Antalyaspor Explained

Clubname:Antalyaspor
Fullname:Antalyaspor Kulübü A.Ş.
Nickname:Akrepler (Scorpions)
Ground:Antalya Stadium
Capacity:29,307
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Sinan Böztepe
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Alex de Souza
Website:https://www.antalyaspor.com.tr/tr
Current:2023–24 Antalyaspor season
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Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white.

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]

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.

Honours

League affiliation

1982–85, 1986–87, 1994–02, 2006–07, 2008–14, 2015–

1966–82, 1985–86, 1987–94, 2002–06, 2007–08, 2014–15

Statistics

Domestic seasons

See main article: List of Antalyaspor seasons.

European history

CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD
UEFA Cup430196+3
UEFA Intertoto Cup8314911–2
Total126151817+1
European participations
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1996UEFA Intertoto CupGS
Group 7
Rotor Volgograd2–13rd
Basel2–5
Shakhtar Donetsk0–1
Ataka-Aura Minsk3–0
1997UEFA Intertoto CupGS
Group 11
Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod0–14th
Publikum1–1
Proleter Zrenjanin1–0
Maccabi Haifa0–2
2000–01UEFA CupQR Kapaz5–02–07–0
1R Werder Bremen2–00–62–6

UEFA Ranking history:

See also: UEFA coefficient.

Season Rank Points Ref.
2001133 16.987[6]
2002143 16.362[7]
2003152 16.495[8]
2004155 12.656[9]
2005164 11.872[10]

Players

Out on loan

Club officials

Association board members

Coaching history

Swimming

National swimmers are:[11]

Water polo

References

Footnotes

  1. Web site: UEFA Cup 2000-01. en. 25 May 2015. 10 May 2017. Angelfire. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20080605152102/http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec200001.html#uefa. 5 June 2008.
  2. Web site: Bursaspor Champion. en. 25 May 2015. 10 May 2017. Angelfire. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201351/http://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/0910/0.html. 3 March 2016.
  3. News: Antalyaspor Süper Lig'de. Hürriyet Daily News. 7 June 2015. 17 October 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20201017174948/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/son-dakika-haberi-trabzonsporun-belalisi-edin-visca-bos-gecmiyor-41638964. 17 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Logomuz. tr. 25 May 2015. 10 May 2017. antalyaspor.com.tr. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606131725/http://www.antalyaspor.com.tr/page/logomuz_284. 6 June 2017.
  5. Only Domestic results
  6. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 2001 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09 . 5 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405191426/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method2/trank2001.html . live .
  7. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 2002 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09 . 15 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221015160801/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method2/trank2002.html . live .
  8. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 2003 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09 . 24 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230424004918/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method2/trank2003.html . live .
  9. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 2004 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09 . 8 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230308172801/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method3/trank2004.html . live .
  10. Web site: Bert Kassies . UEFA Team Ranking 2005 . Xs4all.nl . 2022-09-09 . 8 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230308172759/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method3/trank2005.html . live .
  11. Web site: Yüzücülerimiz Dünya ile Yarışıyor . Antalyaspor . 29 June 2022 . tr . 15 August 2024 .

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