Fenerbahçe S.K.

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulubu

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Full name	Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Sarı Kanaryalar (The yellow canaries)
Founded	1907
Ground	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
Capacity	52,530 seats
Chairman	Aziz Yıldırım
Manager	Zico
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2005-06	Süper Lig, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Fenerbahçe Sports Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe [pronounced fe-nehr-baah-che], is a sports club of İstanbul, Turkey. The team is based in the district of Istanbul named Fenerbahçe. The name of the district and the sports club derives from the lighthouse located in the district ('Fener' in Turkish means 'lighthouse', 'bahçe' means garden). The most popular branch of the club by far is the football team, but the club also competes in basketball, volleyball, rowing, boxing, sailing, athletics, swimming and table tennis. Fenerbahçe's football branch currently plays in the Turkcell Süper Lig. They are nicknamed the Yellow Canaries and play their home games at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu in Kadıköy. On October 4, 2006, after numerous inspections by UEFA, Fenerbahçe's stadium, Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, was selected to host the 2009 UEFA Cup final.

History

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü was first founded in 1899. In those times, there were no football teams in the Ottoman Empire as it was forbidden to play football. In Kadıkoy (Fenerbahçe's home) some Turkish men were playing football in "Papaz'ın Çayırı". Papaz'in Çayırı is the same place where the Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadyumu was built. These men founded the first football club — Black Stockings — in the Ottoman Empire. Black Stockings were shutdown by the Sultan's men soon thereafter but, 8 years later, in 1907, most of the same people founded the Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü.

Nurizade Ziya Songülen and Necip Okaner created Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü a century ago in 1907. The club had to be kept under wraps because of the strict Ottoman rule, under which Turkish youth were not allowed to set up clubs or play football, according to the Sultan Abdul Hamid's ruling. Songülen was elected the first president of the club, Ayetullah became the first General Secretary, and Okaner was given the post of the General Captain. The lighthouse situated on the Fenerbahçe cape was a big influence on the design of the club's first emblem, which sported the yellow and white colors of daffodils around the lighthouse. It wasn't until 1910 that the emblem and colors of the club changed, when Topuz Hikmet redesigned the badge and changed the colors to yellow and navy, still seen now. Fenerbahçe's activities were kept in secrecy until a legislation change in 1908, when, under a new law, all football clubs had to register to exist legally. In 1959, the TFF founded a national league, which continues today under the name of the Türkiye Süper Ligi. The next year they participated in the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

In 1918, after World War I, İstanbul was occupied by the British and French armies, like all of Anatolia. From 1918 to 1923, Fenerbahçe played 50 matches against the teams of occupying powers and won 41 of these matches, losing just 4. Fenerbahçe's victories were a great boost to the morale of the Turkish soldiers and public alike, making the Fenerbahçe most popular team in Turkey.

Atatürk and Fenerbahçe

According to the offical web-site of the club, the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was an alleged Fenerbahçe supporter. On 10 August, after a 3–3 draw against Galatasaray in the Gazi Cup, Atatürk had three Galatasaray and two Fenerbahçe supporters next to him, where he is quoted as having said: "We are three on three here, because I’m a Fenerbahçe supporter too".

When the club's wooden building at Kuşdili, Kadıköy burnt down on the night of June 5, 1932, the first donation for a new building came from Atatürk. Atatürk has also visited the club and has signed the book of honour where he wrote the following:

I was informed of Fenerbahçe Club’s admirable activities and had made it a duty of mine to visit and congratulate the club. That visit has fallen on this day and I hereby record my tribute and congratulations.

May 3, 1918 (3.5.1334 AH) signed by Army commander Mustafa Kemal

Rivalries

The club's arch-rival is the neighbouring club Galatasaray SK. The Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray rivalry is considered as one of the world's biggest rivalries, and derbies between the clubs are considered as "Derby of Turkey". Fenerbahçe has not reached Galatasaray's achievements in European play, but have won more games between the two clubs.[1] Fenerbahçe's biggest win against Galatasaray was a league match in the 2002–2003 season where they won by the score of 6–0. Another major rival is Beşiktaş J.K., who are also located in İstanbul, in the Beşiktaş district. The head-to-head record between the two teams shows that Beşiktaş have won 116 of their games against Fenerbahçe's 113. Fenerbahçe also shares some rivalry with Trabzonspor, dating back to their neck to neck championship races during the late-1970s.

