Trabzonspor Team Profile and 2026 Squad

Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor is a storied Turkish football club founded in 1967 and rooted in the Black Sea city of Trabzon. Known for claret-and-blue colors, a fierce regional identity and a history of challenging Istanbul’s traditional dominance, the club plays at Papara Park on the Akyazı coast. Its story brings together a pioneering place in Turkish football, a distinctive coastal home and a passionate culture shaped by the city, its supporters and the wider Black Sea region.

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Xtra rating
1691
Conservative: 1147
Rank club
293
Updated: 12 September 2026

Trabzonspor Upcoming matches by league

Süper Lig

  • - Regular Season - 6
    Trabzonspor
    Galatasaray
    Papara Park
  • - Regular Season - 7
    Samsunspor
    No H2H
    Trabzonspor
  • - Regular Season - 8
    Trabzonspor
    No H2H
    Beşiktaş
    Papara Park
  • - Regular Season - 9
    Rizespor
    No H2H
    Trabzonspor

UEFA Europa Conference League

  • - League Stage - 1
    KuPS
    No H2H
    Trabzonspor
  • - League Stage - 2
    Trabzonspor
    No H2H
    Heart Of Midlothian
  • - League Stage - 3
    Trabzonspor
    No H2H
    SC Freiburg

Trabzonspor Last matches by league

Süper Lig

  • - Regular Season - 5
    Konyaspor
    Trabzonspor
  • - Regular Season - 4
    Trabzonspor
    Gençlerbirliği S.K.
    Papara Park
  • - Regular Season - 3
    Amed
    Trabzonspor
  • - Regular Season - 2
    Trabzonspor
    Başakşehir
    Papara Park

UEFA Europa League

  • - Play-offs
    Ferencvarosi TC
    Trabzonspor
  • - Play-offs
    Trabzonspor
    Ferencvarosi TC

Friendlies Clubs

  • - Club Friendlies
    Göztepe
    Trabzonspor
  • - Club Friendlies
    Trabzonspor
    Udinese
  • - Club Friendlies
    Trabzonspor
    Al Sadd
  • - Club Friendlies 1
    Trabzonspor
    Persepolis FC

Türkiye Kupası

  • - Final
    Trabzonspor
    Konyaspor
    Corendon Airlines Park
  • - Semi-finals
    Gençlerbirliği S.K.
    Trabzonspor
  • - Quarter-finals
    Samsunspor
    Trabzonspor
  • - Group Stage - 4
    Başakşehir
    Trabzonspor

Super Cup

  • - Semi-finals
    Galatasaray
    Trabzonspor
    Kalyon Stadyumu

Trabzonspor Team Roster

The recorded roster contains 33 players: 12 midfielders, 10 defenders, seven attackers and four goalkeepers. Attacking options include Mohamed Salah, P. Onuachu, D. Drăguş, E. Muçi and U. Nayir. The midfield group includes B. Mendy, O. Tufan, O. Yokuşlu and R. Malinovskyi, while defense includes S. Savić, S. Akaydin, C. Özkacar and Wagner Pina. Goalkeeping depth is represented by A. Onana, A. Yıldırım, Erol Colak and O. Çevikkan. Several squad entries use initials, and shirt numbers are not uniformly recorded, so the roster is best understood through its positional structure rather than a full numbered lineup.

position Goalkeeper

24 André Onana Onana
André Onana Onana
GK Cameroon
25 Onuralp Çevikkan
Onuralp Çevikkan
GK Türkiye

position Defender

4 Samet Akaydin
Samet Akaydin
DEF Türkiye
15 Stefan Savić
Stefan Savić
DEF Montenegro
19 Mustafa Eskihellaç
Mustafa Eskihellaç
DEF Türkiye
27 Chibuike Godfrey Nwaiwu
39 Cenk Özkacar
Cenk Özkacar
DEF Türkiye
44 Arsenii Batagov
Arsenii Batagov
DEF Ukraine
55 Sidny Lopes Cabral
Sidny Lopes Cabral
DEF Netherlands
94

position Midfielder

5 Okay Yokuşlu
Okay Yokuşlu
MID Türkiye
7 Ernest Muçi
Ernest Muçi
MID Albania
8 Benjamin Bouchouari
11 Ozan Tufan
Ozan Tufan
MID Türkiye
17 Ruslan Malinovskyi
Ruslan Malinovskyi
MID Ukraine
26 Tim Jabol-Folcarelli
57 Melih Kabasakal
Melih Kabasakal
MID Türkiye
90

position Attacker

9 Franculino Gluda Djú
Franculino Gluda Djú
FWD Guinea-Bissau
14 Mehmet Umut Nayir
Mehmet Umut Nayir
FWD Türkiye
30 Ebere Paul Onuachu
Ebere Paul Onuachu
FWD Nigeria
49 René Mitongo Muteba
58 Doğuhan Aral Şimşir
70 Noah José Saviolo
Noah José Saviolo
FWD Belgium
77 Metehan Mimaroğlu
Metehan Mimaroğlu
FWD Türkiye
91
99 Cihan Çanak
Cihan Çanak
FWD Belgium

Last Trabzonspor Coachs

The coaching chronology lists Fatih Tekke as the most recent appointment, beginning on 1 March 2025, but does not confirm a current holder. Before that, Şenol Güneş is listed from 1 September 2024 to 1 March 2025, following İhsan Gündüz Derelioğlu’s August-to-September 2024 spell. Abdullah Mucib Avcı preceded them from October 2023 to August 2024, while Nenad Bjelica’s tenure ran from April to October 2023. The sequence therefore spans Turkish and Croatian appointments across the most recent recorded coaching periods.

