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Sivasspor

Full name	Sivasspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Yiğidolar Yigidos (The Braves)
Founded	9 May 1967; 57 years ago (1967-05-09)
Ground	Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium
Ground Capacity	27,532
President	Bahattin Eken
Head coach	Bülent Uygun
League	Süper Lig
2021–22	Süper Lig, 10th of 20
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since the 2017–18 season.

They competed for the Süper Lig title in two consecutive seasons (2007–08 and 2008–09), ultimately finishing fourth and second respectively. They also earned the fourth spot at the end of 2019–20 season. In all these seasons, they finished the first half of the league at the top of the league. They are one of three non-champion clubs that topped the first half, along with Altay and Kocaelispor. They were also fifth at the end of 2013–14 season. They were the champions of the 2021–22 Turkish Cup.

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.

There were several boycotts until 1 July 1967, when Sivasspor was allowed to play professional football in Turkey. Sivasspor started out in the Second League, White Group. 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.

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. 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. 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. The club finished 8th in their first season in the Süper Lig. Werner Lorant led the team to key victories over clubs like Beşiktaş 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. 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.

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.

On 26 May 2022, Sivasspor won their first major honour, the 2021–22 Turkish Cup in a 3–2 extra-time win over Kayserispor.

Honours

National competitions

• Süper Lig
  • Runners-up (1): 2008–09
• TFF First League
  • Winners (2): 2004–05, 2016–17
• TFF Third League
  • Winners (1): 1998–99 (Group 2)
  • Runners-up (2): 1988–89 (Group 4), 1992–93 (Group 6)
• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (1): 2021–22
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Runners-up: 2022

League participations

• Turkish Super League: 2005–16, 2017–present
• TFF First League: 1967–83, 1984–86, 1999–05, 2016–17
• TFF Second League: 1986–99
• Amatör Futbol Ligleri: 1983–84

UEFA competitions record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	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
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	0–1
			Qarabağ	2–0	3–2
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Petrocub Hîncești	1–0	1–0	2–0
		3Q	Dinamo Batumi	1–1 (aet)	2–1	3–2
		PO	Copenhagen	1–2	0–5	1–7
2022–23	UEFA Europa League	PO	Malmö	0–2	1–3	1–5
	UEFA Europa Conference League	GS	CFR Cluj	3–0	1–0	1st
			Slavia Prague	1–1	1–1
			Ballkani	3–4	2–1
		R16	Fiorentina	1–4	0–1	1–5

UEFA Ranking history:

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2010	169	8.390
2011	172	8.510
2012	170	8.310
2013	168	8.400
2014	190	8.340
2021	182	6.020
2022	188	6.500
2023	98	16.500
2024

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Hüseyin Arslan 3 DF Uğur Çiftçi 5 DF Mehmet Albayrak 6 MF Özkan Yiğiter 7 DF Murat Paluli 8 MF Charis Charisis 9 FW Rey Manaj 10 MF Alex Pritchard 11 FW Queensy Menig 12 MF Samuel Moutoussamy 13 GK Đorđe Nikolić 14 DF Samba Camara 15 MF Jan Biegański 17 MF Emrah Başsan 21 MF Emre Gökay 23 DF Alaaddin Okumuş

No. Position Player 24 MF Garry Rodrigues 26 DF Uroš Radaković 27 DF Noah Sonko Sundberg (on loan from Ludogorets) 35 GK Ali Şaşal Vural 41 GK Serkan Kaan Sarman 43 MF Eymen Yurdcu 44 DF Achilleas Poungouras 46 FW Bekir Turaç Böke 53 DF Emirhan Başyiğit 55 FW Bengali-Fodé Koita 58 DF Ziya Erdal 66 MF Sinan Kaya 77 FW Keita Baldé 88 MF Talha Şeker 90 MF Azizbek Turgunboev

Out on loan

No. Position Player GK Baver Kuçkar (at Adana 01 until 30 June 2025) MF Halit Çokyaşar (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2025)

No. Position Player MF Kaan Onaran (at Bursa Nilüfer until 30 June 2025) FW Mert Dursun (at Belediye Kütahyaspor until 30 June 2025)

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Bülent Uygun
Assistant manager	Ömer Karademir
Assistant manager	Ahmet Bilazer
Assistant manager	Şenol Karaman
Goalkeeping Coach	Hasan Korkmaz
Analyst	Mustafa Oktay
Executive manager	Kerem Atılmaz
Doctor	Burak Ayyıldız
Physio	Fatih Aydın
Physio	Sefa Karayılan
Masseur	Halil Özdoğan
Masseur	Tincer Karakaya
Masseur	Selahattin Aktaş
Translator	Taylan İşçi
Translator	Burak Kütükkıran
Kit manager	Cemil Kablan
Kit manager	Serdar Kablan

