Fenerbahçe S.K.

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Fenerbahçe

Full name	Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries) Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues)
Founded	3 May 1907 (3 May 1907)
Ground	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Capacity	50,509
Chairman	Aziz Yıldırım
Manager	Aykut Kocaman
League	Süper Lig
2010–11	Süper Lig, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [fenerbahtʃe]; English: Fenerbahçe Sports Club) is a professional sports club based in the district of Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The sports club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Kadıköy. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey, Fenerbahçe's football team currently plays in Süper Lig. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar (Turkish for "The Yellow Canaries") and play their home games at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Kadıköy. Fenerbahçe is a multi-sports club and competes in football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, sailing, rowing, boxing and table tennis with honours won in each branch. The club is also one of the major contributors of Turkish representatives for the Olympic games. Fenerbahçe's football club has won 88 official titles, including 27 national championship titles, a Turkish record. Fenerbahçe is the most successful sports club in Turkey with over 1,000 medals, trophies and championships won.

History

Fenerbahçe squad in the 1911-1912 season.

Fenerbahçe S.K. was founded in 1907 in the province of Kadıköy in Istanbul. The founders were Nurizade Ziya Bey (Ziya Songülen), Ayetullah Bey, Enver Necip Bey (Enver Necip Okaner). This group of individuals founded the club secretly in order to keep a low profile and not get into any trouble with the strict Ottoman rule. So strict in fact that the Sultan, Abdul Hamid II, forbid that the Turkish youth may not set up a club nor engage in the game of football played by the English families that was watched in envy. Ziya Songülen was elected the first president of the club, Ayetullah Bey became the first General Secretary, and Enver Necip 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. The kits were also designed with yellow and white stripes. The emblem and colors of the club were changed in 1910 when Topuz Hikmet redesigned the badge and Ziya Bey changed the colors to yellow and navy, still seen today. Fenerbahçe's activities were kept in secrecy until a legislation reform in 1908, when, under a new law, all football clubs had to register to exist legally. Fenerbahçe joined the Istanbul League in 1909, finishing fifth in their first year. The founding line-up included Ziya Songülen, Ayetullah Bey, Necip Okaner, Galip Kulaksizoglu, Hassan Sami Kocamemi, Asaf Bespinar, Enver Yetiker, Sevkati Hulusi Bey, Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan, Hamit Hüsnü Kayacan, and Nasuhi Baydar.

Fenerbahce 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' speciality, for example Essex Engineers, Irish Guards, Grenadiers, and Artillery. These teams played against each other and against local football teams in Istanbul. Fenerbahçe won many of these matches. The Turkish Football Federation founded a national league in 1959, which continues today under the name of the Turkcell Süper Lig. Fenerbahçe won the first tournament, beating Galatasaray S.K. 4–1 on aggregate. The next year, Fenerbahçe participated in the UEFA Champions League for the first time. They qualified through a 4–3 win over Csepel SC. They lost their first round game to OGC Nice 1–5 in a playoff game after drawing on aggregate. Fenerbahçe became the most successful Turkish club of the 1960s. They were also runners-up three times. In the Balkans Cup 1966–67 (a competition set up for Eastern European clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia that existed between the 1960–61 and 1993–94 seasons), Fenerbahçe won the cup after three matches against Greek club AEK Athens FC, making them the first Turkish club to win a non-domestic competition. This success would remain unparalleled by a Turkish club until Sarıyer G.K. and Samsunspor won the cup many years later in the 1990s.

The 1970s saw Galatasaray win four more league titles. The decade also saw the first non-Istanbul club and a club outside of Fenerbahçe, Besiktas J.K., and Galatasaray S.K. to win a league title. Trabzonspor went on to win four titles during the decade. Fenerbahçe won three titles in the 1980s, titles Galatasaray S.K. and Besiktas J.K. dominated the Turkish League during the 1990s, combining to win nine out of 10 ti Fenerbahçe's only Turkish League success during the 1990s came in the 1995–1996 season under Carlos Alberto Parreira. Fenerbahçe won the league in 2001, denying Galatasaray a fifth consecutive title. They followed up the next season with a runners-up place behind Galatasaray with new coach Werner Lorant. The next season, however, did not go so well as Fenerbahçe finished in sixth place with Ariel Ortega in the squad. Despite this, that season is memorable to many Fenerbahçe fans due to a 6-0 win against arch-rivals Galatasaray in Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 6 November 2002. After firing Werner Lorant, they hired another German coach, Christoph Daum. Daum had previously coached in Turkey, winning the league with Besiktas J.K. in 1994–95. Fenerbahçe brought in players including Pierre van Hooijdonk, Mehmet Aurélio, and Fabio Luciano as a rebuilding process. These new players lead Fenerbahçe to their fifteenth title and third star (one being awarded for every 5 league titles won by a club). The next year was followed up by a narrow championship over Trabzonspor, winning the then record of sixteen Turkish First Football League championships. Fenerbahçe lost the title in the last week of the 2005–06 season to Galatasaray. Fenerbahçe needed a win, but instead drew 1–1 with Denizlispor while Galatasaray won 3–0 over Kayserispor.

