football golf club
Adana Demirspor is a sports club based in Adana, Turkey. Founded by railway workers in 1940, the club were competitive in eight sports until 1980s ; since then active lone with the football department, which returned to the Süper Lig on 9 May 2021 after 26 years ‘ of absence. [ 2 ] Football team ‘s booming achiever at the Adana League and the water polo team ‘s unbeaten National League titles in the foremost three decades, built a big worker fan basal in the city and attracted landowners to finance the cabaret. Believing that the actor supported, landowner financed, TCDD governed cabaret are alienating them, middle-class merchants and artisans founded Adanaspor in 1954 and rival among the two clubs for the citywide support and domination, created one of the fierce rivalries of Turkish football which continues to this day as Adana bowler hat. [ 3 ] Adana Demirspor are the inaugural club that is based outside of İstanbul – Ankara – İzmir to join the National Football League, at a clock time, the league games were entirely hosted in the largest three cities. The club promoted to the exceed flight in 1960-61 season and are presently playing there their 18th season. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Water polo team are the first champions of the turkish Water Polo League and had dominated the first three decades of the league, winning 21 league titles in 25 years, from early 1940s to mid 1960s.

Adana Demirspor are by far the most successful of the 38 Demirspor clubs that are founded by the employees of the turkish State Railways ( TCDD ). [ 6 ] Most Demirspor clubs have jersey colours identical to Adana Demirspor, and bear the TCDD symbol on their logo. Ankara Demirspor are the only early Demirspor club that compete in the turkish professional football league system, and the only ones that are still affiliated with TCDD. ad have one of the most passionate fan base in Turkey. The club did not have a major deed in the concluding 40 years, the highest spot the cabaret could gain at the turkish top-flight was the sixth locate, have been away from Süper Lig for 26 years, have never participated in european Cups, have had less success then their archrival including the bowler hat games ; though the level of confirm grew quickly about every ten. [ 7 ] This was chiefly attributed to the worker dominated solid fan base, who by seeing themselves as the on-key owner, sustained the club as a community club and carried further to be more than a club. A meaning part of the winnow base is politically leave leaning and perceive baseball club directors as merely financing agents .

history [edit ]

The foundation of Adana Demirspor was first laid down in 1938 by Eşref Demirağ, Vasfı Ramzan, Hasan Silah, Hikmet Tezel, Feridun Kuzeybay, Seha Keyder, Emin Ersan, Esat Gürkan, and Kenan Gülgün from TCDD. The club was formally founded on 28 December 1940 with the help of over five hundred employees of TCDD. [ 8 ] Adana Demirspor competed in the Adana Football League along with the Cilician cabaret ; Mersin İdman Yurdu, Tarsus İdman Yurdu, Torosspor, Seyhanspor, and Milli Mensucat. Demirspor won the league a record 15 times between 1942 and 1959. [ 9 ] They besides won the turkish Amateur Championship in 1954 against Hacettepe. The pit finished 1–0, with Selami Tekkazancı scoring the entirely goal. [ 8 ]
Before 1959, Turkey did not have a national master league. rather, teams competed in regional amateur leagues in cities such as Adana, Ankara, Eskişehir, İzmir, Kayseri, and Trabzon. [ 10 ] The Milli Lig, known today as the Süper Lig, was created in 1959. The league consisted of eight clubs from Istanbul, and four clubs each from Ankara and İzmir. [ 11 ] When Adana Demirspor joined the Milli Lig in 1960, they became the foremost golf club from outside the three major football cities to compete. however, their stay did n’t final hanker, as they finished last rate with 18 points in their first season due to playing their home matches in Ankara. [ 12 ] The club returned to the Adana League, where they competed until 1963. The 2.Lig ( Second Division ) [ 13 ] was created at the start of the 1963–64 season. Adana Demirspor were allowed to compete in the league, and placed second in their first base temper. [ 14 ] Demirspor competed in the 2. Lig for nine years before gaining promotion bet on to the 1. Lig for the first time since the 1960–61 season. They secured promotion after defeating Uşakspor 2–0, with goals from Fatih Terim and Bektaş Yurttasın. [ 8 ] [ 15 ] Adana Demirspor reached the finals of the 1977–78 turkish Cup. At the clock time, the concluding was played over two legs. Demirspor lost the first branch 3–0, and failed to make a rejoinder in the second leg, drawing 0–0 with Trabzonspor. They met Trabzonspor in a cup final once more that year, this time in the Prime Minister ‘s Cup, but would go on to lose 2–1. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Their stay in the top-flight continued through 1984, and reached its apex when the clubhouse finished sixth in the 1981–82 season. [ 5 ] Since then, Demirspor have failed to match their success. They spent the following respective years moving bet on and forth between the 1. Lig and 2. Lig. Their last season of top-flight football came in 1994–95. The club finished with 15 points, their lowest point sum ever in the 1. Lig. [ 8 ] [ 16 ] Adana Demirspor reached their lowest point professionally in 1999 when they were relegated to the 3. Lig ( Third Division before the 2001–02 season ). The club exhausted two years in the 3. Lig before gaining forwarding to the newly created 2. Lig. The 2. Lig became the 1. Lig and the 1. Lig became the Süper Lig in 2001. Adana Demirspor competed in the 2. Lig from 2004 to 2012, before returning to First League after winning promotion play-offs. [ 8 ]

stadium and facilities [edit ]

