Bursaspor, established in 1963, has a rich footballing history that spans across Turkey’s top-tier and lower divisions. The club achieved its greatest success in the 2009–10 season by becoming Süper Lig champions, becoming only the second club outside the “Istanbul Big Three” to win the title. Their league performances, cup campaigns, and European adventures have made them one of the most recognized provincial clubs in Turkish football.

Bursaspor spent the majority of its early decades in the Süper Lig, frequently finishing mid-table with occasional high finishes, including third place in 1966–67. The club experienced relegations and promotions in later decades, with stints in the 1. Lig, 2. Lig, and even 3. Lig, but managed to climb back to the upper divisions on multiple occasions, including promotion back to the top flight in 2005–06 as 1. Lig champions.

Bursaspor has been a regular contender in the Turkish Cup, appearing in multiple semi-finals and finals throughout its history. The club won the 1985–86 Turkish Cup, defeating Altay, and finished as runners-up in 1970–71, 1973–74, 1991–92, 2011–12, and 2014–15. The team has played over 270 matches in the competition, showcasing a long-standing presence.

In the Turkish Super Cup, Bursaspor participated three times (1986, 2010, 2015), losing all three matches, including their most recent one against Galatasaray (0–1) in 2015.

Bursaspor also won the Prime Minister’s Cup twice—in 1971 and 1992—defeating Fenerbahçe on both occasions. These trophies remain part of the club’s domestic history.

Bursaspor has taken part in UEFA competitions on several occasions. Their most notable European run came in 1974–75, when they reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners’ Cup. In 1995–96, they also made it to the Intertoto Cup quarter-finals.

Following their Süper Lig triumph in 2010, they participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage, facing Rangers, Manchester United, and Valencia. While they did not advance, the participation marked a milestone in the club’s international exposure.