Soon after, Christoph Daum stepped down as manager, and was replaced by Zico on 4 July 2006. Zico began his reign by signing two new defenders, highly-touted Uruguayan international Diego Lugano, and fellow Brazilian Edu Dracena. Zico also signed two strikers, Serbian international Mateja Kežman, and another Brazilian, Deivid. Fenerbahçe's 2006–07 domestic season started off with a 6–0 win over relegation candidates Kayseri Erciyesspor. In the 32^nd week of the Süper Lig, Fenerbahçe drew Trabzonspor 2–2, while Besiktas J.K. lost to Bursaspor 0–3, putting the former out of contention for the title. Fenerbahçe won their seventeenth Turkish Süper Lig title in 2007, the most in Turkey. Fenerbahçe started off their 2007–08 season by signing Brazilian international Roberto Carlos. The deal saw the defender come for free after his contract was not extended by Real Madrid. Young Turkish players like Gökhan Gönül, Yasin Çakmak, Ilhan Parlak, Ali Bilgin, Turkish-English attacker Kazım Kazım, Turkish-Brazilian left back Gökçek Vederson joined Fenerbahçe in the beginning of the season and Chile national football team captain Claudio Maldonado joined the team in January '08 transfer window.

On 11 January 2007, Fenerbahce S.K. was officially invited to G-14. G-14 is an association which consists of top clubs worldwide. Fenerbahçe S.K. is the only Turkish club that have been invited to this association. On March 2008, Fenerbahçe's record application was accepted by Guinness World Records Menagement Team, which envisages Fenerbahçe to have the highest number of medal and trophy achievements on the planet with its 9 branches entirely, total of 1134 cups and medals. In the UEFA Champions League 1996–97 season Fenerbahçe completed the group stage with seven points and, amongst others, beat Manchester United 1–0 in Old Trafford undoing the record of the English giants being unbeaten for 40 years in their homeground. Under Zico’s command, Fenerbahçe qualified from the UEFA Champions League 2007–08 group stage for the first time in the club's history and went on to beat Sevilla FC to become a quarter-finalist in the 2007–08 season. So far, Zico is also the most successful manager of the team's history in the European arena. After successful scores both in local league of Turkey and international matches, Zico gained a new nickname from Fenerbahçe fans: Kral Arthur (meaning "King Arthur" in Turkish). Since 2000, Fenerbahçe S.K. improved the club's finances and facilities, bringing world stars to the club such as Haim Revivo, Ariel Ortega, Serhiy Rebrov, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Alex de Souza, Stephen Appiah, Nicolas Anelka and lately Mateja Kežman, Roberto Carlos, and Dani Güiza.

Fenerbahçe's 2009-10 season ended in shock as they lost the title on the last day. The Fenerbahçe players were told a draw would be enough towards the end of the match only to find out that other games went against their favour as Bursaspor beat Beşiktaş 2-1 to get the title. Despite the title loss, Fenerbahçe ended the season with the highest number of clean sheets (10), as well as the joint longest winning streak (8).

Fenerbahçe won a record 18th Turkish League title in the 2010–11 season. The team were nine points behind the leaders after 16 games, but went on an unbeaten run of 17 wins and one draw from the last 18 games of the season and won the title with 82 points. Trabzonspor also finished on 82 points but finished second due head-to-head goal average in favor of Fenerbahçe. Alex, became the top scorer of the season with 28 goals, the highest number of goals by a foreign player in history of Turkish football. Following the season's end club president Aziz Yıldırım was remanded in custody over allegations of match-fixing.

Club crest and colours

Centennial year kit.

Since the club's foundation, Fenerbahçe has used the same badge, which has only undergone minor alterations.

