Trabzon is the most popular sport in Trabzon. The city's top sports club, Trabzonspor, was until 2010 the only Turkish football club in Anatolia to win the Süper Lig (six times), which was previously (until Trabzonspor's first championship title in the 1975–76 season) won only by the "Big Three" clubs of Istanbul, namely Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş. Due to Trabzonspor's success, the decades-old term "Big Three" which defined the most successful football clubs in Turkey had to be modified into the "Big Four". Trabzonspor is also one of the most successful Turkish clubs in the European Cups, managing to beat numerous
2009–10 Turkish Cup 2009–10 Turkish Cup The 2009–10 Turkish Cup () was the forty-eighth season of Turkey's annual cup competition. It was also known as "Ziraat Türkiye Kupası" due to a sponsorship contract. The winners Trabzonspor, also qualified for the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Beşiktaş were the defending champions. The competition began on 2 September 2009 with the first round and concluded on 5 May 2010 with the final, held at Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium. The final was contested by seven-time winners Trabzonspor and four-time winners Fenerbahçe, with Trabzonspor bested the Istanbul-based club 3–1. The draw for the First Round