Bursaspor
professional association football club based in Turkey
Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği, commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish professional sports club based in the city of Bursa that plays in the TFF First League, the second tier of the Turkish football league system. Founded in 1963, the club has a rich history in Turkish football. Bursaspor's traditional colors are green and white, and the team's home kits typically feature these colors in a striped pattern. The club has played its home matches at the Bursa Centennial Atatürk Stadium since 2015.
Bursaspor claimed its first-ever Süper Lig championship in the 2009–10 Süper Lig with 75 points, beating runner-up Fenerbahçe by just one point. Bursaspor became the second Süper Lig champion not from Istanbul after Trabzonspor victory in 1975–76 season. This championship brought an end to the era when the "Big Three" teams of Istanbul dominated the Süper Lig competition.
In domestic cup competitions, Bursaspor has also enjoyed notable success. The club has won the Turkish Cup once (1986), finished runners-up on multiple occasions, and has claimed the Prime Minister's Cup twice. In addition, Bursaspor has twice won promotion from the TFF First League (second tier), and has a strong tradition of youth development, having produced several prominent Turkish players over the decades.
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