Antalyaspor

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Antalyaspor
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Full name Antalyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s) Akrepler (Scorpions),
Kırmızı Şimşekler (Red Lightnings)
Founded 1966
Ground Antalya Atatürk Stadium
Antalya, Turkey
(Capacity 12,000)
Chairman Flag of Turkey Sedat Peker
Manager Flag of Turkey Hikmet Karaman
League Turkcell Super League
2007-08 Bank Asya 1. Lig, 2nd (Promoted)
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Antalyaspor is a football club based in Antalya, Turkey and play their home matches at Antalya Atatürk Stadium. They are currently playing in Türk Telekom League A, the second best league in Turkey.

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[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 after extra time, 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. However, 2006-2007 season was a disappointment for Antalyaspor and she relegated to League A as 16th after a 3-1 loss against Gençlerbirliği in Round 34. Antalyaspor went back to Turkcell Super League as 2nd at next season.

[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. Three rectangular shapes on the Yivli Minare means the unite of three teams 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 29 September 2007:

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Turkey GK Erman Öztürk
3 Flag of Turkey DF Şenol Can
4 Flag of Austria DF Metin Aslan
5 Flag of Poland DF Piotr Dziewicki
6 Flag of Poland DF Jarosław Bieniuk
7 Flag of Turkey DF Mahmut Karıklar
8 Flag of Turkey MF Hakan Özmert
9 Flag of Turkey FW Ufuk Ateş
10 Flag of Turkey MF Serkan Reçber (C)
11 Flag of Tunisia FW Ali Zitouni
17 Flag of Turkey GK Fevzi Elmas
18 Flag of Turkey GK Polat Keser
19 Flag of Turkey DF Vahap Işık
No. Position Player
20 Flag of Turkey MF Mesut Çaytemel
21 Flag of Turkey FW Cenk İşler
22 Flag of Turkey MF Eyüp Hasan Uğur
23 Flag of Turkey MF Aytekin Viduslu
25 Flag of Slovakia FW Pavol Straka
35 Flag of Turkey GK Akın Sinan Dağdelen
36 Flag of Turkey FW Serdar Sınık
53 Flag of Turkey MF İdris Hacıfazlıoğlu
58 Flag of Turkey MF Ertuğrul Aslan
67 Flag of Turkey MF Uğur Kavuk
77 Flag of Turkey MF Sezer Güler
99 Flag of Turkey DF Sinan Yitmez
Flag of Turkey DF Abdullah Çetin

For recent transfers see List of Turkish football transfers 2008-09

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player
12 Flag of Honduras MF Maynor Suazo (on loan to 1.FC Köln until June 2009)

[edit] Achievements

[edit] European Cups history

[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 Super League 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).

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