İdmanocağı
or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish
sports club based in
Trabzon, Turkey. The club had a strong rivalry with another club,
İdmangücü, which matched the
Istanbul derby between
Fenerbahçe and
Galatasaray. İdmanocağı were compared to Galatasaray in that period, partly because of this rivalry and partly because of their red and yellow colours. The
football
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department discontinued in 1967 when they were forced by the
Turkish Football Federation to merge with İdmangücü and two other local clubs, Karadenizgücü and Martıspor to form
Trabzonspor.
They were founded as the first club in the city of Trabzon. Being old and deeply rooted in the city, they played a huge role in the development of various sports in the city. The club also have a women's volleyball department.
History
After
World War I, young people in Trabzon were engaged with the development of football in the midst of their postwar struggles . Meanwhile, a high school French language teacher named Burhanettin Kahyaoğlu, physical education teacher Sami Bey, Hıfzırrahman Raşit Öymen, Tevfik Yunusoğlu, and Ali Kemal Özsubaşı Yusufoğlu led the effort to introduce a group of young people into the venture of founding a sports club in Trabzon. All districts of the city supported the efforts of these young people. The initiative came to a happy ending on 20 January 1921, when the first sports club was eventually established in Trabzon.
The colors of the club, which got the name ''İdmanocağı'', were yellow and red.
Honors
*
Trabzon Football League (first level)
** Winners (12) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59
* Trabzon Football League (second level)
** Winners (5): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65
*
Prime Minister's Cup
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1966
See also
*
İdmanocağı women's football team
*
Trabzonspor
References
External links
*
*
TFF.org i
İdmanocağı
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Defunct football clubs in Turkey
Association football clubs disestablished in 1967
History of Trabzon
Sport in Trabzon
1921 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1967 disestablishments in Turkey