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92-605: The Süper Lig ( Turkish pronunciation: [ˈsypæɾ liɟ] , Super League ), officially known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the Turkish Football Federation . In the 2023–2024 season, twenty clubs compete, where a champion is decided and three clubs are promoted from, and another four relegated to
184-686: A century-long history of rivalry. The Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray rivalry is the primary Istanbul derby and the most important rivalry in Turkish football ; matches between the two teams are known as The Intercontinental Derby ( Turkish : Kıtalararası Derbi ). The rivalry started on 23 February 1934, when a friendly game between both clubs turned into a riot, forcing the match to be abandoned. The rivalry has led to violence among supporters on numerous occasions. Torches, smoke, flags, and giant posters are used to create visual grandeur and apply psychological pressure on visiting teams, which fans call "welcoming them to hell". Fenerbahçe play their home matches at
276-594: A chance to practise the game of football. Ziya Songülen was elected the first president of the club, Ayetullah Bey became the first general secretary and Necip Okaner was given the post of 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. Founded by Ottoman Greeks , Strugglers F.C. played against Fenerbahçe in
368-431: A delivery network in 2018. Trendyol Go is Trendyol's food and grocery delivery service. Founded with an initial capital of 300 thousand USD, Trendyol received investment from Tiger Global and Kleiner Perkins in 2010–11 and EBRD in 2014. Alibaba Group became a shareholder of Trendyol in 2018. Following the investment made by Alibaba, Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and EBRD were withdrawn. Alibaba became
460-629: A domestic sports corruption scandal . Fenerbahçe, which finished second in the Süper Lig in 2012–13, thus missed-out on the 2013–14 Champions League, which it had been due to enter in the third qualifying round . Fenerbahçe finished the 2014–15 season as runners-up, forcing the board of directors to undertake some major changes. For the 2015–16 season , Fenerbahçe brought in Vítor Pereira as their new coach. Portuguese star Nani , Danish defender Simon Kjær and Robin van Persie were added to
552-638: A football team to them and made them an offer. Nurizade Ziya Bey , who received a positive response to his offer, initially only went to training with the first Fenerbahçe football team in history, the prototype of which was created in June 1906. Because the team could only be completed as an 11-person team in the spring of 1907, the official foundation date of the club. Fenerbahçe were officially founded in 3 May 1907 in Kadıköy , Istanbul , by local men Ziya Songülen , Ayetullah Bey and Necip Okaner . This group founded
644-483: A friendly relationship with Torcida Sandžak , the organized supporters of Serbian club Novi Pazar . During a 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 Hearts Are With You") and later, in the game against Radnički Kragujevac in
736-549: A golden star above their crest for every five national championships won. As of the 2023–24 season Galatasaray are permitted four golden stars, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş are permitted three golden stars, and Trabzonspor are permitted one golden star to be placed above their crest on their jerseys. As of 2024, 75 clubs have participated. Note: The tallies below include up to the 2023–24 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants. As of 15 May 2021 As of 15 May 2021 Trendyol Trendyol
828-615: A new law, all football clubs had to register to exist legally. The founding line-up included Ziya Songülen , Ayetullah Bey , Necip Okaner , Galip Kulaksızoğlu , Hassan Sami Kocamemi , Asaf Beşpınar , Enver Yetiker , Şevkati Hulusi Bey , Tevfik Taşçı , Hüseyin Dalaklı , Çerkes Sabri , Mazhar Bey and Nasuhi Baydar . Struggling with financial difficulties, Fenerbahçe joined the Istanbul Football League in 1908, finishing fifth in their first year. The first coach of
920-516: A number of investors, valuing the company at $ 16.5 billion. With the new funding, Trendyol became Turkey’s first decacorn (a start-up with a valuation of over $ 10 billion). The round was co-led by General Atlantic, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Princeville Capital and sovereign wealth funds, ADQ (UAE) and Qatar Investment Authority. In December 2022, Trendyol launched an unsuccessful $ 1.24 billion takeover bid of British fashion e-commerce platform, ASOS . On 12 July 2023, Trendyol took over sponsorship of
1012-538: A rebuilding process. These new players lead Fenerbahçe to its 15th title and third star (one being awarded for every five league titles won by a club). The next year was followed by a narrow championship over Trabzonspor, winning a then record 16 Turkish 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 resigned as manager and
