Hatayspor

Hatayspor
Full name	Hatayspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Güneyin Yıldızı (Star of the South)
Founded	23 July 1967; 57 years ago
Ground	New Hatay Stadium, Antakya, Hatay
Capacity	25,000
Coordinates	36°12′41.8″N 36°9′29.9″E / 36.211611°N 36.158306°E
President	Nihat Tazeaslan
Head coach	Volkan Demirel
League	Süper Lig
2023–24	Süper Lig, 15th of 20
Website	Club website
	Current season

Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province.

History

Hatayspor was founded on 23 July 1967. In July 2020, the team achieved promotion to the Süper Lig as champions of the 2019–20 TFF First League.^[1]

In January 2022, the club launched a partnership with Philippines Football League club Dynamic Herb Cebu.^[2]^[3]

During the first of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, the club's quarters in Antakya collapsed, trapping players and staff. All were rescued except player Christian Atsu who died,^[4] and sporting director Taner Savut, whose body was found on 21 February, 2023.^[5] Following the earthquake, the club withdrew from the league.^[6]

Rivalries

The team which Hatayspor most played against is Tarsus İdman Yurdu. So far, there have been 43 games between the teams. Hatayspor won 17 of 43, Tarsus Idman Yurdu won 15 of 43, and 11 games ended with draw.^[7]

Statistics

League participations

Süper Lig: 2020–
TFF First League: 1970–76, 1980–83, 1990–92, 1993–2002, 2018–2020
TFF Second League: 1967–70, 1976–80, 1984–90, 1992–93, 2002–08, 2012–18
TFF Third League: 2008–12
Amateur League: 1983–84

League performances

Season	League	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1967–68	TFF Second League	8	32	12	10	10	39	35	34
1968–69	TFF Second League – Red Group	6	26	10	9	7	28	26	29
1969–70	TFF Second League – Red Group	1	40	25	11	4	70	19	61
1970–71	TFF First League – Red Group	10	30	10	8	12	23	33	28
1971–72	TFF First League – Red Group	13	30	10	8	12	24	30	28
1972–73	TFF First League – Red Group	14	30	8	11	11	19	23	27
1973–74	TFF First League – Red Group	4	30	11	11	8	26	21	33
1974–75	TFF First League – Red Group	12	30	10	7	13	22	32	27
1975–76	TFF First League – Red Group	16	30	11	4	15	24	46	26
1976–77	TFF Second League – Blue Group	6	18	6	6	6	14	13	18
1977–78	TFF Second League – White Group	5	24	9	8	7	22	23	26
1978–79	TFF Second League – White Group	4	20	9	2	9	23	17	20
1979–80	TFF Second League – Group A	2	28	11	10	7	29	29	32
1980–81	TFF First League – Group C	5	30	13	5	12	38	32	31
1981–82	TFF First League – Group C	8	28	7	12	9	24	29	26
1982–83	TFF First League – Group D	12	30	8	11	11	26	31	27
1984–85	TFF Second League – 8th Group	2	18	12	2	4	28	7	26
1985–86	TFF Second League – 3rd Group	3	24	13	6	5	40	19	32
1986–87	TFF Second League – 3rd Group	4	32	11	17	4	31	21	39
1987–88	TFF Second League – 3rd Group	2	32	23	6	3	76	15	75
1988–89	TFF Second League – 3rd Group	3	30	16	9	5	67	29	57
1989–90	TFF Second League – 3rd Group	1	32	24	4	4	67	20	76
1990–91	TFF First League – Group C	10	32	10	10	12	39	48	40
1991–92	TFF First League – Group C	15	32	11	6	15	31	38	39
1992–93	TFF Second League – 3rd Group	1	30	20	7	3	68	25	67
1993–94	TFF First League – 5th Group	3	18	11	3	4	36	15	36
	TFF First League – 5th Klasman Group	5	14	5	3	6	21	17	18
1994–95	TFF First League – 5th Group	2	18	10	4	4	33	23	34
	TFF First League – Promotion Group	9	18	5	3	10	23	42	18
1995–96	TFF First League – 5th Group	7	18	6	4	8	21	27	22
	TFF First League – 5th Klasman Group	5	14	5	2	7	19	24	17
1996–97	TFF First League – 5th Group	3	18	7	6	5	28	30	27
	TFF First League – 5th Klasman Group	6	14	4	4	6	22	22	16
1997–98	TFF First League – 1st Group	4	18	7	6	5	25	22	27
	TFF First League – 1st Klasman Group	6	14	5	1	8	10	18	16
1998–99	TFF First League – 1st Group	8	18	5	4	9	20	28	19
	TFF First League – 1st Klasman Group	3	14	6	4	4	25	21	22
1999–00	TFF First League – 1st Group	5	18	6	8	4	26	18	26
	TFF First League – 1st Klasman Group	3	14	8	2	4	27	16	26
2000–01	TFF First League – 3rd Group	2	18	12	2	4	30	22	38
	TFF First League – Promotion Group	10	18	2	3	13	17	50	9
2001–02	TFF First League – A Category	16	38	12	9	17	43	43	45
2002–03	TFF Second League – B Category – Group C	2	32	23	6	3	76	30	75
2003–04	TFF Second League – B Category – Group C	3	32	17	7	8	64	42	58
2004–05	TFF Second League – B Category – Group C	6	32	14	5	13	32	35	47
2005–06	TFF Second League – B Category – 5th Group	7	18	7	4	7	26	26	25
	TFF Second League – B Category – 5th Klasman Group	2	32	16	7	9	53	40	55
	TFF Second League – B Category – Playoffs	Q.F.	1	0	0	1	1	2	0
2006–07	TFF Second League – B Category – 5th Group	4	18	6	8	4	18	15	26
	TFF Second League – B Category – 5th Klasman Group	3	32	10	14	8	28	25	44
2007–08	TFF Second League – B Category – 5th Group	10	18	2	8	8	15	23	14
	TFF Second League – B Category – 5th Klasman Group	8	32	3	10	19	27	50	19
2008–09	TFF Third League – 5th Group	1	18	10	6	2	23	12	36
	TFF Third League – Promotion Group	6	18	6	4	8	24	24	22
	TFF Third League – Playoffs	Final	2	0	1	1	2	3	1
2009–10	TFF Third League – 5th Group	5	16	6	5	5	19	21	23
	TFF Third League – 5th Klasman Group	3	28	12	5	11	36	36	41
2010–11	TFF Third League – 1st Group	8	34	15	8	11	46	27	53
2011–12	TFF Third League – 3rd Group	1	36	22	6	8	55	29	72
2012–13	TFF Second League – Red Group	2	32	14	13	5	46	26	55
	TFF Second League – Playoffs	Final	3	2	0	1	7	4	6
2013–14	TFF Second League – White Group	3	34	18	9	7	50	30	63
	TFF Second League – Playoffs	Final	5	2	1	2	7	5	7
2014–15	TFF Second League – Red Group	3	34	17	9	8	46	32	60
	TFF Second League – Playoffs	Q.F.	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
2015–16	TFF Second League – White Group	13	34	8	11	15	31	39	35
2016–17	TFF Second League - Red Group	4	34	22	11	7	39	25	59
	TFF Second League - Playoffs	S.F.	2	1	0	1	3	4	3
2017–18	TFF Second League - Red Group	1	34	23	7	4	63	15	76
2018–19	TFF First League	3	34	19	10	5	57	22	67
	TFF First League - Playoffs	S.F.	2	1	1	0	3	2	3
	TFF First League - Playoffs	Final	1	0	1	0	1	1	1 (3–5 penalties)
2019-20	TFF First League	1	34	19	9	6	48	28	66
2020–21	Süper Lig	6	40	17	10	13	62	53	61
2021–22	Süper Lig	12	38	15	8	15	56	60	53
2022–23	Süper Lig	19	36	6	5	25	19	83	23
2023–24	Süper Lig

