Trabzonspor
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Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish
football club located in the city of Trabzon
, Turkey
. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year in Turkish Super League. Trabzonspor won the championship title again during their second year in the Turkish Super League in 1976, was runner-up in 1977 and won 3 Championship titles in a row during the following years 1978, 1979, 1980. The club colours are claret
and blue, and they play their home matches at Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
. The club has donned maroon and blue kits since the merger, and have played at their present ground since 1967.
Domestically, Trabzonspor is known as one of the "Top 4 Soccer/Football Clubs" of Turkey based on the number of cups won. They have won the Süper Lig (top-flight) six times, and are known as the first non Istanbul-based club who ever achieved such a feat and the only club to win the championship during their first year (as well as the second year) in Turkish Super League. They have also won the Federation Cup (Turkish Cup) eight times. From 1976 to 1984, Trabzonspor won a total of 30 trophies: Super League (6), Federation (Turkish) Cup (8), Süper Kupa
(Super Cup) (8), the Başbakanlık Kupası
(Chancellor Cup) (5), Red Group Championship Second Division (İkinci Lig Kırmızı Grup Şampiyonası) (1) and Cyprus Peace Cup (Kıbrıs Barış Kupası) (1). They have the distinction of being the only Turkish club to win both men's and women's top level football league titles.
between Greece
and Turkey
it was abolished too. The first official football club of Trabzon was İdman Ocağı, founded 1921 by Hüseyin Avni Aker. The form of the team was yellow and red. İn the same year Trabzon had another football club named İdman Group. There have been hard matches between those two teams for years. In 1922, six football teams were appeared in trabzon: Necmi Ati, Gençler Birliği and Lise İdman Yurdu were strong ones among them. The first matches in İstanbul organized between İdman Ocağı, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray
in 1923. In 1925, Batumi
Football team was invited to Trabzon have a special match. Score was 2-0. In 1965, the Government had a project that contaied to spread football to Anatolian cities. According to the project football teams would called with the same name of the cities.
At the start of the 1962–63 season
, then president of the Turkish Football Federation
(TFF), Orhan Şeref Apak, asked cities to combine their football clubs into one representative team that would compete in the 2.Lig
. However, due to the rivalry between İdmanocağı and İdmangücü, the city of Trabzon weren't able to merge their clubs. City and club officials would meet morning and night to iron out an agreement, but were unable to come to a compromise until 1967. Instead, only İdmanocağı, Martıspor, and Yıldızspor merged together on 21 June 1966. They began wearing yellow and red kits and competed in the 2.Lig (Second Division). They finished in eighth place their first season, as well as runners-up to Eskişehirspor
in the Başbakanlık Kupası
. A month later, İdmangücü, Karadenizgücü, Martıspor, and Yolspor merged to form Trabzonspor. Their club colours were red and white.
İdmanocağı opposed the merger and took up a lawsuit against the newly founded Trabzonspor. Ulvi Yenal, General Manager of the TFF, decided to step in and announce that neither İdmanocağı nor İdmangücü would be accepted into the 2.Lig if they continued to compete as separate clubs, sending a shockwave through both clubs. Yenal gave the city of Trabzon an ultimatum: merge Trabzon İdmanocağı and Trabzonspor, or Trabzon would not have a professional team. In the end, İdmanocağı and İdmangücü decided to merge, along with Karadenizgücü and Martıspor, to become Trabzonspor on 2 August 1967. The club finished sixth in their first season of professional play in the 2.Lig. They would compete in the 2.Lig until 1974, when they earned promotion.
took over as manager in 1973, having played for İdmanocağı
, the precursor club to Trabzonspor. Before Özyazıcı, the club competed in the 2.Lig. In his first season in charge, Özyazıcı lead Trabzon to the 1.Lig (Süper Lig, First Division). The club finished 9th in their first full season in the top-flight. The next season, Trabzon finished in first place. They became the first club outside of Istanbul
to win the league title, and remained the only team outside of the 'Big Three' to win the title until Bursaspor
won in 2010. 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, as well as 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 seventeen trophies during Özyazıcı's most successful period. These 17 trophies included six Süper Lig titles (Özyazıcı – 4, Sümer – 2), three Türkiye Kupası (Özyazıcı – 3, Sümer – 0), six Süper Kupa
(Özyazıcı – 4, Sümer – 2), and two Başbakanlık Kupası
(Özyazıcı – 2, Sümer – 0). The club also beat then-English champions Liverpool F.C.
