Turkish Football Federation
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| Founded | 1923 |
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| FIFA affiliation | 1923 |
| UEFA affiliation | 1962 |
| President | Mahmut Özgener |
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. By 2004, there were 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.
The Federation joined FIFA in 1923, and UEFA in 1962.
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[edit] 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".
[edit] 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.
[edit] Hosting bids
Turkey had several unsuccessful bids to host the European Championship.
Turkey tried a joint bid with European Champions Greece for Euro 2008, which failed. Their bid for Euro 2012 was also unsuccessful. Now, they are planning to host the Euro 2016.
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.
[edit] 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: 55,509 - last match against Belgium on 10 September 2008 with 1-1 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;
- İzmir Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 58,008) - last match against Côte d'Ivoire on 11 February 2009 with 1-1 result
- In Kocaeli;
- Ismet Pasa Stadium (capacity: 17,000) - last match against Chile national football team on 20 August 2008
- 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
- In Kayseri;
- Kadir Has Stadium (capacity: 32,864) - next match will be against Spain on 1 April 2009
[edit] Sponsorship
Companies that Turkish Football Federation currently has sponsorship deals with include [2]
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[edit] References
- ^ ""BBC: Man City stadium given Uefa final"". http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5407664.stm.
- ^ "Media & PR". tff.org. 2008. http://www.tff.org/. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
[edit] External links
- (Turkish) Official website
- Turkish soccer
- Turkishsoccer.com by Ahmet Turgut
- Amateur Football in Turkey