It was designed by Topuz Hikmet who played left wing in 1910 and was made by Tevfik Haccar (Tasci) in London. The emblem consists of five colours. The white section which includes the writing Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü 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. Hikmet Topuzer 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 ★.

• Fenerbahçe's crest (1910–1923)
  Fenerbahçe's crest
  (1910–1923)
• Fenerbahçe's Centenary Year (2007) crest
  Fenerbahçe's Centenary Year (2007) crest
• 
  Fenerbahçe's crest
  (1923– ...)

Stadium

Main article: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

Fenerbahçe
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu

Former names	Silahtar Ağa Sahası Papazın Çayırı Union Club Field İttihat Spor Field Fenerbahçe Stadı (1933–1998)
Owner	Fenerbahçe S.K.
Operator	Fenerbahçe S.K.
Executive suites	61
Capacity	53.586 All Seated
Surface	Grass
Construction
Renovated	1999 to 2006
Construction cost	85,000,000 USD
Architect	Zehra Aksu, Adnan Aksu
Tenants
Fenerbahçe S.K.

Fenerbahçe play their home games at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (simply known as Kadikoy) , in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, since 1908. Most recently renovated between 1999 and 2006, its capacity is 50,509. Unsually for a Turkish football stadium there is no running track around the outside of the pitch.

The club's museum has been situated in the stadium since 2005, after having been at a variety of locations.

Other facilities

Other club facilities include the social venue, the training complex, the club headquarters, the Dereagzi Metin Asik camp facilities, the youth academy football centre, the sports hall, the Fikirtepe facilities, the college, and the swimming pool.

• Caferaga Sport Hall, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Kadıköy and opened in 1982. It is owned by the Municipality of Kadıköy District and operated by the Directorate of Youth and Sport of Istanbul Province.Women's basketball team (Fenerbahçe Istanbul) and volleyball teams (Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball and Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball) play their league matches.

• Fenerbahçe Ülker City, will be new hall with a capacity of 12,500. It is scheduled to be completed in summer of 2011. The basketball teams (Fenerbahçe Ülker and Fenerbahçe Istanbul), volleyball teams (Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball and Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball) will play their league matches.

• The Faruk Ilgaz Social Venue, located next to the club’s headquarters, is the new venue for the club’s gatherings. It was initially opened 15 May 1969 but Aziz Yildirim rebuilt a modern complex and re-opened it on 21 January 2004.

• Can Bartu Training Facilities, the construction for this top quality training complex began in 1997 during Ali Sen’s presidency. The construction was completed in the year 2000. Serves the senior football team.

• Lefter Küçükandonyadis Training Facilities, serves Fenerbahçe A2 and is located at Dereagzi. Re-opened in 1989. Facilities also serve the athletics branch, the boxing branch, the rowing branch and the sailing branch.

• Youth Football Academy, located next to the Metin Asik Camp Facilities. Built in 1999, serves the youth ranks of the football branch.

• The Fikirtepe Facilities, located on Yumurtaci Abdi Bey Road, Kadıköy. Opened July 1, 1998, serves youth football development.

• The Sports Hall, located on Munir Nurettin Selcuk Road Kiziltoprak. Refurbished 24 February.2001. First opened in 1982. Serves Fenerbahçe Ülker, Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball and Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball teams.

• Vefa Küçük Swimming Pool, opened on 16 July 1999 and serves the swimming branch.

Current squad

As of 15 July 2011

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
2	DF	URU	Diego Lugano
4	DF	TUR	Bekir İrtegün
5	MF	TUR	Emre Belözoğlu
7	FW	SEN	Mamadou Niang
8	MF	TUR	Sezer Öztürk
9	FW	ESP	Daniel Güiza
10	MF	BRA	Alex (Captain)
11	MF	SVK	Miroslav Stoch
14	MF	TUR	Gökay Iravul
16	MF	BRA	Cristian
19	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Emenike
20	MF	TUR	Özer Hurmacı
21	MF	TUR	Selçuk Şahin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	TUR	Ertuğrul Taşkıran
23	FW	TUR	Semih Şentürk
25	MF	TUR	Uğur Boral
27	DF	BRA	André Santos
34	GK	TUR	Mert Günok
38	MF	TUR	Mehmet Topuz
53	DF	TUR	Serdar Kesimal
58	DF	BRA	Bilica
67	DF	TUR	Orhan Şam
77	DF	TUR	Gökhan Gönül
85	GK	TUR	Serkan Kırıntılı
88	MF	TUR	Caner Erkin
92	MF	SEN	Issiar Dia

