Boğaziçi Sultans
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Boğaziçi Sultans is Turkey
's first American Football
team, founded in 1989. Formerly named as Elephants, Boğaziçi improved their game by practicing with American soldiers and played their first game against another Turkish team with "Istanbul Pistoflar"(W28-0). The Sultans were followed by other university teams such as Hacettepe Red Deers , ITU Hornets , Marmara Sharks and METU Falcons after 1993.
Players from these teams founded many other teams all around Turkey. The Sultans won many championships and played a leading role in the development of American football in Turkey. Boğaziçi University International Sports Fest was the only football tournament in Turkey for years.
In Turkey , football was played without protective equipments until 2001. The first game with pads and helmets was played in Ankara in 2001 and the Boğaziçi Sultans defeated the Bilkent Judges 34-0.
A federation was founded in 2005 and Boğaziçi won the first official title by winning the league final against the Ege Dolphins 30-8 in a game played at Beşiktaş's İnönu Stadium
.
The Sultans won the title again in 2008-2009 season and are attending EFAF Challenge Cup
2010. In their first game against a foreign team , Boğaziçi defeated the Bucharest Warriors
46-0 in Bucharest.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
's first American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team, founded in 1989. Formerly named as Elephants, Boğaziçi improved their game by practicing with American soldiers and played their first game against another Turkish team with "Istanbul Pistoflar"(W28-0). The Sultans were followed by other university teams such as Hacettepe Red Deers , ITU Hornets , Marmara Sharks and METU Falcons after 1993.
Players from these teams founded many other teams all around Turkey. The Sultans won many championships and played a leading role in the development of American football in Turkey. Boğaziçi University International Sports Fest was the only football tournament in Turkey for years.
In Turkey , football was played without protective equipments until 2001. The first game with pads and helmets was played in Ankara in 2001 and the Boğaziçi Sultans defeated the Bilkent Judges 34-0.
A federation was founded in 2005 and Boğaziçi won the first official title by winning the league final against the Ege Dolphins 30-8 in a game played at Beşiktaş's İnönu Stadium
BJK Inonu Stadium
Fiyapı İnönü Stadium is a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey and is the home ground of the football club Beşiktaş J.K.. Previously the ground has aso been shared with Galatasaray S.K. and Fenerbahce S.K.. The ground is located in Dolmabahçe, close to the Dolmabahçe Palace in the district of...
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The Sultans won the title again in 2008-2009 season and are attending EFAF Challenge Cup
EFAF Challenge Cup
The EFAF Challenge Cup is an international competition for European American Football clubs. The EFAF Cup is the third highest level of club competition in the European Federation of American Football , behind the European Football League and the EFAF Cup.-EFAF Challenge Cup:Organised by EFAF,...
2010. In their first game against a foreign team , Boğaziçi defeated the Bucharest Warriors
Bucharest Warriors
Bucharest Warriors is an American football team in Romania, founded in 2007 by a group of football fans from the Romanian capital. Together with Constanta Sharks, it is the first team to have brought the sport in Romania, and the first team to organize an American football game in the country, the...
46-0 in Bucharest.