Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)

For other uses of Fenerbahçe, see Fenerbahçe (disambiguation).

Fenerbahçe

Full name	Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries) Sarı-Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues)
Founded	3 May 1907 (1907-05-03) as Fenerbahçe Football Club
Ground	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Capacity	50,509
Chairman	Aziz Yıldırım
Manager	Aykut Kocaman
League	Süper Lig
2011–12	2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [fe̞ˈnæɾbäht͡ʃɛ], Fenerbahçe Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football team based in Istanbul, Turkey, and part of Fenerbahçe Sports Club.

Founded in 1907 by a group of local men, they are one of the most successful and best supported football teams in Turkey and currently compete in Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and UEFA Europa League. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar (Turkish for "The Yellow Canaries") and play their home games at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Kadıköy, Istanbul.

They are the current Turkish Cup champions, and have won a total of 27 Turkish titles including 18 Süper Lig trophies, in addition to 5 Turkish Cup, 8 Turkish Super Cup, 8 Chancellor Cup and 12 TSYD Cup trophies. In international club football Fenerbahçe have won one Balkans Cup trophy.

History

Main article: History of Fenerbahçe S.K.

For information on a breakdown of Fenerbahçe's current season, see 2012–13 Fenerbahçe S.K. season.

Fenerbahçe S.K. was founded in 1907 in Kadıköy, Istanbul by local men Ziya Songülen (then Nurizade Ziya Bey), Ayetullah Bey and Enver Necip Okaner (then Enver Necip Bey). 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 crest, which sported the yellow and white colors of daffodils around the lighthouse. The kits were also designed with yellow and white stripes. The crest and the colors of the club were changed in 1910 when Hikmet Topuzer redesigned the badge and Ziya Songülen 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 professional national league in 1959, which continues today under the name of the Süper Lig. Fenerbahçe won the first tournament, beating Galatasaray 4–1 on aggregate. The next year, Fenerbahçe participated in the 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 and Samsunspor won the cup many years later in the 1990s. The 1970s saw Fenerbahçe won four more league titles. The decade also saw the first non-Istanbul club and a club outside of Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş, and Galatasaray to win a league title. Trabzonspor went on to win four titles during the decade. Fenerbahçe won three titles in the 1980s, titles Galatasaray and Beşiktaş 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 title 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 in 1994–95. Fenerbahçe brought in players including 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 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. 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, Fenerbahçe was officially invited to G-14. G-14 is an association which consists of top European clubs. Fenerbahçe 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 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 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, part of the 2011 Turkish football corruption scandal. Fenerbahçe is reported to have fixed the results of the last 18 weeks in which they had an unbeaten run. As a consequence of the match-fixing allegations, UEFA demanded that Fenerbahçe withdraw from the 2011–12 Champions League. The club refused but, under pressure from UEFA, the TFF withdrew them from the competition, giving Fenerbahçe's place to second-placed Trabzonspor. In July 2011, Fenerbahçe fans invaded the pitch during a friendly against the Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk. As punishment, Fenerbahçe was sentenced to two Turkish league games in empty stadia. The TFF later allowed those two games to be filled with spectators; the men were barred while women and children under twelve got in for free. The team planned to have similar promotions during the rest of the season in order to increase attendance and reduce violence.

General Harington Cup

Main article: General Harington Cup

General Harington Cup is considered as the most important cup for Turkish multisport club Fenerbahçe in Fenerbahçe Museum. At the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire were considered defeated and its lands have been invaded by Italian, French, Greek and British troops. On 13 November 1918, British troops entered Istanbul and invasion was official. During the course of invasion British troops arranged football matches with local teams. It still is a policy conducted by troops in foreign lands, considered as a P.R. thing. Fenerbahçe took place in many games and won 41 of 50 games played and lost only 4 games ended with a draw. Fenerbahçe was secretly moving guns to the Anatolia meanwhile from its club building near Kurbağalıdere (can be translated as Froggy Creek) by small boats. Also the club's players were going to fronts, fighting against the invading troops, returning to Istanbul to play games and moving more guns and ammo. The British forces realized this as well so they raided the club building but club members got early information about the raid so the guns and ammo were moved and hidden in club members' houses or warehouses. The invasion forces were not able to find anything but they stayed in the club building for days to prevent further action. The head commander of British troops was General Charles Harrington and he was quite upset with this progress. He was looking for victory on the pitch as well as the war itself, while Turkish people were fighting with incredible manner all over the country. It so happened that the Turk's resistance was finally paying off, invasion forces was strongly pushed back, victories in many fronts by sacrifices of Turkish people were taking place.

