Sakaryaspor Kulübü DerneÃÂi, commonly known as Sakaryaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Adapazarñ, the capital of Sakarya Province. Founded in 1965, the club competes in the TFF First League, the second tier of the Turkish football league system. Sakaryaspor play their home matches at the 28,113-capacity New Sakarya Stadium, and traditionally wear green and black striped shirts. The club has a strong regional following and is known for its rivalry with Kocaelispor.
The club was formed in 1965 after the merger of Adapazarñ GençlerbirliÃÂi, Adapazarñ ðdman Yurdu, Güneà Âspor and Ada Gençlik. The club is better known as Sakaryaspor.
The football club is nicknamed the "Football Factory" by Turkish football scene because of the many national footballers born and raised in the city. Sakarya Province has also five national top scorers (Hakan à Âükür, Aykut Kocaman, Bülent Uygun, Aykut YiÃÂit, Ogün Altñparmak) of all time and three of them did carry the Sakaryaspor shirt. Sakaryaspor became TFF First League champions in 1980âÂÂ81 and 1986âÂÂ87. They accomplished this feat again at the end of the 2005âÂÂ06 season. Sakaryaspor subsequently won a place in the playâÂÂoff matches. After eliminating ðstanbulspor in the first playâÂÂoff match, Sakaryaspor went on to defeat Altay 4âÂÂ1 in the finals and were promoted to the Süper Lig. They were relegated from the Süper Lig the following season.
In 1988 the team won the Turkish Cup, with some of the Turkish football legends like OÃÂuz ÃÂetin, Hakan à Âükür, Engin ðpekoÃÂlu and Aykut Kocaman in the squad.
In 2022, it became the champion of Turkey's third professional league, the 2st league, and was promoted to the 1st league. In the 2023âÂÂ2024 season, it played the play-off final match with Bodrum Football Club.
Sakaryaspor fans call themselves "Tatangalar", which was founded in 1990 and means "Bisons". The name Tatanga (Tatanka) comes from the movie Dances with Wolves. The word Tatanga (plural Tatangalar) became the nickname of the club over time. Kocaelispor is considered as the archrival and the supporters have friendly ties with Göztepe.