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Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional

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club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the

Antalya Stadium The Antalya Stadium, officially branded as Corendon Airlines Park for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Antalya, Turkey. It is used mostly for football matches, hosting Turkish Süper Lig club Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulü ...

. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1986 and finished as runners-up for the Turkish Cup in 2000 and in 2021.

History

Antalyaspor was established in 1966 when three local teams (Yenikapı SuSpor, İlk Işıkspor and Ferrokromspor) united to establish a club for the coastal city of Antalya. The club competed in the lower divisions of the Turkish football league system before promotion to the Süper Lig in 1982–83. Their first stint of top-flight football lasted for two years, and they were relegated to the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

at the end of the 1984–85 season. Though promoted to the next season they were relegated again. They competed in the

until the end of the 1993–94 season, when they beat İstanbulspor 3–2 in the final playoffs. Their longest stint of top-flight football lasted until 2001–02. During that time span, the club competed in the

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twice and the UEFA Cup once. They reached the finals of the Turkish Cup in

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but lost 5–3 to Galatasaray. Antalyaspor competed in the UEFA Cup the following season, defeating Werder Bremen 2–0 before losing 6–0 in the second leg. The club was relegated at the end of the 2001–02 season, finishing one point below the relegation zone. The club earned promotion back to the Süper Lig after placing second in the 2005–06 1.Lig. On 3 December 2006,

Pavol Straka Pavol Straka (born 13 December 1980) is a Slovak football player who currently plays for ''ESV Schwarzenau''. Pavol Straka made his debut for Antalyaspor against Çaykur Rizespor on 6 August 2006. He also scored Antalyaspor's 500th Turkish Super ...

scored the club's 500th goal in top-flight football. In the following year they were relegated back to the

, but earned promotion again the next season. They finished ninth at the end of the 2009–10 season. Finished the regular fixtures of 2014–15 TFF First League season at 4th place, Antalyaspor beat Samsunspor at play-off finals with 6–3 after Penalty shoot-outs on 7 June 2015 and promoted to Süper Lig once again, spending only one season at TFF First League.

Sponsorship naming

* Medical Park Antalyaspor 2010–2014 * Fraport TAV Antalyaspor 2020–present

Colours and badge

The club emblem includes capital letters A and S which stands for Antalya and Spor (sport in

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) respectively. In the middle of these letters, there is the figure of Yivli Minare which is one of the several symbols of the city of Antalya. Three rectangular shapes on the Yivli Minare represent the unity of the three teams of Antalya.

Stadium

Antalya's first stadium was

Antalya Atatürk Stadium Antalya Atatürk Stadium ( tr, Antalya Atatürk Stadyumu) was a multi-purpose stadium in Antalya, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional ...

which fell into disrepair from 2009 onwards and forced the first team to relocate to

Akdeniz University Stadium Akdeniz University Stadium ( tr, Akdeniz Üniversitesi Stadyumu) is a multi-use stadium at Akdeniz University, Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It is home to the Turkish Süper Lig team Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turki ...

which holds 7,083 spectators. It is located on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey and is owned by Akdeniz University. In 2013 Antalyaspor began construction of their new stadium,

. This stadium, which opened in the summer of 2015, seats 33,032 spectators and features a football park, education centre, football academy, and extra training pitches to host camps of European or Asian teams. The stadium is nicknamed ''"100. Yıl"'' (Centenary), after the major artery of the same name, ''"100. Yıl Bulvarı"'', which passes directly south of the plot. This thoroughfare was named in commemoration of the 100th birthday of

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

, founder of the

Republic of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

Honours

1. Lig *Winners: 1981–82, 1985–86 *Runners-up: 2005–06, 2007–08 Turkish Cup *Runners-up: 1999–2000, 2020–21 Turkish Super Cup *Runners-up:

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League affiliation

* Süper Lig: 1982–85, 1986–87, 1994–02, 2006–07, 2008–14, 2015– *

: 1966–82, 1985–86, 1987–94, 2002–06, 2007–08, 2014–15

Statistics

Domestic seasons

European history

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Technical staff

Board members

Coaching history

References

Footnotes

Citations

External links

Official websiteAntalyaspor on TFF.org
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