Denizlispor
Full nameDenizlispor Kulübü
Nickname(s)Horozlar (Roosters)
Founded26 May 1966; 57 years ago (1966-05-26)
GroundDenizli Atatürk Stadium
Denizli, Turkey
Capacity18,745
ChairmanMehmet Uz
ManagerÖzcan Bizati
LeagueTFF Second League
2022–23TFF First League, 18th of 19 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Altaş 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, 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 relegation in the 2009–10 season, Denizlispor had competed in the TFF First League for 9 seasons. In the 2010–11 season, Denizlispor completed the first half of the season as leaders. The team, however, finished the season in 9th place. Following seasons, Denizlispor did not achieve any substantial success. Denizlispor became champions in the 2018–19 TFF First League season, with 72 points, promoting to the Süper Lig.

After 2 consecutive seasons in the Süper Lig, Denizlispor could not manage to keep competing in the Süper Lig, relegating to the TFF First League. In the 2022–23 season, Denizlispor had a disastrous start to the season with just 6 points in their first 16 fixtures, suffering poor form throughout the season in the relegation zone in 36 of 38 rounds. The team was eventually relegated to the TFF Second League for the first time ever in their history.

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

Main article: Denizli Atatürk Stadium

Denizlispor play their home matches in Denizli Atatürk Stadium. The stadium holds 18,745 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

European cups

As of 27 February 2003
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup 8 3 2 3 9 12 –3
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 0 2 3 6 –3
Total 10 3 2 5 12 18 –6

UEFA Cup:

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

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

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

UEFA Ranking history:

See also: UEFA coefficient
As of 2007
Season Rank Points Ref.
2003 115 Increase 22.495 [2]
2004 112 Increase 18.656 [3]
2005 131 Decrease 17.872 [4]
2006 138 Decrease 16.634 [5]
2007 126 Increase 16.791 [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 Altan Santepe / 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 / Melih Garipler / Seracettin Kırklar Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1972–73 2Rd 11 30 8 12 10 23 26 28 İnanç Toker / Doğan Emültay 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 İnanç Toker
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 Mustafa Özkula / 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 / Refik Özvardar
1982–83 2B 1 30 20 6 4 38 12 46 5th round Halil Güngördü / 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 Nihat Atacan / Necdet Zorluer
1987–88 SL 17 38 12 9 17 35 48 45 5th round Necdet Zorluer / Zeynel Soyuer 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 / Erkan Velioğlu / 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 / Melih Garipler 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 Ali Yalçın / 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 / Selahattin Dervent / 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 / Ali Yalçın / Koray Palaz
2016–17 1L 11 34 11 10 13 46 45 40 3rd Round Ali Tandoğan / Mehmet Ali Keskinler / Ali Yalçın
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 11 36 14 7 15 46 50 49 Round of 16 Serhat Gülpınar / Fatih Tekke / Mesut Bakkal
2022–23 1L 18 36 7 5 24 35 67 23 4th round Mesut Bakkal / Giray Bulak / Kemal Kılıç / Bülent Ertuğrul Relegated
2023–24 2Rd Bülent Ertuğrul / Özcan Bizati

Last updated: 7 May 2023
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 27 August 2023[7]

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 Turkey TUR Ali Eren Yalçın
3 DF Turkey TUR Emre Yıldırım
4 DF Turkey TUR Muhammet Özkal
5 DF Turkey TUR Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu
6 DF Turkey TUR Mehmet Eren Sıngın
7 FW Turkey TUR Alihan Kalkan
13 MF Turkey TUR Ertuğrul Yıldırım
14 MF Turkey TUR Bekir Turaç Böke
16 DF Turkey TUR Eren Kıryolcu
17 FW Turkey TUR Deniz Kodal
20 GK Turkey TUR Abdülkadir Sünger
24 DF Turkey TUR Oktay Kısaoğlu
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Turkey TUR Yusuf Emre İnanır
26 DF Turkey TUR Gökhan Süzen (Captain)
27 DF Turkey TUR Emre Sağlık
31 GK Turkey TUR Ertuğrul Bağ
42 DF Turkey TUR Ahmet Tekin
45 DF Turkey TUR Emre Burgaz
53 DF Turkey TUR Mustafa Kemal Naza
66 DF Turkey TUR Berkant Gündem
77 MF Turkey TUR Emre Furtana
— FW Turkey TUR Mehmet Ali Ulaman
— MF Turkey TUR Alaattin Öner
— MF Turkey TUR Samet Emre Gündüz

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

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
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

Board members

Position Staff
President Mehmet Uz
Vice-president Refik Kapan
Vice-president Ali İnceören
Vice-president İsmail Kartal
Board member Hikmet Olgun
Board member Seyit Berber
Board member Nedim Demirkan
Board member Fethi Akcan
Board member Necip İrdem
Board member Ali Yörümez
Board member Ömer Tuncer
Board member Derviş Gedik
Board member Ahmet Aşıkoğlu
Board member Muhammet Kaplan
Board member Ferhat Yıldırım
Board member Osman Toker
Board member İzzet Çağlar Altunbaş
Board member Onur Kayhan
Board member Cemal Işık
Board member Osman Özdemir
Board member Mehmet Teke
Board member Hasan Yıldırım
Board member Hüseyin Eren

Last updated: 24 March 2023
Source: Denizlispor.org.tr

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Bülent Ertuğrul
Assistant coach Mustafa Bahadır
Assistant coach Hamdi Demirtaş
Goalkeeping coach Aydın Artanlar
Athletic performance coach Yasin Karacan
Athletic performance coach Alper Kartal
Doctor Ahmet Edremit
Physiotherapist Yusuf Mercan
Masseur Onur Kılınç
Masseur Recep Avcu
Material manager Sinan Kodal

Last updated: 10 April 2023
Source: Denizlispor.org.tr

Coaches

Sponsorships

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

  1. ^ "Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu". denizlispor.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  2. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2003". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2004". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2005". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2006". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  6. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2007". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  7. ^ "Futbolcular". Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  8. ^ 23 April 1970, Milliyet, page 10
  9. ^ 10 April 1971, Milliyet, page 8

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