Denizlispor

Denizlispor Kulübü 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 lesser known sports & youth club in the Çaybaşı district of Denizli city. This union made its registration at the 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.

Denizlispor finished fifth in the 2001–02 Süper Lig, consequently qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, the team defeated FC Lorient, Sparta Prague, and Olympique Lyonnais, before losing in the fourth round against FC Porto, who later on won the tournament.In the 2003–2004 season the black-green club managed another 5th spot. Denizlispor's form declined after the 2004–2005 season and struggled avoiding relegation. Denizlispor drew 1–1 against Fenerbahçe on the last match day of the 2005–06 season securing its stay at the highest level, upsetting the title chances of the team from Kadıköy. Denizlispor remained in the Super League despite a 3–0 loss against Ankaragücü in an away match on May 24, 2009, due to better results against Konyaspor, who got relegated. Denizlispor eventually relegated the next season to the TFF First League after a goalless home draw against Ankaragücü on April 24, 2010.

After the relegation in the 2009–10 season, Denizlispor competed in the TFF First League for nine seasons. In the 2010–11 season, Denizlispor completed the first half of the season as leaders. The team, however, finished the season in 9th place. The following seasons, Denizlispor did not achieve any substantial success. Denizlispor became champions in the 2018–19 TFF First League season, with 72 points, promoting to the Süper Lig.

After two consecutive seasons in the Süper Lig, Denizlispor could not manage to keep competing in the Süper Lig, relegating to the TFF First League. In the 2022–23 season, Denizlispor had a disastrous start to the season with just six points in their first 16 fixtures, performing poor throughout the season staying in the relegation zone in 36 of the 38 rounds. The team eventually relegated to the TFF Second League for the first time ever in their history.

Denizli SK's classic home kit

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

Denizlispor play their home matches in Denizli Atatürk Stadium. The stadium holds 18,745 people and was built in 1950. Denizlispor's first league match played against Eskişehirspor in 1983. The stadium does not have wire nets.^[2]

• Süper Lig: 1983–88, 1994–97, 1999–2010, 2019–21
• TFF First League: 1966–83, 1988–94, 1997–99, 2010–19, 2021–2023
• TFF Second League: 2023–

As of 27 February 2003

UEFA Cup:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	1R		FC Lorient	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
	2R		Sparta Prague	2–0	0–1	2–1
	3R		Lyon	0–0	1–0	1–0
	4R		FC Porto	2–2	1–6	3–8

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001	1R	NK Čelik	3–5	0–1	3–6

UEFA Ranking history:

As of 2007

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2003	115	22.495	[3]
2004	112	18.656	[4]
2005	131	17.872	[5]
2006	138	16.634	[6]
2007	126	16.791	[7]

Last updated: 4 May 2024
Div. = Division; SL = Turkish Super League; 1L = TFF First League 2B = Turkish Second Football League, Group B; 2Rd = Turkish Second Football League, Red Group; 2Wh = Turkish Second Football League, White Group; 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 = Turkey Cup.Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up.

As of 27 August 2023^[8]

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  TUR Ali Eren Yalçın 3 DF  TUR Emre Yıldırım 4 DF  TUR Muhammet Özkal 5 DF  TUR Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu 6 DF  TUR Mehmet Eren Sıngın 7 FW  TUR Alihan Kalkan 99 FW  USA Allen Washington 10 MF  TUR Omer Gündüz 11 FW  TUR Mehmet Ali Ulaman 13 MF  TUR Ertuğrul Yıldırım 14 MF  TUR Bekir Turaç Böke 16 DF  TUR Eren Kıryolcu 17 FW  TUR Deniz Kodal

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  TUR Abdülkadir Sünger 24 DF  TUR Oktay Kısaoğlu 25 MF  TUR Yusuf Emre İnanır 26 DF  TUR Gökhan Süzen 27 DF  TUR Emre Sağlık 31 GK  TUR Ertuğrul Bağ 37 MF  TUR Alaattin Öner 42 DF  TUR Ahmet Tekin 45 DF  TUR Emre Burgaz 53 DF  TUR Mustafa Kemal Naza 66 DF  TUR Berkant Gündem 77 MF  TUR Emre Furtana

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

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

The club has football, basketball, table tennis, chess, figure skating and gymnastic teams. The club's most famous branch is its football team.

• Official website (in Turkish)
• Denizlispor on TFF.org (in Turkish)

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