Emblem

The Fenerbahçe emblem was designed by Topuz Hikmet who played left wing in 1910 and was made by Tevfik Haccar (Taşcı) in London. The emblem consists of five colours. The white section which includes the writing Fenerbahçe Spor Kulubu 1907 represents purity and open heartedness, the red section represents love and attachment to the club and symbolises the Turkish flag. The yellow middle section symbolises admiration and envy, while the navy symbolises nobility. The oak acorn leaf which rises from the navy and yellow section shows the power of Fenerbahçe. The green colour of the leaf shows the success of Fenerbahçe is imperative.

Topuz Hikmet describes the story of the emblem:

"After the change of the club’s colours from yellow and white to yellow and navy, it was an issue to create an emblem with our new colours. My friends left the design of this emblem to me. Firstly, I brought together the colours of our national flag, red and white. Then drew a heart shape over the red and gave it a yellow and navy colour, adding an acorn leaf that represents resistance, power and strength. I wrote the club name and foundation date on the white section. When drawing our emblem, I tried to give this meaning: Serving the club with dependence from heart. 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 name on the emblem was changed to Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - 1907".

Football

Present

Currently, Fenerbahçe have the highest average attendance in the Turkish league. The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium is the biggest club stadium in Turkey. This stadium also frequently hosts national team games. The club chairman Aziz Yıldırım, who had just left the club, has returned to his post. He served his fourth two-year term since coming to power. He has stated that he will run once again for president. The squad is made up of many high-priced international players, from four different countries. Fenerbahçe's climbing team carries Fenerbahçe flags at the tops of famous mountains all over the world for the centenary year celebrations. Fenerbahçe has recently been invited to attend meetings of the highly prestigious G-14 group of European club powers, a first step toward possible membership, for their current bold economic and sportive growth.

Best European matches

Despite being the wealthiest Turkish club that regularly improves its squad with international stars, Fenerbahçe has never been a significant player in the international area. Their only European triumph came in the now-defunct Balkans Cup. There are no significant memorable events other than individual home wins; Fenerbahçe has never been able to advance past qualifying groups in European Champions League. Fenerbahçe is notable, however, for ending the 40-year old European unbeaten home record of Manchester United after a 1–0 win at Old Trafford.

Season	Opponent	Locale	Score	Competition
1961	AEK Athens FC	Home	5–1	Balkans Cup
1964	MTK Hungária FC	Away	3–1	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1967	AEK Athens FC	Home	3–1	Balkans Cup
1968	Manchester City	Home	2–1	European Cup
1975	Benfica	Home	1–0	European Cup
1978	PSV Eindhoven	Home	2–1	European Cup
1985	Bordeaux	Away	3–2	European Cup
1996	Manchester United	Away	1–0	UEFA Champions League
1996	Rapid Vienna	Home	1–0	UEFA Champions League
1998	Parma F.C.	Home	1–0	UEFA Cup
1998	IFK Göteborg	Home	1–0	UEFA Cup
2001	Rangers F.C.	Home	2–1	UEFA Cup
2004	Sparta Praha	Away	1–0	UEFA Champions League
2004	Manchester United	Home	3–0	UEFA Champions League
2005	PSV Eindhoven	Home	3–0	UEFA Champions League
2006	Palermo	Home	3–0	UEFA Cup

Current squad 2006/07

Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship.

As of 1 September, 2006: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Volkan Demirel
4	MF	GHA	Stephen Appiah
5	DF	TUR	Ümit Özat (C)
7	MF	TUR	Mehmet Yozgatlı (Also holds German citizenship )
9	FW	SRB	Mateja Kežman
10	FW	TUR	Tuncay Şanlı
11	MF	TUR	Tümer Metin
15	MF	TUR	Marco (Mehmet) Aurélio (Also holds Brazilian citizenship )
16	MF	TUR	Kerim Zengin
17	DF	TUR	Can Arat
19	DF	TUR	Önder Turacı (Also holds Belgian citizenship )
20	MF	BRA	Alex
21	MF	TUR	Selçuk Şahin
22	GK	TUR	Serdar Kulbilge

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	TUR	Semih Sentürk
24	DF	TUR	Deniz Baris (Also holds German citizenship )
25	MF	TUR	Uğur Boral
27	MF	TUR	Kemal Aslan
29	MF	TUR	Olcan Adin
30	MF	TUR	Serkan Balcı
34	GK	TUR	Rüştü Reçber
35	DF	URU	Diego Lugano
36	DF	BRA	Edu Dracena
46	DF	TUR	Senyil Mehmet Kutay
47	FW	TUR	Umut Güzelses (Also holds Israeli citizenship )
48	DF	TUR	Osman Kürşat Duman
49	MF	TUR	Alper Balaban
99	FW	BRA	Deivid

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	TUR	Recep Biler (at Karşıyaka SK until June 2007)
6	DF	TUR	Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu (at Gaziantepspor until June 2007)
18	MF	TUR	Gürhan Gürsoy (at Sivasspor until June 2007)
--	FW	BRA	Mateus (at Bursaspor until June 2007)

For recent transfers, see the "Transfer Deals" section of 2006-07 in Turkish football.

