Long-form analysis / Cup history
Reaching finals or finishing the job?
How often did five clubs reach and win finals across four competitions? We compare cups, single matches versus two legs, and historical periods.
Updated: 29 October 2026
Most trophies and the best conversion rate are different questions
A trophy count combines two achievements: reaching the final and winning once there. Calling a side the best finals team without separating those questions treats rare appearances and sustained presence as equivalent. We therefore include the Turkish, Presidential, Prime Minister’s and Super Cups in one comparison.
The archive contains 150 trophy decisions with two finalists. Galatasaray appeared in 59 and won 41; Fenerbahçe won 24 from 52, Beşiktaş 27 from 47 and Trabzonspor 25 from 42. Bursaspor provides a comparison beyond the traditional four, with three wins from 12 finals. Galatasaray leads this group both in trophies and conversion of appearances.
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The Turkish Cup requires progress through rounds; the Presidential and Super Cups can grant a place through league or cup achievement. Prime Minister’s Cup invitations also changed over time. Our final share therefore divides a club’s appearances by all finals in scope. It is not the probability of reaching a final conditional on entering; consistent club-entry records would be needed for that.
Fenerbahçe’s Presidential Cup awarded without a match in 1967/68 is not counted as a final because there was no opposing finalist. Registered ties settled by award remain included, notably Galatasaray’s 1963/64 Turkish Cup and the 2023 Super Cup decision in 2024. We also check completed on-field finals separately rather than treating those awards as ordinary played victories.
Table values
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Galatasaray | 59 | 41 | 69.5 | 39.3 |
 Fenerbahçe | 52 | 24 | 46.2 | 34.7 |
 Beşiktaş | 47 | 27 | 57.4 | 31.3 |
 Trabzonspor | 42 | 25 | 59.5 | 28 |
 Bursaspor | 12 | 3 | 25 | 8 |
Turkish Cup
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 24 | 19 | 79.2 | 37.5 |
| Fenerbahçe | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 28.1 |
| Beşiktaş | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 26.6 |
| Trabzonspor | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 28.1 |
| Bursaspor | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 9.4 |
Presidential Cup
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 50 |
| Fenerbahçe | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 37.5 |
| Beşiktaş | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 46.9 |
| Trabzonspor | 10 | 7 | 70 | 31.3 |
| Bursaspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
Prime Minister’s Cup
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 20 |
| Fenerbahçe | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 42.9 |
| Beşiktaş | 8 | 6 | 75 | 22.9 |
| Trabzonspor | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 31.4 |
| Bursaspor | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 8.6 |
Super Cup
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 63.2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 36.8 |
| Beşiktaş | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 36.8 |
| Trabzonspor | 3 | 3 | 100 | 15.8 |
| Bursaspor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
Single-match finals
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 44 | 31 | 70.5 | 37 |
| Fenerbahçe | 44 | 20 | 45.5 | 37 |
| Beşiktaş | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 33.6 |
| Trabzonspor | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 28.6 |
| Bursaspor | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 7.6 |
Two-legged finals
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 48.4 |
| Fenerbahçe | 8 | 4 | 50 | 25.8 |
| Beşiktaş | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 22.6 |
| Trabzonspor | 8 | 4 | 50 | 25.8 |
| Bursaspor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 |
First 35 seasons · 1959–1992/93
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 30 | 22 | 73.3 | 36.6 |
| Fenerbahçe | 25 | 12 | 48 | 30.5 |
| Beşiktaş | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 28 |
| Trabzonspor | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 28 |
| Bursaspor | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 9.8 |
Following 33 seasons · 1993/94–2025/26
| Club | Finals | Trophies | Win % | Final share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatasaray | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 46 |
| Fenerbahçe | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 36.5 |
| Beşiktaş | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 34.9 |
| Trabzonspor | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 30.2 |
| Bursaspor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
Repeated Turkish Cup appearances
Galatasaray won 19 of their 24 Turkish Cup finals. Fenerbahçe won seven from 18, while Trabzonspor won ten from the same number of appearances; Beşiktaş took 11 from 17. Fenerbahçe’s lower trophy count cannot therefore be explained by rarely reaching the final: they appeared as often as Trabzonspor but converted fewer opportunities.
Bursa’s one win in six finals is a smaller sample. That does not establish a club’s finals character: opposition, the squad’s strength in that season and the events of a match vary. Putting appearances beside trophies still reveals differences in opportunity that a trophy count alone conceals.
The other three cups do not give the same order
Fenerbahçe lead this group in Prime Minister’s Cup titles with eight, from 15 finals. Beşiktaş converted six of eight, a higher rate. Galatasaray took ten Presidential Cups, while Trabzonspor’s seven from ten finals produced a better conversion percentage. Different competitions therefore produce different leaders.
Trabzonspor won all three of their Super Cup finals. That perfect rate is striking but is not a sample comparable with Galatasaray’s seven wins from 12 appearances. Every competition table therefore retains the appearance count. Three from three does not imply a 100% chance of winning the next final.
Two legs and one match are different tests
Of the 150 decisions, 31 used two legs and 119 a single-match format. The two-legged ties all come from the Turkish Cup. Galatasaray won ten of 15, Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor four of eight each, and Beşiktaş four of seven. Bursa won none of their three two-legged finals.
In single-match formats, Galatasaray won 31 of 44, Beşiktaş 23 of 40, Trabzonspor 21 of 34 and Fenerbahçe 20 of 44. That does not show why a format suits a club: era, competition and opposition changed alongside format. Isolating a format effect would require comparable opponents in comparable periods.
The early and later periods had different calendars
We use the league archive’s split: 1959–1992/93 and 1993/94–2025/26, corresponding to its first 35 and following 33 seasons. Pre-1959 Prime Minister’s Cup finals remain in the overall totals but are not forced into either period. The end of the Presidential Cup and start of the Super Cup also mean the two eras did not offer identical schedules.
The period tables retain both appearances and conversion rates. More finals meant more opportunities, and fewer appearances may reflect entry conditions as well as cup performance. That prevents us from treating old and new achievements as though the opportunities were identical.
Galatasaray have the strongest conversion in this comparison
Across all registered final decisions for these five clubs, Galatasaray lead with 41 trophies from 59 finals, about 69.5%. Excluding their two wins not completed on the field leaves 39 from 57, about 68.4%, still the highest rate in the group. This is not a result based on only three or four appearances.
That does not put Galatasaray first in every competition or era. Fenerbahçe’s Prime Minister’s Cup total and Trabzonspor’s rates in the Presidential and Super Cups reveal different strengths. The narrower conclusion is that Galatasaray best combined frequent appearances with high conversion across these four historical competitions. This describes past opportunities, not a prediction of the next final.