Summary
Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club playing in the TFF First League, which is the second level of Turkish football.
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| Full name | Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği | |||
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| Founded | 17 June 1965 | |||
| Ground | New Sakarya Stadium, Adapazarı[1] | |||
| Capacity | 28,154[1] | |||
| President | Cumhur Genç[1] | |||
| Head coach | Tuncay Şanlı | |||
| League | TFF First League | |||
| 2022–23 | TFF First League, 5th of 19 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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History edit
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.
Supporters and rivalries edit
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 edit
- Turkish Super League: 1981–86, 1987–90, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2006–07
- TFF First League: 1965–81, 1986–87, 1990–98, 1999–04, 2005–06, 2007–09, 2011–12, 2022–
- TFF Second League: 2009–11, 2012–13, 2017–2022
- TFF Third League: 2013–17
Achievements edit
- Second League Category A:
- Winners (2): 2004, 2006
- Second League:
- Winners (2): 1998, 2011
- Third League:
- Winners (1): 2017
- Turkish Cup:
- Winners (1): 1988
European participations edit
- As of 9 November 1988
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 |
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1988–89 | 1R |  Békéscsabai
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2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 2R |  Eintracht Frankfurt
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0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 |
UEFA Ranking history edit
- As of 1993
| Season | Rank | Points | Ref. |
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| 1989 | 204  |
0.500 | [2] |
| 1990 | 201 |
0.500 | [3] |
| 1991 | 206  |
0.500 | [4] |
| 1992 | 216 |
0.500 | [5] |
| 1993 | 178 |
0.500 | [6] |
Current squad edit
- As of 9 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players under contract edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan edit
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References edit
- ^ a b c Club details tff.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1989". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1990". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1991". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1992". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1993". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
External links edit
- Official website
- Sakaryaspor on TFF.org