Sakaryaspor

Sakaryaspor
Full nameSakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği
Founded17 June 1965
GroundNew Sakarya Stadium, Adapazarı[1]
Capacity28,113[1]
PresidentCumhur Genç[1]
Head coachSerhat Sütlü
LeagueTFF 1. Lig
2024–25TFF 1. Lig, 13th of 20
Websitehttps://sakaryaspor.org.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

Achievements

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
2R Eintracht Frankfurt 0–3 1–3 1–6

UEFA Ranking history

See also: UEFA coefficient
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 12 September 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
7 FW  TUR Mete Kaan Demir
8 FW  TUR Mirza Cihan (on loan from Gaziantep)
9 FW  POL Łukasz Zwoliński
10 MF  COD Gaël Kakuta
11 FW  CAN Umechi Akuazaoku
12 FW  FRA Wissam Ben Yedder
14 MF  TUR Emre Demir (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
21 DF  TUR Serkan Yavuz
22 DF  TUR Alaaddin Okumuş
24 DF  TUR Salih Dursun
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF  TUR Alparslan Demir
26 DF  GRE Dimitrios Kolovetsios
29 GK  POL Jakub Szumski
34 GK  TUR Göktuğ Baytekin (on loan from Beşiktaş)
36 MF  TUR Burak Altıparmak
44 MF  CRO Josip Vuković
54 MF  TUR Burak Çoban
61 FW  TUR Abdurrahman Bayram
77 FW  TUR Eren Erdoğan
88 DF  TUR Caner Erkin
90 GK  TUR Yunus Emre Tekoğul
94 DF  TUR Doğukan Tuzcu (on loan from Başakşehir)
96 MF  BIH Rijad Kobiljar

References

  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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