Fenerbahçe S.K.

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (English: Fenerbahçe Sport Club), frequently accepted as Fenerbahçe (pronounced [feneːɾbatʃe]), is a able sports club based in the commune of Kadıköy (also accepted as the Fenerbahçe district) in İstanbul, Turkey. The name of the sports club (as able-bodied as the "nickname" of Kadıköy) derives from a acclaimed alarm amid aural the breadth ('Fener' in Turkish agency lighthouse, 'bahçe' agency garden). Fenerbahçe is the a lot of accepted sports club in Turkey; its football area is the a lot of accepted for the club. Fenerbahçe's football aggregation currently plays in Turkcell Süper Lig. They are nicknamed The Yellow Canaries (Turkish: Sarı Kanaryalar) and play their home amateur at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Kadıköy.

The club aswell competes in basketball,[3] volleyball,[4] rowing,[5] boxing,[6] sailing,[7] athletics,[8] swimming[9] and table tennis.[10] Fenerbahçe acclaimed its bazaar year in 2007.

History

Ziya Songülen, Ayetullah Bey founded Fenerbahçe Spor Külübü in 1907 by Mehmet can Saygi on Beşbıyık Street in Moda, Istanbul.[11] The club had to be kept beneath wraps because of the austere Ottoman law beneath Sultan Abdul Hamid, area Turkish adolescence were not accustomed to set up clubs or play football.[12] Ziya Songülen was adopted the aboriginal admiral of the club, Ayetullah Bey became the aboriginal General Secretary, and Necip Okaner was accustomed the column of the General Captain.[12] The alarm anchored on the Fenerbahçe cape was a big access on the architecture of the club's aboriginal emblem, which sported the chicken and white colors of daffodils about the lighthouse. The kits were aswell advised with chicken and white stripes.[12] The adumbration and colors of the club were afflicted in 1910 if Topuz Hikmet redesigned the brand and afflicted the colors to chicken and navy, still apparent today. Fenerbahçe's activities were kept in clandestineness until a legislation ameliorate in 1908, when, beneath a new law, all football clubs had to annals to abide legally.[12] Fenerbahçe abutting the Istanbul Alliance in 1909, finishing fifth in their aboriginal year. The aboriginal agency included Ziya Songülen, Ayetullah Bey, Necip Okaner, Galip Kulaksızoğlu, Hassan Sami Kocamemi, Asaf Beşpınar, Enver Yetiker, Şevkati Hulusi Bey, Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan, Hamit Hüsnü Kayacan, and Nasuhi Baydar.[13]

Fenerbahçe played adjoin the agents of the Royal Fleet that alive Istanbul during the Turkish War of Independence. Some British soldiers formed football teams that were called afterwards the players' speciality, for archetype Essex Engineers, Irish Guards, Grenadiers, and Artillery. These teams played adjoin anniversary added and adjoin bounded football teams in Istanbul. Fenerbahçe won abounding of these matches.[14]

The Turkish Football Federation founded a civic alliance in 1959, which continues today beneath the name of the Turkcell Super League. Fenerbahçe won the aboriginal tournament, assault Galatasaray S.K. 4-1 on aggregate.[15] The next year, Fenerbahçe alternate in the UEFA Champions Alliance for the aboriginal time. They able through a 4-3 win over Csepel SC. They absent their aboriginal annular bold to OGC Nice 1-5 in a playoff bold afterwards cartoon on aggregate.[16] Fenerbahçe became the a lot of acknowledged Turkish club of the 1960s, acceptable 5 out of 10 leagues. They were aswell runners-up three times.[17][18] In the 1967 Balkans Cup (a antagonism set up for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia that existed amid the 1960-61 and 1993-94 seasons), Fenerbahçe won the cup afterwards three matches adjoin Greek club AEK Athens FC, authoritative them the aboriginal Turkish club to win a non-domestic competition. This success would abide unparalleled by a Turkish club until Sarıyer G.K. and Samsunspor won the cup abounding years afterwards in the 1990s.

