Turkish Football Federation

Turkish Football Federation
UEFA

Founded	1923
FIFA affiliation	1923
UEFA affiliation	1962
President	Yıldırım Demirören^[1]
Website	www.tff.org

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), also called the Turkish Football Association, (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu;) 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. It organizes the Turkish national teams, the Turkish football league and the Turkish Cup.

Turkish Cup

Main article: Turkish Cup

The Turkish Cup changed its name to Federation Cup (Federasyon Kupasi in Turkish) in the 1980–81 season, then back to Turkish Cup in 1992–93. It is now known as the Ziraat Bank Turkish Cup due to the sponsorship reasons.

Hosting bids

Turkey had several unsuccessful bids to host the European Championship.

Turkey tried a joint bid with 2004-European Champions Greece for UEFA Euro 2008, which failed. Their bid for UEFA Euro 2012 was also unsuccessful, with the competition going to Poland and Ukraine. The federation also submitted a bid to host UEFA Euro 2016, but on May 28, 2010, UEFA announced that Euro 2016 will be hosted by France. France beat bids of Turkey (7-6 in voting in second voting round) and Italy, which had the least votes in first voting round.

Turkey had already hosted a Champions League final and the 2009 UEFA Cup final in Istanbul.^[2] At the youth-level, they hosted the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in 2008, as they already hosted the event back in 1993.

National stadiums

In Istanbul;
- Atatürk Olympic Stadium (capacity: 76,092) - last match against Germany on 8 October 2005 with a 2-1 result
- Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (capacity: 50,509 - last match against Estonia on 11 September 2012 with a 3-0 result
- Inönü Stadium (capacity: 32,145) - last match against Sweden on 6 February 2008 with a 0-0 result
- Ali Sami Yen Stadium (capacity: 22,500) - last match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 21 December 2007 with a 1-0 result
- Türk Telekom Arena (capacity: 52,695) - last match against Croatia on 11 November 2011 with a 0-3 result
In Ankara;
- 19 Mayıs Stadium (capacity: 21,250) - last match against Sweden on 5 March 2014 with a 2-1 result
In Izmir;
- İzmir Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 58,008) - last match against Côte d'Ivoire on 11 February 2009 with a 1-1 result
In Bursa;
- Bursa Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 25,500) - last match against Armenia on 14 October 2009 with a 2-0 result
In Trabzon;
- Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium (capacity: 20,000) - last match against Georgia on 4 September 2004 with a 1-1 result
In Gaziantep;
- Kamil Ocak Stadium (capacity: 16,981) - last match against Denmark on 18 February 2004 with a 0-1 result
In Denizli;
- Denizli Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 15,000) - last match against Belarus on 18 August 2004 with a 1-2 result
In Kayseri;
- Kadir Has Stadium (capacity: 32,864) - last match against Estonia on 5 September 2009 with a 4-2 result

Sponsorship

Companies that Turkish Football Federation currently has sponsorship deals with include ^[3]

Nike - Official sponsor
Turkcell - Official sponsoring
Garanti Bankası - Official sponsor

Ülker - Official sponsor
Coca Cola - Official sponsor
Efes Pilsen - Official sponsor

Mercedes Benz - Official sponsor
Turkish Airlines - Official sponsor
Iddaa - Official sponsor
Sarar - Official sponsor

References

↑ Ata, Ercan (27 February 2012). "Türk futbolunun 41. başkanı Yıldırım Demirören". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 February 2012.
↑ "BBC: Man City stadium given Uefa final". BBC News. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
↑ "Media & PR". tff.org. 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-24.

External links

Football in Turkey

Turkish Football Federation

National teams

Men	Men's results footballers managers B U-21 Youth Futsal

Women	Women's U-21 U-19 U-17

Domestic leagues

Men	Süper Lig TFF First League TFF Second League TFF Third League Turkish Regional Amateur League Amatör Futbol Ligleri A2 Ligi

Women	First League Second League

Domestic cups

Defunct leagues

Defunct cups

Lists

Men	List of champions List of clubs (by foundation date) List of venues (by capacity) Foreign players All time table All time league positions

Women	List of clubs

Futsal in Turkey

Futsal TFF

League competitions	TFF Efes Pilsen Futsal Ligi

National teams	Turkey national futsal team

List of clubs Venues (Listed by capacity) Competitions Trophys and Awards Records

Turkey national football team

General	Turkish Football Federation Managers Captains Results

Players	Most capped footballers Other categories

World Cup record	Summary 1954 2002

European Championship record	Summary 1996 2000 2008

Confederations Cup record	Summary 2003

Other tournaments	Summer Olympics

Teams	Turkey A Turkey B U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 U-14 Women's Women's U-21 Women's U-19 Women's U-17 Futsal Beach

Sports governing bodies in Turkey (TUR)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Syncro Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo-Kurash Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting and Hunting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Bobsleigh-Luge Curling Ice hockey Ice skating Skiing

Other Sports	Air sports Automobile sports Baseball-Softball-American Football-Rugby Bocce-Bowling-Dart Bodybuilding and Arm Wrestling Bridge Chess Cue sports Dancesport Folk dances Karate Kick Boxing Korfball Motorcycle racing Mountaineering Muay Thai Orienteering Scouting and Guiding Traditional sport branches Underwater sports University sports Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports	Blind sport Deaf sport Disabled sports Sport for Athletes with Intellectual Disability

National Olympic Committee of Turkey Turkish Paralympic Committee General Directorate for Youth and Sports Turkish Council of Fair Play Turkey Anti-Doping Agency Turkey Special Olympics Turkish Disabled Sports Foundation

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football associations of Europe (UEFA)

Current	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	East Germany Saarland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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