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 198081 season, then back to Turkish Cup in 199293. 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

Sponsorship

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

References

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