Antalyaspor is a Turkish professional
football club located in the city of
Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the
Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the
First League twice in 1982 and 1986 and finished as runners-up for the
Turkish Cup of 2000 and 2021.
History
Antalyaspor was established in 1966. The club competed in the lower divisions of the
Turkish football league system before being promoted to the
Süper Lig in 1982–83. Their first stint of top-flight football lasted for two years, and they were relegated to the
TFF First League at the end of the
1984–85 season. Though promoted to the next season they were relegated again. They competed in the
TFF First League until the end of the
1993–94 season when they beat
İstanbulspor 3–2 in the final playoffs. Their longest stint of
top-flight football lasted until
2001–02.
The club was relegated at the end of the
2001–02 season, finishing one point below the relegation zone. The club was promoted back to the
Süper Lig after placing second in the
2005–06 1.Lig. On 3 December 2006,
Pavol Straka scored the club's 500th goal in top-flight football. In the following year they were relegated back to the
TFF First League, but were promoted again the next season. They finished ninth at the end of the 2009–10 season.[2]
Finishing the regular fixtures of
2014–15 TFF First League season at 4th place, Antalyaspor beat
Samsunspor at play-off finals with 6–3 after
Penalty shoot-outs on 7 June 2015 and were promoted to Süper Lig once again, spending only one season at TFF First League.[3]
Colours and badge
The club emblem includes capital letters A and S which stands for
Antalya and Spor (sport in
Turkish) respectively. In the middle of these letters, there is the figure of
Yivli Minare which is one of the several symbols of the city of Antalya. Three rectangular shapes on the Yivli Minare represent the unity of the three teams of Antalya.[4]
Antalya's first stadium was
Antalya Atatürk Stadium which fell into disrepair from 2009 onwards. That forced the team to relocate to
Akdeniz University Stadium which holds 7,083 spectators. In 2013 Antalyaspor began construction of
Antalya Stadium. This stadium, which opened in the summer of 2015, seating 33,032 spectators, is nicknamed 100. Yıl (Centenary), after the major boulevard of the same name, 100. Yıl Bulvarı", which is located directly south of the stadium. [citation needed]
^"Teknik Kadro" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 25 May 2017.
Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^"A.Ş. Yönetim Kurulu" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 23 February 2021.
Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^"Dernek Yönetim Kurulu" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 23 February 2021.
Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
Further reading
"Tarihçe" (in Turkish). antalyaspor.com.tr. 25 May 2017. Archived from
the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2017.