The 1970s saw Fenerbahçe win four added alliance titles. The decade aswell saw the aboriginal non-Istanbul club and a club alfresco of Fenerbahçe,Beşiktaş J.K., and Galatasaray S.K. to win a alliance title. Trabzonspor went on to win four titles during the decade.[18] Fenerbahçe won three titles in the 1980s, a aeon area anniversary club in the "Big Four"[19] won at atomic two titles[18] Galatasaray S.K. and Beşiktaş J.K. bedeviled the Turkish Alliance during the 1990s, accumulation to win nine out of 10 times. Fenerbahçe's alone Turkish Alliance success during the 1990s came in the 1995-1996 division beneath Carlos Alberto Parreira.[17][18]

An aboriginal replica kit.

Fenerbahçe won the alliance in 2001, abstinent Galatasaray a fifth afterwards title. They followed up the next division with a runners-up abode abaft Galatasaray with new drillmaster Werner Lorant. The next season, however, did not go so able-bodied as Fenerbahçe accomplished in sixth abode with Ariel Ortega in the squad.[20] Despite this, that division is memorable to abounding Fenerbahçe admirers due to a 6-0 achievement adjoin arch-rivals Galatasaray in Şükrü Saracoğlu Amphitheater on 6 November 2002. [21] Afterwards battlefront Werner Lorant, they assassin addition German coach, Christoph Daum. Daum had ahead accomplished in Turkey, acceptable the alliance with Beşiktaş 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 advance Fenerbahçe to their fifteenth appellation and third brilliant (one getting awarded for every 5 alliance titles won by a club).[22] The next year was followed up by a attenuated championship over Trabzonspor, acceptable the again almanac of sixteen Turkish Aboriginal Football Alliance championships.[23] Fenerbahçe absent the appellation in the endure anniversary of the 2005-06 division to Galatasaray. Fenerbahçe bare a win, but instead drew 1-1 with Denizlispor while Galatasaray won 3-0 over Kayserispor.

Soon after, Christoph Daum stepped down as manager,[24] and was replaced by Zico on 4 July, 2006.[25] Zico began his administration by signing two new defenders, highly-touted Uruguayan all-embracing Diego Lugano, and adolescent Brazilian Edu Dracena.[26][27] Zico aswell alive two strikers, Serbian all-embracing Mateja Kežman, and addition Brazilian, Deivid.[28] Fenerbahçe's 2006-07 calm division started off with a 6-0 win over assignment candidates Kayseri Erciyesspor.[29] In the 32nd anniversary of the Turkcell Super League, Fenerbahçe drew Trabzonspor 2-2, while Beşiktaş J.K. absent to Bursaspor 0-3, putting the above out of altercation for the title.[30][31] Fenerbahçe won their seventeenth Turkish Super Alliance appellation in 2007, the a lot of in Turkey.[32]

Fenerbahçe started off their 2007-08 division by signing Brazilian all-embracing Roberto Carlos.[33] The accord saw the apostle appear for chargeless afterwards his arrangement was not continued by Real Madrid. Adolescent Turkish players like Gökhan Gönül, Yasin Çakmak, İlhan Parlak, Ali Bilgin, Turkish-English antagonist Colin Kâzım-Richards, Turkish-Brazilian larboard aback Wederson abutting Fenerbahçe in the alpha of the division and Chile civic football aggregation captain Claudio Maldonado abutting the aggregation in January'08 alteration window.

On 11 January 2007 Fenerbahce S.K. was clearly arrive to G-14.[34] G-14 is an affiliation which consists of top clubs worldwide. Fenerbahçe S.K. is the alone Turkish club that accept been arrive to this association. On March 2008, Fenerbahçe's almanac appliance was accustomed by Guinness Apple Annal Menagement Team, which envisages Fenerbahçe to accept the a lot of amount of brand and bays achievements on the planet with its 9 branches entirely, absolute of 1134 cups and medals.[35]

Under Zico’s command Fenerbahçe has able from UEFA Champions Alliance 2007-08 groups date for the aboriginal time of club's history and exhausted Sevilla FC to become a quarter-finalist in 2007-08 season. So far, Zico aswell is the a lot of acknowledged administrator of team's history in the European arena. Fenerbahce afresh exhausted Galatasaray 4-1.

