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
1998–99 Trabzonspor season in Trabzon and eliminated from UEFA Cup 1998–99 Trabzonspor season The 1998–99 Trabzonspor season was the 24th consecutive season that Trabzonspor played in 1. Lig. Trabzonspor finished 4th the 1998-99 season. Trabzonspor was included in the Turkish Cup from 6th round. Trabzonspor played against Gaziantepspor in the 6th round. Trabzonspor won the 1st game 5 - 4 against Gaziantepspor but lost 2nd game 3 - 1 and eliminated from the Turkish Cup. Trabzonspor participated UEFA Cup in the 1998-99 season. In the 1st game of the 1st leg Trabzonspor lost 5 - 1 against Wisła Kraków in Kraków. Trabzonspor also