1 – 0 in the first leg of their second round match-up in the 1976–77 European Cup. They went on to lose 0 – 3 in the second leg. Özyazıcı returned to the club several times throughout the late 80s to late 90s, but was unable to repeat the success he brought to the club during his first stints. Since 1984, the club has failed to win a league title. However, they have won the Türkiye Kupası five times since then, the most recent in 2010. Şenol Güneş
has been the most successful successor to Özyazıcı, winning the Türkiye Kupası twice, as well as a Süper Kupa and two Başbakanlık Kupası.
Trabzonspor's colours are maroon and blue. The club came to the decision after five meetings with fans and club officials. At first, it was suggested the club should wear the predecessor colours together (yellow-red and green-white), but it was deemed not suitable. It was then suggested that a poll be held, but that was also quickly cast aside. The fans and club officials began to lose patience until TFF General Manager Ulvi Yenal came up with a compromise. He suggested that both clubs, İdmanocağı and İdmangücü, should choose a colour opposite of their own club colours. It was then both clubs came up with claret and blue.
Trabzonspor A2 is a youth team of Trabzonspor. The club competes in the A2 league, alongside other A2 clubs around Turkey
. The A2 team is made up of players between the ages of 18 and 20, and it is the last level of amateur play before a footballer reaches professional status in Turkey. Notable former players include Hami Mandıralı
(highest capped Trabzonspor player (558 times)), Gökdeniz Karadeniz
(most caps for the Turkish national team by a Trabzonspor player (50)), Fatih Tekke
(2004–05 Süper Lig top scorer (31 goals)), Hüseyin Çimşir
, Mehmet Yılmaz, Tolga Zengin
, and Metin Aktaş
.
Trabzonspor Kulübü Bayan Futbol Takımı are a Turkish
women's association football club affiliated with Trabzonspor. The club was founded in 2007, and won its first league title in 2009. With the championship win, Trabzonspor are the only club in Turkey to win both the men's and women's top-flight football competition. The women's team were invited to participate in the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League
. The club placed third in Group D, winning one match and losing two.
In 2008, Trabzonspor bought Trabzon Karadenizspor to act as a feeder club, having first option on players, as well as being able to loan out youngsters to gain first-team experience. The club also agreed to an affiliation deal with Dutch club MVV the same year, allowing them first option on their players. The first step in the affiliation deal came when Trabzonspor transferred Christian Brüls
and Faty Papy
and loaned them back to MVV.
Alban Bushaj Ali Kemal Denizci Archil Arveladze
Augustine Ahinful
Bernd Thijs
Ceyhun Eriş
Çağdaş Atan
Davor Vugrinec
Daouda Jabi
Dozer Cemil Drago Gabrić Egemen Korkmaz
Engin Baytar
Fabiano Eller
Fatih Akyel
Fatih Tekke
Georgi Markov
Georgi Nemsadze
Gocha Jamarauli
Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Gökhan Ünal
Hami Mandıralı
Hans Somers
Hrvoje Čale
Hüseyin Çimşir
Ibrahim Yattara
Igor Nikolovski
Isaac Promise Jajá Coelho Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé
Jefferson
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jurgen Groh
Karel D'Haene
Karel Rada
Kevin Campbell
Kiki Musampa
Lars Olsen
Lee Eul-Yong
Levent Osman
Marcelinho Paraíba
Maxim Romaschenko
Mehmet Aurélio Metin Aktaş
Michael Petkovic
Milan Stepanov
Miodrag Ješić
Mirosław Szymkowiak Necmi Perekli
Ogün Temizkanoğlu
Oktay Derelioğlu
Orhan Çıkırıkçı
Osman Özköylü
Oumar Dieng
Ömer Rıza
Petar Milosevski
Razundara Tjikuzu
Rigobert Song
Rune Lange
Selçuk İnan
Sergen Yalçın
Shota Arveladze
Şenol Güneş
Tansel Baser
Teofilo Gutierrez
Todor Yanchev
Tolga Seyhan
Tolunay Kafkas Tomáš Jun
Tony Sylva
Turgay Semercioğlu
Umut Bulut
Ünal Karaman
Viktor Hryshko
Yuri Kalitvintsev
1As Trabzon İdmanocağı.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
football club located in the city of Trabzon
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year in Turkish Super League. Trabzonspor won the championship title again during their second year in the Turkish Super League in 1976, was runner-up in 1977 and won 3 Championship titles in a row during the following years 1978, 1979, 1980. The club colours are claret
Claret
Claret is a name primarily used in British English for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France.-Usage:Claret derives from the French clairet, a now uncommon dark rosé and the most common wine exported from Bordeaux until the 18th century...
