Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional 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 championships.[1] Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, and a men's basketball team.

Trabzonspor
Full nameTrabzonspor Kulübü
Nickname(s)Karadeniz Fırtınası (Black Sea Storm)
Short nameTS
Founded2 August 1967; 57 years ago (1967-08-02)
GroundPapara Park
Capacity40,782
PresidentErtuğrul Doğan
Head coachŞenol Güneş
LeagueSüper Lig
2023–24Süper Lig, 3rd of 20
Websitetrabzonspor.org.tr
Current season

Trabzonspor are one of the most decorated clubs in Turkey. They have won seven Süper Lig titles and were the first non-Istanbul-based club to win the league.[2] They also have won nine 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. They would add one more title in 1983-84 before embarking on a 38-year championship drought. This drought eventually came to an end after they secured the championship in 2021–22.

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 Sports Complex which replaced the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium as their home ground during the 2016–17 season.[3]

History

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

The club has won the Turkish league on seven occasions in 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84 and 2021–22.[1]

In the 2010–11 season Trabzonspor finished runners-up to Fenerbahçe having achieved the same number of points, although Fenerbahçe won the title on goal difference.[6] After the title was given to Fenerbahçe, in the summer of 2011, the season became the subject of a match fixing scandal. On 25 June 2013, UEFA banned Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş from European competitions over match-fixing.[7] However, in 2021, all legal charges were dropped against Fenerbahçe in the later stages of the prosecutions.[8]

Crest and colours

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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.[9]

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 English club Aston Villa after their formation in 1967.[10]

Stadium

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Trabzonspor's stadium is named after former goalkeeper and manager Şenol Güneş.

Since December 2016, their home ground is the Şenol Güneş Sports Complex, which has a capacity of 40,782.[11] Prior to this, Trabzonspor played their home matches at the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, which has a capacity of 24,169.[11]

Honours

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As of 23 May 2024:[12]

Statistics

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European competitions record

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Trabzonspor first competed in Europe in the 1976–77 season, and reached the group stages of the Champions League in the 2011–12 season.[13]

As of 18 August 2024[14]
Rank Country Team Points
143   Linfield 8.500
144   KÍ Klaksvík 8.500
145   Trabzonspor 8.500
146   Apollon 8.500
147   Cercle Brugge 8.480

Players

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Current squad

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As of 31 August 2024[15]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   TUR Uğurcan Çakır (captain)
3 DF   CRO Borna Barišić
4 DF   TUR Hüseyin Türkmen
5 MF   ENG John Lundstram
6 MF   FRA Batista Mendy
7 MF   BIH Edin Višća
8 MF   MKD Enis Bardhi
9 FW   NGA Anthony Nwakaeme
10 MF   AUT Muhammed Cham
11 MF   TUR Ozan Tufan
15 DF   MNE Stefan Savić
17 FW   COD Simon Banza (on loan from Braga)
18 DF   TUR Eren Elmalı
19 FW   TUR Umut Bozok
20 DF   TUR Serkan Asan
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   TUR Umut Güneş
24 DF   SUR Stefano Denswil
25 GK   TUR Onuralp Çevikkan
29 DF   TUR Serdar Saatçı
35 MF   TUR Okay Yokuşlu
44 DF   UKR Arseniy Batahov
54 GK   TUR Muhammet Taha Tepe
61 FW   TUR Cihan Çanak
70 FW   ROU Denis Drăguș
77 DF   TUR Arif Boşluk
79 DF   POR Pedro Malheiro
84 DF   TUR Ali Şahin Yılmaz
90 FW   TUR Poyraz Efe Yıldırım
94 FW   TUR Enis Destan

Other players under contract

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



Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   TUR Rayyan Baniya (at Palermo until 30 June 2025)
MF   TUR Süleyman Cebeci (at Karaman until 30 June 2025)
MF   TUR Göktan Gürpüz (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2025)
MF   TUR Kerem Şen (at İstanbulspor until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   TUR Veysel Sönmezsoy (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2025)
MF   CRO Tonio Teklić (at Erzurumspor until 30 June 2025)
FW   TUR Zekeriya Bulut (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2025)
FW   EGY Trézéguet (at Al-Rayyan until 30 June 2025)

Affiliated clubs

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Trabzonspor U21

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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)),[16] Gökdeniz Karadeniz (most caps for the Turkish national team by a Trabzonspor player (50)), Fatih Tekke (2004–05 Süper Lig top scorer (31 goals)).[17]

Trabzonspor Women

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Trabzonspor Kulübü Kadın 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 Football Super League.

1461 Trabzon

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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.

Club officials

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Position Staff
President   Ertuğrul Doğan
Vice-president   Zeyyat Kafkas
Director of Professional Football & Scout   Caner Cuvalcioglu
  Ihsan Derelioglu
Director of Media and Communications   Can Karyagdi
Head coach   Şenol Güneş
Assistant coach   Halil Cihan Ünal
Assistant coach   Kerem Yavaş
Senior Goalkeeper Coach   Alper Boğuşlu
Fitness coach   Alper Aşçı
Athletic coach   Utku Alemdaroğlu
Chief analyst   Mesut Kabahasanoglu
Match analyst   Tolga Sayin
Scout   Ugur Uzunali
Youth scout   Metin Bak
Club doctor   Metin Kara
  Halil Polat
Physiotherapist   Burak Subasi
  Fatih Emre Dogan
  Oguzhan Kolot
  Ioakim Ipseftel
Nutritionist   Cagatay Kasikci
Masseur   Sefik Erkaya
  Yener Usta
  Okan Erdem
  Rüstem Ilyas
  Koray Akyüz
Translator   Ercan Ildiz
  Yunus Emre Ishak
Kit Manager   Cihan Birinci
  Adnan Aksu
  Mustafa Kücük
  Hayati Erol
Team Manager   Emrah Tok

Coaches

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Presidents

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Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1980–1981 Admiral
1985–1989 Adidas Grundig
1989–1991 Türkbank
1991–1993
1993–1994 Show TV
1994–1995 Anadolu Sigorta
1995–1998 Vestel
1998–1999 Puma
1999–2002
2002–2003 Kappa
2003–2004 Fly Air
2004–2005 Avea
2005–2006 TS Club
2006–2008 Puma
2008–2009 Nike
2009–2014 Türk Telekom
2014–2016
2016–2017 QNB
2017–2018 QNB Finansbank
2018–2019 Macron
2019–2023 Vestel
2023–2024 Joma
2024– Papara

Notes

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  • 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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  2. ^ "Club History". Trabzonspor. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ TRABZONSPOR A.Ş. Archived 2015-12-03 at the Wayback Machine tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 23 May 2010
  4. ^ Mustafa Duman. Trabzon'un spor Tarihinden sayfalar Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Trabzonspor AS: Profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. ^ "2010-2011 Sezonu TFF". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  7. ^ "Two Turkish clubs banned from UEFA competitions | Inside UEFA". 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Son dakika: FETÖ'nün 'futbolda şike' kumpası davasında yeni gelişme" (in Turkish). 5 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". www.sppor.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b "Trabzonspor". Soccerway. Perform. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Trabzonspor: Trophies". Soccerway. Perform. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Trabzonspor in UEFA". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  14. ^ "Club coefficients | UEFA rankings". UEFA. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Futbol A Takımı". Trabzonspor. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  16. ^ Trabzonspor Genel Bilgi Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine trabzonspor.com.tr (in Turkish), accessed 9 June 2010
  17. ^ Turkcell Süper Lig Arşivi – 2004–2005 Sezonu Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 9 June 2010
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