Ankara Demirspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Ankara. They compete in the TFF Second League. They were one of the Super League's founding members in 1959. By winning the former Turkish Football Championship in 1947, they became Turkish champions for the first and only time. They played 13 seasons in the Super League and relegated to the Second League in 1971 and never returned to the top division.

Ankara Demirspor is one of the 38 Demirspor clubs in Turkey that are founded by the employees of the Turkish Railways (TCDD), similar to the Lokomotiv sports clubs of Eastern Europe. Most Demirspor clubs have jersey colours identical to Ankara Demirspor, and bear the TCDD symbol on their logo. Ankara Demirspor and Adana Demirspor are the only Demirspor clubs that compete in the Turkish Professional Football League System, and Ankara Demirspor is the only one that is still affiliated with TCDD.

Ankara Demirspor

History

The club was founded on March 16, 1930. Today, the colours of the club are navy blue, blue, and white. The former colours of the team were red and green.

Ankara Demirspor

League participations

Turkish Super League: 1958–71

TFF First League: 1971–83, 1995–98

TFF Second League: 1984–95, 1998–06, 2015–16, 2018-

TFF Third League: 2006–15, 2016–18

Turkish Regional Amateur League: 1983–84

Honours

Turkish Football Championship

Winners (1): 1947

National Division

Runners-up (1): 1939

Prime Minister's Cup

Runners-up (1): 1947

Ankara Football League

Winners (5): 1938–39, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1958–59

Runners-up (3): 1948–49, 1956–57, 1957–58

Current squad

Out on loan

References

External links

Official website

Ankara Demirspor on TFF.org

Football clubs in Ankara

1930 establishments in Turkey

Association football clubs established in 1930

Railway association football teams

Süper Lig clubs

Ankara Demirspor