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Stadium

Beyoğlu Stadyumu

Istanbul, Turkey

Formerly: Sütlüce Stadium

On the map
Maltepe Stadium
Maltepe Stadium Sakhalinio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Die Galatabrücke in Istanbul .
Die Galatabrücke in Istanbul . Julian Nyča · CC BY-SA 4.0

İmrahor Cd. No:1 is not a landmark.

The stadium opened in 2005, built to serve the local amateur leagues rather than the national stage, yet it has outlived its original purpose. The artificial surface, installed at the same time, has held up better than the concrete steps behind it. Capacity is listed as 1,375, though the empty seats suggest the number rarely means anything outside of a league table.

Beyoğluspor, founded in 1914 as Pera Kulübü, used to play in the Turkish Super Lig. They have not played there since the early 2000s, but the club still rents the stands when they need a home that is not in another province. Galata SK, a lower-league side, has made the ground their base since the renovation. The players in blue and red are not famous for anything, but they are playing in front of faces they know from the local shops.

The stands are split: one side is covered by a sloping roof, the other is open to the sky. The seats are green and red, picked out in a pattern that has grown faded. A Turkish flag hangs from the far corner. The ground is not a temple; it is a place where football is played in a city that has forgotten it.