Elpis F.C.

Elpis FC
team photograph from 1905
Full nameElpis Football Club
Founded1904 (again in 1921)
Dissolved1910 (again in 1924)
GroundPapazın Çayırı

Elpis FC (Greek:Ελπίς, meaning Hope), is a defunct sports club of Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. The colours of the club were blue and white as in the Greek flag.

History

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Elpis FC was founded in 1904 in Kadıköy district of Istanbul by the local Greeks and the team was completely made up by Greek footballers.[1] The football club was dissolved in 1912. Elpis FC was refounded again and participated in the 1921-22 Sunday League [tr] (Turkish: Pazar Ligi) but re-dissolved again in 1924.[2]

Matches

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20 March 1910 Fenerbahçe SK – Elpis FC: 1–1

League tables

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Constantinople Football League:

Notable managers

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  • Greece Yani Vasiliadis

See also

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References

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  • Dağlaroğlu, Rüştü. Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Tarihi 1907–1957
  • Elpis Futbol Kulübü. Türk Futbol Tarihi vol.1. page(22). (June 1992) Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.
  • Atabeyoğlu, Cem. 1453–1991 Türk Spor Tarihi Ansiklopedisi. page(65).(1991) An Grafik Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ

Sources

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  1. ^ Yıldız, Doğan (1979). Türk Spor Tarihi (in Turkish). Istanbul: Eko Matbaası. pp. 319–321.
  2. ^ Dağlaroğlu, Rüştü (1958). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Tarihi 1907–1957. Istanbul: Istanbul Matbaası. p. 42.