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
17	DF	TUR	Okan Alkan (at Kayserispor until 30 June 2013)

Retired number(s)

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

Players with dual nationality

• 2 Diego Lugano
• 7 Mamadou Niang
• 8 Sezer Öztürk
• 20 Özer Hurmacı
• 53 Serdar Kesimal
• 92 Issiar Dia

Youth teams

For the Reserve team:

Main article: Fenerbahçe S.K. A2

For the Academy team:

Main article: Fenerbahçe S.K. Academy

Former players

For details on former players, see List of Fenerbahçe S.K. players, List of Fenerbahce S.K. foreign players and Category:Fenerbahçe footballers.

Club captains

Dates	Name	Notes
1907–1908	/ Necip Okaner	First captain of Fenerbahçe
1908–1924	/ Galip Kulaksızoğlu
1924–1933	Zeki Riza Sporel
1933–1942	Fikret Arıcan
1942–1951	Cihat Arman
1951–1956	Fikret Kırcan
1956–1963	Naci Erdem
1963–1968	Seref Has
1968–1970	Can Bartu
1970–1975	Ziya Şengül
1975–1980	Cemil Turan
1980–1983	Alpaslan Eratlı
1983–1985	Cem Pamiroğlu
1985–1987	Müjdat Yetkiner
1987–1988	Şenol Çorlu
1988–1990	Harald Schumacher	First non-Turkish captain of Fenerbahçe
1990–1991	Şenol Çorlu
1991–1992	Rıdvan Dilmen
1992–1993	Müjdat Yetkiner
1993–1996	Oğuz Çetin
1996–2000	Rüstü Reçber
2000–2003	Ogün Temizkanoğlu
2003–2007	Ümit Özat
2007–present	Alex de Souza	Second non-Turkish captain of Fenerbahçe

As of 7 December 2009

Player records

Most appearances

#	Name	Career	Appearances	Goals
1	Müjdat Yetkiner	1979–1995	763	20
2	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	1947–1951 1953–1965	615	423
3	Şeref Has	1955–1969	605	168
4	Cem Pamiroğlu	1976–1986	508	17
5	Rüştü Reçber	1994–2003 2004–2007	447	–
6	Naci Erdem	1953–1963	440	47
7	Ziya Şengül	1964–1975	426	31
8	Nedim Doğan	1961–1973	416	101
9	Nedim Günar	1949–1963	416	12
10	Alpaslan Eratlı	1973–1983	414	38

As of 7 December 2008

Most goals

#	Name	Career	Goals	Appearances	Goals/Game Ratio
1	/ Zeki Rıza Sporel	1916–1934	470	352	1.335
2	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	1947–1951 1953–1965	423	615	0.688
3	/ Alaaddin Baydar	1916–1934	362	324	1.117
4	Naci Bastoncu	1934–1947	232	388	0.598
5	Fikret Arıcan	1927–1947	231	406	0.569
6	Melih Kotanca	1939–1948	204	185	1.103
7	Cemil Turan	1972–1980	194	366	0.53
8	Aykut Kocaman	1988–1996	188	315	0.597
9	Şeref Has	1955–1969	168	605	0.278
10	Can Bartu	1955–1961 1967–1970	162	330	0.491

As of 7 December 2008

• Most Goals In One Match – 8:
  • Zeki Riza Sporel v Anadolu, 1931
  • Melih Kotanca v Topkapi, 1940
• Most Goals In One League Match – 6:
  • Tanju Çolak v Karsiyaka, 1992–93

Scorers in European competitions

Goals	Player name
14	Alex de Souza
12	Tuncay Şanlı
9	Semih Şentürk
8	Cemil Turan
7	Aykut Kocaman

As of 1 October 2009

Award winners

Several players have won other competitions and individual awards during or for their time with Fenerbahçe

Golden Foot

• Roberto Carlos (2008)

FIFA 100

• Jay-Jay Okocha
• Emre Belözoglu
• Rüştü Reçber
• Roberto Carlos
• Zico

Olympic Games Winner

• Uche Okechukwu (USA 1996)
• Jay-Jay Okocha (USA 1996)

Confederations Cup Winner

• Jes Høgh (S.Arabia 1995)
• Brian Steen Nielsen (S.Arabia 1995)

European Championship Winner

• Daniel Güiza (Austria&Switzerland 2008)