ADS fans gathering at the northeast section of the stadium. Adana Demir ‘s homeground is the New Adana Stadium since March 2021. The stadium has a capacity of 33,543 seats. [ 17 ] The stadium`s north seats are painted to Adana Demirspor ‘s jersey colors and south seats are painted to Adanaspor`s jersey colors. Şimşekler group meet at the North Stand, other fan groups tend to gather at the northern section of the East Stands. From 1940 to 2021, the football team played their home games at the now defunct 5 Ocak Stadium. The waterpolo team played their home games at the Atatürk Swimming Complex from 1940 to dissolving. Menderes Sports Hall hosted club`s basketball and volleyball teams .
The main train establish in Yüreğir Adana Demir ‘s independent train ground is the “ Adana Demirspor Tesisleri ”, along the Seyhan river bank in the Yüreğir district. The discipline prime was built by the Metropolitan Municipality on a department of state down in early 2000s. It was named the Aytaç Durak Tesisleri to honour the long-time serving mayor of Adana, who lead the construction of the coach ground. As it was built on a express down without a occupancy agreement, Milli Emlak ( en : National Property Foundation ) sent an eviction notification respective times in late 2010s. In March 2019, with the efforts of the Adana MP Jülide Sarıeroğlu, a occupancy agreement is last made between ADS and the Milli Emlak which secured the train ground for a long-run and at the lapp clock the facility is renamed the Adana Demirspor Tesisleri. [ 18 ] The chief education grind hosts the Club ‘s Head Office and is made of 4 football fields, Club storehouse, fitness plaza, swimming pool and the staff-player residences. Adana Demir youth teams train at the TCDD owned training labor at the Central railway station in Kurtuluş, Seyhan. The property, which is composed of a football playing field and Youth Office, is rented out to Adana Demir for free. ADS Club Museum which is next to the TCDD education land, was the Club ‘s Head Office from 1940 to 2000. Adana Demir has three club stores, one at the main train flat coat, one at M1 promenade and one at the Park Adana promenade. The club shop at the 5 Ocak Stadium in Reşatbey, moved a little further and is now ran by the garter group, Şimşekler .

support and rivalries [edit ]

A banner at a TCDD facility : ‘Adana Demirspor are the hilltop effort of the railroad track workers. ‘ Adana Demirspor draw support from all over the city and equally well as from the zone ‘s of the Adana Province. As being founded as a railroad track cabaret, they are supported by the railway workers in Turkey. Politically left leaning people besides have sympathy for the cabaret. The independent supporters group is called Mavi Şimşekler, which translates to Blue lightnings. The fans are known to have a far leftist political stance, as leave they have dependable relations with other leftist teams such as Livorno and St Pauli. The archrivals are Adanaspor, who share the New Adana Stadium with Adana Demirspor. [ 19 ] [ 20 ]

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

As of 6 December 2021[21]

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

Out on loanword [edit ]

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

current technical staff [edit ]

  • Last updated: 28 November 2021
  • Source:Technical staff[22]

celebrated players [edit ]

Fatih Terim and Hasan Şaş, two names synonymous with Galatasaray S.K. and the Turkish national team, were born in Adana and began their careers with Adana Demirspor. Terim spent five years at the golf club before moving to Galatasaray. He became a coach after retiring and won several honours, including the UEFA Cup in 2000, four straight Süper Lig titles, [ 23 ] and a semi-final ending in the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. Şaş exhausted two years at the baseball club before moving to Ankaragücü in 1995. He was a separate of the Turkey team that finished in third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He besides played a part in winning five Süper Lig [ 24 ] and three turkish Cup titles with Galatasaray from 1998 to 2009. Adana Demirspor besides produced striker Taner Gülleri .

League affiliation [edit ]

late seasons [edit ]

Season Rank G W D L GF GA Pts
1960–61 20 38 3 12 23 21 66 18
1973–74 10 30 9 9 12 19 21 27
1974–75 8 30 8 14 8 29 27 30
1975–76 8 30 10 8 12 28 35 28
1976–77 12 30 6 14 10 21 32 26
1977–78 13 30 7 11 12 24 36 25
1978–79 13 30 9 9 12 23 32 27
1979–80 8 30 10 9 11 26 23 29
1980–81 12 30 11 7 12 25 26 29
1981–82 6 32 10 13 9 30 23 33
1982–83 7 34 13 7 14 39 36 33
1983–84 16 34 9 11 14 37 54 29
1987–88 10 38 16 4 18 59 64 52
1988–89 14 36 12 6 18 51 73 42
1989–90 17 34 5 8 21 30 83 23
1991–92 15 30 5 9 16 27 61 24
1994–95 18 34 3 6 25 25 81 15
2021–22

administration [edit ]

Adana Demirspor are a member-owned sports golf club operating under the 5253 – Dernekler Kanunu ( Law of Associations ). From 1940 to 1959, the club were immediately governed by TCDD, since then directed by the Board of Directors who are elected by the members at the bi-annual General Meeting .