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#17327726870421104-559: A shareholder of the company by acquiring the shares of 3 international shareholders in Trendyol. In August 2021, Trendyol had entered into agreements to raise $ 1.5 billion from a number of high-profile investors, valuing the company at $ 16.5 billion. The round was co-led by General Atlantic, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, as well as Princeville Capital and sovereign wealth funds, ADQ (UAE) and the Qatar Investment Authority,
1196-587: A strong following since their foundation in 1907. They are one of the most popular clubs in Turkey, with about 35% of the fans supporting them, and the most popular in Istanbul and Ankara . They have a large fanbase throughout the country, in Northern Cyprus , Azerbaijan and in the Turkish diaspora . Since the rebuilding of the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , Fenerbahçe's average attendances have been among
1288-593: A time, as the Turkish Super League seasons progressed, and the entire renewal and construction project was finalised in 2006, with the efforts of Fenerbahçe president Aziz Yıldırım and the team's board of directors. Fenerbahçe 's first coat of arms was the famous Fenerbahçe Lighthouse , which gave its name to the Fenerbahçe area in Istanbul's Kadıköy district and was built by Emperor Suleiman
1380-439: A total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then head-to-head record, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal, the head-to-head record and then goal difference determine the winner. The three lowest placed teams are relegated to
1472-466: Is a professional football club based in Kadıköy , Istanbul , Turkey . They represent the men's football department of the Fenerbahçe S.K. sports club and compete in the Süper Lig , the top flight of Turkish football. In domestic football, Fenerbahçe have won a record 28 Turkish national championship titles , 9 Turkish Super Cup and 7 Turkish Cups . In international football, the club has won
1564-520: Is an e-commerce platform based in Turkey, with its headquarters in Istanbul . Trendyol operates in Trendyol group structure. The company was founded in 2010 by Demet Mutlu . In 2018, the Chinese company Alibaba Group became the company's largest shareholder, holding 86.5% of shares. Trendyol is a private company , operating in the fashion and retail sector in e-commerce area. In August 2021, Trendyol entered into agreements to raise $ 1.5 billion from
1656-756: The 1. Lig and the top two teams from the 1. Lig, together with the winner of play-offs involving the third to seventh placed 1. Lig clubs are promoted in their place. The champions and runners-up qualify for the second qualifying round of the Champions League . The third place and the Turkish Cup winners qualify for the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League . If the Turkish Cup winner has already qualified for European competition through their league finish, then
1748-712: The 1. Lig . The season runs from August to May, with each club playing 38 matches. Matches are played Friday through Monday. The league succeeded the Turkish Football Championship and the National Division , both being former top-level national competitions. The Süper Lig is currently 9th in the UEFA coefficient ranking of leagues based on club performances in European competitions over the last five years. A total of 75 clubs have competed in
1840-517: The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League season , Fenerbahçe completed the group stage with seven points and, among others, defeated Manchester United 1–0 at Old Trafford , undoing the record of the English giants being unbeaten for 40 years in their homeground. Fenerbahçe won the league title in 2001, denying Galatasaray a fifth consecutive title. It followed up the next season with a second-place behind Galatasaray with new coach Werner Lorant . However,
1932-540: The 2007–08 season of the UEFA Champions League. Based on all those achievements, as well as his exemplary character and sportsmanship on and off the field, acknowledged by fans of Fenerbahçe and their rivals alike, he became the most successful and renowned foreign player to have ever played for the club and one of a few whose statue has been erected by the supporters of the club in the Yoğurtçu Park, in
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#17327726870422024-449: The 2009–10 season Fenerbahçe lost the title on the last matchday; Fenerbahçe players were told that a draw would be enough towards the end of the match only to find out that the other critical game went against their favour, as Bursaspor beat Beşiktaş 2–1 to win the title. Despite the title loss, Fenerbahçe ended the season with the most clean sheets (10), as well as the joint longest winning streak (8). In July 2011, Fenerbahçe fans invaded
