Denizlispor

Denizlispor

Full name	Denizlispor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Horozlar (Roosters)
Founded	26 May 1966
Ground	Atatürk Stadium, Denizli, Turkey (Capacity: 15,420 all seated)
Chairman	Hasan Kibrislioğlu
Manager	Güvenç Kurtar
League	Bank Asya 1. Lig
2010-2011	Bank Asya 1. Lig, 9th
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, chess, and gymnastics. The Denizlispor Football squad, which was originally founded in 1966, is currently the largest and most popular of the club’s teams with a seating capacity of up to 19,500 fans at Denzili Atatürk Stadium. As part of the Turkish Football Federation’s Süper Lig, Denizlispor have gained international recognition in recent years, when their fifth place finish in 2002 qualified them for a match in the UEFA Cup. That year, the team made a surprising run, defeating other European teams like 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. In anticipation of a promising season, the green and black hope to improve on last year’s seventh place finish by adding Darryl Roberts to their roster.^[1]

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- Bank Asya

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– Lescon

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.^[2]

League participations

• First Level: 1983–88, 1994–97, 1999–10
• Second Level: 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				Ersun Yanal
2000/01	SL	11	34	12	9	13	53	56	45				Yılmaz Vural / Tevfik Lav
2001/02	SL	5	34	12	12	10	65	52	48		IC	1st round	Rıza Çalımbay
2002/03	SL	10	34	10	10	14	37	42	40		UC	4th round	Rıza Çalımbay / Giray Bulak
2003/04	SL	5	34	17	4	13	52	43	55				Giray Bulak
2004/05	SL	6	34	13	10	11	46	45	49				Giray Bulak
2005/06	SL	15	34	9	10	15	41	50	37				Nurullah Sağlam
2006/07	SL	14	34	9	14	11	33	40	41				Güvenç Kurtar
2007/08	SL	7	34	13	6	15	48	48	45				Güvenç Kurtar
2008/09	SL	15	34	11	5	18	39	52	38	QF			Ali Yalçın / Ümit Kayıhan / Mesut Bakkal
2009/10	SL	17	34	6	8	20	30	49	26	QF			Erhan Altın / Nurullah Sağlam / Hakan Kutlu

Last updated: 21 July 2008
Div. = Division;TS = Turkcell Super 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 = Fortis Turkey Cup. Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up.

Current squad

As of 13 September 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Kemal Keçeci 3 DF Murat Önür 4 DF Yasin Çakmak 5 DF Burak Akyıldız 6 FW İsmail Baydil 7 FW Eric Odhiambo 8 MF Ragıp Başdağ 9 FW Gerard Gohou 10 MF Emin Aladağ 11 FW Kenan Şahin 13 DF Mohamed Sakho 14 FW Can Erdem 16 MF Orhan Deymeci 17 MF Veli Acar 19 DF Ercan Ünal 20 MF Ali Helvacı

No. Position Player 21 GK Yakup Bugun 22 MF Güray Vural 23 MF Hüzeyfe Doğan 24 FW Eser Yağmur 26 GK İsmail Şahmalı 27 DF Furkan Şeker 30 FW Necmettin Tekdemir 34 MF Kemal Aslan 45 MF Fatih Yiğen (captain) 48 GK Evren Özyiğit 51 DF Koray Çölgeçen 57 MF Ekrem Engin 77 DF Erhan Kartal 81 MF Fatih Ceylan 88 MF Tugay Kacar 94 MF Fatih Soyatik

Coaches

Altan Santepe (1966–69) Doğan Emültay (1969–72) 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 (2010–2011) Güvenç Kurtar (2011–)

Presidents

Dr. Samim Gök (1965–67) Ahmet Bahan (1967–67) Turan Bahadır (1968–69) Ali Dartanel (1969–70) Halil Narin (1969–70) Ali Dartanel (1970–71) Rafet Tavaslıoğlu (1970–71) Turan Bahadır (1971–72) Halil Narin (1971–72) Ali Dartanel (1972–73) İhsan Ölçer (1972–73) Necati Dalaman (1973–74) Hasan Gönüllü (1974–75)

Mehmet Sevil (1975–76) İhsan Ölçer (1976–77) Yılmaz Kandemir (1976–77) Kemal Bağbaşlıoglu (1976–78) Samim Gök (1978–79) Nail Yıldız (1978–79) Samim Gök (1978–79) Nail Yıldız (1979–80) Mehmet Eskicioğlu (1980–81) Nail Yıldız (1980–81) Selami Damgacı (1980–81) Ahmet Dardar (1981–84) Ali Dartanel (1983–84)

Ahmet Dardar (1984–87) Ali Baysal (1986–90) Ali İpek (1990–91) Ahmet Dardar (1991–93) Ali Marım (1993–99) Selami Urhan (1999–2000) Mustafa Baysal (2000–03) Zafer Katrancı (2003–05) Ali İpek (2005–10) Mehmet Özsoy (2010) Salih Amiroğlu (2010-11) Hasan Kibrislioğlu (2011)

References

1. ^ Darryl Roberts Signs 3-Year Deal with Denizlispor Football Club. MLF Sports News. Retrieved on 21-07-2008.
2. ^ "Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu". denizlispor.org. http://www.denizlispor.org.tr/stat.asp. Retrieved 7 November 2008. 

External links

• Denizlispor Official Web site

See also