Performance by Season SeasonLeagueTurkish CupUEFATop ScorerManagers Pos % PlayerGoals 1963–641. Lig 8th 24 7 8 9 22 26 −6 29.17 29 R3 Hasan Bora 5 Muhtar Tucaltan 1964–65 2nd 30 16 10 4 51 26 +25 53.33 58 R2 Ersel Altıparmak 12 Muhtar Tucaltan 1965–66 3rd 34 22 9 3 57 15 +42 64.71 75 QF 10 Muhtar Tucaltan 1966–671st 30 19 7 4 44 14 +30 63.33 64 R2 15 Sabri Kiraz 1967–68Süper Lig 6th 32 10 13 9 37 33 +4 31.25 43 R2 Mesut Şen 8 Muhtar Tucaltan 1968–69 5th 30 12 8 10 32 28 +4 40.00 44 SF Ersel Altıparmak 8 Sabri Kiraz 1969–70 7th 30 10 10 10 26 20 +6 33.33 40 R2 Vahit Kolukısa 8 Tomislav Kalepović 1970–71 5th 30 11 12 7 25 25 +0 36.67 45RU Sinan Bür 7 Tomislav Kalepović 1971–72 6th 30 12 8 10 29 24 +5 40.00 44 SF Haluk Erdemoğlu 7 Tomislav Kalepović 1972–73 10th 30 6 16 8 27 29 −2 20.00 34 QF Vahit Kolukısa 5 Kalepović / Oktay 1973–74 9th 30 8 12 10 19 25 −6 26.67 36RU Tezcan Ozan 8 Oktay / Bora / Ertan 1974–75 13th 30 6 13 11 20 27 −7 20.00 31 SF Ali Kahraman 4 Abdullah Gegiç 1975–76 10th 30 9 9 12 30 33 −3 30.00 36 R3 Tacettin Ergürsel 8 Ertan / Bora 1976–77 6th 30 10 11 9 34 30 +4 33.33 41 R3 Tacettin Ergürsel 14 Kemal Ömeragiç 1977–78 10th 30 9 10 11 26 24 +2 30.00 37 SF Orhan Kırıkçılar 13 Kemal Ömeragiç 1978–79 12th 30 7 13 10 25 33 −8 23.33 34 QF Orhan Kırıkçılar 5 Bora / Tucaltan 1979–80 4th 30 12 9 9 28 28 +0 40.00 45 R5 Bahtiyar Yorulmaz 12 Niş / Tucaltan 1980–81 9th 30 12 6 12 30 30 +0 40.00 42 SF Ahmet Kılıç 7 Fethi Demircan 1981–82 13th 32 11 9 12 25 26 −1 34.38 42 SF Sedat Özden 5 Gündüz Tekin Onay 1982–83 8th 34 11 11 12 36 34 +2 32.35 44 R6 Beyhan Çalışkan 9 Kemal Ömeragiç 1983–84 10th 34 8 15 11 29 33 −4 23.53 39 QF 6 Kemal Ömeragiç 1984–85 9th 34 9 13 12 39 47 −8 26.47 40 R3 Mirsad Sejdic 14 Bora / Milić 1985–86 16th 36 9 13 14 36 40 −4 25.00 40W Gürsel Hattat 9 Szarvaş / Tucaltan / Kaloperović 1986–87 17th 36 10 8 18 29 40 −11 27.78 38 R6 Q1 Nejat Biyediç4 Kaloperović / Oral / Bür / Özden / H. Endersert / Ömeragiç 1987–88 5th 38 17 6 15 63 56 +7 44.74 57 R4 17 Nevzat Güzelırmak 1988–89 9th 36 12 8 16 42 53 –11 33.33 44 R4 Şenol Ulusavaş 8 Özyazıcı / Gökdel 1989–90 6th 34 13 8 13 46 45 +1 38.24 47 SF Nejat Biyediç14 Gökdel / Vural 1990–91 8th 30 11 5 14 31 36 –5 36.67 38 R6 Erhan Kiremitçi 13 Nunweiller / Đorđe Milić 1991–92 6th 30 10 10 10 44 43 +1 33.33 40RU Hakan Şükür7 Milić / Vural 1992–93 6th 30 12 6 12 42 42 +0 40.00 42 QF Ali Nail Durmuş8 Yılmaz Vural 1993–94 9th 30 9 8 13 26 39 –13 30.00 35 R6 Frank Pingel12 Sepp Piontek 1994–95 6th 34 13 12 9 47 39 +8 47.06 51 QF Majid Musisi9 Güzelırmak / Biyediç 1995–96 9th 34 10 11 13 56 48 +8 29.41 41 R6 QF 15 Biyediç / Bür 1996–97 5th 34 17 8 9 55 37 +18 50.00 59 R6 Elvir Baljić21 Gordon Milne 1997–98 8th 34 12 9 13 46 50 –4 35.29 45 QF 12 Kara / Ertekin 1998–99 12th 34 11 6 17 51 69 –18 32.35 39 R6 Murat Sözkesen 11 Akcan / Özberk 1999–00 10th 34 12 6 16 51 63 –12 35.29 42 SF Okan Yılmaz13 Yılmaz Vural 2000–01 14th 34 11 7 16 55 60 –5 32.35 40 R4 23 Berger / Biyediç 2001–02 10th 34 13 5 16 48 60 –12 38.24 44 R3 13 Nejat Biyediç 2002–03 15th 34 9 9 16 42 62 –20 26.47 36 R2 24 Biyediç / Arıca 2003–0416th 34 10 10 14 40 40 +0 29.41 40 R3 14 Hagi / Kayihan / Biyediç 2004–051. Lig 4th 34 18 9 7 61 26 +35 52.94 63 R3 25 Kalpar / Gündüz 2005–061st 34 21 8 5 56 26 +30 61.76 71 GA Yunus Altun12 Raşit Çetiner 2006–07Süper Lig 10th 34 12 9 13 36 42 –6 35.29 45 QF Sinan Kaloğlu9 Çetiner / İpekoğlu 2007–08 13th 34 9 11 14 31 40 –9 26.47 38 GA Hervé Tum6 Korkmaz / Aybaba 2008–09 6th 34 16 10 8 47 36 +11 47.06 58 QF Sercan Yıldırım11 Aybaba / Kurtar / Sağlam 2009–101st 34 23 6 5 65 26 +39 67.65 75 QF Ozan İpek8 Ertuğrul Sağlam 2010–11 3rd 34 17 10 7 50 29 +21 50.00 61 GA GA Sercan Yıldırım7 Ertuğrul Sağlam 2011–12 8th 40 17 10 13 52 41 +11 42.50 49RU PO Pablo Batalla9 Ertuğrul Sağlam 2012–13 4th 34 14 13 7 52 41 +11 41.18 55 GA PO 15 Sağlam / Karaman 2013–14 8th 34 12 10 12 40 46 −6 35.29 46 SF 3Q Fernandao10 Daum / Buz 2014–15 6th 34 16 9 9 69 44 +25 47.06 57RU 2Q 26 Şenol Güneş 2015–16 11th 34 13 5 16 47 55 −8 38.24 44 R16 Tomas Necid16 Sağlam / Uzgur / Hamzaoğlu 2016–17 14th 34 11 5 18 34 58 −24 32.35 38 GA Pablo Batalla9 Hamzaoğlu / Topçu / Örnek 2017–18 13th 34 11 6 17 43 48 −5 32.35 39 R16 Bogdan Stancu8 Le Guen / Er 2018–1916th 34 7 16 11 28 37 −9 20.59 37 R4 Aytaç Kara 6 Aybaba / Bakkal 2019–201. Lig 6th 36 17 9 10 50 45 +5 47.22 56 R5 Yevhen Seleznyov13 Koşukavak / Üzülmez / Buz 2020–21 10th 34 14 4 16 56 57 −1 41.18 46 R16 Batuhan Kör 11 Mustafa Er 2021–2217th 36 12 8 16 43 53 −10 33.33 44 R5 Namiq Alasgarov6 Er / Tekke / Bizati / Tuna 2022–232. Lig 14th 36 12 10 14 51 57 −6 33.33 46 R2 Enver Cenk Şahin 10 Tam / Ertekin / Hurmacı 2023–2418th 36 6 8 22 28 64 −36 16.67 23 R2 Çağatay Yılmaz 12 Gündüz / Vatansever / Sözkesen / Şengül / Serbest 2024–25 3. Lig1st 28 20 7 1 60 14 +46 71.43 67 R4 Ahmet İlhan Özek 10 Batalla (23), Çağlayan (5)