2116-640: The Ankara , Istanbul , and İzmir leagues. The championship lasted until 1950. The Federation Cup was established in 1956 to decide a national champion. This champion would go on to participate in the European Cup . The competition was held for two seasons until it was replaced by the Millî Lig. Beşiktaş won both editions and qualified for the European Cup during the two-year span. However, since
2208-520: The Balkans Cup , which was the first non-domestic trophy won by a Turkish club. Deriving its name from the neighbourhood of the same name , Fenerbahçe won the most top-flight titles prior to the establishment of the Süper Lig in 1959. They hold the joint-record for the longest uninterrupted top-flight streak and have won the most points in Süper Lig history . Fenerbahçe have played their home games at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium since 1908. One of
2300-440: The European Cup for the first time. They qualified through a 4–3 win over Csepel SC , being the first Turkish club to advance to the next round by eliminating its opponent. They lost their first-round match to Nice 1–5 in a playoff game after drawing on aggregate. Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-final of the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup where it was eliminated by MTK Budapest . Fenerbahçe won four more league titles in
2392-498: The Istanbul Football League . Fenerbahçe gained the sympathy of some members of the Ottoman Dynasty , especially the princes, after the successful results it achieved in the early years of its establishment. For example, General Osman Fuad , the grandson of Sultan Murad V , served as the honorary president of the club between 1911 and 1913, and Prince Ömer Faruk , the son of the last Ottoman Caliph , Abdulmecid II , became
2484-702: The Serbian SuperLiga , Torcida Sandžak members deployed a giant banner reading "Sancak'ta atıyor, Fenerbahçe'nin kalbi" ("The heart of Fenerbahçe beats in Sandžak"). On 2 March 2012, Fenerbahçe's Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik members were invited to Novi Pazar for the match against Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga. Thousands of Torcida Sandžak members welcomed Genç Fenerbahçeliler and 1907 Gençlik's 17 members. "The big three" clubs of Istanbul, Beşiktaş , Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, have
2576-564: The Süper Lig and TFF First League football leagues from Spor Toto, by paying ₺700.000.000. The Chinese company Alibaba Group became a partner of Trendyol in 2018 for $ 728 million. Alibaba Group invested another $ 350 million in Trendyol's capital increases in 2018 and 2020, increasing its partnership share to 86.5%. In 2021, the Competition Authority opened an investigation against Trendyol for highlighting certain sellers and products by manipulating their algorithms. In
2668-530: The Turkish Federation Cup be counted as Turkish Professional First Division championships to the Turkish Football Federation . The Cup was established in 1956 to find a national champion to represent Turkey, after UEFA decided that only national champions could participate in the European Cup . Beşiktaş had therefore earned the right to represent Turkey in the European Cup in the 1957–58 and 1958–59 seasons. The ruling on this matter
2760-613: The Turkish lira , BeIN seek to renegotiate the fees for the upcoming season. The broadcaster settled on a $ 410 million agreement with the TFF. On 18 November 2020, after originally signing a deal (in 2016) where the annual fees were split evenly between Turkish lira and US dollars, the wild fluctuations in value of the Turkish lira saw BeIN seek to renegotiate the fees for the Süper Lig. The new reduced fee (₺2.65 billion/$ 340 million) had to be paid exclusively in Turkish lira, and took into account
2852-513: The next season did not go so well as Fenerbahçe finished in sixth place. Despite this, that season is memorable to many Fenerbahçe fans due to a 6–0 win against arch-rivals Galatasaray at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 6 November 2002. After firing Werner Lorant, the club hired another German coach, Christoph Daum . Daum had previously coached in Turkey, winning the league with Beşiktaş in 1994–95. Fenerbahçe brought in players including Pierre van Hooijdonk , Mehmet Aurélio and Fábio Luciano as
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2944-424: The semi-final of the 2012–13 Europa League , one of the biggest successes in Fenerbahçe's history in UEFA competitions . On 28 June 2013, Ersun Yanal agreed to take charge of Fenerbahçe to replace Aykut Kocaman , who resigned in late May. Ersun Yanal's appointment coincided with tough times for Fenerbahçe, who had just been banned from European competitions for two seasons over their alleged involvement in
3036-488: The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , their own traditional home ground in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, since 1908. Most recently renovated between 1999 and 2006, its capacity is 47,430. The club's museum has been situated in the stadium since 2005, after having been housed 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
