turkish professional football club For the rear multi-sport cabaret, see Fenerbahçe S.K. For the female brach of the same club, see Fenerbahçe Women ‘s Football

football club
Fenerbahçe S.K. (Football) ( turkish : [ feˈnæɾbahtʃe ] ), is the football department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a turkish master sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey with many major honours won in each department. Fenerbahçe, known informally as Fener, are one of the most successful and best supported football teams in Turkey, having never been relegated, and presently compete in the turkish Super League, the turkish Cup and UEFA Europa League. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar ( Turkish for “ chicken Canaries ” ) and play their dwelling games at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, their own traditional home ground in Kadıköy, Istanbul. The club ‘s name translates as “ Lighthouse in the Garden ” and comes from the Fenerbahçe neighborhood of the Kadıköy zone in Istanbul. Fenerbahçe has won 28 turkish Super League titles, 6 turkish Cups and 9 turkish Super Cups, among others. [ 4 ] With 28 turkish championships in sum ( 19 Super League, 6 National Division, and 3 early Turkish Football Championship titles ) Fenerbahçe holds the phonograph record for most national backing titles won. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The club besides leads the all-time table of the turkish Super League. In external club football, Fenerbahçe has won the Balkans Cup in 1968, which is marked as the first ever non-domestic trophy won by a turkish football club. In UEFA competitions, Fenerbahçe has reached the quarter-finals in the 1963–64 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup and in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The club ‘s semi-final performance in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League is marked as one of its greatest achievements in european competitions. Fenerbahçe is a member of the European Club Association. They are one of the most popular clubs in Turkey, and the most popular in Istanbul and Ankara. [ 8 ] Fenerbahçe have a large fanbase throughout the country, in Northern Cyprus, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Azerbaijan, [ 11 ] South Korea [ 12 ] [ 13 ] and in the turkish diaspora. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In their base at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe ‘s average attendances have been among the highest in Turkey. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Fenerbahçe ‘s longest-running and deep competition is with their nearest major neighbours, Galatasaray, with matches between the two being referred to as Intercontinental bowler hat, being considered to be one of the fiercest and most intense derbies in the global. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Matches against Beşiktaş are besides bowler hat, but the competition is not as intense and ferocious .

history [edit ]

early years 1907–1959 [edit ]

