Trabzonspor A2 is a youth team of Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...

. The club competes in the A2 league, alongside other A2 clubs around Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. The A2 team is made up of players between the ages of 18 and 20, and it is the last level of amateur play before a footballer reaches professional status in Turkey. The club was founded by former Trabzonspor footballer and manager Özkan Sümer

Özkan Sümer

Özkan Sümer is a Turkish former footballer and coach. He served as defender in Trabzonspor, and later coached the same club, Galatasaray SK and the Turkey national football team. He acted also as president of Trabzonspor....

 in 1972. They were the first youth team in Turkey, and became an official branch of Trabzonspor in 1975. The club has won two league titles in 1996–97 and 2003–04.

Honours

• A2 Ligi
  A2 Ligi
  The TFF A2 Ligi, is the reserve team league for the top Turkish football teams in the Süper Lig and 1. Lig. The league is split into western and an eastern division.-History:...
  
  
  • Winners (3): 1991-92, 1996–97, 2003–04

Current squad

As of 9 June 2010.

Former players

Trabzonspor has a notable youth academy, producing several Turkey national football team

Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

 players including Hami Mandıralı

Hami Mandirali

Hami Mandıralı was a Turkish footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career, and is one of the most famous and talented Turkish footballers of all time.-Career:...

, Gökdeniz Karadeniz

Gökdeniz Karadeniz

Gökdeniz Karadeniz is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for FC Rubin Kazan. He is also a member of the Turkish national team.-Trabzonspor:...

, Fatih Tekke

Fatih Tekke

Fatih Tekke is a Turkish international footballer who currently plays as a striker for Orduspor in the Süper Lig.-Club career:...

, Hüseyin Çimşir

Hüseyin Çimsir

Hüseyin Çimşir was born on May 26, 1979 in Araklı, Trabzon. He is a Turkish footballer who recently played for Bursaspor in Turkey.Çimşir has spent most of his career at Trabzonspor, but has also had short spells at Sakaryaspor and Antalyaspor. He is a Turkish international and was the captain at...

, Mehmet Yılmaz, Tolga Zengin

Tolga Zengin

Tolga Zengin is a Turkish football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Trabzonspor, a Turkish club. Standing at 192 cm and weighing 81 kg , he wears the number 29 jersey...

, and Metin Aktaş

Metin Aktas

Metin Aktaş is a Turkish international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Adana Demirspor in the TFF Second League.-External links:*...

. Gökdeniz Karadeniz is the most-capped Turkish international to come through the Trabzonspor academy.