Coaching history

Tenure Nationality Name League level 1967–1968 Hikmet Kiremitçi Second League 1968–1969 İlhan Uralgil Second League 1968–1969 Lütfü Baykuş Second League 1969–1971 Naci Özkaya Second League 1970–1971 Lefter Küçükandonyadis Second League 1971–1972 Lütfü Baykuş Second League 1972–1973 Bülent Eken Second League 1973–1974 İlhan Uralgil Second League 1973–1974 Hilmi Kiremitçi Second League 1974–1975 Serpil Hamdi Tüzün Second League 1974–1975 Erdoğan Gürhan Second League 1975–1976 Lütfü Baykuş Second League 1975–1976 İsmet Yamanoğlu Second League 1975–1976 Muhterem Ar Second League 1976–1977 İsmail Kurt Second League 1976–1978 Selahattin Elbay Second League 1977–1978 Lütfü Baykuş Second League 1977–1978 Mustafa Arslan Second League 1977–1978 Fevzi Tanyıldız Second League 1978–1979 Köksal Mesci Second League 1979–1980 Nazım Kona Second League 1980–1981 Kamuran Soykıray Second League 1980–1982 Erdoğan Gürhan Second League 1981–1982 Selahattin Elbay Second League 1982–1984 Uğur Yıldırım Second League 1984–1985 Selahattin Elbay Second League 1984–1985 Mümtaz Sümer Second League

Tenure Nationality Name League level 1984–1985 Yılmaz Şen Second League 1985–1986 Metin Kurt Second League 1985–1986 Kadir Giderler Second League 1986–1987 Lütfü Baykuş Second League 1986–1987 Selahattin Elbay Second League 1986–1987 Ömer Uzun Third League 1987–1990 Erdoğan Gürhan Second League 1988–1989 Timuçin Çuğ Third League 1989–1990 Oğuz Emiroğlu Third League 1991–1992 Timuçin Çuğ Third League 1990–1991 İsa Ertürk Third League 1990–1991 İlker Tolon Third League 1990–1991 Halis Reçber Third League 1991–1992 Murat Özgen Third League 1992–1993 Arda Vural Third League 1993–1994 Arda Vural Third League 1992–1993 Nihat Fırat Third League 1993–1994 Üstün Türköz Third League 1993–1994 Davut Şahin Third League 1993–1994 Fikret Çeliktaş Third League 1994–1995 Turgut Kafkas Third League 1994–1995 Hasan Gül Third League 1995–1996 Göker Ekren Third League 1996–1997 Timuçin Çuğ Third League 1996–1997 Erhan Dodanlı Third League 1997–1999 Murat Özgen Third League 1997–1998 Hikmet Sevim Third League

Tenure Nationality Name League level 1997–1998 Faruk Serin Third League 1999–2000 Bülent Albayrak Second League 2000–2001 Ahmet Ertem Second League 2000–2001 Yaşar Elmas Second League 2001–2002 Bülent Albayrak Second League 2001–2002 İlyas Tüfekçi Second League 2002–2003 Mehmet Şahan Second League 2003–2004 Muharrem Uğur Second League 2003–2004 Kemal Kılıç Second League 2004–2005 İsmail Kartal Second League 2005–2006 Werner Lorant Süper Lig 2006–2007 Karol Pecze Süper Lig 2006–2009 Bülent Uygun Süper Lig 2009–2010 Muhsin Ertuğral Süper Lig 2010–2011 Mesut Bakkal Süper Lig 2011–2013 Rıza Çalımbay Süper Lig 2013–2014 Roberto Carlos Süper Lig 2014–2015 Sergen Yalçın Süper Lig 2015–2016 Okan Buruk Süper Lig 2015–2016 Mesut Bakkal Süper Lig 2016–2017 Osman Özköylü First League 2016–2017 Mesut Bakkal First League 2017–2018 Samet Aybaba First League 2018–2019 Tamer Tuna Süper Lig 2018–2019 Hakan Keleş Süper Lig 2019–2023 Rıza Çalımbay Süper Lig 2023– Servet Çetin Süper Lig

Presidential history

Mecnun Otyakmaz is the current president of the club since 2004

Nationality Name Years Ahmet Durakoğlu 1967–1968 Adil Onmuş 1968–1969 Ethem Uslu 1969–1970 Sacit Gökseyitoğlu 1970–1974 İhsan Buyruk 1970–1974 Nusret Akça 1974–1975 Hüseyin Yıldırım 1974–1977 Nusret Akça 1977–1978

Nationality Name Years Suzi Tirkeş 1981–1982 Selahattin Koçer 1982–1983 Metin Kazanç 1983–1985 Samet Sayıcı 1981–1982 Erdoğan Yüce 1980–1981 Nusret Akça 1985–1986 Günkut Bulut 1985–1986 Yahya Küçükkılıç 1986–1987

Nationality Name Years Özer Süt 1988–1989 Metin Kazanç 1990–1991 Yakup Gülmez 1991–1992 İsmail Haksever 1993–1994 Mehmet Kaya 1994–1996 Osman Seçilmiş 1996–2004 Mecnun Otyakmaz 2004–

Sponsorships

Naming sponsorships

Term	Sponsor	Ref.
2014–2016	Medicana Sivasspor
2017–2020	Demir Grup Sivasspor
2021–2023	Demir Grup Sivasspor
2023–	EMS Yapı Sivasspor

Kit sponsorships

Other departments

Sivasspor has got active departments in women's football (founded in 2021), billiards, bridge, judo, table tennis, swimming and Jereed, an ancient Turkic equestrian team sport.

See also

In Spanish: Sivasspor para niños