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Erkan Sözeri
Erkan Sözeri (born 19 May 1966) is a Turkish football coach and former player who currently serves as the manager of Keçiörengücü. He is best known for his playing career with Gençlerbirliği in the Turkish Süper Lig. Professional career Erkan begun his professional career with Gaziantepspor, whom he helped promote to the Süper Lig. He moved to Trabzonspor where he won the Turkish Cup, before transferring to Gençlerbirliği where he spent the majority of his professional career. At the age of 32, he moved to Fenerbahçe, before finishing his career at Göztepe. Managerial career Sözeri managed a variety of Turkish clubs in the TFF First League and TFF Second League before coaching the professional Kardemir Karabükspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. On 25 September 2017 he resigned from Karabükspor after a series of bad results. Honours Club Trabzonspor *Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football ...
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Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center (Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya District, Çankaya, Keçiören, AltındaÄŸ, Pursaklar, Mamak, Ankara, Mamak, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Gölbaşı, Sincan, Ankara, Sincan) and 5,864,049 in Ankara Province (total of 25 districts). Ankara is Turkey's List of cities in Turkey, second-largest city by population after Istanbul, first by urban land area, and third by metro land area after Konya and Sivas. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celts, Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people ...
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Orduspor
Orduspor is a Turkish football club founded in 1967. The club is located in Ordu, Turkey and played their home games at 19 Eylül Stadium. The team managed to qualify for the Turkish Super League again in 2011. But the last spell in top level finished in 2013. History In the second half of the 1967s, Ordu was a city where ladies in the stands enjoyed watching football matches with the most enthusiastic cheers and applause although football was not yet known in many cities of Anatolia. By that time there were two football teams in the fields of Ordu, named Karadeniz İdman Yurdu and Gençleryurdu. The players would get into the Ordu Mixed squad. Ali Ataoğlu (Kara Ali), who played for İstanbulspor and Anadoluhisarı, after returning to Ordu established the team "Spor Yıldızı" where he also played for a short while. Ordu Mixed squad, composed of capable football players of these three teams, including Kara Ali, participated in the 1966 Turkish Junior Championship which was ...
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Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twenty clubs compete, where a champion is decided and three clubs are promotion and relegation, promoted from, and another four relegated to the TFF First League, 1. Lig. The season runs from August to May, with each club playing 36 matches. Matches are played Friday through Monday. Run by the Turkish Football Federation, the league succeeded the Turkish Football Championship and the Turkish National Division, National Division, both being former top-level national competitions. The Süper Lig is currently 9th in the UEFA coefficient ranking of leagues based on club performances in European competitions over the last five years. A total of 75 clubs have competed in the Süper Lig, but only 6 have won the title to date: Galatasaray S.K. (footba ...
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Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ...
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Karşıyaka S
Karşıyaka () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 51 km2, and its population is 346,264 (2022). The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir. Its centre is at a distance of to the north from the traditional centre of İzmir, which is Konak Square in Konak, İzmir, Konak at the opposite coast. Karşıyaka's district area neighbours the district areas of Menemen to the north, Bornova to the east and ÇiÄŸli to the west. Besides being an active venue of commerce, culture and educational activities and tourism, Karşıyaka also has an urban culture centred on the sports club Karşıyaka SK, which commands a large and passionate fan base. Geology Late created formations around İzmir consist of sandstone, shale and limestone blocks some of which may be larger than several kilometers. Such formations which are generally observed on hills around the region ...
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Bandırmaspor
Bandırmaspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the town of Bandırma, Balıkesir Province and currently plays in the TFF First League. History The club was founded in 1965 after a merger between amateur sides İdmanyurdu Gençlik and Marmara Gençlik. Hasan Sur was the first chairman of the club. On September 5, 1965 the first match was played against Sarıyer, defeating them 1-0 at the Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium. The first ever starting XI were: Özkay, Åževket, Seracettin, Çetin, K.Ahmet, B.Ahmet, Erkan, Cavit, K.Özkan, K.Cengiz, B.Cengiz. The greatest achievement in cup competitions was reaching the semi-finals of the Turkish Cup in the 1966–67 season, losing 1–3 on aggregate against Altay Altai or Altay may refer to: Places *Altai Mountains, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia In China *Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China *Altay City (阿勒æ ... in a two-leg ...
