Sancaktepe Stadium () is a football stadium in

Sancaktepe Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022). In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part o ...

, a district in

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, Turkey.

Overview

The stadium is situated at Stad Street of Abdurrahmangazi neighborhood in the

district on the Asian side of Istanbul. Built in 2009 and opened in 2010, it is owned by the Sancaktepe municipality, and operated by the Sancaktepe Beledye Sports Club. The stadium has a seating capacity for 1,920 spectators in two grandstands on both sides of the stadium. It is equipped with

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s for illumination, and its ground is covered by

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. A parking lot for 100 cars is available. The stadium is home to

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club

Sancaktepe FK is a Turkish football club located in Sancaktepe, Turkey. History The club was founded in 2008 under the name , and changed its name to the following season as they were promoted to the TFF Third League. In the 2016–17 season, under the n ...

, who currently play in the

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Name changes

The stadium was initially named after the successful

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Hakan Şükür Hakan Şükür (; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and ''Kral'' (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a ...

(born 1971), who entered the

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after his retirement from sport. Known for his links to the Islamic

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, he resigned from politics after a controversy with the party leader

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

. His name was then removed from the stadium. In 2014, it was renamed to "Sancaktepe City Stadium" (). In later time, it was renamed to "Sancaktepe 15 Temmuz Şehitler Stadı" (literally: Sancaktepe 15 July Martyrs Stadium) in honor of the fallen people during the 2016 coup attempt on 15 July.

International events hosted

On 4 October 2019, the stadium hosted the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A match of

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against

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References

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