Turkish Football Federation
UEFA
Turkish Football Federation crest.svg
Founded23 April 1923
FIFA affiliation1923[1]
UEFA affiliation1962[1]
PresidentMehmet Büyükekşi
Websitewww.tff.org
Turkish Football Federation Facility at Riva, Beykoz in Istanbul.
Turkish Football Federation Facility at Riva, Beykoz in Istanbul.

The Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu; TFF) 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 Turkey national football team, the Turkish Football League and the Turkish Cup.

Governed competitions

Leagues

Main article: Turkish football league system

The Turkish football league system is divided into eight tiers, ranging from the top-tier Süper Lig to local amateur divisions.

Cups

Main articles: Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup

The Turkish Cup changed its name to the Federation Cup (Turkish: Federasyon Kupası) in the 1980–81 season, then back to Turkish Cup in 1992–93.

Hosting bids

Turkish Football Federation's Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facility at Riva, Beykoz in Istanbul.
Turkish Football Federation's Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facility at Riva, Beykoz in Istanbul.

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

Turkey submitted a joint bid with 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 would be hosted by France. France beat bids of Turkey (7-6 in voting in second voting round) and Italy, which had the fewest votes in the first voting round. Turkey were also bidding for UEFA Euro 2024, competing against Germany. Germany were announced the hosts on September 27, 2018 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Turkey had already hosted the 2005 UEFA 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, after first hosting the event back in 1993.

Competition summary

As of May 2019

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Football
FIFA World Cup 0 0 1 1/21
FIFA U-20 World Cup 0 0 0 0/22
FIFA U-17 World Cup 0 0 0 0/18
FIFA Club World Cup 0 0 0 0/16
FIFA Confederations Cup 0 0 1 1/10
FIFA Women's World Cup 0 0 0 0/8
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 0 0 0 0/9
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 0 0 0 0/7
FIFA Women's Club World Cup 0 0 0 0/1
UEFA European Championship 0 0 1 1/15
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 0 0 0 0/21
UEFA European Under-19 Championship 1 2 2 5/65
UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2 0 1 3/37
UEFA Nations League 0 0 0 0/1
UEFA Women's Championship 0 0 0 0/12
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 0 0 0 0/20
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 0 0 0 0/12
UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup 0 0 1 1/5
Football at the Summer Olympics 0 0 0 0/34
Football at the Mediterranean Games 1 7 2 10/18
Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games 0 0 1 1/3
UEFA Champions League 0 0 1 1/64
UEFA Europa League 1 0 1 2/48
UEFA Super Cup 1 0 0 1/43
UEFA Youth League 0 0 0 0/6
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0/39
UEFA Women's Champions League 0 0 0 0/18
UEFA Regions' Cup 0 0 2 2/10
UEFA Amateur Cup 0 0 0 0/4
Balkan Cup 0 1 0 1/11
Balkans Cup 3 1 3 7/27
ECO Cup 3 2 0 5/6
Futsal
FIFA Futsal World Cup 0 0 0 0/9
UEFA Futsal Championship 0 0 0 0/11
UEFA Futsal Under-21 Championship 0 0 0 0/1
UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship 0 0 0 0/1
UEFA Women's Futsal Championship 0 0 0 0/1
UEFA Futsal Champions League 0 0 0 0/18
Beach Soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 0 0 0 0/20
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) 0 0 0 0/7
Euro Beach Soccer League 0 0 0 0/21
Euro Beach Soccer Cup 0 0 0 0/15
Euro Winners Cup 0 0 1 1/7
Women's Euro Winners Cup 0 0 0 0/4
Beach Soccer at the European Games 0 0 0 0/2
Beach Soccer at the Mediterranean Beach Games 0 0 0 0/2
eSports
FIFA eWorld Cup 0 0 0 0/14
Total 11 14 18 43

Presidents

As of 16 June 2022[3]
Former Turkish footballer, referee and the 3rd president of Galatasaray, Yusuf Ziya Öniş, was the first president of TFF between 1922 and 1926
Former Turkish footballer, referee and the 3rd president of Galatasaray, Yusuf Ziya Öniş, was the first president of TFF between 1922 and 1926
 
Nat. Name Years
Turkey Yusuf Ziya Öniş 1922–1926
Turkey Muvaffak Menemencioğlu 1926–1931
Turkey Hamdi Emin Çap 1931–1937
Turkey Sedat Rıza İstek 1937–1938
Turkey Danyal Akbel 1938–1943
Turkey Ziya Ateş 1943
Turkey Sadi Karsan 1943–1948
Turkey Vildan Aşir Savaşır 1948–1949
Turkey Ulvi Ziya Yenal 1949–1952
Turkey Mehmet Arkan 1952
Turkey Mümtaz Tarhan 1952
Turkey Orhan Şeref Apak 1952–1954
Turkey Ulvi Ziya Yenal 1954
Turkey Hasan Polat 1954–1957
Turkey Orhan Şeref Apak 1957–1958
Turkey Safa Yalçuk 1958–1959
 
Nat. Name Years
Turkey Faik Gökay 1959–1960
Turkey Muhterem Özyurt 1960–1961
Turkey Bekir Silahçılar 1961
Turkey Orhan Şeref Apak 1961–1964
Turkey Muhterem Özyurt 1964–1965
Turkey Orhan Şeref Apak 1965–1970
Turkey Hasan Polat 1970–1976
Turkey Füruzan Tekil 1976–1977
Turkey Sabahattin Erman 1977
Turkey İbrahim İskeçe 1977–1978
Turkey Doğan Andaç 1980
Turkey Yılmaz Tokatlı 1980–1984
Turkey A. Kemal Ulusu 1984–1985
Turkey Erdoğan Ünver 1985–1986
Turkey Erdenay Oflaz 1986
Turkey Ali Uras 1986–1987
 
Nat. Name Years
Turkey Halim Çorbalı 1987–1989
Turkey Şenes Erzik 1989–1997
Turkey Özkan Olcay 1997
Turkey Abdullah Kiğılı 1997
Turkey Haluk Ulusoy 1997–2004
Turkey Levent Bıçakcı 2004–2006
Turkey Haluk Ulusoy 2006–2008
Turkey Hasan Doğan 15 February 2008 – 5 July 2008
Turkey Mahmut Özgener 19 August 2008–29. June 2011
Turkey Mehmet Ali Aydınlar 29 June 2011 – 31 January 2012
Turkey Yıldırım Demirören 27 February 2012 – 1 March 2019
Turkey Hüsnü Güreli (interim) 1 March 2019 – 1 June 2019
Turkey Nihat Özdemir 1 June 2019 – 4 April 2022
Turkey Servet Yardımcı (interim) 4 April 2022 – 16 June 2022
Turkey Mehmet Büyükekşi 16 June 2022 – present

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "TFF » İş Ortakları" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "BBC: Man City stadium given Uefa final". BBC News. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  3. ^ "TFF Başkanlarının Dönemleri ve Yönetim Kurulları" [Periods of TFF Presidents and Board of Directors] (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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