Ankara Demirspor

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Ankara Demirspor
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Full nameAnkara Demirspor
Founded1930;95 years ago (1930)
GroundTCDD Ankara Demirspor Stadium, Ankara
Capacity3,000
Chairmanİsmet Duman
ManagerBülent Akan
League TFF 2. Lig
2022–23 TFF Second League, Red, 6th of 20
Website http://www.demirspor.org.tr/

Ankara Demirspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Ankara. They compete in the TFF Second League. They were one of the Super League's founding members in 1959. By winning the former Turkish Football Championship in 1947, they became Turkish champions for the first and only time. They played 13 seasons in the Super League and relegated to the Second League in 1971 and never returned to the top division.

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Ankara Demirspor is one of the 38 Demirspor clubs in Turkey that are founded by the employees of the Turkish Railways (TCDD), similar to the Lokomotiv sports clubs of Eastern Europe. [1] Most Demirspor clubs have jersey colours identical to Ankara Demirspor, and bear the TCDD symbol on their logo. Ankara Demirspor and Adana Demirspor are the only Demirspor clubs that compete in the Turkish Professional Football League System, and Ankara Demirspor is the only one that is still affiliated with TCDD.

History

The club was founded on March 16, 1930. Today, the colours of the club are navy blue, blue, and white. The former colours of the team were red and green.

League participations

Honours

Winners (1): 1947
Runners-up (1): 1939
Runners-up (1): 1947
Winners (5): 1938–39, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1958–59
Runners-up (3): 1948–49, 1956–57, 1957–58

Current squad

As of 20 December 2023 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Salih Doğan
3 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Ender Gör
4 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Efşan Geçgin
5 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Emre Alıcı
6 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Samet Erdem Olgaç
7 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Osman Işıklı(on loan from Bucaspor 1928 )
8 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Bertu Özyürek(on loan from Boluspor )
9 FW Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Mücahit Can Akçay
10 FW Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Burak Çolak
14 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Harun Aydın
16 GK Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Alper Adıyaman
17 FW Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Mustafa Fettahoğlu
20 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Muzaffer Doğan(on loan from Ankaraspor )
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 FW Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Efe Uluağ
22 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Hakan Vapurluoğlu
24 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Yasin Arslan
25 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Halil Esen(on loan from Ankaraspor )
26 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Gökhan Köseoğlu
29 GK Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Taha Cengiz Demirtaş
61 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Barış Zeren
66 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Yücel Candemir
77 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Batuhan Süer(on loan from Iğdır )
79 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Atakan Dama(on loan from Ankaragücü )
88 GK Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Deniz Kök
98 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR İlke Tankul
99 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Batuhan Karadaş

References

  1. "İçinden Demiryolu geçen kulüpler: Demirsporlar • Tribun Dergi". www.tribundergi.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "Ankara Demirspor squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2022.