Malatya Spor Kulübü is a Turkish

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based in

Malatya Malatya (; ; Syriac language, Syriac ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of y ...

, mainly concentrated on football.

History

Prior to 1984 the club colors were yellow and black. They played for 11 seasons on the top-level of

Turkish football Association football, Football is the most popular sport in Turkey, followed by basketball, tracing its roots to the Ottoman Empire. The first matches were played in Ottoman Thessaloniki, Salonica in 1875. The sport was introduced by English pe ...

. Their best result was finishing 1st League (Now Super Lig) as 3rd in 1987–88 season. The club was the first team from the

Eastern Anatolia Region The Eastern Anatolia region () is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous province in the region is Van Province. Other populous provinces are Malatya, Erzurum and Elazığ. It is bordered by the Black Sea Region and Georgia in th ...

to qualify for a European cup,

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. They relegated to amateur level after the matches of 31 March 2011. At the end of the 2011–2012 season the club finally relegated to Malatya First Amateur League after five successive relegations due to financial mismanagement.TFF Malatyaspor'a acımadı
mackolik.com. Retrieved 3 March 2024. Malatyaspor managed three times to qualify for the semi-finals of the

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: 1987,

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and

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League participations

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: 1984–90, 2001–06 *

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

: 1967–68, 1973–77, 1980–84, 1990–01, 2006–09 *

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

: 1968–73, 1977–80, 2009–10 *

TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Foot ...

: 2010–11 *

Turkish Regional Amateur League The Turkish Regional Amateur League () is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 10-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped according to the regions in ...

: 2011–12, 2023– *

Amatör Futbol Ligleri The Super Amateur Leagues () comprises a number of football leagues that make up the sixth tier of the Turkish football league system.TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

**Winners (1): 1983–84 *

**Winners (1): 1972–73 *

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: UEFA Ranking history:

References

External links

* (archived)
Malatyaspor
on TFF.org Sport in Malatya Football clubs in Turkey Association football clubs established in 1966 1966 establishments in Turkey Süper Lig clubs {{Turkey-footyclub-stub