3128-521: The 1904–05 season. The league went through several variations until the creation of the Millî Lig (Süper Lig) in 1959. Between the creation of the Istanbul League and Millî Lig, several other regional leagues took place: Adana (1924), Ankara (1922), Eskişehir (1924), İzmir (1924), Bursa (1924), and Trabzon (1922), to name a few. The first competition to bring forth a national champion
3220-529: The 1960s and were runners-up three times, making it the most successful club of that era. Fenerbahçe was coached by Ignác Molnár at the time, a famous Hungarian coach who had introduced a new style of football in Turkey. Under his guidance, Fenerbahçe managed to eliminate English champions Manchester City in the first round of the 1968–69 European Cup . In the 1966–67 Balkans Cup (a competition set up for Eastern European clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia that existed between
3312-405: The 1960–61 and 1993–94 seasons), Fenerbahçe won the cup after three final matches against Greek club AEK Athens , 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, when the competition lost much of its popularity. The 1970s saw Fenerbahçe bring in
3404-666: The 2023–24 season contains 5 stars to represent 28 championships as an act of protest against the TFF 's lack of recognition of the club's pre-1959 titles. However, the Federation has not allowed Fenerbahçe to display the badge in league matches. European Shirt sponsor Turkish football championships : 28 titles (record) National cups (26) Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference. Placement has improved to
3496-441: 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 its 17th Süper Lig title in 2006–07 . On 11 January 2007, Fenerbahçe were officially invited to G-14 . G-14 was an association which consists of top European clubs. Under Zico's command, Fenerbahçe qualified from the 2007–08 Champions League group stage for
3588-641: The 6th most valuable football league after the Big Five leagues in Europe . As of April 18, 2024 Süper Lig ranks 9th in UEFA Country Rankings 2024. The league made a big breakthrough in the early 90s and became one of the most valuable leagues in Europe. Süper Lig achieved the best ranking in its history in 2001 by rising to 7th place. In 1982, the league dropped to 28th place, achieving
3680-480: The Fenerbahçe football team was Enver Yetiker , a Literature teacher at Kadıköy Lycée Saint-Joseph , who also helped in the establishment of the club. Fenerbahçe won the 1911–12 season of the Istanbul Football League without losing. This championship was the club's first success in their long history. In the 1913–14 and 1914–15 seasons, the team under the coaching of Galip Kulaksızoğlu won
3772-577: The Magnificent in 1562, but the club, which was restructured in 1911, revised its identity and updated its crest of club in 1914 year. It was designed by Hikmet Topuzer , nicknamed Topuz Hikmet, who played as a right winger, in 1914 and had made as lapel pins by Tevfik Haccar Taşçı in London . The crest consists of five colours. The white section which includes the writing Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü ★ 1907 ★ represents purity and open-heartedness,
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3864-539: The Süper Lig, but only six have won the title to date: Galatasaray (24), Fenerbahçe (19), Beşiktaş (16), Trabzonspor (7), Başakşehir (1) and Bursaspor (1). Football in Turkey stems back to the late 19th century, when Englishmen brought the game with them while living in Salonica (then part of the Ottoman Empire). The first league competition was the Istanbul Football League , which took place in
3956-802: The TFF failed to register their name for the draw in time, Beşiktaş could not participate in the 1957–58 season after all. The top clubs of Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir competed in the 1959 Turkish National League . The first season took place in the calendar year of 1959, instead of 1958 to 1959, since the qualifying stages took place in 1958. The 16 clubs who competed in the first season were: Adalet (Istanbul), Altay (İzmir), Ankaragücü (Ankara), Ankara Demirspor (Ankara), Beşiktaş (Istanbul), Beykoz (Istanbul), Karagümrük (Istanbul), Fenerbahçe (Istanbul), Galatasaray (Istanbul), Gençlerbirliği (Ankara), Göztepe (İzmir), Hacettepe Gençlik (Ankara), İstanbulspor , İzmirspor , Karşıyaka (İzmir), and Vefa (Istanbul). The first champions were Fenerbahçe and
4048-499: The Turkish Football Federation suspended all league games indefinitely following an incident during a match between MKE Ankaragucu and Caykur Rizespor which involved fans being able to successfully invade the pitch and people, including recent MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca , being arrested after attacking referee Halil Umut Meler . Koca would resign from MKE Ankaragucu as well. However, on 13 December,