Current staff

• Manager - Zico
  • Assistant Managers - Moraci Vasconcelos Sant’anna, Eduardo Antunes Coimbra
• First team coaches - Irfan Saraloğlu, Zeki Önder Özen
• Goalkeeper coach - Murat Öztürk
• Physiotherapists - Michael Schulten, Orhan Şakir
  • Masseurs - Kamuran Bozan, Yılmaz Mete
  • Club Doctor - Ethem Kavukçu
• Kit man - Ali Orçun Tunçsoy
• Press managers - Gökhan Demirer, Mehmet Çatay

Notable players

Turkey

• Serhat Akın
• Fatih Akyel
• Cihat Arman
• Can Bartu
• Oguz Cetin
• Hüseyin Çakıroğlu
• Tanju Çolak
• Rıdvan Dilmen
• Basri Dirimlili
• Abdullah Ercan
• Aykut Kocaman
• Lefter Küçükandonyadis
• Tumer Metin
• Alpay Özalan
• Rüştü Reçber
• Turan Sofuoğlu
• Tuncay Şanlı
• Ziya Şengul
• Zeki Rıza Sporel
• Cemil Turan
• Müjdat Yetkiner
• Selçuk Yula

Albania

• Fadil Vokrri

Argentina

• Ariel Ortega

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Elvir Baljić
• Elvir Bolić

Brazil

• Alex
• Mehmet Aurelio
• Deivid
• Edu Dracena
• Fabio Luciano
• Marcio Nobre
• Washington

Bulgaria

• Emil Kostadinov
• Ivaylo Petkov
• Stanimir Stoilov

Croatia

• Milan Rapaić

Denmark

• Jes Høgh
• Brian Steen Nielsen
• Henrik Nielsen

England

• Dalian Atkinson

France

• Nicolas Anelka

Germany

• Mustafa Doğan
• Harald 'Toni' Schumacher

Ghana

• Stephen Appiah
• Samuel Johnson

Israel

• Haim Revivo

Netherlands

• Pierre van Hooijdonk

Nigeria

• Uche Okechukwu
• Jay-Jay Okocha

Portugal

• Dimas Teixeira

Romania

• Mircea Sasu
• Viorel Moldovan
• Ilie Datcu
• Sabin Ilie

Serbia

• Radomir Antić
• Mateja Kežman
• Nikola Lazetić
• Zoran Mirković
• Miroslav Stević

South Africa

• John Moshoeu

Sweden

• Kennet Andersson

Switzerland

• Murat Yakın

Ukraine

• Serhiy Rebrov
• Ivan Vishnevski

Uruguay

• Diego Lugano

Other footballers Fenerbahçe footballers.

