Sakaryaspor

Sakaryaspor
Full name	Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği
Founded	17 June 1965
Ground	New Sakarya Stadium, Adapazarı
Capacity	28,113
President	Cumhur Genç
Head coach	İrfan Buz
League	TFF 1. Lig
2024–25	TFF 1. Lig, 13th of 20
Website	https://www.sakaryaspor.com.tr/

Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği, commonly known as Sakaryaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Adapazarı, the capital of Sakarya Province. Founded in 1965, the club competes in the TFF First League, the second tier of the Turkish football league system. Sakaryaspor play their home matches at the 28,113-capacity New Sakarya Stadium, and traditionally wear green and black striped shirts. The club has a strong regional following and is known for its rivalry with Kocaelispor.

History

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

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

Turkish Super League: 1981–86, 1987–90, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2006–07
TFF First League: 1965–81, 1986–87, 1990–98, 1999–04, 2005–06, 2007–09, 2011–12, 2022–
TFF Second League: 2009–11, 2012–13, 2017–2022
TFF Third League: 2013–17

Achievements

Second League Category A:
- Winners (2): 2004, 2006
Second League:
- Winners (2): 1998, 2011
Third League:
- Winners (1): 2017
Turkish Cup:
- Winners (1): 1988

European participations

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
1988–89	2R	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	1–3	1–6

UEFA Ranking history

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

As of 14 August, 2025

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.	Nation	Player
3	DF	TUR	Oğuzhan Açıl
4	DF	TUR	Batuhan Çakır
5	DF	TUR	Sadık Çiftpınar
8	MF	BUL	Atanas Kabov
9	FW	POL	Lukasz Zwolinski
10	MF	COD	Gaël Kakuta
11	FW	CAN	Umechi Akuazaoku
14	MF	TUR	Emre Demir (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
21	DF	TUR	Serkan Yavuz
22	DF	TUR	Alaaddin Okumuş
24	DF	TUR	Salih Dursun
25	MF	TUR	Alparslan Demir


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Kolovetsios
29	GK	POL	Jakub Szumski
34	GK	TUR	Göktuğ Baytekin (on loan from Beşiktaş)
36	MF	TUR	Burak Altıparmak
54	MF	TUR	Burak Çoban
61	FW	TUR	Abdurrahman Bayram
77	FW	TUR	Eren Erdoğan
88	DF	TUR	Caner Erkin
94	DF	TUR	Doğukan Tuzcu
96	MF	BIH	Rijad Kobiljar
99	FW	TUR	Burak Yıldız

Out on loan

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.	Nation	Player

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Club details tff.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1989". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1990". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1991". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1992". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
^ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 1993". Xs4all.nl. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

External links

Official website
Sakaryaspor on TFF.org

[TFF-1] 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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Süper Lig
TFF Union of Clubs Records and statistics
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Champions	Galatasaray (25) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current clubs	Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Başakşehir Beşiktaş Eyüpspor Fatih Karagümrük Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Gençlerbirliği Göztepe Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Kocaelispor Konyaspor Rizespor Samsunspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adana Demirspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaragücü Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Bodrum Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor F.K. Eskişehirspor Feriköy Gaziantepspor Giresunspor Hacettepe Hatayspor İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü Kırıkkalespor Malatyaspor Y. Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Pendikspor Petrolofisi PTT Sarıyer Siirtspor Sivasspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

Turkish Cup
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Winners	Galatasaray (19) Beşiktaş (11) Trabzonspor (9) Fenerbahçe (7) Altay (2) Ankaragücü (2) Gençlerbirliği (2) Göztepe (2) Kocaelispor (2) Akhisarspor (1) Bursaspor (1) Eskişehirspor (1) Kayserispor (1) Konyaspor (1) (1) Sivasspor (1)