History
In 1965, Orhan Şefik Apak, then president of the Turkish Football Federation, asked cities in Turkey to combine their amateur football clubs into one singular club that would represent their communities. These new clubs would compete in the newly created 2.Lig (Second Division). After several meetings, representatives of the city merged Erciyesspor, Sanayispor, and Ortaanadoluspor to form Kayserispor. The club submitted the required paperwork and were officially founded as Kayserispor on 1 July 1966. They began competing in the 1966–67 2.Lig. Erdoğan Gürhan was the first manager, signing a contract worth 1,500 TL. In their first season, the club competed in the Beyaz Grup (White Group). Yener scored the first goal in club history when he netted a shot in the 17th minute against Ankara Toprakspor. The club finished with a nine win, nine draw, and twelve loss record in 30 matches while scoring 21 goals and conceding 33. They finished in ninth place.
Kayserispor were promoted to the 1.Lig for the first time at the end of the 1972–73 season. They were also relegated for the first time in 1974–75, and competed in the 2.Lig until 1978–79. Kayserispor defeated Galatasaray in the quarter-finals of the 1977–78 Türkiye Kupası, and reached the semi-finals for the first time. They went on to lose to Adana Demirspor. In 1978, Tamer Kaptan, manager of the club at the time, brought Johan Cruyff's Total Football system to Kayserispor after watching the Netherlands national football team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The club proceeded to score 66 goals that season, which ranked them second in Europe behind English club Liverpool F.C. The club were promoted again at the end of the 1978–79 after beating Ankaragücü 3-0 at promotion play-off, but were relegated at the end of the following season. Kayserispor were promoted to the 1. Lig again in 1984–85, but were once again relegated the following year. They would continue competing in the 2.Lig until the end of the 1991–92 season except playing in third level between 1989 and 1991. The club set a record for most managers in a season when they hired and fired eight coaches throughout the 1988–89 season. Kayserispor reached a low point when they were relegated to the 3. Lig the following season. Kayserispor returned to 1. Lig after successively 2 promotions between 1990 and 1992
Kayserispor started 1. Lig in 1992-93 season with 7-2 away defeat to Kocaelispor, also newcomer but managed to remain in it. They reached to 11th position in 1994-95 season but were relegated again to 2nd League at the end of the following season. They returned to top level at first attempt, but this return lasted one season after finishing behind Gençlerbirliği and Gaziantepspor due to goal average
Kayserispor stayed in second level until of 2003-2004 season. After the season Kayseri Erciyesspor promoted to Super League. Before the start of 2004-2005 season, 2 teams of Kayseri switched their names, chairmans and managers. Thus, Kayserispor became Kayseri Erciyesspor and changed their colours as blue-black. They finished 2nd level as 3rd and thus returned to top level after 7 seasons. They finished Super League with respectable 10th place in 2005-2006 season. But they were relegated to second level end of the following season despite becoming runner-ups to Turkey Cup, went to Beşiktaş. Since 2007, Kayseri Erciyesspor has played in First League.
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