Beşiktaş J.K.

Besiktas

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü
Full name	Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Kara Kartallar (The Black Eagles)
Founded	19 March 1903 (19 March 1903)
Ground	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Capacity	32,086
Chairman	Fikret Orman
Manager	Samet Aybaba
League	Süper Lig
2011–12	Süper Lig, 4th
Website	http://www.bjk.com.tr/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (Template:Lang-en), Beşiktaş is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey. Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club, established the first sport club of Turkey in 1903. The club competes in numerous branches including football, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, boxing, wrestling, chess, bridge, gymnastics, rowing, table tennis, paralympic sports and beach football.

The home ground of Beşiktaş is BJK İnönü Stadium with a 32,145 seating capacity. The club last won the Turkish Süper Lig championship during the 2008–2009 season, also achieving the double after winning the Turkish Cup.

History

Early years

Beşiktaş established in 1903 during the late Ottoman period. A group of 22 young individuals gathered on certain days of the week to perform bodily exercises in the Serencebey neighborhood of Beşiktaş. They began in the fall of 1902, in the garden of the mansion of Osman Paşa, who was then a part of the Medine Guard. The various sporting activities that these youths participated in included the horizontal bar, parallel bar, wrestling, weight lifting and gymnastics. They included such members as the sons of Osman Paşa, Mehmet Şamil and Hüseyin Bereket, and other youths of the neighborhood – Ahmet Fetgeri, Mehmet Ali Fetgeri, Nazım Nazif, Cemil Feti and Şevket. Sultan Abdul Hamid II had secret agents go around the city, reporting on any gathering activities that might be political in nature. When these agents heard about the group, the exercising youths were taken to the police station after a raid. The tense situation was relaxed as some of these youths were close to palace officers. Since others did not play football, which was in disfavor in those days, they only participated in bodily exercises. In fact, Şehzade Abdülhalim, who had relations with the Palace, supported these youths and started to watch their practices frequently. Famous boxer and Wrestler Kenan Bey came to the practices and started to show wrestling and boxing tricks.

Beşiktaş in 1903

Bereket Gymnastic Club was founded under special permission in 1903. Their sporting activities gained more freedom with the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy in 1908. After the political events of March 31, 1909, Fuat Balkan and Mazhar Kazancı, who were in Edirne, came to Istanbul with the Movement Army. After the political events settled down, Fuat Balkan, who was a good fencing coach and Mazhar Kazancı, who was a good wrestler and weight lifter, found the youths involved in gymnastics in Serencebey and got them to agree to participate in sports together. Fuat Balkan made the space under his home in Ihlamur the Club’s headquarters, and the title of Bereket Gymnastics Club was changed to Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club. Thus, a stronger sports club where gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, fencing and athletics were emphasized was formed. Refik and Şerafettin Beys, friends of Fuat Bey, were also good fencers.

In the meantime, Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club became the first registered Turkish sports club on January 13, 1910 with the encouragement of Beyoğlu Governor Muhittin Bey. The interest among the youths of the neighborhood in the sports club grew and the number of members involved in sports suddenly went up to 150. The headquarters of the club was moved from Ihlamur to Building 49 in Akaretler. When this building became too small, Building 84, also in Akaretler, became their headquarters. The yard behind this building was turned into a sports pitch.

Some of the young patriots from the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul formed two football clubs called "Valideçeşme" and "Basiret" under the leadership of Şeref Bey. The Valideçeşme and Basiret football clubs joined under the Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club in 1911. In a very short time, football became the foremost branch in the club.

Initial years of football

1923–24 Istanbul League champions

With football becoming the main sport of the Ottoman Empire around 1910, Beşiktaş members slowly started to give more attention to football. In August 1911, Ahmet Şerafettin Bey started the football team. Beşiktaş didn't enter in the Istanbul Friday and Sunday leagues, and didn't have any championships until 1918, when they won the Istanbul Turkish 1st Sports League. In 1921 they won it again. 1921 also was the leagues final season. In 1924, Beşiktaş entered the Istanbul Football League along with Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and other Istanbul teams. Beşiktaş became the leagues first champion in 1924, but wasn't able to get more success in the league. Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe were the 2 dominant teams until the 1930s. Beşiktaş won their 2nd Istanbul League championship in 1934, as well as their first Turkish Football Championship in the same year. In 1937 the Turkish National League was formed. Beşiktaş finished in 4th place in the Istanbul League, giving Beşiktaş a berth in the National League. Beşiktaş finished 3rd place in the National league behind Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. In 1938 Beşiktaş finished 3rd place in the Istanbul league and 2nd place in the National league behind Güneş. Beşiktaş won a record 5 consecutive Istanbul league championships between 1939 and 1943. In the National league Beşiktaş finished 4th in 1939, 5th in 1940, 1st in 1941 and 3rd in 1943 (1942 was not held). Beşiktaş won the Istanbul league in 1945 and 1946, as well as the National league in 1944, and 1947.

