Antalyaspor

Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white.

Antalyaspor

Full name	Antalyaspor Kulübü A.Ş.
Nickname(s)	Akrepler (Scorpions)
Founded	2 July 1966; 58 years ago (1966-07-02)
Ground	Antalya Stadium
Capacity	29,307
President	Sinan Böztepe
Head coach	Alex de Souza
League	Süper Lig
2023–24	Süper Lig, 10th of 20
Website	https://www.antalyaspor.com.tr/tr
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Antalyaspor supporters

The football side 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 of 2000 and 2021.

History

Antalyaspor was established in 1966. The club competed in the lower divisions of the Turkish football league system before being promoted 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 was promoted 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 were promoted again the next season. They finished ninth at the end of the 2009–10 season.^[2]

Finishing 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 were 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]

Football Stadium

See also: Antalya 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, seating 29,307 spectators, is nicknamed 100. Yıl (Centenary), after the major boulevard of the same name, 100. Yıl Bulvarı", which is located directly south of the stadium. ^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• 1. Lig
  • Winners: 1981–82, 1985–86
  • Runners-up: 2005–06, 2007–08
• Turkish Cup
  • Runners-up: 1999–2000, 2020–21
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Runners-up: 2021

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

Main article: List of Antalyaspor seasons

Domestic results since 1966–67
Season[nb 1]	League	Place	Turkish Cup
1966–67	TFF First League	11	Qualifying round
1967–68	TFF First League	4	–
1968–69	TFF First League	5	Qualifying round
1969–70	TFF First League	6	–
1970–71	TFF First League	9	–
1971–72	TFF First League	8	–
1972–73	TFF First League	9	–
1973–74	TFF First League	7	–
1974–75	TFF First League	10	–
1975–76	TFF First League	11	Qualifying round
1976–77	TFF First League	5	Qualifying round
1977–78	TFF First League	8	Qualifying round
1978–79	TFF First League	3	Qualifying round
1979–80	TFF First League	3	Qualifying round
1980–81	TFF First League	8	Qualifying round
1981–82	TFF First League	1	Qualifying round
1982–83	Süper Lig	14	Qualifying round
1983–84	Süper Lig	15	Qualifying round
1984–85	Süper Lig	17	Qualifying round
1985–86	TFF First League	1	Qualifying round
1986–87	Süper Lig	18	Qualifying round
1987–88	TFF First League	2	Qualifying round
1988–89	TFF First League	4	Qualifying round
1989–90	TFF First League	3	Qualifying round
1990–91	TFF First League	14	Qualifying round
1991–92	TFF First League	2	Qualifying round
1992–93	TFF First League	6	Qualifying round
1993–94	TFF First League	6	Qualifying round
1994–95	Süper Lig	13	Qualifying round
1995–96	Süper Lig	7	Qualifying round
1996–97	Süper Lig	10	Qualifying round
1997–98	Süper Lig	12	Qualifying round
1998–99	Süper Lig	6	Qualifying round
1999–00	Süper Lig	11	Runners-up
2000–01	Süper Lig	15	Qualifying round
2001–02	Süper Lig	17	Qualifying round
2002–03	TFF First League	11	Qualifying round
2003–04	TFF First League	7	Qualifying round
2004–05	TFF First League	14	Qualifying round
2005–06	TFF First League	2	Qualifying round
2006–07	Süper Lig	16	Qualifying round
2007–08	TFF First League	2	Qualifying round
2008–09	Süper Lig	12	Quarter-finals
2009–10	Süper Lig	9	Semi-finals
2010–11	Süper Lig	11	Group stage
2011–12	Süper Lig	15	Quarter-finals
2012–13	Süper Lig	7	Group stage
2013–14	Süper Lig	17	Semi-finals
2014–15	TFF First League	5	Second round
2015–16	Süper Lig	9	Round of 16
2016–17	Süper Lig	5	Third round
2017–18	Süper Lig	14	Round of 16
2018–19	Süper Lig	7	Round of 16
2019–20	Süper Lig	9	Semi-finals
2020–21	Süper Lig	16	Runners-up
2021–22	Süper Lig	7	Quarter-finals
2022–23	Süper Lig	13	Round of 16

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	Rotor Volgograd	2–1	—	3rd
			Basel	2–5	—
			Shakhtar Donetsk	—	0–1
			Ataka-Aura Minsk	—	3–0
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	GS Group 11	Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	—	0–1	4th
			Publikum	—	1–1
			Proleter Zrenjanin	1–0	—
			Maccabi Haifa	0–2	—
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	Kapaz	5–0	2–0	7–0
		1R	Werder Bremen	2–0	0–6	2–6

UEFA Ranking history:

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 2005

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2001	133	16.987	[5]
2002	143	16.362	[6]
2003	152	16.495	[7]
2004	155	12.656	[8]
2005	164	11.872	[9]

Players

Current squad

As of 7 September 2024^[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 2 DF  BRA Thalisson 3 DF  TUR Bahadır Öztürk 4 DF  KOS Amar Gërxhaliu 5 MF  TUR Soner Dikmen 6 MF  MKD Erdal Rakip 7 DF  TUR Bünyamin Balcı 8 MF  ISR Ramzi Safouri 9 FW  ARG Adolfo Gaich (on loan from CSKA Moscow) 10 MF  SWE Sam Larsson 11 DF  TUR Güray Vural 12 MF  MLI Moussa Djenepo (on loan from Standard Liège) 13 GK  BIH Kenan Pirić 14 DF  TUR Emrecan Uzunhan (on loan from Beşiktaş) 16 MF  UKR Oleksandr Petrusenko 17 MF  TUR Erdoğan Yeşilyurt

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  POL Jakub Kałuziński 20 MF  TUR Emre Uzun 21 GK  TUR Abdullah Yiğiter 22 MF  NED Sander van de Streek 25 MF  ENG Andros Townsend 27 DF  TUR Mert Yılmaz 34 GK  TUR Doğukan Özkan 44 DF  TUR Efecan Gülerce 58 MF  BIH Deni Milošević 72 DF  TUR Harun Toprak 77 DF  TUR Abdurrahim Dursun 81 FW  PAR Braian Samudio 89 DF  TUR Veysel Sarı (captain) 91 MF  TUR Burak İngenç 99 GK  TUR Kağan Arıcan

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 — MF  TUR Mevlüt Han Ekelik

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 — GK  TUR Ataberk Dadakdeniz (at Erzurumspor until 30 June 2025) — MF  TUR Erkan Eyibil (at Serik Belediyespor until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  TUR Mehmet İlhan (at Kepezspor until 30 June 2025)

Coaching history

Main article: List of Antalyaspor managers

Swimming

National swimmers are:^[11]

• Sevim Eylül Süpürgeci
• Emir Batur Ayyıldız (born 2007)

Water polo

• Turgut Kabaca (born 1972)

References

Footnotes

1. Only Domestic results

Citations

1. "UEFA Cup 2000-01". Angelfire. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
2. "Bursaspor Champion". Angelfire. 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. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
6. Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2002". Xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
7. Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2003". Xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
8. Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2004". Xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
9. Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2005". Xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
10. Matches. Antalyasporsoccerway.com Archived 29 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine
11. "Yüzücülerimiz Dünya ile Yarışıyor" (in Turkish). Antalyaspor. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

Further reading

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

External links

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Antalyaspor on TFF.org