Our question today is what is the biggest football club in Turkey?
The Super Lig – Turkey’s Premier League – was established in 1959. Since then, it has changed its name a couple of times, but remains essentially the same with 18 clubs competing.
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Four teams, three from Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, and one from the northeastern Black Sea city of Trabzon, are known as the Big Four in Turkish football.
The quartet has won almost every major Turkish trophy and are well known outside the country due to their appearances in international competitions like the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Galatasaray – founded in 1905 – has won 22 Turkish championships and secured 18 Turkish Cup victories and is considered Turkey’s most successful football team. It is the only Turkish club to win an international trophy, the UEFA Cup in 2000.
Fenerbahce – founded in 1907 – won 19 Turkish Championships and six Turkish Cups, it is also an Istanbulian club, situated in the Asian suburb of Kadikoy.
Besiktas – founded in 1903 – is located in Istanbul’s central district of Besiktas and has a stadium close to the shores of the Bosphorus. The team has won 15 Turkish Championships and nine Turkish Cups.
Trabzonspor, from the country’s northeast, was especially successful in the 1970s and has won 6 championships and eight cups.
Over 90 percent of Turkey’s football fans support one of the clubs.
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