The Trabzon Football League () was founded as a regional football league for Trabzon based clubs in 1922. In the period from 1924 to 1935, the winners of the Trabzon League qualified for the former Turkish Football Championship. In the following period from 1940 to 1951, the Trabzon league champions qualified for the qualifying stages of the national championship. The city of Trabzon was home to a major rivalry between local clubs İdman Ocağı and İdman Gücü, who fought for the championship title in numerous seasons. The rivalry and relationship between those two teams has been often compared to that of the renowned Intercontinental Derby in Turkey.
After the introduction of the professional nationwide league in 1959, the league lost its first level status. Trabzon İdman Ocağı are the most successful club in the history of the league, holding the record with 12 championship titles.
Participated teams The following teams participated in the league regularly for at least a few years: Trabzon İdman Ocağı Trabzon İdman Gücü Trabzon İdman Grubu Trabzon Lisesi Muallim Mektebi Necm-i Ati Yıldızspor Trabzon Ticaret Lisesi Martıspor Karadeniz Gücü Yolspor Trabzon İdman Yurdu Garnizon İdman Yurdu Pulathane Sebat
Champions SeasonChampions 1923 İdman Ocağı 1923–24 Trabzon Lisesi 1924–25 Trabzon Lisesi 1925-26 İdman Ocağı 1926–27 Trabzon Lisesi 1927-28 Muallim Mektebi 1928-29 Ticaret Lisesi 1929-30 İdman Ocağı 1930-31 İdman Ocağı 1931-32 İdman Ocağı 1932-33 İdman Ocağı 1933-34 İdman Ocağı 1934-35 İdman Gücü 1935-36 İdman Gücü 1936-37 İdman Gücü 1937–38 İdman Gücü 1938–39 İdman Gücü 1939–40 İdman Gücü 1940–41 İdman Gücü 1941–42 Trabzon Lisesi 1942–43 Trabzon Lisesi 1943–44 Trabzon Lisesi 1944–45 Trabzon Lisesi 1945–46 Trabzon Lisesi 1946–47 Trabzon Lisesi 1947–48 İdman Gücü 1948–49 İdman Ocağı 1949–50 İdman Ocağı 1950–51 Necm-i Ati 1951–52 İdman Gücü 1952–53 Necm-i Ati 1953–54 İdman Ocağı 1954–55 Trabzon Karagücü 1955–56 İdman Gücü 1956–57 İdman Gücü 1957–58 İdman Ocağı 1958–59 İdman Ocağı
Performance by club ClubTitles İdman Ocağı12 İdman Gücü11 Trabzon Lisesi9 Necm-i Ati2 Muallim Mektebi1 Trabzon Karagücü1 Trabzon Ticaret Lisesi1
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