After 1959

In 1959 the Turkish First League was formed. It was Turkey's first professional league. Beşiktaş came in 3rd place in inaugural year of the league. Beşiktaş won the league title in 1960. In 1960 they also took part in the European Cup, and became the first Turkish team ever to participate in that cup. Beşiktaş finished 3rd place in 1961 and 1962 and a second place in 1963, 1964 and 1965 till consistency paid off and they were finally the champions again in 1966 and 1967. In 1967 they also won their first Turkish Super Cup. In 1968 Beşiktaş finished in 2nd place.

Silent 1970s

After 1968 Beşiktaş' performance declined greatly, finishing in 9th, 11th, 5th, 6th many times, while Trabzonspor, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray continued their success however Beşiktaş had shown a good performance to put a stop to their success. Beşiktaş only finished 2nd place 1 time in 70s (1974).

1980s Revival

Beşiktaş put an end to their bad performance in 1982 with a surprise Turkish championship. Beşiktaş got another championship in 1986 as well. They finished the league in the second place four times in the second half of the decade except the championship in 1985–86 season. Hooliganism was also a major problem that had started in Europe and spread throughout Turkey as well. Besiktas fan hooliganism has been a major issue with many fights inside and outside the stadium however fan violence has decreased recently for a couple years.

Milne era

Main article: Metin-Ali-Feyyaz

Beşiktaş had their most successful run in the Süper Lig with three consecutive championships under the management of Gordon Milne in the early 90s. Three players of the squad; Metin Tekin, Ali Gültiken, Feyyaz Uçar were notable for significant contributions to the team during this period. These players had been called Metin-Ali-Feyyaz (shorty: MAF) and they formed the front of the team line-up. The supporters composed various chants for the trio devoted to their delighting style on the pitch, their goals and above all for their friendship and modesty. They are regarded by supporters as the best trio and attacking line of the club ever.

This was the only three-in-a-row title term of club history in 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons. Most notably, Beşiktaş became the first undefeated champion in Süper Lig history. It is the only team to achieve the honors.

Milne had adopted the 4–4–2 system. By playing down the lines and crossing, the team scored many goals through aerial challenges. On 15 October 1989, Beşiktaş broke the Süper Lig record for the biggest margin in a game with a 10–0 victory over Southern Turkey team Adana Demirspor. This match was enrolled as one of the 16 biggest matches of the club history.

Legend of the Black Eagles

There is a legend surrounding the initial naming of the team "The Black Eagles." Beşiktaş, the title holder of the previous two seasons started the 1940–41 season with a young and renewed team. Beşiktaş, which opened up its lead as weeks went by, was the leader in the league. With five weeks remaining to the end, the opponent was Süleymaniye. Beşiktaş had started the game in Şeref Stadium refereed by Semih Turansoy on Sunday January 19, 1941, with the following players: Faruk, Yavuz, İbrahim, Rıfat, Halil, Hüseyin, Şakir, Hakkı, Şükrü, Şeref, Eşref. As in all games of that season, the team played well. Halfway through the second half of the game, Beşiktaş attacked continuously despite being in front. And then, according to legend, a voice was heard from the stands towards which Beşiktaş was attacking. The voice said "Come on Black Eagles. Attack Black Eagles". The Beşiktaş players who had so successfully defeated their opponents that season, being described as "Black Eagles” and the football they played compared to “Attacking like Black Eagles”. According to legend, the owner of the voice from the stands was a fisherman called Mehmet Galin. Beşiktaş closed the game with a 6–0 win with 3 goals volleyed in by Şeref Görkey, who was known as volleyer Şeref and one goal each by Captain Hakkı, Şakir and Şükrü.

Colours and badge

BJK İnönü Stadium entrance, displaying the club emblem and stars for Turkish Super League championships.

