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| Full name | Antalyaspor KulübüA.Ş. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Akrepler (Scorpions) | |||
| Founded | 2 July 1966; 58 years ago (1966-07-02) | |||
| Ground | Antalya Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 29,307 | |||
| President | Sinan Boztepe | |||
| Head coach | Emre Belözoğlu | |||
| League | Süper Lig | |||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig, 10th of 20 | |||
| Website | antalyaspor.com.tr | |||
 Current season | ||||
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Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based inAntalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white.
Thefootball side play their home matches at theAntalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won theFirst League twice in 1982 and 1986 and finished as runners-up for theTurkish Cup of 2000 and 2021.
Founded in 1966, Antalyaspor initially competed in the lower divisions of theTurkish football league system before their first promotion to theSüper Lig in the1982–83 season. Their first stint in top-flight football lasted two years before relegation in the1984–85 season. After brief promotions and relegations, they returned to theSüper Lig in the1993–94 season, where they remained until the2001–02 season. During this period, the club participated in theUEFA Intertoto Cup twice and theUEFA Cup once, notably defeatingWerder Bremen 2–0 in the first leg before losing 6–0 in the second.[1]
Antalyaspor returned to theSüper Lig after finishing second in the2005–06 1.Lig. Despite relegation in the2006–07 season, the club was promoted again the following season and achieved their bestSüper Lig finish in the2009–10 season, ending in ninth place.[2] In the2014–15 season, Antalyaspor finished fifth and won promotion through the playoffs, defeatingAdana Demirspor in the semifinals andSamsunspor in the final.[3]
The2015–16 season saw the club make headlines with the signing ofSamuel Eto’o, who scored 20 goals, leading Antalyaspor to a ninth-place finish. They achieved their biggestSüper Lig victory with a 7–0 win overTrabzonspor.[4] The2016–17 season marked their most successful campaign, finishing fifth underRıza Çalımbay. Eto’o scored 18 goals, placing third in the league’s top scorer rankings. However, they were eliminated from theTurkish Cup in the third round.[5]
In the2020–21 season, which featured 21 teams, the red-and-white team appointedErsun Yanal as head coach midway through the season and finished 16th in the league. Their greatest achievement that season was reaching the final of theTurkish Cup for the second time in the club’s history. However, they were defeated 2–0 byBeşiktaş in thefinal. On 5 January 2022 Antalyaspor also qualified for the2021 Turkish Super Cup againstBeşiktaş, which was held inDoha, the capital ofQatar. The match ended 1–1 after regular and extra time, but Antalyaspor lost 4–2 on penalties, failing to secure their first-ever Super Cup title.
Under player-coachNuri Şahin in the2021–22 season, Antalyaspor achieved their highest points total, 59 points, finishing seventh and setting a league record for an unbeaten streak of 16 matches. They were eliminated in the2021–22 Turkish Cup quarterfinals byTrabzonspor.[6] In the2023–24 season,Sergen Yalçın replaced Şahin as head coach, guiding Antalyaspor to a 10th place finish with 49 points. They exited the2023–24 Turkish Cup in the Round of 16, losing toBeşiktaş. The team also rebranded to Bitexen Antalyaspor after a sponsorship deal withBitexen.
The meaning of the club’s colors is explained in the Antalyaspor Club Statute as follows: "The white color represents cleanliness and sincerity. Together with red, it embodies our national colors. It also signifies the love among the people ofAntalya."[7] One of the founding teams of Antalyaspor, İlk Işıkspor, was composed of executives from upper-income levels. The İlk Işıkspor group, which also held significant influence in Antalyaspor’s management, insisted on using green and red colors before the meeting to determine the club’s colors.
The club’s first president, Atilla Konuk, was in favor of red and white colors. Atilla Konuk preferred red and white because they were also the colors of theTurkey national team and believed these colors would create sympathy for the team during away matches, as they matched the colors of the military. However, he needed to find a way to convince the board of directors of his idea.
Konuk noticed that red and white were the most commonly used colors among sports clubs inAntalya at the time. During the meeting, President Konuk argued that instead of adopting the colors of İlk Işıkspor, which appealed to a wealthy elite, the club should choose colors representing all ofAntalya. He demonstrated that most clubs inAntalya used red and white, proposing these as the team’s colors. The board of directors supported this proposal, and Antalyaspor’s colors were officially decided as red and white.[8]
The club’s emblem consists of a red frame and lines on a white circular background. The letter A in the emblem represents the word "Antalya", while the letter S stands for "sport". In the center of the letters A and S is a red-lined depiction of theYivli Minaret, one of the city’s symbols. The three white bands on the Yivli Minaret represent the three teams—İlk Işıkspor, Ferrokromspor, and Yenikapı Suspor—that formed Antalyaspor. Below the Yivli Minaret illustration is the year 1966, which marks the establishment of Antalyaspor.
