Erzurumspor Futbol Kulübü, is a Turkish professional football club located in Erzurum. The club currently plays in the Süper Lig, the first tier of Turkish football.
Founded in 1972, the colours of club are blue and white. The club started to play football competitions in 2010 at amateur level. Achieving consecutive promotions between 2016 and 2018, the club earned to compete at Süper Lig at 2018–19 season.
History
The club has been founded as Erzurum Büyüşehir Belediyespor in 2005. In their inaugural season, club competed at Regional Amateur League and won Group 1 of 2010–11 Turkish Regional Amateur League with 49 points.
Between 2011 and 2016, they played at TFF Third League for 5 consecutive seasons. The club was renamed as Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor in 2014. Club won 2015–16 TFF Third League, collecting 74 points in 36 games, 6 points adrift above Kızılcabölükspor. Promoted to TFF Second League, they competed Group White of 2016–17 season and finished regular season on 3rd spot with 61 points. Eliminating Kocaeli Birlikspor, Amed S.K. and Gümüşhanespor respectively at play-offs, they promoted to TFF First League for 2017–18 season.
In 2017–18 season, club eliminated Gazişehir Gaziantep F.K. after the 5–4 final score in play-off final after penalty shoot-outs and promoted to Süper Lig for the first time. They played their first Süper Lig game against Konyaspor on 12 August 2018 at Konya Büyükşehir Stadium where they lost 2–3. Their first goal at Süper Lig level was scored by French defender Leo Schwechlen against Konyaspor. The club could not avoid relegation in their first season at Süper Lig and relegated after sitting at 17th position after 34 weeks, collecting 35 points.
Following season, collected 62 points and achieved the second spot at TFF First League and the club promoted directly Süper Lig together with champion Hatayspor. The club has established their football academy in August 2020.
The club sacked coach Mesut Bakkal after the 1–3 loss against Antalyaspor at week 31 encounter of 2020–21 season, on 21 March 2021. Although the club announced their agreement with İsmail Kartal on 23 March 2021, Kartal resigned his job just 5 days after the employment, during the midseason training camp in Antalya, grounding his reason as "having neither energy, nor motivation", on March 28. The club announced their agreement with Yılmaz Vural, on 29 March 2021.
Stadium + Erzurumspor FK stadium history#StadiumCapacityYears1Kazım Karabekir Stadium21,374 2010– Since its foundation, Erzurumspor FK plays their home games at Kazım Karabekir Stadium. Opened in 1968, the stadium was known respectively as Cemal Gürsel Stadium, commemorating after Cemal Gürsel, 4th president of Turkey until 2011, then Yeni Erzurum Stadium until 2012 and Kazim Karabekir Stadium since 2012.
Honours TFF First League Winner: 2025–26 Play-off Winner: 2017–18 TFF Second League Play-off Winner: 2016–17 TFF Third League Winner: 2015–16 Turkish Regional Amateur League Winner: 2010–11
League affiliations Süper Lig: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2026- TFF First League: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021– TFF Second League: 2016–17 TFF Third League: 2011–16 Turkish Regional Amateur League: 2010–11 Amateur Leagues: 1972–2010
Team statistics
Recent seasons
+ Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonLeagueDomestic CupEuropeOtherTop goalscorer(s)Goals across all competitions.DivisionCompetitionResultCompetitionResultCompetitionResultName(s)Goals2010–11Turkish Cup2011–122012–13Round 22013–142014–15Round 32015–16Round 22016–17Round 3Promotion play-offsWinner2017–18Round 52018–19Round 42019–20Quarter-final
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
(at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2027) (at Vanspor until 30 June 2027)
(at Sebat FK) until 30 June 2027) (at Vanspor until 30 June 2027)
Out on loan
Coaching staff As of 9 April 2021 PositionStaffHead coach Serkan ÖzbaltaAssistant coach Orkun YıldırımAssistant coach Turgay DemirAssistant coach Faruk Öztürk Assistant coach Ersun CanGoalkeeping coach Mustafa GüneşPerformance and Athletics Coach Uğur KılıçScout Fatih Mesut YılmazScout Eyüp Hakanoğlu
Coaching history
NationalityNameYears Hasan Çelik2010–2011 Faik Demir2011–2012 Taşkın Güngör 2012–2013 Yavuz İncedal2013–2014 Taşkın Güngör 2014–2015 Turhan Özyazanlar2015 Besim Durmuş2015–2016 Ahmet Yıldırım2016–2017 Osman Özköylü2017–2018 Mehmet Altıparmak2018 NationalityNameYears Mehmet Özdilek2018–2019 Hamza Hamzaoğlu2019 Muzaffer Bilazer2019 Erkan Sözeri2019–2020 Mehmet Özdilek2020 Hüseyin Çimşir2020 Mesut Bakkal2020–2021 İsmail Kartal2021 Yılmaz Vural2021 Erkan Sözeri2021–2022 NationalityNameYears Yücel İldiz2022 Muzaffer Bilazer2022–2023 Hakan Kutlu2023–2025 Serkan Özbalta2025–
Presidential history
YearsNationalityName2011 Ahmet Küçükler2012 Mehmet Aydın2012–2015 Saim Özakalın2015 Ali Demirhan2018–2019 Mevlüt Doğan2019–2020 Hüseyin Üneş 2020– Ömer Düzgün
References
External links
Erzurumspor F.K. on TFF.org