4140-508: 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 ★. Since Fenerbahçe
4232-483: The club secretly in order to keep a low profile and not get into any trouble with the strict Ottoman rule, so strict that the Sultan Abdul Hamid II forbade the Turkish youth to set up a club or engage in the game of football played by the English families that was watched in envy. The three men came together and concluded that Kadıköy was in desperate need of its own football club, where locals would get
4324-509: 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
4416-454: The club's 3’th founding member. The first goalkeeper of the team was Asaf Beşpınar , a student of Kadıköy Lycée Saint-Joseph . Galip Kulaksızoğlu , was the longest serving player of the original squad, spending 17 years at the club, retiring in 1924 after 216 matches. Zeki Rıza Sporel and Bekir Refet , the first Turkish footballer ever to play abroad, were among the first products of the Fenerbahçe youth system. During his 18-year career with
4508-597: The club, Zeki Rıza scored 470 goals in 352 matches, or 1.3 goals every match, making him the all-time top scorer of Fenerbahçe. Zeki Rıza was also capped for the Turkish national team 16 times, scoring 15 goals. Cihat Arman became the first in a long-line of long-serving goalkeepers , playing 12 seasons and in 308 matches with the club. Lefter Küçükandonyadis was one of the first Turkish football players to play in Europe. Lefter spent two seasons in Europe, playing for Fiorentina and Nice before returning to Fenerbahçe. All in all, Lefter scored 423 goals in 615 matches for
4600-435: The club, helping them to two Istanbul Football League titles and three Turkish League titles. Another notable player, Can Bartu , became the next big Turkish export to Europe. He was also the first Turkish football player to play in a European competition final, doing so with Fiorentina against Atlético Madrid in 1962. Can also spent some seasons playing for Venezia and Lazio before returning to Fenerbahçe in 1967. He
4692-434: The company said in a statement. Thus, while Trendyol's valuation increased to 16.5 billion dollars, the company was upgraded to the 'decacorn' category, which is used for companies with a valuation exceeding 10 billion dollars. Fenerbah%C3%A7e S.K. (football) Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü ( Turkish: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe] , Fenerbahçe Sports Club ), commonly known simply as Fenerbahçe or colloquially as Fener ,
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#17327726870424784-468: The famous Didi as their new coach. Fenerbahçe won four more league titles, including a double with Cemil Turan being the top goal scorer three times. The 1970s also established a rivalry with Trabzonspor , where for almost a decade Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor were competing with each other for the title. The 1980s saw Fenerbahçe win three more league titles. Under the guidance of Kálmán Mészöly , Fenerbahçe managed to eliminate French champions Bordeaux in
4876-428: The final match of the tournament it organized in its name on June 5, 1910, and Fenerbahçe won the match 3-1, winning the first cup in its history. The crest of the club was changed in 1914 when Hikmet Topuzer redesigned the badge after Ziya Songülen had changed the colors to yellow and navy in the fall of 1908, still seen today. Fenerbahçe's activities were kept in secrecy until a legislation reform in 1908, when, under
4968-841: The financial realities of the COVID-19 crisis. Despite a drop in overall value, the Süper Lig’s TV rights income remained the sixth highest in Europe. Due to the several negotiations and currency fluctuations, the 2021–22 season's deal was decreased to $ 215 million. On 24 June 2022 TFF and BeIN agreed a new two-year deal of the TV rights for an annual deal of ₺2.2 billion. On 2 March 2024 Turkish Football Federation stated that Qatari media group BeIN has renewed its rights to broadcast Turkey's top flight matches for three more years, until 2027. BeIN will pay $ 182 million-a-year to broadcast Turkey's Süper Lig and TFF First League . As such, Süper Lig becomes
5060-547: The first " Gol Kralı " (top scorer) was Metin Oktay . No clubs were promoted or relegated at the end of the first season. The 2. Lig (Second League) was created at the start of the 1963–64 season and the Millî Lig became known as the 1.Lig (First League). Before the foundation of a second division, the bottom three clubs competed with regional league winners in a competition called the Baraj Games . The top three teams of
5152-488: The first Turkish club to enter the Deloitte Football Money League . Since 2000, Fenerbahçe improved the club's finances and facilities, bringing world stars to the club such as Ariel Ortega , Pierre van Hooijdonk , Alex , Stephen Appiah , Nicolas Anelka and, more recently, Mateja Kežman , Roberto Carlos , Dani Güiza , Dirk Kuyt , Diego , Nani , Robin van Persie , and Mesut Özil . In
