Çetinkaya Türk S.K.

Çetinkaya

Full name	Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü
Founded	3 January 1930; 94 years ago (3 January 1930)
Ground	Nicosia Atatürk Stadium, North Nicosia
Capacity	28,000
Chairman	Süleyman Yemen[1]
Head Coach	Derviş Kolcu[2]
League	Süper Lig
2017–18	Süper Lig, 3rd[3]
Home colours Away colours

Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü, also known as "Kırmızı Şimşekler" (lit. 'Red Thunders'), is a Turkish Cypriot sports club based in North Nicosia. They are the most decorated team in Northern Cyprus.^[4]

History

Çetinkaya headquarters in the Arab Ahmet quarter of North Nicosia.

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, Trust, Olympiakos Nicosia, Aris Limassol, APOEL, Anorthosis Famagusta, and EPA Larnaca). The club merged with Çetinkaya Türk Esnaf Ocağı (founded in 1943) in 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,^[5] main Cup competition,^[6] and Super Cup^[7] to date.

Colours

The club colours are yellow and red.

Team honours

Under Cyprus Football Association (until 1954)

• Cypriot First Division: (1)

1950–51

• Cypriot Cup: (2)

1951–52, 1953–54

Runners-up (1): 1952–53

• Pakkos Shield: (3)

1951, 1952, 1954

Under Cyprus Turkish Football Association (since 1954)

• Birinci Lig: (13)

1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2011–12

• Kıbrıs Kupası and Federasyon Kupası:^[8] (17)

1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2011

Runners-up (1): 1998

• Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası: (7)

1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2012

Runners-up (3): 1997, 1999, 2000

• Dr. Fazıl Küçük Kupası: (5)

1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000

Runners-up (3): 1991, 1999, 2001

• Başbakanlık Kupası: (0)

Runners-up (2): 1990, 1998

Footnotes

1. "GAÜ-Çetinkaya yeni başkanı Asım Vehbi" (in Turkish). Kıbrıs Postası. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
2. "Uzun süreli hedeflerimiz var" (in Turkish). Diyalog. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
3. "KKTC Süper Lig" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
4. "Çetinkaya, GAÜ ile yeniden doğuyor" (in Turkish). Kıbrıs Postası. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
5. Greek Cypriot: Cypriot First Division, Turkish Cypriot: Birinci Lig
6. Greek Cypriot: Cypriot Cup, Turkish Cypriot: Federasyon Kupası
7. Greek Cypriot: Cyprus FA Shield, Turkish Cypriot: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası
8. Up until 1989, the main cup competition was the Kıbrıs Kupası; since then, it has been the Federasyon Kupası.

Extra reading

• Djavit An, Ahmet (2008). The first Turkish Cypriot football clubs, intercommunal football matches, multi-ethnic football teams and Chetinkaya (1902–1955). Paper presented at the 4th International Cyprological Congress, 29 April-3 May 2008 (PDF). Nicosia.