Baf Ülkü Yurdu S.K.
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| Full name |
Baf Ülkü Yurdu Spor Kulübü Baf Ülkü Yurdu Sports Club |
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| Founded | 1947 |
| Ground | Güzelyurt Zafer Stadı |
| Capacity | 7.000 |
| Chairman |
 Mustafa Başarı |
| Manager |
Derviş Kolcu |
| League | Birinci Lig (First Division) |
| 2016-17 | 1.lig |
Baf Ülkü Yurdu Spor Kulübü is a Turkish Cypriot sports club established in Paphos (Turkish: Baf, Greek: Πάφος) in 1947, and since 1974, the team has been playing its home games in Güzelyurt. With 4 Birinci Lig titles, 3 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (President's Cup), 2 Dr. Fazıl Küçük Kupası titles and 1 Başbakanlık Kupasi (Prime Minister's Cup) title to its name, the club is among the most successful sports clubs in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus football.
The football leagues were set up in Cyprus upon the establishment of Cyprus Football Association in 1934 and Çetinkaya Türk S.K. joined the Cypriot First Division as the sole representative of the Turkish Cypriot community. The idea of Turkish Cypriots living in Baf establishing a sports club started to evolve and in 1947 a petition was submitted to the British authorities ruling Cyprus at that time for the formation of the club. Two prominent members of the Turkish Cypriot community in Baf were assigned the responsibility to proceed with the establishment of the club; Mr. Halit Ali Rıza and Mr. Derviş Ahmet Raşit. The petition was approved and Ülkü Yurdu Spor Kulübü was formally established on 23 April 1947. Since the petition was prepared by Mr. Halit Ali Rıza, who was a lawyer, he became the founding president of Ülkü Yurdu Spor Kulübü and Mr. Derviş Ahmet Raşit was elected as the first president in the first assembly of club's members. A house was rented in Moutallos neighbourhood of Baf that served as the headquarters of the club.
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