Zonguldak Kömürspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Zonguldak. The club is also known as Kara Elmas (Black Diamond), referring to coal mining.

Zonguldakspor FK
Full nameZonguldakspor FK
Nickname(s)Kara Elmas (Black Diamond)
Founded1966[1]
GroundKaraelmas Kemal Köksal Stadium,
Zonguldak, Turkey[1]
Capacity13,795[1]
ChairmanHakan Hürfikir[1]
ManagerBarış Şeref
LeagueTFF Second League
2022–23TFF Second League, Red, 9th of 20

History

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Demir Madencilik Dilaverspor, founded in 1986, was renamed as Zonguldak Kömürspor on May 18, 2011. The club colors were also changed from red-white to red-navy.

Zonguldak Kömürspor promoted to the TFF Third League in the 2013–14 season. Kömürspor finished on top of Group 10 of the Turkish Regional Amateur League. They won 2–0 in the play-off against Zara Belediyespor and earned promotion. In the 2015–16 season the Zonguldak side finished as 4th in Group 1 of the TFF Third League and qualified for promotion play-offs. After eliminating Tire 1922 4–1 on aggregate in the semi-final, the club from the Black Sea Region faced Kızılcabölükspor in the play-off final. A 2–1 win secured the club a promotion to the TFF Second League.

League participations

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Current squad

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As of 16 January 2023[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   TUR Ali Mert Tuncer
2 DF   TUR Ömür Hüseyin Aztekin (on loan from Çorum)
3 DF   TUR Oğuzhan Yazıcı
4 DF   TUR Emrah Taysı
7 FW   TUR Ercüment Ataklı
10 MF   TUR Aykut Yakut
11 MF   TUR Hüseyin Yılmaz
12 DF   TUR Emin Altunay
13 GK   TUR Egemen Yaylı
14 DF   TUR Hakan Çevik  
17 MF   TUR Berkay Akgül
19 FW   TUR Tarık Akcan
20 FW   TUR Murat Aşkın
21 MF   TUR Mümin Uyar
23 MF   TUR Halil Çiçek (on loan from Beşiktaş)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 FW   TUR Ömer Talha Nergiz (on loan from Iğdır)
33 GK   TUR Zeki Furkan Kayalı
34 FW   TUR Fatih Bektaş
35 DF   TUR Alper Aşkın
41 GK   TUR Ömer Kavurkacı
44 DF   TUR Mevlüt Çelik
53 FW   TUR Efe Tecimer (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor)
61 DF   TUR Emre Kara
63 MF   TUR Hasan Demir
66 DF   TUR Abdullah Kenarlı
72 FW   TUR Embiya Ayyıldız (on loan from Ankaragücü)
77 DF   GER Oğuzhan Matur
83 FW   TUR Yiğit Genç

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Club details tff.org. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Zonguldak Kömürspor squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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