Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional

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club based in

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. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium,

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium The Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium ( tr, Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu) is a multi-purpose stadium in Konya, Turkey. It is primarily used for football matches with Konyaspor being the main tenants. It is part of a complex of spor ...

, since 2014. Konyaspor currently play in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

, the top tier of Turkish football. The club colours are green and white.

History

Konyaspor were founded officially with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği on 22 June 1922. As champions of the regional Konya Football League they participated in the 1924 Turkish Football Championship, the first ever national championship in Turkish football. In 1965 the club combined with Meramspor, Selçukspor, and Çimentospor and took the name Konyaspor with black and white as the team colors, and started their first season in the Second League in 1981. Konyaspor then changed to green and white as the team colours after their merger with the cross-town rivals

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. The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and the colors of Konya İdman Yurdu. In 1987–88 Konyaspor became champions of the second league and were promoted to the first league for the first time in their history. Konyaspor lasted five seasons in the first league. They played 160 official matches, ending up with 47 wins, 33 draws, and 80 losses. During the 1988–89 season Konyaspor made it to the semi-finals of the

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, losing to eventual champions

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. In the

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season, the club were relegated back to the second league. After spending 10 seasons in the second league, Konyaspor returned to

as the title holders of the 2002–03 First League with 68 points. During the 2003–04 season Konyaspor made it to the quarter-finals of the

, but then lost to eventual champions

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2–1 during extra time. In 2004–05 Konyaspor advanced to the quarter-finals beating

3–1, but then lost to

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5–4 on penalty shoot-outs. In 2008–09 despite the 3–0 home win against Ankaraspor, Konyaspor couldn't avoid relegation as they remained 16th in the table with 38 points which meant their relegation from the

. Konyaspor were in the

since 2003. However, Konyaspor completed the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

6th and secured a position in the Promotion Play-offs in 2010. Konyaspor then won the Promotion Play-offs and made an immediate return to the

after 1 year. They finished the Play-offs 1st with 7 points beating Adanaspor 3–1 in the first game,

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1–0 in the second and drawing with Altay 2–2 in the final match. But Konyaspor relegated again in the 2010–11 season. They returned to the top level two years later. In 2015–16 Konyaspor eventually finished

as 3rd, also the best result for them, and qualified for the

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. In 2016–17 they play for the first time in their history in European competitions and draw in

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with

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and Gent. They finished the group in fourth place with five losses, one draw and without winning any match. Also in the same season they reached the

final for the first time in their history. On 31 May 2017 Konyaspor defeated

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to win their first ever

in the club's 95-year history. In the first Turkish Cup final since the 2007–08 season in which none of

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's "big three" clubs

, Fenerbahçe, and Galatasaray were competing, Konyaspor against

finished regular and extra time tied 0–0 and won on penalty shoot-outs with a result of 4–1.

Stadium

is a multi-use stadium in

, Turkey. It replaced the ageing

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at the end of 2013, which has been in use since the early 1950s. The stadium has a capacity of 42,000 people and is fully covered. Record attendance is 41,007 people in

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against

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, 6 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A match. The ''Konya Buyuksheir Stadium'' is one of Turkey's biggest stadiums with many sporting events happening there. The national team also plays some of its games there.

Past seasons

Domestic results

League affiliation

: 1988–93, 2003–09, 2010–11, 2013– *

: 1965–69, 1971–79, 1980–88, 1993–03, 2009–10, 2011–13 * TFF Second League: 1969–71, 1979–80 *

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Honours

Leagues

* 1. Lig **Winners (2): 1987–88, 2002–03 * 2. Lig **Winners (1): 1970–71

Cups

**Winners (1): 2016–17 *

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**Winners (1):

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European history

European participation

;Notes * GS: Group stage

UEFA ranking

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Retired number(s)

* 6, retired in memory of football player

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who died in a traffic accident.

Notable players

Most appearances and goals in Süper Lig

''Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016–17 season.

Club officials

Board members

Technical staff

Sponsorship and kit manufacturer

¹ ^{Main sponsorship} ² ^{Europe Main sponsorship}

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteKonyaspor on TFF.org
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