SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Cukurova University has a powerful infrastructure that supplies its students the opportunity of doing sports in nearly every branch of sport
and carrying on the efforts of developing these opportunities. The sport activities in the University are administered by Directorate of Sports
under the constitution of Administrate of Health, Culture and Sports of Rectorate.
Directorate of Sports aims at helping the students, university staff and youth of the region to carry out the activities in the branch of sports
they are interested in so that they should keep and develop their body health’s, get the habit of doing a disciplined work, be interested in sports much more,
direct their energies to the sport and spend their free times more efficiently. All the students can make use of these sport facilities with the most ideal
way in a systematic program.
Under the constitution of Sports Directorate, sport activities are executed in 115 different branches. Periodical tournaments are organized
in the sport branches mentioned below and in these branches the students participate in competitions among the universities.
The branches showing regular sport facilities are:
- Athletics,
- Basketball,
- Football,
- Handball,
- Volleyball,
- Swimming,
- Tennis,
- Judo,
- Taekwondo,
- Karate,
- Wrestling,
- Cross-country,
- Gymnastics,
- Table Tennis and
- Water Polo
Indoor Swimming Pool
It has 6 lanes, purification and heating system and the students, staff and guests can make use of it in the boundaries of a certain program.
Ç.U. students, staff, sportsmen of Ç.U. Sport Club and their guests can make use of Ç.U. Özdemir Sabancı Indoor Swimming Pool according to the program below.
In addition to the fact that there can be some variations in the pool program because of matches-to be made, periodical works and probable technical breakdowns,
the program of the pool is as follows:
Weekly Program of Indoor Swimming Pool
Indoor Sports Saloon
It has 1 handball, 1 volleyball, 1 basketball, 1 training and 1 physical fitness saloon. All of these saloons are appropriate to the international standards
with a seating capacity of 1500.
Football Pitch
The grass football pitch is designed according to the international standards in size (75x110m) and has a seating capacity of 500.
Also, one grass training pitch is used for the purpose of training.
Volleyball Pitch
2 outdoor pitches with concrete floors are used as voleyball pitches.
Basketball Pitch
In our university, there are 3 outdoor basketball pitches with concrete floors.
Tennis Court
There are totally 4 tennis courts, from which two of them have synthetic floors and the other two of them have asphalt.
Table Tennis Saloon
This saloon is used for training and competitions with a capacity of 15 tables.
Wrestling Saloon
The wrestling saloon in the indoor sport saloon is used for training.
Boat House
It is possible to make use of boat house that is on the edge of Seyhan Dam for paddle and sail sports.
Athletics Pitches
In University sport complex, there are 1 training pitch, 300 meter running track with 6 lanes, shot-putting, long jump, high jump,
pole vault, hammer throwing and cross-country tracks.
Gymnasium
It is possible to make use of gymnasium, which is equipped with many gymnastic tools, for any gymnastic exercise and training.
Football Pitch with Carpet Floor
There are two football pitches with carpet floors, one of them is still in the process of building.
Undressing Rooms
There are undressing and resting rooms that are open to the use of sportsmen that do exercises in the open area.
It is possible for the students and staff of our university to make use of these facilities between 8:30 and 21:30 in the direction of a systematic program.
With the participation of faculties and high schools, Directorate of Sports organizes a traditional sport festival in order to help the tournaments,
organized by faculties and high schools, on technical and facilitation matters, to support the activities within the university in each school year,
to make the students together with the staff participate in different sport activities in April&May and to develop friendships among themselves.
In addition, optional physical training lessons are programmed and organized for the students.
ADMINISTRATION OF SPORTS DIRECTORATE
- Administrate of Health, Culture and Sports Director: Assoc.Prof.Dr. S. Sadi Kurdak
- Directorate of Sports Manager: Ali Gökdoğan
- Officers Responsible for Facilities
- Indoor Swimming Pool: Instructor Ali Gökdoğan
- Indoor Sport Saloon: Instructor Mehmet Bilbek
- Outdoor Grounds: Instructor Turan Arı
- Table Tennis and Gymnastics Saloon: Instructor Sezgi Sanrı
- Tennis and Rugged-Football Pitch: Instructor Mustafa Taşçı
- Directorate of Sports Secretary: Erhan Kalay
