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 six Süper Lig championship titles. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team and a men's basketball team.
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. They also have won nine Federation 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.

History

In 1921 Trabzon İdman Ocağı were founded. Trabzonspor were founded through a merger of several local clubs including İdman Ocağı in 1967.
Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı took over as manager in 1973. Özyazıcı played for İdmanocağı, the precursor club to Trabzonspor. Before Özyazıcı, Trabzonspor languished in the 2.Lig. In his first season in charge, Özyazıcı led Trabzon to the 1.Lig. The club finished ninth in their first full season in the top-flight. The next season was more successful, as Trabzonspor finished in first place. In doing so, they became the first club from outside of Istanbul to win the league title.
Under Özyazıcı, Trabzonspor began a spell of dominance. The club did the double during the 1976–77 season, winning the Süper Lig and Türkiye Kupası. They also won the Süper Kupa. After a second-place finish and another Türkiye Kupası win in 1977–78, Özyazıcı was replaced by Özkan Sümer. Sümer won the league and Türkiye Kupası, but was replaced by Özyazıcı the following season. Özyazıcı and Sümer would continue switching posts, with the team winning more titles and cups. Trabzonspor won a total of 17 trophies in this ear of dominance, including league titles in 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1983–84.
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.

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.

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.

Stadium

Since December 2016, their home ground is the Şenol Güneş Stadium, which has a capacity of 43,223. Prior to this, Trabzonspor played their home matches at the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, which has a capacity of 24,169.

Players

Current squad

Intaken youth players

Out on loan

Affiliated clubs

Trabzonspor U21

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, Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Fatih Tekke,

Trabzonspor Women

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

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

Presidents

Honours

Domestic competitions

They first competed in Europe in 1976–77, and reached the group stages of the Champions League in 2011–12.
RankCountryTeamPoints
75BATE Borisov20.500
76Trabzonspor18.000
77Dinamo Zagreb17.500