Big Three (Turkey)

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The Big Three (Turkish: Üç Büyükler) is the colloquial name given to Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, the three most successful sports clubs in Turkey. They are all based in Istanbul. Galatasaray is the team with the most championships with 26. Fenerbahçe have won 19 championships and Beşiktaş have won 16 Turkish championships. None of the trio have been relegated since 1959. The worst places the side have finished in league history were 10th for Fenerbahçe in 1980–81, 11th for Beşiktaş in 1975–76, and 13th for Galatasaray in 2021–22. During the late 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, Trabzonspor won six times the Turkish league throughout nine seasons. In that period, the "Big Three" were expanded to a Big Four, with the Trabzon club among the Istanbul trio. Nevertheless, due to Trabzonspor long lack of league titles between 1984 and 2022, the so-called "Big Four" gradually became again the Big Three. They all started to compete in Europe after the 1950s. Galatasaray is only Turkish...

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