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Antalyaspor

Full name

Antalyaspor Kulübü

Nickname(s)

Akrepler (Scorpions),
Kırmızı Şimşekler (Red Lightnings)

Founded

1966

Ground

Antalya Atatürk Stadium
Antalya, Turkey

Capacity

12,000

Chairman

Sedat Peker

Manager

Yılmaz Vural

League

Turkcell Süper Lig

2005-06

Turk Telekom League A, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

Antalyaspor are a football club based in Antalya, Turkey and play their home matches at Antalya Atatürk Stadium. They are currently in the Turkcell Super League. The club returned to the Super League in 2006-07 season after securing the second place in Turk Telekom League A at the end of the 2005-06 season.

1 History
2 Emblem
3 Current squad
4 Achievements
5 2006-07 Season
6 League history
7 European Cups history
8 Notable former players
9 Trivia
10 External link
11 Notes

[edit] History

Antalyaspor were established in 1966 after three local teams united to establish a club for the coastal city of Antalya. These teams were Yenikapı SuSpor, İlk Işıkspor and Ferrokromspor.

The people of Antalya had to wait until 1982 for their team to be promoted to the Turkcell Super League. However, at the end of 1984-85 season Antalyaspor were relegated to second division again. After spending one season in the second division, Antalyaspor were promoted to the first division. This time they were able to survive in the first division for only one season and at the end of 1986-87 season, Antalyaspor were relegated to second division once more.

At the end of 1993-1994 season Antalyaspor had to play a play-off final to be promoted to the first division. In the play-off final, the opponent was Istanbulspor who had striker Tanju Çolak in their roster. After Tanju scored two goals, Istanbulspor had a 2-0 lead in the game. However, Antalyaspor managed to score two goals to go to the extra time. A free-kick goal in extra time by Adnan helped them win the match 3-2, and they were promoted to the first division.

The team have stayed in first division until 2002. In this period, they represented Turkey in Intertoto Cup two times and in UEFA Cup once. The club's greatest achievement came in 2000 when they made it to the final of the Turkish Cup. They lost the match 5-3 to Galatasaray, but were given a spot in the UEFA Cup for the coming year. Their first campaign in the UEFA Cup ended when they lost 6-2 to Werder Bremen on aggregate, despite winning two-to-nil at home. In the league they were relegated by just one point that season.

In the 2005-2006 season, Antalyaspor secured a second place after the champions Bursaspor in the Turk Telekom League A, and were promoted to the Turkcell Super League.

[edit] Emblem

The club emblem includes capital letters A and S which stand 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.

[edit] Current squad

Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

As of 6 December 2006:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Óscar Córdoba (C)
4	DF	Metin Aslan
5	DF	Piotr Dziewicki
6	MF	Levent Kartop
7	DF	Jarosław Bieniuk
8	DF	Ercan Ünal
9	FW	Coşkun Birdal
10	MF	İlyas Kahraman
11	FW	Taner Gülleri
12	MF	Maynor Suazo
13	DF	Şenol Can
17	MF	Ali Bilgin

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Alican Tez
20	MF	İdris Hacıfazlıoğlu
21	GK	Erman Öztürk
22	GK	İlker Avcibay
23	MF	Mustafa Özkaya
25	FW	Pavol Straka
28	DF	Vahap Işik
39	MF	Mustafa Gürsel
67	MF	Uğur Kavuk
74	DF	Volkan Yaman
77	FW	Ali Cansun Begeçarslan

[edit] Achievements

Turkish Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2000

[edit] 2006-07 Season

Results

Please see Antalyaspor 2006-2007 Results.

Standings

Please see Turkcell Super League 2006-07.

