Denizlispor

Denizlispor

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Full name	Denizlispor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Horozlar (Roosters)
Founded	26 May 1966 (1966-05-26)
Ground	Atatürk Stadium Denizli, Turkey
Ground Capacity	15,420
Chairman	Mustafa Şavluk
Manager	Koray Palaz
League	TFF First League
2015–16	TFF First League, 15th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Denizlispor is a sports club based in Denizli, Turkey. 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 originally founded in 1966, is currently 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 would eventually go on to win 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 1–1 drew with Fenerbahçe and gave 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. Unfortunately, Denizlispor finally relegated to Bank Asya 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–	Zorlu Enerji

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–	Nike

Stadium

Main article: Denizli Atatürk Stadium

Denizlispor playing their home match 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 hasn't got wire net.

League participations

• Süper Lig: 1983–88, 1994–97, 1999–10
• TFF First League: 1966–83, 1988–94, 1997–99, 2010–

European Cups

Intertoto Cup:

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

UEFA Cup/Europa League:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	1R		FC Lorient	2–0	1–3	3–3 (ag)
	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

Recent seasons

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Manager
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
2002/03	SL	10	34	10	10	14	37	42	40	Round of 16	UC	4th round	Rıza Çalımbay / Giray Bulak
2003/04	SL	5	34	17	4	13	52	43	55	Quarter-Final			Giray Bulak
2004/05	SL	6	34	13	10	11	46	45	49	Semi-Final			Giray Bulak
2005/06	SL	15	34	9	10	15	41	50	37	Semi-Final			Nurullah Sağlam
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
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

Last updated: 15 January 2013
Div. = Division; SL = Turkish Super League; 1L = TFF First League; 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.

Current squad

As of 26 January, 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 26 GK İsmail Şahmalı 45 GK Kaan Güler 6 DF Kerem Gülbahar 12 DF Emincan Konuk 23 DF Mustafa Keçeli 25 DF Daniel Dimov 27 DF Furkan Şeker 29 DF Cenk Güvenç 35 DF Tuna Üzümcü 97 DF Alperen Babacan 4 MF Veli Acar

No. Position Player 5 MF Servan Taştan 8 MF Cihan Özkaymak 17 MF Serkan Atak 20 MF Şevki Çınar 21 MF Recep Niyaz 24 MF Anmar Almubaraki 32 MF Mustafa Diler 61 MF Şenol Akın 81 MF Muhammed Emel 7 FW Leandrinho 9 FW Tsvetan Genkov 11 FW Şaban Genişyürek

Coaches

• Altan Santepe (1966–69)
• Kadri Aytaç (1969–70)
• 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–)

External links

• Denizlispor Official Web site