Mağusa Türk Gücü Spor Kulübü is a
Turkish Cypriot
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sports club
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
based in
Famagusta
Famagusta, also known by several other names, is a city located on the eastern coast of Cyprus. It is located east of the capital, Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. During the Middle Ages (especially under the maritime ...
, in
Northern Cyprus
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.
History
Mağusa Türk Gücü last won the title of champions of the Turkish-Cypriot
Football
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League
Birinci Lig in the 2018–19 season in
Northern Cyprus
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. The club colors are
yellow
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and
green
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. Home stadium of the club is the Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadyumu, which is a multi-use
stadium
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in
Famagusta
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. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and hosted some matches for 2006
ELF Cup
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. The stadium holds 7,000 people.
The MTG also has a successful
volleyball
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team competing nationally as well as a thriving
chess
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club.
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Cameroonian international Eyong Enoh
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Enoh has played for clubs in eight countries, including spells in both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus, as well as the Netherlands, B ...
played for the team in 2005
Notable Chairmen
* Ersoy İnce
Latest seasons
Honours
Under Cyprus Turkish Football Association (since 1954)
*Süper Lig
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: (14)
:: 1968–69, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2005–06, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
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, 2023–24, 2024–25
*Cypriot Cup
The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association.
First held in 1934, it i ...
: (7)
:: 1961, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 2019
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, 2022
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*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 ...
: (5)
:: 1983, 1986, 2016, 2020, 2023
*Super Cup
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: (5)
:: 1983, 1986, 2016, 2020, 2023
External links
Mağusa Türk Gücü
on Facebook
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References
Sport in Famagusta
Football clubs in Northern Cyprus
1945 establishments in Cyprus
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