Konyaspor

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Season Guide

2020/2021

Konyaspor

In

Ibrahim Sehic (gk)(BB Erzurum), Samuel Eduok (att)(Hajduk Split), Musa Cagiran (mid)(Alanyaspor)

Out

Ferhat Oztorun (sp)(def)(Tuzla), Riad Bajic (r)(att)(Udinese-end of loan), Mucahit Can Akcay (att)(released).

Had a poor season, but managed to survive at the top level following their late July performances. In fact, they had kicked off the season well and were standing close to the top of the league, but then they were unable to taste any victory in the 10 fixtures before the new year. The board had to make a coach change in 2020 and appointed coach Bulent Korkmaz who led Konya to collect the necessary points. Last season, they were one of the fewest goal scoring teams. In the last 5 fixtures, they scored 12 goals, but they had only collected 24 goals in the 31 fixtures before. So the coach should find a way of scoring more goals as his forwards were quite inefficient. Milosevic, Omer Ali and Miya took the whole offensive responsibility and, at this point, it is a must to bring in a productive attacker. They added Eduok, but he is originally a winger. In the midfield, they added an experienced Musa Cagiran who will be a good option for the coach, but they need to bring one more player considering the injuries of Volkan and Jevtovic. The board penned a new deal with Ugur Demirok. Besides him, Anicic and Selim Ay are still with Konya, but the coach should also hire a young center back considering the long season ahead. Serkan Kirintili is about to leave the team and so they signed Ibrahim Sehic, but the coach needs a good back-up for him.

Target

They are capable of avoiding relegation, but nothing more considering the current squad quality.

Season Review

2019/2020

№13: Konyaspor

Konya are thankful for the late victories which enabled them to survive at the top level. In fact, they made a good start to the season, but then they had to see a coach change following a very poor run. During the whole season, they lacked creativity up-front. When they reached October, they were standing inside the European spots and the fans were very happy with the team’s performance, but then an unstoppable terrible run started with the home defeat against Yeni Malatya. In this period, the coach insisted to use a 442 formation which has not been effective with Bajic up front. Despite the poor run, he did not think about changing it. After recording only one victory in 14 fixtures, the board did not stand to keep on working with him. His successor Bulent Korkmaz struggled in the early fixtures. In particular, they did not do well with him on the road, but their survival was backed largely by the home run. At this point, Farouk Miya’s decisive goals, Jens Jonsson’s stubborn fight, the offensive performances of Hadziahmetovic and Omer Ali helped the coach collect enough points at home. When coach Bulent Korkmaz was appointed, some fans did not welcome him well, but he managed to earn the vote of confidence by keeping the team in the Super League, but he knows that the next season will be more difficult for them. In order not to face the same worries, he needs to bring an effective attacker and a creative play-maker. If he cannot give his squad more depth, his team will struggle a lot in 21-team busy schedule.