Denizlispor

Denizlispor
Full name	Denizlispor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Horozlar (Roosters)
Founded	26 May 1966; 58 years ago
Ground	Denizli Atatürk Stadium; Denizli, Turkey
Capacity	18,745
Chairman	Mehmet Uz
Manager	Özcan Bizati
League	TFF Second League
2022–23	TFF First League, 18th of 19 (relegated)
Website	Club website
	Current season

Denizlispor is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. The Denizli Atatürk Stadium, which has a seating capacity of up to 18,745 spectators is the club's home ground.

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 lesser known sports & youth club in the Çaybaşı district of Denizli city. This union made its registration at the Turkish football's governing body, the Turkish Football Federation (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 finished fifth in the 2001–02 Süper Lig, consequently qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, the team defeated FC Lorient, Sparta Prague, and Olympique Lyonnais, before losing in the fourth round against FC Porto, who later on won the tournament. In the 2003–2004 season the black-green club managed another 5th spot. Denizlispor's form declined after the 2004–2005 season and struggled avoiding relegation. Denizlispor drew 1–1 against Fenerbahçe on the last match day of the 2005–06 season securing its stay at the highest level, upsetting the title chances of the team from Kadıköy. Denizlispor remained in the Super League despite a 3–0 loss against Ankaragücü in an away match on May 24, 2009, due to better results against Konyaspor, who got relegated. Denizlispor eventually relegated the next season to the TFF First League after a goalless home draw against Ankaragücü on April 24, 2010.

After the relegation in the 2009–10 season, Denizlispor competed in the TFF First League for nine seasons. In the 2010–11 season, Denizlispor completed the first half of the season as leaders. The team, however, finished the season in 9th place. The following seasons, Denizlispor did not achieve any substantial success. Denizlispor became champions in the 2018–19 TFF First League season, with 72 points, promoting to the Süper Lig.

After two consecutive seasons in the Süper Lig, Denizlispor could not manage to keep competing in the Süper Lig, relegating to the TFF First League. In the 2022–23 season, Denizlispor had a disastrous start to the season with just six points in their first 16 fixtures, performing poor throughout the season staying in the relegation zone in 36 of the 38 rounds. The team eventually relegated to the TFF Second League for the first time ever in their history.

Crest and colours

Denizli SK's classic home kit

The Denizlispor crest was designed by Yakup Ünel, a founding member of the team. The crest is based around a rooster, which is identified with the province of Denizli. The team's colours come from the colours of a type of rooster with green and black feathers unique to Denizli region.

Stadium

Denizlispor play their home matches in Denizli Atatürk Stadium. The stadium holds 18,745 people and was built in 1950. Denizlispor's first league match played against Eskişehirspor in 1983. The stadium does not have wire nets.^[2]

League participations

Süper Lig: 1983–88, 1994–97, 1999–2010, 2019–21
TFF First League: 1966–83, 1988–94, 1997–99, 2010–19, 2021–2023
TFF Second League: 2023–

European cups

As of 27 February 2003

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Cup	8	3	2	3	9	12	–3
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	0	0	2	3	6	–3
Total	10	3	2	5	12	18	–6

UEFA Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	1R	FC Lorient	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
	2R	Sparta Prague	2–0	0–1	2–1
	3R	Lyon	0–0	1–0	1–0
	4R	FC Porto	2–2	1–6	3–8

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001	1R	NK Čelik	3–5	0–1	3–6

UEFA Ranking history:

As of 2007

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2003	115	22.495	^[3]
2004	112	18.656	^[4]
2005	131	17.872	^[5]
2006	138	16.634	^[6]
2007	126	16.791	^[7]

