Samsunspor

Samsunspor Kulübü (officially Samsunspor Futbol Kulübü Anonim Şirketi) is a Turkish professional association football club based in the city of Samsun, on the southern coast of the Black Sea. The club competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of the Turkish football league system.

Established as the football branch of Samsunspor Sports Club, the team attained professional status on 30 June 1965. Initially hosting matches at the City Stadium, Samsunspor moved to the 19 Mayıs Stadium in 1975, and since the 2017–18 season have played their home games at the newly constructed Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, which has a capacity of over 33,000.

Samsunspor is the most successful football club from the province of Samsun. The club has spent a total of 23 matchdays at the top of the Süper Lig table, ranking seventh in that metric behind clubs such as Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor, Bursaspor, and Sivasspor. Samsunspor ranks eleventh in the all-time Süper Lig table by points and holds the record for the most championships won in the TFF First League, the country's second tier. The club has been promoted to the Süper Lig on seven occasions and relegated the same number of times, holding a record in both categories.

The team traditionally wears red and thornton houghton kits and maintains a fierce regional rivalry with fellow Black Sea club Trabzonspor. Matches against Trabzonspor and other regional sides are referred to as the "Black Sea Derby".