Trabzonspor fans celebrate winning Turkish league - in pictures

Club from Black Sea region draw with Antalyaspor to clinch title with three games to spare

Trabzonspor players celebrate winning their first championship in 38 years after the Turkish Super League match between Trabzonspor against Antalyaspor in Trabzon. EPA

Trabzonspor fans savour the moment of winning the Turkish league after a 2-2 draw with Antalyaspor in Trabzon. EPA

Trabzonspor's head coach Abdullah Avci is mobbed by club officials and fans. EPA

Trabzonspor fans celebrate their championship at the pitch after 38 years after the Turkish Super League match between Trabzonspor and Antalyaspor in Trabzon, Turkey 30 April 2022. EPA / STR

It was all too much for some Trabzonspor fans, who ran on to the pitch before the end of match. EPA

The draw leaves Trabzonspor nine points clear of Fenerbahce, against whom they have a better head-to-head record, with only three games left. EPA

It is the club's seventh Turkish league title – they won five in a row from 1975-76 and another in 1983-84. AFP

Trabzonspor's Vitor Hugo (C) and fans celebrate on the pitch. EPA

Trabzonspor are one of only six teams to have won the Turkish title. EPA

Trabzonspor fans in Taksim Square, Istanbul. AFP

Wright equalised for Antalyaspor in the 80th minute but it wasn’t enough to prevent Trabzonspor clinching the league title. AFP

Trabzonspor have won the league with three matches to spare. AFP

Party time for Trabzonspor fans. AFP

Trabzonspor, from Turkey's Black Sea region, were the first non Istanbul-based club to win the league. AFP

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