Denizlispor

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Denizlispor

Full name

Denizlispor Kulübü

Nickname(s)

Horozlar (Roosters)

Founded

1966

Ground

Atatürk Stadium,
Denizli, Turkey
(Capacity 19,500 (all seated))

Chairman

Ali İpek

Manager

Osman Uyanik

League

Turkcell Süper Lig

2007-08

Turkcell Süper Lig, 7th





Home colours





Away colours

Denizlispor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli, Turkey. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, chess, and gymnastics. The football team plays its home matches in the 19.500 capacity Denizli Atatürk Stadium.

1 History
- 1.1 2002 UEFA Run
2 Emblem
3 League Participations
4 Current squad
- 4.1 Players out on loan
5 Presidents
6 External links

[edit] History

Denizlispor was founded on May 26, 1966 as a merger of two smaller youth sports clubs, Çelik Yeşilspor Gençlik and Pamukkale Gençlik. They joined to form what is now Denizlispor, which was at the time a little-known sports & youth club in the Çaybaşı district of Denizli city. This union was then registered with Turkish football's governing body, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) under the name of Denizlispor Youth Club. The new football team joined Turkish football's 2nd division for the upcoming season on July 14th, 1966. Turkish Football Federation. Denizlispor's the best success was 5th twice in 2001-2002 and 2003-2004 seasons.

[edit] 2002 UEFA Run

Denizlispor participated in European cups only once in its history. In 2002, after becoming 5th in Turkish league, Denizlispor qualified to play in the UEFA Cup. However Denizlispor made an unexpected run that was ended in 4th round when they lost to F.C. Porto, who won the cup that year. French FC Lorient, Sparta Prague and another Ligue 1 giant Olympique Lyonnais were all shockingly defeated by a lesser talented squad Denizlispor.

[edit] Emblem

The Denizlispor emblem was designed by Yakup Ünel, a founding member of the team. The emblem is based around the rooster which is identified with the province of Denizli. The team's colours come from the colours of a rooster.

[edit] League Participations

First Level: 1983-1988, 1994-1997, 1999-

Second Level: 1966-1983, 1988-1994, 1997-1999

[edit] Current squad

Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

As of June 10, 2008:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Süleyman Küçük
2	DF	Carlos Alberto
4	MF	Tomas Abraham
7	MF	Roman Kratochvil
8	DF	Serhat Gülpınar
10	FW	Selahattin Kınalı
11	FW	Fatih Egedik
14	MF	Caner Celep
19	MF	Murat Karakoç
20	MF	Bülent Ertuğrul
21	DF	İbrahim Çelik
22	MF	Güray Vural
23	GK	Bulut Basmaz

No.	Position	Player
28	DF	Hasan Yiğit
34	GK	Göksal Özkara
35	DF	Burak Akyıldız
37	FW	Karel Kroupa
45	MF	Fatih Yiğen
64	DF	Süleyman Görgün
77	MF	Muhittin Tekin
87	MF	İlkay Demir
88	MF	Cenk Gönen
96	FW	Ali Helvacı
99	FW	Engin Memişler
35	FW	Yigit Uzunoğlu
24	DF	Çağlar Birinci