Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium ( tr, Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu), also known as Canik 19 Mayıs Stadium (''Canik 19 Mayıs Stadyumu'') from 2017 until its demolition in 2018, was a

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in the

Canik Canik is one of the main municipalities in Samsun, Turkey, located at the east of the city center. The municipality had 89,753 inhabitants as of the 2009 census. Canik means land of Tzan/Can Laz people and became one of the four town municipaliti ...

district of

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun reco ...

, northern Turkey. It was used mostly for

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matches and was the home ground of

Samsunspor Samsunspor is a Turkish professional Association football, football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray.

until the new

Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, also known as Canik 19 Mayıs Stadium, ( tr, Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu or ''Canik 19 Mayıs Stadyumu'') was a multi-purpose stadium in the Canik district of Samsun, northern Turkey. It was used mostly for football mat ...

was opened in 2017. The stadium had a seating capacity for 16,480 spectators. It was demolished in 2018. The stadium was named in remembrance of the landing of

Mustafa Kemal Pasha Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى , Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world. Given name Mou ...

(1881–1938) in

on May 19, 1919, to start the national independence movement.

Renovation

In 2006 the club decided to renovate the ground. The capacity was increased by several thousand by adding a second tier to the ''maraton'' stand, and all the seats were covered with a roof. The renovation increased the capacity to 16,480.

International events hosted

The venue went onto host the football events of the

2017 Summer Deaflympics ) , nations = 86 , athletes = 2,873 , events = 219 in 18 sports , stadium = Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium , opened_by = Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , torch_lighter = Ertuğrul Bursa , opening = July 18, 2017 , closing ...

References

External links

Samsunspor official site - pictures and information regarding the renovationVenue information
Football venues in Turkey Multi-purpose stadiums in Turkey Sports venues demolished in 2018 Sports venues in Samsun Sports venues completed in 1975 1975 establishments in Turkey Samsunspor Canik {{Turkey-sports-venue-stub