Trabzonspor
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| Full name | Trabzonspor Kulübü |
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| Nickname(s) | Bordo-Mavililer (Maroon-Blues) Karadeniz Firtinasi (The Black Sea Storm) |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Ground | Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon (Capacity: 23.895) |
| Chairman |  Sadri Şener |
| Manager | Şenol Güneş |
| League | Süper Lig |
| 2008-09 | Süper Lig, 3rd |
Trabzonspor is a Turkish football club, from the Black Sea port city of Trabzon playing in the Süper Lig.
Trabzonspor was formed in 1967 by a merger of four local clubs. Many of the players from these constituent teams became part of the Trabzonspor side that succeeded in winning promotion to the top division. Trabzonspor is the only club outside Istanbul to have won the Turkish title, earning a name as one of the "Big Four" alongside Beşiktaş, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray. Trabzonspor's nicknames are the "Burgundy Blues" and the "Black Sea storm".
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[edit] Supporters
Although a large part of Trabzonspor's support is drawn from the local Trabzon population, they remain immensely well supported in the rest of Turkey. This is mainly due to their being the only team to break the Istanbul teams domination of the league.
They have supporting groups such as Gubertci Gencler, Cilginlar, Trabzonlu Gençler, Farozlular, Vakfikebirliler, 1461 Meydan. These groups often receive free tickets to Trabzonspor's games and they also have many people involved in the group, which helps Trabzonspor to have more suppourt from true fanatic supporters.
[edit] Current squad
As of August 2009
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[edit] Out on loan
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Egemen Korkman took captainship of Trabzonspor from Hüseyin Cimşir, after whose transferring to Bursaspor in July 3, 2009 but forced to leave out after losing Kasımpaşa match in November 22, 2009. The team's new captain is Rigobert Song since December 1, 2009.
[edit] Women's team
Trobzonspor women's team was formed in 2007 and was qualified to participate in the 2007-08 Turkish Women's League. The team gained the champion's title already in the second season of the national league, in the 2008-09 Turkish Women's Premier League. Trabzonspor women's team was entitled to compete in the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League, however it lost in the preliminary qualifying round.
[edit] Youth academy
Trabzonspor is especially renowned for the quality of players produced through its youth ranks. In the 2004/05 season Trabzonspor featured no less than four Turkey internationals who had been raised through the youth teams. These were Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Fatih Tekke, Hüseyin Çimşir, Mehmet Yilmaz, Barış Memiş and Göksu Alhas.
