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2016–17 Süper Lig
The 2016–17 Süper Lig (known as the ''Spor Toto Süper Lig'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after Turgay Şeren, a legendary goalkeeper of the Turkish national team who also played for and coached Galatasaray. Teams *Adanaspor, Karabükspor and Alanyaspor achieved promotion from 2015–16 TFF First League. Karabükspor made an immediate return, whereas Adanaspor returned to the top level after 12 years in lower leagues. Finally Alanyaspor defeated Adana Demirspor in the play-off final for a debut season at top flight level. Also, for the first time Antalya Province will have 2 teams in Süper Lig. *Sivasspor, Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdman Yurdu were relegated to 2016–17 TFF First League. Sivasspor ended an 11-year stint in the top level, while Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu were relegated after 8 years and 2 years in the top flight, respectively. Stadia and locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the Turkish Football Federation. In the 2022–23 season, nineteen clubs compete, where a champion is decided and three clubs are promoted from, and relegated to the 1. Lig. The season runs from August to May, with each club playing 36 matches. Matches are played Friday through Monday. The competition was initially established in 1923. The league succeeded the Turkish Football Championship and the National Division, both being former top-level national competitions. The Süper Lig is currently 20th in the UEFA coefficient ranking of leagues based on club performances in European competitions over the last five years. A total of 73 clubs have competed in the Süper Lig, but only six have won the title to date: Galatasaray (22), Fenerbahçe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgay Şeren
Turkay Sabit Şeren (15 May 1932 – 7 July 2016) was a Turkish football player, who was a one-time goalkeeper of Galatasaray. He played for Galatasaray between 1947 and 1966 and was capped 52 times for Turkey, including two matches at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. His heroic saves against West Germany in 1951 in Berlin was what he is still remembered for. Turkey had won 2–1. Because of that unforgettable day, he is nicknamed as "Berlin Panteri" (Panther of Berlin). He also coached Galatasaray. Şeren was awarded a testimonial match by the club in 1967 in Istanbul, inviting players like Ion Pârcălab, Lev Yashin and Ion Nunweiller. After his retirement, Şeren became a football columnist and a television commentator. Şeren died at age 84 on 7 July 2016. He was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following a memorial service held at the Türk Telekom Arena and the religious funeral service at Teşvikiye Mosque on 9 July 2016. He was survived by his son Emre Şeren Career stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antalyaspor
Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1986 and finished as runners-up for the Turkish Cup in 2000 and in 2021. History Antalyaspor was established in 1966 when three local teams (Yenikapı SuSpor, İlk Işıkspor and Ferrokromspor) united to establish a club for the coastal city of Antalya. The club competed in the lower divisions of the Turkish football league system before promotion to the Süper Lig in 1982–83. Their first stint of top-flight football lasted for two years, and they were relegated to the TFF First League at the end of the 1984–85 season. Though promoted to the next season they were relegated again. They competed in the TFF First League until the end of the 1993–94 season, when they beat İstanbulspor 3–2 in the final playoffs. Their longest stint of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhisar Belediyespor
Akhisarspor Kulübü (Akhisar Sports Club), commonly known as Akhisarspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Akhisar.AKHİSAR BELEDİYE GENÇLİK VE SPOR tff.org , accessed 23 June 2010 Formed in 1970, Akhisarspor are nicknamed ''Akigo''.Tarihçe akhisarspor.com , accessed 23 June 2010 The club has a fierce rivalry with and . Akhisarspor had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 TFF First League
The 2016–17 TFF First League, also known as ''PTT First League'' due to sponsoring reasons, was the 16th season since the league was established in 2001 and 54th season of the second-level Association football, football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. Teams *Sivasspor, Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu relegated from 2015–16 Süper Lig. *Adanaspor, Kardemir Karabükspor and Alanyaspor promoted to 2016–17 Süper Lig. *Ümraniyespor, Manisaspor and Bandırmaspor promoted from 2015–16 TFF Second League. *1461 Trabzon, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Karşıyaka S.K., Karşıyaka relegated to 2016–17 TFF Second League. Stadia and locations League table Results Promotion Playoffs Semifinals Final See also * 2016–17 Turkish Cup * 2016–17 Süper Lig * 2016–17 TFF Second League * 2016–17 TFF Third League References External links *Turkish Football Federation PTT 1. League {{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 TFF First League TFF F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mersin İdman Yurdu
