Bursaspor
Full name	Bursaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	“Timsahlar” (Crocodiles)
Founded	1963
Ground	Bursa Atatürk stadium Bursa, Turkey (Capacity 19,700)
Chairman	İbrahim Yazıcı
Manager	Samet Aybaba
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2007-08	Turkcell Süper Lig, 13th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Bursaspor (officially Bursaspor Kulübü) is a professional Turkish football (soccer) team based in Bursa. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bursa Atatürk Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Bursa, Turkey. Bursa (historically also known as Prussa, Greek: Προύσα and later as Brusa) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Samet Aybaba is a Turkish football coach and former football defender Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Bursa (historically also known as Prussa, Greek: Προύσα and later as Brusa) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat The club was founded in 1963 and they play at the Bursa Atatürk stadium, which has a capacity of 19,700. Bursa Atatürk Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Bursa, Turkey. Their most notable accomplishment was a Turkish Football Cup win in 1986. Bursaspor played in the Turkish Superlig between 1967 and 2004. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " They were relegated to the Second League Category A, the second level of the Turkish League in 2004. The TFF First League (currently known under the terms of a sponsorship deal as the Bank Asya 1 They gained promotion back into the Turkish Superlig after topping the Second League Category A in 2006.

Contents 1 Current squad 1.1 2008-09 Transfers In 1.2 2008-09 Transfers Out 1.3 Football honours 2 Notable players 3 Former managers 4 External links

Current squad

Turkish clubs are limited to seven players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

As of June 4, 2008:

No. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Position Player 1 GK Yavuz Eraydin 4 DF Ömer Erdoğan 5 DF Jason Vandelannoite 6 DF Bekir Ozan Has 7 MF Orhan Alemdar 8 MF Veli Acar 11 FW Sinan Kaloğlu 14 FW Sercan Yildirim 15 MF Mustafa Sarp 17 DF Eren Albayrak 18 DF Jaochím Al Fayed 20 MF Volkan Şen 21 MF Fatih Serkan Kurtuluş 22 DF Cihan Haspolatlı GK Dimitar Ivankov

No. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Ömer Erdoğan (born May 3, 1977 in Kassel - Germany) is a Turkish footballer currently playing for Bursaspor. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Jason Vandelanoitte (born November 6, 1986) is a footballer, currently playing for AFC Tubize. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Veli Acar (born 3 August 1981 in Kelekçi, Denizli) is a Turkish footballer. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Sinan Kaloğlu (born June 10, 1981 in Ovacık, Tunceli, Turkey) is a Turkish football player Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Sercan Yildirim (born April 4 1990) is a Turkish professional Footballer who currently plays for Bursaspor. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Jaochím Al Fayed (born January 12, 1982 in İnegöl - Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer currently playing For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Cihan Haspolatlı, born on January 4, 1980 in Diyarbakır, Turkey is a Turkish football player in Midfield and In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Dimitar Ivanov Ivankov (born October 30, 1975 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football player who started his career at Levski Sofia Position Player 24 FW Eser Yağmur 25 MF Maksim Romaschenko 26 MF İsmail Özgür Göktaş 27 MF Ronald Gutierrez 28 DF Yenal Tuncer 34 FW Herve Tum 39 MF Ümit Aydın 44 DF Serdar Aziz 47 MF Volkan Kürşat Bekiroğlu 77 DF Selcan Pekkanlı 87 MF Koray Öztürk 99 FW Ysrael Zúñiga - MF Yusuf Şimşek - MF Halil Zeybek

2008-09 Transfers In

• Yusuf Şimşek from Denizlispor (2+1 year contract)

2008-09 Transfers Out

• Egemen Korkmaz to Trabzonspor
• Collins Mbesuma to free transfer
• Renny Vicente Vega to free transfer
• İbrahim Dağaşan to Sivasspor
• İsmail Güldüren to free transfer
• Ömer Aysan Barış to free transfer

Football honours

• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1986
  • Runners-up (3): 1971, 1974, 1992

Notable players

Turkey Ender Alkan Gürol Arkan Sinan Bür Kemal Batmaz Zafer Biryol Hasan Bora Erol Bulut Ömer Çatkıç İzzet Cengiz Suphi Ergözen Sertan Eser "Beton" Mustafa Ertan Erman Güraçar Murat Hacıoğlu Vedat İnceefe Cihan Kabran İlyas Kahraman Rasim Kara Şeref Kazıklı Serdar Kulbilge Serdar Kurtuluş Vedat Okyar Tezcan Ozan Sedat Özden Nurettin Sezgiç Yasin Sülün Ercüment Şahin Mesut Şen Hakan Şükür Serdar Topraktepe Okan Yılmaz  Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Baljić Nejad Biyedić Mirza Varešanović  Bolivia Ronald Gutierrez  Belarus Maksim Romaschenko

Bulgaria Kostadin Vidolov Ivko Ganchev Ilian Iliev  Denmark Frank Pingel  Germany Marc Ziegler  Peru Ysrael Zuniga  Poland Radosław Majdan  Romania Cornel Frăsineanu Ioan Ganea Iulian Miu Daniel Pancu Bogdan Vintila Ioan Lupescu  South Africa John Moshoeu  Slovenia Milan Osterc  Tunisia Riadh Bouazizi  Uganda Majid Musisi  Brazil Mateus  Venezuela Renny Vega

Former managers

• Samet Aybaba
• Gordon Milne
• Yılmaz Vural
• Jörg Berger
• Bülent Korkmaz
• Engin Ipekoğlu
• Nejad Biyedić
• Gordon Milne
• Sepp Piontek
• Gheorghe Hagi
• Rasim Kara
• Raşit Çetiner

External links

• (Turkish) Official Site
• (Turkish) Greatest Fansite of Bursaspor Supporters
• (Turkish) Media Website of Bursasporum.com
• (Turkish) First Website of Bursaspor
• (English) Bursaspor News in English
• (Turkish) www.bursasport.com

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