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| Full name | Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü Spor Kulübü | |||
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| Short name | AG | |||
| Founded | 31 August 1910; 115 years ago (1910-08-31) (asTuran Sanatkarangücü) | |||
| Ground | Eryaman Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 20,000 | |||
| President | Gazi Ercüment Tekin | |||
| Head coach | Recep Karatepe | |||
| League | TFF 2. Lig | |||
| 2024–25 | TFF 1. Lig, 17th of 20 (relegated) | |||
| Website | ankaragucu.org.tr | |||
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MKE Ankaragücü, officially known asMakina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (Turkish pronunciation:[ˈaŋkaɾaɟydʒy]), is a Turkish professionalsports club based inAnkara. The club is best known for itsfootball team, which competes in theTFF Second League, the third tier ofTurkish football. The team plays in a yellow and navy kit and hosts its home matches at theEryaman Stadium, following the closure of the historicAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium.[1]
Ankaragücü's most notable domestic achievements include winning theTurkish Football Championship in1949 and lifting theTurkish Cup in 1972 and 1981. The club has also twice secured promotion as champions of the second tier. Regionally, Ankaragücü claimed six titles in the now-defunctAnkara Football League.[2] The club shares an intense local rivalry with fellow Ankara sideGençlerbirliği.
In addition to football, Ankaragücü maintains departments incycling,[3]taekwondo, and women'svolleyball. The women's volleyball team has competed in theTurkish Women's Volleyball League since the 2009–10 season.
Ankaragücü are based inAnkara, but were founded inZeytinburnu,Istanbul in 1904 asAltınörs İdman Yurdu. The club competed in theIstanbul Friday League. It is unclear as to the motive behind the uprooting of the Istanbul-based club to Ankara. Another theory is that the club splintered, with some players following Şükrü Abbas and others following Agah Orhan. Şükrü Abbas foundedTuran Sanatkarangücü in 1910. In 1938, both clubs merged to formAS-FA Gücü. The club name was changed for one last time in 1948, with both sides settling on Ankaragücü.[4] Ankaragücü have won the formerTurkish Football Championship in1949, the greatest success in their history, and reached the third place before in1924 under the name Anadolu Turan Sanatkarangücü.
The club were one of the original sixteen clubs in the1959 Turkish National League.[5] They were admitted into the league after finishing second in the Ankara Professional League.[2] The club finished fifth in the Beyaz Grup (White Group) in the first season of the Milli Lig.[5]
Ankaragücü were relegated to the2.Lig in 1967–68 after finishing second to last place. The club returned to the top league next season. Ankaragücü were again relegated in the 1975–76 season,[6] but promoted to the1st League next season.[7] Ankaragücü was relegated for the third time in 1977–1978 season.[8]
Ankaragücü returned to the1st League in 1981 due to a political decision, towards which theFIFA was still powerless back then. The Turkish PresidentKenan Evren andAnkara governorMustafa Gönül wanted a club from the capital in the 1. Lig and thus saw to that the club gained promotion despite only having finished second in the 2nd division, behindSakaryaspor. Ankaragücü had won theTurkish Cup too.[9] Ankaragücü has played in the1st League since then. The club was occasionally successful during the 1990s.
UnderErsun Yanal's managership, the club has seen two successful seasons, becoming sixth in the 2000–01 season and fourth in the 2001–02 season. After Ersun Yanal left the club, Ankaragücü found it in a struggle to be saved from relegation each year and were in full-blown and widespread disarray. The club managed to stay clear of relegation at the last few matches during these years. Consequently, a financial crisis hit the club during the late 2000s.
After the economic crisis, Ahmet Gökçek became the chairman replacing Cemal Aydın. He promised that the club would become a champion in upcoming years. He was formerly (informally) associated withAnkaraspor and TFF objected to the control of two clubs at the same time and relegated Ankaraspor. After the relegation of Ankaraspor, he merged the football squads of two teams, but he did not manage to form a squad that would win a championship.
The congress in which Ahmet Gökçek was elected annulled by Turkish court and Cengiz Topel Yıldırım returned to the chairman position. Due to the economic crisis, Cengiz Topel Yıldırım sold key players of the squad and the team was one of the weakest teams of Turkish Super League. Sami Altınyuva became the next chairman but did not solve the financial problems. Due to the ongoing financial crisis, many players left the club. Later, Bent Ahlat, Atilla Süslü and Mehmet Yiğiner became chairmen but the financial problems were not solved.
