Sivasspor

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
Capacity	27,532
President	Bahattin Eken[1]
Head coach	Bülent Uygun
League	Süper Lig
2023–24	Süper Lig, 7th of 20
Website	www.sivasspor.org.tr
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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.

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] 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. ^{[citation needed]}

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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 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.^[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. ^{[citation needed]}

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]

On 26 May 2022, Sivasspor won their first major honour, the 2021–22 Turkish Cup in a 3–2 extra-time win over Kayserispor.^[6]

• 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

• 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

As of 16 March 2023

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	2	1	0	1	3	6	–3
UEFA Europa League	10	2	0	8	10	21	–11
UEFA Europa Conference League	14	6	3	5	18	21	–3
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	1	2	3	7	–4
Total	30	10	4	16	34	55	–21

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 (a.e.t.)	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:

As of 21 June 2023

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2010	169	8.390	[7]
2011	172	8.510	[8]
2012	170	8.310	[9]
2013	168	8.400	[10]
2014	190	8.340	[11]
2021	182	6.020	[12]
2022	188	6.500	[13]
2023	98	16.500	[14]
2024			[15]

As of 13 September 2024^[16]

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

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

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  TUR Baver Kuçkar (at Adana 01 until 30 June 2025) — MF  TUR Halit Çokyaşar (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2025)

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

As of 26 June 2023^[17]

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

As of 26 June 2023^[18]

As of 7 November 2021^[19]

Term	Sponsor	Ref.
2014–2016	Medicana Sivasspor	[20]
2017–2020	Demir Grup Sivasspor	[21]
2021–2023	Demir Grup Sivasspor	[22]
2023–	EMS Yapı Sivasspor

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2022)

Season	Supplier	Shirt sponsor	Backside sponsor	Shorts sponsor	Sleeve(s) sponsor
1967–83	Information required
1983–84	—	Olimpiyat Spor	—	—	—
1984–89	Information required
1989–92	—	GÖK-YIL	—	—	—
1992–94	Information required
1994–95	—	Tam Sigorta	—	—	—
1995–97	Information required
1997–98	Puma	Hedef Çamaşırları	—	—	—
1998–99		Pazaristan	—	—	—
1999–00		Information required
2000–01		On Yıldız Çamaşırları	—	—	—
2001–05	Information required
2005–06	Diadora	Turkcell	—	—	—
2006–07			—	—	Turkcell
2007–08			—	—
2008–09	Adidas		—	—	—
2009–10			Duyes Group	—	—
2010–11		Türk Kızılayı	Aksa	—	Marka AVM
2011–12		Spor Toto	—	Tony Montana	—
2012–13			Marka AVM	—	—
2013–14		Riga Boya		Spor Toto	Tony Montana
2014–15		Marka AVM	Aksa	Tony Montana	Betta
2015–16			Metropol AVM	—	—
2016–17			Spor Toto	—	—
2017–18		Demir İnşaat	Demir Enerji	—	—
2018–19				Halıca	—
2019–20			Winasol	Marmara Group	Halıca, Yıldız Dağı
2020–21	Puma		Demir Holding	Marmara Group
2021–22			Aksa	Jakamen, Marmara Group	Bitexen
2022–23	Tony Montana	Bitexen		Bitexen	Misli.com
2023–24		Brand Vadi Istanbul		Stella Motors, Bitexen	Misli, Bitexen
2024–25	Hummel

Sivasspor has got active departments in women's football (founded in 2021),^[23] billiards, bridge, judo, table tennis, swimming and Jereed, an ancient Turkic equestrian team sport.

• Başaran, Kenan (2017). Sivas-Kayseri; Türkiye'nin büyük futbol faciası. İletişim Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-05-2270-3.

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Sivasspor on TFF.org