Kozan Belediyespor

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Kozan Belediyespor
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Basic data
Surname Kozan Belediye Spor Kulübü
Seat Kozan , Turkey
founding 1955
Colours orange-green
president Yusuf Bilgili
Website kozanbelediyespor.com
First soccer team
Head coach Mesut Demirović
Venue Kozan İsmet Atlı Stadı , Kozan
Places 2,000
league TFF 3rd Lig
2014/15 1st place (ascent)

Kozan Belediyespor is a Turkish football club from the city of Kozan in the southern Turkish province of Adana . The club was founded in 1955 under the name Kozanspor and renamed in the summer of 1991 to Kozan Belediyespor (German sports club of the Kozan city administration ) after the city administration entered its current form . The logo and the club colors orange-green were not changed after the name change. The team plays their home games at Kozan İsmet Atlı Stadı . The club played from 1986 to 2001 for 15 years in the TFF 2nd Lig , the third highest Turkish division. In the summer of 2015, after 14 years of abstinence, the club returned to professional football with promotion to the TFF 3rd Lig , the fourth-highest division in Turkish professional football.

history

Foundation and the first years

The association was founded in 1955 under the name Kozan Spor Kulübü , or Kozanspor for short, after the efforts of some city ​​notables and young people . After the club was founded, the club played in the regional amateur leagues of the Adana province and the Çukurova level.

Entry into professional football

After Turkish professional football had been reduced from three to just two professional leagues in the summer of 1980, the third highest professional football league, the 3rd Lig , now known as TFF 2nd Lig , was reintroduced in 1984 on the directive of then President Turgut Özal . In addition, it was announced that after certain requirements and conditions have been met, you can apply for participation in the league. In order to promote urban development, several city notables tried to meet the requirements. So an attempt was made to create a football stadium that met the requirements. After the conditions had been met, the Turkish Football Association confirmed participation for the 1986/87 season. So Kozanspor took part in the 1986/87 season of the re-introduced 3rd Lig. In the first season the club reached the 6th place in the table.

Third division years and name change

After the 5th place was reached in the second season 1987/88 , the club occupied table places in the lowest quarter of the table in the following three seasons.

In the summer of 1991, the city administration joined the association, which was struggling with financial difficulties, and expanded the support it had already given. In this context, the club name, following the trend at the time, was changed from Kozanspor to Kozan Belediyespor (German sports club of the Kozan city administration ). After the entry of the local city administration, the club mostly occupied table positions in the upper or middle table segment. In the 1993/94 season , the club put Mustafa Ilıkoba, the top scorer in the 3rd Turkish league.

Traffic accident involving the team bus

The 1997/98 season saw the greatest tragedy in the club's history. On November 13, 1997 there was a traffic accident on the way to the away game against Kilisspor near Nurdağı , in which the team bus from Kozan Belediyespor was involved. The club president Sami Açıkgöz and the kit manager Hacı İbrahim Sürücü were killed in this bus . In addition, 18 football players and club officials were injured. The Turkish Football Association released the club from relegation this season. So the club stayed in the 3rd Lig despite the penultimate place in the table.

After the accident in the summer, the club always played against relegation and was able to prevent it for two seasons.

Relegation to the amateur league

Since Turkish professional football was to undergo fundamental changes in the 2001/02 season, preparations for this change were made in the 2000/01 season. So far, professional football in Turkey has consisted of three leagues: the top division, the single-lane Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi , the second-rate five-lane and two-stage Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi and the third-rate, eight -lane Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi . For the 2001/02 season, professional football was expanded to four professional leagues. While the Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi remained unchanged, the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi was now in the second highest division, the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi Aategorisi (to German: 2. Football League Category A of Turkey ), and the third highest division , the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi Bategorisi (to German: 2. Football League Category B of Turkey ), divided. The subordinate Türkiye 3rd Futbol Ligi was henceforth the fourth highest division, the TFF 3rd Lig . Those teams that only occupied a middle place in the table in the third division 2000/01 season were assigned to the newly created fourth-highest Turkish division, the 3rd league, for the coming season. Balıkesirspor, which had finished the league in 17th and last place in the table, had to relegate to the 3rd Lig due to the system and thus relegate to the amateur league after 15 years of professional football affiliation.

Return to professional football

In the 2014/15 season, the club finished the season of the Boelgesel Amatoer Lig , the fifth highest Turkish league and the highest Turkish amateur league, as champions and rose for the first time in its club history to the TFF 3rd Lig , the lowest Turkish professional league.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b kozanbelediyespor.com: "Tarihçe" ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 1, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kozanbelediyespor.com
  2. ↑ October 14, 1997, Milliyet, p. 31: "Kozan'da matem"
  3. ↑ tff.org: "Bölgesel Amatör Lig'den Spor Toto 3rd Lig'e çıkan 11 takım belli oldu" (accessed on April 30, 2015)