Turkey - Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), also called Turkish Football Association, is the governing body of football (soccer) in Turkey. It was formed on April 23, 1923. It organizes the Turkey national football team and the Turkish football league. By 2004, there were 4,956 football clubs organized in Turkey, and a registered 4,775 professional and 136,823 amateur players with 233 women. 796 male and 20 female football referees are licensed by the TFF.

The Federation joined FIFA in 1923, and UEFA in 1962.

Turkish Cup

The Turkish Football Cup changed its name to "Federation Cup" (Federasyon Kupasi in Turkish) in 1980-1981, then back to "Turkish Cup" in 1992-1993. It is now known as the "Fortis (finance) Turkish Cup".

Awards

The champions of the Premier Super League, the Turkish Cup, the runner-up clubs of the professional leagues 2A, 2B, 3 and of the amateur league are awarded a trophy by the TFF each season.

Hosting bids

Turkey had several unsuccessful bids to host the UEFA European Football Championship.

Turkey tried a joint bid with European Champions Greece for Euro 2008, which failed. Their bid for Euro 2012 was also unsuccessful. Now, they are planning to host the Euro 2016.

Turkey had already hosted a UEFA Champions League final and will host the 2009 UEFA Cup final in Istanbul . On youth-level, they are going to host the U-17 European Championship in 2008 as they already hosted the event back in 1993.

National stadiums

- In Istanbul;
- - Atatürk Olympic Stadium (capacity: 81,283) - last match against Germany national football team on 8 October 2005 with 2-1 result
- - Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (capacity: 55,509 - last match against Belgium national football team on 10 September 2008 with 1-1 result
- - BJK İnönü Stadium (capacity: 32,145) - last match against Sweden national football team on 6 February 2008 with 0-0 result
- - Ali Sami Yen Stadium (capacity: 22,500) - last match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team on 21 December 2007 with 1-0 result
- In Ankara;
- - Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium (capacity: 21,250) - last match against Moldova national football team on 20 August 2003 with 2-0 result
- In Izmir;
- - İzmir Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 58,008) - last match against Côte d'Ivoire national football team on 11 February 2009 with 1-1 result
- In Kocaeli;
- - Ismet Pasa Stadium (capacity: 17,000) - last match against Chile national football team on 20 August 2008
- In Bursa;
- - Bursa Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 19,700) - last match against Republic of Macedonia national football team on 6 June 2001 with 3-3 result
- In Trabzon;
- - Trabzon Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium (capacity: 29,500) - last match against Georgia national football team on 4 September 2004 with 1-1 result
- In Gaziantep;
- - Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium (capacity: 14,325) - last match against Denmark national football team on 18 February 2004 with 0-1 result
- In Denizli;
- - Denizli Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 15,000) - last match against Belarus national football team on 18 August 2004 with 1-2 result
- In Kayseri;
- - Kadir Has Stadium (capacity: 32,864) - next match will be against Spain national football team on 1 April 2009

Sponsorship

Companies that Turkish Football Federation currently has sponsorship deals with include

- Nike, Inc. - Official sponsor
- Turkcell - Official sponsor
- 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

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Football_Federation