and blue, and they play their home matches at Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium is the home ground of the Turkish football club Trabzonspor. The stadium was built in 1951 with a capacity of 2,500 seats. After several renovations, the capacity was increased to 20750 in 2008...
. The club has donned maroon and blue kits since the merger, and have played at their present ground since 1967.
Domestically, Trabzonspor is known as one of the "Top 4 Soccer/Football Clubs" of Turkey based on the number of cups won. They have won the Süper Lig (top-flight) six times, and are known as the first non Istanbul-based club who ever achieved such a feat and the only club to win the championship during their first year (as well as the second year) in Turkish Super League. They have also won the Federation Cup (Turkish Cup) eight times. From 1976 to 1984, Trabzonspor won a total of 30 trophies: Super League (6), Federation (Turkish) Cup (8), Süper Kupa
Turkish Super Cup
The TFF Süper Kupa, as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and...
(Super Cup) (8), the Başbakanlık Kupası
Chancellor Cup
The Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966....
(Chancellor Cup) (5), Red Group Championship Second Division (İkinci Lig Kırmızı Grup Şampiyonası) (1) and Cyprus Peace Cup (Kıbrıs Barış Kupası) (1). They have the distinction of being the only Turkish club to win both men's and women's top level football league titles.
In the Beginning (1923–1973)
In Trabzon, the first football club İdman Yurdu was founded in 1913 and the first match was organized with a Pontic Greek team, Akritas. The score was 2-0. However, during the World War I, İdman Yurdu was abolished for the general mobilization for war. Because every man, from 17-40 were called join the army. After that during the Russian Occupy (1916-1918) Akritas football team supported by local Greek businessmen but after the 1992 population exchangePopulation exchange between Greece and Turkey
The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey was based upon religious identity, and involved the Greek Orthodox citizens of Turkey and the Muslim citizens of Greece...
between Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
it was abolished too. The first official football club of Trabzon was İdman Ocağı, founded 1921 by Hüseyin Avni Aker. The form of the team was yellow and red. İn the same year Trabzon had another football club named İdman Group. There have been hard matches between those two teams for years. In 1922, six football teams were appeared in trabzon: Necmi Ati, Gençler Birliği and Lise İdman Yurdu were strong ones among them. The first matches in İstanbul organized between İdman Ocağı, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...
in 1923. In 1925, Batumi
Batumi
Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...
Football team was invited to Trabzon have a special match. Score was 2-0. In 1965, the Government had a project that contaied to spread football to Anatolian cities. According to the project football teams would called with the same name of the cities.
At the start of the 1962–63 season
1962–63 in Turkish football
The 1962–63 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Turkey.-Overview:Galatasaray won their second title, becoming the first club to win back-to-back league titles. Beşiktaş finished runners-up, with Fenerbahçe rounding out the top three. The Türkiye Kupası was held for the first time...
, then president of the Turkish Football Federation
Turkish Football Federation
The Turkish Football Federation , also called the Turkish Football Association, is the governing body of football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923. It organizes the Turkish national teams and the Turkish football league. By 2004, there were 4,956 football clubs organized in Turkey, and a...