Mersin Talim Yurdu, formerly Mersin İdman Yurdu, is a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and third divisions. The team was promoted to the Turkish second level division after the 2008–09 season. MİY became the champions of the Turkish second division during the 2010–11 season and earned promotion to the Turkish Süper Lig during the 2011–12 season. Previous ground of the team was 10,125 capacity Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium.Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Team Page 22 August 2009 In 2013, their new 25,534 person capacity stadium, |
Eskişehirspor
Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the club won the TFF First League playoffs and were promoted in May 2008. Since being relegated from the Süper Lig in 2016 they have competed in lower leagues. History Early years Eskişehirspor was founded by merging the regional teams of İdman Yurdu, Akademi Gençlik and Yıldıztepe and was admitted to the Second League in the 1965–1966 season. The team was promoted to the First League in its first professional season. Eskişehirspor became one of the better historically rich Anatolian clubs despite having never won the Süper Lig between 1968 and 1975. They were runners-up in 1968–1969, 1969–1970, and 1971–1972 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivasspor
Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 2017–18 season. They contended for the Süper Lig title for two consecutive seasons ( 2007–08 and 2008–09), ultimately finishing fourth and second respectively. They also earned the fourth spot at the end of 2019–20 season. In all these seasons, they finished the first half of the league as leader. They are one of three non-champion clubs that topped the first half, along with Altay and Kocaelispor. They were also fifth at the end of 2013–14 season. They were the champions of the 2021–22 Turkish Cup. History Sivasspor were originally formed on 14 May 1932 in Sivas as ''Sivas Gençlik''. They sported ''Kırmızı-Beyaz'' (Red-White) shirts and ''Beyaz'' (White) shorts. They played many matches at the amateur level in their ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antalya Province
Antalya Province ( tr, ) is located on the Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Antalya Province is the centre of Turkey's tourism industry, attracting 30% of foreign tourists visiting Turkey. Its capital city of the same name was the world's third most visited city by number of international arrivals in 2011, displacing New York. Antalya is Turkey's biggest international sea resort. The province of Antalya corresponds to the lands of ancient Pamphylia to the east and Lycia to the west. It features a shoreline of with beaches, ports, and ancient cities scattered throughout, including the World Heritage Site Xanthos. The provincial capital is Antalya city with a population of 1,344,000. Antalya is the fastest-growing province in Turkey; with a 4.17% yearly population growth rate between years 1990–2000, compared with the national rate of 1.83%. This growth is due to a fast rate of urbanization, particularly driv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adana Demirspor
Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a sports club based in Adana, Turkey. Founded by railway workers in 1940, the club is competitive in football, watersports, racquet sports and martial arts. Football team's thriving success at the Adana League and the water polo team's unbeaten National League titles in the first three decades, built a large worker fan base in the city and attracted landowners to finance the club. Believing that the worker supported, landowner financed, TCDD governed club are alienating them, middle-class merchants and artisans founded Adanaspor in 1954 and competition among the two clubs for the citywide support and domination, created one of the fierce rivalries of Turkish football which continues to this day as Adana derby. Adana Demirspor are the first club that is based outside of Istanbul-Ankara-İzmir to join the National Football League, at a time, the league games were only hosted in the largest three cities. The club promoted to the top flight in 1960-61 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 TFF First League
The 2015–16 TFF First League, also known as ''PTT First League'' due to sponsoring reasons, is the 15th season since the league was established in 2001 and 53rd season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. Teams *Balıkesir, Karabükspor and Kayseri Erciyesspor relegated from 2014–15 Süper Lig. *Kayserispor, Osmanlıspor and Antalyaspor promoted to 2015–16 Süper Lig. * Göztepe, Yeni Malatyaspor and 1461 Trabzon promoted from 2014–15 TFF Second League. *Manisaspor, Bucaspor and Orduspor relegated to 2015–16 TFF Second League. Stadia and locations League table Results Promotion Playoffs Semifinals Final Attendance See also * 2015–16 Turkish Cup * 2015–16 Süper Lig * 2015–16 TFF Second League * 2015–16 TFF Third League References External links *Turkish Football Federation PTT 1. League {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 TFF First League TFF First League seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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