Player Statistics

No	Name	Appearence^[1]	Goals	Yellow Cards
1	Oscar Cordoba	16 (0)	0 (0)	1
4	Metin Aslan	2 (4)	0 (0)	1
5	Piotr Dziewicki	17 (0)	0 (0)	2
6	Levent Kartop	10 (5)	0 (0)	3
7	Jarosław Bieniuk	16 (0)	1 (0)	4
8	Ercan Ünal	0 (1)	0 (0)	0
9	Coşkun Birdal	13 (2)	4 (1)	1
10	İlyas Kahraman	9 (4)	0 (0)	2
11	Taner Gülleri	10 (4)	1 (0)	1
12	Maynor Suazo	13 (0)	0 (0)	3
13	Şenol Can	8 (6)	0 (0)	2
17	Ali Bilgin	13 (2)	3 (0)	3
19	Alican Tez	0 (0)	0 (0)	0
20	İdris Hacıfazlıoğlu	6 (3)	0 (0)	0
21	Erman Öztürk	0 (0)	0 (0)	0
22	İlker Avcibay	1 (0)	0 (0)	0
23	Mustafa Özkaya	0 (0)	0 (0)	0
25	Pavol Straka	8 (8)	2 (1)	2
28	Vahap Işik	0 (0)	0 (0)	0
39	Mustafa Gürsel	11 (1)	1 (0)	2
67	Uğur Kavuk	16 (0)	1 (0)	3
74	Volkan Yaman	16 (0)	1 (0)	2
77	Ali Cansun Begeçarslan	2 (9)	0 (0)	2

[edit] League history

Records (Only includes seasons in Super League)

Records	All Seasons	This Season
Highest League Position	6th, 1998-99	11th
Lowest League Position	18th, 1986-87	16th
Most League Goals Scored in a Season	51 (in 34 matches), 1997-98	18 (in 16 matches)
Most League Goals Conceded in a Season	68 (in 36 matches), 1986-87	21 (in 16 matches)
Most Number of Wins in a Season	14 (in 34 matches), 1998-99	3 (in 16 matches)
Most Number of Defeats in a Season	20 (in 36 matches), 1986-87	6 (in 16 matches)
Biggest Win	5-1 v Denizlispor, 1996-97 4-0 v Zeytinburnuspor, 1994-95 4-0 v Karsiyaka, 1995-96	3-1 v Kayseri Erciyesspor
Biggest Defeat	8-1 v Ankaragücü, 2001-02	4-2 v Fenerbahce
Highest Scoring Game	Eskisehirspor 7-3 Antalyaspor, 1986-87	Antalyaspor 4-4 Beşiktaş
Most Number of Games Won in Row	6, 1998-99	1
Most Number Games Lost in Row	7, 1997-98	2
Top Goalscorer	N/A	Coşkun Birdal, 5
Most Goals in a Match	N/A	Coşkun Birdal, 3 v Beşiktaş
Most League Appearance for Club	N/A	Piotr Dziewicki, 17
Youngest Player to Appear for Antalyaspor	N/A	Şenol Can, 23 years 122 days v Çaykur Rizespor
Oldest Player to Appear for Antalyaspor	N/A	Oscar Cordoba, 36 years 308 days v Gençlerbirliği

[edit] European Cups history

UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996
- Antalyaspor 2-5 FC Basel
- FC Ataka-Aura Minsk 0-3 Antalyaspor
- Antalyaspor 2-1 SC Rotor Volgograd
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Antalyaspor
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997
- NK Publikum 1-1 Antalyaspor
- Antalyaspor 0-2 Maccabi Haifa F.C.
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 Antalyaspor
- Antalyaspor 1-0 Proleter Zrenjanin
UEFA Cup 2000-01
- FK Gandja 0-2 Antalyaspor
- Antalyaspor 5-0 FK Gandja
- Antalyaspor 2-0 Werder Bremen
- Werder Bremen 6-0 Antalyaspor

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Trivia

Antalyaspor's fan leader is a famous Turkish actor, Çoşkun Göğen. He is also know as Tecavüzcü Coşkun (Coşkun the Rapist) as a reference to his main role in the movies he has played.^{[citation needed]}
Antalyaspor's 500th goal in history was scored by Pavol Straka on December 3, 2006 against Kayseri Erciyesspor.
The team has two groups of Ultras. 07 Gençlik (north side) and Red Soldiers (south side).