Fenerbahçe were founded in 1907 in Kadıköy, Istanbul, by local men Ziya Songülen, Ayetullah Bey and Necip Okaner. This group founded the golf club secretly in order to keep a abject profile and not get into any trouble with the rigid Ottoman rule, thus rigid that the Sultan Abdul Hamid II forbade the turkish youth to set up a club or absorb in the bet on of football played by the english families that was watched in envy. The three men came together and concluded that Kadıköy was in desperate need of its own football baseball club, where locals would get a gamble to practise the game of football. Ziya Songülen was elected the first president of the clubhouse, Ayetullah Bey became the first general secretary and Necip Okaner was given the post of general captain. [ 20 ]
The first base team in 1908 The beacon situated on the Fenerbahçe cape was a big influence on the design of the club ‘s first crest, which sported the chicken and white colors of daffodils around the beacon. The kits were besides designed with yellow and white stripes. [ 20 ] The crest of the cabaret was changed in 1910 when Hikmet Topuzer redesigned the badge after Ziya Songülen had changed the colors to yellow and navy in the fall of 1909, still seen today. Fenerbahçe ‘s activities were kept in secrecy until a legislation reform in 1908, when, under a raw law, all football clubs had to register to exist legally. [ 20 ]
The establish line-up included Ziya Songülen, Ayetullah Bey, Necip Okaner, Galip Kulaksızoğlu, Hassan Sami Kocamemi, Asaf Beşpınar, Enver Yetiker, Şevkati Hulusi Bey, Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan, Hamit Hüsnü Kayacan and Nasuhi Baydar. [ 21 ] Struggling with fiscal difficulties, Fenerbahçe joined the Istanbul Football League in 1909, finishing fifth in their first year. The first coach of the Fenerbahçe was Hüseyin Dalaklı, who was besides the team ‘s player. Fenerbahçe won the 1911–12 season of the Istanbul Football League without losing. This backing was the clubs first success in their long history. In the 1913-14 and 1914-15 seasons, the team under the coach of Galip Kulaksızoğlu won the Istanbul Football League. Fenerbahçe finished the seasons 1920-21 and 1922-23 as champions in the Istanbul Friday League. Fenerbahçe completed the season with a score of 58-0 without losing or conceding goals in the season of 1922-23 .
General Harrington Cup Fenerbahçe played against the staff of the Royal Navy that occupied Istanbul during the Turkish War of Independence. Some british soldiers formed football teams that were named after the players ‘ peculiarity, for example Essex Engineers, Irish Guards, Grenadiers and Artillery. These teams played against each other and against local anesthetic football teams in Istanbul. Fenerbahçe won many of these matches. [ 22 ] The most acknowledge match played against the british was the match that would determine the winner of the General Harrington Cup. Fenerbahçe won the match held on 29 June 1923 at Taksim Stadium with two goals scored by Zeki Rıza Sporel, one of the significant players of the period. [ 23 ] Fenerbahçe won the championship 6 times in 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946 and 1950, and became the team that achieved the most victories in the Turkish National Division. Lefter Küçükandonyadis, one of the important names of Fenerbahçe, scored 423 goals in 615 matches between 1947-1951 and 1953-64. Fenerbahçe won the Istanbul Football League 16 times, the Turkish National Division 6 times, and the former Turkish Football Championship 3 times, all of them records, profiling themselves as forerunners and dominating side in Turkish football before the insertion of the professional countrywide league in 1959. [ 6 ] [ 5 ]
Under the guidance of Ignác Molnár, the club won many trophies The Turkish Football Federation founded a professional national league in 1959, which continues today under the name of the Süper Lig. Fenerbahçe won the first tournament, beating archrivals Galatasaray 4–1 on aggregate. [ 24 ] The adjacent year, Fenerbahçe participated in the european Cup for the first gear time. They qualified through a 4–3 succeed over Csepel SC, being the first turkish club to advance to the next round by eliminating its adversary. They lost their first-round match to Nice 1–5 in a playoff game after drawing on aggregate. [ 25 ] Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-final of the 1963–64 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup where it was eliminated by MTK Budapest. Fenerbahçe won four more league titles in the 1960s and were runner-up three times, making it the most successful cabaret of that earned run average. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Fenerbahçe was coached by Ignác Molnár at the prison term, a celebrated hungarian bus who had introduced a raw stylus of football in Turkey. Under his guidance, Fenerbahçe managed to eliminate english champions Manchester City in the first round of the 1968–69 european Cup .
Fenerbahçe ‘s Balkan Cup championship In the 1966–67 Balkans Cup ( a competition set up for eastern european club from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia that existed between the 1960–61 and 1993–94 seasons ), Fenerbahçe won the cup after three final matches against Greek club AEK Athens, making them the first turkish cabaret to win a non-domestic rival. This achiever would remain alone by a turkish club until Sarıyer and Samsunspor won the cup many years former in the 1990s, when the competition lost much of its popularity. [ 28 ]

later years [edit ]