Since only individual sports were done at the beginning in the Osman Pasha Mansion, there was no need for any colours for a uniform. However, the number of sportsmen increased with new youths who joined sport teams each passing day. Mehmet Şamil Bey (first president of the Club), who had graduated from the French school gathered the Founders Committee. He removed the pin he used in his school days bearing the colours of his school from his lapel and showed it around. He said “We must have a pin just like this one made and we must force all members who attend sports in our Club to bear this pin”. Those attending the meeting eagerly agreed to Mehmet Şamil Bey’s proposal. At the end of the meeting, the colours of the Club to be shown on the pin were decided. The two principal colours of nature in full contrast to each other were chosen as the Club colours: black and white.

The date Beşiktaş’s first badge was made was written as “1906” in Latin years inspired by the badges in the French school. On top, it said “Beşiktaş” in Arabic letters, the letter “J” was placed on the rights and letter “K” was placed on the left. On the back of the badge, there was a script saying it was made in Constantinople and there was the seal of the craftsmen who made the badge on the inside. It is interesting that the star on the crest on the badge has 6 points. This 6-pointed star was used until the 2nd Constitutional Monarchy (1908). This badge was donated by Iskender Yakak to Süleyman Seba, the Honorary President of Beşiktaş J.K.

The current emblem of Beşiktaş symbolizes the foundation date. There are two white and three black bars on the emblem. It consists of nine parts in total. There is one white bar, three black bars, and another white bar, and there are nine parts in total. Thus: 1319, the year of the club's foundation. (The Islamic calendar was still used in the Ottoman Empire at the time of the club's foundation. 1319 is the equivalent of 1903 in Gregorian Calendar.)

Colours of Beşiktaş used to be red and white also, but when the ottoman empire lost the balkan war and Besiktas lost many athletes, they decided to change their colours to black and white out of respect for those that died, till the Ottoman empire regained the lost territories in the balkan, since that never happened the colours of the club remained black-white.

Stadium

Main article: BJK İnönü Stadium

BJK İnönü Stadium is located near the Bosphorus and very close to Taksim Square. the stadium can be reached easily by every means of public transport (bus, ferry, metro, light-rail, funicular etc.) easily due to its central location.

There are four different parts in the stadium; 1."Kapalı" is where the most hot-blooded fans stay in the upper part during the matches; 2."Yeni Açık" is the larger side, which has a view of the sea; 3."Eski Açık" is the smaller curve on the seaside, where visitor supporters are typically placed; 4."Numaralı" where press, VIP and protocol stands can be found.

Supporters

Main article: Çarşı

Main article: Popularity of Turkish teams

Honours

Picture of the 2002–03 Süper Lig champions' trophy, won by Beşiktaş during the club's centenary year (1903–2003)

Domestic championships

Main article: List of Beşiktaş J.K. Honors

• Süper Lig:
  • Winners (13): 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2008–09
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (9): 1975, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
• Turkish Super Cup:
  • Winners (8): 1967, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2006

Defunct domestic competitions

• Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası: (shared-record)
  • Winners (4): 1934, 1951, 1985, 1988
• Milli Küme Şampiyonası:
  • Winners (3): 1940–41, 1943–44, 1946–1947
• Turkish Federation Cup:
  • Winners (4): 1956–57, 1957–58
• Chancellor Cup:
  • Winners (8): 1943–44, 1946–47, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1996–97
• TSYD Cup: (shared-record)
  • Winners (15): 1964–65, 1965–66, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1996–97
• Atatürk Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2000
• Istanbul Football League:
  • Winners (13): 1923–24, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54
• Istanbul Futbol Kupası: (shared-record)
  • Winners (3): 1944, 1946
• Istanbul Shield:
  • Winners (1): 1935
• Spor-Toto Cup: (record)
  • Winners (5): 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
• Fleet Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1986, 1990

UEFA achievements

• UEFA Champions League
  • Quarter-finals (1): 1987

• UEFA Europa League
  • Quarter-finals (1): 2003

Records & Achievements

Picture of the 2006–07 Turkish Cup Trophy, won by Beşiktaş.