African Cup of Nations Winner

• Uche Okechukwu (Tunusia 1994)

Afro-Asian Cup Winner

• Uche Okechukwu (Afro-Asian Cup 1995)

Copa America Winner

• Alex (Peru 2004)
• Diego Lugano (Argentina 2011)

Historical players

Main article: List of Fenerbahçe S.K. players

When it was first founded in 1907, Fenerbahçe had a large squad. One of these players, Galip Kulaksizoglu, was the longest serving player of the original squad. He spent seventeen years at the club, retiring in 1924 after 216 matches. Zeki Riza Sporel was the first product of the Fenerbahçe youth system. During his eighteen year career with the club, Zeki scored 470 goals in 352 matches, or 1.3 goals every match. Zeki was also capped for the Turkey national football team sixteen times, bagging 15 goals. Cihat Arman became the first in a long-line of long-serving goalkeepers at Fenerbahçe. Cihat played twelve seasons with the club, playing in 308 matches. Lefter Küçükandonyadis was one of the first Turkish football players to play in Europe. Lefter spent two seasons in Europe, playing for ACF Fiorentina and OGC Nice before returning to Fenerbahçe. In all, Lefter scored 423 goals in 615 matches for the club, helping them to two Istanbul Football League titles, and three Turkish First Football League titles. Another player, Can Bartu, became the next big Turkish export to Europe. He was also the first Turkish player to play in a European competition final, doing so with ACF Fiorentina against Rangers on January 1, 1961. Can also spent some seasons playing for Venezia A.C. and S.S. Lazio before returning to Fenerbahçe in 1967. He was a four-time league champion with Fenerbahçe and scored 162 goals in 330 matches. In recent decades, Fenerbahçe have gained an influx of foreigners who have helped the club to a joint-record of seventeen league titles. Among these include Uche Okechukwu, who after 13 seasons with Fenerbahçe and Istanbulspor became the longest serving foreigner in Turkey. During Uche's career with Fenerbahçe, he won two league titles and became a fan favourite. In more recent times, Fenerbahçe has been the home to Brazilian-born Mehmet Aurélio (Marco Aurélio), who in 2006, became the first naturalized Turkish citizen to play for the Turkey national football team. Wederson (Gökçek Vederson), another Brazilian-born naturalized Turkish citizen, was added to the squad in the beginning of the 2007–08 season and now plays for Bursaspor since June 14, 2010, after his release by Fenerbahçe on May 31, 2010.

Honours and achievements

Fenerbahçe have won 27 Turkish League titles, the most of any team and nine more than greatest rivals, Galatasaray. Eighteen of these titles were in the Süper Lig era, and entitle the club to display three gold stars on their badge, one awarded by the Turkish Football Association for winning five championships. Fenerbahçe's 21 runners-up finishes is also a national record.

Domestic competitions

Turkish Süper Lig (record)

• Winners (18): 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011

• Runners-up (17): 1960, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010

Turkish Cup

• Winners (4): 1968, 1974, 1979, 1983
• Runners-up (9): 1963, 1965, 1989, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010

Turkish Super Cup

• Winners (8): 1968, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2007, 2009
• Runners-up (7): 1970, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1996

Defunct Domestic competitions

Turkish Football Championship (record)

• Winners (3): 1933, 1935, 1944
• Runners-up (2): 1940, 1947

National League (record)

• Winners (6): 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1950
• Runners-up (2): 1944, 1947

Chancellor Cup (record)

• Winners (8): 1945, 1946, 1950, 1973, 1980, 1989, 1993, 1998
• Runners-up (7): 1944, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1992, 1994, 1995

TSYD Cup (shared record)

• Winners (12): 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1996

Istanbul Football League (record)

• Winners (16): 1912, 1914, 1915, 1921, 1923, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1957, 1959
• Runners-up (18): 1916, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1958

Records

• First Turkish team to win a non-domestic trophy 1967

• All-time best in Turkish League cumulative standings with the highest number of wins and the least losses as well as the most scoring football team in history.