(TFF), Orhan Şeref Apak, asked cities to combine their football clubs into one representative team that would compete in the 2.Lig
TFF First League
The TFF First League is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2000 after it was separated from the Turkish Second League Category B during reorganizing Second League, who was second level of Turkish league between 1963–2001...
. However, due to the rivalry between İdmanocağı and İdmangücü, the city of Trabzon weren't able to merge their clubs. City and club officials would meet morning and night to iron out an agreement, but were unable to come to a compromise until 1967. Instead, only İdmanocağı, Martıspor, and Yıldızspor merged together on 21 June 1966. They began wearing yellow and red kits and competed in the 2.Lig (Second Division). They finished in eighth place their first season, as well as runners-up to Eskişehirspor
Eskisehirspor
Eskişehirspor is a football club in Eskişehir, Turkey. Also known as Kırmızı Şimşekler or The Star of Anatolia. The club was founded in 1965 and started a football revolution in Anatolia. Eskişehirspor started a long term stay in the first league in Turkey when they were founded. This term lasted...
in the Başbakanlık Kupası
Chancellor Cup
The Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966....
. A month later, İdmangücü, Karadenizgücü, Martıspor, and Yolspor merged to form Trabzonspor. Their club colours were red and white.
İdmanocağı opposed the merger and took up a lawsuit against the newly founded Trabzonspor. Ulvi Yenal, General Manager of the TFF, decided to step in and announce that neither İdmanocağı nor İdmangücü would be accepted into the 2.Lig if they continued to compete as separate clubs, sending a shockwave through both clubs. Yenal gave the city of Trabzon an ultimatum: merge Trabzon İdmanocağı and Trabzonspor, or Trabzon would not have a professional team. In the end, İdmanocağı and İdmangücü decided to merge, along with Karadenizgücü and Martıspor, to become Trabzonspor on 2 August 1967. The club finished sixth in their first season of professional play in the 2.Lig. They would compete in the 2.Lig until 1974, when they earned promotion.
The Özyazıcı Era
Ahmet Suat ÖzyazıcıAhmet Suat Özyazici
Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı is a Turkish former footballer and a successful manager.Özyazıcı played football at the club İdmanocağı in his hometown Trabzon for several years. Following his retirement, he became a manager. In the 1975–76 season, he led Trabzonspor to its first league championship title...
took over as manager in 1973, having played for İdmanocağı
Idmanocagi
İdmanocağı was a Turkish Sports club based in Trabzon. They had a strong rivalry with another club, İdmangücü which matched the Istanbul rivalry between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. İdmanocağı was often compared to Galatasaray, partly because of this rivalry and partly because of their red and...
, the precursor club to Trabzonspor. Before Özyazıcı, the club competed in the 2.Lig. In his first season in charge, Özyazıcı lead Trabzon to the 1.Lig (Süper Lig, First Division). The club finished 9th in their first full season in the top-flight. The next season, Trabzon finished in first place. They became the first club outside of Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
to win the league title, and remained the only team outside of the 'Big Three' to win the title until Bursaspor
Bursaspor
Bursaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, Bursaspor are nicknamed the Yeşil Timsahlar...
won in 2010. Under Özyazıcı, Trabzonspor began a spell of dominance. The club did the double during the 1976–77 season
1976–77 in Turkish football
The 1976–77 season was the 73rd season of competitive football in Turkey.-Overview:Trabzonspor won their second 1.Lig title in 1976–77. Necmi Perekli, forward for Trabzonspor, finished top scorer with 18 goals. Fenerbahçe finished runners-up, while Altay finished third, with both clubs earning a...
, winning the Süper Lig and Türkiye Kupası, as well as the Süper Kupa. After a second place finish and another Türkiye Kupası win in 1977–78
1977–78 in Turkish football
The 1977–78 season was the 74th season of competitive football in Turkey.-Overview:Fenerbahçe won their ninth 1.Lig title in 1977–78. Cemil Turan, forward for Fenerbahçe, finished top scorer with 17 goals. Trabzonspor finished runners-up, and Adanaspor finished third, their highest finish...
