Kocaelispor

Kocaelispor is a sports club in the Turkish city of Izmit. The club was founded in 1966 and played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s a total of 20 seasons in the Süper Lig in the Eternal table of the Süper Lig club is on 13th place. His most successful Erstligasaison had the club in the season 1992/93 in the club until the autumn championship and then reached the fourth place in the table. In addition, they finished in the season 1995/96 is fifth in the Süper Lig Other important achievements, the two Turkish Cup victories are highlighted in the seasons 1996/97 and 2001/ 02.

History

Foundation

Most important department is the football. The club was founded in 1966 from the merger of three clubs, Baçspor, Izmit Gençlik and Doğanspor. From 1980 to 1988, 1992 to 2003 Kocaelispor played first-class, since in the Türk Telekom Lig A.

Last Erstligaaufstieg and subsequent free fall (2007-2012)

In the 2007 /08 season the team was first Lig ( Turkish second highest division) ascended to the Turkish Süper Lig ( Turkish league highest ) again as a master of TFF. Already in the first season failed to avoid relegation and they got back into the TFF 1 Lig. Here, too, failed to avoid relegation, so that one in summer 2010 for the first time in the club's history in the third- highest division, the second TFF Lig descent. After two seasons in the 3rd League rose again from you, this time in the fourth- highest division, the third TFF Lig

The association is particularly indebted in the 2000s very much. In order after the descent from the Süper Lig summer 2003 to be able to rise again new players was always continued to invest without looking at the consequences to the team and committed. So you also reached the summer of 2008 the expected rise in the Süper Lig However, since failed to avoid relegation in the first season, the club became deeper and deeper into financial difficulties and was the summer of 2011 before the bankruptcy. In order to rid the club of its debt, the club was given the name Kocaelispor. Instead, there was an intention, the second team of the city of İzmit and the unofficial second team Kocaelispors, the third division Körfez Belediyespor to rename in Kocaeli FK and from then carry on with the same name as the successor team. It should Kocaeli in the name and the club colors to clarify the status of the successor association Kocaelispor. So Kocaelispor went bankrupt and all players Kocaelispor changed for the new season to Körfezspor. The proposed name, the new logo and the new club colors were not accepted by the Turkish Football Federation. So it was agreed with the Association in the name Körfez Futbol Kulübü, short Körfez FK, and the club colors of green - black-red.

Kocaelispor went bankrupt after these developments, the debtor allowed the club to continue to participate with youth and reserve players in the game competition. After the club went bankrupt and debtors all club owners divided up among themselves, the end of 2012 it was announced that the club's training ground Kocaeli Eğitim Vakfi ( KEV ) Sefa Sirmen Tesisleri had to be delivered. So held the fourth division since the summer of 2012 his workouts in ever-changing sports facilities. In January 2013, the club's management launched an SMS donation campaign with you to reduce the debt of about 70 million Turkish lira and so the club financially to relax a bit.

Kocaelispor rose in the fourth division 2013/14 season by the 0-1 defeat against Istanbulspor 30th Round of the TFF Lig from 3 and said goodbye so after 48 years of service by the Turkish professional football.

Achievements

• Table fourth in the Süper Lig (1): 1992/93
• Table fifth in the Süper Lig (2): 1995/96, 1998/99
• Cup of TFF 1 Lig (3): 1979/80, 1991/92, 2007/ 08
• Promotion to the Süper Lig (3): 1979/80, 1991/92, 2007/ 08
• Turkish Cup winners (2): 1996/97, 2001/ 02
• Different appearances in the UEFA Cup and the European Cup Winners

League membership

President

• İsmail Kolaylı (1966-1967)
• Baki Efe (1968 )
• Kemal Öztoprak (1968 )
• Fuat Çelebi (1971 )
• Erol Köse (1972, 1976, 1977 )
• Ibrahim Küçükörs (1969, 1977, 1978 )
• Lütfü Tokoglu (1978 )
• Ismail Kalkandelen (1979-1980, 1984-1986)
• Hüseyin Kolaylı (1980 )
• Ömer Gencal (1981-1984)
• Turan Sari (1986 )
• Necati Gençoğlu (1987 )
• Mehmet Yalaz (1988 )

• Yusuf Dayı (1988 )
• Muharrem Eskiyapan (1988-1989)
• Mustafa Turan ( 1989)
• Güngör Kandemir (1989-1990)
• Ismet Kaya (1990-1991)
• Sefa Sirmen (1991-2002)
• Erenkaya Hikmet (2002-2004)
• Ibrahim Saral (2004-2006)
• Cemal Derya (2006)
• Mustafa Ekşi (2006-2007)
• Serkan Gürkan (2007-2009)
• Osman Nuri Yaman (2009 -)

Known player

• Ghana Kwame Ayew
• Turkey Uğur Boral
• Brazil Capone
• Turkey Tarık Daşgün
• PolenTurkei Kaan Dobra
• Turkey Ziya Doğan
• Turkey Ceyhun Güray
• Turkey Cihan Haspolatlı

• Turkey Tayfur Havutçu
• Germany Daniel Hoffmann
• Romania Sabin Ilie
• Turkey Ibrahim Kas
• Turkey Güvenç Kurtar
• Bulgaria Zdravko Lazarow
• Turkey Mert Meric
• Turkey Saffet Sancaklı
• Romania Dumitru Stângaciu
• Turkey Bülent Uygun
• Turkey Faruk Yiğit

Former coach (selection)

• Turkey Güvenç Kurtar (June 1991 - January 1994 )
• Germany Reinhard Juicy ( February 1994 - May 1996)
• Holger Osieck Germany ( January 1997 - May 1998)
• Turkey Güvenç Kurtar (June 1998 - August 2000)
• Turkey Mahir Günok1 (December 2000)