# 2022–23 Denizlispor season

The 2022–23 season was the 56th season of Denizlispor in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the TFF First League. In addition to the domestic league, Denizlispor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
Denizlispor suffered poor form throughout their season in the relegation zone in 36 of 38 rounds, having a disastrous start to the season with just 6 points in their first 16 fixtures, with 4 different managers in charge during the entire season and were eventually officially relegated on 15 April 2023, following a 4–0 home defeat against Ankara Keçiörengücü.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| — | DF | Kadir Kurt | Fethiyespor | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| — | DF | Murathan Sütcü | Kızılcabölükspor | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| — | DF | Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu | Başkent Gözgözler Akademi | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| — | MF | Alihan Kalkan | Siirt İl Özel İdarespor | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| — | MF | Asım Aksungur | Başkent Gözgözler Akademi | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| — | DF | Emre Yıldırım | Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 30 | MF | Brahim Darri | Samsunspor | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 23 | MF | Bünyamin Balat | Adana Demirspor | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 33 | GK | Adam Stachowiak | Free agent | Free transfer | 30 June 2022 |
| 2 | DF | Tiago Lopes | Free agent | Free transfer | 30 June 2022 |
| 99 | FW | Muğdat Çelik | Yeni Mersin İdmanyurdu | Free transfer | 27 July 2022 |
| 44 | DF | Kadir Kurt | Somaspor | Loan | 29 July 2022 |
| 81 | DF | Emre Yıldırım | Gümüşhanespor | Loan | 17 August 2022 |
| 82 | GK | Ertuğrul Bağ | Muş 1984 Muşspor | Loan | 28 August 2022 |
| 29 | MF | İlhan Depe | Bucaspor 1928 | Loan | 8 September 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Asım Aksungur | Yeşilçınar SK | Loan | 29 September 2022 |
| 72 | MF | Mert Sarıkuş | Yeşilçınar SK | Loan | 29 September 2022 |
| — | DF | Murathan Sütcü | Sarayköyspor | Loan | 29 September 2022 |
| 76 | DF | Burak Gümüştaş | Çivril Kıralan Demirspor | Free transfer | 30 September 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Eren Kıryolcu | Darıca Gençlerbirliği | Loan | 30 January 2023 |

## Squad

    As of 29 September 2022
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 | Hüseyin Altıntaş |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Muhammet Özkal |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Hakan Çinemre |
| 6 | DF | TUR | Asım Hamzaçebi |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Ömer Şişmanoğlu |
| 8 | DF | TUR | Özer Özdemir |
| 9 | FW | GAB | Kévin Mayi |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Okan Derici |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Mehmet Ali Ulaman |
| 12 | FW | TUR | Alihan Kalkan |
| 13 | GK | TUR | Ali Eren Yalçın |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Bekir Turaç Böke |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Oğuz Yılmaz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Deniz Kodal |
| 20 | GK | TUR | Abdülkadir Sünger |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Léo Schwechlen |
| 23 | DF | TUR | Erdal Akdarı |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu |
| 26 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Süzen (Captain) |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Emre Sağlık |
| 37 | MF | TUR | Alaattin Öner |
| 45 | DF | TUR | Ahmet Tekin |
| 66 | DF | TUR | Berkant Gündem |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Muhammed Gönülaçar |
| 77 | MF | TUR | Mustafa Çeçenoğlu |
| 97 | MF | CIV | Brice Dja Djédjé |

### Other players under contract

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 |
| — | MF | MAR | Ismaïl Aissati |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| TFF First League | 13 August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 019.44 |
| Turkish Cup | 19 October 2022 | 10 November 2022 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 021.05 |
Source: Soccerway

### TFF First League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Gençlerbirliği | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 38 | |
| 16 | Altınordu (R) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 17 | Adanaspor | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 76 | −44 | 25 | Withdrew |
| 18 | Denizlispor (R) | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 23 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 19 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 81 | −59 | 16 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Gençlerbirliği 1–2 Tuzlaspor, Tuzlaspor 1–0 Gençlerbirliği
* ↑ Adanaspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000027-QINU`"'
* ↑ Denizlispor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000029-QINU`"'
* ↑ Yeni Malatyaspor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002B-QINU`"' Yeni Malatyaspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002C-QINU`"'

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: TFF.org

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | B | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | B | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Turkish Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | TFF First League | TFF First League | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Hüseyin Altıntaş | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Muhammet Özkal | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Hakan Çinemre | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | TUR | Asım Hamzaçebi | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Ömer Şişmanoğlu | 25 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | TUR | Özer Özdemir | 19 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GAB | Kévin Mayi | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Okan Derici | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Mehmet Ali Ulaman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | TUR | Alihan Kalkan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | TUR | Ali Eren Yalçın | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Bekir Turaç Böke | 32 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Oğuz Yılmaz | 25 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Deniz Kodal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | TUR | Abdülkadir Sünger | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Léo Schwechlen | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | TUR | Erdal Akdarı | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Emirhan Kaşcıoğlu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Süzen | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Emre Sağlık | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | TUR | Alaattin Öner | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | TUR | Ahmet Tekin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | TUR | Atakan Demir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Eren Sıngın | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | TUR | Emre Furtana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | TUR | Berkant Gündem | 29 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 67 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Emre İnanır | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | TUR | Oktay Kısaoğlu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | TUR | Samet Emre Gündüz | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | TUR | Muhammed Gönülaçar | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | TUR | Mustafa Çeçenoğlu | 31 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | TUR | Emre Burgaz | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Oğuzhan Sarı | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players left during the season ||||||||||
| 94 | MF | TUR | Eren Kıryolcu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | CIV | Brice Dja Djédjé | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | TFF First League | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Ömer Şişmanoğlu | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 77 | MF | | Mustafa Çeçenoğlu | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 15 | DF | | Oğuz Yılmaz | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | DF | | Özer Özdemir | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 14 | MF | | Bekir Turaç Böke | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Kévin Mayi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | DF | | Gökhan Süzen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Hakan Çinemre | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Okan Derici | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 66 | DF | | Berkant Gündem | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | | Erdal Akdarı | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Awarded | Awarded | Awarded | Awarded | Awarded | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 2 | 37 |

### Cleansheets

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | TFF First League | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Hüseyin Altıntaş | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Nat. | Name | TFF First League | TFF First League | TFF First League | Turkish Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 27 | DF | | Emre Sağlık | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 77 | MF | | Mustafa Çeçenoğlu | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 72 | MF | | Muhammed Gönülaçar | 7 | | | | 7 | | |
| 23 | DF | | Léo Schwechlen | 6 | | 1 | | 6 | | 1 |
| 97 | MF | | Brice Dja Djédjé | 5 | | | | 5 | | |
| 5 | DF | | Hakan Çinemre | 4 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | |
| 7 | FW | | Ömer Şişmanoğlu | 4 | | | | 4 | | |
| 4 | DF | | Muhammet Özkal | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 15 | DF | | Oğuz Yılmaz | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 26 | DF | | Gökhan Süzen | 3 | | 1 | | 3 | | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Erdal Akdarı | 2 | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| 8 | DF | | Özer Özdemir | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 14 | MF | | Bekir Turaç Böke | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 66 | DF | | Berkant Gündem | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 1 | GK | | Hüseyin Altıntaş | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | | Kévin Mayi | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 10 | MF | | Okan Derici | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 70 | MF | | Samet Emre Gündüz | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 68 | GK | | Oktay Kısaoğlu | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 20 | GK | | Abdulkadir Sünger | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 2 |