İstanbulspor is a Turkish football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05 they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig to TFF 1. Lig. For many decades it was the fourth most famous and well-developed professional football club from Istanbul, coming after Beşiktaş, Galatasaray, and Fenerbahçe. After being bought by the Uzan Family in 1990, it has been repossessed by the government and resold to third companies.
Adana Demirspor is a sports club based in Adana, Turkey. Founded by railway workers in 1940, the club were competitive in eight sports until 1980s; since then active only with the football department, which returned to the Süper Lig on 9 May 2021 after 26 years' of absence. Football team's thriving success at the Adana League and the water polo team's unbeaten National League titles in the first three decades, built a large worker fan base in the city and attracted landowners to finance the club. Believing that the worker supported, landowner financed, TCDD governed club are alienating them, middle-class merchants and artisans founded Adanaspor in 1954 and competition among the two clubs for the citywide support and domination, created one of the fierce rivalries of Turkish football which continues to this day as Adana derby.
Altınordu Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in İzmir. It was founded in 1923 as a breakaway from Altay SK. Team colours are red and navy. The club also had a basketball team and played in Turkish Basketball League and Turkish Basketball Championship. They have two Turkish basketball titles: Turkish Basketball Championship in 1967 and Basketball Super League in 1966–67 season. Currently the club focuses on youth development of local talent.
Altay Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay. The club colors are black and white, and they currently play their home matches at the Bornova Stadium, while a new stadium is under construction at the site of the Altay Alsancak Stadium, where they previously played.
Göztepe Spor Kulübü also known as Göztepe, is a Turkish sports club based in the Göztepe and Güzelyalı neighborhoods of İzmir. The "AŞ" refers to incorporated company, as besides football, the club also has departments in fencing, triathlon, handball, sailing, swimming, and windsurfing.
The Turkish football system is divided into the following leagues.
İzmirspor are а Turkish football club based in İzmir, Turkey. They were founded with the name Altın Ay on 25 July 1923. Altın Ay merged with rivals Sakarya and formed İzmirspor on 28 November 1930. They are currently playing in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club's greatest success was achieved when they became runners-up in the former Turkish Football Championship in 1933. İzmirspor also won the İzmir Football League five times.
TFF 3. Lig or due to sponsorship reasons Misli.com TFF 3. Lig is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League.^
Çanakkale Dardanel Spor Kulübü is a sports club located in Çanakkale, Turkey.
Fatih Karagümrük S.K., also called Karagümrük, is a Turkish professional football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in İstanbul. They currently play in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Turkish football.
Ankara Keçiörengücü SK is a Turkish sports club based in the Keçiören district of Ankara. The football club plays in the TFF First League.
Yozgatspor was a Turkish sports club based in Yozgat, Turkey. The football club played in the TFF Third League. They played in the Süper Lig between 2000–2002 and relegated to the Third League in the 2008–09 season. They finally relegated to the Turkish Regional Amateur League and lost professional status. Between 1997 and 2008, the club was named as Yimpaş Yozgatspor.
Hatayspor is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province.
Football is the most popular sport in Turkey, followed by basketball, tracing its roots to the Ottoman Empire. The first matches were played in Ottoman Salonica in 1875. The sport was introduced by English residents. The Turkish football league system comprises five professional leagues, one of which is dedicated to female athletes.
Zonguldak Kömürspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Zonguldak. The club is also known as Kara Elmas.
Düzcespor is a Turkish football club located in Düzce, Turkey. They play their home games at 18 Temmuz Stadı in Düzce. Fenerbahce Chairman Aziz Yıldırım was a player of youth teams of Duzcespor.
Mersin İdman Yurdu or Mersin İdmanyurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and third divisions. The team was promoted to the Turkish second level division after the 2008–09 season. MİY became the champions of the Turkish second division during the 2010–11 season and earned promotion to the Turkish Süper Lig during the 2011–12 season. Previous ground of the team was 10,125 capacity Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium. In 2013, their new 25,534 person capacity stadium, Mersin Arena, was inaugurated on 23 March 2013 with a TFF First League match against Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Their main rivals were Adana Demirspor, Adanaspor and Tarsus İdmanyurdu, and were friendly with Bucaspor.
Milorad Mitrovic is a Serbian professional football coach and a player. Mitrovic started his club playing career in his hometown FK Šumadija Aranđelovac, where he played through youth categories to senior team, competing in the Yugoslav Second League. His soccer reputation, however, was established as an accomplished coach with over 35 years of coaching experience in different European teams.
Bucaspor 1928, formerly Buca FK and Tire 1922 Spor, is a Turkish football club located in Buca, İzmir. The team competes in the TFF Third League.
The 2020–21 TFF First League is the 20th season since the league was established in 2001 and 58th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. There was no relegation to or from the TFF First League the prior year due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
