Ankara Demirspor

Ankara Demirspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Ankara. They compete in the TFF Second League. They were one of the Super League's founding members in 1959. By winning the former Turkish Football Championship in 1947, they became Turkish champions for the first and only time. They played 13 seasons in the Super League and relegated to the Second League in 1971 and never returned to the top division.

Ankara Demirspor
Full nameAnkara Demirspor
Founded1930 (1930)
GroundTCDD Ankara Demirspor Stadium, Ankara
Capacity3,000
Chairmanİsmet Duman
ManagerBülent Akan
LeagueTFF Second League
2022–23TFF Second League, Red, 6th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Ankara Demirspor is one of the 38 Demirspor clubs in Turkey that are founded by the employees of the Turkish Railways (TCDD), similar to the Lokomotiv sports clubs of Eastern Europe.[1] Most Demirspor clubs have jersey colours identical to Ankara Demirspor, and bear the TCDD symbol on their logo. Ankara Demirspor and Adana Demirspor are the only Demirspor clubs that compete in the Turkish Professional Football League System, and Ankara Demirspor is the only one that is still affiliated with TCDD.

History

The club was founded on March 16, 1930. Today, the colours of the club are navy blue, blue, and white. The former colours of the team were red and green.

League participations

Honours
Winners (1): 1947
Runners-up (1): 1939
Runners-up (1): 1947
Winners (5): 1938–39, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1958–59
Runners-up (3): 1948–49, 1956–57, 1957–58

Current squad
As of 29 December 2022[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Turkey TUR Ömercan Avci
2 DF Turkey TUR Hüseyin Eren Bektaş
3 DF Turkey TUR Murat Sipahioğlu (on loan from Ankaragücü)
4 DF Turkey TUR Alperen Kuyubaşı (on loan from Ankaragücü)
5 DF Turkey TUR Abdullah Çelik (on loan from Ankaragücü)
7 FW Turkey TUR Semih Kayan
10 FW Turkey TUR Ahmet Sivri
11 FW Turkey TUR Muhammed Yasir Karabay (on loan from Ankaragücü)
13 DF Turkey TUR Serkan Sözmen
14 MF Turkey TUR Harun Aydın
20 MF Turkey TUR Ulaş Yılmaz (on loan from Ankaragücü)
21 MF Turkey TUR Emre Eren (on loan from Ankaragücü)
23 DF Turkey TUR Mert Örnek (on loan from Iğdır)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 FW Turkey TUR Hakan Öztürk (on loan from Ankaragücü)
28 FW Turkey TUR Hasan Kaya
29 DF Turkey TUR Taner Koç
35 GK Turkey TUR Yiğit Yitmez (on loan from İstanbulspor)
37 FW Turkey TUR Muhammet Haşim Çoban
41 FW Turkey TUR Mervan Yiğit (on loan from Ankaragücü)
55 FW Turkey TUR Burhan Arman
58 DF Turkey TUR Emre Alıcı
64 MF Turkey TUR İrfan Akgün
65 MF Turkey TUR Oktay Aydın
79 MF Turkey TUR Atakan Dama (on loan from Ankaragücü)
80 MF Turkey TUR Kadir Taşoğlu
95 DF Turkey TUR Özkan Taştemur
96 DF Turkey TUR Yasin Arslan
99 FW Turkey TUR Mücahit Can Akçay
— MF Turkey TUR Salihcan Akdeniz

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Turkey TUR Ender Gör (at Artvin Hopaspor until 30 June 2023)
— MF Turkey TUR Samet Erdem Olgaç (at Gümüşhanespor until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Turkey TUR Mustafa Fettahoğlu (at Arnavutköy Belediyespor until 30 June 2023)

References
  1. "İçinden Demiryolu geçen kulüpler: Demirsporlar • Tribun Dergi". www.tribundergi.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "Ankara Demirspor squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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