Didi coached the club between 1972 and 1975, winning eight trophies The 1970s saw Fenerbahçe bring in the celebrated Didi as their modern coach. Fenerbahçe won four more league titles, including a double with Cemil Turan being the clear goal scorer three times. The 1970s besides established a competition with Trabzonspor, where for about a decade Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor were competing each other for the claim. The 1980s saw Fenerbahçe win three more league titles. Under the guidance of Kálmán Mészöly, Fenerbahçe managed to eliminate french champions Bordeaux in the beginning round of the 1985–86 european Cup. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] This victory marked a turning luff as for about a decade no turkish cabaret managed to get past the first base round off in european competitions. Galatasaray and Beşiktaş dominated the turkish League during the 1990s, combining to win nine out of ten titles. Fenerbahçe ‘s only Turkish League success during the 1990s came in the 1995–96 season under the steering of Carlos Alberto Parreira. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League season, Fenerbahçe completed the group stage with seven points [ 31 ] and, among others, defeated Manchester United 1–0 at Old Trafford, undoing the phonograph record of the english giants being unbeaten for 40 years in their homeground. [ 32 ] Fenerbahçe won the league deed in 2001, denying Galatasaray a fifth consecutive deed. It followed up the following season with a second-place behind Galatasaray with newfangled coach Werner Lorant. however, the following season did not go so well as Fenerbahçe finished in sixth place. [ 33 ] Despite this, that season is memorable to many Fenerbahçe fans due to a 6–0 win against arch-rivals Galatasaray at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 6 November 2002. [ 34 ] After firing Werner Lorant, the clubhouse hired another german passenger car, Christoph Daum. Daum had previously coached in Turkey, winning the league with Beşiktaş in 1994–95. Fenerbahçe brought in players including Pierre van Hooijdonk, Mehmet Aurélio and Fábio Luciano as a rebuild process. These new players lead Fenerbahçe to its fifteenth title and third gear star ( one being awarded for every five league titles won by a club ). [ 35 ] The adjacent year was followed by a minute championship over Trabzonspor, winning a then record 16 turkish Football League championships. [ 36 ] Fenerbahçe lost the title in the last workweek of the 2005–06 season to Galatasaray. Fenerbahçe needed a succeed, but rather drew 1–1 with Denizlispor while Galatasaray won 3–0 over Kayserispor. soon after, Christoph Daum resigned as director [ 37 ] and was replaced by Zico on 4 July 2006. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Zico began his reign by signing two raw defenders : highly touted Uruguayan external Diego Lugano and Zico ‘s chap brazilian Edu Dracena. [ 40 ] Zico besides signed two strikers in serbian external Mateja Kežman and another brazilian, Deivid. [ 41 ] Fenerbahçe ‘s 2006–07 domestic season started with a 6–0 winnings over relegation candidates Kayseri Erciyesspor. [ 42 ] In the 32nd week of the Süper Lig, Fenerbahçe drew Trabzonspor 2–2, while Beşiktaş lost to Bursaspor 0–3, putting the former out of contention for the title. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Fenerbahçe won its seventeenth Süper Lig title in 2006–07. [ 45 ]
Zico coached the club between 2006 and 2008 On 11 January 2007, Fenerbahçe were formally invited to G-14. [ 46 ] G-14 was an association which consists of clear european clubs. Under Zico ‘s command, Fenerbahçe qualified from the 2007–08 Champions League group phase for the first time in the clubhouse ‘s history and went on to beat Sevilla to become a quarter-finalist in the 2007–08 season. Zico is besides the most successful coach of the team ‘s history in the Champions League. After successful scores both in the Turkish league and international matches, Zico gained a new nickname from the Fenerbahçe fans : Kral Arthur (meaning “King Arthur” in Turkish). [ 47 ] In February 2009, Fenerbahçe became the first turkish club to enter the Deloitte Football Money League. [ 48 ] Since 2000, Fenerbahçe improved the club ‘s finances and facilities, bringing earth stars to the golf club such as Ariel Ortega, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Alex, Stephen Appiah, Nicolas Anelka and, more recently, Mateja Kežman, Roberto Carlos, Dani Güiza, Dirk Kuyt, Diego, Nani, Robin van Persie, and Mesut Özil. In the 2009–10 temper Fenerbahçe lost the claim on the last matchday ; Fenerbahçe players were told that a tie would be enough towards the end of the match lone to find out that the other critical game went against their privilege, as Bursaspor beat Beşiktaş 2–1 to win the entitle. Despite the title passing, Fenerbahçe ended the season with the most clean sheets ( 10 ), american samoa well as the joint longest winning stripe ( 8 ). [ 49 ] In July 2011, Fenerbahçe fans invaded the pitch during a friendly against the ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk. As punishment, Fenerbahçe were sentenced to two Süper Lig games in an empty stadium. The TFF late allowed those two games to be filled with spectators ; men were barred, while women and children under 12 were admitted for free. [ 50 ] On 29 October 2012, Antalyaspor ended Fenerbahçe ‘s 47-match unbeaten run in the Süper Lig at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. Fenerbahçe had not lost a pit at home since they were beaten 2–3 by eventual champions Bursaspor in week 22, on 22 February 2010. Fenerbahçe won 38 and drew 9 in the 47 matches they played within 980 days since 22 February 2010. [ 51 ] On 3 November 2012, Fenerbahçe pecked Akhisar Belediyespor to break a 181-day away hex. [ 52 ] On 2 May 2013, Fenerbahçe were eliminated by Benfica 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-final of the 2012–13 Europa League, one of the biggest successes in Fenerbahçe ‘s history in UEFA competitions. [ 53 ] On 28 June 2013, Ersun Yanal agreed to take mission of Fenerbahçe to replace Aykut Kocaman, who resigned in late May. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Ersun Yanal ‘s appointment coincided with tough times for Fenerbahçe, who had just been banned from european competitions for two seasons over their alleged interest in a domestic sports corruption scandal. Fenerbahçe, which finished second in the Süper Lig in 2012–13, therefore missed-out on the 2013–14 Champions League, which it had been due to enter in the third passing round. [ 56 ] Fenerbahçe finished the 2014–15 season as runner-up, forcing the board of directors to undertake some major changes. For the 2015–16 season, Fenerbahçe brought in Vítor Pereira as their modern coach. portuguese star Nani, Danish defender Simon Kjær and Robin van Persie were added to the team to fulfill the clubhouse ‘s ambitions to be successful in the Süper Lig and european competitions. On 10 December 2015, Fenerbahçe played their two-hundredth european game against Celtic. [ 57 ]

