Eskià Âehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskià Âehir. Founded in 1965, Eskià Âehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the club won the TFF First League playoffs and were promoted in May 2008. Since being relegated from the Süper Lig in 2016 they have competed in lower leagues.
Eskià Âehirspor was founded by merging the regional teams of ðdman Yurdu, Akademi Gençlik and Yñldñztepe and was admitted to the Second League in the 1965âÂÂ1966 season. The team was promoted to the First League in its first professional season. Eskià Âehirspor became one of the better historically rich Anatolian clubs despite having never won the Süper Lig between 1968 and 1975. They were runners-up in 1968âÂÂ1969, 1969âÂÂ1970, and 1971âÂÂ1972 seasons. Eskià Âehirspor won the Turkish Cup in the 1969âÂÂ1970 season by beating Bursaspor by 4âÂÂ3 (1âÂÂ2, 3âÂÂ1) aggregate and a year after that in 1970âÂÂ1971 season they lifted the Cumhurbaskanligi Kupasi (President Cup) by beating Galatasaray once again by the same scoreline 3âÂÂ2 with all goals coming from the Eskià Âehirspor legend himself Fethi Heper. But in 2024/25 season they managed to be first in Turkish Regional Amateur League and Return to 3rd League.
One of Eskià Âehirspor's greatest matches took place in the 1970âÂÂ71 UEFA Cup against Sevilla FC. Eskià Âehirspor lost the away leg 1âÂÂ0, but Fethi Heper won it for them 3âÂÂ2, scoring a hat-trick in front of a home crowd with only 10 minutes left to play.
After the 80's, Eskià Âehirspor started to slowly lose their success. The club relegated to the Second League in the 1981âÂÂ82 season after an eventful match against Beà Âiktaà  on gameweek 34, the last gameweek. The match was halted at 78th minute due to an intemperance caused by Eskià Âehirspor's supporters, after Beà Âiktaà Â's midfielder Ziya scored the 2-1 goal in the 76th minute. Eskià Âehirspor was announced to have unanimously lost the match 3-0 by TFF and relegated, being 1 point behind Gaziantepspor while Beà Âiktaà  won the First League trophy 14 years after their last league trophy in 1967. Eskià Âehirspor returned to the First League in the 1983âÂÂ84 season. They reached the Federation Cup final in the 1986âÂÂ87 season but lost against GençlerbirliÃÂi 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate. They won the Chancellor Cup against Beà Âiktaà  after the penalty shootout resulted in a 4âÂÂ2 victory, the match previously finishing in a 2âÂÂ2 draw.
They relegated again to the Second League after a 1âÂÂ0 loss against Galatasaray, a goal scored by Tanju in Round 38, the last round in the 1988âÂÂ89 season. Eskià Âehirspor collected 41 points and remained behind Altay by average. They relegated to the Third League after finishing third from last in Group A of the Second League in the 1991âÂÂ92 season. However, they returned to the Second League the following season after finishing 1st in Group 5 of the Third League.
Eskià Âehirspor finished 1st in the 3rd Group in the Second League and qualified for the Promotion Group in the 1994âÂÂ95 season. They finished 3rd and qualified to Extra Playoff where they successfully defeated Erzurumspor 2âÂÂ1, Adanaspor 3âÂÂ2 after extra time and Aydñnspor 2âÂÂ1, returning to the First League. Eskià Âehirspor's new adventure in the First League would however last only one season as they were relegated after a 7-1 loss against Trabzonspor despite a good start against ðstanbulspor where the match finished in a 3âÂÂ1 victory for Eskià Âehirspor. Eskià Âehirspor qualified to the Promotion Playoff but didn't return to the First League in the 1997âÂÂ98 season. They escaped relegation to the Third League the following season, Petrol Ofisi SK being the one to relegated in the 1998âÂÂ99 season. Eskià Âehirspor finally qualified to the Second League Category B (later renamed Second League), which is the third level of Turkish football, after the 2000âÂÂ2001 season.
Eskià Âehirspor finished 1st in 3rd Group of ðddaa League B and played in Promotion Group in 2005âÂÂ2006 season. They finished 3rd behind of Kasñmpaà Âa and GençlerbirliÃÂi Asaà Âspor and qualified for Extra Playoff matches. Eskià Âehirspor's first play off match was against Kardemir Karabükspor. After regular and extra time the match ended in a 0âÂÂ0 draw. Eskià Âehirspor advanced to quarter final game after beating them 3âÂÂ1 in the penalty shoot out. They also defeated Sarñyer after 6âÂÂ5 in the penalty shoot out. Regular and extra time the match ended in a 0âÂÂ0 draw before penalty shoot out. They defeated 3âÂÂ0 Kartalspor in semifinal and Pendikspor in final and promoted to First League. Eskià Âehirspor finished 13th in 2006âÂÂ2007 season. After a successful season in the Bank Asya First League, Eskià Âehirspor finished in 4th place and qualified for the playoffs in 2007âÂÂ2008 season. The playoffs determine who is going to take the third and final promotion spot for the Süper Lig.
Eskià Âehirspor's first play off match was against Diyarbakñrspor. The match ended 0âÂÂ0 after regular and extra time, Eskià Âehirspor won the penalty shoot out, 6âÂÂ5.
The final match against Boluspor was held at the Beà Âiktaà Â' Inonu Stadium in Istanbul. At the end of 90 minutes Eskià Âehirspor were promoted to the Süper Lig winning 2âÂÂ0, with goals from DoÃÂa Kaya and Coà Âkun Birdal.
