Ankara Demirspor

Summary

Ankara Demirspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Ankara. They compete in the TFF Second League. They were one of the Super League's founding members in 1959. By winning the former Turkish Football Championship in 1947, they became Turkish champions for the first and only time. They played 13 seasons in the Super League and relegated to the Second League in 1971 and never returned to the top division.

Ankara Demirspor
Full nameAnkara Demirspor
Founded1930; 94 years ago (1930)
GroundTCDD Ankara Demirspor Stadium, Ankara
Capacity3,000
Chairmanİsmet Duman
ManagerBülent Akan
LeagueTFF Second League
2022–23TFF Second League, Red, 6th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Ankara Demirspor is one of the 38 Demirspor clubs in Turkey that are founded by the employees of the Turkish Railways (TCDD), similar to the Lokomotiv sports clubs of Eastern Europe.[1] Most Demirspor clubs have jersey colours identical to Ankara Demirspor, and bear the TCDD symbol on their logo. Ankara Demirspor and Adana Demirspor are the only Demirspor clubs that compete in the Turkish Professional Football League System, and Ankara Demirspor is the only one that is still affiliated with TCDD.

History edit

The club was founded on March 16, 1930. Today, the colours of the club are navy blue, blue, and white. The former colours of the team were red and green.

League participations edit

Honours edit

Winners (1): 1947
Runners-up (1): 1939
Runners-up (1): 1947
Winners (5): 1938–39, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1958–59
Runners-up (3): 1948–49, 1956–57, 1957–58

Current squad edit

As of 20 December 2023[2]

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   TUR Salih Doğan
3 DF   TUR Ender Gör
4 DF   TUR Efşan Geçgin
5 DF   TUR Emre Alıcı
6 MF   TUR Samet Erdem Olgaç
7 MF   TUR Osman Işıklı (on loan from Bucaspor 1928)
8 MF   TUR Bertu Özyürek (on loan from Boluspor)
9 FW   TUR Mücahit Can Akçay
10 FW   TUR Burak Çolak
14 MF   TUR Harun Aydın
16 GK   TUR Alper Adıyaman
17 FW   TUR Mustafa Fettahoğlu
20 MF   TUR Muzaffer Doğan (on loan from Ankaraspor)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   TUR Efe Uluağ
22 DF   TUR Hakan Vapurluoğlu
24 DF   TUR Yasin Arslan
25 MF   TUR Halil Esen (on loan from Ankaraspor)
26 DF   TUR Gökhan Köseoğlu
29 GK   TUR Taha Cengiz Demirtaş
61 MF   TUR Barış Zeren
66 DF   TUR Yücel Candemir
77 MF   TUR Batuhan Süer (on loan from Iğdır)
79 MF   TUR Atakan Dama (on loan from Ankaragücü)
88 GK   TUR Deniz Kök
98 MF   TUR İlke Tankul
99 MF   TUR Batuhan Karadaş

References edit

  1. ^ "İçinden Demiryolu geçen kulüpler: Demirsporlar • Tribun Dergi". www.tribundergi.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Ankara Demirspor squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Ankara Demirspor on TFF.org