Former luminary players [edit ]

Esat Kaner, one of the best players of the 1930s When it was first founded in 1907, Fenerbahçe had a big team. One of these players, Galip Kulaksızoğlu, was the longest serving player of the original team, spending 17 years at the cabaret, retiring in 1924 after 216 matches. [ 58 ] Zeki Rıza Sporel and Bekir Refet, the first gear Turkish football player always to play abroad, were among the first gear products of the Fenerbahçe youth system. During his 18-year career with the club, Zeki Rıza scored 470 goals in 352 matches, or 1.3 goals every catch, making him the all-time top scorekeeper of Fenerbahçe. [ 58 ] Zeki Rıza was besides capped for the Turkish national team 16 times, scoring 15 goals. Cihat Arman became the first in a long-line of long-serving goalkeepers, playing 12 seasons and in 308 matches with the club. [ 58 ] Lefter Küçükandonyadis was one of the first turkish football players to play in Europe. Lefter spent two seasons in Europe, playing for Fiorentina and Nice before returning to Fenerbahçe. All in all, Lefter scored 423 goals in 615 matches for the club, helping them to two Istanbul Football League titles and three Turkish League titles. Another noteworthy player, Can Bartu, became the future big turkish export to Europe. He was besides the first turkish football player to play in a european rival final, doing so with Fiorentina against Atlético Madrid in 1962. Can besides spent some seasons playing for Venezia and Lazio before returning to Fenerbahçe in 1967. He was a four-time league champion with Fenerbahçe and scored 162 goals in 330 matches. Some of the early most luminary turkish players who played for Fenerbahçe include : Fikret Arıcan, Fikret Kırcan, Halit Deringör, Melih Kotanca, Burhan Sargun, Nedim Doğan, Cemil Turan, Selçuk Yula, Müjdat Yetkiner, Oğuz Çetin, Rıdvan Dilmen, Aykut Kocaman, Rüştü Reçber and Tuncay Şanlı .
Alex, captain of Fenerbahçe from 2007 to 2012 and the most successful foreign player in the history of the club Former Romania goalkeeper Ilie Datcu was the beginning foreigner to reach 100 caps for Fenerbahçe. In holocene decades, Fenerbahçe have gained an inflow of foreigners who have helped the club to 19 Süper Lig titles. Among these include Uche Okechukwu, who after 13 seasons with Fenerbahçe and İstanbulspor became the longest serve foreigner in Turkey. During Uche ‘s career with Fenerbahçe, he won two league titles and became a fan front-runner. More recently, Fenerbahçe have been the home to Brazilian-born Mehmet Aurélio who, in 2006, became the first gear domesticate Turkish citizen to play for the Turkish national team. [ 59 ] Alex is another brazilian player who scored the most goals of all extraneous players who have played for Fenerbahçe. He managed to become top scorer of the Turkish Süper Lig on two occasions ( in 2006–07 and 2010–11 ), turkish Footballer of the Year twice ( in 2005 and 2010 ), arsenic well as assist leader in the 2007–08 season of the UEFA Champions League. [ 60 ] Based on all those achievements, american samoa well as his emblematic quality and sportsmanship on and off the airfield, acknowledged by fans of Fenerbahçe and their rivals alike, he became the most successful and celebrated foreign player to have ever played for the club and one of a few whose statue has been erected by the supporters of the cabaret in the Yoğurtçu Park, in the near of Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. [ 61 ] Some of the other foreign top players who played for Fenerbahçe over the years include : Toni Schumacher ( 1988–91 ), Jes Høgh ( 1995–99 ), Jay-Jay Okocha ( 1996–98 ), Elvir Bolić ( 1995–2000 ), Kennet Andersson ( 2000–02 ), Ariel Ortega ( 2002–03 ), Pierre van Hooijdonk ( 2003–05 ), Nicolas Anelka ( 2005–06 ), Stephen Appiah ( 2005–08 ), Mateja Kežman ( 2006–09 ), Diego Lugano ( 2006–11 ), Roberto Carlos ( 2007–09 ), Dirk Kuyt ( 2012–15 ), Robin van Persie ( 2015–2018 ) and Nani ( 2015–16 ) .

