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
History of Galatasaray S.K. drawn against Bordeaux. The club beat the French side 4-3 on aggregate and progressed to face Hamburg. The first leg finished in a 1-1 draw but the club was eliminated from the fourth round following a 3-2 loss, despite Galatasaray leading 2-0 in the first half. Michael Skibbe was sacked after a 5-2 loss against relegation battlers Kocaelispor and was replaced with Bülent Korkmaz. Galatasaray competed with Fenerbahçe for a place in the UEFA Europa League but lost the battle despite a 2-1 win over Sivasspor, league runners up due to Fenerbahçe's 2-1 win against Trabzonspor at an away match.