Trabzonspor A2

Trabzonspor A2

Full name	Trabzonspor A2
Founded	1972
Ground	Mehmet Ali Yılmaz Facilities
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu
Manager	Taner Yılmaz
League	A2
2009–10	A2 Kuzey Grup, 3rd
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Trabzonspor A2 is a youth team of Trabzonspor. The club competes in the A2 league, alongside other A2 clubs around Turkey. The A2 team is made up of players between the ages of 18 and 20, and it is the last level of amateur play before a footballer reaches professional status in Turkey. The club was founded by former Trabzonspor footballer and manager Özkan Sümer in 1972. They were the first youth team in Turkey, and became an official branch of Trabzonspor in 1975.^[1] The club has won two league titles in 1996–97 and 2003–04.^[2]

Honours

Active branches of Trabzonspor
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Football (A2)
Basketball	Swimming	Judo
Shooting

• A2 Ligi
  • Winners (3): 1991–92, 1996–97, 2003–04

Current squad

As of 9 June 2010.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mücahit Atalay GK Cemil Şahin GK Yücel Solak DF Mert Ege Özeren DF Rasimcan Değirmenci DF Emre Özkan DF Hüseyin Kayıkçı DF Miraç Bulut DF Sinan Altınel

No. Position Player DF Şahin Çakır MF Furkan Sönmez MF Habib Şen MF Faty Papy MF Levent Küçüker MF Muhammet Mevdudi Meriç MF Semih Kaya FW Mustafa Akgün FW Sefa Sandıkçı

Former players

Trabzonspor has a notable youth academy, producing several Turkey national football team players including Hami Mandıralı, Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Fatih Tekke, Hüseyin Çimşir, Mehmet Yılmaz, Tolga Zengin, and Metin Aktaş. Gökdeniz Karadeniz is the most-capped Turkish international to come through the Trabzonspor academy.

References

1. Cevabı istatistikler verdi! ajansspor.com (Turkish), accessed 9 June 2010
2. PAF Lig Arşiv tff.org (Turkish), accessed 9 June 2010
3. Trabzonspor A2 Takım trabzonspor.org.tr (Turkish), accessed 9 June 2010