Balıkesirspor is a Turkish

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based in

Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–1922, it was the capital of Karasi. History Close to mo ...

. Established in 1966, the

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team played in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

after achieving promotion having finished as runners-up of the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

in 2013–14. The team's previous promotion was 40 years before that. Their stadium, the all-seater

Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium ( tr, Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu) is a multi-purpose stadium in Balıkesir, Turkey. The stadium holds 15,800 all-seater and was built in 1973 and re-built in 2010. It abides UEFA standards for TFF standards for hosti ...

, has a capacity of 15,800.

History

Balıkesirspor was founded on 6 June 1966 and started to compete in

Turkish Second Football League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...

in 1967–68 season. On 20 August 1967, it played its first competitive match against

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and won 3–1. Kadir Gürsoy scored the first goal of the club in that match. The club won its first title in 1974–75 season under the management of Rıdvan Kösemihal and promoted to

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, the top level of Turkish football. Despite being 4th in the first half of the season, Balıkesirspor finished its first season in the top level in the last place and was relegated to Second League. After competing in Second League for 10 seasons in a row, the club was relegated to Third League, the third level of Turkish football at that time. In the 1991–92 season, Balıkesirspor earned promotion after finishing first in Third League Group 7. Balıkesirspor şampiyonluk kutlamaları

Players

Current squad

Managers

* Selahaddin Dincel (June 15, 2010 – Dec 6, 2010) *

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(Jan 10, 2011 – Dec 9, 2012) *

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(Dec 13, 2012 – Nov 24, 2014) *

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(Dec 4, 2014– Apr 26, 2015) * Cihat Arslan (Apr 27, 2014– Jun 12, 2015) *

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(Jun 14, 2015– Oct 5, 2015) *

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(Nov 10, 2015– Mar 7, 2016)

Competitions

*1966–75: Turkey Second League *1975–76: Turkey First League *1976–86: Turkey Second League *1986–92: Turkey Third League *1992–97: Turkey Second League *1997–01: Turkey Third League *2001–06:

Amatör Futbol Ligleri The Super Amateur Leagues ( tr, Süper Amatör Ligleri) comprises a number of football leagues that make up the sixth tier of the Turkish football league system.TFF Third League TFF 3. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Third League) is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League.Turkish Third Footba ...

*2010–13:

TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...

*2013–14:

*2014–15:

*2015–22:

*2022–:

Honours

* 1974–75:

Champion * 1992–93:

TFF Third League TFF 3. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Third League) is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League.Turkish Third Footba ...

''7th Group'' Champion * 2012–13:

''White Group'' Champion

References

External links

Official websiteBalıkesirspor on TFF.org
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