The Turkish Cup ( turkish : Türkiye Kupası ) is a football cup contest in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsor identify was Fortis Türkiye Kupası. now Ziraat Bankası is the presenter and the sponsor name for the cup is Ziraat Türkiye Kupası. [ 1 ] The cup was created in 1962 and has taken place every year since then. many different formats, including a pure knockout rival and group stages, have been tried and last for the 2012–13 season, an expanded tournament format has been adopted. A record 156 teams compete in the tournament. After five smasher rounds, a round-robin group stage is contested. Group winners and runner-up play in semi-finals and finals. [ 2 ] Beşiktaş are the current holders of the cup .
tournament format [edit ]
The current format of the turkish Cup consists of 156 clubs from the top four leagues of the Turkish football league system and the turkish Regional Amateur League. The first round consists of 86 clubs from the TFF Third League and Turkish Regional Amateur League. The second round consists of winners from the first round aboard clubs from the Süper Lig, TFF First League and TFF Second League. Teams playing in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League figure at the fourth attack. After the fifth round of golf, 8 winners are drawn into two groups of four teams and act in a round-robin tournament. Winners and runner-up of the groups play in semi-finals as two-legged ties. Winners of the semi-finals play the final match in a impersonal ground. [ 2 ]
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The final examination consists of a single match that takes place in a impersonal set. The achiever of the cup earns a spot in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League, and besides plays in the turkish Super Cup against the Süper Lig champions. If the winner of the cup has already secured a spot in a european competition because of their league finish, the runner-up are sent to compete. [ 2 ] Because of this, Kayseri Erciyesspor competed in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup despite being relegated to the TFF First League that season .
| Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering at this round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 156 | 86 | none | 86 | TFF Third League & Turkish Regional Amateur League |
| Second round | 113 | 108 | 43 | 65 | Süper Lig & TFF First League & TFF Second League |
| Third round | 59 | 54 | 54 | none | none |
| Fourth round | 32 | 32 | 27 | 5 | Süper Lig |
| Fifth round | 16 | 16 | 16 | none | none |
| Group stage | 8 | 8 | 8 | none | none |
| Semi-finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | none | none |
| Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | none | none |
trophy and prize money [edit ]
current design of the trophy, in use since 2005 turkish Football Federation awards the Turkish Cup trophy ( current purpose is seen on the right ) to the winners of the final. Cup winners and runner-up experience 50 medals each. besides respect money is given away. TFF awards prizes not by winning a polish, but good by reaching the cycle. The final couple is an exception, where runner-up pick up less than cup winners. The pry money is in United States dollars. A sum of $ 10,500,000 worth prize money is awarded to participating teams. As an respect of the tournament, the cup achiever club wears a annulet of the turkish flag in the following footballing season .