Malatya SK is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 based in Malatya

Malatya

Malatya ) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province.-Overview:The city site has been occupied for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Following Roman expansion into the east, the city was renamed in Latin as Melitene...

, mainly concentrated on football. Malatyaspor are currently playing in the TFF Third League

TFF Third League

TFF Third League or TFF 3. Lig , is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001-02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League. 2010–11 is the 10th season of the league...

. Previously their colors were yellow and black (before 1984). They played in First League

Turkcell Super League

The Süper Lig is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system. It is one of the top leagues in the UEFA confederation and the winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the UEFA Champions League...

 for 11 seasons. They are the first and only team located in Eastern Anatolia which qualified for a European cup, 2003-04 UEFA Cup. They relegated to amateur level after matches played in 31 March 2011.

League participations

• First Level: 1984-90, 2001-06
• Second Level: 1967-68, 1973-77, 1980-84, 1990-01, 2006-09
• Third Level: 1968-73, 1977-80, 2009-2010
• Fourth Level: 2010-2011
• Amateur Level: 2011-

European Cups

UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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/Europa League:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2003–04	1R		FC Basel FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...	0–2	2–1 (aet)	2-3

Current squad

Notable former players

Bünyamin Süral Celaleddin Koçak

Celaleddin Koçak

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 Ceyhun Güray Erdoğan Arıca

Erdogan Arica

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 Eren Talu Feyzullah Küçük Mert Korkmaz

Mert Korkmaz

Mert Zeki Korkmaz is a retired Turkish footballer.-Career:Korkmaz played as a defender, and was known for his fighting spirit and professional approach to the game....

 Okan Yılmaz

Okan Yilmaz

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 Oktay Çevik
Orhan Kapucu Şeyhmuz Suna Taner Demirbaş

Taner Demirbas

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 Tolga Seyhan

Tolga Seyhan

Tolga Seyhan is a Turkish footballer who plays for the club Hacettepespor in the Turkish Super Lig. He was born in Giresun, a city on the Black Sea.-Club career:...

 Ünal Karaman

Ünal Karaman

Ünal Karaman is a former Turkish professional footballer and manager.-Club career:He played for Konyaspor , Gaziantepspor , Malatyaspor , Trabzonspor and Ankaragücü .-International career:Karaman made 36 appearances for the senior Turkey national football team between 1985 and...

 Yaşar Duran Klodian Duro

Klodian Duro

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 Carlos

Carlos Roberto Gallo

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 Eder

Éder Aleixo de Assis

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Serginho Zdeněk Šenkeřík

Zdenek Šenkerík

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 Marcel Mbayo Arsim Abazi

Arsim Abazi

Arsim Abazi is a Kosovar international football defender and midfielder who plays in KF Ferizaj, in Kosovo.Abazi previously played for Malatyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig.-References:*...

 Petar Milosevski

Petar Miloševski

Petar Miloševski is a football goalkeeper from Macedonia who, as at June 2006, plays for Enosis Neon Paralimni.Miloševski made his debut for the Macedonia football team in 1998, and currently has 56 caps....

 Artim Sakiri

Artim Šakiri

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 Milan Osterc

Milan Osterc

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 Helman Mkhalele

Helman Mkhalele

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