According to the official web site:

• The only undefeated winner of the Süper Lig (1991–92 season)
• Biggest win ever in the Süper Lig against Adana Demirspor with 10–0 during the 1989–90 season. Goals by Ali Gültiken (4), Metin Tekin (3) ve Feyyaz Uçar (3)
• Longest streak of undefeated games in the Süper Lig with 56 games, hence the nickname Yenilmez Armada (Invincible Armada)
• 10 seasons unbeaten at home against teams from outside of Istanbul in the Süper Lig (with the exception of rival Istanbul teams Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray)
• Most games won in a row by any club in the Süper Lig with 18 games
• Won 5 consecutive Istanbul League titles (1939–1943)
• Most goals scored in the Istanbul League, 90 goals in a season, 599 in 8 seasons
• First winner of the Turkish Super Cup in 2006 against Galatasaray, 1–0
• The record away win in a UEFA competition match in the club's history was against FK Olimpik Sarajevo with 0–5 during the 2002–03 UEFA Cup
• Most winner of the Istanbul Football League title (15)
• Only club to win the Istanbul Football League title 5 times in a row (1939-1943)
• Most goals scored in Istanbul League history (90 Goals in a season, 599 Goals in 8 seasons)
• Highest number of undefeated titles (7)
• Only team that won the Turkish National League Championship with a perfect record
• Only team selected to represent the Turkey national football team
• Only team to carry a Turkish Flag on its Emblem
• Most winner of the ‘Fair-Play’ Cup (19)
• Most winner of the Istanbul and Turkish titles in the youth leagues (30)
• Only football club with a title in fencing (Balkan Championship)
• Only Turkish club to help legitimize Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
• Only club that introduced Greco-Roman wrestling to other clubs in Turkey
• Only Turkish club that have titles in athletics, fencing, boxing, basketball, wrestling and football.
• Only club that introduced pole vault to Turkey (Painter Namik Ismail)
• The club that teach physical education at schools
• Owner of Turkey’s greatest sports facilities
• Only club with “sports schools” in almost every sports section
• The team that has raised the highest number of talented players from their youth organization
• Only team with a 56-match unbeaten streak
• Most consecutive wins in football tournaments (18)
• The team that posted only one loss in two seasons
• The team with the longest unbeaten streak in league history (48 matches). After losing 2-0 to Gençlerbirliği in Week 26 of the1991-92 season, the Black and White's did not lose a match until a 3-1 setback against Galatasaray in Week 13 of the following season, a span of 48 weeks.
• Most consecutive wins in National Football League Championship (13) (1959–60)
• In comparison to other clubs, which mostly have ISO 9001:1994, Beşiktaş is the first Turkish sports club to receive ISO 9001: 2000 certification through highly efficient sports departments and facilities management, advanced marketing and selling of club products and modern press, public and fan communications services.

UEFA ranking

Current ranking

As of 16 October 2012

Rank	Country	Team	Points
57		Club Brugge	35.440
58		APOEL	35.266
59		Galatasaray	34.920
60		Beşiktaş	33.420
61		Hannover 96	32.322
62		PAOK	28.440
63		Hapoel Tel-Aviv	28.425

Competition

As of 16 October 2012

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	64	20	12	32	59	101	−42
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	20	4	4	12	21	38	−17
UEFA Europa League	78	35	14	29	122	99	+23
Total	162	59	30	73	202	238	−36

