Black Stockings FC
Full nameBlack Stockings Football Club
Founded1901
Dissolved1901
GroundPapazın Çayırı
ChairmanDr. Rasim Paşa[1]

Black Stockings FC (Turkish: Siyah Çoraplılar FK) were a Turkish football club based in the district of Kadıköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. The club were the first football club in Turkish football history. They dissolved in 1901.

History

Black Stockings FC were founded by Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan, Mehmet Ali, Reşat Danyal, Rıza Tevfik, Daniş, and Tahsin Nahit[2] in Istanbul in 1901. The club was dissolved after their first match on 26 October 1901, because the players were indicted after the Sultan's detective Ali Şamil Bey and police raided the field.[3] The first Turkish football player Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan played for Black Stockings.[4]

See also

References

  • Dünden Bugüne İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, vol. 2, p. 260 (1994)
  • Spor Ansiklopedisi (1991)
  • İlk Türk Futbol Takımı. Türk Futbol Tarihi vol.1. page(12). (June 1992) Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.
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