Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Altaş Denizlispor, is a Turkish

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based in

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. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include

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, and

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. 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 Denizli Atatürk Stadium ( tr, Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu) is a multi-purpose stadium in Denizli, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Denizlispor Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Altaş Deni ...

, which has a

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of up to 19,500 fans. Denizlispor finished fifth in the

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, which qualified them for the UEFA Cup. In the

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, the team defeated

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Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

, and

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, before losing in the fourth round to

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, 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

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(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. 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

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, 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 Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

on dual average in 2008–2009 season. Denizlispor was relegated to

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 next season after goalless draw with Ankaragücü at home match on April 24, 2010. After the relegation in 2009-2010 season, Denizlispor had played at the TFF First League for 9 seasons. At the half of the season 2010-2011, Denizlispor took the 1st place. According to many football authorities, Denizlispor would again rise up Super League at the end of the season. But the team completed at 9th place at that season. At the following seasons, the team couldn't have any substantial success. The most important success was 9th place at 2010-2011. Denizlispor became champion at the TFF First League in 2018-2019 season with getting 72 points and rose up Super League.

Crest and colours

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

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, which is identified with the province of

. The team's colours come from the colours of a type of

with green and black feathers unique to Denizli region.

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 Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...

in 1983. The stadium does not have wire nets.

League participations

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

: 1983–88, 1994–97, 1999–2010, 2019–21 *

: 1966–83, 1988–94, 1997–99, 2010–19, 2021–

European Cups

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Past seasons

Last updated: 15 May 2021
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

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Coaches

* Altan Santepe (1966–69) *

Kadri Aytaç Kadri Aytaç (6 August 1931 – 28 March 2003) was a former Turkish football player and then manager. He played for the Beyoğluspor, Karagümrük, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Mersin İdmanyurdu teams. He is the manager with the most titles e ...

(1969–70)10 April 1971, Milliyet, page 8 * 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 Özkan Sümer (20 November 194022 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played as defender in Trabzonspor (and later coached the same club), Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey national football team. He also served as president of Tra ...

(1985–86) * Nihat Atmaca (1986–87) * Zeynel Soyuer (1987–88) * Fethi Demircan (1988–89) * Nihat Atacan (1989–90) *

Bülent Ünder Bülent Ünder (born 16 April 1949) is a Turkish former professional football player and manager. Playing career Born Istanbul, Turkey, Ünder played his entire career for Galatasaray. He played eight seasons for his club. His team won the Tu ...

(1990–91) * Behzat Çınar (1991–92) * Melih Garipler (1991–92) * Ilker Küçük (1992–93) *

Gündüz Tekin Onay Gündüz Tekin Onay (31 May 1942 in Çankırı – 4 January 2008 in İstanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish footballer and coach who also trained Istanbul club Beşiktaş between 1976 and 1977. He is known for his success in discovering starlets and f ...

(1992–93) *

Ömer Kaner Ömer Kaner (born 21 May 1951) is a Turkish football coach and former player. He played at Eskişehirspor, Fenerbahçe and Karagümrük as a striker. He is currently been head coach of Turkey national futsal team. He played, coached and managed ...

(1993–94) * Ümit Kayıhan (1994–96) * Behzat Çınar (1996–97) * Melih Garipler (1996–97) * Raşit Çetiner (1997–98) *

Ersun Yanal Kazım Ersun Yanal (, born 17 December 1961) is a Turkish football coach who last managed Süper Lig club Antalyaspor. His style has always been attacking football doubled up with tactics unprecedented in Turkish Football, featuring a new scienti ...

(1998–2000) * Tevfik Lav (2000–01) *

Yılmaz Vural Yılmaz Vural (born 1 January 1953) is a Turkish football manager and former player. He played as a midfielder for Hacettepe and Sivasspor in the 1970s. Career He is most known for his aggressive coaching style. Vural managed most of the clubs ...

(2000–01) * Sakıp Özberk (2001–02) *

Rıza Çalımbay Rıza Çalımbay (born 2 February 1963) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Sivasspor. He was one of the symbol names of Beşiktaş and was among the best players of his time. Because ...

(2001–03) *

Giray Bulak Giray Bulak (born on 9 March 1958 in Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish football coach who was most recently the manager of Fatih Karagümrük. Coaching history Giray Bulak has been coaching since 1983, In 1989, he worked at Ipswich Town for six mo ...

(2003–05) *

Nurullah Sağlam Nurullah Sağlam (born 28 January 1966) is a UEFA coaching licences, UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish people, Turkish football manager. He was also a footballer as defender and played for Gaziantepspor (1984–1990), Kayseri Erciyesspor, Kayserispor (1 ...

