Kayserispor
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| Full name | Kayseri Spor Kulübü |
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| Nickname(s) | Anadolu Yıldızı (Anatolian Star) |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Ground |
Kadir Has Stadium Kayseri |
| Capacity | 32,864 |
| Chairman | Erol Bedir |
| Manager | Sergen Yalçın |
| League | Süper Lig |
| 2015–16 | Süper Lig, 15th |
| Website | Club home page |
Kayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium. The club has won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008, and finished as runners-up in the Süper Kupa the same year. They became fifth in the Süper Lig four times, in 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, and 2012–13. The club was also one of the co-winners of the 2006 Intertoto Cup.
Erciyespor, which was Kayserispor's predecessor, was founded as Erciyesspor with red-white colours. In 1937, Erciyesspor merged with Yılmazspor and changed their colours to yellow-red. It was merged into Kayseri Gençlik in 1940. They were refounded in 1948 with yellow-navy colours. They merged with Kayseri Gençlik in 1949 and changed their colours to yellow-red. They were dissolved in 1951. But they were refounded by Naci Ulucan in 1952. They played in a regional league until 1966.
In 1965, Orhan Şefik Apak, then president of the Turkish Football Federation, asked cities in Turkey to combine their amateur football clubs into one singular club that would represent their communities. These new clubs would compete in the newly created 2.Lig (Second Division). After several meetings, representatives of the city merged Erciyesspor, Sanayispor, and Ortaanadoluspor to form Kayserispor. The club submitted the required paperwork and were officially founded as Kayserispor on 1 July 1966. They began competing in the 1966–67 2.Lig. Erdoğan Gürhan was the first manager, signing a contract worth 1,500 TL. In their first season, the club competed in the Beyaz Grup (White Group). Yener scored the first goal in club history when he netted a shot in the 17th minute against Ankara Toprakspor. The club finished with a nine win, nine draw, and twelve loss record in 30 matches while scoring 21 goals and conceding 33. They finished in ninth place.
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