Due to financial crisis, the club relegated from Süper Lig in the 2011–2012 season and from PTT 1. Lig in the 2012–2013 season. They returned to theTFF First League after being promoted from the third tier of Turkish football during the 2016–17 season. They got promoted back up to the Süper Lig thefollowing season, where they currently remain.
Ankaragücü finished in the relegation zone in the 2019–2020 Süper Lig, but theTurkish Football Federation voided all relegation due toCOVID-19.
On 11 December 2023, MKE Ankaragücü's club presidentFaruk Koca was arrested after he punched the referee,Halil Umut Meler, who was also kicked repeatedly whilst on the ground; fans also invaded the pitch following a late equaliser by the visiting team,Rizespor. All league football games were suspended in Turkey indefinitely after the incident.[10][11][12][13] The following day, 12 December 2023, Koca resigned as MKE Ankaragücü's club president.[14][12] On 13 December, Meler was discharged from hospital, and it was agreed that games would resume on 19 December 2023.[15][16][17] On 14 December, it was announced that Koca had been issued a permanent ban from football by theTurkish Football Federation, and that Ankaragücü had been fined ₺2 million and ordered to play their next five home gamesbehind closed doors.[18] Ankaragücü was relegated to second level for the sixth time after a 4-2 loss toTrabzonspor at away on 26 May 2024.[19] On 11 November, Koca was convicted and sentenced to 3.5 years' imprisonment for assaulting Meler.[20]
In the early 1990sBursaspor's ultra group Teksas had a leader calledAbdulkerim Bayraktar. He went to study in Ankara, and whilst in the city he started attending Ankaragücü games and started building ties between the two clubs.
However, in 1993, his life was cut short as during his military service he was killed. This tragic event bought Bursaspor and Ankaragücü even closer together. During the first game after his death, Bursaspor organized a tribute to him, the events which happened next cemented the brotherhood between these two teams. A large group of Ankaragücü supporters made their way onto the pitch and unveiled a large banner reading, 'Our brother Abdul will never die, he lives on in our hearts'. The two supporter groups united and hundreds of Ankaragücü ultras attended his funeral. From that day on Bursaspor supporters would chant Ankaragücü's name in the sixth minute of every home game, number six being significant due to it being Ankara's city code.
Ankaragücü supporters in return chant Bursaspor's name during the 16th minute, 16 being Bursa's city code. When the two sides play, the supporters sit together, which is one of the rare occasions in which ultras from opposing teams watch a game together in a mixed environment, they bring "Bursankara" scarfs (a merger of the two clubs names) to the games and create a fantastic atmosphere full of mutual respect.[21]
The club currently plays its home matches atEryaman Stadium, opened in 2019. Ankaragücü's former home, theAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium, was demolished in 2018. They also currently share the stadium with fellow-Ankara based club and rivalsGençlerbirliği.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | –12 |
| UEFA Cup | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | –4 | |
| UEFA Total | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | –16 |
| Balkans Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Overall Total | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | –14 |
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–73 | 1R |  Leeds United | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 1973–74 |  Rangers | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–6 | |
| 1981–82 |  SKA Rostov | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1999–2000 | QR |  B36 Tórshavn | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 1R |  Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |
| 2002–03 | Alavés | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 |
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1984–85 | QF |  Spartak Varna | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| SF |  Iraklis | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1(2–4p) |
UEFA Ranking history:
| Season | Rank | Points | Ref. |
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| 1973 | 204 | 0.500 | [23] |
| 1974 | 203 | 0.500 | [24] |
| 1975 | 203 | 0.500 | [25] |
| 1976 | 201 | 0.500 | [26] |
| 1977 | 200 | 0.500 | [27] |
| 2000 | 152 | 13.925 | [28] |
| 2001 | 133 | 16.987 | [29] |
| 2002 | 143 | 16.362 | [30] |
| 2003 | 152 | 16.495 | [31] |
| 2004 | 155 | 12.656 | [32] |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Recep Karatepe |
| Assistant Manager | Turgay Yıldırım |
| Assistant Manager | Cüneyt Ertuğruloğlu |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Özden Öngün Ali Müslüm Oğras |
| Fitness Coach | Can Kolbakır Selçuk Tarakçı |
| Match Analyst | Yağız Çekem Halil Cihan Ünal Tolga Yalçın |