(2006) *

Faruk Hadžibegić Faruk Hadžibegić (; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career During his career, Hadžibegić played for hometown club Sarajev ...

(2006) *

Güvenç Kurtar Güvenç Kurtar (born 25 July 1959) is a Turkish football manager and former forward who most recently worked as head coach for Gümüşhanespor. Career Born in Uşak, Kurtar began playing football with Beşiktaş J.K. He played at Mersin Id ...

(2006–08) * Ali Yalçın (2008) * Ümit Kayıhan (2008–09) *

Mesut Bakkal Mesut Bakkal (born 19 March 1964) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish professional football manager and former midfielder. He played for Denizlispor, and later was manager of Ankaragücü, Denizlispor, Gaziantepspor, Gençlerbirliği S.K., Karabü ...

(2009) *

Erhan Altın Erhan Altın (born 28 August 1956) is a Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Kocaelispor. Career Altin had managed Çanspor (1996–1997) and Kocaelispor (2009). Before retiring in 1990, he also played profe ...

(2009) *

Hakan Kutlu Hakan Kutlu (born 14 January 1972) is a Turkish football manager and former player. As a player, he played as a central defender and was a long time captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the ...

(2009–10) *

Hamza Hamzaoğlu Hamza Hamzaoğlu (born 1 July 1970) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. Club career Hamzaoğlu began his career in 1988 with İzmirspor. In 1995, he transferred to Galatasaray as captain and midfielder, where he won th ...

(2010–11) *

(2011) * Serhat Güller (2011) * Osman Özköylü (2011–12) *

Engin İpekoğlu Engin İpekoğlu (born 7 June 1961 in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish football manager and former goalkeeper who most recently served as manager of Adanaspor. He began his football career with Prater SV, an Austrian team, in 1978. He transferred to ...

(2012) *

Yusuf Şimşek Yusuf Şimşek (born July 20, 1975) is a Turkish association football, football manager and former player. He most recently served as the manager of Balıkesirspor. Club career Fenerbahçe SK During his time at Fenerbahçe, his teammate Ariel O ...

(2012–13) * Özcan Bizati (2013) *

Serdar Dayat Serdar Dayat is a Turkish football manager, who last managed Türkgücü München. He trained in German Sports University Cologne and has experience as the assistant coach of Thomas Doll, Ersun Yanal, Vladimir Petkovic, and Werner Lorant and ...

(2013) * Ümit Turmuş (2013) * Özcan Bizati (2013–15) *

(2015) *

Mehmet Altıparmak Mehmet Altıparmak (born 1 May 1969) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. As a footballer, Altıparmak played as a midfielder. Career Altıparmak was a footballer throughout the pro and semi-pro divisions in Turkey. A j ...

(2015) * Ali Yalçın (2015–16) * Koray Palaz (2016) * Selahattin Dervent (2016) * Ali Tandoğan (2016–17) * Ali Şimşek (2017) *

(2017) *

Reha Erginer Reha Erginer (born 1 January 1970) is a Turkish football coach and former player who is currently the manager of Boluspor Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and ...

(2017–18) *

Fatih Tekke Fatih Tekke (born 9 September 1977), known by his ''given nickname'' Sultan, is a Turkish football coach and former player who most recently managed Denizlispor. Club career Turkey Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the pr ...

(2018) * Osman Özköylü (2018) * Yücel İldiz (2018–19) *

Mehmet Özdilek Mehmet "Şifo" Özdilek (born 1 April 1966, in Samsun) is a Turkish football manager and former player. He is nicknamed "Şifo" after Belgian star Enzo Scifo with whom he shared a similar playing style. Having spent most of his professional ca ...

(2019–20) *

Bülent Uygun Bülent Uygun (born 1 August 1971) is a Turkish football manager and former player. He played as an attacking midfielder after starting his career as a striker, and was the captain of Fenerbahçe. His nickname is ''The Soldier''. Playing career ...

(2020) *

Robert Prosinečki Robert Prosinečki (; born 12 January 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Early in his career, he was part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won three Yugoslav First League titles and ...

(2020) * Kenan Atik (2020) * Yalçın Koşukavak (2020–2021) *

(2021) * Ali Tandoğan (2021) *

Serhat Gülpınar Serhat Gülpınar (born January 1, 1979) is a Turkish football coach and a former player.Fatih Tekke Fatih Tekke (born 9 September 1977), known by his ''given nickname'' Sultan, is a Turkish football coach and former player who most recently managed Denizlispor. Club career Turkey Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the pr ...

(2021–2022) *

(2022–)

Sponsorships

Other branches

The club has

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and

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teams. The club's most famous branch is football team.

References

External links

Official website

Denizlispor on TFF.org
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