Ankaraspor

Ankaraspor Kulubu (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈaŋkaɾaspoɾ]), formerly known as Osmanlispor (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈosmanɫɯspoɾ]), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. It competes in the TFF First League.

History

Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Belediye Spor Kulubu" (Ankara Municipality Sport Club) in 1978. The club has undergone several name changes throughout its history. In 1984, they were renamed "Ankara Buyuksehir Belediye Spor Kulubu" (adding "Metropolitan" to the name). The name was simply switched to "Buyuksehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulubu" in 1998. "Buyuksehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulubu" 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.S." and only focused on football, while "Buyuksehir Belediye Ankaraspor Kulubu" continued its activity on branches other than football.

On 15 September 2009, Ankaraspor was demoted from the Turkish Super League by The Professional Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) over its unsportsmanlike relationship with Ankaragucu, which was deemed contrary to sporting competitiveness. 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.

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 Super Lig.

On 29 June 2014, the club adopted the name "Osmanlispor", which refers to Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire. On 8 September 2020, Osmanlispor was renamed Ankaraspor, their former name.

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