As we enter the (unwanted) international break, just after many domestic football leagues have only just got underway, there is a surprise name at the top of the Turkish Sűper Lig! 🇹🇷
After 6 games, you would expect to see one of the Turkish big boys leading the way, be it one of the 3 Istanbul giants, Galatasaray, Fenerbaçhe, Beşiktaș or Trabzonspor, with all 4 teams spending heavily in the summer, bringing in the likes of Mohamed Salah, Leandro Trossard, Mason Greenwood, Nathan Ake and Rafael Leão to name a few.
But top of the pile at the moment is a club called Amad Sportif!
Amad were promoted to the Sűper Lig for the first time in their 53-year history after finishing runners-up last season in the second tier!
The club, who are more commonly known as Amadspor, is based in Diyarbakır, which is
the largest Kurdish -majority city in Türkiye and considered to be one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, dating back to 8,000 BC!
As a club based in one of the largest cities in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey, Amedspor openly embraces a Kurdish identity.
The club started out as an amateur club and only entered the professional league in 1994 after being promoted to the TFF 3. League (4th tier) after winning the Super Amateur League.
They have risen steadily up through the leagues and were still in the third tier as recently as 2024!
Two more promotions in the next 3 campaigns saw them make their debut in the top league this season, and last night's 3-2 win over Beşiktaş now sees them astonishingly top of the league on goal difference with 13 points!
We know it's only early days, but it's always great to see a lesser-known side in one of the big leagues going well and hopefully breaking the mould.
We'll definitely be keeping an eye on Adamspor this season!
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