Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium (), also known as Canik 19 Mayıs Stadium () from 2017 until its demolition in 2018, was a

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in the

Canik Canik is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 264 km2, and its population is 100,641 (2022). It is located to the east of the city center of Samsun. Canik means land of Tzan/Can Laz people and became one of the ...

district of

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, northern

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. It was used mostly for

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matches and was the home ground of

Samsunspor Samsunspor Kulübü, officially known as Samsunspor Football Club Joint Stock Company, or as Reeder Samsunspor due to sponsorship agreements, is a Turkey, Turkish Football club (association football), professional football club that competes in t ...

until the new

Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium is a football stadium in Tekkeköy, Samsun, Turkey. It was opened in 2017 with a seating capacity of 33,919 spectators. It is the home ground of Samsunspor which plays in the Süper Lig. It replaced the club's former ho ...

was opened in 2017. The stadium had a seating capacity for 16,480 spectators. It was demolished in 2018. The stadium was named in remembrance of the landing of

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(1881–1938) in

on May 19, 1919, to start the national independence movement.

Renovation

In 2006 the club decided to renovate the ground. The capacity was increased by several thousand by adding a second tier to the ''maraton'' stand, and all the seats were covered with a roof. The renovation increased the capacity to 16,480.

International events hosted

The venue went onto host the football events of the

2017 Summer Deaflympics The 2017 Summer Deaflympics (), officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics (), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017. 3,148 athletes from 97 countries competed in 18 sports with ...

References

External links

Samsunspor official site - pictures and information regarding the renovationVenue information
Football venues in Turkey Multi-purpose stadiums in Turkey Sports venues demolished in 2018 Sports venues in Samsun Sports venues completed in 1975 1975 establishments in Turkey Samsunspor (football) Canik {{Turkey-sports-venue-stub