Past seasons

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Manager	Notes
1966–67	2Rd	7	32	13	7	12	25	28	33	2nd round			Altan Santepe	First season
1967–68	2Rd	2	38	16	14	8	37	22	46				Altan Santepe	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1968–69	2Rd	2	34	12	18	4	24	14	42	2nd round			Altan Santepe
1969–70	2Rd	3	30	14	9	7	28	16	37	1st round			Altan Santepe / Kadri Aytaç
1970–71	2Rd	7	30	15	3	12	32	25	33	2nd round			Altan Santepe / Doğan Emültay
1971–72	2Rd	11	30	10	8	12	16	19	28				Altan Santepe / Melih Garipler / Seracettin Kırklar	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1972–73	2Rd	11	30	8	12	10	23	26	28				İnanç Toker / Doğan Emültay	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1973–74	2Rd	9	30	8	14	8	25	25	30				Seracettin Kırklar / İsmail Kurt / Melih Garipler	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1974–75	2Rd	14	30	8	10	12	23	39	26				Melih Garipler / İsmail Kurt	Did not qualify for Turkish Cup
1975–76	2Rd	13	30	10	7	13	21	27	27	2nd round			Seracettin Kırklar / Melih Garipler / İnanç Toker
1976–77	2Rd	13	30	8	10	12	24	41	26	1st round			İnanç Toker
1977–78	2Rd	14	32	7	13	12	20	32	27	2nd round			Şükrü Ersoy / İnanç Toker
1978–79	2Rd	8	30	9	10	11	22	24	28	4th round			Şükrü Ersoy / Melih Garipler
1979–80	2B	10	30	10	9	11	28	31	29	6th round			Mustafa Özkula / İnanç Toker
1980–81	2A	5	34	14	8	12	44	33	36	3rd Round			Mustafa Özkula / Melih Garipler / İnanç Toker
1981–82	2B	5	28	12	7	9	41	20	31	5th round			İnanç Toker / Refik Özvardar
1982–83	2B	1	30	20	6	4	38	12	46	5th round			Halil Güngördü / Doğan Andaç	Promoted to Süper Lig
1983–84	SL	7	34	12	10	12	36	42	34	5th round			Nevzat Güzelırmak	First Süper Lig season
1984–85	SL	16	34	9	11	14	39	48	29	Semi-Final			Nevzat Güzelırmak	Best Turkish Cup position
1985–86	SL	12	36	12	8	16	40	39	32	6th round			Özkan Sümer / Ilie Datcu
1986–87	SL	7	36	11	14	11	41	35	36	6th round			Nihat Atacan / Necdet Zorluer
1987–88	SL	17	38	12	9	17	35	48	45	5th round			Necdet Zorluer / Zeynel Soyuer	Relegated
1988–89	2C	2	34	19	9	6	53	29	66	1st round			Fethi Demircan
1989–90	2B	4	32	14	11	7	45	31	53	4th round			Bülent Ünder / Behzat Çınar
1990–91	2B	3	34	18	7	9	56	27	61	4th round			Behzat Çınar
1991–92	2B	3	34	18	7	9	68	50	61	5th round			Melih Garipler
1992–93	1L	4	18	10	2	6	30	20	32	1st round			Bülent Ünder / Erkan Velioğlu / Gündüz Tekin Onay
1993–94	1L	2	18	11	2	5	36	27	35	6th round			Ömer Kaner	Promoted to Süper Lig
1994–95	SL	15	34	8	11	15	41	53	35	6th round			Ümit Kayıhan
1995–96	SL	15	34	8	10	16	38	50	34	6th round			Ümit Kayıhan
1996–97	SL	17	34	5	5	24	36	81	20	5th round			Milorad Mitrović / Behzat Çınar / Ersun Yanal / Melih Garipler	Relegated
1997–98	1L	3	18	10	3	5	33	23	33	5th round			Raşit Çetiner
1998–99	1L	2	18	9	5	4	40	30	32	3rd Round			Ersun Yanal	Promoted to Süper Lig
1999–00	SL	8	34	13	8	13	55	57	47	3rd Round			Ersun Yanal
2000–01	SL	11	34	12	9	13	53	56	45	Round of 16			Yılmaz Vural / Tevfik Lav
2001–02	SL	5	34	12	12	10	65	52	48	Semi-Final	IC	1st round	Rıza Çalımbay	Best league position and first season in Europe
2002–03	SL	10	34	10	10	14	37	42	40	Round of 16	UC	4th round	Rıza Çalımbay / Giray Bulak	Best UEFA Cup position
2003–04	SL	5	34	17	4	13	52	43	55	Quarter-Final			Giray Bulak	Best league position
2004–05	SL	6	34	13	10	11	46	45	49	Semi-Final			Giray Bulak	Best Turkish Cup position
2005–06	SL	15	34	9	10	15	41	50	37	Semi-Final			Nurullah Sağlam	Best Turkish Cup position
2006–07	SL	14	34	9	14	11	33	40	41	2nd round			Güvenç Kurtar
2007–08	SL	7	34	13	6	15	48	48	45	Group Stage			Güvenç Kurtar
2008–09	SL	15	34	11	5	18	39	52	38	Quarter-Final			Ali Yalçın / Ümit Kayıhan / Mesut Bakkal
2009–10	SL	17	34	6	8	20	30	49	26	Quarter-Final			Erhan Altın / Nurullah Sağlam / Hakan Kutlu	Relegated
2010–11	1L	9	32	11	11	10	40	31	44	Group stage			Hamza Hamzaoğlu / Serhat Güller
2011–12	1L	10	34	11	12	11	51	46	45	2nd round			Güvenç Kurtar / Osman Özköylü
2012–13	1L	11	34	11	10	13	35	37	43	2nd round			Engin İpekoğlu / Selahattin Dervent / Özcan Bizati
2013–14	1L	10	36	14	4	18	42	56	46	2nd round			Serdar Dayat / Yusuf Şimşek / Özcan Bizati
2014–15	1L	15	34	8	9	17	38	51	33	2nd round			Özcan Bizati / Engin İpekoğlu / Mehmet Altıparmak
2015–16	1L	15	34	10	9	15	41	52	36	2nd round			Mehmet Altıparmak / Ali Yalçın / Koray Palaz
2016–17	1L	11	34	11	10	13	46	45	40	3rd Round			Ali Tandoğan / Mehmet Ali Keskinler / Ali Yalçın
2017–18	1L	15	34	10	8	16	43	47	38	2nd round			Yusuf Şimşek / Reha Erginer / Fatih Tekke
2018–19	1L	1	34	21	9	4	67	32	72	4th round			Osman Özköylü / Yücel İldiz	Promoted to Süper Lig
2019–20	SL	14	34	9	8	18	31	48	35	Round of 16			Yücel İldiz / Mehmet Özdilek / Bülent Uygun
2020–21	SL	21	40	6	10	24	38	77	28	4th round			Robert Prosinečki / Yalçın Koşukavak / Hakan Kutlu / Ali Tandoğan	Relegated
2021–22	1L	11	36	14	7	15	46	50	49	Round of 16			Serhat Gülpınar / Fatih Tekke / Mesut Bakkal
2022–23	1L	18	36	7	5	24	35	67	23	4th round			Mesut Bakkal / Giray Bulak / Kemal Kılıç / Bülent Ertuğrul	Relegated
2023–24	2Rd	18	36	8	8	20	37	57	32	2nd round			Bülent Ertuğrul / Özcan Bizati	Relegated

