Ankara Demirspor
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| Full name | Ankara Demirspor | ||
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| Founded | 1930 | ||
| Ground | Cebeci İnönü Stadium, Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Capacity | 35,000 | ||
| Chairman | İsmet Duman | ||
| Manager | Semih Tokatlı | ||
| League | TFF 2. Lig Red Group | ||
| Website | http://www.demirspor.org.tr/ | ||
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Ankara Demirspor is a Turkish football club based in Ankara, Turkey. They compete in the TFF Third League. They were one of the Super League's founding members in 1958. 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.[1] 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 club that compete in the Turkish Professional Football League System, and Ankara Demirspor is the only one that is still affiliated with TCDD.
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.
League Participations
- Turkish Super League: 1958–71
- TFF First League: 1971–83, 1995–98
- TFF Second League: 1984–95, 1998–06, 2015–16
- TFF Third League: 2006–15, 2016-
- Turkish Regional Amateur League: 1983–84
Honours
- Turkish Football Championship
- Winners (1): 1947
- National Division
- Runners-up (1): 1939
- Chancellor 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