	Promotion
	Relegation

Source: TFF: Hatayspor

Players

Current squad

As of 3 August 2023^[8]

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	TUR	Erce Kardeşler
6	MF	TUR	Musa Çağıran
8	MF	FRA	Mehdi Boudjemaa
10	MF	FRA	Rayane Aabid
12	GK	KOS	Visar Bekaj
15	DF	TUR	Recep Burak Yılmaz
17	MF	NGA	Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
18	MF	BIH	Armin Hodžić
22	DF	TUR	Kerim Alıcı
23	DF	CAN	Sam Adekugbe
24	FW	TUR	Ünal Durmuşhan
25	MF	TUR	Ali Yıldız
28	DF	TUR	İbrahim Demir
30	DF	TUR	Kamil Çörekçi
31	GK	TUR	Abdullah Yiğiter
33	GK	TUR	Yavuz Buğra Boyar
53	DF	TUR	Burak Öksüz
57	DF	TUR	Engin Can Aksoy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
75	FW	TUR	Koray Yağcı
86	DF	TUR	Burak Bekaroğlu
98	GK	TUR	Arel Ekinci
99	FW	TUR	Bertuğ Yıldırım
—	MF	POR	Rúben Ribeiro
—	DF	BIH	Ognjen Vranješ
—	DF	SRB	Nikola Maksimović
—	MF	GEO	Giorgi Aburjania
—	MF	TUR	Görkem Sağlam
—	FW	SWE	Carlos Strandberg
—	MF	TUR	Sadık Baş
—	FW	TUR	Berke Önde
—	DF	TUR	Oğuzhan Matur
—	MF	POR	Joelson Fernandes
—	MF	TUR	Ömer Faruk Beyaz (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
—	DF	TUR	Cengiz Demir
—	FW	TUR	Onur Arı
—	DF	CMR	Guy-Marcelin Kilama

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
—	MF	TUR	Sarper Çağlar (at Zonguldak Kömürspor until 30 June 2024)

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Hatayspor:

Dynamic Herb Cebu (2022–present)

References

^ "Hatayspor kupasını aldı" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 20 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "Hatayspor'dan iki antrenör ve 3 futbolcu Filipinler Ligi'ne transfer oldu" (in Turkish). Ajansspor. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Hatayspor'da sürpriz Filipinler gelişmesi" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake". BBC Sport. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ "Ghana's Atsu pulled alive from Turkey earthquake rubble". Reuters. 2023-02-07. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
^ "Son Dakika: Hatayspor ligden çekildi! TFF Başkanı Mehmet Büyükekşi açıkladı". Hürriyet. 9 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ "Hatayspor – Tarsus Idman Yurdu rivalry". Retrieved 2014-04-06.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "FUTBOL A TAKIMI". Hatayspor. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

External links

[2019-20_Promotion_to_Super_Lig-1] "Hatayspor kupasını aldı" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 20 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[2] "Hatayspor'dan iki antrenör ve 3 futbolcu Filipinler Ligi'ne transfer oldu" (in Turkish). Ajansspor. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[3] "Hatayspor'da sürpriz Filipinler gelişmesi" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[4] "Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake". BBC Sport. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[5] "Ghana's Atsu pulled alive from Turkey earthquake rubble". Reuters. 2023-02-07. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

[6] "Son Dakika: Hatayspor ligden çekildi! TFF Başkanı Mehmet Büyükekşi açıkladı". Hürriyet. 9 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[7] "Hatayspor – Tarsus Idman Yurdu rivalry". Retrieved 2014-04-06.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Current_squad-8] "FUTBOL A TAKIMI". Hatayspor. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

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