Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor

Football club infobox
clubname = Ankara S.A.Ş.


fullname = Ankara Spor Anonim Şirketi
nickname = "Leoparlar" (The Leopards)
founded = 1978
ground = Yenikent Aşaş Stadium Ankara, Turkey
capacity = 24.500 | chairman = flagicon|Turkey İ. Hilmi Gökçınar
manager = flagicon|TUR Aykut Kocaman
league = Turkcell Super League
season = 2007-08
position = Turkcell Super League, 10th

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Ankara SAŞ, is a Turkish football club based in the Turkish capital Ankara. Ankaraspor is currently playing in Turkish Premier Super League. The club has many sub-divisions branching from its main football division. They include badminton, basketball, boxing, handball, ice hockey, judo, oil wrestling, table tennis, wrestling.

Name changes

Ankara SAŞ has gone throughout several name changes throughout its history. The first name, starting from the club's foundation in 1978, was "Ankara BS". In 1994, it was changed to "Ankara BB". The name was simply switched around to "BB Ankaraspor" in 1998. Finally, in 2005, they changed to their current name, Ankara Spor A.Ş.

Current squad

For recent transfers, see List of Turkish football transfers 2008-09

External links

*languageicon|de/pt/tr/en|German, Portuguese, English & Turkish [http://www.ankaraspor.com.tr Ankaraspor official web site]