5244-555: The 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 football field, so this land was leased from the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid 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
5336-507: The first round of the 1985–86 European Cup . This victory marked a turning point as for almost a decade no Turkish club managed to get past the first round in European competitions. Galatasaray and Beşiktaş dominated the Turkish League during the 1990s, combining to win nine out of ten titles. Fenerbahçe's only Turkish League success during the 1990s came in the 1995–96 season under the guidance of Carlos Alberto Parreira . In
5428-526: The first time and went on to beat Sevilla to become a quarter-finalist in the 2007–08 season . Zico is also the most successful manager of the team's history in the Champions League. After successful scores both in the Turkish league and international matches, Zico gained a new nickname from the Fenerbahçe fans: Kral Arthur (meaning "King Arthur" in Turkish). In February 2009, Fenerbahçe became
5520-495: The former Turkish Football Championship 3 times, all of them records, profiling themselves as forerunners and dominating side in Turkish football before the introduction of the professional nationwide league in 1959. 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 archrivals Galatasaray 4–1 on aggregate. The next year, Fenerbahçe participated in
5612-531: The group were promoted to the Süper Lig. After the foundation of a new second division in 2001, known as the 1. Lig, the formerly titled 1. Lig was rebranded as Süper Lig. The Süper Lig is home of the Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray derby , the most watched football game in Turkey. It is considered to be one of the best and most intense in the world, being ranked among the greatest football rivalries of all time by various international sources. On 12 December 2023,
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#17327726870425704-546: The highest in Turkey. Fenerbahçe have several supporter organisations, including Genç Fenerbahçeliler (GFB), Kill For You (KFY), Antu/Fenerlist, EuroFeb (Fenerbahçe supporters in Europe), Group CK (Cefakâr Kanaryalar), 1907 ÜNİFEB, Vamos Bien, and SUADFEB. Many fanzines , blogs , podcasts , forums and fan websites have been dedicated to the club. More recently, in November 2011 Fenerbahçe's Genç Fenerbahçeliler created
5796-572: The home to Brazilian-born Mehmet Aurélio who, in 2006, became the first naturalized Turkish citizen to play for the Turkish national team. Alex is another Brazilian player who scored the most goals of all foreign players who have played for Fenerbahçe. He managed to become top scorer of the Turkish Süper Lig on two occasions (in 2006–07 and 2010–11 ), Turkish Footballer of the Year twice (in 2005 and 2010), as well as assist leader in
5888-520: The important players of the period. Fenerbahçe won the championship 6 times in 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946 and 1950, and became the team that achieved the most victories in the Turkish National Division . Lefter Küçükandonyadis , one of the important names of Fenerbahçe, scored 423 goals in 615 matches between 1947–1951 and 1953–64. Fenerbahçe won the Istanbul Football League 16 times, the Turkish National Division 6 times, and
5980-558: The investigation concluded in 2023, the company was fined 61 million Turkish Liras . After the E-Commerce Law was published in the Official Gazette of Turkey Republic in 2022, Trendyol was accused of paying unregistered money to Cumhuriyet Newspaper in exchange for negative press against the law. This accusation was not accepted by the newspaper. Cumhuriyet Newspaper Foundation filed a criminal complaint against
6072-465: The most widely supported clubs in Turkey, the club also boasts sizeable international support on social media . Fenerbahçe are part of the " Big Three " alongside Galatasaray and Beşiktaş : the club's long-standing rivalry with Galatasaray consists of Turkish domestic football's biggest match, The Intercontinental Derby ( Kıtalararası Derbi ). In its 101st year of 2008; with a market value of $ 2 billion, it surpassed Manchester United to become
6164-806: The near of Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. Some of the other foreign top players who played for Fenerbahçe over the years include: Toni Schumacher (1988–91), Jes Høgh (1995–99), Jay-Jay Okocha (1996–98), Elvir Bolić (1995–2000), Kennet Andersson (2000–02), Ariel Ortega (2002–03), Pierre van Hooijdonk (2003–05), Nicolas Anelka (2005–06), Stephen Appiah (2005–08), Mateja Kežman (2006–09), Diego Lugano (2006–11), Roberto Carlos (2007–09), Dirk Kuyt (2012–15), Raul Meireles (2012–16), Robin van Persie (2015–18), Nani (2015–16), Simon Kjær (2015-17), Mesut Özil (2021–22), Leonardo Bonucci (2022-23), Dušan Tadić , (2023- Today ), Edin Džeko (2023- Today ) 7 June 2015 - 2 July 2019 Fenerbahçe have developed
