[quote user="geordiedave" post="101292"]Gerrit when you say Vanspor which club do you mean, do you mean the one that closed down in 2003 or Belediye Vanspor the club that was founded as a replacement in 2004.[/quote]

Back in the days when I started following football it was Vanspor which closed down. Naturally now Belediye Vanspor is my favourite Turkish team but I tend to call them just Vanspor. But yes, Belediye Vanspor is my favourite Turkish club.

[quote user="Mattia" post="101284"]I guess our saturdays' games are better no? However Malatyaspor isn't in 2nd division? I thought Kartalspor was in 3rd or something.. am I wrong?

Here in Turkey everybody seems to support one of the three "Büyükler" (or just in case Trabzonspor) even if people come from Malatya or Sivaş.

I had fun when I subscribed with Digitürk and I had to fill in the team I support.. I wrote Gaziantepspor (my ever favourite goalkeeper - Walter Zenga - was their coach at that time) and I had never seen such surprise in someone's face I guess I was the first one who didn't write Fener, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş or Trabzonspor )[/quote]

If you really wanted to shock them you should have written down Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesispor, who only have about 500 fans.

Malatyaspor and Kartalspor are the 2nd level, not the 3rd. One level below the SuperLig.

[quote user="gerrit" post="101309"][quote user="Mattia" post="101284"]I guess our saturdays' games are better no? However Malatyaspor isn't in 2nd division? I thought Kartalspor was in 3rd or something.. am I wrong?

Here in Turkey everybody seems to support one of the three "Büyükler" (or just in case Trabzonspor) even if people come from Malatya or Sivaş.

I had fun when I subscribed with Digitürk and I had to fill in the team I support.. I wrote Gaziantepspor (my ever favourite goalkeeper - Walter Zenga - was their coach at that time) and I had never seen such surprise in someone's face I guess I was the first one who didn't write Fener, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş or Trabzonspor )[/quote]

If you really wanted to shock them you should have written down Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesispor, who only have about 500 fans.

Malatyaspor and Kartalspor are the 2nd level, not the 3rd. One level below the SuperLig.[/quote]


So Kartalspor has been promoted last season!

I'm still waiting to see again a team from Izmir in the SuperLig.. Also last season Altay was about to make it.. Really a pity to see the third city of the country without a team in the 1st division..

And what about Belediye Vanspor? Where are they playing now?

This is a great website to follow from all the Turkish Leauges! (from SuperLig to Amateurs!)

http://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/0708/1.html

Belediye Vanspor is in the TFF 3. Lig...