Denizlispor

Denizlispor
Full name	Denizlispor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Horozlar (Roosters)
Founded	26 May 1966
Ground	Atatürk Stadium,; Denizli, Turkey; (Capacity: 19,500 (all seated))
Chairman	Ali İpek
Manager	Erhan Altın
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2008-09	Turkcell Süper Lig, 15th
Home colours	Away colours

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Denizlispor is a sports club based in Denizli, Turkey. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, chess, and gymnastics. The Denizlispor Football squad, which was originally founded in 1966, is currently the largest and most popular of the club’s teams with a seating capacity of up to 19,500 fans at Denzili Atatürk Stadium. As part of the Turkish Football Federation’s Süper Lig, Denizlispor have gained international recognition in recent years, when their fifth place finish in 2002 qualified them for a match in the UEFA Cup. That year, the team made a surprising run, defeating other European teams like FC Lorient, Sparta Prague, and Olympique Lyonnais, before losing in the fourth round to FC Porto, who would eventually go on to win the tournament. In anticipation of a promising season, the green and black hope to improve on last year’s seventh place finish by adding Darryl Roberts to their roster^[1].

[edit] History

Denizlispor 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 little-known sports & youth club in the Çaybaşı district of Denizli city. This union was then registered with 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. Turkish Football Federation. Denizlispor's the best success was 5th twice in 2001-2002 and 2003-2004 seasons. Denizlispor remained in Super League despite 3-0 loss to Ankaragücü at away match in May 24, 2009, due to has an advantage against Konyaspor on dual average in 2008-2009 season.

[edit] 2002 UEFA run

Denizlispor participated in European cups only once in its history. In 2002, after becoming 5th in Turkish league, Denizlispor qualified to play in the UEFA Cup. However Denizlispor made an unexpected run that was ended in 4th round when they lost to F.C. Porto, who won the cup that year. French FC Lorient, Sparta Prague and another Ligue 1 giant Olympique Lyonnais were all shockingly defeated by a lesser talented squad Denizlispor.

[edit] Emblem

The Denizlispor emblem was designed by Yakup Ünel, a founding member of the team. The emblem is based around the 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.

[edit] League participations

First Level: 1983-1988, 1994-1997, 1999-

Second Level: 1966-1983, 1988-1994, 1997-1999

[edit] Notable Games

Denizlispor - Sakaryaspor 6-1 06.02.2005
Denizlispor - Yimpaş Yozgatspor 5-0 12.08.2001

[edit] Recent seasons

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Europe		Manager
1999/00	TS	8	34	13	8	13	55	57	47			Ersun Yanal
2000/01	TS	11	34	12	9	13	53	56	45			Yilmaz Vural / Tevfik Lav
2001/02	TS	5	34	12	12	10	65	52	48	IC	1st round	Riza Calimbay
2002/03	TS	10	34	10	10	14	37	42	40	UC	4th round	Riza Calimbay / Giray Bulak
2003/04	TS	5	34	17	4	13	52	43	55			Giray Bulak
2004/05	TS	6	34	13	10	11	46	45	49			Giray Bulak
2005/06	TS	15	34	9	10	15	41	50	37			Nurullah Saglam
2006/07	TS	14	34	9	14	11	33	40	41			Guvenc Kurtar
2007/08	TS	7	34	13	6	15	48	48	45			Guvenc Kurtar
2008/09	TS	'15	34	11	5	18	39	52	38		Quarter Final	Ali Yalçın / Ümit Kayıhan/ Mesut Bakkal

Last updated: 21 July 2008
Div. = Division;TS = Turkcell Super League; 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 = Fortis Turkey Cup. Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Özden Öngün
2	DF	Feridun Sungur
3	DF	Carlos Alberto
4	DF	Wescley
5	DF	Burak Akyıldız
6	MF	Ismail Baydil
7	MF	Ibrahima Bangoura
8	MF	Süleyman Olgun
9	MF	Engin Memişler
10	FW	Selahattin Kınalı
11	FW	Darryl Roberts
14	MF	Caner Celep
16	GK	Cenk Gönen
17	FW	İzzet Akgül
19	MF	Murat Karakoç
20	MF	Yusuf Kurtuluş

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Güray Vural
23	MF	Musa Sinan Yılmazer
24	MF	Emin Aladag
28	FW	Emil Angelov
29	FW	Ivan Lietava
30	MF	Zafer Çevik
33	DF	Džemal Berberović
34	GK	Göksal Özkara
35	GK	Okan Karabulut
36	MF	Kayhan Arduç
43	MF	Şener Aşkaroğlu
45	MF	Fatih Yiğen
61	DF	Çağlar Birinci
67	MF	Ercan Yaman
72	MF	Douglas Daniel Braga
77	DF	Irineu
87	FW	İlkay Demir
89	MF	Murat Şenyayla
90	DF	Osman Uyanik
91	FW	Ali Helvacı