6256-469: The officials of the period, alleging that they "received unregistered money" in exchange for manipulative news against the e-commerce law that came into force in January 2023. Trendyol's main product categories include men and women's fashion, shoes and bags, accessories and watches, children's products, cosmetics, electronics, books, hobby and lifestyle, sports and outdoor, and electronics. The platform
6348-464: The pitch during a friendly against the Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk . As punishment, Fenerbahçe were sentenced to two Süper Lig games in an empty stadium. The TFF later allowed those two games to be filled with spectators; men were barred, while women and children under 12 were admitted for free. On 29 October 2012, Antalyaspor ended Fenerbahçe's 47-match unbeaten run in the Süper Lig at
6440-600: 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 most known match played against the British was the match that would determine the winner of the General Harrington Cup . Fenerbahçe won the match held on 29 June 1923 at Taksim Stadium with two goals scored by Zeki Rıza Sporel , one of
6532-735: The president of Fenerbahçe until 1924, when the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate . Fenerbahçe finished the seasons 1920–21 and 1922–23 as champions in the Istanbul Friday League . Fenerbahçe completed the season with a score of 58–0 without losing or conceding goals in the season of 1922–23. Fenerbahçe 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
6624-439: The red section represents love and attachment to the club and symbolises the Turkish flag . The yellow section symbolises other ones' envy and jealousy about Fenerbahçe, 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 that the success of Fenerbahçe is imperative. Hikmet Topuzer describes
6716-418: The same day Meler was discharged from the hospital it was soon agreed that Super Lig matches would resume on 19 December. There were 18 clubs in the Süper Lig until 2020. 20 Clubs are competing in the Süper Lig starting from 2020. During the course of the season (from August to May) each club plays the others twice (a double round robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for
6808-447: The squad to fulfill the club's ambitions to be successful in the Süper Lig and European competitions. On 10 December 2015, Fenerbahçe played their 200th European game against Celtic . On 12 October 2022, Fenerbahçe played their 250th European game against AEK Larnaca . When it was first founded in 1907, Fenerbahçe had a large squad. The first team captain of the Fenerbahçe football team was Turkish Naval School student Necip Okaner ,
6900-470: 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 9,000 TL. The name of the field was changed to Fenerbahçe Stadium, and this made Fenerbahçe the first football club in Turkey to own their stadium, with the help of the government. In the following years, Fenerbahçe renovated the stadium and increased its seating capacity . By 1949, Fenerbahçe Stadium
6992-452: The story of the emblem as below: 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
7084-419: The team that finishes fourth in the league takes their place. On 28 November 2016 Qatari media group BeIN (owner of Digiturk since 2015) won a 5-year deal to become the TV tender of the Süper Lig. They won the rights with an record offer worth $ 500M per season. Digiturk continued to offer the sports content with BeIN’s support. Before the start of the 2019–20 season, due to the wild fluctuations in value of
7176-516: The team. Baker said that the jerseys to be ordered will not be available in time for the summer. Thereupon, he offered to give the yellow-navy blue striped summer shirts he had on hand. Nurizade Ziya Bey , who accepted the offer due to the lack of places where other sports products were sold in Istanbul and the summer heat, bought all the jerseys and decided that the team's colors would be yellow-navy blue And with this decision taken in 1908, Fenerbahçe's future colors were determined. The club badge for
7268-632: The world's most valuable club. Also, in March 2008, Fenerbahçe's record application was accepted by Guinness World Records , which envisages Fenerbahçe to have the highest number of medal and trophy achievements on the planet with its 9 departments entirely, a total of 1134 cups and medals. The founder and first president of Fenerbahçe , Nurizade Ziya Songülen , was first introduced to the football in England, where he went for higher education after graduating from Istanbul Saint-Joseph College in 1903, and
7360-517: The worst ranking in its history. Only six clubs have been champions since the introduction of the Super League: Galatasaray 24 times, Fenerbahçe 19 times, Beşiktaş 16 times (see note below), Trabzonspor 7 times, and Bursaspor and Başakşehir once each. Teams in bold compete in the Süper Lig as of the 2024–25 season . Beşiktaş formally requested that championships won in the 1956–57 and 1957–58 editions of
