Elazığspor

Elazığspor

Full name	Elazığspor Kulubü
Nickname(s)	Gakgoşlar
Founded	1967
Ground	Elazığ Atatürk Stadium, Elâzığ
Ground Capacity	13,923
Manager	Kemal Özdeş
League	TFF First League
2013–14	Süper Lig, 16th (relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Sanica Boru Elazığspor is a football team located in Elazığ, Turkey, which competes in the TFF First League. They play their home games at Elazığ Atatürk Stadium in Elazığ. The club was founded in 1967.

History

Elazığspor was founded in 1967 when three clubs (Merkez Gençlik, Güvenspor and Harputspor) were united to form a strong team for the city of Elâzığ. The club's emblem refers to a famous local dance called Çayda Çıra. This dance is performed with candles in the hands. The club has played in the Second and Third Leagues for several years. Finally in 2002, the club was promoted to the Turkish First Football League. However, in 2004, they were relegated to the TFF First League again. Elazığspor's main rivals are Malatyaspor. They were relegated to the TFF Second League in 2008 after finishing in 16th place.

League participation

• Turkish Super League: 2002–04, 2012–2014
• TFF First League: 1974–82, 1983–85, 1986–87, 1990–92, 1995–02, 2004–08, 2011–12, 2014-
• TFF Second League: 1968–75, 1985–86, 1987–90, 1992–95, 2008–11
• TFF Third League: 1982–83

Current squad

As of 10 January 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 6 MF Hamidou Traore 7 MF Berk Yildiz 11 DF Onur Güney 13 DF Kemal Tokak 17 MF Hakan Bilgiç 18 DF Gilles Binya 20 MF Cleyton 21 MF Halil Akbunar 22 MF Prince Segbefia 24 MF Muhammed Ali Doğan

No. Position Player 27 DF Mehmet Yigit 29 FW Lamjed Chehoudi 35 FW Silvere Ganvoula 39 FW Ümit Tütünci 65 MF Cagri Ortakaya 69 DF Murat Kalkan 88 MF Tom 94 MF Tayfun Aksoy 95 GK Caglar Sahin Ababa 99 DF Bahadır Öztürk

Former players

Argentina

• Franco Cángele

Brazil

• Fábio Bilica
• Robson Carioca

Cameroon

• Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona
• Hervé Tum

Chile

• Rodrigo Tello

Egypt

• Amr Zaki

England

• Luke Moore
• Jake Jervis

France

• Julien Faubert

Ghana

• Richard Kingson

Morocco

• Youssouf Hadji

Netherlands

• Roland Alberg
• Marvin Zeegelaar

Senegal

• Tidiane Sane
• Pape Habib Sow

Slovakia

• Juraj Czinege
• Ondrej Debnár
• Miroslav König
• Ľubomír Meszároš

Spain

• Vitolo

Turkey

• Hamit Ayden
• Mehmet Ekşi
• Ersan Gülüm
• Ulvi Güveneroğlu
• Erhan Namlı

Managers

• Faruk Omer (1984)
• Güvenç Kurtar (Oct 31, 2003–??)
• Erol Tok (Aug 22, 2007–Feb 19, 2008)
• Serafettin Tutas (Aug 29, 2008–??)
• Osman Özköylü (June 10, 2010–Oct 10, 2011)
• Hüsnü Özkara (Oct 14, 2011–March 29, 2012)
• Bülent Uygun (March 30, 2012–Oct 8, 2012)
• Yılmaz Vural (Oct 10, 2012–May 20, 2013)
• Trond Sollied (June 24, 2013–Oct 27, 2013)
• Okan Buruk (Oct 31, 2013–1?)
• Ümit Özat (Aug 8, 2014–)

External links

• Elazığspor Website
• Elazığspor on TFF page