Gaziantep Futbol Kulubu is a Turkish professional football club based in Gaziantep. Founded in 1988, the club currently plays in the Super Lig, the highest tier of Turkish football.
The club was founded as Sankospor in 1988 and competed at the amateur level until 1993. They competed between the TFF Third League and TFF First League until 2019, when they were promoted to Super Lig. During the 2020–21 season, the club reached the top of the standings in week 17, which they held for one week until being taken over by Besiktas J.K.
History
The club was founded at the amateur level as Sankospor under Sanko Holding A.S., an industrial group of companies headquartered in Gaziantep, in 1988. The first colors of club were blue and white. The club started to compete at TFF Third League in the 1993–94 season. In the TFF Third League, they played their first game in professional leagues against Islahiyespor, another Gaziantep-based club, which ended as a goalless draw on 26 September 1993. Amassing 85 points with 27 wins in a total of 34 games, the team won Group 3 of the 1996–97 season and was promoted to the TFF Second League, with 17 points above the closest competitor Kilis Belediyespor.
The name of the club was changed to Gaziantep Buyuksehir Belediyespor in the beginning of the 1999–2000 season. The club won the Group C title of the 2004–05 season of the TFF Second League, winning 22 games out of 34 with 73 points, scoring 90 goals.
The club made the playoffs for the first time in the 2010–11 season of the TFF First League, when they were defeated by Orduspor 1–0. In the same season, Gaziantep reached the quarter finals of the 2010–11 Turkish Cup, beaten by Besiktas J.K. 0–8 (0–5 and 0–3) in aggregate score.
The name of club was changed for third time as Gazisehir Gaziantep Futbol Kulubu, following the general assembly held on 15 June 2017. The club competed at TFF First League for 2 seasons under this name. The club reached play-offs in 2 consecutive seaso
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