Çanakkale Dardanel Spor Kulübü is a

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club located in

Çanakkale Çanakkale (pronounced ), ancient ''Dardanellia'' (), is a city and seaport in Turkey in Çanakkale province on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the city is 195,439 (2021 estimate). Çanakkale is ...

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

History

Çanakkale Dardanel SAŞ was founded as Çanakkalespor after merging Boğazspor, Türkgücü and Kalespor, which were amateur clubs of Çanakkale. The club's name was changed to Çanakkale Dardanelspor in 1991. When created in 1966, the football club began playing in the 3rd league in Turkey. This league is known as the TFFF 2. League today. Ten years after its founding, they were relegated to the amateur league in Turkey. After spending five years in the amateur league, they found themselves in 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 ...

, but only for one year in 1982–83 season. They were relegated to the amateur league once more. After spending just one more year in the amateur league, they were promoted to the third league in 1984, and would find themselves being yo-yoed between the third and second league until they reached the

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in 1996. In 1999, they were relegated to the second league, and to third level in 2006 . They returned second level after defeating

Tarsus İdman Yurdu Tarsus İdman Yurdu is a Turkish sports club based in Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus. Founded in 1923, the Association football, football team plays at the Tarsus Şehir Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,189. They were named as "Tarsus İdman Yurdu Erk ...

as 5–0 at extra-play-off final in 2008–2009 season. However they suffered from squad narrowness at First League at next season and were relegated to Second League after a 3–0 loss to Altay at home match. In 2010–11 season they finished last of 2nd League Red Group and relegated to Third League, fourth level of Turkish League. This was their second consecutive relegation. They have produced a healthy number of footballers who have gone on to play for a top flight club in Turkey. These players include

Okan Koç Okan Koç (born 22 January 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Club career Koç began his career with lower division club Çanakkale Dardanelspor, before being transferred to Gençlerbirliği in 2002 ...

, Tamer Tuna, Mehmet Yılmaz, Tolga Seyhan,

Gökhan Zan Gökhan Zan (born 7 September 1981 in Antakya) is a retired Turkish footballer. Club career Zan started his career with Hatayspor and then moved on to Çanakkale Dardanelspor before joining Beşiktaş in 2003. He needed time to make his mark wi ...

, Mehmet Çoğum, Hasan Kabze, Erman Özgür,

Mehmet Topal Mehmet Topal (born 3 March 1986) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was nicknamed ''Örümcek'' (Spider), due to his ability to use his long legs to win loose balls or cut passes. He spent most o ...

Fevzi Elmas Fevzi Elmas (born 9 June 1983) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Formerly, he played for Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Sakaryaspor, Galatasaray and Antalyaspor. Elmas transferred to Antalyaspor from Gala ...

and

Selçuk İnan Selçuk İnan (born 10 February 1985) is a Turkish football coach and former professional footballer who most recently managed Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa. Early life İnan was born in Iskenderun on 10 February 1985. By the age of 14, he was s ...

Attendances

Turkish Super League Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities an ...

: 1996–99 *

: 1982–83, 1986–87, 1993–96, 1999–06, 2009–10 *

TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...

: 2006–09, 2010–11, 2013–2014 *

TFF Third League TFF 3. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Third League) is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League.Turkish Third Footba ...

: 1967–77, 1984–86, 1987–93, 2011–13, 2014–18 *

Turkish Regional Amateur League The Turkish Regional Amateur League ( tr, Bölgesel Amatör Ligi) is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 11-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped ac ...

: 2018–19 *

Amateur Football League Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) (russian: Первенство России среди любительских футбольных клубов (III дивизион)) is the fourth overall tier of the Russian fo ...

: 1977–82, 1983–84, 2019–

Notable players

* Tolga Seyhan *

* Mehmet Yilmaz * Mehmet Cogum * Tamer Tuna *

Erman Özgür Erman Özgür (born April 13, 1977) is a Turkish former footballer and a current pundit. He used to play as attacking midfielder who can also play as a left winger. Özgür played several years for Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turki ...

* Hasan Kabze

External links

Official websiteÇanakkale Dardanelspor on TFF.org
Çanakkale Dardanelspor Sport in Çanakkale Football clubs in Turkey Association football clubs established in 1966 1966 establishments in Turkey Süper Lig clubs {{Turkey-footyclub-stub