Çetinkaya Türk S.K.

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Çetinkaya

Full name

Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü

Founded

January 3, 1930

Ground

Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadı,
Lefkoşa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(Capacity 28,000)

Chairman

Eren Defteralı

Head Coach

Turan Altay

League

Birinci Lig

2006-07

Birinci Lig, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü is a Turkish Cypriot sports club based in Lefkoşa.

1 History
2 Colors
3 Stadium
4 Team honors
- 4.1 Under Cyprus Football Association
- 4.2 Under Cyprus Turkish Football Federation
5 Footnotes

[edit] History

Lefkoşa Türk Spor Kulübü was founded in 1930, and was one of the founding members of the Cypriot First Division in 1934, the sole Turkish Cypriot team in the league (with 7 Greek Cypriot teams: AEL Limassol, Trast AC, Olympiakos Nicosia, Aris Limassol, APOEL, Anorthosis Famagusta, and EPA Larnaca). The club merged with Çetinkaya Türk Asnaf Ocağı (founded in 1943) on 1949, changing its name to Çetinkaya Türk Spor Birliği.

The club went on to become the first team to keep the Cyprus FA Shield permanently after winning it thrice on 1951, 1952, and 1954. After the formation of Cyprus Turkish Football Federation on 1955, the club became a founding member of the Birinci Lig. Çetinkaya Türk remains the only club to have won both Cypriot leagues^[1], main Cup competition^[2], and Super Cup^[3] to date.

[edit] Colors

The club colors are yellow and red.

[edit] Stadium

The club's home stadium is Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadı. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosted some matches for the 2006 ELF Cup. The stadium holds 28,000 people. Before the club withdrew from Cypriot Championship, the team used for home the Old GSP Stadium.