On 3 June 2008, Halil ÃÂnal was elected as the new chairman of Eskià Âehirspor. Rñza ÃÂalñmbay was appointed as manager for the 2008âÂÂ2009 season. Eskià Âehirspor beat Galatasaray twice (4âÂÂ2 at home and 1âÂÂ0 at away), and draw 2âÂÂ2 with Fenerbahçe at home in this season and secured Süper Lig status for 2009âÂÂ2010 season, despite losing 5âÂÂ2 at home to Trabzonspor on 24 May 2009. The 2009âÂÂ2010 season was a much more progressive period for ESES. Almost all title chasing clubs were beaten in the Eskisehir Stadium by Kñrmñzñ à Âimà Âekler. ESES had a very poor beginning to the 2010âÂÂ2011 season, losing 6 matches back to back. Rñza ÃÂalñmbay was sacked by the board and Bulent Uygun was announced as the new Coach. Within a short time he and his technical staff solved the main problems of the team, and, after 10 matches, almost qualified for the UEFA Cup, but were ranked 7th in the table at end of the season. During the summer break, Bulent Uygun was fired and Michael Skibbe announced as new coach.
Eskià Âehirspor was relegated from the Süper Lig in 2016 and spent 5 seasons in the TFF First League, the second division of Turkish football, before being relegated in 2021. During this period, the club was placed under a transfer embargo starting in 2019, due to months of unpaid wages and a debt of 234 million Turkish Lira.
In 2022, the club suffered back-to-back relegations as it fell to the TFF Third League.
In January 2023, Erkan Koca was elected as the sole candidate at the extraordinary general assembly meeting and became the new president of the club. After the new management took office, Eskià Âehirspor's transfer ban was lifted in February 2023 after 7 transfer periods following the letter of no debt received from its creditors. At the end of the 2022âÂÂ23 season, the club was relegated to the Turkish Regional Amateur League.
The unmistakable emblem was actually designed by Eskisehirspor's first club chairman Aziz Bolel and perfected by graphic designer Selahattin Vapur, the three stars represent the merger of Akademi Gençlik, ðdmanyurdu and Yñldñztepe.
The club colours were inspired by French club Stade Rennais' 1964âÂÂ1965 Coupe De France win, the board saw Rennes lifting the cup celebrating on the front page of a football magazine and immediately fell in love with the club colours and adopted them as their own believing that it would bring them good luck.
Eskià Âehir Atatürk Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Eskià Âehir, Turkey. It was used mostly as Eskià Âehirspor's home ground. The stadium was built in 1953 and held 13,520 people. It was named after the Turkish statesman Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
New Eskià Âehir Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the Sazova neighborhood of (Southwest of Eskià Âehir metropolitan area) Eskià Âehir, Turkey. The all-seated stadium has a capacity of nearly 32,500 people. It was also one of the 9 candidate host stadiums of the Turkish bid for EURO 2016. Despite losing the election, the Chairman of TFF said "we have to work on these stadiums like a winner of the election; I'm going to talk about it with the Prime Minister".
The inner walls of the stadium are constructed partially with serigraphic glass to provide maximum transparency from the inside and to emphasise its open character at night. A tram line connects the New Eskià Âehir Stadium with the city centre, the airport and the university. A new express ring road around the city also passes just south of the stadium.
On 7 January 2010, the Eskià Âehirspor president, Halil ÃÂnal, Eskià Âehir mayor, Prof. Dr. Yñlmaz Büyükerà Âen and Eskià Âehir governor, Mehmet Kñlñçlar, signed the agreement to construct the new stadium in Muttalip.
The stadium also replaced the Eskià Âehir Atatürk Stadium, former home ground of Eskià Âehirspor.
It opened to the public on 20 November 2016.
The supporters create a great atmosphere during the season with their Band Team (known as BandoESES). Besides BandoESES, there is another supporter group (known as KoreoESES), who create very different and unique shows, with some beautiful choreographies for every match, at the stadium and on the road. Eskisehirspor supporters are really different than others when it comes to supporting their club through 2nd and even 3rd divisions. They regard their old fashioned stadium as holy grounds and reject the idea that it be moved to the outskirts of the city for the modern one. Because of their passionate, obsessive and dominant atmosphere during matches, they are the envy of many other team's supporters. They have gained recognition and respect as one of the fiercest fanbases in Turkey and are known as a "phenomenon" of Turkish football.
The game in Group VI between Eskià Âehirspor and Manavgat Belediyespor of December 15, 2024 had the highest attendances numbers in the history of the Turkish Regional Amateur League with a total of 30,328 spectators.
Founded in 2006 in the 'Samba Bar', Eskià Âehir, what started as a group of friends has grown into one of the most well known and respect supporter groups in Turkey. Bando-ESES currently has 23 active musicians playing instruments ranging from Trumpets to traditions Turkish davul drums. They are accompanied by loyal backing members who also help out. The group bring a change to the usual chanting and really liven games up turning matches into a carnival atmosphere. They can help to control the tempo of the game and have a range of musical styles. The group are well organised and are constantly growing.
On 14 May 2016, after losing 1âÂÂ2 to ðstanbul BB, by a late winning goal in the 93rd minute, Eskià Âehirspor, after all the effort to stay, were relegated from the Süper Lig. Fans of the club, the Eskià Âehirspor Ultras, upset with this, set their own stadium on fire. The stadium was never used again.
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