Denizlispor

Denizlispor
Full name	Denizlispor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Horozlar (Roosters)
Founded	26 May 1966
Ground	Denizli Atatürk Stadium; Denizli, Turkey
Capacity	18,745
Chairman	Ali Çetin
Manager	Robert Prosinečki
League	Süper Lig
2019–20	Süper Lig, 14th
Website	Club website

Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Yukatel 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.

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. Turkish Football Federation. 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.

Other branches

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

Emblem

Denizli SK's classic home kit

The Denizlispor emblem was designed by Yakup Ünel, a founding member of the team. The emblem is based around the 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.

Sponsorships

Season	Sponsors
1983–1987	Emsan
1987–1991	Ofas
1991–1993	VakıfBank
1993–1997	SuperTon and Kinetix
1997–1998	Akça
1998–1999	Evita
1999–2000	Sümerbank
2000–2001	Denizlispor Koleji
2001–2002	Evita
2002–2003	Vestel and Denizbank
2003–2010	Turkcell
2010–2012	Bank Asya
2012–2013	Spor Toto
2013–2014	Tekden
2014–2015	Aydem
2015–2016	Zorlu Enerji
2016–2018	Lezita
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–	Nike

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–
TFF First League: 1966–83, 1988–94, 1997–99, 2010–19

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

Recent 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												Robert Prosinečki

Last updated: 25 July 2020
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 25 January 2020.[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
2	DF	POR	Tiago Lopes
3	DF	TUR	Muhammet Özkal
5	DF	TUR	Mustafa Yumlu
6	MF	CMR	Marc Kibong Mbamba
7	FW	COL	Hugo Rodallega (captain)
8	MF	POL	Radosław Murawski
9	FW	MLI	Hadi Sacko
10	MF	MAR	Ismaïl Aissati
13	GK	TUR	Ali Eren Yalçın
15	DF	TUR	Oğuz Yılmaz
16	MF	TUR	Asım Aksungur


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	COL	Óscar Estupiñán (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães)
20	MF	TUR	Recep Niyaz
21	DF	MAR	Zakarya Bergdich
23	MF	NGA	Ogenyi Onazi
25	GK	TUR	Tolgahan Acar
44	MF	TUR	Alihan Kalkan
55	DF	TUN	Syam Ben Youssef
60	DF	TUR	Özgür Çek
61	DF	TUR	Zeki Yavru
70	MF	TUR	Olcay Şahan
72	DF	TUR	Murathan Sütçü
77	FW	GAM	Modou Barrow (on loan from Reading)
90	MF	GHA	Isaac Sackey (on loan from Alanyaspor)

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

Altan Santepe (1966–69)
Kadri Aytaç (1969–70)[3][4]
Doğan Emültay (1970–72)
İnanç Toker (1972–73)
İsmail Kurt (1973–74)
Melih Garipler (1974–75)
Seracettin Kırklar (1975–76)
İnanç Toker (1976–77)
Şükrü Ersoy (1977–78)
Melih Garipler (1978–79)
Mustafa Özkula (1979–81)
Refik Özvardar (1981–82)
Halil Güngördü (1982–83)
Doğan Andaç (1982–83)
Nevzat Güzelırmak (1983–85)
Özkan Sümer (1985–86)
Nihat Atmaca (1986–87)
Zeynel Soyuer (1987–88)
Fethi Demircan (1988–89)
Nihat Atacan (1989–90)
Bülent Ünder (1990–91)
Behzat Çınar (1991–92)
Melih Garipler (1991–92)
Ilker Küçük (1992–93)
Gündüz Tekin Onay (1992–93)

Ömer Kaner (1993–94)
Ümit Kayıhan (1994–96)
Behzat Çınar (1996–97)
Melih Garipler (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)
Ali Yalçın (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)
Ali Yalçın (2015–16)
Koray Palaz (2016)
Selahattin Dervent (2016)
Ali Tandoğan (2016–17)
Ali Şimşek (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-present)

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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

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[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

Süper Lig
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
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