After acknowledged array both in bounded alliance of Turkey and all-embracing matches, Zico acquired a new appellation from Fenerbahçe fans: Kral Arthur (means "King Arthur" in Turkish). For the team's appellation King Arthur and his Knights. Back 2000 Fenerbahçe S.K. bigger club's affairs with facilities, bringing apple stars to the club such as Kennet Andersson, Haim Revivo, Ariel Ortega, Serhiy Rebrov, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Alex de Souza, Stephen Appiah, Nicolas Anelka and afresh Mateja Kežman, Roberto Carlos ,Emre Belözoğlu, and Dani Güiza.

Presidents

from the official site[36]

* 1907–1908 N. Ziya Songülen

* 1908–1909 Ayetullah Bey

* 1909–1910 Tevfik H. Taşçı

* 1911–1912 O. Fuat Efendi

* 1912–1914 H. Hüsnü Kayacan

* 1914–1915 Hulusi Salih Paşa

(Salih Hulusi Kezrak)

* 1915–1916 M. Sabri Toprak

* 1916–1918 Dr. Nazım Bey

* 1918–1919 İ. A. Nuri Sekizinci

* 1920–1923 Ömer Faruk Efendi

* 1924–1927 Nasuhi Baydar

* 1928–1932 M. Menemencioğlu

* 1932–1933 Sait S. Cihanoğlu

* 1933–1934 Hayri Celal Atamer

* 1934–1950 Şükrü Saraçoğlu

* 1950–1951 Ali M. Hacıbekir

* 1951–1953 O. Kavrakoğlu

* 1953–1954 Bedii Yazıcı

* 1955–1957 Zeki Rıza Sporel

* 1958–1959 Agah Erozan

* 1960–1960 Medeni Berk

* 1960–1961 Hasan Kamil Sporel

* 1961–1962 Razi Trak

* 1962–1966 İsmet Uluğ

* 1966–1974 Faruk Ilgaz

* 1974–1976 Emin Cankurtaran

* 1976–1980 Faruk Ilgaz

* 1980–1981 Razi Trak

* 1981–1983 Ali Haydar Şen

* 1983–1984 Faruk Ilgaz

* 1984–1986 Fikret Arıcan

* 1986–1989 Tahsin Kaya

* 1989–1993 Metin Asik

* 1993–1994 Güven Sazak

* 1994–1994 Hasan Özaydın

* 1994–1998 Ali Haydar Şen

* 1998— Aziz Yıldırım

Historical players

Main article: List of Fenerbahçe S.K. players

When it was aboriginal founded in 1907, Fenerbahçe had a ample squad. One of these players, Galip Kulaksızoğlu, was the longest confined amateur of the aboriginal squad. He spent seventeen years at the club, backward in 1924 afterwards 216 matches.[37] Zeki Rıza Sporel was the aboriginal artefact of the Fenerbahçe adolescence system. During his eighteen year career with the club, Zeki denticulate 470 goals in 352 matches, or 1.3 goals every match.[37] Zeki was aswell capped for the Turkey civic football aggregation sixteen times, bagging 15 goals.[38] Cihat Arman became the aboriginal in a long-line of adept goalkeepers at Fenerbahçe. Cihat played twelve seasons with the club, amphitheatre in 308 matches.[37]

Lefter Küçükandonyadis was one of the aboriginal Turkish football players to play in Europe. Lefter spent two seasons in Europe, amphitheatre for ACF Fiorentina and OGC Nice afore abiding to Fenerbahçe. In all, Lefter denticulate 423 goals in 615 matches for the club, allowance them to two Istanbul Football Alliance titles, and three Turkish Aboriginal Football Alliance titles.[39] Addition player, Can Bartu, became the next big Turkish consign to Europe. He was aswell the aboriginal Turkish amateur to play in a European antagonism final, accomplishing so with ACF Fiorentina adjoin Rangers on January 1, 1961.[40] Can aswell spent some seasons amphitheatre for Venezia A.C. and S.S. Lazio afore abiding to Fenerbahçe in 1967. He was a four-time alliance best with Fenerbahçe and denticulate 162 goals in 330 matches.[41]

