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| Full name | Hatayspor Kulübü | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Güneyin Yıldızı (Star of the South) | |||
| Founded | 23 July 1967 | |||
| Ground | Mersin Stadium (temporary venue) | |||
| Capacity | 25,497 | |||
| Coordinates | 36°49′14″N 34°32′19″E / 36.82056°N 34.53861°E | |||
| President | Levent Mıstıkoğlu | |||
| Head coach | Rıza Çalımbay | |||
| League | Süper Lig | |||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig, 15th of 20 | |||
| Website | hatayspor | |||
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Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and positive habits among youth. The team's colors symbolize nobility, purity, and peace. They won their first championship in 1969–70, earning promotion. Over the years, they faced relegations and promotions in lower leagues. They reached the Second League in 1989-90 and 1993, and finally promoted to the Süper Lig in the 2019–20 season.
Having played at the 25,000-capacity New Hatay Stadium until 2023, the team currently plays their home matches at Mersin Stadium because of the extensive damage 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes caused in Antakya.
In addition to its men's football team, which competes in the Süper Lig, the club also has a women's football team that competes in the Turkish Women's Football Super League.