Fenerbahçe managers

Season	Name	Country	Honours
1907-1911	Dalaklı Hüseyin		-
1911-1915	Galip Kulaksızoğlu		İstanbul Football League (3)
1915-1921	Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan		İstanbul Friday League
1921-1924	Mustafa Elkatipzade		İstanbul Friday League
1924-1926	Sami Coşar		-
1926-1929	Hikmet Mocuk		-
1929-1932	Necmettin Cakan		İstanbul Football League, İstanbul Shield
1932-1935	Josef Svenk		Turkish Football Championship , İstanbul Football League, İstanbul Shield
1935-1938	James Elliot		National Heap, Turkish Football Championship (2), İstanbul Football League, İstanbul Shield
1938-1939	Josef Svenk		İstanbul Shield (2)
1939-1941	G. Nemetz		National Heap
1941-1944	John Prayer		National Heap, Turkish Football Championship , İstanbul Football League
1945-1947	Fikret Arıcan		İstanbul Cup, National Heap (2), Chancellor Cup (2), İstanbul Football League
1947-1948	Miço Dimitropulos		İstanbul Football League
1948-1949	Cihat Arman		-
1949-1951	Peter Molley		National Heap, Chancellor Cup
1951-1951	James Mc.Cormick		-
1951-1953	Lazslo Szekelly		İstanbul Professional League
1953-1955	Zarko Mihailovic		-
1955-1955	Imre Markos		-
1955-1956	Fikret Arıcan		-
1956-1957	Laszlo Szekelly		İstanbul Professional League
1957-1959	Ignace Molnar		İstanbul Professional League
1959-1960	Mehmet Reşat Nayır		Turkish League Championships
1960-1961	Laszlo Szekelly		Turkish League Championships
1961-1962	Necdet Erdem		-
1962-1964	Miroslav Kokotovic		Turkish League Championships
1964-1965	Oscar Hold		Atatürk Cup, Turkish League Championships
1965-1966	Necdet Erdem		-
1966-1967	Abdullah Gegic		Spor-Toto Cup, Balkan Cup
1967-1968	Ignace Molnar		President Cup, Turkish Cup, Turkish League Championships
1969-1970	Traian Ionescu		TSYD Cup, Turkish League Championships
1970-1971	Constantin Teasca		-
1971-1972	Sabri Kiraz		-
1972-1975	Didi		TSYD (2), Chancellor Cup, President Cup (2), Turkish Cup, Turkish League Championships (2)
1975-1976	Abdullah Gegić		TSYD Cup
1976-1976	Ilie Datcu		-
1976-1976	Nedim Günar		-
1976-1978	Tomislav Kaleperovic		TSYD Cup, Turkish League Championships
1978-1979	Necdet Niş		Turkish Cup
1979-1979	Şükrü Ersoy		-
1979-1980	Ziya Şengül		TSYD Cup
1980-1982	Friedel Rausch		TSYD Cup, Chancellor Cup
1982-1982	Enver Katip		-
1982-1984	Branko Stanković		Fleet Cup (2), TSYD Cup, Turkish Cup, Turkish League Championships
1984-1985	Todor Veselinović		Fleet Cup (2), TSYD Cup, Chancellor Cup (2), Turkish League Championships
1985-1986	Kálmán Mészöly		-
1986-1986	Ziya Şengül		-
1986-1987	Branko Stanković		-
1987-1988	Yılmaz Yücetürk, Pál Csernai, Ercan Aktuna		-
1988-1990	Todor Veselinović		Chancellor Cup, Turkish League Championships
1990-1990	Ömer Kaner		Chancellor Cup
1990-1991	Guus Hiddink, Erol Togay, Tınaz Tırpan		-
1991-1993	Jozef Vengloš		-
1993-1995	Holger Osieck		TSYD Cup, Chancellor Cup
1995-1995	Tomislav Ivić		-
1995-1996	Carlos Alberto Parreira		TSYD Cup, Turkish League Championships
1996-1997	Sebastião Lazaroni, Todor Veselinović		-
1997-1998	Otto Barić		Chancellor Cup
1998-1999	Joachim Löw		Atatürk Cup
1999-2000	Rıdvan Dilmen, Zdeněk Zeman, Turhan Sofuoğlu		-
2000-2001	Mustafa Denizli		Turkish League Championships
2001-2002	Mustafa Denizli, Werner Lorant		-
2002-2003	Werner Lorant, Oğuz Çetin, Tamer Güney		-
2003-2006	Christoph Daum		Turkish League Championships (2)
2006-Present	Zico		-

Other managers Fenerbahçe football managers.

Turkish League Achievements

During the early years of 20th century, organized football leagues existed only in İstanbul. After the Republic was founded, and with the establishment of the Turkish Football Federation in 1923, the federation started organizing leagues in different cities, although these leagues were localalised. Later on, the Federation started organizing inter-city leagues, first under the name of the National League (Milli Küme), and then Turkish League. Since its foundation, Fenerbahçe SK has won 25 national championships (some in the previous incarnation to the official league operating today), 16 inter-city league championships and 26 official cup titles organized by the Turkish Football Federation and 19 other cups.

