Kayseri Erciyesspor

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Kayseri Erciyesspor
Full name	Kayseri Erciyesspor
Nickname(s)	Blue Dragon
Founded	1966
Ground	Atatürk Kayseri Kayseri, Turkey (Set to move into Kayseri New Stadium in 2008) (Capacity 26,500 (33,000))
Chairman	Enver Kemaloğlu
Manager	Mehmet Bulut
League	Bank Asya 1. League
2007-2008	Bank Asya 1.League, 7th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Kayseri Erciyesspor is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. Kayseri Erciyesspor currently play in TFF 1. League. Known as Kayserispor from 1966 to 2004, they switched names with Erciyesspor. Although Erciyesspor finished league in 17th place and relegated, they are going to play in the UEFA Cup 2007-08 because they reached the Turkish Cup final last year.

Contents 1 League Participations 2 Current squad 2.1 Players out on loan 3 Achievements 4 External links

[edit] League Participations

First Level: 1973-1975, 1979-1980, 1985-1986, 1992-1996, 1997-1998, 2005-2007

Second Level: 1966-1973, 1975-1979, 1980-1985, 1986-1989, 1991-1992, 1996-1997, 1998-2005, 2007-

Third Level: 1989-1991

[edit] Current squad

Bank Asya 1. League clubs are limited to two players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

As of March 22, 2008

No. Position Player 3 DF Hüseyin Yoğurtçu 5 DF Kemal Dulda 6 MF Osman Demir 8 MF Mustafa Tuna Kaya 9 FW Emrah Bozkurt 10 MF Ramazan Durdu 11 FW Köksal Yedek 13 DF Adem Dursun 17 MF Mehmet Fatih Karaca 20 MF Kazım Şeker 21 MF Ali Aliyev 22 GK Kaya Tarakçı

No. Position Player 23 MF Emre Morgil 32 MF Evren Avşar 38 DF Turan Akkoyun 40 GK Ali Türkan 55 DF Kamil Şener 61 MF İlker Erbay 64 GK Yusuf Soysal 77 FW Alaattin Öztekin (on loan from Kayserispor) 99 FW Burhan Coşkun 00 DF Necip Kurtbulur 00 Kaan Özdemir 00 Kerim Aydemir 00 Sefer Arslan

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player 00 MF İlhan Özbay (on loan at Gaziantepspor) 00 FW Maksud Önal (on loan at Kastamonuspor) 00 MF Emre Uzunca (on loan at Kastamonuspor) 00 FW Ferhat Timoçin (on loan at Aksarayspor) 00 FW Aykut Civek (on loan at Ankara Demirspor)

[edit] Achievements

• Fortis Turkey Cup:
  • Runner Up (1): 2007

They are also participating in the UEFA Cup 2007-08 for finishing runner-up in the Fortis Turkish Cup last season.

[edit] External links

• (Turkish) Official web site

Türk Telekom League A • 2007-08 clubs v • d • e
Antalyaspor • Altay S.K. • Boluspor • Diyarbakırspor • Elazığspor • Eskişehirspor • Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor • Giresunspor • İstanbulspor A.Ş. • Karşıyaka S.K. • Kartalspor • Kayseri Erciyesspor • Kocaelispor • Malatyaspor • Mardinspor • Orduspor • Sakaryaspor • Samsunspor •
UEFA Cup 2007-08 v • d • e
Champions Zenit St. Petersburg Runners Up Rangers Eliminated in Semi-finals Bayern Munich • Fiorentina Eliminated in Quarter-finals Bayer Leverkusen • Getafe • PSV • Sporting CP Eliminated in Round of 16 Anderlecht • Benfica • Bolton Wanderers • Everton • Marseille • Hamburg • Tottenham Hotspur • Werder Bremen Eliminated in Round of 32 Aberdeen • AEK Athens • Atlético Madrid • Basel • Bordeaux • Brann • Galatasaray • Helsingborg • Nuremberg • Panathinaikos • Rosenborg • Slavia Prague • Spartak Moscow • Sporting Braga • Villarreal • Zürich Eliminated in Group Stage Aalborg BK • Aris • Austria Vienna • AZ • Copenhagen • Dinamo Zagreb • Elfsborg • Hapoel Tel Aviv • Larissa • Lokomotiv Moscow • Mladá Boleslav • Panionios • Red Star Belgrade • Rennes • Sparta Prague • Toulouse Eliminated in First Round AIK • Ajax • Anorthosis Famagusta • Artmedia Bratislava • BATE Borisov • Belenenses • Blackburn Rovers • CSKA Sofia • Club Brugge • Dinamo Bucharest • Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk • Dyskobolia Grodzisk • Empoli • Groningen • Häcken • Hammarby • Heerenveen • Erciyesspor • Lens • Litex Lovech • Lokomotiv Sofia • Metalist Kharkiv • Midtjylland • Odense • Paços Ferreira • Palermo • Rabotnički • Rapid Bucharest • Rapid Vienna • Red Bull Salzburg • Sampdoria • Sarajevo • Sion • Sochaux • Standard Liège • Tampere United • Twente • União Leiria • Vålerenga • Zaragoza