Samsun Stadium, officially the new Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, is a

football stadium Football stadium may refer to: * A stadium used in gridiron football, association football or Australian rules football * A soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sp ...

Tekkeköy Tekkeköy is a district of Samsun Province in Turkey located on the western side of the Çarşamba Plain. The Mayor of Tekkeköy Municipality is Hasan Togar. Agriculture and animal breeding are the main sources of income. Black Sea Copper Works ...

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 ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It was opened in 2017 with a seating capacity of 33,919 spectators. It is the new 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.

which plays in the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

. It replaced the club's former home ground, the old

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 ...

(at a different location), which was demolished in 2018. The first official match hosted by the stadium was the

2017 Turkish Super Cup The 2017 Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa) was the 44th edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as ''Presidential Cup'' in 1966, the annual Turkish football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previ ...

final.

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