Supporters

Main article: Fenerbahçe S.K. supporters

See also: Popularity of Turkish teams

Many fanzines, blogs, podcasts, forums and fans websites have been dedicated to the team and the fans have long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these is with neighbours Galatasaray with whom they regularly contest the Intercontinental derby and Beşiktaş with whom they regularly contest the Istanbul derby. Fenerbahçe's fans are well known for there good support but also bad and aggressive behavior. Since rebuilding the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe's average attendances have been in the top in Turkey. Fenerbahçe have a number of supporters organisations, including Genç Fenerbahçeliler (GFB), Kill For You (KFY), UniFeb (Fenerbahçe Supporters of University Students), Grup CK (Cefakâr Kanaryalar), Vamos Bien, Antu/Fenerlist, EuroFeb, Boğaz Hooligans (Bosphorus Hooligans), Anglofeb/FENatics, and SUADFEB. The supporters motto is Hep Destek Tam Destek, abbreviated as HDTD (English: Continuous Unwavering Support, Spanish: Te Apoyo Siempre, Te Apoyo Entodo).

Songs

In addition to the usual Turkish football chants, Fenerbahçe's supporters mostly sing "Fenerbahçe Anthem", sung to the tune of Y viva España, "1907 Anthem", "100th Year Anthem", "Being a Fenerbahçe Fan" and "My Blood is Yellow and Navy" anthems in Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium before matches.

Relationships with other clubs

More recently, in November 2011, Fenerbahçe's Genç Fenerbahçeliler created a friendly relationship with Serbian of Bosnian origin club FK Novi Pazar's supporters Torcida Sandžak. During a Turkish Süper Lig match against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor at the Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium, the Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik stand deployed a giant banner reading "Kalbimiz Seninle Novi Pazar" (Novi Pazar, Our Heart With You) and after then in Radnicki Kragujevac match of Serbian SuperLiga, Torcida Sandžak stand deployed a giant banner reading "Sancak'ta atıyor, Fenerbahçe'nin kalbi" (Heartbeating of Fenerbahçe in Sandžak). On March 2, 2012, Fenerbahçe's Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik supporters groups members invited to Novi Pazar for FK Partizan match in Serbian SuperLiga. Thousands Torcida Sandžak member welcomed Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik's 17 members.

Rivalries

The first Intercontinental Derby (Kıtalar Arası Derbi) on 17 January 1909 at Papazın Çayırı.

Main article: Kıtalar Arası Derbi

See also: Beşiktaş–Fenerbahçe rivalry

"The big three" clubs of Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray have a century-long history of rivalry. Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray rivalry is the primary Istanbul derby and the most important rivalry in Turkish football. The rivalry has led to violence among supporters on numerous occasions. Other top level İstanbul derbies include the teams; İstanbul BB and Kasımpaşa although these teams pose a minor rivalry as the history and the nation-wide attention to the derbies among the big three is unmatched.

Torches, smoke, drums, flags and giant posters used to create visual grandeur and apply psychological pressure on visiting teams, which fans call "welcoming them to hell".

Club crest and colours

Since the club's foundation, Fenerbahçe has used the same badge, which has only undergone minor alterations. It was designed by Hikmet Topuzer, nicknamed Topuz Hikmet, who played as left winger, in 1910, and had made as lapel pins by Tevfik Haccar Taşçı (then Tevfik Haccar) in London. The crest 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 leaf which rises from the navy and yellow section shows the force and the power of being a member of Fenerbahçe. The green colour of the leaf shows the success of Fenerbahçe is imperative.After the change of the club’s colours from yellow and white to yellow and navy, it was an issue to create an crest with our new colours. My friends left the design of this crest 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 oak leaf that represents resistance, power and strength. I wrote the club name and foundation date on the white section. When drawing our crest, I tried to give this meaning: Serving the club with dependence from heart. The design was favored by my friends and our new crest was made through the guidance of Tevfik Haccar, who was in Germany at that time. After the new alphabet had been approved, the design was protected, but the club name on the crest was changed to Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü ★ 1907 ★.

