# Sakaryaspor

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

## 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 |
| 1989 | 204 | 0.500 |
| 1990 | 201 | 0.500 |
| 1991 | 206 | 0.500 |
| 1992 | 216 | 0.500 |
| 1993 | 178 | 0.500 |

## Current squad

    As of 13 February, 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 |
| 1 | GK | TUR | İsmail Çipe |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Serkan Yavuz |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Erdi Dikmen |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Kahraman Demirtaş |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Bülent Uzun (captain) |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Emircan Altıntaş |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Atanas Kabov |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rayane Aabid |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Ognjen Ožegović (on loan from Pari NN) |
| 12 | DF | TUR | Oğuzhan Çapar |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Emre Demir (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Engin Can Aksoy (on loan from Hatayspor) |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Ennur Totre |
| 21 | MF | COD | Gaël Kakuta |
| 22 | FW | TUR | Muhammed Ertürk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Uğurhan Uğurlu |
| 26 | FW | CGO | Dylan Saint-Louis |
| 29 | GK | POL | Jakub Szumski |
| 30 | FW | TUR | Volkan Eğri |
| 33 | DF | CMR | Nicolas N'Koulou (on loan from Amed) |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Batuhan Çakır |
| 36 | MF | TUR | Burak Altıparmak |
| 53 | FW | TUR | Ali Emir Kılıç |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Temel Çakmak |
| 66 | FW | SEN | Mendy Mamadou (on loan from İstanbulspor) |
| 77 | FW | TUR | Ömer Şişmanoğlu |
| 94 | MF | TUR | Burak Çoban |
| 95 | MF | CGO | Nsana Simon |
| 99 | MF | TUR | Alparslan Demir |

### 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 |
| — | DF | TUR | Umut Uzun (at Elazığspor until 30 June 2025) |