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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 Turkish Football Championship (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Şampiyonası) was a top-level football competition in Turkey. 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 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]
Only the period from 1942 to 1951 is considered, as the Turkish championship was held as a knockout tournament before the 1942 edition. The following teams won the Turkish championship in a so called final group, which was a national play-off of the top regional leagues: [41] Harp Okulu ; Fenerbahçe ; Gençlerbirliği ; Ankara Demirspor
The Big Three (Turkish: Üç Büyükler) is the colloquial name given to Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, the three most successful sports clubs in Turkey. They are all based in Istanbul. Galatasaray is the team with the most championships with 24. Fenerbahce have won 19 championships and Beşiktaş have won 16 Turkish championships.
Football is the most popular sport in Turkey, followed by basketball, tracing its roots to the Ottoman Empire. [1] The first matches were played in Ottoman Salonica in 1875. The sport was introduced by English residents. [ 2 ]
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.
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.