# 2020–21 Denizlispor season

The 2020–21 season was the 54th season of Denizlispor in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Denizlispor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Current squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Hüseyin Altıntaş | 26 | Non-EU | 2017 | 7 | 0 | 2022 | Free | |
| 2 | DF | Tiago Lopes | 32 | EU | 2019 | 25 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 3 | DF | Muhammet Özkal | 21 | Non-EU | 2020 (Winter) | 4 | 1 | 2024 | Free | |
| 5 | MF | Kubilay Aktaş | 26 | EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | Second nationality: French |
| 6 | MF | Marvin Bakalorz | 31 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | Free | |
| 7 | FW | Hugo Rodallega (Captain) | 35 | Non-EU | 2019 | 32 | 6 | 2021 | Free | |
| 8 | MF | Radosław Murawski | 27 | EU | 2019 | 35 | 5 | 2021 | Free | |
| 9 | FW | Hadi Sacko | 27 | EU | 2019 | 32 | 4 | 2021 | Free | Second nationality: French |
| 11 | FW | Muris Mešanović | 30 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 14 | DF | Mathieu Dossevi | 33 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | Second nationality: French |
| 15 | DF | Oğuz Yılmaz | 28 | Non-EU | 2019 (Winter) | 39 | 0 | 2023 | Free | |
| 17 | MF | Ahmed Yasin | 30 | EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | Second nationality: Swedish |
| 19 | GK | Cenk Gönen | 33 | Non-EU | 2020 | 44 | 0 | 2021 | Free | Originally from youth system |
| 20 | MF | Recep Niyaz | 25 | Non-EU | 2018 | 88 | 24 | 2023 | Free | Originally from youth system |
| 22 | DF | Mustafa Yumlu | 33 | Non-EU | 2019 | 28 | 3 | 2022 | Free | |
| 23 | DF | Sakıb Aytaç | 29 | Non-EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 25 | FW | Veton Tusha | 18 | Non-EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2024 | Youth system | Second nationality: Macedonian |
| 26 | DF | Görkem Can | 21 | EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | Second nationality: German |
| 28 | FW | Ángelo Sagal | 28 | Non-EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | Free | |
| 29 | GK | Costel Pantilimon | 34 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 30 | DF | Ayman Ben Mohamed | 26 | EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | Other nationalities: English, Irish |
| 42 | MF | Mix Diskerud | 30 | EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Undisclosed | Second nationality: Norwegian |
| 60 | DF | Özgür Çek | 30 | Non-EU | 2020 (Winter) | 14 | 0 | 2022 | Free | |
| 61 | FW | Ali Yavuz Kol | 20 | Non-EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2021 | €7K | |
| 70 | MF | Hasan Ayaroğlu | 26 | Non-EU | 2021 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Free | |
| 76 | DF | Özer Özdemir | 23 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2024 | Free | Second nationality: French |
| 91 | DF | Fabiano | 29 | Non-EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | Free | |
| Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Neven Subotić | 32 | EU | 2020 | 5 | 1 | 2022 | Free | Second nationality: German |
| 10 | MF | Ismaïl Aissati | 32 | EU | 2018 (Winter) | 93 | 3 | 2021 | €60K | Second nationality: Dutch |
| 21 | DF | Zakarya Bergdich | 31 | EU | 2019 | 23 | 0 | 2021 | Free | Second nationality: French |
| 24 | MF | Fede Varela | 24 | EU | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2022 | Free | Second nationality: Spanish |
* Last updated: 10 September 2020
* Source: Denizlispor.org.tr
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| | MF | Emre Sağlık | 22 | Ağrı 1970 SK | End of loan | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| | MF | Kadir Kurt | 21 | Amed | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | Free |
| 19 | GK | Cenk Gönen | 32 | Alanyaspor | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 6 | GK | Marvin Bakalorz | 30 | Hannover 96 | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 11 | FW | Muris Mešanović | 30 | Mladá Boleslav | Loan | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 28 | FW | Ángelo Sagal | 27 | Pachuca | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 29 | GK | Costel Pantilimon | 33 | Nottingham Forest | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Sakıb Aytaç | 28 | Yeni Malatyaspor | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 76 | DF | Özer Özdemir | 22 | Yeni Malatyaspor | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | Free |
| 91 | DF | Fabiano | 28 | Palmeiras | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Neven Subotić | 31 | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 24 | MF | Fede Varela | 24 | Leganés | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Mathieu Dossevi | 32 | Toulouse | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 25 | FW | Veton Tusha | 18 | Youth system | Transfer | Winter | 2024 | Youth system |
| 17 | MF | Ahmed Yasin | 29 | Häcken | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free |
| 42 | MF | Mix Diskerud | 30 | Manchester City | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Undisclosed |
| 5 | MF | Kubilay Aktaş | 25 | Gaziantep | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free |
| | DF | Görkem Can | 20 | Groningen | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | Free |
| 70 | MF | Hasan Ayaroğlu | 25 | Alanyaspor | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | Free |
| 61 | FW | Ali Yavuz Kol | 20 | Galatasaray | Loan | Summer | 2021 | €9K |
| 30 | DF | Ayman Ben Mohamed | 26 | Le Havre | Loan | Summer | 2021 | Free |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 11 | MF | Sedat Şahintürk | 24 | Beşiktaş | End of loan | Summer | Free |
| 90 | MF | Isaac Sackey | 26 | Alanyaspor | End of loan | Summer | Free |
| 19 | FW | Óscar Estupiñán | 23 | Vitória Guimarães | End of loan | Summer | Free |
| 77 | FW | Modou Barrow | 28 | Reading | End of loan | Summer | Free |
| 23 | MF | Ogenyi Onazi | 27 | SønderjyskE | End of contact | Summer | Free |
| 55 | DF | Syam Ben Youssef | 31 | CFR Cluj | End of contact | Summer | Free |
| 61 | DF | Zeki Yavru | 28 | Yeni Malatyaspor | End of contact | Summer | Free |
| 70 | MF | Olcay Şahan | 33 | Yeni Malatyaspor | End of contact | Summer | Free |
| 6 | MF | Marc Kibong Mbamba | 32 | Ankaraspor | End of contact | Summer | Free |
| 25 | GK | Tolgahan Acar | 34 | Giresunspor | End of contact | Summer | Free |
| 27 | DF | Emre Sağlık | 22 | Kızılcabölükspor | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 4 | DF | Kadir Kurt | 21 | Kızılcabölükspor | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 72 | DF | Murathan Sütcü | 20 | Kızılcabölükspor | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 10 | MF | Ismaïl Aissati | 32 | Adana Demirspor | Contract termination | Winter | Free |
| 4 | DF | Neven Subotić | 32 | SCR Altach | Contract termination | Winter | Free |
| 24 | MF | Fede Varela | 24 | CSKA Sofia | Contract termination | Winter | Free |
| 21 | DF | Zakarya Bergdich | 32 | BB Erzurumspor | Mutual agreement | Winter | Free |
| 88 | MF | Alihan Kalkan | 19 | Sancaktepe FK | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 65 | MF | Mert Sarıkuş | 21 | Vanspor FK | Loan | Winter | Free |

