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

Sakaryaspor
Full nameSakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği
Founded17 June 1965
GroundNew Sakarya Stadium, Adapazarı[1]
Capacity28,154[1]
PresidentGökhan İn[1]
Head coachMesut Bakkal
LeagueTFF First League
2023–24TFF First League, 3rd of 19
Websitehttps://www.sakaryaspor.com.tr/
Current season

History

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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.

In 2022, it became the champion of Turkey's third professional league, the 2st league, and was promoted to the 1st league. In the 2023-2024 season, it played the play-off final match with Bodrum Football Club.

Supporters and rivalries

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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

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Achievements

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European participations

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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
2R   Eintracht Frankfurt 0–3 1–3 1–6

UEFA Ranking history

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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

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As of 9 October 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
1 GK   TUR İsmail Çipe
3 DF   TUR Erdi Dikmen
4 DF   TUR Kahraman Demirtaş
5 DF   TUR Bülent Uzun
7 FW   TUR Emircan Altıntaş
8 MF   TUR Murat Akpınar
9 FW   BRA Fernando Andrade
10 MF   FRA Rayane Aabid
11 FW   TUR Mustafa Pektemek
12 DF   TUR Oğuzhan Çapar
14 MF   TUR Emre Demir (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
17 DF   TUR Engin Can Aksoy (on loan from Hatayspor)
19 DF   TUR Cebrail Karayel
20 MF   MKD Ennur Totre
21 FW   TUR Miraç Asıltekin
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW   TUR Muhammed Ertürk
24 DF   TUR Ali Uğurlu
26 FW   CGO Dylan Saint-Louis
27 FW   BFA Abdel Zagré
29 GK   POL Jakub Szumski
30 FW   TUR Volkan Eğri
39 FW   GER Serkan Dursun
47 GK   TUR Yusuf Aklan
53 FW   TUR Ali Emir Kılıç
54 DF   TUR Salih Dursun
61 MF   TUR Temel Çakmak
66 FW   SEN Mendy Mamadou (on loan from İstanbulspor)
95 MF   CGO Nsana Simon
DF   TUR Arda Türken

Out on loan

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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 Elazığspor until 30 June 2025)

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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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