Soma Linyitspor

Somaspor Linyitspor
Full name	Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri Soma Linyit Spor Kulübü
Founded	1984 as Ege Linyitspor
Ground	Soma Linyit Stadium
Chairman	Mustafa Gülşen
League	Manisa Amateur League
Home colours	Away colours

Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri Soma Linyit Spor Kulübü, shortly TKİ Soma Linyitspor, colloquially known as Soma Linyitspor, is a Turkish football club located in Manisa. The world "linyit" means brown coal in Turkish language, which commemorates coal mining industry in city of Manisa. The club enjoyed their best performances while competing at TFF Second League, then-second tier league competition in Turkish football league system.

Since 2001, the club competes at Manisa Amateur League.

History

Former Turkish international (90 caps, 4 goals) and 2002 World Cup bronze medalist Alpay Özalan started his professional career at Soma Linyitspor in 1991–92 season[1]

The club was founded in 1984 as Ege Linyitspor and its name was altered in 1989 as Soma Linyitspor.[2] Beating Erzincanspor by 1–0 final score at Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium at 1st Play-off Group, the team promoted to TFF Second League on 25 May 1994.

Team records

League affiliation

TFF Second League:[lower-alpha 1] 1994–1999
TFF Third League:[lower-alpha 2] 1990–1994, 1999–2001
Turkish Regional Amateur League: 1984–1990, 2001–

Honours

TFF Third League
- Play-off Winner: 1993–94

References

Notes

TFF Second League was the second highest level at Turkish football league system (3 tier of professional football) until the formation of Süper Lig in 2001.
TFF Third League was the third highest level at Turkish football league system (3 tier of professional football) until the formation of Süper Lig in 2001.

Citations

"Alpay Özalan kimdir?" [Who is Alpay Özalan]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022. 2.ligde Soma Linyitspor'da oynadıktan sonra 1992'de Altay'a geçti ve o sezon sergilediği performans sonrasında Fatih Terim tarafından Ümit Milli Takım'a alındı.
"Soma'nın Spor Tarihi (5)" [Sports History of Soma (5)] (in Turkish). somakaraelmas.com. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

External links

Somaspor at TFF

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[3] TFF Second League was the second highest level at Turkish football league system (3 tier of professional football) until the formation of Süper Lig in 2001.

[4] TFF Third League was the third highest level at Turkish football league system (3 tier of professional football) until the formation of Süper Lig in 2001.

[Ozalan-1] "Alpay Özalan kimdir?" [Who is Alpay Özalan]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022. 2.ligde Soma Linyitspor'da oynadıktan sonra 1992'de Altay'a geçti ve o sezon sergilediği performans sonrasında Fatih Terim tarafından Ümit Milli Takım'a alındı.

[Soma_Linyitspor-2] "Soma'nın Spor Tarihi (5)" [Sports History of Soma (5)] (in Turkish). somakaraelmas.com. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.