Zonguldakspor
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| Full name | Zonguldak Spor Kulübü |
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| Nickname(s) | Kara Elmas (Black Diamond) |
| Founded | 1966 (1945 as Kömürspor) |
| Ground | Kemal Köksal Stadyumu, Zonguldak, Turkey |
| Capacity | 13,795 |
| Chairman |  Süleyman Caner |
| Manager | Cahit Terzi |
| League | TFF Third League |
| 2014-15 | TFF Third League ,3rd |
Zonguldakspor was a local football club in Zonguldak, Turkey. It was also known as Kara Elmas (Black Diamond). The club was founded in 1945 as Kömürspor and won all of Zonguldak League until 1966. It admitted to Second League in 1966-67 season and took its present name.
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Overview
It promoted to First League after finishing as an champion at White Group of Second League in 1973-74 season. It became a nightmare team for Big Trees in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was the most successful in 1979-80 season and became 3rd. It pined away after 4th in 1981-82 season and relegated to Third League after two successive seasons between 1987-1989. She yoyoed between old Second and Third Leagues after 1989. She was one of the founder teams of the new Third League, which is the fourth tier of the Turkish League system in 2001. It promoted to Second League after finishing as champion at Third Group of Third League in 2001–2002 season. It missed out promotion to Second League Category A next season. It pined away again after 2002-2003 season and relegated to Third League after finishing 8th or last in Fourth Classifiment Group of Second League Category B in 2005–2006 season. It struggled to escaping from relegation to Amateur League because of financial straits until 2007-2008 season. It finally relegated to Zonguldak Super Amateur League after losing 3–2 away match against Beylerbeyi, who is Galatasaray's pilot team and promoted to Second League, at Round 29. It finished 13th or 4th from last in Fourth Group of Third League. Its relegation meant no representative of Zonguldak province at Turkish League since 2008. Zonguldakspor finished Zonguldak Super Amateur as runner-up in 2008-2009 season and as champion in 2009-10 one and finally qualified for Regional Amateur League. It finished 4th this group and was forced to play-out against Demir Madencilik Dilaverspor, play-off winner of Zonguldak Super Amateur. Club lost it with 4-2 defeat in April 24, 2011 and relegated to Zonguldak Super Amateur.[1] Zonguldakspor changed Its name as Fenerspor and color as dark red-blue in May 10, 2011.[2] Also Demir Madencilik Dilaverspor, was founded in 1986, changed its name from red-white to red-navy and was renamed as Zonguldak Kömürspor in May 18, 2011. Fenerspor currently doesn't field team. Zonguldak Kömürspor finally promoted to Third League in 2013-14 season.
League participations (For Zonguldakspor)
- Turkish Super League: 1974–88
- TFF First League: 1966–74, 1988–89, 1992–99
- TFF Second League: 1989–92, 1999–01, 2002–06
- TFF Third League: 2001–02, 2006–08
- Turkish Regional Amateur League: 2008–2011
League participations (For Zonguldak Kömürspor)
- TFF Third League: 2014-
- Turkish Regional Amateur League: 2011–2014
Notable players
- Şaban Kartal
- Bora Öztürk
- Özer Umdu
- Hamit Ayden
- İsa Ertürk
- Volkan Yayım
- Ayhan Akbin
- Muzaffer Badaloğlu
- Fuat Yaman
- Sercan Görgülü
- Tuğrul Duru
- Muammer Birdal
- Savaş Demiral
- Hamit Yüksel
- Tümer Metin
- Žarko Vukčević (Vukçeviç)
- Milijan Tupajic
- Hulusi Yavuz