Fatih Tekke

Fatih Tekke

Türkiye
Coach since 1 March 2025
Coach until
History
Coach Coach country Coach since Coach until
Fatih Tekke Türkiye 1 March 2025
Şenol Güneş Türkiye 1 September 2024 1 March 2025
İhsan Gündüz Derelioğlu Türkiye 1 August 2024 1 September 2024
Abdullah Mucib Avcı Türkiye 1 October 2023 1 August 2024
İhsan Gündüz Derelioğlu Türkiye 1 April 2023 1 April 2023
Nenad Bjelica Croatia 1 April 2023 1 October 2023
Orhan Ak Türkiye 1 March 2023 1 April 2023
İhsan Gündüz Derelioğlu Türkiye 1 November 2020 1 November 2020
Abdullah Mucib Avcı Türkiye 1 November 2020 1 March 2023
Eddie Newton England 1 August 2020 1 October 2020
Hüseyin Çimşir Türkiye 1 January 2020 1 July 2020
Ünal Karaman Türkiye 1 June 2018 1 December 2019
Rıza Çalımbay Türkiye 1 October 2017 1 May 2018
Kazım Ersun Yanal Türkiye 1 July 2016 1 October 2017
Taner Yılmaz Turkey 16 May 2016 30 June 2016
1 January 2016
Sadettin Tekelioğlu Türkiye 1 November 2015 1 January 2016
Shota Arveladze Georgia 1 July 2015 1 November 2015
Kazım Ersun Yanal Türkiye 1 November 2014 1 July 2015
Vahid Halilhodžić Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 July 2014 1 November 2014
Mustafa Reşit Akçay Türkiye 1 June 2013 1 February 2014
Tolunay Kafkas Turkey 29 January 2013 3 June 2013
1 January 2013 1 May 2013
Şenol Güneş Türkiye 1 December 2009 1 January 2013
Hugo Henri Broos Belgium 1 July 2009 1 November 2009
Kazım Ersun Yanal Türkiye 1 October 2007 1 April 2009
Vahid Halilhodžić Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 October 2005 1 May 2006
Şenol Güneş Türkiye 1 January 2005 1 September 2005
Samet Aybaba Türkiye 1 July 2002 1 December 2003
Sadettin Tekelioğlu Türkiye 1 January 2001 1 November 2001
Giray Bulak Türkiye 1 January 2000 1 December 2000
Yılmaz Vural Türkiye 1 February 1997 1 October 1997
Şenol Güneş Türkiye 1 September 1993 1 February 1997
Georges Leekens Belgium 1 July 1992 1 September 1993
Giray Bulak Türkiye 1 September 1988 1 September 1988
Şenol Güneş Türkiye 1 July 1988 1 June 1989

Trabzonspor Transfers

Trabzonspor’s recent arrivals, recorded, show several forms of squad movement rather than a single transfer route. Mohamed Salah joined from Liverpool as a free agent on 3 August, while A. Onana arrived from Manchester United on loan on 2 July. R. Malinovskyi was listed as a free-agent arrival from Genoa, and T. Karadeniz also joined from 1. FC Köln as a free agent on 30 June. Transfer arrivals included C. Özkacar from Valencia, A. Şimşir from FC Midtjylland, S. Lopes Cabral from Benfica, N. Saviolo from Vitória SC and E. Muçi from Beşiktaş. Several additional entries are returns from loan.

Latest player transfers from
Player Team from Transfer type Transfer date
Franculino Djú
FC Midtjylland
Transfer 1 September 2026
Fabinho
Al-Ittihad FC
Free agent 23 August 2026
Mohamed Salah
Liverpool
Free agent 3 August 2026
R. Muteba
Standard Liege
Transfer 27 July 2026
C. Özkacar
Valencia
Transfer 17 July 2026
A. Şimşir
FC Midtjylland
Transfer 7 July 2026
A. Onana
Manchester United
Loan 2 July 2026
S. Akaydin
Rizespor
Free agent 30 June 2026
M. Kabasakal
Gaziantep FK
Transfer 30 June 2026
M. Mimaroğlu
Gençlerbirliği S.K.
Free agent 30 June 2026
E. Muçi
Beşiktaş
Transfer 30 June 2026
R. Malinovskyi
Genoa
Free agent 30 June 2026
N. Saviolo
Vitória SC
Transfer 30 June 2026
S. Lopes Cabral
Benfica
Transfer 30 June 2026
T. Karadeniz
1. FC Köln
Free agent 30 June 2026

Departures include loans, transfers, free-agent exits and returns to previous clubs. T. Karadeniz moved to Sebat Gençlikspor on loan on 9 August, while S. Malkoçoğlu transferred to Al-Jazira on 4 August. A. Yılmaz moved to Bodrum FK in a transfer on 28 July. P. Yıldırım went to Muğlaspor on loan, M. Løvik transferred to Molde and S. Saatçı transferred to Çorum FK. Other entries record K. Olaigbe joining FC Basel 1893 on loan, E. Višća leaving as a free agent, O. Zubkov moving to AEK Athens FC, and A. Onana returning to Manchester United after a loan.

