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Denizlispor

Sports club in Turkey

Summary

Sports club in Turkey

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image	Denizlispor logo.svg
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fullname	Denizlispor Kulübü
nickname	Horozlar (Roosters)
founded
ground	Denizli Atatürk Stadium
Denizli, Turkey
capacity	18,745
chairman	Erhan Ergil
manager	Kürşat Taş
league	Turkish Regional Amateur League
season	2024–25
position	15th of 16 (relegated from TFF Third League Group IV)
current	2024–25 Denizlispor season
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Denizli, Turkey

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.

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 top-tier, relegating to the TFF First League. In the 2022–23 season, The Roosters 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 relegated in the end to the TFF Second League for the first time ever in their history. The free fall of the Aegean team continued as it relegated in the 2023–24 season from the TFF 2. Lig to the TFF Third League, where it could not hold on, finally relegating from the professional football leagues to the Turkish Regional Amateur League at the end of the 2024–25 season.

Crest and colours

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

Main article: Denizli Atatürk 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.

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: 2023–24
TFF Third League: 2024–25
Turkish Regional Amateur League: 2025–

European cups

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

UEFA Cup:

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

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

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

UEFA Ranking history:

Season	Rank	Points
2003	115	22.495
2004	112	18.656
2005	131	17.872
2006	138	16.634
2007	126	16.791

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
1967–68		2Rd	2	38	16	14	8	37	22	46				Altan Santepe
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
1972–73		2Rd	11	30	8	12	10	23	26	28				İnanç Toker / Doğan Emültay
1973–74		2Rd	9	30	8	14	8	25	25	30				Seracettin Kırklar / İsmail Kurt / Melih Garipler
1974–75		2Rd	14	30	8	10	12	23	39	26				Melih Garipler / İsmail Kurt
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
1983–84		SL	7	34	12	10	12	36	42	34	5th round			Nevzat Güzelırmak
1984–85		SL	16	34	9	11	14	39	48	29	Semi-Final			Nevzat Güzelırmak
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
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
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
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
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
2002–03		SL	10	34	10	10	14	37	42	40	Round of 16	UC		4th round	Rıza Çalımbay / Giray Bulak
2003–04	SL	5	34	17	4	13	52	43	55	Quarter-Final			Giray Bulak
2004–05	SL	6	34	13	10	11	46	45	49	Semi-Final			Giray Bulak
	2005–06		SL	15	34	9	10	15	41	50	37	Semi-Final			Nurullah Sağlam
	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
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
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
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
2023–24		2Rd	18	36	8	8	20	37	57	32	2nd round			Bülent Ertuğrul / Özcan Bizati
2024–25		3L4	15	30	5	12	13	27	55	21	1st round			Çağdaş Mavioğlu / Şükrü Akar / Ali Yalçın / Kürşat Taş

Last updated: 28 April 2025

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; 3L4 = Turkish Third Football League, Group 4; 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

Retired numbers

a Following his death in 2001, the club's president Mustafa Baysal decided to retire the number 18 in his honour.

