Çanakkale Dardanelspor Kulübü is a

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club located in

Çanakkale Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. It is the seat of Çanakkale Province and Çanakkale District.Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

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 (), currently referred to as Trendyol 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 ...

, 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 top flight of

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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

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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

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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 20 ...

, Tamer Tuna, Mehmet Yılmaz, Tolga Seyhan,

Gökhan Zan Gökhan Zan (born 7 September 1981) is a Turkish former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Zan was born in Antakya. He started his career with Hatayspor and then moved on to Çanakkale Dardane ...

, Mehmet Çoğum, Hasan Kabze, Erman Özgür, Mehmet Topal,

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 Gal ...

and Selçuk İnan.

Attendances

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: 1996–99 *

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

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, 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 continu ...

: 2006–09, 2010–11, 2013–2014 *

TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Foot ...

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

Turkish Regional Amateur League The Turkish Regional Amateur League () is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 10-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped according to the regions in ...

: 2018–19 *

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: 1977–82, 1983–84, 2019–

Notable players

* Tolga Seyhan *

* Mehmet Topal *

* Mehmet Yilmaz * Mehmet Cogum * Tamer Tuna * Erman Özgür * Selçuk İnan * Hasan Kabze

External links

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Çanakkale 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