Last updated: 4 May 2024
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

As of 27 August 2023^[8]

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	TUR	Ali Eren Yalçın
3	DF	TUR	Emre Yıldırım
4	DF	TUR	Muhammet Özkal
5	DF	TUR	Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu
6	DF	TUR	Mehmet Eren Sıngın
7	FW	TUR	Alihan Kalkan
99	FW	USA	Allen Washington
10	MF	TUR	Omer Gündüz
11	FW	TUR	Mehmet Ali Ulaman
13	MF	TUR	Ertuğrul Yıldırım
14	MF	TUR	Bekir Turaç Böke
16	DF	TUR	Eren Kıryolcu
17	FW	TUR	Deniz Kodal


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	TUR	Abdülkadir Sünger
24	DF	TUR	Oktay Kısaoğlu
25	MF	TUR	Yusuf Emre İnanır
26	DF	TUR	Gökhan Süzen
27	DF	TUR	Emre Sağlık
31	GK	TUR	Ertuğrul Bağ
37	MF	TUR	Alaattin Öner
42	DF	TUR	Ahmet Tekin
45	DF	TUR	Emre Burgaz
53	DF	TUR	Mustafa Kemal Naza
66	DF	TUR	Berkant Gündem
77	MF	TUR	Emre Furtana

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Club officials

Board members

Position	Staff
President	Karan Sanlikan
Vice-president	M. Ali Gurgun
Vice-president	Ali İnceören
Vice-president	İsmail Kartal
Board member	Hikmet Olgun
Board member	Seyit Berber
Board member	Nedim Demirkan
Board member	Fethi Akcan
Board member	Necip İrdem
Board member	Ali Yörümez
Board member	Ömer Tuncer
Board member	Derviş Gedik
Board member	Ahmet Aşıkoğlu
Board member	Muhammet Kaplan
Board member	Ferhat Yıldırım
Board member	Osman Toker
Board member	İzzet Çağlar Altunbaş
Board member	Onur Kayhan
Board member	Cemal Işık
Board member	Osman Özdemir
Board member	Mehmet Teke
Board member	Hasan Yıldırım
Board member	Hüseyin Eren

