Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish

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located in the city of

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 B ...

. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's

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team has won seven

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championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, and used to have a men's basketball team. Trabzonspor are one of the most decorated clubs in Turkey. They have won seven Süper Lig titles and were the first non Istanbul-based club to win the league. They also have won nine

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(Turkish Cup) titles. The club won their first championship title in 1975–76, and won three championship titles in a row in the 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81. They would add one more title in 1983-84 before embarking on a 38 year championship drought. This drought eventually came to an end after they secured the championship in 2021-22. The club colours are

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and

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, reflected in the shirt colours that see various striped iterations of the colours. Trabzonspor play at the

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which replaced the

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History

In 1921 Trabzon İdman Ocağı were founded. Trabzonspor were founded through a merger of several local clubs including İdman Ocağı in 1967. The club has won the Turkish league on seven occasions in 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, and 2021–22. In the 2010–11 season Trabzonspor finished runners-up to Fenerbahçe having achieved the same number of points, although Fenerbahçe won the title on goal difference. After the title was given to Fenerbahçe, in the summer of 2011, the season became the subject of a match fixing scandal. On 25 June 2013, UEFA banned Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş from European competitions over match-fixing. However, in 2021, all legal charges were dropped against Fenerbahçe in the later stages of the prosecutions.

Crest and colours

Trabzonspor uses the team logo, which has the abbreviation of its name, composed of the letter "TS" in blue with a combined font on a burgundy background. Although a number of theories have been put forward as to why the club colours of Trabzonspor are claret and blue, it has been claimed that they were adopted after the club were sent a set of kits by the English club Aston Villa after their formation in 1967.

Stadium

Since December 2016, their home ground is the

, which has a capacity of 40,782. Prior to this, Trabzonspor played their home matches at the

, which has a capacity of 24,169.

Honours

: *

**Champions (7): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 2021–22 ** Runners-up (9): 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2019–20 *

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** Winners (9): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2019–20 ** Runners-up (6): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1996–97, 2012–13 *

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** Winners (10): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1995, 2010,

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** Runners-up: 1981, 1984, 1992 *

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**Winners (5):

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, 1978, 1985,

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, 1996 **Runners-up (6): 1975,

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, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998 * Cyprus Peace Cup **Winners (1): 1975

Statistics

European competitions record

Trabzonspor first competed in Europe in the 1976–77 season, and reached the group stages of the Champions League in the 2011–12 season.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Affiliated clubs

Trabzonspor U21

Trabzonspor U21 is a youth team of Trabzonspor. The club competes in the U21 league, alongside other U21 clubs around Turkey. Notable former players include

Hami Mandıralı Hami Mandıralı (born 20 July 1968) is a Turkish football manager and former footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career. Club career Mandıralı was born in Arsin, Trabzon, Turkey. joined Trabzonspor aged 10, and continue ...

(highest capped Trabzonspor player (558 times)),Trabzonspor Genel Bilgi
trabzonspor.com.tr , accessed 9 June 2010

Gökdeniz Karadeniz Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. Club career Trabzonspor Karadeniz played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999–0 ...

(most caps for the Turkish national team by a Trabzonspor player (50)),

Fatih Tekke Fatih Tekke (born 9 September 1977), known by his ''given nickname'' Sultan, is a Turkish football coach and former player who most recently managed Denizlispor. Club career Turkey Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the pr ...

( 2004–05 Süper Lig top scorer (31 goals)),Turkcell Süper Lig Arşivi – 2004–2005 Sezonu
tff.org , accessed 9 June 2010

Trabzonspor Women

Trabzonspor Kulübü Kadın Futbol Takımı are a Turkish women's association football club affiliated with Trabzonspor. The club was founded in 2007 and they are title holders of 2008–09 season of

Turkish Women's Football Super League The Turkish Women's Football Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Süper Ligi), formerly the First Women's Football League (also known as the ''Turkcell Women's Football Super League'' for sponsorship reasons), is the top level women's football league of ...

1461 Trabzon

1461 Trabzon was founded as Trabzon Karadenizspor in 2008 as a feederclub in which Trabzonspor holds first buying option on players as well as being able to loan out youngsters to gain first-team experience.

Club Officials

Coaches

Presidents

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Notes

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*Lig Before 2001, the top-flight was known as the 1.Lig. After 2001 the 1.Lig became the second division, and the 2.Lig became the third division.

References

External links

Official websiteTrabzonspor on TFF.orgSquad, results and fixtures at UEFA
{{Turkish Cup Sport in Trabzon Football clubs in Turkey Association football clubs established in 1967 1967 establishments in Turkey Süper Lig clubs