, Özyazıcı was replaced by Özkan Sümer
Özkan Sümer
Özkan Sümer is a Turkish former footballer and coach. He served as defender in Trabzonspor, and later coached the same club, Galatasaray SK and the Turkey national football team. He acted also as president of Trabzonspor....
. 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 seventeen trophies during Özyazıcı's most successful period. These 17 trophies included six Süper Lig titles (Özyazıcı – 4, Sümer – 2), three Türkiye Kupası (Özyazıcı – 3, Sümer – 0), six Süper Kupa
Turkish Super Cup
The TFF Süper Kupa, as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and...
(Özyazıcı – 4, Sümer – 2), and two Başbakanlık Kupası
Chancellor Cup
The Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966....
(Özyazıcı – 2, Sümer – 0). The club also beat then-English champions Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
1 – 0 in the first leg of their second round match-up in the 1976–77 European Cup. They went on to lose 0 – 3 in the second leg. Özyazıcı returned to the club several times throughout the late 80s to late 90s, but was unable to repeat the success he brought to the club during his first stints. Since 1984, the club has failed to win a league title. However, they have won the Türkiye Kupası five times since then, the most recent in 2010. Şenol Güneş
Senol Günes
Şenol Güneş is a former Turkish footballer, manager and philosopher. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkey that won the bronze medal in the 2002 World Cup. Güneş is married and has two children.-Career:...
has been the most successful successor to Özyazıcı, winning the Türkiye Kupası twice, as well as a Süper Kupa and two Başbakanlık Kupası.
Club colours
Trabzonspor's colours are maroon and blue. The club came to the decision after five meetings with fans and club officials. At first, it was suggested the club should wear the predecessor colours together (yellow-red and green-white), but it was deemed not suitable. It was then suggested that a poll be held, but that was also quickly cast aside. The fans and club officials began to lose patience until TFF General Manager Ulvi Yenal came up with a compromise. He suggested that both clubs, İdmanocağı and İdmangücü, should choose a colour opposite of their own club colours. It was then both clubs came up with claret and blue.
Stadium
Trabzonspor have used Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium throughout their history. The stadium was built in 1951 with 2,500 seats, and has been renovated in 1967, 1981, 1994–1998, 2008, and 2010. The current capacity is 28,169 seats. The field is made of natural grass and measures 68 by 105 meters. The stadium is named after Hüseyin Avni Aker, a teacher and educational administrator who contributed much to local sports in Trabzon.Current squad
Out on loan
Affiliated clubs
Trabzonspor A2 is a youth team of Trabzonspor. The club competes in the A2 league, alongside other A2 clubs around Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The A2 team is made up of players between the ages of 18 and 20, and it is the last level of amateur play before a footballer reaches professional status in Turkey. Notable former players include Hami Mandıralı
Hami Mandirali
Hami Mandıralı was a Turkish footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career, and is one of the most famous and talented Turkish footballers of all time.-Career:...
(highest capped Trabzonspor player (558 times)), Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Gökdeniz Karadeniz is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for FC Rubin Kazan. He is also a member of the Turkish national team.-Trabzonspor:...
(most caps for the Turkish national team by a Trabzonspor player (50)), Fatih Tekke
Fatih Tekke
Fatih Tekke is a Turkish international footballer who currently plays as a striker for Orduspor in the Süper Lig.-Club career:...
(2004–05 Süper Lig top scorer (31 goals)), Hüseyin Çimşir
Hüseyin Çimsir
Hüseyin Çimşir was born on May 26, 1979 in Araklı, Trabzon. He is a Turkish footballer who recently played for Bursaspor in Turkey.Çimşir has spent most of his career at Trabzonspor, but has also had short spells at Sakaryaspor and Antalyaspor. He is a Turkish international and was the captain at...
, Mehmet Yılmaz, Tolga Zengin
Tolga Zengin
Tolga Zengin is a Turkish football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Trabzonspor, a Turkish club. Standing at 192 cm and weighing 81 kg , he wears the number 29 jersey...
, and Metin Aktaş
Metin Aktas
Metin Aktaş is a Turkish international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Adana Demirspor in the TFF Second League.-External links:*...
.