• Most goals scored in a season:
  • 103 goals in season 1988–89

• Best winning percentage in a season:
  • 29 wins and 6 draws in 36 matches, 0.888 in season 1988–89

• Best group stage finish for a Turkish club in Champions League:
  • 11 points in 6 games against Inter, CSKA Moscow and PSV Eindhoven, 2007–08

• Best Champions League performance for a Turkish club (shared record):
  • Played Quarter final stage, 2007–2008

• Record League victory – 6 goal margin:

Club league highs and lows

*Most: Most Total Wins: 29 (1988–89) Most Total Draws: 16 (1985–86) Most Total Defeats: 13 (1987–88) Most Total Wins In A Row: 12 (2005–06) Most Total Defeats In A Row: 3 (1966–67, 1980–81, 1992–93) Most Total Goals Scored: 103 (1988–89) Most Total Goals Conceded: 53 (1990–91) Highest Number of Points in any Half of a Season: 49/51 (2010–2011)

*Fewest: Fewest Total Wins: 9 (1980–81) Fewest Total Draws: 2 (1959, 1991–92, 2004–05) Fewest Total Defeats: 1 (1959, 1963–64, 1988–89) Fewest Total Goals Scored: 31 (1969–70, 1976–77, 1979–80) Fewest Total Goals Conceded: 6 (1969–1970)

Club officials

The Board of Directors

President	Aziz Yıldırım
Deputy-president/Press Spokesman	Nihat Özdemir
Secretary general	Vedat Olcay
Vice-president/Member	Ali Koç
Vice-president, Financial and Project	Nihat Özbağı
Member	Alaeddin Yıldırım
Vice-president/Member	Osman Murat Özaydınlı
Vice-president, Social Organisations & Associations	Mithat Yenigün
Vice-president, Amateur Departments	Mahmut Nedim Uslu
Vice-president, Formal Association Relations	Serhat Çeçen
Vice-president, Law & Institutional Relations	Şekip Mosturoğlu
Football and Stadium Infrastructure	Ömer Temelli
Social Organisations	Ünal Uzun
Fenerbahçe Training Company	Turan Şahin

Source: Board of Directors

Technical staff

Position	Name
Sporting Director & Head Coach	Aykut Kocaman
Assistant Coach	Ismail Kartal
Assistant Coach	Fahrudin Omerovic
Coach	Turgay Altay
Physical Fitness Coach	Doç. Dr. Alper Asçi
Match Analyst	Arda Keskin
Goalkeeper Coach	Murat Öztürk
Individual Player Coach	Dolu Arslan
Doctor	Doç. Dr. Ertugrul Karanlik
Physiotherapist	Orhan Sakir

Presidents & Managerial history

Further information: List of Fenerbahçe S.K. managers

Further information: List of Fenerbahçe SK presidents

Recent seasons

See also: Fenerbahçe S.K. seasons

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Other Competitions				Manager
2003–04	1D	1	34	23	7	4	82	41	76	Semi-final							Christoph Daum
2004–05	1D	1	34	26	2	6	77	24	80	Final	UCL UC	Group stage Last 32					Christoph Daum
2005–06	1D	2	34	25	6	3	90	34	81	Final	UCL	Group stage					Christoph Daum
2006–07	1D	1	34	20	10	4	65	31	70	Semi-final	UCL UC	3rd QR Last 32					Zico
2007–08	1D	2	34	22	7	5	72	37	73	Quarter-final	UCL	Quarter-final	TSC				Zico
2008–09	1D	4	34	18	7	9	60	36	61	Final	UCL	Group stage					Luis Aragonés
2009–10	1D	2	34	23	5	6	61	28	74	Final	UEL	Last 32	TSC				Christoph Daum
2010–11	1D	1	34	26	4	4	84	34	82	Group Stage	UCL UEL	3rd QR Play-off round					Aykut Kocaman

Last updated: May 22, 2011
Div. = Division; D1 = First Division; Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points
UCL = UEFA Champions League; UC = UEFA Cup; TSC = Turkish Super Cup; Cup = Turkish Cup
Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up; Brown = third/semi-finalist

Sponsorship

Companies that Fenerbahçe S.K. currently has sponsorship deals with include.

