1461 Trabzon is a professional

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club located in the city of

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

. Formed in 1998 as Değirmenderespor, the club changed its name to Trabzon Karadenizspor in 2008. The club colours are maroon, blue and white.

History

The club was founded in 1998 as Değirmenderespor and played in the

amateur league. After the club gained promotion to the 2.Lig in 2008,

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish 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. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

bought the club as a local affiliate and rebranded the team Trabzon Karadenizspor.Hakkında
1461trabzon.com.tr , accessed 26 January 2013 Because of this, the club is mostly made up of Trabzonspor A2 players on loan or former Trabzonspor A2 players. The reason for the number 1461 in front of the club's name is that in the year 1461

Empire of Trebizond The Empire of Trebizond, or Trapezuntine Empire, was a monarchy and one of three successor rump states of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Despotate of the Morea and the Principality of Theodoro, that flourished during the 13th through to t ...

was conquered by the

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. In the 2012–13 Turkish Cup season, the team won the matches against both

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and Fenerbahçe. Both matches were

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s. 1461 Trabzon finished in third place in the

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and gained rights to play in the play-off games for the promotion to the

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 ...

but were not allowed by the TFF because of being the local affiliate of Trabzonspor. In

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reserve teams are not allowed to play in the same league as the main club.

Honours

Domestic

League

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: **Winners (1): 2011–12

References

External links

Official website1461 Trabzon on TFF.org
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