Trabzonspor Kulübü Bayan Futbol Takımı are a Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
women's association football club affiliated with Trabzonspor. The club was founded in 2007, and won its first league title in 2009. With the championship win, Trabzonspor are the only club in Turkey to win both the men's and women's top-flight football competition. The women's team were invited to participate in the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League
2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs....
. The club placed third in Group D, winning one match and losing two.
In 2008, Trabzonspor bought Trabzon Karadenizspor to act as a feeder club, having first option on players, as well as being able to loan out youngsters to gain first-team experience. The club also agreed to an affiliation deal with Dutch club MVV the same year, allowing them first option on their players. The first step in the affiliation deal came when Trabzonspor transferred Christian Brüls
Christian Brüls
Christian Brüls is an Belgian footballer who currently plays for Belgian Jupiler League club K.A.A. Gent.-Career:...
and Faty Papy
Faty Papy
Faty Papy is a Burundian professional association football player who is currently a free agent. He also plays with the Burundi national football team.- Career :...
and loaned them back to MVV.
Current staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Şenol GüneşSenol Günes Şenol Güneş is a former Turkish footballer, manager and philosopher. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkey that won the bronze medal in the 2002 World Cup. Güneş is married and has two children.-Career:... |
| Director of Football | Ünal Karaman Ünal Karaman Ünal Karaman is a former Turkish professional footballer and manager.-Club career:He played for Konyaspor , Gaziantepspor , Malatyaspor , Trabzonspor and Ankaragücü .-International career:Karaman made 36 appearances for the senior Turkey national football team between 1985 and... |
| Coach | Şeref Çiçek |
| Coach | Turgut Kural |
| Goalkeeping coach | Alper Boğuşlu |
| A2 manager | Taner Yılmaz |
Notable former players
Abdullah ErcanAbdullah Ercan
Abdullah Ercan is a retired Turkish international footballer. He currently manages Gaziantepspor and the Turkey U-17 team.-Career:...
Alban Bushaj Ali Kemal Denizci Archil Arveladze
Archil Arveladze
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Augustine Ahinful
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Bernd Thijs
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Ceyhun Eriş
Ceyhun Eris
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Çağdaş Atan
Çagdas Atan
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Davor Vugrinec
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Daouda Jabi
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Dozer Cemil Drago Gabrić Egemen Korkmaz
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Engin Baytar
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Fabiano Eller
Fabiano Eller dos Santos
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Fatih Akyel
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Fatih Tekke
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Georgi Markov
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Georgi Nemsadze
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Gocha Jamarauli
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Gökdeniz Karadeniz
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Gökhan Ünal
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Hami Mandıralı
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Hans Somers
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Hrvoje Čale
Hrvoje Cale
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Hüseyin Çimşir
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Ibrahim Yattara
Ibrahim Yattara
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Igor Nikolovski
Igor Nikolovski
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Isaac Promise Jajá Coelho Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé
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Jefferson
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Jean-Marie Pfaff
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Jurgen Groh
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Karel D'Haene
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Karel Rada
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Kevin Campbell
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Kiki Musampa
Kiki Musampa
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Lars Olsen
Lars Olsen
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Lee Eul-Yong
Lee Eul-Yong
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Levent OsmanLevent Osman
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Marcelinho Paraíba
Maxim RomaschenkoMaxim Romaschenko
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Mehmet Aurélio Metin AktaşMetin Aktas
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Michael Petkovic
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Milan Stepanov
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Miodrag Ješić
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Mirosław Szymkowiak Necmi Perekli
Necmi Perekli
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Ogün Temizkanoğlu
Ogün Temizkanoglu
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Oktay Derelioğlu
Oktay Derelioglu
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Orhan Çıkırıkçı
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Osman Özköylü
Osman Özköylü
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Oumar Dieng
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Ömer Rıza
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Petar Milosevski
Petar Miloševski
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Razundara Tjikuzu
