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1st June 1963. The most significant turning point of history of Bursa Football... Bursaspor was formally established. Bursa Amateur football which gave Champion of Turkey twice was in crisis. New targets were to be determined. Turkish 1st league created in 1959 was a great excitement for the country. Thereafter the 2nd league was created. Bursa would have to take its place there with its rooted history.  Orhan Şeref Apak , the unforgettable President of Federation of the era liaised with Bursa. Initially it was planned to make Merinos professional. When the directors of yellow-dark blue color did not deem it appropriate other clubs stepped in.

      Amateur clubs that suffered from economical difficulties were mobilized to merge and create a powerful team led by Mehmet Ertan, a teacher and Fahir Tezcan, the national football referee. This decision was supported by Fahrettin Akkutlu, the governor of the era as well and the first meeting was held in the governor’s office. The meeting which was not attended by the representative of champion Akınspor which had completed that season without a failure was realized with the attendance of directors of Acar İdman Yurdu, Çelikspor, İstiklal and Pınarspor, Orhan Eşref Apak,  President of Football Federation, Fahrettin Akkutlu, the Governor and Mehmet Göral, Regional Manager. The clubs made the final decision to merge in this meeting. And Akınspor supported this decision subsequently and thus Bursaspor was borne. A new sun arose from five stars and Bursa was entitled to struggle in the league which it longed for and which it deserved.

      The club gained its colors from the white color of Uludağ and the green color of the plain. Green-White Bursaspor began its struggle as of the end of the season 1963-64 in the 2nd Turkish League, the White Group.

      Founder members of the green-white club which was founded n difficulty and which had difficulty even in finding the money required for the bank guarantee were composed of the following persons; Mehmet Göral, Süreyya Öğünç, Recep Barışıcı, Can Gengörü, Cemal Dik, Faik Tinel, Tarık Sekban, Salih Kiracıbaşı, Hüseyin Canova, Ali Erdinç, Abdullah Uygur, Ertuğrul Yıldırır, Demir Akınöz, Erdoğan Akaltun, Feridun Evrenosoğlu, Hüseyin Kuşku, Fehmi Aktoptan, Hayri Terzioğlu, Hüseyin Saitoğlu, Hamdi Yalım, İsmail Buzcular, Lütfü Özmeriç, Nail Erok, Orhan Akkök, Muhtar Tucaltan, Mustafa Bulutlar, Necati Akgün, Osman Aktan, Selim Süter, Sabri Badır, Şükrü Orhanettin, Şevket Eygi, Şükrü Akmansoy...

The first cadre of the Bursaspor Football Team was composed of the following persons;

Professional Footballers;
Özhan Sarlık (Demirspor), Ahmet Konur (Akınspor), Erdoğan Öztoros (bjk), Orhan Köseoğlu (Çelikspor), Mesut Şen (Akınspor), Fuat Bilik (Acarspor), Hayri Urgan (Acarspor), Mustafa Güven (Çelik), Hüseyin Çokkat (Pınarspor), İsmail Malcı (Acarspor), Mehmet Tütüneken (Akınspor)

Amateur Footballers;
Cemil, Muharrem, İhsan, Halim, Günel, Bilgin, Nedim, Fahrettin , Hasan, Neşat, Abidin, Sinan

And the Technical Committee was composed of the following persons;
Muhtar Tucaltan, Şükrü Orhanettin, Fethi Kesercioğlu, Hüseyin Saitoğlu, Recep Barışıcı