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Sakaryaspor
Full name	Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği
Founded	17 June 1965
Ground	New Sakarya Stadium, Adapazarı
Capacity	28,154
President	Cumhur Genç
Head coach	Tuncay Şanlı
League	TFF First League
2022–23	TFF First League, 5th of 19
Website	Club website
	Current season

Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club playing in the TFF First League, which is the second level of Turkish football.

History

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

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

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

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

As of 9 November 1988

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	0	3	3	7	–4

European Cup Winners' Cup:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1988–89	1R	Békéscsabai	2–0	0–1	2–1
1988–89	2R	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	1–3	1–6

UEFA Ranking history

As of 1993

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
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

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	TUR	Çağlayan Menderes
4	FW	COD	Kabongo Kasongo
5	DF	TUR	Bülent Uzun
6	MF	SVN	Rajko Rotman
7	MF	TUR	Bilal Başacıkoğlu
8	MF	TUR	Sinan Kurt (on loan from Eyüpspor)
9	FW	RSA	Dino Ndlovu
10	FW	TUR	Burak Süleyman
12	DF	GHA	Isaac Donkor
13	GK	TUR	İbrahim Demir
17	MF	TUR	Murat Akpınar (on loan from Trabzonspor)
19	FW	TUR	Koray Kılınç (on loan from Bodrum)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	TUR	Hasan Kılıç
21	MF	ALB	Odise Roshi
22	MF	TUR	Samed Onur
25	MF	CGO	Nsana Simon
28	FW	VEN	Yonathan Del Valle
33	DF	TUR	Erdi Dikmen
35	GK	TUR	Cihan Topaloğlu
45	FW	BUL	Zdravko Dimitrov (on loan from Levski Sofia)
61	DF	TUR	Bülent Cevahir
70	DF	TUR	Oğuz Yıldırım
72	FW	TUR	Muhammed Ertürk
99	GK	TUR	Orhan Bostan

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
—	FW	TUR	Efe Güvenli
—	FW	MLI	Hadi Sacko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	TUR	Kazim Efe Yılmazer

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
—	DF	TUR	Umut Uzun (at Düzcespor until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	TUR	Talha Bulut (at Arnavutköy Belediyespor until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	TUR	Ediz Fırat (at Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor until 30 June 2024)

References

^ ^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

Official website
Sakaryaspor on TFF.org

[TFF-1] Club details tff.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[2] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1989". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

[3] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1990". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

[4] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1991". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

[5] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1992". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

[6] Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1993". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

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