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Trabzonspor Club Women's Football Team () is the women's football team of
Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...
in
Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...
,
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. It was established on 16 October 2007. Right after its foundation, the team was invited to join the
Turkish Women's Football Super League The Women's Football Super League, also known as the Turkcell Women's Football Super League () for sponsorship reasons, is the top level women's Association football, football league of Turkey. In the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Football Super Leagu ...
. However, the league was cancelled in 2003 but re-established for the 2007–08 season. Trabzonspor were the champions in the 2008–09 season, which was the second year of the league.


History


Foundation

The first women's football team in
Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...
was of the Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi (KTÜ) formed in 2001. Following this initiative, another football club in Trabzon, İdmanocağı founded its women's team basing it on the squad of Trabzon High School. However, due to inadequate interest, women's football in Trabzon did not improve. In 2007, former KTÜ player
Zeliha ÅžimÅŸek Zeliha ÅžimÅŸek (born April 30, 1981) is a Turkish women's footballer and trainer. Currently, she plays as a midfielder in the Turkish Women's Second League for Orduspor. She was formerly on the Trabzonspor women's team, which she co-founded ...
and Trabzonspor's coordinator Özkan Sümer formed the team. Using their previous experiences where they had played a leading role in the foundation of a women's team within Trabzonspor, they formed the team in six weeks before the beginning of the league season. The Trabzonspor women's team competed in the first year of the women's league along with the other women's team in Trabzon, İdmanocağı.


Later years

The team played its first league match against İdmanocağı on November 18, 2007 at its home stadium
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and won by 2–0. However, Trabzonspor was not so successful in later matches to get out of Group C.
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from
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, which played in the same group, became champion in the 2007–08 season. With the 2008–09 season, the structure of the women's league was modified and it gained national status. Trabzonspor competed in the restructured league of ten teams and gained the champion's title with 45 points in 18 games defeating
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spor of Mersin by 2–0 in the last match played away. With this achievement, Trabzonspor became the only Turkish club which was champion of both the men's and women's premier leagues.


Re-establishment

The women's football team of the club was re-established after 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 Turkish Foo ...
formed the
Turkish Women's Football Super League The Women's Football Super League, also known as the Turkcell Women's Football Super League () for sponsorship reasons, is the top level women's Association football, football league of Turkey. In the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Football Super Leagu ...
replacing Turkish Women's First Football League in 2021, and appealed to the major men's football clubs in the
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to participate in the women's football. The team is one of the eight new formed teams, which joined the 2021–22 Turkish Women's Football Super League for the first time.


Statistics

*(1): Season in progress


International competitions

Trabzonspor was entitled to participate in the qualifying round of the
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. This was the first time a Turkish women's football team had participated in the qualifying round of the UEFA league since it was established in 2001. The team won its first match in the
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against ŽNK Krka from
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by 2–0, however lost the following matches to
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's
Torres Calcio Femminile Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Women Torres Calcio, or simply Torres, is an Italian women's football club based in Sassari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1980 and competed in Serie A until 2015. Torres's colours were blue and red. The t ...
by 0–9 and to Slovan Duslo Šaľa from
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by 1–2. Trabzonspor women's team failed to participate in the 2009–2010 UEFA Champions League.


Ranking history


Achievements

* Turkish Women's Football Premier League: ** Winners (1): 2008–09 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2009–10


Current squad

*Head coach: Gürkan Çavdar


Notable former players

* Nagehan Akşan (2008–2010) *
Aybüke Arslan Aybüke Arslan (born 1 January 1994) is a Turkish women's football midfielder currently playing in the First League for Trabzon İdmanocağı with jersey number 8. She was a member of the Turkey U-17 and Turkey U-19 teams. Career Club She r ...
(2008–2011) *
Çiğdem Belci Çiğdem Belci (born 17 June 1987) is a Turkish women's soccer, women's football Defender (association football), defender currently playing in the Turkish Women's Football Super League, Women's Super League for Galatasaray S.K. (women's footbal ...
(2009–2010) * Rose Bella (2021–2022) * Gamze Bezan (2009–2011) * Ijeoma Queenth Daniels (2022–2023) *
Eylül Elgalp Eylül Elgalp (born January 9, 1991) is a Turkish Women's association football, women's footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward. She last played in the First League for Konak Belediyespor. She made her UEFA Women's Champ ...
(2010–2011) * Göknur Güleryüz (2021–2022) * Nargiz Hajiyeva (2022–2023) * Fatma Kara (2010–2011) * Shokhista Khojasheva (2022) * Tatiana Matveeva (2008–2011) * Grâce Mfwamba (2022–2024) * Sonia Opoku (2022 * Kristina Shadoba (2008–2011) * Aytaj Sharifova (2022–2024) *
Zeliha ÅžimÅŸek Zeliha ÅžimÅŸek (born April 30, 1981) is a Turkish women's footballer and trainer. Currently, she plays as a midfielder in the Turkish Women's Second League for Orduspor. She was formerly on the Trabzonspor women's team, which she co-founded ...
(2007–2011) * Setora Takaboeva (2021–2022) * Khatia Tchkonia (2009–2010) *
Cansu Yağ Cansu Yağ (born 22 June 1990) is a Turkish women in sports, Turkish women's soccer, women's football midfielder, who last played in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Bornova Hitab Spor in İzmir. She was admitted to the Turkey women ...
(2010–2011) * Kamila Zaripova (2021–2022) *
Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva (; born 15 September 1999) is an Uzbekistani women's football forward who plays in the Turkish Super League for Trabzonspor and Women's Championship club Sogdiana and the Uzbekistan women's national team. Club career ...
(2024)


Kit history


References

{{Top level Turkish Women's Football League Champions
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