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Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Fenerbahçe Sports Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe, Fener or FB [pronounced fe-nehr-baah-che] is a sports club residing on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. The most popular branch by far is the football team, but the club also competes in basketball, volleyball, rowing, boxing, sailing, athletics, swimming and table tennis.

Founded: 1907 (originally founded in 1899 but had to be dissolved under the strict Ottoman rules)

Colors: Yellow and navy blue

Nickname: Yellow Canaries

Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu in Kadıköy.

Capacity: 55.000

Chairman: Aziz Yildirim

Manager: Christoph Daum

Emblem: The Fenerbahçe emblem was designed by Topuz Hikmet who played left wing in 1910 and was made by Tevfik Haccar (Taşcı) in London. The emblem consists of five colours. The white section which includes the writing ’Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü 1907’ represents purity and open heartedness, the red section represents love and attachment to the club and symbolises the Turkish flag. The yellow middle section symbolises admiration and envy of the club, while the navy symbolises nobility. The ’oak acorn’ leaf which rises from the navy and yellow section shows the power of Fenerbahçe. The green colour of the leaf states the success of Fenerbahçe is imperative.

Match tickets: Match tickets can be bought through ticketing firm "Biletix" (www.biletix.com) online. Tickets can also be bought from the Stadium on the match-day.

Main Sponsor: AVEA

Media: FBTV, Fenerbahce magazine

Official website: www.fenerbahce.org

Address: Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü, Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, Istanbul, Turkiye

Fenerbahçe plays at Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium, the biggest club stadium in Turkey. This stadium also regularly hosts national team games. The club chairman Aziz Yildirim, who had just left the club, has returned to his post, is entering into his 10th year in rule next year. Among his accomplishments are, 3 league titles, Fenerbahce Sportif A.S. IPO (publicly traded on Istanbul Stock Exchange under ‘FENER’), rebuilding of stadium the youth center, training grounds and many other facilities for the club. Also, during his term the club opened its flagship stores Fenerium.

Buy your Fenerbahce jersey at www.fenerium.com.tr

Quick facts:

• Most championships for a Turkish Club (17 Professional league titles since 1959 and a total of 26)

• Fenerbahce carries 3 stars on its jerseys (given for every 5 championship), most for a Turkish club.

• First Turkish team to win an international cup (Balkan Cup winner 1967)

• Most cups (5) in one season (Turkish league, Federation Cup, President’s cup, Spor-Toto and Balkan Cup)

• Finished the 1922-23 season without allowing a goal (First team ever to accomplish- a Guiness world record)

• Most goals in a season (103 goals -1988-89)

• Most goals for a player to score in a single match (Tanju Colak 6 goals vs. Karsiyaka 1992)

• Most points scored in a basketball game by a player (Erman Kunter 153 points of 175 team total)

• Track team became European champions in 1993

• Only Turkish team with athletes winning Olympic medals (Ruhi Sarialp –triple long jump 1948 – bronze and Esref Apak –hammer throw 2004 – bronze)

• After Muhammed Ali, the youngest boxer ever to reach final in Olympics, Atagün Yalçınkaya (Athens 2004 silver) is also a member of Fenerbahce SK.

• Beaten Galatasaray 132 times in various matches and counting… (22 more than them)

• Best performance in UEFA cups: Quarter Final – UEFA Cup Winners (1963-64)

• Ended Manchester United’s 40 year streak in Old Trafford for not losing a European Cup game (1-0 Elvir Bolic, Champions league game 1996)

Atatürk and Fenerbahçe

The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Fenerbahçe supporter. On the 10th of August, after a 3-3 draw against Galatasaray in the Gazi Cup Atatürk had three Galatasaray and 2 Fenerbahçe supporters next to him, where he was quoted: "We are three on three here, because I’m a Fenerbahçe supporter too".

Atatürk has also visited the club and has signed the book of honour where he wrote the following:

"I was informed of Fenerbahçe Club’s admirable activities and had made it a duty of mine to visit and congratulate the club. That visit has fallen on this day and I hereby record my tribute and congratulations." ® May 3, 1918 (3.5.1334) signed by Army commander Mustafa Kemal

When the club’s wooden building at Kusdili, Kadiköy burnt down on the night of June 5, 1932, the first donation for a new building came from Atatürk.

Current squad

As of 31 July 2006:

Note: A maximum of 6 international players are allowed by the Turkish Football Federation.

Number Player Position Year Signed Previous Club

0 Okan Alkan

0 Gökay İravul

34 Mert Fehmi Günok

0 Ertuğrul Taşkıran

1 Volkan Demirel

88 Volkan Babacan

89 Fehmi Mert Günok

58 Fábio Bilica

19 Önder Turacı

77 Gökhan Gönül

2 Diego Lugano

20 İlhan Eker

15 Bekir İrtegün

20 Özer Hurmacı

0 Miroslav Stoch

0 Caner Erkin

25 Uğur Boral

10 Alex De Souza

66 Mehmet Topuz

27 Andre Clarindo Dos Santos

16 Cristian Oliveira Baroni

21 Selçuk Şahin

5 Emre Belözoğlu

64 Furkan Aydın

67 Onur Karakabak

39 Gökhan Ünal

14 Daniel Güiza

23 Semih Şentürk

99 Deivid de Souza

Famous Coaches

Guus Hiddink

Waldir Pereira Didi

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Todor Veselinovic

Friedel Rausch

Pal Csernai

Joachim Low

Otto Baric

Holger Osicek

Tomislav Ivic

Mustafa Denizli

Christoph Daum

A Legend (where the name of the stadium is coming from):

Şükrü Saracoğlu

Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was a politician and was the fifth Prime Minister of Turkey. He was born in 1887 in Odemis. Saracoglu progressed to being a teacher before graduating from faculties abroad. Saracoğlu also became the Minister for Education in 1924. Saracoglu was successful in every area in politics and was a valued statesman in Turkey. He was also a keen Fenerbahçe supporter and was the president of the club from 1934 to 1950. This made him the longest serving Fenerbahçe president. In 1953, three years after retiring from politics, he sadly died in Istanbul on 27 December.

News:

http://www.fenerbahce.org.tr/eng/

http://fenerbahce.wordpress.com/

Source: Antu.com