Football Honours

• Turkish League Championships:
  • Winners (16): 1959, 1960-61, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1988-89, 1995-96, 2000-01, 2003-04, 2004-05
  • Runners-up (15): 1960, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2005-2006
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (4): 1968, 1974, 1979, 1983
  • Runners-up (7): 1963, 1965, 1989, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006
• Balkans Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1966-1967
• Atatürk Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1964, 1998
• President Cup:
  • Winners (6): 1968, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1990
• Chancellor Cup:
  • Winners (8): 1945, 1946, 1950, 1973, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1998
• TSYD Cup:
  • Winners (12): 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995
• Turkish Football Championship:
  • Winners (3): 1932-33, 1934-35, 1943-44
• İstanbul Football League:
  • Winners (16): 1911-12, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1920-21, 1922-23, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1936-37, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1956-57, 1958-59
• İstanbul Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1944
• Fleet Cup:
  • Winners (4): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
• İstanbul Shield:
  • Winners (4): 1930, 1934, 1938, 1939
• National Heap:
  • Winners (6): 1936-37, 1939-40, 1942-43, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1949-50
• Spor Toto Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1967

Basketball

Main article: Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor

Fenerbahçe's second biggest branch is its basketball team. In 2006 Fenerbahçe's basketball department was merged with Ülkerspor's department.

Fenerbahçe's honours before Fenerbahçe merged with Ülkerspor

Fenerbahçe Honours

Men's Team

• Turkish Championship
  • Winners (4): 1957, 1959, 1965, 1991
• Turkish Federation Cup
  • Winners (6): 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (3): 1990, 1991, 1994

Women's Team

• Turkish Championship
  • Winners (4): 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006
• Turkish Federation Cup
  • Winners (6): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Turkish Super Cup
  • Winners (5): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
• Women's FIBA EuroCup
  • Runners-up (1): 2003

Ülkerspor

Ülkerspor was a Turkish basketball club based in İstanbul and sponsored by Ülker Food Group. The sports club was founded in 1975, however the basketball department was established by a takeover of the basketball team Nasaşspor in 1993. At the end of the 2005/06 season, it was announced that the club would be merged with the Fenerbahçe Basketball Club. It was also announced that all the current players that were contracted to Ülkerspor would be transferred to Fenerbahçe.

In their first season since becoming a club, Ülkerspor played in the final of the Turkish Basketball League and represented Turkey at the Korac Cup. In its brief history of 12 seasons, Ülkerspor played in the championship 8 times, won 3 times championship titles in those 8 years, and won two Turkish Cup's. The orange-green squad also won the President’s Cup 5 times and established itself as the country's second most successful club after crosstown rival Efes Pilsen.

Ülkerspor Honours

• Turkish League:
  • Winners (4): 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2003, 2004
• President’s Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Current squad

For the current squad, see Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor.

Volleyball

Another popular branch of Fenerbahçe's club is its Volleyball branch.

Current Men's squad

Name	Nationality	Position	Height [m]
Burak Hascan	Turkey	Middle Blocker	2.03
Hakan Fertelli	Turkey	Middle Blocker	1.98
Erhan Dünge	Turkey	Middle Blocker	2.08
Nuri Şahin	Turkey	Libero	1.98
Can Ayvazoğlu	Turkey	Setter	1.90
Volkan Güç	Turkey	Opposite	2.02
Arslan Ekşi	Turkey	Wing Spiker	1.98
Orhan Cinoğlu	Turkey	Setter	2.05
Umut Çakır	Turkey	Wing Spiker	1.94
Berat Kısal	Turkey	Wing Spiker	1.90
Emre Batur	Turkey	Middle Blocker	1.98
Ayberk Sevinç	Turkey	Wing Spiker	1.90
Lucas Chavez	Argentina	Wing Spiker	1.98
Jeronimo Bidegain	Argentina	Setter	2.00
David McKienzie	United States	Wing Spiker	1.93

Coach: Abdullah Paşaoğlu

Honours

• Turkish League
  • Runners-up (2):

• Istanbul Champion
  • Winners (5):

• European Top Teams Cup
  • Quarterfinal 2004/2005:

Current Women's squad

Name	Nationality	Position	Height [m]
Tülin Altıntaş	Turkey	Middle Blocker	1.87
Çiğdem Can Rasna	Turkey	Middle Blocker	1.84
Anna Beatiz Francıscomr	Brazil	Wing Spiker	1.79
Marina Tumas	Belarus	Setter	1.87
Hatice Can Korucu	Turkey	Libero	1.75
Pelin Çelik	Turkey	Spiker	1.72
Tuğçe Çelik	Turkey	Spiker	1.83
Şükran Saral	Turkey	Libero	1.75
Seda Tokatlıoglu	Turkey	Wing Spiker	1.92
Özlem Özçelik	Turkey	Middle Blocker	1.73

Coach: Jesus Savigne

Honours

• Turkish League
  • Winners (8):

• Istanbul Champion
  • Winners (9):

External links

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