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Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor
Erzurumspor Futbol Kulübü, is a Turkish professional Association football, football club located in Erzurum who plays in the TFF First League, the second tier of Turkish football. Founded in 2005, the colours of club are blue and white. The club started to play football competitions in 2010 at Turkish Regional Amateur League, amateur level. Achieving consecutive promotions between 2016 and 2018, the club earned to compete at Süper Lig at 2018–19 Süper Lig, 2018–19 season. History The club has been founded as Erzurum Büyüşehir Belediyespor in 2005. In their inaugural season, club competed at Turkish Regional Amateur League, Regional Amateur League and won Group 1 of 2010–11 Turkish Regional Amateur League with 49 points. Between 2011 and 2016, they played at TFF Third League for 5 consecutive seasons. The club was renamed as BüyükÅŸehir Belediye Erzurumspor in 2014. Club won 2015–16 TFF Third League, collecting 74 points in 36 games, 6 points adrift above KızÄ ...
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Kardemir Karabükspor
Kardemir Demir Çelik Karabükspor, known simply as Kardemir Karabükspor or Karabükspor, was a Turkish sports club based in Karabük. The team was founded in 1969 after a merger between "Karabük Gençlikspor" and "Demir Çelik Spor". The club had branches in football, wheelchair basketball and volleyball. The nickname of the club was ''Mavi Ateş'' (Blue Flame), based on the unfading blue flames of chimneys from the Kardemir iron-steel works located in the city. As the factory gives its name to the club, the team was regarded as a blue collar worker's team. The club finances collapsed during the 2017–18 Süper Lig season, setting the club on a path of constant relegation, losing almost every game as they could play nothing but amateur youth players. The club became unable to field teams and were ultimately banned from the amateur leagues which led to dissolution as a club. In 2023 a form of successor phoenix club was created under the name Karabük İdman Yurdu. Adatepe Dà ...
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Ümraniyespor
Ümraniyespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Ümraniye, Istanbul. The club has played in red-and-white kits since its formation in 1938. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 3,513-capacity Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium. Players Current squad Staff The France-born İbrahim Dağaşan is the sporting director at the club. Honours * TFF First League ** Runner-up: 2021–22 * TFF Second League ** Winner: 2015–16 * TFF Third League ** Winner: 2013–14 * Turkish Regional Amateur League ** Winner: 2010–11 League participations *Süper Lig: 2022–2023 *TFF First League: 2016–2022, 2023- *TFF Second League: 2014–2016 *TFF Third League: 1984–1987, 1990–1993, 1999–2000, 2011–2014 *Turkish Regional Amateur League The Turkish Regional Amateur League () is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 10-13, varies by season) of groups across Tu ...
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Adana Demirspor
Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig. Founded by railway workers of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in 1940, The football team's success at the Adana League and the water polo team's unbeaten National League titles in the club's first three decades built a large worker fan base in the city. Some supporters who are unhappy with the management of the club, founded Adanaspor in 1954 and competition among the two clubs for the citywide support and domination since then, created one of the fiercest rivalries of Turkish football which continues to this day as the Adana derby. Adana Demirspor was the first club based outside of Istanbul, Ankara, or İzmir to join the National Football League in the 1960–61 season, before this the league games were only hosted in the three cities. The water polo team was the first ...
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Balıkesirspor
Balıkesirspor is a Turkish sports club, club based in Balıkesir. Established in 1966, the Association football, football team played in the Süper Lig after achieving promotion having finished as runners-up of the TFF First League in 2013–14 TFF First League, 2013–14. The team's previous promotion was 40 years before that. Their stadium, the all-seater Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium, has a capacity of 15,800. History Balıkesirspor was founded on 6 June 1966 and started to compete in TFF First League, Turkish Second Football League in 1967–68 season. On 20 August 1967, it played its first competitive match against Malatyaspor and won 3–1. Kadir Gürsoy scored the first goal of the club in that match. The club won its first title in 1974–75 season under the management of Rıdvan Kösemihal and promoted to Süper Lig, Turkish First Football League, the top level of Turkish Football. Despite being 4th in the first half of the season, Balıkesirspor finished 1975–76 1.Lig, ...
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