Trabzon Football League

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The Trabzon Football League (Turkish : Trabzon Futbol Ligi) was founded as a regional football league for Trabzon based clubs in 1922. In the period from 1924 to 1935, the winners of the Trabzon League qualified for the former Turkish Football Championship. In the following period from 1940 to 1951, the Trabzon league champions qualified for the qualifying stages of the national championship. The city of Trabzon was home to a major rivalry between local clubs İdman Ocağı and İdman Gücü, who fought for the championship title in numerous seasons. The rivalry and relationship between those two teams has been often compared to that of the renowned Intercontinental Derby in Turkey.

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After the introduction of the professional nationwide league in 1959, the league lost its first level status. Trabzon İdman Ocağı are the most successful club in the history of the league, holding the record with 12 championship titles.

Participated teams

The following teams participated in the league regularly for at least a few years:

Champions

SeasonChampions
1923 İdman Ocağı
1923–24Trabzon Lisesi
1924–25Trabzon Lisesi
1925-26 İdman Ocağı
1926–27Trabzon Lisesi
1927-28Muallim Mektebi
1928-29Ticaret Lisesi
1929-30 İdman Ocağı
1930-31 İdman Ocağı
1931-32 İdman Ocağı
1932-33 İdman Ocağı
1933-34 İdman Ocağı
1934-35 İdman Gücü
1935-36 İdman Gücü
1936-37 İdman Gücü
1937–38 İdman Gücü
1938–39 İdman Gücü
1939–40 İdman Gücü
1940–41 İdman Gücü
1941–42Trabzon Lisesi
1942–43Trabzon Lisesi
1943–44Trabzon Lisesi
1944–45Trabzon Lisesi
1945–46Trabzon Lisesi
1946–47Trabzon Lisesi
1947–48 İdman Gücü
1948–49 İdman Ocağı
1949–50 İdman Ocağı
1950–51 Necm-i Ati
1951–52 İdman Gücü
1952–53 Necm-i Ati
1953–54 İdman Ocağı
1954–55Trabzon Karagücü
1955–56 İdman Gücü
1956–57 İdman Gücü
1957–58 İdman Ocağı
1958–59 İdman Ocağı

Performance by club

ClubTitles
İdman Ocağı 12
İdman Gücü 11
Trabzon Lisesi9
Necm-i Ati2
Muallim Mektebi1
Trabzon Karagücü1
Trabzon Ticaret Lisesi1

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