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Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the Turkish Super Lig. The club was founded in 1953 and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor. Since 1990, the team has been sponsored by the Turkish tea company Çaykur, hence the name and the image of a tea leaf on the club's logo.
[edit] League Attendances
Super League (1st League): 1979-1981, 1985-1989, 2000-2002, 2003-
League A (Second League): 1974-1979, 1981-1985, 1989-1993, 1994-2000, 2002-2003
Third League: 1968-1974, 1993-1994
[edit] Current Squad
Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.
As of 7 December 2006:
[edit] Notable Former Players
- Hasan Vezir
- Hakan Tecimer
- Jürgen Pahl
- Fahri Tatan
- Koray Avcı
- Devran Ayhan
- Ümit Ozan Kazmaz
- Şener Aşkaroğlu
- Ünal Alpagun
- Zafer Demiray
[edit] Achievements
- Second League:
- Winners (2): 1979, 1985
- Third (1): 2000
[edit] External links
Ekrem Cengiz
