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Sakaryaspor

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Sakaryaspor
Full nameSakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği
Founded17 June 1965
GroundNew Sakarya Stadium, Adapazarı[1]
Capacity28,154[1]
PresidentGökhan İn[1]
Head coachMesut Bakkal
LeagueTFF First League
2023–24TFF First League, 3rd of 19
Websitehttps://www.sakaryaspor.com.tr/
Current season

Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club playing in the TFF First League, which is the second level of Turkish football.

History

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The club was formed in 1965 after the merger of Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği, Adapazarı İdman Yurdu, Güneşspor and Ada Gençlik. The club is better known as Sakaryaspor.

The football club is nicknamed the "Football Factory" by Turkish football scene because of the many national footballers born and raised in the city. Sakarya Province has also five national top scorers (Hakan Şükür, Aykut Kocaman, Bülent Uygun, Aykut Yiğit, Ogün Altıparmak) of all time and three of them did carry the Sakaryaspor shirt. Sakaryaspor became TFF First League champions in 1980–81 and 1986–87. They accomplished this feat again at the end of the 2005–06 season. Sakaryaspor subsequently won a place in the play–off matches. After eliminating İstanbulspor in the first play–off match, Sakaryaspor went on to defeat Altay 4–1 in the finals and were promoted to the Süper Lig. They were relegated from the Süper Lig the following season.

In 1988 the team won the Turkish Cup, with some of the Turkish football legends like Oğuz Çetin, Hakan Şükür, Engin İpekoğlu and Aykut Kocaman in the squad.

In 2022, it became the champion of Turkey's third professional league, the 2st league, and was promoted to the 1st league. In the 2023-2024 season, it played the play-off final match with Bodrum Football Club.

Supporters and rivalries

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Sakaryaspor fans call themselves "Tatangalar", which was founded in 1990 and means "Bisons". The name Tatanga (Tatanka) comes from the movie Dances with Wolves. The word Tatanga (plural Tatangalar) became the nickname of the club over time. Kocaelispor is considered as the archrival and the supporters have friendly ties with Göztepe.

League participations

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Achievements

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European participations

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As of 9 November 1988
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 0 3 3 7 –4

European Cup Winners' Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1988–89 1R Hungary Békéscsabai 2–0 0–1 2–1
2R West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–3 1–3 1–6

UEFA Ranking history

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As of 1993
Season Rank Points Ref.
1989 204 Increase 0.500 [2]
1990 201 Increase 0.500 [3]
1991 206 Decrease 0.500 [4]
1992 216 Decrease 0.500 [5]
1993 178 Increase 0.500 [6]

Current squad

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As of 9 October 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Turkey TUR İsmail Çipe
3 DF Turkey TUR Erdi Dikmen
4 DF Turkey TUR Kahraman Demirtaş
5 DF Turkey TUR Bülent Uzun
7 FW Turkey TUR Emircan Altıntaş
8 MF Turkey TUR Murat Akpınar
9 FW Brazil BRA Fernando Andrade
10 MF France FRA Rayane Aabid
11 FW Turkey TUR Mustafa Pektemek
12 DF Turkey TUR Oğuzhan Çapar
14 MF Turkey TUR Emre Demir (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
17 DF Turkey TUR Engin Can Aksoy (on loan from Hatayspor)
19 DF Turkey TUR Cebrail Karayel
20 MF North Macedonia MKD Ennur Totre
21 FW Turkey TUR Miraç Asıltekin
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Turkey TUR Muhammed Ertürk
24 DF Turkey TUR Ali Uğurlu
26 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Dylan Saint-Louis
27 FW Burkina Faso BFA Abdel Zagré
29 GK Poland POL Jakub Szumski
30 FW Turkey TUR Volkan Eğri
39 FW Germany GER Serkan Dursun
47 GK Turkey TUR Yusuf Aklan
53 FW Turkey TUR Ali Emir Kılıç
54 DF Turkey TUR Salih Dursun
61 MF Turkey TUR Temel Çakmak
66 FW Senegal SEN Mendy Mamadou (on loan from İstanbulspor)
95 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Nsana Simon
DF Turkey TUR Arda Türken

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Turkey TUR Umut Uzun (at Elazığspor until 30 June 2025)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Club details tff.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1989". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1990". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1991". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1992". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  6. ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1993". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
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