Türkiye Korumalı Futbol Ligi

Türkiye Korumalı Futbol Ligi
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021
American Football First league of Turkey.png
SportAmerican football
Founded2005
No. of teams8
Country Turkey
Most recent
champion(s)
Yeditepe Eagles (1 title)
Most titlesBoğaziçi Sultans (5 titles)
Official websitetkfl.com

The Türkiye Korumalı Futbol Ligi (TKFL) is a professional American football league in Turkey.

History

The development of American football in Turkey can be traced to the beginning of 1990. Boğaziçi Filler (later renamed Sultans) was founded in 1990, and the Bullets were founded in 1993 in Hacettepe (later named Red Deers after the university logo). Istanbul Technical (Hornets) and Marmara University (Sharks) teams were added during 1995-1996. However, the Marmara Sharks folded in 1998. In 2010, the number of club teams exceeded 13 and the number of universities over 24.

The first official match between two Turkish teams was played between the Boğaziçi Elephants and Istanbul Pistof in 1993. The Elephants won this match 28-0. The name "Elephants" was later changed to "Sultans". After the 1995-1996 season, in line with the increase in the number of teams, the American Football League began to be organized according to the qualifying league fixture among universities. In the following years, the Hacettepe Red Deers, ITU Hornets, Marmara Sharks, METU Falcons, Ankara Cats, Gazi Warriors, Ege Dolphins, and Yeditepe Eagles university teams were also established. However, during these years, matches were played lacking the basic requirements of American football. The teams started buying proper equipment in 2001, and American football in Turkey took on a more professional structure. After Bilkent Judges, Boğaziçi Sultans became the second team to have specialized equipment. The first match with this equipment was played in Ankara in 2001, with the Sultans winning 34-0. The Turkey American Football League was launched on 26 November 2005. Since the 2007-2008 season, American football competition has happened in two categories, the Professional League and the University League.

Seasons

Season Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Ref.
2006 Boğaziçi Sultans 30–8 Ege Dolphins İnönü Stadium Beşiktaş, İstanbul
2007 Hacettepe Red Deers 15–12(OT) Gazi Warriors Beytepe Campus Çankaya, Ankara
2008 Hacettepe Red Deers 20–14(2 OTs) Gazi Warriors Beytepe Campus Çankaya, Ankara
2009 Boğaziçi Sultans 22–20 Istanbul Cavaliers Vefa Stadium Fatih, İstanbul
2010 Istanbul Cavaliers 18–13 Gazi Warriors Bulvarspor Stadium Kartal, İstanbul
2011 Gazi Warriors 41–38(6 OTs) Boğaziçi Sultans Sakarya Atatürk Stadium Adapazarı, Sakarya
2012 Gazi Warriors 47–12 Hacettepe Red Deers Cebeci Stadium Çankaya, Ankara
2013 Boğaziçi Sultans 39–23 METU Falcons Ali Durmaz Stadium Nilüfer, Bursa
2014 Boğaziçi Sultans 30–23 Koç Rams Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium Maltepe, İstanbul
2015 Boğaziçi Sultans 10–7 Koç Rams Marmara BESYO Stadium Beykoz, İstanbul
2016 Koç Rams 21–14 Boğaziçi Sultans ITÜ Stadium Sarıyer, İstanbul
2017 Koç Rams 56–14 Sakarya Tatankaları Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium Sarıyer, İstanbul
2018 Koç Rams 52–41 Boğaziçi Sultans METU Field Çankaya, Ankara
2019 Koç Rams 29–19 METU Falcons Koç Üniversity Field Sarıyer, İstanbul
2020 Yeditepe Eagles *Season canceled due to COVID-19.

(Yeditepe Eagles was the team with the most points before the season was canceled).

Teams

Türkiye Korumalı Futbol Ligi teams

Club Founded City
Koç Rams 2004 Istanbul, Turkey
Boğaziçi Sultans 1987 Istanbul, Turkey
ITU Hornets 1993 Istanbul, Turkey
Hacettepe Red Deers 1993 Ankara, Turkey
Gazi Warriors 1996 Ankara, Turkey
METU Falcons 1996 Ankara, Turkey
Sakarya Tatankaları 2002 Sakarya, Turkey
Yeditepe Eagles 2001 Istanbul, Turkey

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