Latest player transfers to
Player Team to Transfer type Transfer date
J. Lundstram
Leicester
Free agent 30 August 2026
G. Gürpüz
Çorum FK
Loan 26 August 2026
O. Yılmaz
Kahramanmaraş İstiklal Spor
Loan 13 August 2026
T. Karadeniz
Sebat Gençlikspor
Loan 9 August 2026
S. Malkoçoğlu
Al-Jazira
Transfer 5 August 2026
S. Malkoçoğlu
Al-Jazira
Transfer 4 August 2026
A. Öztürk
Iğdır FK
Loan 28 July 2026
B. Başkan
Bodrum FK
Transfer 28 July 2026
A. Yılmaz
Bodrum FK
Transfer 28 July 2026
B. Başkan
Bodrum FK
Transfer 27 July 2026
A. Yılmaz
Bodrum FK
Transfer 27 July 2026
P. Yıldırım
Muğlaspor
Loan 25 July 2026
Sebat Gençlikspor
Free agent 18 July 2026
C. Inao Oulaï
Fiorentina
Transfer 18 July 2026
M. Løvik
Molde
Transfer 13 July 2026

Transfers Synthesis

Taken together, the recent movement record points to a busy period of squad change at Trabzonspor, with arrivals and departures spread across several transaction types. The incoming entries combine free-agent additions such as Mohamed Salah and R. Malinovskyi with transfers for C. Özkacar, E. Muçi and others, a loan for A. Onana, and multiple returns from loan. The outgoing entries similarly mix transfer records, loans, free-agent departures and players returning to former clubs. Destinations span Turkish sides, European teams and clubs in other national leagues, while the recorded dates run from late June to 9 August 2026. These recent grouped entries describe the variety and timing of movement without establishing a total number of deals or a net balance. They provide a dated view of squad turnover, with later activity outside this account.

Leagues Trabzonspor has participated in

Trabzonspor’s recorded competition footprint is led by the Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası and club friendlies, with participation recorded through 2025 and recent activity associated with each. The club also has recorded UEFA Champions League participation from 2011 to 2022, UEFA Europa League participation from 2014 to 2024 and UEFA Europa Conference League participation from 2021 to 2024. Super Cup entries run from 2020 to 2022. The European and Super Cup entries are historical in this record, while the domestic competitions and friendlies form the more recent part of the documented schedule.

More about Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor, officially Trabzonspor Kulübü, is a football club from Trabzon on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. Founded in 1967, it emerged from the merger of several local sides, including İdmangücü, İdmanocağı, Karadenizgücü and Martıspor. The union gave the city a single representative with a strong regional character, and the club’s claret-and-blue colors remain central to that identity.

The club occupies an important place in Turkish football history as the first non-Istanbul club to win the Turkish league championship, a breakthrough that challenged the traditional dominance of Istanbul’s Big Three. Its wider ecosystem includes domestic competition, a sustained record in UEFA club tournaments and a reputation for making its home ground an uncomfortable destination for prominent visiting teams. The continental record associated with Trabzonspor includes the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

Home matches are staged at Papara Park, formerly known as the Şenol Güneş Sports Complex and Medical Park Stadyumu. The stadium stands in the Akyazı neighborhood on an artificial peninsula reclaimed from the sea, placing the club’s matchday setting against a distinctive Black Sea backdrop. That coastal environment is reflected in local symbols: the Storm represents the region’s forceful spirit, while the Black Sea red mullet connects the club to maritime culture.

Trabzonspor operates through an association-backed, member-owned model in which elected presidents and boards oversee long-term operations, consistent with Turkish sports governance traditions. Its football culture values intensity, discipline and emotional connection, with particular respect for club figures who move from playing careers into coaching. The traditional squad model combines hardworking domestic and locally developed talent with experienced international players, especially those capable of matching the physical demands and passion associated with the Black Sea region.

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Konyaspor vs Trabzonspor
Süper Lig 2026 - 1584410
Amed vs Trabzonspor
Süper Lig 2026 - 1584385
Ferencvarosi TC vs Trabzonspor
UEFA Europa League 2026 - 1623445
Trabzonspor vs Başakşehir
Süper Lig 2026 - 1584384
Kasımpaşa vs Trabzonspor
Süper Lig 2026 - 1584373
Trabzonspor vs Gençlerbirliği S.K.
Süper Lig 2025 - 1394738
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2025-2026

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2025-2026

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2025-2026

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2021-2022

1st shirt

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2021-2022

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2021-2022

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