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Rigobert Song
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Rune Lange
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Selçuk İnan
Selçuk Inan
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Sergen Yalçın
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Shota Arveladze
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Şenol Güneş
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Tansel BaserTansel Baser
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Teofilo Gutierrez
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Todor Yanchev
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Tolga Seyhan
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Tolunay Kafkas Tomáš Jun
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Tony Sylva
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Turgay Semercioğlu
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Umut Bulut
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Ünal Karaman
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Viktor Hryshko
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Noted managers
Listed below are the most successful managers in the history of the club. Periods listed are stints that included a cup win.| Name | Period | Trophies |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı Ahmet Suat Özyazici Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı is a Turkish former footballer and a successful manager.Özyazıcı played football at the club İdmanocağı in his hometown Trabzon for several years. Following his retirement, he became a manager. In the 1975–76 season, he led Trabzonspor to its first league championship title... |
1973–84 | Super League (4), Turkish Cup (3), Super Cup Super Cup A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in football, which often forms the curtain-raiser to a season. Most Super Cups are one-off fixtures between the League Champions and major Cup Winners of the previous season. Sometimes these are two-legged affairs, with a match played at... (4), Chancellor Cup Chancellor Cup The Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966.... (2) |
| Özkan Sümer Özkan Sümer Özkan Sümer is a Turkish former footballer and coach. He served as defender in Trabzonspor, and later coached the same club, Galatasaray SK and the Turkey national football team. He acted also as president of Trabzonspor.... |
1978–85 | Super League (2), Super Cup Super Cup A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in football, which often forms the curtain-raiser to a season. Most Super Cups are one-off fixtures between the League Champions and major Cup Winners of the previous season. Sometimes these are two-legged affairs, with a match played at... (1), Chancellor Cup Chancellor Cup The Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966.... (1) |
 Urbain BraemsUrbain Braems Urbain Braems is a retired Belgian football player and manager.He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles.... |
1991–92 | Turkish Cup (1) |
| Şenol Güneş Senol Günes Şenol Güneş is a former Turkish footballer, manager and philosopher. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkey that won the bronze medal in the 2002 World Cup. Güneş is married and has two children.-Career:... |
1993–97 | Turkish Cup (2), Super Cup Super Cup A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in football, which often forms the curtain-raiser to a season. Most Super Cups are one-off fixtures between the League Champions and major Cup Winners of the previous season. Sometimes these are two-legged affairs, with a match played at... (2), Chancellor Cup Chancellor Cup The Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966.... (2) |
| Samet Aybaba Samet Aybaba Samet Aybaba is a Turkish football coach and former football defender.He was born in 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1977–78 season. He played as defender and midfielder in Beşiktaş JK. He capped a long-time for Beşiktaş JK. He... |
2002–03 | Turkish Cup (1) |
| Ziya Doğan Ziya Dogan Ziyaettin Dogan is a Turkish football manager now employed as the manager of Ankaragücü.-Career:Dogan has played at Beşiktaş , Ankaragücü , Kocaelispor and Zeytinburnuspor... |
2003–04 | Turkish Cup (1) |
| Şenol Güneş Senol Günes Şenol Güneş is a former Turkish footballer, manager and philosopher. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkey that won the bronze medal in the 2002 World Cup. Güneş is married and has two children.-Career:... |
2009–present | Turkish Cup (1), Super Cup Super Cup A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in football, which often forms the curtain-raiser to a season. Most Super Cups are one-off fixtures between the League Champions and major Cup Winners of the previous season. Sometimes these are two-legged affairs, with a match played at... (1) |
League
- Süper Lig
- Winners (6): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84
- Runners-up (8): 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11
Cup
- Türkiye Kupası
- Winners (8): 1977, 1978, 1984, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010
- Runners-up (5): 1975, 1976, 1985, 1990, 1997
- TFF Süper KupaTurkish Super CupThe TFF Süper Kupa, as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and...
- Winners (8): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1995, 2010
- Chancellor CupChancellor CupThe Chancellor Cup is a defunct football competition in Turkey. It began in 1944 as a match between the winner of the Amateur Leagues and Milli Küme . It ran as a Milli Küme tournament until 1966....
- Winners (5): 1976, 1978, 1985, 1994, 1996
- Runners-up (7): 19661, 1975, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998
1As Trabzon İdmanocağı.
- The Uhrencup
- Winners (1): 2005