MF  MAR Fayçal Fajr
77 GK  TUR Baver Kuçkar
80 FW  NGA Olarenwaju Kayode (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
87 DF  BRA Marcelo Goiano
88 DF  TUR Caner Osmanpaşa
99 FW  USA Tyler Boyd (on loan from Beşiktaş)

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
— MF  TUR Furkan Sağman (at Sivas Belediyespor)

Current coaching staff

As of 3 February 2020.[7]

Position Name
Sporting Director Oray Baykal
Manager Rıza Çalımbay
Assistant manager Bülent Albayrak
Assistant manager Kenan Oktay
Assistant manager Servet Çetin
Assistant manager Ayhan Tenbeloğlu
Coach
Goalkeeping Coach Cengiz Birgen

Managers
  • Bülent Eken (1 Jul 1972–30 Jun 1973)
  • Murat Özgen (11 Dec 1991–30 Jun 1992)
  • Arda Vural (1 Feb 1993–5 Apr 1993)
  • Davut Şahin (14 Oct 1993–27 Feb 1994)
  • Hikmet Sevim (10 Jul 1997–24 Nov 1997)
  • Murat Özgen (17 Dec 1997–30 Jun 1999)
  • Ahmet Ertem (1 Aug 2000–10 Apr 2001)
  • İlyas Tüfekçi (4 Oct 2001–30 Jun 2002)
  • Mehmet Şahan (20 Aug 2002–31 Jul 2013)
  • Muharrem Uğur (20 Aug 2003–14 Nov 2003)
  • Kemal Kılıç (14 Nov 2003–30 June 2004)
  • İsmail Kartal (25 Aug 2004–30 June 2005)
  • Werner Lorant (1 July 2005–30 June 2006)
  • Karol Pecze (1 July 2006–6 Nov 2006)
  • Bülent Uygun (Dec 2006–5 Oct 2009)
  • Muhsin Ertuğral (13 Oct 2009–22 March 2010)
  • Mesut Bakkal (25 March 2010–25 Oct 2010)
  • Rıza Çalımbay (25 Oct 2010–20 May 2013)
  • Roberto Carlos (3 June 2013–21 Dec 2014)
  • Sergen Yalçın (23 Dec 2014–24 Oct 2015)
  • Okan Buruk (25 Oct 2015–8 Feb 2016)
  • Mesut Bakkal (8 Feb 2016–31 May 2016)
  • Osman Özköylü (9 Aug 2016–28 Sep 2016)
  • Mesut Bakkal (30 Sep 2016–19 Mar 2017)
  • Samet Aybaba (24 Mar 2017–31 May 2018)
  • Tamer Tuna (10 Jul 2018–6 Nov 2018)
  • Hakan Keleş (19 Nov 2018–1 June 2019)
  • Rıza Çalımbay (7 June 2019–present)

References
  1. "SİVAS 4 EYLÜL". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  2. "Üç Yıldızın Öyküsü". Sivasspor.org.tr. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  3. "Turkish-Soccer.com". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  4. "Dünden Bugüne". Sivasspor.org.tr. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  5. "UEFA Europa League Power Rankings: Way-too-early look at where we stand for 2020-21 season". CBS Sports. 26 August 2020.
  6. "Futbolcular". Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  7. "Teknik Kadro - Demir Grup Sivasspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi". sivasspor.org.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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