The first Turkish football team was formed by Fuad Hüsnü Bey and Re?at Danyal Bey under an English name, "Black Stocking", as Turkish people were forbidden to play football at the time. The match was played between this team and the team formed by Greeks at Papaz?n Çay?r? (literally Priest's Meadow) in 1901 was the first match played by a Turkish team.

The football fever which was started by a group of English people and spread further with the involvement of a group of Greeks resulted in the formation of many football clubs one after the other.

Kad?köy Football Club, formed by a group of English and Greek people jointly, was the first football club of Istanbul. However, due to certain disputes arose between the two groups, the English formed Moda Football Club. Some Greek people from Kad?köy formed Elpis and Imogene clubs. All these teams came together and formed the Istanbul Football League in 1903. This League was the sign that football was about to spread further in this country. The interest of Turkish youth in those newly formed teams turned into an enthusiasm and they formed Turkey's first official football team. A group of grade 10 students studying at Galatasaray High School (named as Mekteb-i Sultani at the time) formed Galatasaray SK under the leadership of their friend Ali Sami Yen.

Galatasaray entered the Istanbul League in the season of 1905-1906 and, with their first championship title they won in 1907-1908, they heralded the beginning of Turkish football history. Galatasaray was followed by the formation of Fenerbahçe SK and Be?ikta? JK, giving Turkish football a new perspective. Football in Turkey began to fully develop between 1908 and 1923. New football teams were formed as the winds of freedom started to blow in the post-Second Constitutionalist era, while Turkish teams strongly confirmed their own existence. Following these developments in Istanbul, football started spreading rapidly in Izmir, Ankara, Eski?ehir, Bursa, Adana and Trabzon. Among the most popular leagues of the time were Sunday League, Friday League, Istanbul Turkish Training Union League and Istanbul Championship League. Later, when the World War I started, football in Turkey came to a standstill for nearly 11 years. The early Republican Period was a turning point where a number of initiatives were taken in football, like many other areas, in Turkey. After the war was won, the foundations of a new nation were laid, while modernity and holding a place among the world's most civilized nations became the priority of that new nation, a process of collective restructuring and formation began in a number of fields including science, art and sports.

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