As of 21 September 2021[25]
Position Name
President Murat Sancak
Deputy President Metin Korkmaz
Vice-President Remzi Kar
Director for TFF Relations Levent Özveren
Director for Legal Matters Tekin Taylancı
Director for Public Relations Savaş Çokduygulu
Director for Amateur Branches İsmail Tanrıverdi
Director for Facilities and Supporters Levent Aris
Director for International Relations Ekrem İnaltekin
Director for Advertisements and Sponsorship Telat Şahin
Board Member Süleyman Bilici
Board Member Fatih Tosmur
Board Member Tarkan Kulak
Board Member Casim Korkmaz
Board Member Cihan Şanlı
Board Member Tarık Özunal

other departments [edit ]

Adana Demirspor had formed athletics, motorbike, swim, water system polo, and football departments with the foundation of the club. In the following decades, wrestle, basketball, and volleyball departments were founded. presently, the only active department is the football department.

Athletics [edit ]

Atletics department participated regional competitions from 1940 to 1952. The department had its best ever season 1953-1954 with titles won by the athletes Yıldıray Pagda, Atilla Pinoz, Yavuz Pagda and Turgay Renklikurt, all becoming well known nationally. The club had several team titles and individual titles within the adjacent ten. After an idleness time period that lasted until 1980, with the re-organizing efforts of Regional Athletics Coach, Hasan Tekin, the club won titles in the adjacent five years .

basketball [edit ]

Basketball department was founded by Alaettin Atsal and Demiray Sayılır and have first appeared in Turkish League in 1968. Adana Demirspor have won the anatolian Cup deed at 1969-1970 season and were promoted to the Turkish Basketball First League. The golf club were promoted to the Basketball Super League at 1972-1973 after winning a highly competitive season. The department had dissolved in 1980s and had re-opened in 2003, competing at the Regional League for some years .

League affiliation [edit ]

Seasons [edit ]

Season Rank G W D L GF GA Pts
1973-1974 11 21 4 0 17 1369 1645 29
1975-1976 12 22 1 0 21 1403 1974 24

cycle [edit ]

Cycling agent and coach Ahmet Ecesoy trained cyclists Ertugrul Arlı, Ahmet Avcılar, İbrahım Gönül and Erol Berk, all becoming region of the National Cycling Team of Turkey. Cycling department were dissolved in 1983 .

Swimming and water polo [edit ]

Atatürk Swimming Complex, the largest swimming consortium of the time, had opened in Adana in 1938 with the efforts of the Adana Mayor Turhan Cemal Beriker and the Regional Sports Director Rıza Salih Saray. Adana Demirspor formed the naiant and body of water polo team from 40 youngsters who developed their swim skills at the irrigation canals in the city. Adana Demir had joined the turkish Water polo League in 1942, playing their home games at the newly complex. From 1942 to 1954, the clubhouse had 13 League titles, without losing a plot. They had another 8 titles until 1965, bringing the phone number of league titles to 21. After all this achiever, Adana Demirspor water polo team has known as Unbeatables, for several decades. Muharrem Gülergin, son of a railway worker, became a caption for the golf club for his leadership at the urine polo team. Erdal Acet broke the record of swimming Canal La Manche ( English Channel ) in 9 hours and 2 minutes in 1976 .

League affiliation [edit ]

  • Turkish Waterpolo League: 38 years/ 1942–1980

volleyball [edit ]

The volleyball department were the champions for 5 years in a course, from 1967 to 1972 at the Regional Volleyball League. They were dissolved soon after .

Wrestling [edit ]

Club directors Şevket Kapulu ve Fevzi Özşahin founded the wrestle department in 1956 by converting partially of the clubhouse to a wrestling prepare center, and making up a team from field wrestlers. Wrestlers of Adana Demirspor competed for the turkish National Wrestling Team in several events. The Wrestling department of ADS became less active after 1968 and were dissolved within the next ten .

Honours [edit ]

  • Turkish Waterpolo League
    • Sutopu 1.Lig
      • Winners (21): 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
  • Turkish Basketball League
    • Second Tier (TBL)
      • Winners (2): 1972–73, 1974–75

References [edit ]

Notes
  1. ^ total of 21 seasons
  2. ^ total of 60 seasons
  3. ^ sum of 18 seasons
  4. ^ total of 31 seasons
  5. ^ entire of 11 seasons
  6. ^ full of 10 seasons
  7. ^ sum of 2 seasons
  8. ^ total of 8 seasons
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