Back سامسون سبور Arabic Samsunspor Azerbaijani Самсунспор Самсун BE-X-OLD Самсунспор Bulgarian Samsunspor Kulübü Catalan Samsunspor Czech Samsunspor German Samsunspor DIQ Σαμσουνσπόρ Greek Samsunspor Spanish
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| Full name | Samsunspor Kulübü Derneği[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Kırmızı Şimşekler (The Red Lightning) | |||
| Founded | 30 June 1965 (as 19 Mayıs) | |||
| Ground | 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun | |||
| Capacity | 33,919[2] | |||
| President | Yüksel Yıldırım | |||
| Director of football | Fuat Çapa | |||
| Head coach | Thomas Reis | |||
| League | Süper Lig | |||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig, 13th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Samsunspor is a Turkish professional multi-sports club based in the city of Samsun, best known for its football department. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray.[3] The club colours are red and white, and they play their home matches at Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium.[4]
The club finished runners-up for the 2. Lig crown in 1968–69, but then yo-yoed between the top two divisions until 1993. The club competed in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1997 and 1998, and won the Balkans Cup in 1994.
- ^ "Tüzük". Samsunspor.org.tr. Samsunspor Kulübü Derneği. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "New stadium: Change of shift in Samsun – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Samsunspor Tarihçe Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine samsunspor.org.tr (in Turkish), accessed 19 July 2010
- ^ SAMSUN 19 MAYIS Archived 2010-06-24 at the Wayback Machine tff.org (in Turkish)