JANUARY 02, 2022
SAMSUNSPOR - THIRD SHIRT 2021/2022
SAMSUNSPOR – THIRD SHIRT 2021/2022
Samsunspor Kulübü Derneği, commonly known as Samsunspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in the city of Samsun, which sits on the country’s northern coastline. Kırmızı Şimşekler (The Red Lightning), play their home matches at the Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, which was opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 33,919. The club currently compete in the TFF First League, the second division of Turkish football. Samsunspor hold the record for the most First League titles, with 6 to their name. Interestingly, Samsun are the only Turkish team to have ever beaten an English club in both a home and away fixture (Crystal Palace).
Samsunspor are wearing this third shirt in the current season where at the
turn of the year they are in 7th place in TFF League 1.
This shirt has significance as it was introduced to support the campaign to stop violence against women. The shirt includes the slogan “The heaviest jersey in the world” and the message “No to violence against women” in 15 different languages.
In the awareness campaign carried out by Samsunspor, 10% of the income from the sale of the shirts will be donated to foundations working for the benefit of women who are victims of violence.
