İBB GOP Halit Kıvanç City Stadium () is a football stadium of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (, İBB) at

Gaziosmanpaşa Gaziosmanpaşa (; old name: ''Taşlıtarla'') is a developing working class municipality ( belediye) and district of Istanbul, Turkey, on its European side. Its area is 12 km2, and its population is 495,998 (2022). Esenler and Bayrampaşa a ...

(GOP) district in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, Turkey. It is named in honor of

Halit Kıvanç Halit Ahmet Kıvanç (18 February 1925 – 25 October 2022) was a Turkish television and radio presenter, humorist, sports journalist and writer. He was best known as a sports commentator. Early years Kıvanç was born in the Fatih district of I ...

(1925–2022), sports journalist, radio and television presenter, humorist and writer. The stadium's pitch is

artificial turf Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass, used in sports arenas, residential lawns and commercial applications that traditionally use grass. It is much more durable than grass and easily maintained wi ...

, and has the dimensions . Its capacity is 5,000 seats. It is the home ground of the

Super Amateur Leagues The Super Amateur Leagues () comprises a number of football leagues that make up the sixth tier of the Turkish football league system.Gaziosmanpaşaspor Gaziosmanpaşa S.K., or simply GOP, is a Turkish sports club from the Gaziosmanpaşa district of Istanbul. League participations * TFF Second League: 1990–98, 1999–03, 2007–09, 2011–14 * TFF Third League: 1998–99, 2003–07, 2009–11, ...

and some other local clubs. The

Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the FA WSL, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in England. Currently oper ...

club Beşiktaş J.K. play their home matches here from September 2023 on.

References

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