In contempo decades, Fenerbahçe accept acquired an arrival of foreigners who accept helped the club to a joint-record of seventeen alliance titles. Among these cover Uche Okechukwu, who afterwards 13 seasons with Fenerbahçe and Istanbulspor became the longest confined greenhorn in Turkey. During Uche's career with Fenerbahçe, he won two alliance titles and became a fan favourite.[42] In added contempo times, Fenerbahçe has been the home to Brazilian-born Mehmet Aurélio (Marco Aurélio), who in 2006, became the aboriginal aborigine Turkish aborigine to play for the Turkey civic football team.[43] Wederson (Gökçek Vederson), addition Brazilian-born aborigine Turkish citizen, was added to the band in the alpha of the 2007-2008 division and now plays for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey civic football team.[44] Aswell Cem Uzunosman -central midfielder- is accustomed as a abeyant alteration for the club.

Also accomplished adolescent players from inferior aggregation are traveling to be up on date in a few years. There are some names who are getting discussed in Turkish media as wonderkids. Two of them; Kerem Mete Ozmen and Alihan Gencoglu are getting hot chased by a lot of of the clubs and expactation from them is big by the supporters. Contempo administrator declared that these two wonderkids are not traveling anywhere until they win UEFA Champions Alliance for the club.

Colours and badge

First badge.

Centennial year logo

Team colours Team colours Team colours

Team colours

Team colours

Centennial year kit.

Since the club's foundation, Fenerbahçe has acclimated the aforementioned badge, which has alone undergone accessory alterations.

It was advised by Topuz Hikmet (Hikmet Topuzer) who played larboard addition in 1910 and was fabricated by Tevfik Haccar (Taşcı) in London. The adumbration consists of 5 colours. The white area which includes the autograph Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü 1907 represents abstention and accessible heartedness, the red area represents adulation and adapter to the club and symbolises the Turkish flag. The chicken boilerplate area symbolises account and envy, while the fleet symbolises nobility. The oak acorn blade which rises from the fleet and chicken area shows the ability of Fenerbahçe. The blooming colour of the blade shows the success of Fenerbahçe is imperative.[45]

Hikmet Topuzer describes the adventure of the emblem:

“ After the change of the club’s colours from chicken and white to chicken and navy, it was an affair to actualize an adumbration with our new colours. My accompany larboard the architecture of this adumbration to me. Firstly, I brought calm the colours of our civic flag, red and white. Again drew a affection appearance over the red and gave it a chicken and fleet colour, abacus an acorn blade that represents resistance, ability and strength. I wrote the club name and foundation date on the white section. If cartoon our emblem, I accustomed to accord this meaning: Confined the club with assurance from heart. The architecture was advantaged by my accompany and our new adumbration was fabricated through the advice of Tevfik Haccar, who was in Germany at time. Afterwards the new alphabet was approved, the architecture was protected, but the club name on the adumbration was afflicted to Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - 1907.[45] ”

Stadium

Fenerbahçe Saraçoğlu Stadyumu

UEFA

Former names Silahtar Ağa Sahası

Papazın Çayırı

Union Club Sahası

İttihat Spor Sahası

Fenerbahçe Stadı (1933-1998)

Location Kadıköy, İstanbul, Turkey

Broke amphitheatre 1907

Opened 1907

Renovated 1999 to 2006

Closed Open

Demolished N/A

Owner Fenerbahçe SK

Operator Fenerbahçe SK

Surface Grass

Construction amount Unknown

Architect Zehra Aksu, Adnan Aksu, Deniz Boysan Bora

Tenants

Fenerbahçe SK

Main article: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium[46] is a football amphitheater in the Kadıköy commune of İstanbul, Turkey.It is the home area of Fenerbahçe S.K. It was inaugurated in 1908 and was adapted amid 1999 and 2006, accretion the capacity. The Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Amphitheater is rapidly acceptable one of Europe’s aristocratic football arenas. Fenerbahçe’s huge investments in top superior accessories back Admiral Aziz Yıldırım’s acclamation has been abundant accepted by players and admirers akin and the amphitheater has been the above allotment in this.

