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1. Which Slovak midfielder joined Trabzonspor in 2021 and won the Süper Lig in his first season there?

   • Miroslav Stoch
   • Vladimír Weiss
   • Marek Hamšík
   • Juraj Kucka
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   Answer: Marek Hamšík

   Marek Hamšík signed in June 2021 and was named Süper Lig Foreign Player of the Year for 2021–22.

2. Trabzonspor were placed into the 2011–12 Champions League group stage after which club was barred from the competition?

   • Bursaspor
   • Fenerbahçe
   • Galatasaray
   • Beşiktaş
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   Answer: Fenerbahçe

   The Turkish federation withdrew Fenerbahçe in August 2011 over the match-fixing investigation, and UEFA installed Trabzonspor in their place.

3. Trabzonspor sold striker Fatih Tekke in 2006 to which Russian club?

   • Spartak Moscow
   • Rubin Kazan
   • CSKA Moscow
   • Zenit Saint Petersburg
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   Answer: Zenit Saint Petersburg

   Tekke moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg in July 2006 and later won the Russian league and the UEFA Cup there.

4. Trabzonspor won three Turkish league titles in a row across which run of seasons?

   • 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78
   • 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81
   • 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79
   • 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83
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   Answer: 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81

   The hat-trick of championships came in 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81, at the height of the club's golden era.

5. Which Georgian forward became a Trabzonspor favourite in the mid-1990s before joining Ajax in 1997?

   • Kakha Kaladze
   • Georgi Kinkladze
   • Shota Arveladze
   • Levan Kobiashvili
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   Answer: Shota Arveladze

   Shota Arveladze led the Süper Lig in scoring in 1995–96 for Trabzonspor, then signed for Ajax in summer 1997.

6. Trabzonspor won the 2022 Turkish Super Cup with a 4–0 win over which club?

   • Konyaspor
   • Fenerbahçe
   • Sivasspor
   • Beşiktaş
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   Answer: Sivasspor

   As 2021–22 league champions, Trabzonspor thrashed cup winners Sivasspor 4–0 on 30 July 2022.

7. Which Norwegian striker, on loan from Crystal Palace, finished as Süper Lig top scorer with 24 goals for Trabzonspor in 2019–20?

   • Joshua King
   • Erling Haaland
   • Alexander Sørloth
   • Bjørn Maars Johnsen
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   Answer: Alexander Sørloth

   Alexander Sørloth joined on loan in August 2019 and scored 24 league goals to win the golden boot.

8. Which Danish striker scored twice in Trabzonspor's 4–0 win in the 2022 Turkish Super Cup final?

   • Andreas Cornelius
   • Kasper Dolberg
   • Nicklas Bendtner
   • Jens Stryger Larsen
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   Answer: Andreas Cornelius

   Andreas Cornelius scored in the 37th and 51st minutes and was named man of the match against Sivasspor.

9. In which year did the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismiss Trabzonspor's appeal to be awarded the 2010–11 Süper Lig title?

   • 2016
   • 2019
   • 2022
   • 2013
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   Answer: 2019

   CAS rejected the claim in July 2019, ruling there was no provision to hand the title to the runners-up.

10. In the first round of the 1983–84 UEFA Cup, Trabzonspor beat which Italian club 1–0 at home before going out of the tie?

    • Roma
    • Inter
    • Juventus
    • Torino
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    Answer: Inter

    Trabzonspor beat Inter 1–0 in Trabzon on 14 September 1983, but lost 2–0 away to exit 2–1 on aggregate.

11. In the 1978–79 season, Şenol Güneş went how many minutes without conceding a goal in the Turkish top flight?

    • 990
    • 1,340
    • 870
    • 1,110
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    Answer: 1,110

    Güneş kept a clean sheet for 1,110 minutes between September 1978 and February 1979.

12. In which year did Trabzonspor first win promotion to the Turkish top flight?

    • 1978
    • 1974
    • 1967
    • 1970
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    Answer: 1974

    Trabzonspor won the Second Division Red Group in 1973–74 and went up for the 1974–75 season.

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