Ankaraspor

 

Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Belediye Spor Kulübü" (Ankara Municipality Sport Club) in 1978. The club has undergone several name changes throughout its history. In 1984, they were renamed "Ankara Büyükşehir Belediye Spor Kulübü" (adding "Metropolitan" to the name). The name was simply switched to "Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulübü" in 1998. "Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulübü" has many sub-divisions branching from its main football division. These include badminton, basketball, boxing, handball, ice hockey, judo, oil wrestling, table tennis, wrestling. Finally, in 2005, the football club changed its name to "Ankaraspor A.Ş." and only focused on football, while "Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulübü" continued its activity on branches other than football.^[1]

On 15 September 2009, Ankaraspor was demoted from the Turkish Super League by The Professional Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) over its unsportsmanlike relationship with Ankaragücü, which was deemed contrary to sporting competitiveness.^[2] All Ankaraspor games in the 2009–10 season were cancelled and awarded 3–0 to Ankaraspor's opponents by default. Ankaraspor was expelled from the Turkish leagues by TFF on 4 August 2010 due to being sued by TFF for objecting to forced relegation in 2009–10. No league operations for the season from 2010 to 2011 Ankaraspor (A2)B Team for season year for one year until 2010/2011

In the 2013–14 season, they were readmitted to TFF First League. In the 2014–15 season, they were champions of the division, resulting in their promotion to the Süper Lig.

On 29 June 2014, the club adopted the name "Osmanlıspor", which refers to Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire.

On 8 September 2020, Osmanlıspor was renamed Ankaraspor, their former name.^[3]

Ankaraspor's home colours are blue and white.

The previous badge consisted of a blue and white colored shield, which bore the name and the foundation year of the club. The shield featured a view of an Anatolian leopard with some hexagon panels of a football in its head and chest. This animal, which lived in Anatolia and especially near Ankara for a period of time, symbolized the power and dignity of the club.

Ankaraspor play their home matches at Yenikent Stadium which was opened in 1974 and renovated in 2008.

As of 23 February 2017

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Dubnica	0–4	1–0	1–4
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Zimbru Chișinău	5–0	2–2	7–2
		3Q	Nõmme Kalju	1–0	2–0	3–0
		PO	Midtjylland	2–0	1–0	3–0
		GS Group L	Villarreal	2–2	2–1	1st
			Zürich	2–0	1–2
			FCSB	2–0	1–2
		R32	Olympiacos	0–3	0–0	0–3

UEFA Ranking history:

As of 2021

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2017	122	15.840	[4]
2018	147	8.000	[5]
2019	137	8.000	[6]
2020	142	8.000	[7]
2021	137	8.000	[8]

As of 10 September 2024^[9]

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 Abdülaziz Demircan 3 DF   TUR Furkan Eliaçık 5 MF   TUR Fahrettin Berk Yılmaz 6 DF   TUR Fatih Kızılkaya 7 FW   TUR Berk Karadağ 8 MF   TUR Doğukan Efe 10 FW   TUR Batuhan Kırdaroğlu 12 GK   TUR Umutcan Keleşcan 15 GK   TUR Berk Taşkın 20 MF   TUR Burak Tarlabölen 21 FW   TUR Ramazan Eren Demir 23 MF   TUR Emre Can Örme 25 MF   TUR Halil Esen

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF   TUR Muhammed Bayır 40 MF   AUT Enes Tepecik (on loan from Ankaragücü) 42 DF   TUR Yunus Emre Metin 58 MF   TUR Abdussamed Karnuçu 61 MF   TUR Oltan Karakullukçu 62 GK   TUR Adal Beran Bülbül 65 GK   TUR Bayram Kılıç 69 DF   TUR Sefa Durmuş 70 MF   TUR Samet Emre Gündüz 71 DF   TUR Berkay Akbaş 77 DF   TUR Recep Yemişçi 91 MF   TUR Selman Enes Canlı 99 FW   TUR Yusuf Buğra Koşal

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 — DF   TUR Enes Eliaçık (at Bayburt Öİ until 30 June 2025)

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