Stadium

Fenerbahçe play their home games at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (simply known as Kadıköy or Mabet among supporters), 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. 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 teams of the league needed a regular soccer field, so this land was leased from the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II for 30 Ottoman gold pounds a year. The total construction cost was 3,000 Ottoman gold pounds. The name was changed to the Union Club Field after the club which made the highest donation for the construction. The Union Club Field was used by many teams in İstanbul, including the owner, Union Club (which changed its name 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 courtyard of the historic Taksim Topçu Kışlası (Taksim Artillery Barracks), which was located at the present-day 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 government. Thus, the ownership of the stadium passed to the state, but the field was immediately leased to Fenerbahçe. Later, on May 27, 1933, Fenerbahçe purchased the stadium from the government when Şükrü Saracoğlu was the President of Fenerbahçe, for either the symbolic amount of 1 TL or the worth of the stadium which was 9000 TL. The name of the field was changed to Fenerbahçe Stadium, and this made Fenerbahçe the first football club in Turkey to own its stadium, with the help of the Şükrü Saracoğlu government.In the following years, Fenerbahçe renovated the stadium and increased its seating capacity. By the year 1949, Fenerbahçe 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 legendary chairman and Turkey's 6th Prime Minister Şükrü Saracoğlu. In 1999, the latest round 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 immense efforts of the Fenerbahçe president Aziz Yıldırım and the team's board of directors.

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 Dereağzı. Re-opened in 1989. Facilities also serve the athletics branch, the boxing branch, the rowing branch and the sailing branch.

Players

Current squad

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	TUR	Egemen Korkmaz
3	DF	TUR	Hasan Ali Kaldırım
4	DF	TUR	Bekir İrtegün
5	MF	TUR	Mehmet Topal
6	DF	NGA	Joseph Yobo
7	FW	SEN	Moussa Sow
9	MF	SVK	Miroslav Stoch
11	FW	NED	Dirk Kuyt
14	MF	POR	Raul Meireles
15	FW	CMR	Henri Bienvenu
16	MF	BRA	Cristian
17	MF	TUR	Recep Niyaz
20	MF	TUR	Sezer Öztürk

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	TUR	Selçuk Şahin
23	FW	TUR	Semih Şentürk
27	MF	SRB	Miloš Krasić
34	GK	TUR	Mert Günok
38	MF	TUR	Mehmet Topuz
48	MF	TUR	Salih Uçan
53	DF	TUR	Serdar Kesimal
54	GK	TUR	Erten Ersu
60	MF	TUR	Özgür Çek
67	DF	TUR	Orhan Şam
77	DF	TUR	Gökhan Gönül
85	GK	TUR	Serkan Kırıntılı
88	MF	TUR	Caner Erkin

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
22	GK	TUR	Ertuğrul Taşkıran (at Kayserispor until 30 June 2014)
35	DF	TUR	Hasan Erbey (at Giresunspor until 30 June 2013)
54	FW	TUR	Furkan Aydın (at Nazilli Belediyespor until 30 June 2013)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
99	FW	TUR	Recep Berk Elitez (at Bandırmaspor)
—	MF	TUR	Gökay Iravul (at Manisaspor until 30 June 2013)
—	MF	TUR	Berkay Öztuvan (at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2013)

Player list B

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
40	FW	TUR	Beykan Şimşek
41	MF	TUR	Oğuz Mataracı
42	MF	TUR	Kerem Çağatay

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
43	DF	TUR	Koray Gülsüm
44	DF	TUR	Metincan Cici
45	GK	TUR	Hüseyin Akınay

Fenerbahçe A2

Main article: Fenerbahçe S.K. 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.

Academy teams

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.

