Kardemir_Karabükspor
Kardemir Karabükspor
Turkish sports club
Kardemir Demir Çelik Karabükspor, known simply as Kardemir Karabükspor or Karabükspor, was a Turkish sports club based in Karabük. The team was founded in 1969 after a merger between "Karabük Gençlikspor" and "Demir Çelik Spor". The club had branches in football, wheelchair basketball and volleyball. The nickname of the club was Mavi Ateş (Blue Flame), based on the unfading blue flames of chimneys from the Kardemir iron-steel works located in the city. As the factory gives name to the club the team was regarded as a blue collar worker's team.[2] The club finances collapsed during the 2017–18 Süper Lig season, setting the club on a path of constant relegation, losing almost every game as they could play nothing but amateur youth players. The club became unable to field teams and were ultimately banned from the amateur leagues which lead to dissolution as a club.
In 2023 a form of successor phoenix club was created under the name Karabük İdman Yurdu. Adatepe Dökecekspor, an amateur club also in Karabük, won promotion to the Regional Amateur League. Before the 2023/24 season began, to better represent the city the club leadership elected to change the name to Karabük İdman Yurdu (Karabük Sports Club). There was also an adjustment of their match kit, team colours and logo to add the red stripes of the original Kardemir side.