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.

History

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 (Turkish: Pazar Ligi) but re-dissolved again in 1924.[2]

Matches

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

League tables

See also

References

  • 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


  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.
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