Trabzonspor
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Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional 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.[1] Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, and used to have a men's basketball team.
Full name | Trabzonspor Kulübü | |||
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Nickname(s) | Karadeniz Fırtınası (Black Sea Storm) | |||
Short name | TS | |||
Founded | 2 August 1967; 56 years ago (1967-08-02) | |||
Ground | Papara Park | |||
Capacity | 40,782 | |||
President | Ertuğrul Doğan | |||
Head coach | Abdullah Avcı | |||
League | Süper Lig | |||
2022–23 | Süper Lig, 6th of 19 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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.[2] They also have won nine Federation Cup (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 claret and sky blue, reflected in the shirt colours that see various striped iterations of the colours. Trabzonspor play at the Şenol Güneş Sports Complex which replaced the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium as their home ground during the 2016–17 season.[3]