Retired number(s)

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

Players with dual nationality

• 3 Hasan Ali Kaldırım
• 6 Joseph Yobo
• 7 Moussa Sow
• 20 Sezer Öztürk
• 53 Serdar Kesimal

Team captains

Dates	Name
1907–1908	Necip Okaner
1908–1924	Galip Kulaksızoğlu
1924–1933	Zeki Rıza Sporel
1933–1942	Fikret Arıcan
1942–1951	Cihat Arman
1951–1956	Fikret Kırcan
1956–1963	Naci Erdem
1963–1968	Şeref 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
1990–1990	Şenol Çorlu
1990–1991	Harald Schumacher
1991–1992	Rıdvan Dilmen
1992–1993	Müjdat Yetkiner
1993–1996	Oğuz Çetin
1996–2000	Rüstü Reçber
2000–2003	Ogün Temizkanoğlu
2003–2007	Ümit Özat
2007–2012	Alex
2012–	Volkan Demirel

Player records

• Most appearances in all time: 763 - Müjdat Yetkiner
• Most goals in all time: 470 - Zeki Rıza Sporel
• Most goals in Süper Lig: 137 - Alex
• Most goals in one match: 8 - Zeki Riza Sporel v Anadolu, 1931; Melih Kotanca v Topkapı, 1940
• Most goals in one league match: 6 - Tanju Çolak v Karşıyaka, 1992–93
• Most goals in UEFA competitions: 15 - Alex

Award winners

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

Golden Foot / FIFA World Player of the Year / FIFA 100

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

Olympic Games

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

Confederations Cup

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

European Championship

• Daniel Güiza (Austria&Switzerland 2008)

African Cup of Nations

• Uche Okechukwu (Tunusia 1994)

Afro-Asian Cup

• Uche Okechukwu (Afro-Asian Cup 1995)

Copa America

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

Notable players

• Zeki Rıza Sporel (1915–34)
• Fikret Arıcan (1927–47)
• Cihat Arman (1939–52)
• Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1947–51), (1953–64)
• Can Bartu (1957–61), (1969–70)
• Cemil Turan (1972–80)
• Cem Pamiroğlu (1976–86)
• Müjdat Yetkiner (1979–95)
• Selçuk Yula (1981–86)
• İsmail Kartal (1983–93)
• Harald Schumacher (1987–91)
• Rıdvan Dilmen (1987–95)
• Oğuz Çetin (1988–96)
• Uche Okechukwu (1993–02)
• Rüştü Reçber (1994–03), (2004–07)
• Elvir Bolić (1995–00)
• Jay-Jay Okocha (1996–98)

• Semih Şentürk (1999–)
• Serhat Akın (2000–05)
• Ümit Özat (2001–07)
• Ariel Ortega (2002–03)
• Tuncay Şanlı (2002–07)
• Volkan Demirel (2002–)
• Pierre van Hooijdonk (2003–05)
• Mehmet Aurélio (2003–08)
• Márcio Nobre (2004–06)
• Nicolas Anelka (2004–06)
• Alex (2004–12)
• Stephen Appiah (2005–08)
• Mateja Kežman (2006–08)
• Deivid (2006–10)
• Diego Lugano (2006–11)
• Roberto Carlos (2007–09)
• Gökhan Gönül (2007–)

• Daniel Güiza (2008–11)
• Emre Belözoğlu (2008–12)
• André Santos (2009–11)
• Cristian (2009–)
• Mamadou Niang (2010–11)
• Issiar Dia (2010–12)
• Joseph Yobo (2010–)
• Miroslav Stoch (2010–)
• Caner Erkin (2010–)
• Emmanuel Emenike (2011)
• Reto Ziegler (2011–12)
• Dirk Kuyt (2012–)
• Raul Meireles (2012–)
• Moussa Sow (2012–)
• Miloš Krasić (2012–)
• Mehmet Topal (2012–)

Honours

International competitions

• UEFA Champions League

• Quarter-Final (1): 2007–08
• Knock-out Phase (Top 16) (5): 1959-60, 1961-62, 1968-69, 1974-75, 1985-86

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

• Quarter-Final (1): 1963–64

• UEFA Europa League

• Quarter-Final (1): 1963–64
• Knockout Phase (Top 32) (3): 2004-05, 2006-07, 2009-10