Competition finishing positions

Year	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Turkish Super Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League
1958–59	3rd	No Competition	No Competition	Second Round	–
1959–60	1st	No Competition	No Competition	–	–
1960–61	3rd	No Competition	No Competition	–	–
1961–62	3rd	No Competition	No Competition	–	–
1962–63	2nd	Round of 16	No Competition	–	–
1963–64	2nd	Semi-finals	No Competition	–	–
1964–65	2nd	Round of 16	No Competition	–	–
1965–66	1st	Runners-up	Runners-up	–	–
1966–67	1st	Quarter-finals	Winners	First Round	–
1967–68	2nd	Round of 16	–	First Round	–
1968–69	3rd	Round of 16	–	–	–
1969–70	9th	Round of 16	–	–	–
1970–71	6th	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1971–72	4th	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1972–73	6th	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1973–74	2nd	Semi-finals	Winners	–	–
1974–75	5th	Winners	Runners-up	–	First Round
1975–76	11th	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1976–77	4th	Runners-up	Runners-up	–	–
1977–78	5th	Round of 16	–	–	–
1978–79	9th	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1979–80	11th	Round of 32	–	–	–
1980–81	5th	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1981–82	1st	Round of 16	Runners-up	–	–
1982–83	5th	Quarter-finals	–	First Round	–
1983–84	4th	Runners-up	–	–	–
1984–85	2nd	Semi-finals	–	–	–
1985–86	1st	Round of 16	Winners	–	First Round
1986–87	2nd	Round of 32	–	Quarter-finals	–
1987–88	2nd	Quarter-finals	–	–	First Round
1988–89	2nd	Winners	Winners	–	First Round
1989–90	1st	Winners	Runners-up	–	–
1990–91	1st	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	First Round	–
1991–92	1st	Semi-finals	Winners	First Round	–
1992–93	2nd	Runners-up	Runners-up	First Round	–
1993–94	4th	Winners	Winners	–	–
1994–95	1st	Round of 16	Runners-up	–	–
1995–96	3rd	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1996–97	2nd	Semi-finals	–	–	Third Round
1997–98	6th	Winners	Winners	Group Stage	–
1998–99	2nd	Runners-up	No Competition	–	–
1999–00	2nd	Round of 16	No Competition	Second Qualifying Round	–
2000–01	4th	Semi-finals	No Competition	Group Stage	–
2001–02	3rd	Runners-up	No Competition	–	–
2002–03	1st	Quarter-finals	No Competition	–	Quarter-finals
2003–04	3rd	Round of 16	No Competition	Group Stage	Third Round
2004–05	4th	Round of 16	No Competition	–	Group Stage
2005–06	3rd	Winners	Winners	–	Group Stage
2006–07	2nd	Winners	Runners-up	–	Group Stage
2007–08	3rd	Quarter-finals	–	Group Stage	–
2008–09	1st	Winners	Runners-up	–	First Round
2009–10	4th	Group Stage	–	Group Stage	–
2010–11	5th	Winners	No Competition	–	Round of 32
2011–12	4th	Round of 16	–	–	Round of 16

Players

Current squad

As of 12 September 2012

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	Cenk Gönen
3	DF	TUR	İsmail Köybaşı
4	MF	POR	Manuel Fernandes
5	DF	TUR	İbrahim Toraman (Captain)
6	DF	CZE	Tomáš Sivok
7	MF	POR	Ricardo Quaresma
8	MF	AUT	Veli Kavlak
9	FW	POR	Hugo Almeida
10	MF	TUR	Olcay Şahan
11	FW	TUR	Mustafa Pektemek
13	DF	GER	Roberto Hilbert
14	DF	FRA	Julien Escudé
15	MF	TUR	Oğuzhan Özyakup
17	FW	TUR	Mehmet Akyüz
18	MF	TUR	Kadir Arı

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	TUR	Necip Uysal
21	MF	TUR	Burak Kaplan
21	FW	TUR	Mertcan Aktaş
22	DF	AUS	Ersan Gülüm
23	GK	SCO	Allan McGregor
25	MF	TUR	Uğur Boral
28	MF	TUR	Mehmet Akgün
30	MF	TUR	Hasan Türk
34	FW	TUR	Batuhan Karadeniz
37	FW	SVK	Filip Hološko
39	MF	TUR	Erkan Kaş
66	DF	AUT	Tanju Kayhan
80	MF	TUR	Muhammed Demirci
93	DF	TUR	Atınç Nukan
99	GK	TUR	Emre Metin

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
2	DF	TUR	Berat Çetinkaya (at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2013)
24	MF	POR	Júlio Alves (at Sporting B until 30 June 2013)
90	GK	TUR	Umut Kaya (at Denizlispor)

Retired and unused numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in association football

• 12 – Dedicated to supporters
• 16 – Never used because of Bursaspor rivalry

Reserves and Academy squad

For the reserve and academy team squads, see Beşiktaş J.K. A2

Former players

For all players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Beşiktaş J.K. footballers

Beşiktaş managers

Beşiktaş has had managers from all over Europe. Şeref Bey is the teams longest serving manager, managing the club for 14 years. The most successful manager is Gordon Milne, winning the league 3 times in a row and other trophies.

