BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Konyaspor backroom staff

We hold the names of 39 people on Konyaspor's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. İlhan Palut manages the first team, with Osman Demir and Steven Caulker as assistant managers. Konyaspor's is the 2nd longest staff list of the 21 Süper Lig clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED39

COACHING22

MEDICAL8

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS7

NATIONALITIES2

MEDIAN AGE45

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 22 people

Konyaspor coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
İlhan Palut	Manager	First team	48	Türkiye	Rizespor A.Ş. before that Göztepe A.Ş. and Hatayspor
Hakan Yavuz	Manager	Under-19s	54	Türkiye	-
Osman Demir	Assistant manager	First team	47	Türkiye	Rizespor A.Ş. before that Göztepe A.Ş. and Hatayspor
Steven Caulker	Assistant manager	First team	33	Sierra Leone	-
Bayram Metin	Assistant manager	Under-19s	46	Türkiye	-
Birtan Güner	Coach	First team	33	Türkiye	Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü before that Göztepe A.Ş.
Erkan Akkoç	Coach	First team	44	Türkiye	Rizespor A.Ş. before that Göztepe A.Ş. and Hatayspor
Abdurrahman Baysangur	Coach	Under-19s	54	Türkiye	-
Fatih Başak	Coach	Under-19s	38	Türkiye	-
Gökhan Hadi	Coach	Under-19s	42	Türkiye	-
Mesut Çolak	Coach	Under-19s	53	Türkiye	-
Salih Eken	Coach	Under-19s	60	Türkiye	-
Bekir Arpacı	Goalkeeping coach	First team	50	Türkiye	Rizespor A.Ş. before that Göztepe A.Ş. and Hatayspor
Yunus Emre Sürmeligöz	Goalkeeping coach	First team	44	Türkiye	-
Abdul Koçak	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	53	Türkiye	Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü A.Ş.
Abdullah Çömlekçi	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	48	Türkiye	-
Bahadır Akar	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	50	Türkiye	-
İlker Karaca	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	25	Türkiye	-
Şahin Şarlak	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	49	Türkiye	-
Çağatay Turan	Fitness coach	First team	33	Türkiye	Rizespor A.Ş. before that Göztepe A.Ş. and Hatayspor
Serhat Sezgin	Fitness coach	First team	32	Türkiye	Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü
Soner Demirel	Fitness coach	Under-19s	59	Türkiye	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 8 people

Konyaspor medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Tunç Tarakçı	Chief doctor	Club-wide	57	Türkiye	-
Cevdet Salcı	Club doctor	First team	50	Türkiye	-
Muammer Yasin Bitgi	Club doctor	First team	42	Türkiye	-
Mustafa İşbitirici	Club doctor	First team	50	Türkiye	-
Muhammed Dığrak	Physio	First team	33	Türkiye	MKE Ankaragücü before that Gençlerbirliği
Mustafa Bozkurt	Physio	First team	40	Türkiye	-
Tunahan Dur	Physio	First team	30	Türkiye	-
Ahmet Şimşek	Physio	Under-19s	26	Türkiye	-

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 7 people

Konyaspor scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Berkay Kaptan	Scout	Club-wide	27	Türkiye	-
Taner Ay	Scout	Club-wide	35	Türkiye	-
Ufuk Dündar	Scout	Club-wide	55	Türkiye	-
Yunus Batan	Scout	Club-wide	43	Türkiye	-
Fatih Ustalı	Performance analyst	First team	37	Türkiye	-
Hacı Çetin	Performance analyst	First team	29	Türkiye	Rizespor A.Ş.
Ahmet Ergün	Performance analyst	Under-19s	45	Türkiye	-

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person

Konyaspor football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Bülent Yaldir	Head of youth development	56	Türkiye

Owners and directors

Who owns Konyaspor and sits on its board

Konyaspor owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Ömer Atiker	Chair	45	Türkiye

Backroom staff at every Süper Lig club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Konyaspor's list is the 2nd longest of the 21, against a median of 24 across the division. Galatasaray A.Ş. names the most, 52. Amed Sportif Faaliyetler names the fewest, 11.

Konyaspor against the Süper Lig, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

Konyaspor staff by department against the Süper Lig average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	KONYASPOR	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	22	14	22	Konyaspor
Medical and sports science	8	5	12	Galatasaray A.Ş.
Scouting and analysis	7	4	18	Galatasaray A.Ş.
Football management	1	1	2	Samsunspor A.Ş.
Owners and directors	1	1	3	Göztepe A.Ş.

Backrooms the size of Konyaspor's, in every league

Konyaspor's 39 names make the joint 189th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 174th to 200th, with Konyaspor among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
174	K Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen	Belgian Challenger Pro League	40
174	K Racing Club Genk	Belgian Pro League	40
174	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	40
174	Rubin Kazan	Russian Premier League	40
174	SK Slavia Praha	Czech First League	40
174	SV Werder Bremen	Bundesliga	40
174	Valladolid	La Liga 2	40
189	AEK Athens	Superleague Greece	39
189	Celtic	Scottish Premiership	39
189	Deportivo La Coruña Deportivo	La Liga	39
189	Konyaspor	Süper Lig	39
189	KVC Westerlo	Belgian Pro League	39
189	R Antwerp FC	Belgian Pro League	39
189	Randers Football Club	Danish Superliga	39
189	Swansea City	Championship	39
189	Vissel Kobe	J1 League	39
189	VVV-Venlo	-	39
189	Watford	Championship	39
200	1. FC Nürnberg	2. Bundesliga	38
200	Al-Nassr Football Club	Saudi Pro League	38
200	Dynamo Dresden	2. Bundesliga	38

Where Konyaspor's former staff work now

On Konyaspor's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 5 people

People who worked at Konyaspor in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Aleksandar Stanojević	Manager	Fatih Karagümrük A.Ş.
Arda Keskin	Coach	Gençlerbirliği
Gökhan Özhan	Club doctor	Trabzonspor A.Ş.
Burak İzler	Physio	Rizespor A.Ş.
İlker Arıbaş	Physio	Trabzonspor A.Ş.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Konyaspor's manager?

İlhan Palut is the Konyaspor first-team manager, aged 48. Osman Demir and Steven Caulker are the assistant managers.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Konyaspor?

Bekir Arpacı and Yunus Emre Sürmeligöz coach the Konyaspor first-team goalkeepers.

How many backroom staff do Konyaspor have?

We hold the names of 39 people on Konyaspor's staff for 2025/26: 22 in coaching, 8 in medical and sports science, 7 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 1 owner or director. That is the 2nd longest list of the 21 Süper Lig clubs we hold, against a median of 24. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 189th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Konyaspor pays its squad, see Konyaspor player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: İlhan Palut. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Süper Lig wages.