defend [edit ]

Fenerbahçe have developed a solid trace since their foundation garment in 1907. They are one of the most popular clubs in Turkey, with about 35 % of the fans supporting them, and the most democratic in Istanbul and Ankara. [ 62 ] They have a large fanbase throughout the country, in Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijan and in the turkish diaspora. [ 63 ] Since the rebuild of the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe ‘s average attendances have been among the highest in Turkey. [ 64 ] Fenerbahçe have several assistant organisations, including Genç Fenerbahçeliler ( GFB ), Kill For You ( KFY ), Antu/Fenerlist, EuroFeb ( Fenerbahçe supporters in Europe ), Group CK ( Cefakâr Kanaryalar ), 1907 ÜNİFEB, Vamos Bien, and SUADFEB. many fanzines, blogs, podcasts, forums and fan websites have been dedicated to the baseball club .

Relationships with early clubs [edit ]

More recently, in November 2011 Fenerbahçe ‘s Genç Fenerbahçeliler created a friendly kinship with Torcida Sandžak, the organize supporters of serbian club Novi Pazar. During a Süper Lig match against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor at the Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium, the Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik stand deployed a giant streamer reading “Kalbimiz Seninle Novi Pazar” ( “ Novi Pazar, Our Hearts Are With You ” ) [ 65 ] and after then, in the crippled against Radnicki Kragujevac in the serbian SuperLiga, Torcida Sandžak members deployed a elephantine standard reading “Sancak’ta atıyor, Fenerbahçe’nin kalbi” ( “ The heart of Fenerbahçe beats in Sandžak ” ). [ 66 ] On 2 March 2012, Fenerbahçe ‘s Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik members were invited to Novi Pazar for the match against Partizan in the serbian SuperLiga. Thousands of Torcida Sandžak members welcomed Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik ‘s 17 members. [ 67 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Fenerbahçe against Galatasaray in 1914 “ The big three ” clubs of Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, have a century-long history of competition. The Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray competition is the primary Istanbul bowler hat and the most important competition in Turkish football ; matches between the two teams are known as The Intercontinental Derby ( turkish : Kıtalararası Derbi ). The competition started on 23 February 1934, when a friendly crippled between both clubs turned into a rioting, forcing the match to be abandoned. The competition has led to violence among supporters on numerous occasions. [ 68 ] Torches, fastball, flags, and giant posters are used to create ocular nobility and apply psychological blackmail on visiting teams, which fans call “welcoming them to hell”. [ 69 ]

stadium [edit ]

