Four Big Turkish Clubs' U15 Teams to Take the Field at the KKTC Friendship Cup

Youth teams from Türkiye's established clubs Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş and Trabzonspor will take the field at Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadium on 7 and 8 November as part of the KKTC Friendship Cup. The four major clubs will face the regional selections of Lefkoşa, Girne, Gazimağusa-İskele and Güzelyurt-Lefke, assembled by the KTFF. The squads will be led by Bülent Şahin, Arif Solkanat, Adem Bodi, Hülagü Acemoğlu, Tulin Nur, Erdoğ Barkınay, Zafer Kuş, Fırat Ömür and Kemal Özaşık.

The first day of the tournament, Saturday 7 November, will begin at 10:00. Alongside the four matches on the day's schedule, a 20-minute exhibition match will be played at 14:00. In this match, players selected from the KKTC regional squads and players chosen by the four major clubs will wear the same shirt.

On Sunday 8 November, eight matches will be played. Each of the four major clubs will face two different regional selections on the second day.

The tournament is also notable as the first time these four clubs have come together in Northern Cyprus since the Cyprus Peace Cup held in 1975. Young Turkish Cypriot footballers will share the same pitch with the youth players of some of Türkiye's leading clubs, wearing the shirts they have dreamed of, and will take the field in KKTC national team shirts. Football fans are expected to follow the event from the stands of Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadium.