Elazığspor

Elazığspor is a Turkish professional football club located in Elazığ and currently competes in the TFF Second League. They previously played their home games at Elazığ Atatürk Stadium in Elazığ, which had a maximum capacity of 13,923.[3] The club was founded in 1967.[4]

Elazığspor[1]
Full nameBirevim Elazığspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)Gakgoşlar
Founded1967
GroundElazığ Gençlik Merkezi Sentetik Sahası (temporary)[2]
ChairmanSelçuk Öztürk
ManagerLevent Eriş
LeagueTFF Second League
2019–20TFF Second League/Red, 17th
WebsiteClub website

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. Elazığspor's main rivals are Malatyaspor. The cities Elazig and Malatya, were Malatyaspor play, are neighboring cities.[5] Due to the rivalry meaning a lot to those fan bases, extra security is almost a necessity to make sure of safety. Due to the fan bases dislike for each other, sometimes the visiting team's fans will not be allowed to attend the game due to security reasons.[5] Usually, there will be around 30 journalists from Malatya to attend the game whenever the rivalry is being hosted by Elazigspor.[5] The “Doğunun derbisi” has become one of the biggest soccer rivalries in Turkey. One friendly match that Elazigspor played versus Diyarbakırspor on September 5, 2011 turned tragic. Fans of both teams threw stones and hard objects at each other.[6] One lieutenant and 1 expert sergeant died to the fan’s behaviors.[6] A total of 6 people were injured.[6] These events happened during the middle of the match, as the game had to be delayed until the events that were going on came down. 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. They were relegated to the TFF Second League in 2008 after finishing in 16th place.

In January 2019, Elazığspor hit the news after signing 22 players in 2 hours on 30 January, after negotiating the end of a transfer ban imposed by the Turkish Football Federation.[7]

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, 2014–2019
  • TFF Second League: 1968–75, 1985–86, 1987–90, 1992–95, 2008–11, 2019–
  • TFF Third League: 1982–83

Current squad
As of 28 August 2019[8][9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  TUR Onur Alsu
5 DF  TUR Yiğitcan Erdoğan
6 DF  TUR Ahmet Burak Solakel
7 MF  TUR Murat Ceylan
8 MF  BEL Kadir Bekmezci
9 FW  TUR Ömer Yıldız
11 MF  TUR Cengizhan Akgün
13 GK  TUR Ali Karataş
17 DF  TUR Hasan Ekici
18 MF  TUR Firat Sefa Öncü
19 MF  TUR Selim Özeren
22 DF  TUR Murathan Özen
23 MF  TUR Kadir Taşoğlu
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  TUR Ömer Faruk Aydemir
28 MF  GER Enbiya Yildirim
37 DF  TUR Eray Yıldız
38 GK  TUR Nuh Naci Kırlangıçoğlu (on loan from Kayserispor)
41 DF  TUR Muhammed Düzgüner
52 MF  TUR Izzet Topatar
66 MF  TUR Ahmet Can Aslan
67 MF  TUR Cihan Canpolat
95 GK  TUR Ahmet Doğan
— MF  TUR Salih Polatdemir
— MF  TUR Nihat Bal
— DF  TUR Doğuş Kaya
— FW  TUR Kaan Güleç
— DF  TUR Eren Çinkılınç
— MF  GER Dersim-Sahan Kaynak (on loan from Yeni Malatyaspor)

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– Jun 2, 2014)
  • Ümit Özat (Aug 8, 2014– Apr 30, 2015)
  • Bayram Bektas (Apr 30, 2015- Nov 12, 2015)
  • Ibrahim Üzülmez (Nov 19, 2015- Dec 31, 2015)
  • Kemal Özdes (Jan 4, 2016- Jan 15, 2016)
  • Coskun Demirbakan (Jan 21, 2016- March 4, 2016)
  • Ogün Temizkanoglu (March 4, 2016- Nov 10, 2016)
  • Bayram Bektas (Nov 11, 2016- May 20, 2017)
  • Mehmet Altiparmak (July 2, 2017- Nov 2, 2017)
  • Hüseyin Kalpar (Nov 7, 2017-)

References
  1. "Sanica Boru ile yollarımızı ayırdık". ntvspor.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. https://www.elazigsonhaber.com/gundem/genclik-merkezi-sahasi-tff-yetkililerince-denetlendi-h48645.html
  3. "ELAZIĞSPOR KULUBÜ".
  4. Okay, Cüneyd (2002). "The Introduction, Early Development and Historiography of Soccer in Turkey: 1890-1914". Soccer & Society. 3 (3): 1–10. doi:10.1080/714004887.
  5. "NEW APPOINTMENT IN EAST".
  6. "Diyarbakırspor Elazıgspor- Match Events". 2011-09-05.
  7. Sarigul, Erin. "Turkish club Elazigspor sign record 22 players in two hours". ESPN. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. "Elazığspor". Mackolik.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. "TETİŞ YAPI ELAZIĞSPOR - Club Details TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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