Manager	Years
Şeref Bey	1911–25
Imre Zinger	1925–35
Refik Osman Top	1935–44
Charles Howard	1944–46
Refik Osman Top	1946–48
Giuseppe Meazza	1948–49
Hakkı Yeten	1949
Eric Keen	1949–50
Hakkı Yeten	1950–51
Alfred Cable	1951–52
Sadri Usuoğlu	1952–53
Sandro Puppo	1953–54
Cihat Arman	1955–56
József Mészaros	1956–57
Esref Bilgiç	1957
Leandro Remondini	1957–58
Hüseyin Saygun	1959
Andrea Kutik	1959–60
Sandro Puppo	1960–61
Şeref Görkey	1961
Andrea Kutik	1961–62

Manager	Years
Ljubiša Spajić	1962–63
Ernst Melchior	1963–64
Ljubiša Spajić	1964–67
Jane Janevski	1967–68
Krum Milev	1968–69
Milovan Ćirić	1969–70
Dumitru Teodorescu	1970–71
Gündüz Kılıç	1971–72
Abdulah Gegić	1972–73
Metin Türel	1973–74
Horst Buhtz	1974–75
Gündüz Tekin Onay	1975–76
İsmet Arıkan	1977
Miloš Milutinović	1977–78
Doğan Andaç	1978–79
Serpil Hamdi Tüzün	1979–80
Metin Türel	1980
Đorđe Milić	1980–83
Vural Bora	1983–84
Branko Stanković	1984–86
Miloš Milutinović	July 1986–June 87

Manager	Years
Gordon Milne	July 1987–Dec 93
Christoph Daum	Jan 1994–May 96
Rasim Kara	1996–97
John Benjamin Toshack	July 1997–98
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp	1998–99
Hans-Peter Briegel	Nov 1999–April 00
Nevio Scala	July 2000–Dec 01
Christoph Daum	March 2001–May 02
Mircea Lucescu	July 2002–May 04
Vicente Del Bosque	June 2004–Jan 05
Rıza Çalımbay	Feb 2005–Oct 05
Jean Tigana	Oct 2005–May 07
Ertuğrul Sağlam	July 2007–Oct 08
Mustafa Denizli	Oct 2008–June 10
Bernd Schuster	July 2010–March 11
Tayfur Havutçu	March 2011–Dec 11
Carlos Carvalhal	Aug 2011–April 12
Tayfur Havutçu	2012
Samet Aybaba	June 2012–present

Presidents

According to official web site.

• Mehmet Şamil Osmanoğlu (1903–08)
• Şükrü Paşa (1908–11)
• Fuat Paşa (1911–18)
• Fuat Balkan (1918–23)
• Salih Bey (1923–24)
• Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni (1924–26)
• Fuat Balkan (1926–28)
• Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni (1928–30)
• Emin Şükrü Kurt (1930–32)
• Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1932–35)
• Fuat Balkan (1935–38)
• Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1938–39)
• Yusuf Ziya Erdem (1939–41)
• Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1941–42)
• Abdullah Ziya Kozanoğlu (1942–50)

• Ekrem Amaç (1950)
• Salih Fuat Keçeci (1950–52)
• Abdullah Ziya Kozanoğlu (1952–55)
• Tahir Sögütlü (1955–56)
• Danyal Akbel (1956–57)
• Ferhat Nasır (1957)
• Nuri Togay (1957–58)
• Enver Kaya (1958)
• Nuri Togay (1959–60)
• Hakkı Yeten (1960–63)
• Selahattin Akel (1963–64)
• Hakkı Yeten (1964–66)
• Hasan Salman (1966–67)
• Hakkı Yeten (1967–68)
• Talat Asal (1968–69)

• Rüştü Erkuş (1969–70)
• Nuri Togay (1970)
• Agasi Şen (1970–71)
• Himmet Ünlü (1971–72)
• Şekip Okçuoğlu (1972–73)
• Mehmet Üstünkaya (1973–77)
• Şevket Belgin (1977)
• Gazi Akınal (1977–79)
• Hüseyin Cevahir (1979)
• Gazi Akınal (1979–80)
• Rıza Kumruoğlu (1980–81)
• Mehmet Üstünkaya (1981–84)
• Süleyman Seba (1984-00)
• Serdar Bilgili (2000–04)
• Yıldırım Demirören (2004–12)
• Fikret Orman (2012–)

Sponsorship

Years	Shirt sponsors
1989-2004	Beko
2004-2005	Turkcell
2005-2011	Cola Turka
2011–	Toyota

Years	Kit manufacturers
1988-1998	Adidas
1998-2001	Reebok
2001-2005	Puma
2005-2009	Umbro
2009-	Adidas

External links

• Template:Tr icon Beşiktaş, official website
• Template:En icon Beşiktaş news
• Template:Tr icon Beşiktaş websites
• Template:En icon New Yorker article
• Forza Çarşı, Official Çarşı Website