The creator of Antalyaspor’s emblem is also its first president, Atilla Konuk, who decided the club’s colors. During the management board discussions about the emblem, suggestions included featuring symbolic structures of the city likeAspendos orHadrian’s Gate. President Atilla Konuk intervened, stating that the emblem should include a structure left by the Turks, not from Ancient Greece.
The first idea that came to mind was theYivli Minaret, aSeljuk-era structure located in the center of Antalya.Atilla Konuk’s design for an emblem featuring the Yivli Minaret in the center was accepted by the board of directors. Although the emblem has undergone several design changes over the years, its essential elements have remained the same.
Antalya's first stadium wasAntalya Atatürk Stadium which fell into disrepair from 2009 onwards. That forced the team to relocate toAkdeniz University Stadium which holds 7,083 spectators. In 2013 Antalyaspor began construction ofAntalya Stadium. This stadium, which opened in the summer of 2015, seating 29,307 spectators, is nicknamed100. Yıl (Centenary), after the major boulevard of the same name,100. Yıl Bulvarı", which is located directly south of the stadium.[citation needed]
| Season | League | Pos. | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–67 | 1. Lig | 11 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 35 | 26 | Qualifying round |
| 1967–68 | 1. Lig | 4 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 28 | 34 | – |
| 1968–69 | 1. Lig | 5 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 27 | 33 | Qualifying round |
| 1969–70 | 1. Lig | 6 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 30 | – |
| 1970–71 | 1. Lig | 9 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 28 | – |
| 1971–72 | 1. Lig | 8 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 35 | 30 | – |
| 1972–73 | 1. Lig | 9 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 30 | – |
| 1973–74 | 1. Lig | 7 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 36 | 31 | – |
| 1974–75 | 1. Lig | 10 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 27 | – |
| 1975–76 | 1. Lig | 11 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 26 | Qualifying round |
| 1976–77 | 1. Lig | 5 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 28 | 35 | Qualifying round |
| 1977–78 | 1. Lig | 8 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 28 | Qualifying round |
| 1978–79 | 1. Lig | 3 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 36 | Qualifying round |
| 1979–80 | 1. Lig | 3 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 26 | 35 | Qualifying round |
| 1980–81 | 1. Lig | 8 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 29 | 28 | Qualifying round |
| 1981–82 | 1. Lig | 1 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 45 | Qualifying round |
| 1982–83 | Süper Lig | 14 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 46 | 28 | Qualifying round |
| 1983–84 | Süper Lig | 15 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 24 | Qualifying round |
| 1984–85 | Süper Lig | 17 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 54 | 22 | Qualifying round |
| 1985–86 | 1. Lig | 1 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 46 | Qualifying round |
| 1986–87 | Süper Lig | 18 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 60 | 19 | Qualifying round |
| 1987–88 | 1. Lig | 2 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 16 | 44 | Qualifying round |
| 1988–89 | 1. Lig | 4 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 24 | 37 | Qualifying round |
| 1989–90 | 1. Lig | 3 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 25 | 39 | Qualifying round |
| 1990–91 | 1. Lig | 14 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 21 | Qualifying round |
| 1991–92 | 1. Lig | 2 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 20 | 44 | Qualifying round |
| 1992–93 | 1. Lig | 6 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 33 | Qualifying round |
| 1993–94 | 1. Lig | 6 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 32 | 35 | Qualifying round |
| 1994–95 | Süper Lig | 13 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 40 | Qualifying round |
| 1995–96 | Süper Lig | 7 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 42 | 51 | Qualifying round |
| 1996–97 | Süper Lig | 10 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 42 | Qualifying round |
| 1997–98 | Süper Lig | 12 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 45 | 41 | Qualifying round |
| 1998–99 | Süper Lig | 6 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 38 | 52 | Qualifying round |
| 1999–00 | Süper Lig | 11 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 47 | 40 | Runners-up |
| 2000–01 | Süper Lig | 15 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 57 | 32 | Qualifying round |
| 2001–02 | Süper Lig | 17 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 54 | 29 | Qualifying round |
| 2002–03 | 1. Lig | 11 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 40 | 44 | Qualifying round |
| 2003–04 | 1. Lig | 7 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 32 | 50 | Qualifying round |
