Full Name: Trabzonspor Kulübü City: Trabzon Founded: 1967 Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu (20,750) Colors: Blue, Maroon Nicknames: Karadeniz Firtinasi (The Black Sea Storm), Bordo-Mavililer (The Bordeaux and Blue)
Description: Formed by the merger of Idmangucu and Idmanocagi, who had previously had an intense rivalry. Bordeaux is a reference to their team color. Looks like claret to me. Trabzonspor are the only club outside the Big Three to win the Turkish championship, having won it six times in a nine year period in the seventies and eighties. Easily the "fourth" club of the country. The stadium is named for Hüseyin Avni Aker, a teacher and regional administrator for education in the 1940s.
Trophy Room: * Turkish League (1976, 77, 79, 80, 81, 84) * Turkish Cup (1977, 78, 84, 92, 95, 2003, 04, 10) * Turkish Super Cup (1976, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 95, 2010)
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Full Name: Trabzonspor Kulübü
