Eskişehirspor

Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated.

Eskişehirspor was founded by merging the regional teams of İdman Yurdu, Akademi Gençlik and Yıldıztepe and was admitted to the Second League in the 1965–1966 season.

Eskişehirspor won the Turkish Cup in the 1969–1970 season by beating Bursaspor by 4–3 (1–2, 3–1) aggregate and a year after that in 1970–1971 season they lifted the Cumhurbaskanligi Kupasi (President Cup) by beating Galatasaray once again by the same scoreline 3–2 with all goals coming from the Eskişehirspor legend himself Fethi Heper.

Eskişehirspor lost the away leg 1–0, but Fethi Heper won it for them 3–2, scoring a hat-trick in front of a home crowd with only 10 minutes left to play.

They defeated successively Erzurumspor as 2–1, Adanaspor as 3–2, which after extra time and Aydınspor as 2–1 and returned to First League.

The match ended 0–0 after regular and extra time, Eskişehirspor won the penalty shoot out, 6–5.

At the end of 90 minutes Eskişehirspor were promoted to the Süper Lig winning 2–0, with goals from Doğa Kaya and Coşkun Birdal.

Within a short time he and his technical staff solved the main problems of the team, and, after 10 matches, almost qualified for the UEFA Cup, but were ranked 7th in the table at end of the season.

The club was placed under a transfer embargo, due to months of unpaid wages and a debt of 234 million Turkish Lira.

[8] In January 2023, Erkan Koca was elected as the sole candidate at the extraordinary general assembly meeting and became the new president of the club.

The inner walls of the stadium are constructed partially with serigraphic glass to provide maximum transparency from the inside and to emphasise its open character at night.

Besides BandoESES, there is another supporter group (known as KoreoESES), who create very different and unique shows, with some beautiful choreographies for every match, at the stadium and on the road.

They regard their old fashioned stadium as holy grounds and reject the idea that it be moved to the outskirts of the city for the modern one.

The game in Group VI between Eskişehirspor and Manavgat Belediyespor of December 15, 2024 had the highest attendances numbers in the history of the Turkish Regional Amateur League with a total of 30,328 spectators.

Bando-ESES currently has 23 active musicians playing instruments ranging from Trumpets to traditions Turkish davul drums.

The group bring a change to the usual chanting and really liven games up turning matches into a carnival atmosphere.

[11] On 14 May 2016, after losing 1–2 to İstanbul BB, by a late winning goal in the 93rd minute, Eskişehirspor, after all the effort to stay, were relegated from the Süper Lig.

[18] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Squad of Eskişehirspor at the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1970