| 2004–05 | 1. Lig | 14 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 48 | 36 | Qualifying round |
| 2005–06 | 1. Lig | 2 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 66 | Qualifying round |
| 2006–07 | Süper Lig | 16 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 53 | 31 | Qualifying round |
| 2007–08 | 1. Lig | 2 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 68 | Qualifying round |
| 2008–09 | Süper Lig | 12 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 47 | 41 | Quarter-finals |
| 2009–10 | Süper Lig | 9 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 48 | Semi-finals |
| 2010–11 | Süper Lig | 11 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 48 | 40 | Group stage |
| 2011–12 | Süper Lig | 15 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 44 | 39 | Quarter-finals |
| 2012–13 | Süper Lig | 7 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 44 | 50 | Group stage |
| 2013–14 | Süper Lig | 17 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 56 | 28 | Semi-finals |
| 2014–15 | 1. Lig | 5 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 31 | 55 | Second round |
| 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 9 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 49 | 45 | Round of 16 |
| 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 5 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 55 | 42 | 56 | Third round |
| 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 14 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 62 | 36 | Round of 16 |
| 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 7 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 55 | 45 | Round of 16 |
| 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 9 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 45 | Semi-finals |
| 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 16 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 56 | 41 | Runners-up |
| 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 7 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 47 | 59 | Quarter-finals |
| 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 13 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 56 | 41 | Round of 16 |
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 10 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 47 | 49 | Round of 16 |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | –2 |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | GS Group 7 |  Rotor Volgograd | 2–1 | — | 3rd |
 Basel | 2–5 | — | ||||
 Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 0–1 | ||||
 Ataka-Aura Minsk | — | 3–0 | ||||
| 1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | GS Group 11 | Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | — | 0–1 | 4th |
 Publikum | — | 1–1 | ||||
 Proleter Zrenjanin | 1–0 | — | ||||
 Maccabi Haifa | 0–2 | — | ||||
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | QR |  Kapaz | 5–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| 1R |  Werder Bremen | 2–0 | 0–6 | 2–6 |
UEFA Ranking history:
| Season | Rank | Points | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 133 | 16.987 | [9] |
| 2002 | 143 | 16.362 | [10] |
| 2003 | 152 | 16.495 | [11] |
| 2004 | 155 | 12.656 | [12] |
| 2005 | 164 | 11.872 | [13] |
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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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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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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| Tenure | Name |
|---|---|
| 1981–1982 |  Kadir Giderler |
| 1982–1983 |  Valeriu Neagu |
| 1983 | Orhan Gülmez |
| 1983 | Peter Stubbe |
| 1983 | Ali Rıza Şenol |
| 1983–1984 | Yılmaz Gökdel |
| 1984 | Ali Rıza Şenol |
| 1984 | Orhan Gülmez |
| 1984–1985 | Zeynel Soyuer |
| 1985–1986 | Adnan Dinçer |
| 1986–1988 | Yılmaz Gökdel |
| 1988–1989 | Yılmaz Vural |
| 1992–1993 | Adnan Dinçer |
| 1993–1994 | Erdem Tuğal |
| 1994 | Adnan Dinçer |
| 1994–1995 | Ahmet Akçan |
| 1996–1997 | Ümit Kayıhan |
| 1997 | Metin Ünal |
| 1997–1998 | Şenol Güneş |
| 1998–1999 |  Jozef Jarabinský |
| 1999–2000 | Rüdiger Abramczik |
| 2000–2001 | Metin Ünal |
| 2001 | Cezmi Turhan |
| 2001 | Hüseyin Kalpar |
| 2001 | Mehmet Ali Öztürk |
| 2001–2002 | Giray Bulak |
| 2002 | Adnan Dinçer |
| 2002–2003 | Tarık Söyleyici |
| 2003–2004 | Coşkun Demirbakan |
| 2004–2005 | Metin Türel |
| 2005 | Adnan Gülek |
| 2005–2007 | Yılmaz Vural |
| 2007 | Ümit Turmuş |
| 2007–2008 | Raşit Çetiner |
| 2008 | Hikmet Karaman |
| 2008 | Jozef Jarabinský |
| 2008–2013 | Mehmet Özdilek |
| 2013–2014 | Samet Aybaba |
| 2014 | Fuat Çapa |
| 2014 | Engin Korukır |
| 2014–2015 | Hami Mandıralı |
| 2015 | Yusuf Şimşek |
| 2015–2016 |  José Morais |
| 2016–2017 | Rıza Çalımbay |
| 2017 |  Leonardo |
| 2018 | Hamza Hamzaoğlu |
| 2018–2019 | Bülent Korkmaz |
| 2019 |  Stjepan Tomas |
| 2020 | Tamer Tuna |
| 2020–2021 | Ersun Yanal |
| 2021–2023 | Nuri Şahin |
| 2024 | Sergen Yalçın |
| 2024–2025 | Alex de Souza |
| 2025– | Emre Belözoğlu |
National swimmers are:[15]