## Statistics

| No. | PMF. | Nat. | Player | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | PMF. | Nat. | Player | Ap | G | A | | | | Ap | G | A | | | | Ap | G | A | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Hüseyin Altıntaş | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | | Tiago Lopes | 24 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 3 | DF | | Muhammet Özkal | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 5 | MF | | Kubilay Aktaş | 14 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 6 | MF | | Marvin Bakalorz | 31 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 32 | 1 | 1 | 9 | - | - |
| 7 | FW | | Hugo Rodallega (captain) | 37 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 8 | MF | | Radosław Murawski | 32 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 9 | FW | | Hadi Sacko | 27 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 11 | FW | | Muris Mešanović | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 14 | MF | | Mathieu Dossevi | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 15 | DF | | Oğuz Yılmaz | 18 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 16 | MF | | Asım Aksungur | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | MF | | Ahmed Yasin | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | GK | | Cenk Gönen | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 20 | MF | | Recep Niyaz | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 22 | DF | | Mustafa Yumlu | 27 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 23 | DF | | Sakıb Aytaç | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 25 | FW | | Veton Tusha | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | DF | | Görkem Can | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | MF | | Hüseyin Furkan Uslu | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | FW | | Ángelo Sagal | 35 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 30 | DF | | Ayman Ben Mohamed | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | MF | | Ferhat Erdoğan | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | MF | | Mehmet Ali Ulaman | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | MF | | Alaattin Öner | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 42 | MF | | Mix Diskerud | 17 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 60 | DF | | Özgür Çek | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 61 | FW | | Ali Yavuz Kol | 8 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 37 | MF | | Mert Sarıkuş | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 70 | MF | | Hasan Ayaroğlu | 19 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 76 | DF | | Özer Özdemir | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 77 | DF | | Emirhan Kascıoğlu | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 81 | DF | | Emre Yıldırım | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 88 | MF | | Alihan Kalkan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 91 | DF | | Fabiano | 33 | - | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| 94 | MF | | Eren Kıryolcu | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 99 | GK | | Abdulkadir Sünger | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | | Neven Subotić | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | MF | | Ismaïl Aissati | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | DF | | Zakarya Bergdich | 17 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| 24 | MF | | Fede Varela | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | GK | | Costel Pantilimon | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 65 | MF | | Mert Sarıkuş | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 88 | FW | | Alihan Kalkan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Mid-season
## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| Süper Lig | 12 September 2020 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 21st | 40 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 015.00 |
| Turkish Cup | 24 November 2020 | 24 November 2020 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 79 | −40 | 014.63 |
Source: Competitions

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Kayserispor | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 41 | |
| 18 | BB Erzurumspor (R) | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 40 | Relegation to TFF First League |
| 19 | Ankaragücü (R) | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 38 | Relegation to TFF First League |
| 20 | Gençlerbirliği (R) | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 44 | 76 | −32 | 38 | Relegation to TFF First League |
| 21 | Denizlispor (R) | 40 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 28 | Relegation to TFF First League |

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | 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 | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | W | L | B | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | B | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 21 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |