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{{Infobox Region | 
full_local_name = İstanbul | 
image_flag = Coa-istanbul.gif |
name_(english) = Istanbul |
image_map = location-istanbul.jpg |
zone = Eastern Europe |
continent = Europe |
country = Türkiye |
latitude =  41°01' N  |
longitude =  28°58' E |
number_of_teams =  2365 |
htt_offset = +1 |
footnotes = }}

==Background==

İstanbul is perhaps the most famous city of Turkey, is the most crowded province of Turkey with a population of nearly 15 millions. İstanbul is the heart of Turkish economy, for most of the companies and factories are located at this region. İstanbul is also the largest port of Turkey. İstanbul is both historically and strategically important city, and despite the fact that city is in desperate situation because of overpopulation and migration, yet it is one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

In Hattrick, İstanbul is the largest region with 4398 teams. However, there are only two teams from İstanbul present at [[Süper Lig]]: [[KARAKARTAL]] and [[FenerbahceSK]]. KARAKARTAL is a legendary team at [[Türkiye]] that won the title Eight times (with an amazing seven consecutive wins)and had seven consecutive Cup victories.

==Memorial Moments==

* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 4 on 3/8/2002 and became the first team that is not a bot winning the title.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 4.
* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 5 on 23/11/2002.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 5.
* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 6 on 15/3/2003.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 6.
* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 7 on 5/7/2003.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 7.
* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 8 on 25/10/2003.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 8.
* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 9 on 14/2/2004.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 9.
* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 10 on 5/6/2004 and has owned a record of winning the title consecutively seven times.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 10.
*[[KARAKARTAL]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 11 and had a record of winning the cup seven times and all in a serie.
* [[KARAKARTAL]] won the championship of [[Süper Lig]] Season 12 on 15/1/2005 and has a record of winning the title eigt times.
*[[FenerbahceSK]] won the [[Türkiye Kupası]] at Season 11.

==Best Teams of İstanbul==

* [[KARAKARTAL]] 
* [[FenerbahceSK]] 
* [[midyatspor]] 
* [[Fenerbahçe]]  
* [[O.M.L.E.T Musti]] 
* [[troias]] 
* [[*_CIMBOMBOM_*]]   
* [[Tayfun]] 
* [[Omerta]]
* [[Adatepe Utd]]

==Regional federations==

There is only one federation of İstanbul that has only 5 users.
* İstanbul Futbol Federasyonu (I.F.F.) (Alliance ID:20831)



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