The Çukurova Football League ( tr, Çukurova Futbol Ligi), also known as the Adana Football League ( tr, Adana Futbol Ligi), was founded as a regional

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league for

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana Province, Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart ...

and

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based clubs in 1924. The name of the league comes from

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region. In some years clubs from Maraş and

Malatya Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...

also participated in the league. In Adana, the football game was played during the 1910s. Adana Türk Gücü were the first club in Adana founded in 1913. The league was played within a year until 1936. In the period from 1924 to 1935, the winners of the Çukurova League qualified for the former

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. Later from 1940 to 1951, they qualified for the qualifying stages of the national championship. In 1955 professionalism was introduced in the league, hence the name officially became ''Adana Profesyonel Ligi'' (Adana Professional League). After the introduction of the professional nationwide league in 1959, known as

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today, the league lost its first level status.

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are the most successful club in the history of the league, having won a record 15 championship titles.

Participated teams

The following teams participated in the league regularly for at least a few years: *

* Adana Torosspor * Adana Türk Gücü *

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 pl ...

* Adana Seyhanspor * Adana Millî Mensucat * Adana İdman Yurdu * Adana Türk Ocağı * Silifke İdman Yurdu *

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Champions

Performance by club

References

Sources * {{Football in Turkey Defunct football leagues in Turkey Sport in Adana Sport in Mersin Çukurova 1924 establishments in Turkey Sports leagues established in 1924