Adidas	Main sponsor
Fenerium	Main sponsor
Avea	Official sponsor
Türk Telekom	Official sponsor
Ülker	Official sponsor
Acıbadem	Official sponsor
Aras Cargo	Official sponsor
Turkish Airlines	Official sponsor
Audi	Official sponsor
Doğuş Otomotiv	Official sponsor
Spor Toto	Official sponsor
Denizbank	Official sponsor

Kiğılı	Official sponsor
VakıfBank	Official sponsor
Bilyoner.com	Official sponsor
Fenerbahçe Su	Official sponsor
Mail2Web	Internet service

Years	Shirt sponsors
1980–1982	Banker Kastelli
1982–1983	Istanbul Bankası – Hisar Bank
1983–1984	Istanbul Bankası
1984–1987	Türk Bank
1988–1996	Emlak Bankası
1996–1997	VakifBank
1997–1998	Emlak Bankası
1998–1999	Rifle
1999–2000	Proton 5x5
2000–2002	Telsim
2002–2004	Aria
2004–present	Avea

Years	Kit manufacturers
1988–2000	Adidas
2000–2004	Fenerium
2004–present	Adidas

Fenerbahçe A2

Fenerbahçe A2 is the under-20 squad of Fenerbahçe S.K. They play in the Turkish A2 league, along with fellow A2 teams from other clubs. The team consists mainly of players between ages of eighteen and twenty. Players over the age of twenty are ineligible to play for the team. This means in practice, a player in the A2 team who is twenty-one is removed from the A2 squad and promoted to the senior squad.

Main article: Fenerbahçe S.K. A2

Fenerbahçe TV

Main article: FB TV

Fenerbahçe TV (FB TV) is first sports club channel of Turkey The channel launched in 2004 over satellite (Free-To-Air on Turksat 3A located 42° East, 11804 V 24444 5/6, VPID: 516, APID: 690, SPID: 5), satellite network services and cable service.

Supporters

Since rebuilding the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe's average attendances haven't been in the top in Turkey. Fenerbahçe have a number of supporters organisations, including Genç Fenerbahçeliler (GFB), Kill For You (KFY), Antu/Fenerlist, Group CK (Cefakâr Kanaryalar), Anglofeb/FENatics and SUADFEB. The supporters motto is Anayin Ami Cimbom (English: Continuous Unwavering SupportSpanish: Te Apoyo Siempre, Te Apoyo Entodo).

Other branches

Basketball

Fenerbahçe's second biggest branch is men and women basketball teams. In 2006 Fenerbahçe's men basketball department was merged with Ülkerspor's department and women basketball department was sponsored by Aras Cargo. Although they were a weak team before this marriage, they won the championship 3 times in 4 years after the merger. The women basketball team is the most successful team of Fenerbahçe Sports Club. In last five years Fenerbahçe women basketball team won 13 of 15 cups that the team have competed.

For men's basketball

Main article: Fenerbahçe Ülker

For women's basketball

Main article: Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball

Volleyball

Fenerbahçe's third biggest branch is men and women volleyball teams. In 2008 Fenerbahçe's men volleyball department won the Turkish championship. Women volleyball team, called Fenerbahçe Acıbadem won the latest 2 titles of Turkish league and finished as runners-up in Indesit Champions League.

For men's volleyball

Main article: Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball

For women's volleyball

Main article: Fenerbahçe Acıbadem

Athletics

Athletics is an important branch of Fenerbahçe Spor Club. Team has important athletes who have Turkish records. Halil Akkas also member of Fenerbahçe Athletics branch and Esref Apak was. American sprinter Justin Gatlin, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey and Jamaica born Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey were also member of the team.

For athletics

Main article: Fenerbahçe Athletics

Boxing

Boxing is an important branch of Fenerbahçe Spor Club. Team has important boxers who have Turkish champions. Atagün Yalçınkaya, Gülsüm Tatar and Sümeyra Kaya also members of Fenerbahçe Boxing branch.

For boxing

Main article: Fenerbahçe Boxing

Rowing

Rowing is an important branch of Fenerbahçe Spor Club. Team has the best rowers of Turkey.

For rowing

Main article: Fenerbahçe Rowing

Sailing

Sailing is an important branch of Fenerbahçe Spor Club. Çagla Kubat; a famous model of Turkey, is also a sailor of Fenerbahçe Sailing Team.

For sailing

Main article: Fenerbahçe Sailing

Table tennis

Table tennis is an important branch of Fenerbahçe Sports Club.

For table tennis

Main article: Fenerbahçe Table Tennis

Swimming

Swimming is an important branch of Fenerbahçe Sports Club.

For swimming

Main article: Fenerbahçe Swimming

See also

• Fenerbahçe vs Galatasaray
• Fenerbahçe vs Beşiktaş
• Fenercell, Mobile Network Operator of Fenerbahçe S.K.

References

External links

• Fenerbahçe Sports Club Official Web Page Template:En icon
• Fenerbahçe Sports Club Official Store Web Page Template:Tr icon