04.11.2026 12:32
Trabzonspor's Egyptian star Mohamed Salah signed the Denizlispor and Yeşil Çivril Belediyespor jerseys brought by Denizli-born advertiser Ahmet Kılınçlı during an advertising shoot in Dubai. Years ago, Denizlispor's former player El-Saka had recommended Salah to Denizlispor, but the transfer did not happen. Denizlispor, relegated from the Süper Lig in 2021, could not take the field for its first match in the amateur league this season and lost by forfeit.
Trabzonspor's world-famous Egyptian star Mohamed Salah signed the shirt of Denizlispor, one of Turkish football's established clubs that currently competes in the amateur leagues and that he is alleged to have once come close to joining, during an advertising shoot in Dubai. Denizli-based advertiser Ahmet Kılınçlı had Salah sign shirts belonging to his hometown team after the commercial film shoot in Dubai. Salah, who appeared before the cameras in Dubai for an advertising shoot with Trabzon-born social media phenomenon Köksal Baba, signed the shirts of Yeşil Çivril Belediyespor and Denizlispor, amateur-league representatives of Kılınçlı's hometown Denizli.
HE WAS RECOMMENDED TO DENİZLİ YEARS AGO
It had emerged that El-Saka, one of Denizlispor's former Egyptian foreign players, had recommended Salah to Denizli years ago when Salah was still a young footballer in his country. At that time, Salah's transfer from Egypt's Al Mokawloon Al Arab to Denizlispor did not materialize; in 2012 he took his first step into Europe with Basel, then played for Chelsea, Fiorentina and Roma before becoming a legend at Liverpool and winning Champions League and Premier League titles. At the start of this season, Salah signed for Trabzonspor as one of Turkish football's most important transfers.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 60-YEAR HISTORY, IT FAILED TO PLAY A MATCH
After being relegated from the Trendyol Süper Lig in 2021, Denizlispor fell without parachute payments to the amateur league due to transfer bans imposed because of its debts, and it also failed to play its first match in the Denizli Super Amateur League White Group, to which it was relegated from the Regional Amateur League last season. Having been unable to form a squad before the season, Denizlispor did not take the field for its first-week match away to Denizli Sarayköy Spor.
Denizlispor, which had previously represented Türkiye in the UEFA Cup, advanced through 3 rounds in the 2002-2003 season and came close to the quarter-finals against Porto managed by Jose Mourinho, suffered a forfeit defeat by failing to appear in an official competition for the first time in its 60-year history. Denizlispor, which lost the match 3-0 by forfeit after not taking the field, will be relegated if it does not take the field again.