Wikipedia - Balıkesirspor

Balıkesirspor is a Turkish club based in Balıkesir. Established in 1966, the football team played in the Süper Lig after achieving promotion having finished as runners-up of the TFF First League in 2013–14. The team's previous promotion was 40 years before that. Their stadium, the all-seater Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium, has a capacity of 15,800.

History

Balıkesirspor was founded on 6 June 1966 and started to compete in Turkish Second Football League in 1967–68 season. On 20 August 1967, it played its first competitive match against Malatyaspor and won 3–1. Kadir Gürsoy scored the first goal of the club in that match. The club won its first title in 1974–75 season under the management of Rıdvan Kösemihal and promoted to Turkish First Football League, the top level of Turkish Football. Despite being 4th in the first half of the season, Balıkesirspor finished its first season in the top level in the last place and was relegated to Second League.

After competing in Second League for 10 seasons in a row, the club was relegated to Third League, the third level of Turkish football at that time. In the 1991–92 season, Balıkesirspor earned promotion after finishing first in Third League Group 7.

Balıkesirspor fans celebrating promotion to Süper Lig, in 2014
Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium, ground of Balıkesirspor
Balikesirspor U21 er et tyrkisk fotballag som spiller i TFF U21 Ligi, den høyeste divisjonen for U21-lag i Tyrkia. Laget er ungdomslaget til Balikesirspor, som spiller i Süper Lig.

Balikesirspor U21 ble grunnlagt i 2012 og har spilt i TFF U21 Ligi siden 2013. Laget har vunnet ligaen èn gang, i 2016–17-sesongen.

Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har spilt for Balikesirspor U21 inkluderer Enes Ünal, Yusuf Yazıcı og Orkun Kökçü.

Balikesirspor U21 spiller hjemmekampene sine på Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium, som har en kapasitet på 15 328.