7452-429: The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. Fenerbahçe had not lost a match at home since they were beaten 2–3 by eventual champions Bursaspor in week 22, on 22 February 2010. Fenerbahçe won 38 and drew 9 in the 47 matches they played within 980 days since 22 February 2010. On 3 November 2012, Fenerbahçe pecked Akhisar Belediyespor to break a 181-day away jinx. On 2 May 2013, Fenerbahçe were eliminated by Benfica 3–2 on aggregate in
7544-439: Was a four-time league champion with Fenerbahçe and scored 162 goals in 330 matches. Some of the other most notable Turkish players who played for Fenerbahçe include: Fikret Arıcan , Fikret Kırcan , Halit Deringör , Melih Kotanca , Burhan Sargun , Nedim Doğan , Cemil Turan , Selçuk Yula , Müjdat Yetkiner , Oğuz Çetin , Rıdvan Dilmen , Aykut Kocaman , Rüştü Reçber and Tuncay Şanlı . Former Romania goalkeeper Ilie Datcu
7636-479: Was announced in a press release on March 25, 2002, which indicated that the championships won by Beşiktaş in the Federation Cup would be counted as national league championships. The honor of Golden Stars was introduced in football to recognize sides that have won multiple championships or other honours by the display of gold stars on their team badges and jerseys. In Turkey, clubs are permitted to place
7728-539: Was approved as a research and development centre in 2019 by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. Trendyol Tech specialises in the following: native language processing; real-time data analysis; machine learning; deep learning; image processing; data visualisation; text simulation and big data. Dolap was founded in 2016 as a second-hand product trading platform and acquired by Trendyol in 2018. 1.4 million individual sellers are currently active on Dolap. Founded as
7820-515: Was founded in spring, the club's colors were chosen as yellow and white, inspired by the yellow and white daisies blooming in the meadows of the Fenerbahçe district. The founding-president of the club, Nurizade Ziya Bey , designed Fenerbahçe's first jerseys; he purchased sports products from the store of the famous merchant of the time, Frank Sugg , located on Lord Street in Liverpool , England, where he spent his education between 1903 and 1906 and
7912-406: Was inspired by the football teams in this country, where the sport of football was born. When he returned to the country in 1906, the first thing he did was to establish a football team in his hometown, Istanbul in June 1906. He first contacted his friends in the Kadıköy district and then Enver Yetiker , the literature teacher at the school he graduated from, and conveyed his intention to establish
8004-495: Was introduced to the sport of football during these periods. Fenerbahçe's first jerseys that came from England were made of flannel fabric, long-sleeved and winter. The jerseys were causing problems for the players as the weather got hotter in the following days. For this reason, the club's president, Nurizade Ziya Bey , went to the shop of the British merchant Baker in the Tünel district of Beyoğlu in 1908 to order summer jerseys for
8096-464: Was located at the present-day Taksim Gezi Parkı (Taksim Park). İttihatspor (which had close relations with the political Committee of Union and Progress ), 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 27 May 1933, Fenerbahçe purchased
8188-464: Was replaced by Zico on 4 July 2006. Zico began his reign by signing two new defenders: highly touted Uruguayan international Diego Lugano and Zico's fellow Brazilian Edu Dracena . Zico also signed two strikers in Serbian international Mateja Kežman and another Brazilian, Deivid . Fenerbahçe's 2006–07 domestic season started with a 6–0 win over relegation candidates Kayseri Erciyesspor . In
8280-438: Was the first foreigner to reach 100 caps for Fenerbahçe. In recent decades, Fenerbahçe have gained an influx of foreigners who have helped the club to 19 Süper Lig titles. Among these is Uche Okechukwu , who after 13 seasons with Fenerbahçe and İstanbulspor became the longest serving foreigner in Turkey. During Uche's career with Fenerbahçe, he won two league titles and became a fan favourite. More recently, Fenerbahçe have been
8372-481: Was the former Turkish Football Championship , which began in 1924 and continued until 1951 . The championship format was based on a knockout competition, contested between the winners of each of the country's top regional leagues. The National Division (Turkish: Millî Küme ) was the first national league competition in Turkey. Started in 1937, the National Division consisted of the strongest clubs from
8464-416: 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 president and Turkey's fifth 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
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