Fenerbahçe play their home matches at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, [ 70 ] their own traditional home plate labor in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, since 1908. Most recently renovated between 1999 and 2006, its capacity is 50,509. [ 71 ] The club ‘s museum has been situated in the stadium since 2005, after having been housed at a variety of locations. [ 72 ] Before Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium was built, the field was known as Papazın Çayırı ( “ The field of the priest ” ). The field, however, became the very first football pitch of Turkey, where the first league games of the Istanbul Football League were all held successively. In 1908, local anesthetic teams of the league needed a regular football field, so this land was leased from the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II for 30 Ottoman gold pounds a class. The total construction price was 3,000 Ottoman gold pounds. The identify was changed to the Union Club Field after the club which made the highest contribution for the construction. The Union Club Field was used by many teams in İstanbul, including the owner, Union Club ( which changed its list to İttihatspor after World War I ), Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, and Beşiktaş. however, it had lost its importance when a bigger venue, the Taksim Stadium, was built in 1922, inside the court of the historic Taksim Topçu Kışlası ( Taksim Artillery Barracks ), which was located at the contemporary Taksim Gezi Parkı ( Taksim Park ). İttihatspor ( which had close relations with the political İttihat ve Terakki ), was forced to sell it to the state, in which Şükrü Saracoğlu was a member of the CHP politics. therefore, the ownership of the stadium passed to the state, but the field was immediately leased to Fenerbahçe. late, on 27 May 1933, Fenerbahçe purchased the stadium from the government when Şükrü Saracoğlu was the president of Fenerbahçe, for either the symbolic total of 1 TL or the worth of the stadium which was 9,000 TL. The list of the field was changed to Fenerbahçe Stadium, and this made Fenerbahçe the inaugural football club in Turkey to own their stadium, with the aid of the government. In the follow years, Fenerbahçe renovated the stadium and increased its seating capacity. By 1949, Fenerbihç Stadium was the largest football venue in Turkey, with a seating capacity of 25,000. The name of the stadium was changed once more in 1998, becoming Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, named after Fenerbahçe ‘s president of the united states and Turkey ‘s fifth Prime Minister, Şükrü Saracoğlu. In 1999, the latest rung of renovations and capacity increasing projects started. The tribunes on the four sides of the stadium were torn down one at a time, as the turkish Super League seasons progressed, and the entire renewal and construction project was finalised in 2006, with the efforts of Fenerbahçe president Aziz Yıldırım and the team ‘s board of directors .
A bird’s-eye position of the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in 2014

Club peak and colours [edit ]



Fenerbahçe changed their colours to yellow and dark blue blue in 1908 Since the club ‘s foundation, Fenerbahçe have used the lapp badge, which has only undergo minor alterations. It was designed by Hikmet Topuzer, nicknamed Topuz Hikmet, who played as a right winger, in 1910, and had made as lapel pins by Tevfik Haccar Taşçı in London. The crest consists of five colours. The ashen department which includes the compose Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü ★ 1907 ★ represents purity and open-heartedness, the red section represents sexual love and attachment to the club and symbolises the turkish pin. The yellow section symbolises other ones ‘ envy and jealousy about Fenerbahçe, while the dark blue symbolises nobility. The oak leaf which rises from the dark blue and yellow section shows the storm and the power of being a member of Fenerbahçe. The green color of the leaf shows that the success of Fenerbahçe is imperative. [ 73 ] Hikmet Topuzer describes the floor of the emblem as below :

After the transfer of the club ’ second semblance from yellow and white to yellow and navy, it was an offspring to create an emblem with our newly color. My friends left the design of this emblem to me. first, I brought together the color of our national masthead, red and white. then drew a affection shape over the crimson and gave it a yellow and united states navy color, adding an acorn leaf that represents immunity, power and strength. I wrote the cabaret diagnose and foundation date on the flannel section. When drawing our emblem, I tried to give this mean : Serving the club with addiction from kernel. The design was favored by my friends and our new emblem was made through the guidance of Tevfik Haccar, who was in Germany at time. After the new alphabet was approved, the design was protected, but the club appoint on the emblem was changed to Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü ★ 1907 ★. [ 73 ]

Honours [edit ]

[ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 74 ] [ 4 ] [ 75 ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

National Championships – 28 (record)

Winners (6) (record): 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1950
Winners (3) (record): 1933, 1935, 1944

National Cups – 26

Winners (9): 1968, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2007, 2009, 2014
Winners (8) (record): 1945, 1946, 1950, 1973, 1980, 1989, 1993, 1998
Winners (2) (record): 1964, 1998
Winners (1): 1966–67

European competitions – 1

regional competitions [edit ]

Winners (1): 1945
Winners (4) (record): 1930, 1934, 1938, 1939

Others [edit ]

Winners (1): 1923
Winners (4) (record): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Winners (12) (shared-record): 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995
Winners (2) (record): 1976, 1980

european read [edit ]

Best achievements [edit ]

As of 14 February 2019

Statistics [edit ]

As of 21 February 2019
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 105 32 20 53 119 177 –58
UEFA Europa League 116 49 27 40 154 150 +4
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 9 3 1 5 11 11 0
TOTAL 230 84 48 98 284 338 –54

UEFA club coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 11 March 2021[76]

Players [edit ]

stream squad [edit ]

As of 8 September 2021.[77]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loan [edit ]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

other players under condense [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Academy teams [edit ]

Retired number ( s ) [edit ]

  • 12, representing the supporters of the club

team captains [edit ]

