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
Beşiktaş–Galatasaray rivalry most successful in their head-to-head fixtures. Galatasaray boast for their achievement to win the 2000 UEFA Cup Final and the 2000 UEFA Super Cup, being the only Turkish side to have made them so far. Both clubs are located on the European part of Istanbul. Beşiktaş JK were founded in the municipality of Beşiktaş, while Galatasaray SK were founded in the district of Galatasaray. Both clubs naturally draw the majority of their support from the side of the city that they are native to, but maintain a significant majority of support drawn from the rest of Turkey. A poll involving