Denizlispor

Denizlispor
Full name	Denizlispor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Horozlar (Roosters)
Founded	26 May 1966; 55 years ago
Ground	Denizli Atatürk Stadium; Denizli, Turkey
Capacity	18,745
Chairman	Mehmet Uz
Manager	Serhat Gülpınar
League	TFF First League
2020–21	Süper Lig, 21st of 21 (relegated)
Website	Club website
	Current season

Denizlispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. The Denizlispor football squad, which was founded in 1966, is the largest and most popular of the club’s teams. The team plays its home matches at the Denizli Atatürk Stadium, which has a seating capacity of up to 19,500 fans.^{[citation needed]}

Denizlispor finished fifth in the 2001–02 Süper Lig, which qualified them for the UEFA Cup. In the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, the team defeated FC Lorient, Sparta Prague, and Olympique Lyonnais, before losing in the fourth round to FC Porto, who won the tournament.

History[]

Denizlispor Kulübü was founded on May 26, 1966 as a merger of two smaller youth sports clubs, Çelik Yeşilspor Gençlik and Pamukkale Gençlik. They joined to form what is now Denizlispor, which was at the time a little-known sports & youth club in the Çaybaşı district of Denizli city. This union was then registered with Turkish football's governing body, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) under the name of Denizlispor Youth Club. The new football team joined Turkish football's 2nd division for the upcoming season on July 14, 1966.

Denizlispor's the best success was 5th twice in 2001–2002 and 2003–2004 seasons. Denizlispor's form declined after 2004–2005 season and struggled avoiding from relegation. Denizlispor drew 1–1 with Fenerbahçe and gave the championship to Galatasaray S.K., Fenerbahçe's archrival at last week in 2005–2006 season. Denizlispor remained in Super League despite 3–0 loss to Ankaragücü at away match on May 24, 2009, due to has an advantage against Konyaspor on dual average in 2008–2009 season. Denizlispor was relegated to TFF First League at next season after goalless draw with Ankaragücü at home match on April 24, 2010.

After the regelation in 2009-2010 season, Denizlispor had played at the TFF First League for 9 seasons. At the half of the season 2010-2011, Denizlispor took the 1st place. According to many football authorities, Denizlispor would again rise up Super League at the end of the season. But the team completed at 9th place at that season. At the following seasons, the team couldn't have any substantial success. The most important success was 9th place at 2010-2011.

Denizlispor became champion at the TFF First League in 2018-2019 season with getting 72 points and rose up Super League.

Crest and colours[]

Denizli SK's classic home kit

The Denizlispor crest was designed by Yakup Ünel, a founding member of the team. The crest is based around a rooster, which is identified with the province of Denizli. The team's colours come from the colours of a type of rooster with green and black feathers unique to Denizli region.

Stadium[]

Denizlispor play their home matches in Denizli Atatürk Stadium. The stadium holds 15,427 people and was built in 1950. Denizlispor's first league match played against Eskişehirspor in 1983. The stadium does not have wire nets.^[1]

League participations[]

Süper Lig: 1983–88, 1994–97, 1999–2010, 2019–21
TFF First League: 1966–83, 1988–94, 1997–99, 2010–19, 2021–

European Cups[]

UEFA Cup/Europa League:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	1R	FC Lorient	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
	2R	Sparta Prague	2–0	0–1	2–1
	3R	Lyon	0–0	1–0	1–0
	4R	FC Porto	2–2	1–6	3–8

Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001	1R	NK Čelik	3–5	0–1	3–6

Past seasons[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Manager	Notes
1966/67	2Rd	7	32	13	7	12	25	28	33	2nd Round			Altan Santepe	First season
1967/68	2Rd	2	38	16	14	8	37	22	46				Altan Santepe	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1968/69	2Rd	2	34	12	18	4	24	14	42	2nd Round			Altan Santepe
1969/70	2Rd	3	30	14	9	7	28	16	37	1st Round			/ Kadri Aytaç
1970/71	2Rd	7	30	15	3	12	32	25	33	2nd Round			Altan Santepe / Doğan Emültay
1971/72	2Rd	11	30	10	8	12	16	19	28				Altan Santepe / /	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1972/73	2Rd	11	30	8	12	10	23	26	28				/	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1973/74	2Rd	9	30	8	14	8	25	25	30				Seracettin Kırklar / İsmail Kurt / Melih Garipler	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1974/75	2Rd	14	30	8	10	12	23	39	26				Melih Garipler / İsmail Kurt	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1975/76	2Rd	13	30	10	7	13	21	27	27	2nd Round			Seracettin Kırklar / Melih Garipler / İnanç Toker
1976/77	2Rd	13	30	8	10	12	24	41	26	1st Round
1977/78	2Rd	14	32	7	13	12	20	32	27	2nd Round			Şükrü Ersoy / İnanç Toker
1978/79	2Rd	8	30	9	10	11	22	24	28	4th Round			Şükrü Ersoy / Melih Garipler
1979/80	2B	10	30	10	9	11	28	31	29	6th Round			/ İnanç Toker
1980/81	2A	5	34	14	8	12	44	33	36	3rd Round			Mustafa Özkula / Melih Garipler / İnanç Toker
1981/82	2B	5	28	12	7	9	41	20	31	5th Round			İnanç Toker /
1982/83	2B	1	30	20	6	4	38	12	46	5th Round			/ Doğan Andaç	Promoted to Süper Lig
1983/84	SL	7	34	12	10	12	36	42	34	5th Round			Nevzat Güzelırmak	First Süper Lig season
1984/85	SL	16	34	9	11	14	39	48	29	Semi-Final			Nevzat Güzelırmak	Best Turkish Cup position
1985/86	SL	12	36	12	8	16	40	39	32	6th Round			Özkan Sümer / Ilie Datcu
1986/87	SL	7	36	11	14	11	41	35	36	6th Round			/
1987/88	SL	17	38	12	9	17	35	48	45	5th Round			Necdet Zorluer /	Relegated
1988/89	2C	2	34	19	9	6	53	29	66	1st Round			Fethi Demircan
1989/90	2B	4	32	14	11	7	45	31	53	4th Round			Bülent Ünder / Behzat Çınar
1990/91	2B	3	34	18	7	9	56	27	61	4th Round			Behzat Çınar
1991/92	2B	3	34	18	7	9	68	50	61	5th Round			Melih Garipler
1992/93	1L	4	18	10	2	6	30	20	32	1st Round			Bülent Ünder / / Gündüz Tekin Onay
1993/94	1L	2	18	11	2	5	36	27	35	6th Round			Ömer Kaner	Promoted to Süper Lig
1994/95	SL	15	34	8	11	15	41	53	35	6th Round			Ümit Kayıhan
1995/96	SL	15	34	8	10	16	38	50	34	6th Round			Ümit Kayıhan
1996/97	SL	17	34	5	5	24	36	81	20	5th Round			Milorad Mitrović / Behzat Çınar / Ersun Yanal /	Relegated
1997/98	1L	3	18	10	3	5	33	23	33	5th Round			Raşit Çetiner
1998/99	1L	2	18	9	5	4	40	30	32	3rd Round			Ersun Yanal	Promoted to Süper Lig
1999/00	SL	8	34	13	8	13	55	57	47	3rd Round			Ersun Yanal
2000/01	SL	11	34	12	9	13	53	56	45	Round of 16			Yılmaz Vural / Tevfik Lav
2001/02	SL	5	34	12	12	10	65	52	48	Semi-Final	IC	1st round	Rıza Çalımbay	Best league position and first season in Europe
2002/03	SL	10	34	10	10	14	37	42	40	Round of 16	UC	4th round	Rıza Çalımbay / Giray Bulak	Best UEFA Cup position
2003/04	SL	5	34	17	4	13	52	43	55	Quarter-Final			Giray Bulak	Best league position
2004/05	SL	6	34	13	10	11	46	45	49	Semi-Final			Giray Bulak	Best Turkish Cup position
2005/06	SL	15	34	9	10	15	41	50	37	Semi-Final			Nurullah Sağlam	Best Turkish Cup position
2006/07	SL	14	34	9	14	11	33	40	41	2nd Round			Güvenç Kurtar
2007/08	SL	7	34	13	6	15	48	48	45	Group Stage			Güvenç Kurtar
2008/09	SL	15	34	11	5	18	39	52	38	Quarter-Final			/ Ümit Kayıhan / Mesut Bakkal
2009/10	SL	17	34	6	8	20	30	49	26	Quarter-Final			Erhan Altın / Nurullah Sağlam / Hakan Kutlu	Relegated
2010/11	1L	9	32	11	11	10	40	31	44	Group stage			Hamza Hamzaoğlu / Serhat Güller
2011/12	1L	10	34	11	12	11	51	46	45	2nd Round			Güvenç Kurtar / Osman Özköylü
2012/13	1L	11	34	11	10	13	35	37	43	2nd Round			Engin İpekoğlu / / Özcan Bizati
2013/14	1L	10	36	14	4	18	42	56	46	2nd Round			Serdar Dayat / Yusuf Şimşek / Özcan Bizati
2014/15	1L	15	34	8	9	17	38	51	33	2nd Round			Özcan Bizati / Engin İpekoğlu / Mehmet Altıparmak
2015/16	1L	15	34	10	9	15	41	52	36	2nd Round			Mehmet Altıparmak / /
2016/17	1L	11	34	11	10	13	46	45	40	3rd Round			Ali Tandoğan / /
2017/18	1L	15	34	10	8	16	43	47	38	2nd Round			Yusuf Şimşek / Reha Erginer / Fatih Tekke
2018/19	1L	1	34	21	9	4	67	32	72	4th Round			Osman Özköylü / Yücel İldiz	Promoted to Süper Lig
2019/20	SL	14	34	9	8	18	31	48	35	Round of 16			Yücel İldiz / Mehmet Özdilek / Bülent Uygun
2020/21	SL	21	40	6	10	24	38	77	28	4th Round			Robert Prosinečki / Yalçın Koşukavak / Hakan Kutlu / Ali Tandoğan	Relegated
2021/22	1L												Serhat Gülpınar