Records [edit ]

past seasons [edit ]

Most [edit ]

Outline Record Year
Most wins 29 1988–89
Most draws 16 1985–86
Most defeats 13 1987–88
Most wins in a row 12 2005–06
Most defeats in a row 3 1966–67, 1980–81, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2018–19, 2021-22
Most goals scored 103 1988–89
Most goals conceded 53 1990–91
Highest number of points in any half of a season 49/51 2010–11

Fewest [edit ]

Outline Record Year
Fewest wins 9 1980–81
Fewest draws 2 1959, 1991–92, 2004–05
Fewest defeats 1 1959, 1963–64, 1988–89
Fewest goals scored 31 1969–70, 1976–77, 1979–80
Fewest goals conceded 6 1969–70

actor records [edit ]

Most goals [edit ]

note : Zeki Rıza Sporel scored his record eight goals against Anadolu in 1931, Melih Kotanca repeated this record against Topkapı in 1940. Tanju Çolak scored six goals against Karşıyaka in the 1992–93 season .

Most appearances [edit ]

Outline Player Record
Most appearances in all-time TurkeyMüjdat Yetkiner 763
Most appearances in UEFA competitions TurkeyVolkan Demirel 86

club officials [edit ]

Board members [edit ]

Position Name
President TurkeyAli Koç
Deputy Chairman Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey
Board Member Turkey

source : [ 78 ]

technical staff [edit ]

Position Name
Administrative Manager Turkey
Head Coach Vacant
Assistant Coach Portugal
Assistant Coach Portugal
Individual Performance Expert Portugal
Tactical Analysis Expert Portugal
Tactical Analysis Expert Portugal
Goalkeeping Coach Vacant
Doctor Turkey
Doctor Turkey
Physiotherapist Turkey
Physiotherapist Turkey
Physiotherapist Turkey
Dietician Turkey
Masseur Turkey
Masseur Turkey
Masseur Turkey
Masseur Turkey

source : [ 79 ]

Fenerbahçe as a company [edit ]

Fenerbahçe Futbol A.Ş. is a list company in Borsa Istanbul as BİST : FENER ; Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü owns a 67.07 % post. The company had a negative equity of 424,317,388 turkish lira ; sum assets of 311,233,179 lire ; tax income 317,610,262 lire and a web loss of 181,234,264 in the 2014–15 season. [ 80 ] [ failed verification ] The club was required to have an aggregate break-even in 2019 ( 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 season ), and more specifically a maximal annual web passing of €30 million, €20 million and €10 million in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons. [ citation needed ] Turkish clubs Beşiktaş, Kardemir Karabükspor and Trabzonspor ( doubly ) besides entered into settlement agreements in 2014, 2015 and 2016, with Bursaspor and Galatasaray being banned from european football in 2015 and 2016 respectively due to breaching delinquent collectible and the colony agreement respectively .
One of the first ever kits of the clubhouse ( 1908 )
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triviality [edit ]

  • Fenerbahçe went through the 1922–23 season of the Istanbul Football League undefeated without conceding a single goal.
  • First Turkish club to win a non-domestic trophy (Balkans Cup in 1968)[82]
  • All-time best in Turkish League cumulative standings with the highest number of wins and the fewest losses as well as the most scoring football team in history.[83]
  • Best winning percentage in a season:
29 wins and 6 draws in 36 matches, 0.888 in the 1988–89 season
  • Best group stage finish for a Turkish club in the Europa League:
  • In the 1988-89 season, Fenerbahçe set a record that is hard to break by reaching the championship with 103 goals scored in the regular season.

See besides [edit ]

  1. ^ Although it is known that the club was founded in the jump of 1907, the day and month are unknown. The establish date is regarded as 3 May because Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the collapse of the Republic of Turkey, visited the club on that sidereal day in 1918 .

References [edit ]

Sources

  • Yüce, Mehmet (2014). Osmanlı Melekleri: Futbol Tarihimizin Kadim Devreleri Türkiye Futbol Tarihi – Birinci Cilt (in Turkish). Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları. ISBN 9789750515804.
  • Yüce, Mehmet (2015). İdmancı Ruhlar: Futbol Tarihimizin Klasik Devreleri: 1923-1952 Türkiye Futbol Tarihi – 2. Cilt (in Turkish). Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları. ISBN 9789750516955.