22.05.2025 18:30
Denizli İdmanyurdu, achieving success by being promoted to the TFF 3rd League as champions, made a shocking decision when it did not receive support from any institutions, especially the Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. Club President İbrahim Gürel announced that they have decided to withdraw from the league and sell the club.
Starting from the Denizli 2nd Amateur League and overcoming all kinds of difficulties, Denizli İdmanyurdu Gürellerspor achieved the success of becoming the champion in the TFF Regional Amateur League Group 7 in the 2024-2025 season and moving up to the TFF 3rd League. While the championship celebrations were still ongoing, the club made headlines in the sports community with a shocking decision.
DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM FOOTBALL
Club President İbrahim Gürel pointed out that they did not receive support from any person or institution, including the Denizli Metropolitan Municipality, and that no one was present with them even during the celebrations. He announced that he had decided to withdraw from football due to the developments that occurred.
Stating that they felt the pride of becoming champions and representing Denizli in the professional league after a challenging process, Gürel said, "After the championship, we had high hopes, but we experienced great disappointments. In this challenging process from amateur to professional, we did not see any institution by our side. We see that Denizli is not aware of the value of this achievement, that the championship is not fully embraced by this city, and unfortunately, we feel alone," he said.
''DENİZLİ FOOTBALL HAS BEEN LEFT WITHOUT SUPPORT''
President Gürel expressed that they were happy to not leave Denizli without a team in the professional league, which is difficult to exit from the Regional Amateur League. However, he stated, "Our psychological strength is no longer sufficient to carry the team to higher leagues, and we are deeply saddened by the fact that the prominent members of the city's protocol did not come to the matches and celebrations, leaving the team alone and leaving Denizli football without support," he said.
''DENİZLİ DID NOT RECOGNIZE OUR VALUE, WE ARE LEAVING''
Indicating that they have decided to sell or close the club due to the indifference of the elected or appointed individuals or organizations managing Denizli and the recent developments, they stated that they no longer want to be involved in football, saying, "Denizli did not recognize our value."