Elpis F.C.

Elpis FC (Greek:Ελπίς, meaning Hope), is a defunct sports club of Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. The colours of the club were blue and white as in the Greek flag.

Elpis FC

Full name	Elpis Football Club
Founded	1904 (again in 1921)
Dissolved	1910 (again in 1924)
Ground	Papazın Çayırı
Home colours

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. 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.

Matches

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

League tables

Constantinople Football League:

• 1904–05 Istanbul Football League:
  1) HMS Imogene FC
  2) Moda FC
  3) Cadi-Keuy FC
  4) Elpis FC

• 1905–06 Istanbul Football League:
  1) Cadi-Keuy FC
  2) HMS Imogene FC
  3) Moda FC
  4) Elpis FC

• 1906–07 Istanbul Football League:
  1) Cadi-Keuy FC
  2) Moda FC
  3) HMS Imogene FC
  4) Galatasaray SK
  5) Elpis FC

• 1907–08 Istanbul Football League:
  1) Moda FC
  2) Cadi-Keuy FC
  3) Galatasaray SK
  4) Elpis FC
  5) HMS Imogene FC

Notable managers

• Yani Vasiliadis

See also

• List of Turkish Sports Clubs by Foundation Dates

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

Sources

• Levantin heritage