Kocaelispor
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| Full name | Kocaelispor Kulübü |
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| Nickname(s) |
Yeşil Şimşekler (Green Lightnings) |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Ground |
Ismet Paşa Stadium, İzmit, Turkey |
| Capacity | 16,500 |
| Chairman | Bahri Kubilay Yavuz |
| Manager | Ergun Ortakçı |
| League | TFF Third League |
| 2015–16 | Turkish Regional Amateur League 12th Group, 1st (Play-off winner) |
Kocaelispor, is the football team of İzmit, Turkey. They were founded in 1966 and played in the top level between 1980–1988 and 1992–2003. The best result for them was the 4th position in 1992–93 season. They won Turkish Cup twice in 1997 and 2002. Gathering 20,152 spectators, Kocaelispor set a record of highest attendance at a Turkish Regional Amateur League encounter, on 8 January 2015.
Prior to establishment of Kocaelispor, the Executive board representatives of Baçspor, a local football club, had demanded a new plat from İzmit Municipality to assure a place for training the sports in 1957. Osman Gencal, city mayor at the time, had been interested in finding a place for training due to his sportive background as a former sportsman and a member of Baçspor. Therefore, the municipality had given a 28-acre (110,000 m2) wide plat to Baçspor, as the plat had been sold for a symbolic cost of 1 Lira.
Baçspor had sold the plat for 283,000 Liras and had a new place in Baç district of İzmit; and begun to a new construction. In 1964, Baçspor club board planned to found a new team at professional level and compete in 2nd Division. However, federation regulation of that time was stating that it was required to compound at least 3 teams and have appropriate facilities. Then, in 1966, three teams which are Baçspor, İzmit Gençlik and Doğanspor had come together, combined and founded Kocaelispor. Three club boards had consensus on every subject and embraced the green and black as the club colours. Then, it had been held a club congress in common and the new club board had been elected. Kocaelispor had spent 175,000 Liras to gather their first squad ever to compete in 2nd Division in 1966.
Kocaelispor was promoted to the 1st Division for the first time in 1980. They competed 8 seasons consecutively until their relegation in 1988. However, during this phase, the club has relegated once in 1986–87 season and come back after a Turkish Council of State verdict.
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