• Balkans Cup

• Winner (1): 1966–67 (The first cup of Fenerbahçe and Turkey in Europe)
• Semi-Final (1): 1960–61

Domestic competitions

• Süper Lig

• Winners (18): 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, 2006–07, 2010–11
• Runners-up (18): 1959–60, 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, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12

• Türkiye Kupası

• Winners (5): 1967–68, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1982–83, 2011–12
• Runners-up (9): 1962–63, 1964–65, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10

• Süper Kupa

• Winners (8): 1968, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2007, 2009
• Runners-up (8): 1970, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1996, 2012

Defunct Domestic competitions

• Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası

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

• Milli Küme Şampiyonası

• Winners (6): 1936–37, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50
• Runners-up (2): 1943-44, 1946–47

• Başbakanlık Kupası

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

• TSYD Kupası

• Winners (12): 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995

• Spor-Toto Kupası

• Winners (1): 1967

• Istanbul Lig

• Winners (15): 1911–12, 1913–14, 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
• Runners-up (18): 1915–16, 1917–18, 1921–22, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1955–56, 1957–58

• Istanbul Shield

• Winners (4): 1930, 1934, 1938, 1939

• Istanbul Futbol Kupası

• Winners (1): 1945
• Runners-up (2): 1942, 1944

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.

• 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 group stage finish for a Turkish club in Europa League:
  • 15 points in 6 games against Twente, Sheriff Tiraspol and Steaua Bucureşti, 2009–10

• 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)

UEFA Current ranking

As of 21 April 2012

Rank	Country	Team	Points
51		Beşiktaş	41.810
52		Fenerbahçe	41.310
53		Wolfsburg	40.737

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Aykut Kocaman
Assistant Coach	İsmail Kartal
Assistant Coach	Fahrudin Omerović
Coach	Turgay Altay
Physical Fitness Coach	Doç. Dr. Alper Aşçı
Goalkeeper Coach	Murat Öztürk
Match Analyst Coach	Arda Keskin
Match Analyst Coach	Barış Karakoç
Individual Player Coach	Dolu Arslan
Doctor	Burak Kunduracıoğlu
Physiotherapist	Erdem Yörükoğlu
Physiotherapist	Umut Şahin
Physiotherapist	Ata Özgür Ercan

Source: Fenerbahce.org

Presidents

Further information: List of Fenerbahçe S.K. presidents

Head coaches

Further information: List of Fenerbahçe S.K. managers

Sponsorship and Kit Manufacture

Years	Shirt sponsors
1907–1977	none
1977–1978	Pereja1
1978–1980	none
1980–1982	Banker Kastelli1
1982–1983	İstanbul Bankası1 / Hisar Bank1
1983–1984	İstanbul Bankası
1984–1987	Türk Bank1
1987-1988	none / Tamek1
1988-1989	Emlak Bankası1 / Aden Otel1
1989–1996	Emlak Bankası1
1996–1997	VakıfBank1
1997–1998	Emlak Bankası1 / Adidas Spor Saatleri1
1998–1999	Rifle1
1999–2000	Proton 5x51 2
2000–2002	Telsim1
2002–2004	Aria1 2
2004-2005	Avea1 2
2005-2008	Avea1 – Cola Turka2
2008-2009	Avea1 2
2009-2012	Avea1 – Türk Telekom2 – Ülker3
2012–	Türk Telekom1 – Avea2 – Ülker3

¹ Main sponsorship ² Sleeve sponsorship ³ Back sponsorship

Years	Kit manufacturers
1984–1985	none / Adidas
1985–1988	Gürel
1988–2000	Adidas
2000–2004	Fenerium
2004–	Adidas

Fenerbahçe TV

Main article: FB TV

In 2004, Fenerbahçe TV (FB TV) became the first Turkish television channel devoted to a single sports club. The channel launched 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.

See also

• Fenerbahçe S.K. seasons
• Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray rivalry
• Fenerbahçe–Beşiktaş rivalry

External links

• Fenerbahçe.org – Official website Template:Tr icon
• Fenerbahçe.org – Official website Template:En icon