Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championship titles.[1] Trabzonspor also have a women's football team and a men's basketball team.

Trabzonspor
Full nameTrabzonspor Profesyonel Futbol Takımı
Nickname(s)Karadeniz Fırtınası (Black Sea Storm)
Short nameTS
Founded2 August 1967 (1967-08-02)
GroundMedical Park Stadyumu
Capacity43,223
PresidentAhmet Ağaoğlu
Head CoachHüseyin Çimşir
LeagueSüper Lig
2018–19Süper Lig, 4th
WebsiteClub website

Trabzonspor are one of the most decorated clubs in Turkey. They have won six Süper Lig titles and were the first non Istanbul-based club to win the league.[2] They also have won eight Federation Cup (Turkish Cup) titles. The club won their first championship title in 1975–76, and won three championship titles in a row in the 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons.

The club colours are claret and sky blue, reflected in the shirt colours that see various striped iterations of the colours. Trabzonspor play at the Şenol Güneş Stadium which replaced the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium as their home ground during the 2016–17 season.[3]

History
Main article: History of Trabzonspor

In 1921 Trabzon İdman Ocağı were founded.[4] Trabzonspor were founded through a merger of several local clubs including İdman Ocağı in 1967.[5]

In 1975–76 season they won their first championship, and won further titles in 1976–77, 1977–78 ,1979–80, 1980–81 and 1983–84.[1]

In the 2010–11 season Trabzonspor finished runners-up to Fenerbahçe having achieved the same number of points. However Fenerbahçe won the title on goal difference.[6]

Colours

Although a number of theories have been put forward as to why the club colours of Trabzonspor are claret and blue, it has been claimed that they were adopted after the club were sent a set of kits by the historic and famous English club Aston Villa after their formation in 1967.[7]

Crest

Trabzonspor; uses the team logo, which has the abbreviation of its name, composed of the letter "TS" in blue with a combined font on a burgundy background.[8]

Stadium
Şenol Güneş served Trabzonspor both as a Goal keeper and manager.

Since December 2016, Home ground is the Şenol Güneş Stadium, which has a capacity of 43,223.[9] Former home ground is the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, which has a capacity of 24,169.[9]

Players

Current squad
As of 31 January 2020[10][11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Uğurcan Çakır
2 DF Kamil Çörekçi
4 DF Hüseyin Türkmen
5 DF Majid Hosseini
6 MF Guilherme (on loan from Benevento)
8 MF José Sosa (Captain)
9 FW Anthony Nwakaeme
10 MF Abdülkadir Ömür
11 FW Alexander Sørloth (on loan from Crystal Palace)
13 GK Arda Akbulut
15 MF Badou Ndiaye (on loan from Stoke City)
16 GK Erce Kardeşler
18 FW Caleb Ekuban
No. Position Player
20 MF Yusuf Sarı
22 DF Gastón Campi
23 DF Manoel (on loan from Cruzeiro)
27 DF Manuel da Costa
33 DF Abdurrahim Dursun
38 MF Ahmet Canbaz
45 FW Bilal Başaçıkoğlu
47 DF João Pereira
61 MF Abdülkadir Parmak
77 DF Filip Novák
90 DF Serkan Asan
FW Rahmi Anıl Başaran

Intaken youth players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
46 DF Ali Karnapoglu
50 MF Kerem Baykuş
54 MF Taha Tunç
No. Position Player
66 MF Tunahan Ergül
67 FW Koray Kılınç
99 FW Muhammet Akpınar

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
26 MF Fıratcan Üzüm (at Ümraniyespor until 30 June 2020)
34 MF Behlül Aydın (at Sancaktepe FK until 30 June 2020)
41 MF Cafer Tosun (at Sarıyer until 30 June 2020)
DF Furkan Yıldırım (at Çankaya FK until 30 June 2020)
DF Yunus Emre Çakır (at 24 Erzincanspor until 30 June 2020)
DF Sami Can Özkan (at Muğlaspor until 30 June 2020)
DF Edgar Ié (at Feyenoord until 30 June 2020)
No. Position Player
MF Murat Cem Akpınar (at Hekimoğlu Trabzon until 30 June 2020)
MF Nemanja Anđušić (at Balıkesirspor until 30 June 2020)
MF Tunahan Ergü (at Artvin Hopaspor until 30 June 2020)
MF Berkay Sefa Kara (at Kastamonuspor 1966 until 30 June 2020)
FW Sertan İrkilmez (at Bayburt Özel İdarespor until 30 June 2020)
FW Furkan Tütüncü (at Bayburt Özel İdarespor until 30 June 2020)
FW Talha Reşat Bulut (at Çankaya FK until 30 June 2020)

Affiliated clubs

Trabzonspor U21
Main article: Trabzonspor A2
Fatih Tekke, a former youth academy star and one-time Gol Kralı (top scorer).

Trabzonspor U21 is a youth team of Trabzonspor. The club competes in the U21 league, alongside other U21 clubs around Turkey. Notable former players include Hami Mandıralı (highest capped Trabzonspor player (558 times)),[12] Gökdeniz Karadeniz (most caps for the Turkish national team by a Trabzonspor player (50)), Fatih Tekke (2004–05 Süper Lig top scorer (31 goals)),[13]

Trabzonspor Women
Main article: Trabzonspor (women's football)

Trabzonspor Kulübü Bayan Futbol Takımı are a Turkish women's association football club affiliated with Trabzonspor. The club was founded in 2007 and they are title holders of 2008–09 season of Turkish Women's First Football League.

1461 Trabzon
Main article: 1461 Trabzon

1461 Trabzon was founded as Trabzon Karadenizspor in 2008 as a feederclub in which Trabzonspor holds first buying option on players as well as being able to loan out youngsters to gain first-team experience.

Managers
Main article: List of managers of Trabzonspor

Presidents
Main article: List of presidents of Trabzonspor

Honours
As of 21 January, 2019:[14]

Domestic competitions

Trabzonspor in European football
Main article: Trabzonspor in European football

They first competed in Europe in 1976/77, and reached the group stages of the Champions League in 2011/12.[15]

As of 3 September 2018[16]
RankCountryTeamPoints
75BATE Borisov20.500
76Trabzonspor18.000
77Dinamo Zagreb17.500
See also: UEFA coefficient

Notes
  • TB ^ For information about amateur leagues in Turkey, see this.
  • Lig ^ Before 2001, the top-flight was known as the 1.Lig. After 2001 the 1.Lig became the second division, and the 2.Lig became the third division.

References

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  6. https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=1059
  7. Brown, Phil (30 December 2013). "Villa Noise: Inter ace Pagliuca reveals support/Duke socks it to Harry". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20121201151806/http://www.sppor.com/haber/2967/takimlarin-armalarinin-anlamlari.html
  9. "Trabzonspor". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  10. "Futbol A Takımı". Trabzonspor. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  11. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/trabzonsporda-ayrilik-donis-avdijaj-41422463
  12. Trabzonspor Genel Bilgi trabzonspor.com.tr (in Turkish), accessed 9 June 2010
  13. Turkcell Süper Lig Arşivi – 2004–2005 Sezonu tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 9 June 2010
  14. "Trabzonspor: Trophies". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  15. "Trabzonspor in UEFA". www.uefa.com.
  16. "UEFA coefficients". UEFA. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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