Last updated: 15 May 2021
Div. = Division; SL = Turkish Super League; 1L = TFF First League 2B = Turkish Second Football League, Group B; 2Rd = Turkish Second Football League, Red Group; 2Wh = Turkish Second Football League, White Group; Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points
UCL = UEFA Champions League; UCWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup; UC = UEFA Cup; Cup = Turkey Cup. Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 23 August 2021^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Hüseyin Altıntaş
4	DF	TUR	Görkem Can
7	FW	KVX	Veton Tusha
10	DF	TUR	Özer Özdemir
11	MF	TUR	Okan Derici
12	DF	TUR	Murathan Sütcü
15	DF	TUR	Oğuz Yılmaz
16	MF	TUR	Asım Aksungur
17	MF	TUR	Alihan Kalkan
20	GK	TUR	Abdülkadir Sünger
26	DF	TUR	Gökhan Süzen (Captain)
27	DF	TUN	Emre Sağlık
33	GK	POL	Adam Stachowiak


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	DF	TUR	Muhammet Özkal
44	DF	TUR	Kadir Kurt
61	MF	TUR	Hüseyin Furkan Uslu
63	MF	TUR	Muhammed Gönülaçar
66	MF	TUR	Ferhat Erdoğan
72	FW	TUR	Mert Sarıkuş
76	DF	TUR	Burak Gümüştaş
79	MF	TUR	Göktug Ercedoğan
88	DF	TUR	Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu
94	MF	TUR	Muhammed Eren Kıryolcu
—	MF	NGA	Ogenyi Onazi
—	FW	TUR	Muğdat Çelik

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Coaches[]

