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Football Stadiums

Football Stadiums

🏟️ Complete Guide to Football Stadiums in Northern Cyprus

Football in Northern Cyprus is structured around many community-based clubs, so there are two large stadiums, several mid-sized municipal grounds, and numerous small local pitches used for KTFF Süper Lig, 1. Lig and amateur leagues. Below is the best consolidated list available.
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⭐ MAJOR STADIUMS (Primary Venues)

1. Nicosia Atatürk Stadium – Lefkoşa (Nicosia)
• Capacity: ~15,000
• Use: Main national stadium for major domestic matches, celebrations and athletics.
• Home clubs:
o Çetinkaya Türk SK
o Yenicami Ağdelen SK
o Gençlik Gücü TSK
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2. Üner Berkalp Stadium (Zafer Stadium) – Güzelyurt (Morphou)
• Capacity: ~7,000
• Home clubs:
o Binatlı Yılmaz SK
o Baf Ülkü Yurdu SK
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🏟️ REGIONAL STADIUMS & GROUNDS (by District)
Below are the operational KTFF-registered football grounds across Lefkoşa, Girne, Gazimağusa, İskele, Güzelyurt, and Lefke.
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🟦 LEFKOŞA (NICOSIA) REGION

1. Cihangir Stadı – Cihangir
• Capacity: Approx. 2,000
• Home team: Cihangir GSK

2. Göçmenköy Stadı – Göçmenköy
• Capacity: Small (few hundred)
• Home team: Göçmenköy İYSK

3. Ortaköy Stadı – Ortaköy
• Used mostly for training / junior matches

4. Hamitköy Stadı – Hamitköy
• Capacity: 500–1,000
• Home team: Hamitköy ŞHSK

5. Alayköy Üner Stadı – Alayköy
• Small local ground

6. Değirmenlik Sadık Cemil Stadı – Değirmenlik
• Home team: Değirmenlik SK
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🟩 GIRNE (KYRENIA) REGION
This region has several popular tourist-area teams.

1. Girne 20 Temmuz Mete Adanır Stadı – Girne
• Capacity: ~4,500
• Main stadium for Girne district
• Home clubs: Doğan Türk Birliği, Türk Ocağı Limasol

2. Ozanköy Mustafa Özkayım Stadı – Ozanköy
• Reported capacity: ~8,000–10,000 (unconfirmed; likely lower)
• Home club: Ozanköy SK

3. Lapta Stadı – Lapta
• Local venue for Lapta Türk Birliği

4. Karaoğlanoğlu Sahası – Karaoğlanoğlu
• Small ground, often used for youth football

5. Çatalköy Esat Erdoğmuş Stadı – Çatalköy
• Home club: Çatalköy Türk Çiftlik SK
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🟥 GAZİMAĞUSA (FAMAGUSTA) REGION
One of the biggest football regions.

1. Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadı – Mağusa
• Capacity: ~5,000
• Home club: Mağusa Türk Gücü (MTG), one of the strongest teams

2. Canbulat Stadı – Mağusa
• Local ground, used for lower leagues

3. Maraş Stadı – Varosha area
• Small venue

4. Geçitkale Stadı – Geçitkale
• Home club: Geçitkale SK

5. Akova Eray Vudalı Stadı – Akova
• Home club: Akova Vuda SK
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🟧 İSKELE REGION

1. Mehmetçik Stadı – Mehmetçik
• Local ground for Mehmetçik Türk Çiftlik SK

2. Boğaziçi Stadı – Boğaziçi
• Home club: Boğaziçi SK

3. Yenierenköy Stadı – Dipkarpaz / Karpaz
• Main pitch for the Karpaz area
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🟫 GÜZELYURT REGION

1. Yeşilova Stadı – Yeşilova
• Home club: Yeşilova SK

2. Yıldırım Stadı – Yıldırım
• Small community football pitch

3. Serhatköy Stadı – Serhatköy
• Home to Serhatköy SK
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🟪 LEFKE REGION

1. Lefke 16 Ağustos Stadı – Lefke
• Capacity: 2,500–3,000
• Home team: Lefke Türk Spor Kulübü
• One of the more atmospheric Süper Lig grounds

2. Gemikonağı Stadı – Gemikonağı
• Used for youth and training matches
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🟨 SMALL COMMUNITY GROUNDS (Various Villages)

These are certified KTFF grounds for lower-division football:

• Esentepe Şht. Hüseyin Ruso Stadı – Esentepe
• Karşıyaka Sahası – Karşıyaka
• Doğancı Sahası – Doğancı
• Akdeniz Sahası – Akdeniz
• Tatlısu Sahası – Tatlısu
• Balıkesir Sahası – Balıkesir
• Vadili Stadı – Vadili
• Türkmenköy Stadı – Türkmenköy
• Paşaköy Stadı – Paşaköy
• Yıldırım Sahası – Yıldırım
• Zümrütköy Sahası – Zümrütköy

Capacities of these range from 100–800, depending on the club and district.
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📝 NOTES & OBSERVATIONS

✔ Stadium quality varies widely - A few stadiums meet high standards (e.g. Atatürk Stadium, 20 Temmuz Stadium), while many smaller villages have basic facilities.

✔ Football is highly community-driven - Each town or village often has its own club and its own small pitch.

✔ Large projects - There are occasional proposals to modernise Atatürk Stadium into a UEFA-style venue, but political and funding limitations slow development.

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