Last updated: 14 March 2024
Source: Denizlispor.org.tr

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Bülent Ertuğrul
Assistant coach	Mustafa Bahadır
Assistant coach	Hamdi Demirtaş
Goalkeeping coach	Aydın Artanlar
Athletic performance coach	Yasin Karacan
Athletic performance coach	Alper Kartal
Scout	Ataberk Ates
Doctor	Ahmet Edremit
Physiotherapist	Yusuf Mercan
Masseur	Onur Kılınç
Masseur	Recep Avcu
Material manager	Sinan Kodal

Last updated: 14 March 2024
Source: Denizlispor.org.tr

Coaches

Altan Santepe (1966–69)
Kadri Aytaç (1969–70)^[9]^[10]
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 (1985–86)
Nihat Atmaca (1986–87)
Zeynel Soyuer (1987–88)
Fethi Demircan (1988–89)
Nihat Atacan (1989–90)
Bülent Ünder (1990–91)
Behzat Çınar (1991–92)
Melih Garipler (1991–92)
Ilker Küçük (1992–93)
Gündüz Tekin Onay (1992–93)
Ömer Kaner (1993–94)
Ümit Kayıhan (1994–96)
Behzat Çınar (1996–97)
Melih Garipler (1996–97)
Raşit Çetiner (1997–98)
Ersun Yanal (1998–2000)
Tevfik Lav (2000–01)
Yılmaz Vural (2000–01)
Sakıp Özberk (2001–02)
Rıza Çalımbay (2001–03)
Giray Bulak (2003–05)
Nurullah Sağlam (2006)
Faruk Hadžibegić (2006)
Güvenç Kurtar (2006–08)
Ali Yalçın (2008)
Ümit Kayıhan (2008–09)
Mesut Bakkal (2009)
Erhan Altın (2009)
Nurullah Sağlam (2009)
Hakan Kutlu (2009–10)
Hamza Hamzaoğlu (2010–11)
Güvenç Kurtar (2011)
Serhat Güller (2011)
Osman Özköylü (2011–12)
Engin İpekoğlu (2012)
Yusuf Şimşek (2012–13)
Özcan Bizati (2013)
Serdar Dayat (2013)
Ümit Turmuş (2013)
Özcan Bizati (2013–15)
Engin İpekoğlu (2015)
Mehmet Altıparmak (2015)
Ali Yalçın (2015–16)
Koray Palaz (2016)
Selahattin Dervent (2016)
Ali Tandoğan (2016–17)
Ali Şimşek (2017)
Yusuf Şimşek (2017)
Reha Erginer (2017–18)
Fatih Tekke (2018)
Osman Özköylü (2018)
Yücel İldiz (2018–19)
Mehmet Özdilek (2019–20)
Bülent Uygun (2020)
Robert Prosinečki (2020)
Kenan Atik (2020)
Yalçın Koşukavak (2020–21)
Hakan Kutlu (2021)
Ali Tandoğan (2021)
Serhat Gülpınar (2021)
Fatih Tekke (2021–22)
Mesut Bakkal (2022)
Giray Bulak (2022–23)
Kemal Kılıç (2023)
Bülent Ertuğrul (2023)
Özcan Bizati (2023–present)

Sponsorships

Season	Sponsors
1983–1987	Emsan
1987–1991	Ofas
1991–1993	VakıfBank
1993–1997	SuperTon and Kinetix
1997–1998	Akça
1998–1999	Evita
1999–2000	Sümerbank
2000–2001	Denizlispor Koleji
2001–2002	Evita
2002–2003	Vestel and Denizbank
2003–2010	Turkcell
2010–2012	Bank Asya
2012–2013	Spor Toto
2013–2014	Tekden
2014–2015	Aydem
2015–2016	Zorlu Enerji
2016–2018	Lezita
2018–2019	Abalı
2019–2021	Yukatel
2021–2022	Pimatech
2022–2024	Rams

Season	Suppliers
1993–1995	Umbro
1995–1997	Asics
1997–1998	Puma
1998–1999	Adidas
1999–2001	Puma
2001–2003	Adidas
2003–2004	Puma
2004–2006	Le Coq Sportif
2006–2008	Kappa
2008–2013	Lescon
2013–2015	Umbro
2015–2017	Nike
2017–2018	Barex
2018–2020	Nike
2020–2021	Kappa
2021–2022	Diadora
2022–2024	Nadd
2024	Geges

Other branches

The club has football, basketball, table tennis, chess, figure skating and gymnastic teams. The club's most famous branch is its football team.

References

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^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2005". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
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^ 10 April 1971, Milliyet, page 8