The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), also called Turkish Football Association, (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu) is the governing body of football in Turkey. It was formed on April 23, 1923. It organizes the Turkish national teams and the Turkish football league. The current president of the TFF is Hasan Doğan. By 2004, there are 4,956 football clubs organized in Turkey, and a registered 4,775 professional and 136,823 amateur players with 233 women. 796 male and 20 female football referees are licensed by the TFF. Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about an international football organization. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Soccer redirects here. ... is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... First international Turkey 2 - 2 Romania (Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923) Biggest win Turkey 7 - 0 Syria (Ankara, Turkey; November 20, 1949) Turkey 7 - 0 South Korea (Geneva, Switzerland; June 20, 1954) Turkey 7 - 0 San Marino (Istanbul, Turkey; November 10, 1996) Biggest defeat Poland 8 - 0 Turkey (Chorzow, Poland... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Competitions

Professional football in Turkey started in 1951. Recently there are three professional leagues, which are further broken down into regional groups and regional amateur leagues including a women's league. Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Professional league

• Turkcell Super League: 18 clubs play against each other in two half seasons. At the end of the league season, the bottom three teams relegate to the Secondary League Category A. The champion and the runner-up represent Turkey at the UEFA Champions League next year. The Turkish Cup champion and the next best club from the league play for Turkey at the UEFA Cup.

• Second League is divided in two categories as A and B.
  • Second League Category A: 18 clubs play in two half seasons. At the end of the season, the leading three clubs of the Category A run up to the Premier Super League and the last three clubs relegate down to the Category B.
  • Second League Category B : There are 5 groups each consists of 10 clubs.
• Third League consists of four groups as 1, 2, 3 and 4 of each 16 clubs, in total 64 clubs. The winners of each group, in total four clubs run up to the Second League Category B at the end of the season. Additionally, the first two clubs of the play-off matches between the second ranked four clubs run up to the Second League Category B. The last two clubs of each group, in total eight clubs relegate to the Amateur League at the end of the season.

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Turkish Cup

The Turkish Cup changed its name to "Federation Cup" (Federasyon Kupasi in Turkish) in 1980-1981, then back to "Turkish Cup" in 1992-1993. It is now known as the "Fortis Turkish Cup". The Turkish Football Cup (Türkiye Kupası) is a football competition in Turkey, organized by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962-1963. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Fortis (Euronext: FORA and Euronext: FORB) is a large banking, insurance, and investment management company. ...

Amateur league

• Seniors’ First Amateur League: 2145 clubs
• Seniors’ Second Amateur League: 1743 clubs
• Seniors’ Third Amateur League: 1 club
• Women’s League: 9 clubs
• Juniors’ First Amateur League: 27 clubs
• Juniors’ Second Amateur League: 100 clubs
• Juniors’ Super League is divided in 8 regional leagues.
  • Adana: 16 clubs
  • Ankara: 10 clubs
  • Antalya: 10 clubs
  • Bursa: 16 clubs
  • İstanbul: 18 clubs
  • İzmir: 12 clubs
  • Diyarbakır: 7 clubs
  • Trabzon: 13 clubs
  • Samsun: 10 clubs

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Awards

The champions of the Premier Super League, the Turkish Cup, the runner-up clubs of the professional leagues 2A, 2B, 3 and of the amateur league are awarded a trophy by the TFF each season.

Hosting bids

Turkey had several unsuccessful bids to host the European Championship. The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football...

Turkey tried a joint bid with European Champions Greece for Euro 2008, which failed. Their bid for Euro 2012 was also unsuccessful. The 2008 European Football Championship (EURO 2008) will take place in Austria and Switzerland. ... The 2012 European Football Championship is being contested for by five bids representing seven countries. ...

Turkey had already hosted a Champions League final and will host the 2009 UEFA Cup final in Istanbul ^[1]. On youth-level, they are going to host the U-17 European Championship in 2008 as they already hosted the event back in 1993. European Cup redirects here. ... For the current season, see UEFA Cup 2007-08. ...

National stadiums

• In Istanbul;
  • Atatürk Olympic Stadium (capacity: 81,283) - last match against Germany on 8 October 2005 with 2-1 result
  • Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (capacity: 52,509 - last match against Switzerland on 16 December 2005 with 4-2 result
  • Inönü Stadium (capacity: 32,145) - last match against Sweden on 6 February 2008 with 0-0 result
  • Ali Sami Yen Stadium (capacity: 22,500) - last match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 21 December 2007 with 1-0 result
• In Ankara;
  • 19 Mayıs Stadium (capacity: 21,250) - last match against Moldova on 20 August 2003 with 2-0 result
• In Izmir;
  • Izmir Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 58,008) - last match against Czech Republic on 1 March 2006 with 2-2 result
• In Bursa;
  • Bursa Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 19,700) - last match against Macedonia on 6 June 2001 with 3-3 result
• In Trabzon;
  • Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium (capacity: 29,500) - last match against Georgia on 4 September 2004 with 1-1 result
• In Gaziantep;
  • Kamil Ocak Stadium (capacity: 14,325) - last match against Denmark on 18 February 2004 with 0-1 result
• In Denizli;
  • Denizli Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 15,000) - last match against Belarus on 18 August 2004 with 1-2 result

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Sponsorship

Companies that Turkish Football Federation currently has sponsorship deals with include ^[2]

Nike, Inc. ... // Turkcell (NYSE: TKC) is a mobile phone operator in Turkey, currently the countrys largest. ... Garanti Bank is the third largest private bank in Turkey with USD$24. ... Ãœlker is a major Turkish manufacturer of food products, which are exported internationally, to 78 countries[1]. The companys core products are cookies, crackers, and chocolates, although Ãœlker has expanded to other product categories. ... This article is about the beverage. ... Well-known Turkish beer company. ... Mercedes-Benz Cars is a German brand of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks owned by Daimler AG, previously Daimler-Benz (1926–1998). ... Turkish Airlines, Inc. ...

References

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External links

• (Turkish) Official website
• Turkish soccer
• Turkishsoccer.com by Ahmet Turgut

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