Turkish Cup performance Season Result P W D L GF GA 1963–64 3rd Round 3 2 0 1 7 6 1964–65 2nd Round 1 0 0 1 3 4 1965–66 Quarter-finals 7 5 0 2 11 5 1966–67 2nd Round 1 0 1 0 2 2 1967–68 2nd Round 4 2 0 2 4 4 1968–69 Semi-finals 8 5 2 1 11 5 1969–70 2nd Round 4 1 3 0 2 1 1970–71 Final 10 4 4 2 9 7 1971–72 Semi-finals 6 3 1 2 7 5 1972–73 Quarter-finals 6 3 2 1 10 7 1973–74 Final 10 5 3 2 12 10 1974–75 Semi-finals 6 4 1 1 8 5 1975–76 3rd Round 2 1 0 1 2 2 1976–77 3rd Round 2 0 1 1 1 4 1977–78 Semi-finals 8 4 2 2 13 5 1978–79 Quarter-finals 6 5 0 1 11 5 1979–80 5th Round 2 1 0 1 1 2 1980–81 Semi-finals 8 3 2 3 10 6 1981–82 Semi-finals 8 4 3 1 11 5 1982–83 6th Round 4 1 1 2 5 4 1983–84 Quarter-finals 6 3 2 1 9 5 1984–85 3rd Round 2 0 1 1 0 1 1985–86 Winner 5 5 0 0 10 1 1986–87 6th Round 4 2 0 2 5 6 1987–88 4th Round 4 3 0 1 10 6 1988–89 4th Round 4 1 1 2 5 7 1989–90 Semi-finals 3 2 1 0 11 5 1990–91 6th Round 2 1 0 1 4 5 1991–92 Final 7 6 0 1 16 8 1992–93 Quarter-finals 2 1 0 1 3 3 1993–94 6th Round 2 1 0 1 2 2 1994–95 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 7 7 1995–96 6th Round 1 0 1 0 0 0 1996–97 6th Round 2 0 1 1 1 3 1997–98 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 5 5 1998–99 6th Round 2 0 1 1 1 3 1999–2000 Semi-finals 4 3 0 1 6 3 2000–01 4th Round 2 1 0 1 5 3 2001–02 3rd Round 1 0 0 1 2 3 2002–03 2nd Round 1 0 0 1 1 2 2003–04 3rd Round 2 1 0 1 1 1 2004–05 3rd Round 3 2 0 1 4 2 2005–06 1st Round 1 0 0 1 0 1 2006–07 3rd Round 5 2 1 2 8 7 2007–08 3rd Round 5 2 2 1 6 5 2008–09 Quarter-finals 7 4 0 3 13 6 2009–10 Quarter-finals 7 5 1 1 13 7 2010–11 3rd Round 4 1 1 2 4 5 2011–12 Final 5 4 0 1 13 6 2012–13 Group Stage 8 3 1 4 10 9 2013–14 Semi-finals 10 6 2 2 20 12 2014–15 Final 13 6 5 2 27 14 2015–16 Round of 16 8 7 0 1 22 9 2016–17 Group Stage 8 4 2 2 13 9 2017–18 Round of 16 6 4 1 1 10 2 2018–19 4th Round 1 0 0 1 1 2 2019–20 5th Round 4 3 0 1 9 7 2020–21 Round of 16 4 2 1 1 7 8 2021–22 5th Round 3 2 1 0 9 3 2022–23 2nd Round 1 0 0 1 0 1 2023–24 2nd Round 1 0 0 1 1 2 2024–254th Round431075 Total 277 145 56 76 441 295

Turkish Super Cup performance

Season Result Opponent Score 1986 Lost Beşiktaş 1–2 2010 Lost Trabzonspor 0–3 2015 Lost Galatasaray 0–1

Prime Minister's Cup performance

Season Result Opponent Score 1971 Won Fenerbahçe 1–0 1974 Lost Beşiktaş 2–3 1992 Won Fenerbahçe 3–1

European competitions performance Season Competition Matches W D L GF GA Pts Result 1974–75 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 2 2 2 5 5 8 Quarter-finals 1986–87 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 First round 1995–96 UEFA Intertoto Cup 6 4 0 2 14 5 12 Quarter-finals 2010–11 UEFA Champions League 6 0 1 5 2 16 1 Group stage 2011–12 UEFA Europa League 4 2 1 1 8 6 7 Play-off round 2012–13 4 2 0 2 10 6 6 Play-off round 2013–14 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 Third qualifying round 2014–15 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 Second qualifying roundTotal 32 10 7 15 41 47 37

References

External links

Official Bursaspor TV Channel Bursaspor European Fan Website Bursaspor Texas Fan Group