(1966–69)
Kadri Aytaç (1969–70)^[3]^[4]
(1970–72)
(1972–73)
İsmail Kurt (1973–74)
(1974–75)
(1975–76)
(1976–77)
Şükrü Ersoy (1977–78)
(1978–79)
(1979–81)
(1981–82)
(1982–83)
Doğan Andaç (1982–83)
Nevzat Güzelırmak (1983–85)
Özkan Sümer (1985–86)
(1986–87)
(1987–88)
Fethi Demircan (1988–89)
(1989–90)
Bülent Ünder (1990–91)
Behzat Çınar (1991–92)
(1991–92)
(1992–93)
Gündüz Tekin Onay (1992–93)

Ömer Kaner (1993–94)
Ümit Kayıhan (1994–96)
Behzat Çınar (1996–97)
(1996–97)
Raşit Çetiner (1997–98)
Ersun Yanal (1998–2000)
Tevfik Lav (2000–01)
Yılmaz Vural (2000–01)
Sakıp Özberk (2001–02)
Rıza Çalımbay (2001–03)
Giray Bulak (2003–05)
Nurullah Sağlam (2006)
Faruk Hadžibegić (2006)
Güvenç Kurtar (2006–08)
(2008)
Ümit Kayıhan (2008–09)
Mesut Bakkal (2009)
Erhan Altın (2009)
Nurullah Sağlam (2009)
Hakan Kutlu (2009–10)
Hamza Hamzaoğlu (2010–11)
Güvenç Kurtar (2011)
Serhat Güller (2011)
Osman Özköylü (2011–12)
Engin İpekoğlu (2012)

Yusuf Şimşek (2012–13)
Özcan Bizati (2013)
Serdar Dayat (2013)
Ümit Turmuş (2013)
Özcan Bizati (2013–15)
Engin İpekoğlu (2015)
Mehmet Altıparmak (2015)
(2015–16)
(2016)
(2016)
Ali Tandoğan (2016–17)
(2017)
Yusuf Şimşek (2017)
Reha Erginer (2017–18)
Fatih Tekke (2018)
Osman Özköylü (2018)
Yücel İldiz (2018–19)
Mehmet Özdilek (2019–20)
Bülent Uygun (2020)
Robert Prosinečki (2020)
Kenan Atik (2020)
Yalçın Koşukavak (2020–2021)
Hakan Kutlu (2021)
Ali Tandoğan (2021)
Serhat Gülpınar (2021–present)

Sponsorships[]

Season	Sponsors
1983–1987
1987–1991
1991–1993	VakıfBank
1993–1997	and Kinetix
1997–1998	Akça
1998–1999	Evita
1999–2000	Sümerbank
2000–2001
2001–2002	Evita
2002–2003	Vestel and Denizbank
2003–2010	Turkcell
2010–2012	Bank Asya
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
2018–2019	Abalı
2019–	Yukatel

Season	Suppliers
1993–1995	Umbro
1995–1997	Asics
1997–1998	Puma
1998–1999	Adidas
1999–2001	Puma
2001–2003	Adidas
2003–2004	Puma
2004–2006	Le Coq Sportif
2006–2008	Kappa
2008–2013	Lescon
2013–2015	Umbro
2015–2017	Nike
2017–2018	Barex
2018–2020	Nike
2020–	Kappa

Other branches[]

The club has football, basketball, table tennis, chess, figure skating and gymnastic teams. The club's most famous branch is football team.

References[]

^ "Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu". denizlispor.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
^ "Futbolcular". Retrieved January 25, 2020.
^ 23 April 1970, Milliyet, page 10
^ 10 April 1971, Milliyet, page 8

External links[]

[1] "Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu". denizlispor.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2008.

[Current_squad-2] "Futbolcular". Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[3] 23 April 1970, Milliyet, page 10

[4] 10 April 1971, Milliyet, page 8

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Founded on 26 May 1966 Based in Denizli
People	Players Managers
Grounds	Denizli Atatürk Stadium
Seasons	2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

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Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Champions	Galatasaray (22) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (6) Bursaspor (1) İstanbul Başakşehir (1)
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