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The Turkish football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Turkey. Brought to the country by Englishmen , the sport had first taken root in Istanbul , where the Istanbul Football League was founded and became the first football league in Turkey.
The current format of the Turkish Cup consists of 164 clubs from the top four leagues of the Turkish football league system and the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The winner of the cup earns a spot in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League, and also plays in the Turkish Super Cup against the Süper Lig champions.
It was the first nationwide championship in Turkish football history. The championship was organised by the Turkish Football Federation (then called Futbol Hey'et-i Müttehidesi ). [ 1 ] The tournament system was based on a knockout competition, contested between the winners of each of the country's regional leagues.
The first competition to bring forth a national champion was the former Turkish Football Championship, which began in 1924 and continued until 1951. [5] The championship format was based on a knockout competition, contested between the winners of each of the country's top regional leagues. [6]
The Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. [1] It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Turkish Football League and the Turkish Cup.
The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup (Turkish: Turkcell Süper Kupa) for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football.Founded in 2024 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of the Turkish Cup and Süper Lig.
In 2001, its name was changed to Lig TV by Mehmet Emin Karamehmet and Şansal Büyüka. In 2017, the name was changed again to beIN Sports by beIN Media Group. It is Turkey's first and only foreign-owned sports channel, holding the broadcasting rights of Süper Lig matches since the beginning of 2001 and broadcasting on the Digiturk digital ...
The 2016–17 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after Turgay Şeren , a legendary goalkeeper of the Turkey national team who also played for and coached Galatasaray .