Club officials

Board members

Technical staff

Coaches

Turkey Altan Santepe (1966–69)
Turkey Kadri Aytaç (1969–70)
Turkey Doğan Emültay (1970–72)
Turkey İnanç Toker (1972–73)
Turkey İsmail Kurt (1973–74)
Turkey Melih Garipler (1974–75)
Turkey Seracettin Kırklar (1975–76)
Turkey İnanç Toker (1976–77)
Turkey Şükrü Ersoy (1977–78)
Turkey Melih Garipler (1978–79)
Turkey Mustafa Özkula (1979–81)
Turkey Refik Özvardar (1981–82)
Turkey Halil Güngördü (1982–83)
Turkey Doğan Andaç (1982–83)
Turkey Nevzat Güzelırmak (1983–85)
Turkey Özkan Sümer (1985–86)
Turkey Nihat Atmaca (1986–87)
Turkey Zeynel Soyuer (1987–88)
Turkey Fethi Demircan (1988–89)
Turkey Nihat Atacan (1989–90)
Turkey Bülent Ünder (1990–91)
Turkey Behzat Çınar (1991–92)
Turkey Melih Garipler (1991–92)
Turkey Ilker Küçük (1992–93)
Turkey Gündüz Tekin Onay (1992–93)
Turkey Ömer Kaner (1993–94)
Turkey Ümit Kayıhan (1994–96)
Turkey Behzat Çınar (1996–97)
Turkey Melih Garipler (1996–97)
Turkey Raşit Çetiner (1997–98)
Turkey Ersun Yanal (1998–2000)
Turkey Tevfik Lav (2000–01)
Turkey Yılmaz Vural (2000–01)
Turkey Sakıp Özberk (2001–02)
Turkey Rıza Çalımbay (2001–03)
Turkey Giray Bulak (2003–05)
Turkey Nurullah Sağlam (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Faruk Hadžibegić (2006)
Turkey Güvenç Kurtar (2006–08)
Turkey Ali Yalçın (2008)
Turkey Ümit Kayıhan (2008–09)
Turkey Mesut Bakkal (2009)
Turkey Erhan Altın (2009)
Turkey Nurullah Sağlam (2009)
Turkey Hakan Kutlu (2009–10)
Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu (2010–11)
Turkey Güvenç Kurtar (2011)
Turkey Serhat Güller (2011)
Turkey Osman Özköylü (2011–12)
Turkey Engin İpekoğlu (2012)
Turkey Yusuf Şimşek (2012–13)
Turkey Özcan Bizati (2013)
Turkey Serdar Dayat (2013)
Turkey Ümit Turmuş (2013)
Turkey Özcan Bizati (2013–15)
Turkey Engin İpekoğlu (2015)
Turkey Mehmet Altıparmak (2015)
Turkey Ali Yalçın (2015–16)
Turkey England Koray Palaz (2016)
Turkey Selahattin Dervent (2016)
Turkey Ali Tandoğan (2016–17)
Turkey Ali Şimşek (2017)
Turkey Yusuf Şimşek (2017)
Turkey Reha Erginer (2017–18)
Turkey Fatih Tekke (2018)
Turkey Osman Özköylü (2018)
Turkey Yücel İldiz (2018–19)
Turkey Mehmet Özdilek (2019–20)
Turkey Bülent Uygun (2020)
Croatia Robert Prosinečki (2020)
Turkey Kenan Atik (2020)
Turkey Yalçın Koşukavak (2020–21)
Turkey Hakan Kutlu (2021)
Turkey Ali Tandoğan (2021)
Turkey Serhat Gülpınar (2021)
Turkey Fatih Tekke (2021–22)
Turkey Mesut Bakkal (2022)
Turkey Giray Bulak (2022–23)
Turkey Kemal Kılıç (2023)
Turkey Bülent Ertuğrul (2023)
Turkey Özcan Bizati (2023–2024)
Turkey Çağdaş Mavioğlu (2024)
Turkey Şükrü Akar (caretaker manager) (2024)
Turkey Ali Yalçın (caretaker manager) (2024–25)
Turkey Kürşat Taş (2025–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
2024–	no head sponsor

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

Naming rights

Due to sponsordeals the club name changed over the years. Tekden Denizlispor (2013–14), Abalı Denizlispor (2019), Yukatel Denizlispor (2019–21), Altaş Denizlispor (2021–23).

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

[https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=535&kulupID=81 Club details] tff.org. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
"Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu". denizlispor.org.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2003". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2004". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2005". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2006". Xs4all.nl.
Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2007". Xs4all.nl.
"Futbolcular".
"Denizlispor "siyah forma" giyecek - NTV".
23 April 1970, Milliyet, page 10
10 April 1971, Milliyet, page 8

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