Sivasspor

Turkish football club

Sivasspor Kulübü, known as EMS Yapı Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since the 2017–18 season. They competed for the Süper Lig title in two consecutive seasons (2007–08 and 2008–09), ultimately finishing fourth and second respectively. They also earned the fourth spot at the end of 2019–20 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 with Altay and Kocaelispor. They were also fifth at the end of 2013–14 season. They were the champions of the 2021–22 Turkish Cup.

Sivasspor were originally formed on 14 May 1932 in Sivas as Sivas Gençlik. They sported Kırmızı Beyaz (Red White) shirts and Beyaz (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 Gençlik merged with Yolspor and Kızılırmak. They had hoped that this merger would help their push to join the professional leagues, the league closed their doors to Sivasspor once more. There were several boycotts until 1 July 1967, when Sivasspor was allowed to play professional football in Turkey. On 17 September 1967, during a match against Kayseri Erciyesspor (then Kayserispor) played at the Kayseri Atatürk Stadium, a disaster occurred 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 (now TFF Second League). Kayseri Erciyesspor were champions and promoted to Second League. Due to there being many new clubs, the Turkish Football Federation decided to create a third league. They were permitted into the Second League along with Afyonspor, Balıkesirspor, Giresunspor, Kastamonuspor, Malatyaspor, Orduspor, Uşakspor, and Taksim GK. They came close to promotion to First League in 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons but finished second behind Şekerspor and Adana Demirspor. Sivasspor would remain in the lower leagues until winning the Second League in 2005, gaining automatic promotion. On 26 May 2022, Sivasspor won their first major honour, the 2021–22 Turkish Cup in a 3–2 extra time win over Kayserispor.

Season Supplier Shirt sponsor Backside sponsor Shorts sponsor Sleeve(s) sponsor 1967–83 Information required 1983–84 — Olimpiyat Spor — — — 1984–89 Information required 1989–92 — GÖK YIL — — — 1992–94 Information required 1994–95 — Tam Sigorta — — — 1995–97 Information required 1997–98 Puma Hedef Çamaşırları — — — 1998–99 Pazaristan — — — 1999–00 Information required 2000–01 On Yıldız Çamaşırları — — — 2001–05 Information required 2005–06 Diadora Turkcell — — — 2006–07 — — Turkcell 2007–08 — — 2008–09 Adidas — — — 2009–10 Duyes Group — — 2010–11 Türk Kızılayı Aksa — Marka AVM 2011–12 Spor Toto — Tony Montana — 2012–13 Marka AVM — — 2013–14 Riga Boya Spor Toto Tony Montana 2014–15 Marka AVM Aksa Tony Montana Betta 2015–16 Metropol AVM — — 2016–17 Spor Toto — — 2017–18 Demir İnşaat Demir Enerji — — 2018–19 Halıca — 2019–20 Winasol Marmara Group Halıca, Yıldız Dağı 2020–21 Puma Demir Holding Marmara Group 2021–22 Aksa Jakamen, Marmara Group Bitexen 2022–23 Tony Montana Bitexen Bitexen Misli. com

Sivasspor has got active departments in women's football (founded in 2021), billiards, bridge, judo, table tennis, swimming and Jereed, an ancient Turkic equestrian team sport.