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Antalyaspor
Full name	Antalyaspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Akrepler (Scorpions), Kırmızı Şimşekler (Red Lightnings)
Founded	1966
Ground	Antalya Atatürk Stadium Antalya, Turkey (Capacity 12,000)
Chairman	Sedat Peker
Manager	Raşit Çetiner
League	TFF 1. League
2006-07	Turkcell Süper Lig, 16th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Antalyaspor is a football club based in Antalya, Turkey and play their home matches at Antalya Atatürk Stadium. They are currently playing in Türk Telekom League A, the second best league in Turkey.

Contents 1 History 2 Emblem 3 Current squad 3.1 Players out on loan 4 Achievements 5 European Cups history 6 Notable former players 7 Trivia 8 External links 9 Notes

Antalyaspor were established in 1966 after three local teams united to establish a club for the coastal city of Antalya. These teams were Yenikapı SuSpor, İlk Işıkspor and Ferrokromspor.

The people of Antalya had to wait until 1982 for their team to be promoted to the Turkcell Super League. However, at the end of 1984-85 season Antalyaspor were relegated to second division again. After spending one season in the second division, Antalyaspor were promoted to the first division. This time they were able to survive in the first division for only one season and at the end of 1986-87 season, Antalyaspor were relegated to second division once more.

At the end of 1993-1994 season Antalyaspor had to play a play-off final to be promoted to the first division. In the play-off final, the opponent was Istanbulspor who had striker Tanju Çolak in their roster. After Tanju scored two goals, Istanbulspor had a 2-0 lead in the game. However, Antalyaspor managed to score two goals to go to the extra time. A free-kick goal in extra time by Adnan helped them win the match 3-2, and they were promoted to the first division.

The team have stayed in first division until 2002. In this period, they represented Turkey in Intertoto Cup two times and in UEFA Cup once. The club's greatest achievement came in 2000 when they made it to the final of the Turkish Cup. They lost the match 5-3 to Galatasaray, but were given a spot in the UEFA Cup for the coming year. Their first campaign in the UEFA Cup ended when they lost 6-2 to Werder Bremen on aggregate, despite winning two-to-nil at home. In the league they were relegated by just one point that season.

In the 2005-2006 season, Antalyaspor secured a second place after the champions Bursaspor in the Turk Telekom League A, and were promoted to the Turkcell Super League. However, 2006-2007 season was a disappointment for Antalyaspor and she relegated to League A after a 3-1 loss against Gençlerbirliği in Round 34.

The club emblem includes capital letters A and S which stand for Antalya and Spor (sport in Turkish) respectively. In the middle of these letters, there is the figure of Yivli Minare which is one of the several symbols of the city of Antalya.

Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

As of 29 September 2007:

No. Position Player 1 GK Erman Öztürk 3 MF Şenol Can 4 DF Metin Aslan 5 DF Piotr Dziewicki 6 DF Jarosław Bieniuk 7 DF Mahmut Karıklar 8 MF Hakan Özmert 9 FW Ufuk Ateş 10 MF Serkan Reçber (C) 11 FW Taner Gülleri 11 FW Ali Zitouni 13 DF Şenol Can 17 GK Fevzi Elmas 18 GK Polat Keser

No. Position Player 19 DF Vahap Işık 20 MF Mesut Çaytemel 21 FW Cenk İşler 22 MF Eyüp Hasan Uğur 23 MF Aytekin Viduslu 25 FW Pavol Straka 28 DF Vahap Işik 35 GK Akın Sinan Dağdelen 36 FW Serdar Sınık 53 MF İdris Hacıfazlıoğlu 58 MF Ertuğrul Aslan 67 MF Uğur Kavuk 77 MF Sezer Güler 99 DF Sinan Yitmez

No. Position Player 12 MF Maynor Suazo (on loan to 1.FC Köln until June 2009)

• Turkish Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2000

• UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996
  • Antalyaspor 2-5 FC Basel
  • FC Ataka-Aura Minsk 0-3 Antalyaspor
  • Antalyaspor 2-1 SC Rotor Volgograd
  • FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Antalyaspor
• UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997
  • NK Publikum 1-1 Antalyaspor
  • Antalyaspor 0-2 Maccabi Haifa F.C.
  • FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 Antalyaspor
  • Antalyaspor 1-0 Proleter Zrenjanin
• UEFA Cup 2000-01
  • FK Gandja 0-2 Antalyaspor
  • Antalyaspor 5-0 FK Gandja
  • Antalyaspor 2-0 Werder Bremen
  • Werder Bremen 6-0 Antalyaspor

• Rüştü Reçber
• Burak Yılmaz
• Feyyaz Uçar
• Hüseyin Çimşir
• Oscar Cordoba
• Fani Madida
• Richard Kingston
• Maurizio Gaudino
• Norman Mapeza
• Vedin Music

• Antalyaspor's fan leader is a famous Turkish actor, Çoşkun Göğen. He is also know as Tecavüzcü Coşkun (Coşkun the Rapist) as a reference to his main role in the movies he has played.^{[citation needed]}
• Antalyaspor's 500th goal in Super League history was scored by Pavol Straka on December 3, 2006 against Kayseri Erciyesspor.
• The team has two groups of Ultras. 07 Gençlik (north side) and Red Soldiers (south side).

• Official website (Turkish)

Türk Telekom League A • 2007-08 clubs v • d • e
Antalyaspor • Altay S.K. • Boluspor • Diyarbakırspor • Elazığspor • Eskişehirspor • Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor • Giresunspor • İstanbulspor A.Ş. • Karşıyaka S.K. • Kartalspor • Kayseri Erciyesspor • Kocaelispor • Malatyaspor • Mardinspor • Orduspor • Sakaryaspor • Samsunspor •