Strugglers FC was an
association football
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club which was founded in
Istanbul
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by the
Greek
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residents of the city in 1908.
The club withdrew from the league and disbanded after warnings from Ottoman authorities to change their blue-white colour scheme inspired by the
Greek flag
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.
Honours
*
Istanbul Football League
The Istanbul Football League () was founded as a regional association football, football league under the name Constantinople Football Association League by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears in Istanbul, the capital of the former Ottoman Empire, ...
:
**Runners-Up:
1909–1910
See also
*
List of Turkish Sports Clubs by Foundation Dates
References
* Tuncay, Bülent (2002). ''Galatasaray Tarihi''. Yapı Kredi Yayınları
* Dağlaroğlu, Rüştü. ''Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Tarihi 1907–1957''
Defunct football clubs in Turkey
Sports clubs and teams established in 1908
Association football clubs established in 1908
Association football clubs disestablished in 1913
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1913
Sport in Istanbul
1908 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1913 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
Greek sports clubs outside Greece
Diaspora association football clubs
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