This appearance of amphitheater has never afore existed in Turkey, as the stands are usually afar from the angle by a alive track. These angle cover "corporate boxes" which accept all been busy out from the club. These accumulated boxes, able with TVs, Internet, plan areas, dining accessories and abounding added luxuries, are the aboriginal of their affectionate in Turkey. The accepted absolute accommodation of the amphitheater is 52.056.[1] Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, was called to host the 2009 UEFA Cup final.[47]

Museum

Fenerbahçe has a huge arch contour over added clubs apropos trophies. Fenerbahçe S.K. has won abounding trophies at the currently alive branches and at some added branches which accept been discontinued.

During the Turkish War of Independence, Fenerbahçe played adjoin abounding teams set up by the advancing armament and injected assurance to the Turkish humans by acceptable those games. Fenerbahçe’s football aggregation has abounding annal which are still not broken. Yet the success is not bound alone with the football team. At the Olympics, the aboriginal brand won by a Turkish sportsperson in a acreage alfresco of angry was Fenerbahçe athlete, Ruhi Sarıalp. In athletics, the alone Turkish club to accept won the European Championship is Fenerbahçe S.K.

The building was confused from area to area and has been adapted on several occasions during the club's history. A lot of afresh the building was confused to Şükrü Saracoğlu Amphitheater and opened on October 19, 2005.[48]

Other facilities

Other club accessories cover the amusing venue, the training complex, the club headquarters, the Dereağzı Metin Aşık affected facilities, the adolescence academy football centre, the sports hall, the Fikirtepe facilities, the college, and the pond pool.[49]

* Caferağa Sport Hall, is a multi-purpose calm amphitheatre amid in Kadıköy and opened in 1982. It is endemic by the Municipality of Kadıköy Commune and operated by the Directorate of Adolescence and Sport of Istanbul Province.[50]

Fenerbahce Stadium

Fenerbahce Amphitheater at Night

Women's basketball aggregation (Fenerbahçe İstanbul) and volleyball teams (Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball and Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball) play their alliance matches.

* Atatürk Sport Hall, will be new anteroom with accommodation 12.000 is to be built[51] in a few years. The basketball teams (Fenerbahçe Ülker and Fenerbahçe İstanbul), volleyball teams (Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball and Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball) will play their alliance matches.

* The Faruk Ilgaz Amusing Venue, amid next to the club’s headquarters, is the new area for the club’s gatherings. It was initially opened 15 May 1969 but Aziz Yıldırım rebuilt a avant-garde circuitous and re-opened it on 21 January 2004.

* Samandıra Training Complex; the architecture for this top superior training circuitous began in 1997 during Ali Şen’s presidency. The architecture was completed in the year 2000. Serves the chief football team.

* Dereağzı Metin Aşık Affected Facilities, serves Fenerbahçe PAF and is amid at Dereağzı. Re-opened in 1989. Accessories aswell serve the contest branch, the battle branch, the canoeing annex and the sailing branch.

* Adolescence Football Academy, amid next to the Metin Aşık Affected Facilities. Congenital in 1999, serves the adolescence ranks of the football branch.

* The Fikirtepe Facilities, amid on Yumurtacı Abdi Bey Road, Kadıköy. Opened July 1, 1998, serves adolescence football development.

* The Sports Hall, amid on Munir Nurettin Selcuk Road Kızıltoprak. Refurbished 24 February.2001. Aboriginal opened in 1982. Serves Fenerbahçe Ülker, Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball and Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball teams.

* Vefa Küçük Pond Pool, opened on 16 July 1999 and serves the pond branch.

Supporters

Since rebuilding the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Fenerbahçe's boilerplate attendances accept been in the top in Turkey, admitting in the 2006-07 division Fenerbahçe's attendances fell slightly, to an boilerplate alliance appearance of about 45,000, which still is a abundant college amount of the accommodation crowds that their arch-rivals Galatasaray and Besiktas accept anytime seen. Fenerbahçe's top appearance ante are incomparable in Turkey and supporters actualize the a lot of awash and admiring performances of the Turkish Alliance respectively.[52]

“ Hep Destek Tam Destek

(Continuous Unwavering Support)