Antalyaspor
Full nameAntalyaspor Kulübü A.Ş.
Nickname(s)Akrepler (Scorpions)
Founded2 July 1966 (1966-07-02)
GroundAntalya Stadium
Capacity32,537
PresidentSinan Boztepe
Head coachSergen Yalçın
LeagueSüper Lig
2022–23Süper Lig, 13th of 19
WebsiteClub website
Antalyaspor supporters

Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. 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. 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 at the end of the 1984–85 season. Though promoted to the next season they were relegated again. They competed in the TFF First League 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 UEFA Intertoto Cup twice and the UEFA Cup once. They reached the finals of the Turkish Cup in 2000 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.[1]

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 scored the club's 500th goal in top-flight football. In the following year they were relegated back to the TFF First League, but earned promotion again the next season. They finished ninth at the end of the 2009–10 season.[2]

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.[3]

Colours and badge

The club emblem includes capital letters A and S which stands for Antalya and Spor (sport in Turkish) 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.[4]

Stadium

Antalya's first stadium was Antalya Atatürk Stadium which fell into disrepair from 2009 onwards. That forced the team to relocate to Akdeniz University Stadium which holds 7,083 spectators. In 2013 Antalyaspor began construction of Antalya Stadium. This stadium, which opened in the summer of 2015, seats 33,032 spectators, is nicknamed "100. Yıl" (Centenary), after the major artery of the same name, "100. Yıl Bulvarı", which passes south of the plot.

Honours

League affiliation

  • Süper Lig: 1982–85, 1986–87, 1994–02, 2006–07, 2008–14, 2015–
  • TFF First League: 1966–82, 1985–86, 1987–94, 2002–06, 2007–08, 2014–15

Statistics

Domestic seasons

European history

As of 28 September 2000
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup 4 3 0 1 9 6 +3
UEFA Intertoto Cup 8 3 1 4 9 11 –2
Total 12 6 1 5 18 17 +1
European participations
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup GS
Group 7		 Russia Rotor Volgograd 2–1 — 3rd
Switzerland Basel 2–5 —
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk — 0–1
Belarus Ataka-Aura Minsk — 3–0
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup GS
Group 11		 Russia Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod — 0–1 4th
Slovenia Publikum — 1–1
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Proleter Zrenjanin 1–0 —
Israel Maccabi Haifa 0–2 —
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR Azerbaijan Kapaz 5–0 2–0 7–0
1R Germany Werder Bremen 2–0 0–6 2–6

UEFA Ranking history:

As of 2005
SeasonRankPointsRef.
2001133 Increase16.987[5]
2002143 Decrease16.362[6]
2003152 Decrease16.495[7]
2004155 Decrease12.656[8]
2005164 Decrease11.872[9]

Players

Current squad

As of 17 September 2023[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Helton Leite
3 DF Turkey TUR Bahadır Öztürk
4 DF Kosovo KOS Amar Gërxhaliu
5 MF Turkey TUR Mevlüt Han Ekelik
6 MF North Macedonia MKD Erdal Rakip
7 DF Turkey TUR Bünyamin Balcı
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dario Šarić (on loan from Palermo)
9 FW Poland POL Adam Buksa (on loan from Lens)
10 FW Sweden SWE Sam Larsson
11 DF Turkey TUR Güray Vural
12 GK Turkey TUR Kağan Arıcan
14 MF Turkey TUR Erkan Eyibil
16 MF Israel ISR Ramzi Safouri
17 DF Germany GER Erdoğan Yeşilyurt
18 MF Poland POL Jakub Kałuziński
19 MF Germany GER Ufuk Akyol
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Deni Milošević
21 DF Turkey TUR Ömer Toprak
22 MF Netherlands NED Sander van de Streek
23 GK Turkey TUR Ataberk Dadakdeniz
27 DF Turkey TUR Mert Yılmaz
30 MF Turkey TUR Mustafa Erdilman
34 GK Turkey TUR Doğukan Özkan
38 MF Philippines PHI Gerrit Holtmann (on loan from Bochum)
44 DF Brazil BRA Naldo
70 MF Turkey TUR Ege Bilsel
72 DF Turkey TUR Harun Toprak
77 MF Kosovo KOS Zymer Bytyqi
80 MF Turkey TUR Emre Uzun
89 DF Turkey TUR Veysel Sarı (captain)
97 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Britt Assombalonga

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Turkey TUR Mevlüt Emir Gürlek
— DF Turkey TUR Muhammed Emin Özkul
— DF Turkey TUR Berat Onur Pınar
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Turkey TUR Mehmet İlhan
— FW Turkey TUR Seyit Niyazi Özcan
— FW Turkey TUR Mert Selçuk

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Turkey TUR Efecan Gülerce (at Silivrispor until 30 June 2024)

Club officials

Technical staff

Head coach Sergen Yalçın
Assistant coach Onur Akdemir
Coach Murat Erdoğan
Coach Cengiz Yıldırım
Coach Önder Gülcan
Coach Ertuğrul Arslan
Goalkeeping coach Murat Öztürk

Source: [11]

A.Ş. board members

President Sinan Boztepe
Vice President Alkan Evren
Vice President Deniz Ali Yeşil
Vice President Mertay Selim Şirin
Vice President Akın Tatlıpınar
Vice President Fatih Gürcü
Vice President Ferit Sezer
Vice President Fesih Tamince
Vice President Levent Ördek
Vice President Mehmet Hasan Güneysu
Vice President Yener Yıldırım
Press Spokesperson Alkan Evren

Source: [12]

Association board members

President Aziz Çetin
Deputy Chairman Deniz Varol
Deputy Chairman Mustafa Türker
Deputy Chairman Rıdvan Güzel
Secretary-General Mehmet Akdağ
Financial Affairs Hasan Ali Onay
Administrative Affairs Osman Sapmaz
Administrative Affairs Caner Canıtez
Board Members Levent Küçükçolak
Board Members Murat Şimşek
Board Members İbrahim Utku Taşkın

Source: [13]

Coaching history

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Only Domestic results

Citations

  1. ↑ "UEFA Cup 2000-01". angelfire.com. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bursaspor Champion". angelfire.com. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Antalyaspor Süper Lig'de". Hürriyet Daily News (in Turkish). 7 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Logomuz" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2001". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2002". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2003". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2004". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2005". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  10. ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/09/17/turkey/super-lig/fenerbahce-spor-kulubu/antalyaspor/4162395/
  11. ↑ "Teknik Kadro" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "A.Ş. Yönetim Kurulu" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 23 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Dernek Yönetim Kurulu" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

Further reading

  • "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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