Football Season Guide

Konyaspor

In


Ioan Hora (mid)(Pandurii T.-Jiu); Dani Milosevic (mid)(Standart Liege); Abdulaziz Demircan (gk)(Kayseri); Can Demir Aktav (def)(Anadolu Selcuk); Recep Aydin (mid)(Karabuk-End of loan); Vedat Bora (mid)(Giresun-End of loan); Ishak Cakmak (mid)(Gaziantep BB-End of loan); Oguzhan Demirci (gk), Tufan Ozbozkurt (mid), Emre Yilmaz (gk), Okan Derici (mid)(Anadolu Selcuk-End of loan).

Out


Dossa Junior (sp)(def)(AEL Limassol); Ishak Cakmak (sp)(mid)(Balikesir); Okan Derici (mid)(Gaziantep BB); Recep Aydin (sp)(mid)(Giresun-on loan); Alban Meha (r)(mid)(Nasr); Tomas Borek (sp)(mid)(free agent); Emre Selen (gk)(Yeni Malatya-End of loan); Samuel Holmen (r)(mid)(Fenerbahce-End of loan); Abdou Traore (r)(att)(Karabuk-End of loan).

What a great season for the fans of Konya... Their team offered the best performance of their club history and finished the last season in the third place. This success will also let them make their European Cups debut in the group stage of Europa League. There is no doubt that the whole city are very satisfied with coach Aykut Kocaman. He knows that their job will be more difficult as there are expectations from them. Since they are going to fight in three competitions, they have tried to build a wide ranging squad. Their defensive performance was acceptable but they were the lowest scoring team in the top seven teams. It seems the only part that they want to improve. Samuel Holmen offered a good performance on the team’s offensive performance. Following his departure, the coach tried to fill his role with young Deni Milosevic. His performance should be decisive. After Traore returned to Karabuk, there are only Rangelov and Bajic as attackers. At this point, one more attacker is expected to be signed in at least considering the busy schedule. The Romanian winger Hora was added in order to replace Alban Meha who left for Nasr. In the formation of the coach, the front of the defence line carries an important role. So Ali Camdali and Kibong Mbamba are expected to spend a good season. On the net, the coach had already Serkan Kirintili and Kaya Tarakci on his pocket. With the arrival of Abdulaziz Demircan, they should have no problem between the sticks. In the defence line, promising centre-back Can Aktav arrived from the reserve team. He could find a chance in the cup duties. Since they did not face any major departure at the back, the coach should feel comfortable about the defence line. The fans have a great belief about their team. That is why they have already bought more than 30.000 season cards. They are expected to create a great atmosphere at home. In general, they have everything to repeat the last season’s success. Only handicap is to be short in the offence line.

Target


To gain a European Cup spot would be great for them. To move to the next round in Europe could make them crazy.