Sivasspor Kulübü,known asEMS Yapı Sivasspordue to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based inSivas.The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed inSüper Ligsince the2017–18 season.
They competed for theSüper Ligtitle in two consecutive seasons (2007–08and2008–09), ultimately finishing fourth and second respectively. They also earned the fourth spot at the end of2019–20 season.In all these seasons, they finished the first half of the league at the top of the league. They are one of three non-champion clubs that topped the first half, along withAltayandKocaelispor.They were also fifth at the end of2013–14 season.They were the champions of the2021–22 Turkish Cup.
Sivasspor were originally formed on 14 May 1932 in Sivas asSivas Gençlik.They sportedKırmızı-Beyaz(Red-White) shirts andBeyaz(White) shorts. They played many matches at the amateur level in their early years before they were allowed to play professionally. By the mid-1960s,Sivas Gençlikmerged withYolsporandKızılırmak.They had hoped that this merger would help their push to join the professional leagues, the league closed their doors to Sivasspor once more.[2]
There were several boycotts until 1 July 1967, when Sivasspor was allowed to play professional football in Turkey.[2]Sivasspor started out in the Second League, White Group.[3]On 17 September 1967, during a match againstKayseri Erciyesspor(then Kayserispor) played at theKayseri Atatürk Stadium,adisasteroccurred with 40 dead and at least 300 injuries among the fans, which was the worst sporting-related event in Turkey. Almost all casualties were Sivasspor fans, who perished in a stampede after chaos broke out in their ranks, due to attacking Kayserispor fans. The match was finished 1–0 in favour of the Kayseri side. After the disaster, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Sivasspor played different groups of the 2nd league until the 1990–91 season. That year, both teams reconciled and played in the Fourth Group of the Third League (nowTFF Second League). Kayseri Erciyesspor were champions and promoted to Second League.[citation needed]
Due to there being many new clubs, theTurkish Football Federationdecided to create a third league. They were permitted into the Second League along with Afyonspor, Balıkesirspor,Giresunspor,Kastamonuspor,Malatyaspor,Orduspor,Uşakspor,and Taksim GK.[3]During their first professional season, Sivasspor finished 16th in their group, a mere four points from relegation. They also finished in the bottom half of the table the following season.[3][4]They came close to promotion to First League in 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons but finished second behindŞekersporandAdana Demirspor.[citation needed]
Sivas SK's classic home kit
Sivasspor would remain in the lower leagues until winning the Second League in 2005, gaining automatic promotion.[3]The club finished 8th in their first season in theSüper Lig.Werner Lorantled the team to key victories over clubs likeBeşiktaşandGençlerbirliği.At the end of their first season in the top flight, they finished with a record of ten wins, thirteen draws, and eleven losses, totaling out to 43 points. The club then finished 4th in the2007–08 season,finishing on the same number of points as the second and third place teams but with an inferior goal difference.[3]Sivasspor had the championship in their sights until the penultimate match, when they were beaten 5–3 by eventual championsGalatasaray.The2008–09season saw them finish 2nd after leading the table for much of the season. After losing their final match of the season, they finished behind leadersBeşiktaşby 5 points.[citation needed]
Sivasspor has got active departments inwomen's football(founded in 2021),[23]billiards, bridge, judo, table tennis, swimming andJereed,an ancient Turkic equestrian team sport.
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