Gönyeli Spor Kulübü is a

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

professional

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based in

Gönyeli Gönyeli (; ) is a town in Cyprus, near the capital city Nicosia. It is '' de facto'' under the control of Northern Cyprus. Over the years the town has merged with North Nicosia, making it connurbated with the city. Its population is 11,671. H ...

North Nicosia North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia ( ; ) refers to the largest settlement and the ''de facto'' capital of Northern Cyprus. It is the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia, and is governed by the Nicosia Turkish Municipality. , North Nicos ...

. It was founded in 1948. The club colours are

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and

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...

Stadium

The club's home stadium is Gönyeli Ali Naci Karacan Stadı, named for journalist

Ali Naci Karacan Ali Naci Karacan (1896 – 7 July 1955) was a Turkish journalist and publisher. He was involved in founding the Turkish daily newspapers ''Akşam'' (1918) and ''Milliyet'' (1955), and his family, including grandson Ali Naci Karacan, built up a pub ...

Latest seasons

Honors

* Birinci Lig **Champions (9): 1971–72, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2008–09 *Kıbrıs Kupası and Federasyon KupasıUp until 1989, the main cup competition of Turkish Cypriot football was the

Kıbrıs Kupası Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third larg ...

; since then, it has been the Federasyon Kupası. **Champions (5): 1985, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2008 *

Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası The KTFF Super Cup (), formerly known as Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası ("Presidential Cup"), was the super cup tournament of the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Created in 1981, it was contested between th ...

**Champions (4): 1985, 1995, 1999, 2000

References

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