Ankaraspor

Ankaraspor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈaŋkaɾaspoɾ]), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈosmanɫɯspoɾ]), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League.

Ankaraspor

Full name	Ankaraspor Kulübü
Founded	1978; 45 years ago (1978)
Ground	Yenikent Stadium
Capacity	18,029^[1]
Chairman	Mehmet Emin Katipoğlu
Manager	Adem Çağlayan
League	TFF Second League
2021–22	TFF Second League, Red, 9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Belediye Spor Kulübü" (Ankara Municipality Sport Club) in 1978. The club has undergone several name changes throughout its history. In 1984, they were renamed "Ankara Büyükşehir Belediye Spor Kulübü" (adding "Metropolitan" to the name). The name was simply switched to "Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulübü" in 1998. "Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulübü" has many sub-divisions branching from its main football division. These include badminton, basketball, boxing, handball, ice hockey, judo, oil wrestling, table tennis, wrestling. Finally, in 2005, the football club changed its name to "Ankaraspor A.Ş." and only focused on football, while "Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulübü" continued its activity on branches other than football.^[2]

On 15 September 2009, Ankaraspor was demoted from the Turkish Super League by The Professional Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) over its unsportsmanlike relationship with Ankaragücü, which was deemed contrary to sporting competitiveness.^[3] All Ankaraspor games in the 2009–10 season were cancelled and awarded 3–0 to Ankaraspor's opponents by default. Ankaraspor was expelled from the Turkish leagues by TFF on 4 August 2010 due to being sued by TFF for objecting to forced relegation in 2009–10.

In the 2013–14 season, they were readmitted to TFF First League. In the 2014–15 season, they were champions of the division, resulting in their promotion to the Süper Lig.

On 29 June 2014, the club adopted the name "Osmanlıspor", which refers to Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire.

On 8 September 2020, Osmanlıspor was renamed Ankaraspor, their former name.^[4]

Club badge and colours

 

Former logo

Ankaraspor's home colours are blue and white.

The previous badge consisted of a blue and white colored shield, which bore the name and the foundation year of the club. The shield featured a view of an Anatolian leopard with some hexagon panels of a football in its head and chest. This animal, which lived in Anatolia and especially near Ankara for a period of time, symbolized the power and dignity of the club.

Stadium

Ankaraspor play their home matches at Yenikent Stadium which was opened in 1974 and renovated in 2008.

European participations

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Dubnica	0–4	1–0	1–4
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Zimbru Chișinău	5–0	2–2	7–2
		3Q	Nõmme Kalju	1–0	2–0	3–0
		PO	Midtjylland	2–0	1–0	3–0
		Group L	Villarreal	2–2	2–1	1st
			FCSB	2–0	1–2
			Zürich	2–0	1–2
		R32	Olympiacos	0–3	0–0	0–3

Players

Squad

As of 8 September 2022^[5]

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 Bayram Kılıç 2 DF   TUR Enes Eliaçık 3 DF   TUR Muharrem Doğan 5 DF   TUR Gökhan Kurumuş 6 DF   TUR Fatih Kızılkaya 7 FW   TUR Doğukan İnci 8 MF   TUR Fahrettin Berk Yılmaz 9 FW   TUR Engin Bekdemir 10 FW   TUR Sedat Cengiz 14 MF   TUR Recep Taşbakır 15 MF   TUR Siraçhan Nas 17 FW   TUR Berk Karadağ 18 FW   TUR Ramazan Eren Demir 19 FW   TUR Yusuf Buğra Koşal

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   TUR Doğukan Efe 22 MF   GER Erdal Öztürk 23 FW   TUR Ali Rıza Kılıç 24 DF   TUR Batuhan Tur 25 MF   TUR Halil Esen 26 FW   TUR Tuğrul Başkan 27 GK   TUR Burak Çapkınoğlu 40 DF   TUR Furkan Eliaçık 44 DF   TUR Oğuzhan Çapar 77 DF   TUR Recep Yemişçi 80 MF   TUR Burak Tarlabölen 95 MF   TUR Barış Zeren 99 MF   TUR Bahattin Köse

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   TUR Atakan Akyol — GK   TUR Yusuf Karayel

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   TUR Can Ahmet Üstün

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   TUR Muzaffer Doğan (at Kırıkkale Büyük Anadoluspor until 30 June 2023) — MF   TUR Semih Üstün (at Etimesgut Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) — FW   TUR Görkem Can Güner (at Ergene Velimeşe until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   TUR Yiğit Kotan (at Erbaaspor until 30 June 2023) — FW   TUR Ömer Faruk Sezgin (at Elazığspor until 30 June 2023)

References

1. . Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
2. . Archived from the original on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
3. "Hürriyet - Haberler, Son Dakika Haberleri ve Güncel Haber". Hürriyet. from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
4. "Osmanlıspor'un ismi değişti Ankaraspor oldu!" (in Turkish). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
5. "Takım". Ankaraspor. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Ankaraspor on TFF.org