Akhisarspor

Akhisarspor was founded in 1970 by the merger of three football teams, Güneşspor, Gençlikspor and Doğanspor in Manisa. Yılmaz Atabarut was the founder and the first president of Akhisar Belediyespor.

The club competed in the Turkish regional amateur series until 1984, when it was promoted to the TFF Third League, the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. Ten years later, in 1994, they were relegated back to the regional amateur league for one season.

In 1995, Akhisarspor was promoted back to the third league. In the 2000–2001 season, they advanced to the TFF Second League and after nine years there, they were promoted to the TFF First League. They became the champion of the league in their second season which brought them to the highest level of Turkish football, the Süper Lig.

In 2012, Akhisarspor brought in Bruno Mezenga, Çağdaş Atan and Ibrahima Sonko to strengthen their squad. In January 2013, they signed Greek striker Theofanis "Fanis" Gekas who went on to score 12 goals for the remainder of the 2012–13 season, and assisted in the effort to keep the club in the division. Akhisarspor ended on a 14th place in the Süper Lig.

In the 2016–17 season, Akhisarspor finished in 7th place on the table, which is the highest position they've been in throughout their history.

On 10 May 2018, Akhisarspor won the Turkish Cup, their first title in their history. This qualified them to the UEFA Europa League for the first time.^[4]

Akhisarspor played at the Akhisar Şehir Stadium before being promoted to the Süper Lig in 2012. However, the Akhisar Şehir Stadium was not fit for the standards of the league. Consequently, the club had to ground-share with Manisaspor and use the Manisa 19 Mayis Stadium from 2012 to 2017. The stadium was officially opened in 1974 and was renovated in 2008.

In 2014, the construction of Akhisarspor's new and very own stadium was started. It is called the Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium, and is located in Akhisar.^[5][6]

Akhisar's original home colours.

The official colours of Akhisarspor are green and black, but the team also use the yellow colour. These three colours represent Güneşspor, Gençlikspor and Doğanspor, respectively. As a fourth colour, the club uses white. Nike has been the kit manufacturer of the team since 2012.

On the crest of the team you can again find the three colours of Akhisarspor. On the crest you can see a ball with wings. The ball is white coloured and the wings are yellow coloured. Above and under the ball you can read the words 'Akhisar' in green and 'Spor' with a black background. Under Spor, we can read '1970' also in black.^[7]

• Süper Lig: 2012–2019
• 1. Lig: 2010–2012, 2019–2021
• 2. Lig: 2008–2010, 2021–2022
• 3. Lig: 1984–1994, 1995–2008, 2022–
• Amateur Level: 1970–1984, 1994–1995

• TFF First League
  • Winners (1): 2011–12
• TFF Second League
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10
• TFF Third League
  • Runners-up (1): 2007–08

• Turkish Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017–18
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018
  • Runners-up (1): 2019

As of 13 December 2018

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goals difference.

Note: Akhisar score always listed first.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	Group Stage (Group J)	Sevilla	2–3	0–6	4th out of 4
			Krasnodar	0–1	1–2
			Standard Liège	0–0	1–2

UEFA ranking history:

As of 21 June 2023^[8][9]

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2019	159	6.920	[10]
2020	170	6.720	[11]
2021	182	6.020	[12]
2022	248	5.420	[13]
2023	206	6.420	[14]

As of 8 September 2022^[15]

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	TUR	Gökmen Aydoğdu
35	DF	TUR	Yusuf Acer
47	MF	TUR	Yusuf Kanal
54	GK	TUR	Emircan Seçgin
55	MF	TUR	Fırat Yiğit Öztürk
57	FW	TUR	Bekir Akın
70	DF	TUR	Göksu Mutlu
74	MF	TUR	Orçun Erten
77	FW	TUR	Turhan Kaya
87	DF	TUR	Yiğit Efe Düztaş
88	DF	TUR	Recep Kutun

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

As of 29 January 2020^[16]

Position	Staff
Manager	Yılmaz Vural
Assistant	Recep Umut
Assistant	Ülken Durak
Assistant	Toprak Kırtoğlu
Goalkeeping coach	Metin Akçevre

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