İdmanocağı
or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
based in
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 ...
, 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
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
department discontinued in 1967 when they were forced by the
Turkish Football Federation
The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...
to merge with İdmangücü and two other local clubs, Karadenizgücü and Martıspor to form
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, ...
.
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
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, 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
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, ...
References
External links
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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