Football club

Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department 🧲 which secured 4th place at the 2024–23 Süper Lig and qualified for European competitions for the first time in their 🧲 history. The club also competes in rowing, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball.[2] Founded by railway workers of Turkish State Railways 🧲 (TCDD) in 1940, The football team's success at the Adana League and the water polo team's unbeaten National League titles 🧲 in the club's first three decades built a large worker fan base in the city. Some supporters who are unhappy 🧲 with the management of the club, founded Adanaspor in 1954 and competition among the two clubs for the citywide support 🧲 and domination since then, created one of the fiercest rivalries of Turkish football which continues to this day as the 🧲 Adana derby.[3] From 1970s to late 2010s, the club had less success than their archrival, did not win a major 🧲 title and had not participated in any European competitions, though continued to gain wider support than Adanaspor[citation needed] and became 🧲 one of the most supported clubs in Turkey. The club's recent success at the Super Lig and qualification for the 🧲 UEFA Conference League and Adanaspor's decline is widening the gap between two clubs further in terms of fan support and 🧲 club value.

Adana Demirspor was the first club based outside of Istanbul, Ankara, or İzmir to join the National Football League 🧲 in the 1960–61 season, before this the league games were only hosted in the three cities.[4][5] The water polo team 🧲 was the first champions of the Turkish Water Polo League and had dominated the first three decades of the league, 🧲 winning 21 league titles in 25 years, from the early 1940s to mid 1960s.

Adana Demirspor are by far the most 🧲 successful of the 38 Demirspor clubs that are founded by the employees of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD).[6] Most Demirspor 🧲 clubs have jersey colours identical to Adana Demirspor, and bear the TCDD symbol on their logo. Ankara Demirspor are the 🧲 only other Demirspor club that compete in the Turkish professional football league system, and the only ones that are still 🧲 affiliated with the TCDD.

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