Fenerbahçe S.K.
Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe], Fenerbahçe Sports Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe or simply Fener, is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. Fenerbahçe is parent to a number of different competitive departments including football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, athletics, swimming, sailing, boxing, rowing, and eSports, which have won European and domestic titles over the club's history.
Full name | Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü |
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Nicknames | Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries) Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues) Efsane (The Legend) |
Short name | FB Fener |
Sport | Multiple |
School | Fenerbahçe University |
Founded | 3 May 1907 as Fenerbahçe Football Club |
Based in | Istanbul, Turkey |
Home ground | Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Sports Complex |
Colors | Yellow and Navy blue |
Anthem | Yaşa Fenerbahçe (Viva Fenerbahçe) |
President | Ali Koç |
Secretary | Burak Kızılhan |
Titles | Intercontinental titles: 1 European titles: 11 Balkan titles: 3 |
Mascot | Yellow canary |
Local media | Fenerbahçe TV |
Website | Fenerbahçe S.K. |
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Fenerbahçe is one of the oldest and most successful multi-sport clubs in Turkey, having won as much as 13 international titles, including 11 major European titles, 1 World championship and 3 regional Balkan titles in 5 sports (Football, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Table tennis). They have won 10 European titles with 6 of their sports departments (men's and women's basketball, wheelchair basketball, men's and women's volleyball, and women's table tennis), being one of two sports clubs in Turkey and one of a few in Europe to have achieved this rare feat.
The men's football department (with a market value of $205.000.000) is the most known of the club and has won a total of 54 domestic trophies, including a record 28 Turkish championship titles (19 Turkish Super League, 6 National Division, and 3 Turkish Football Championship titles), among others. The club is also leading the all-time table of the Turkish Super League. In international club football, Fenerbahçe have won the Balkans Cup in 1968, the first international trophy won by a Turkish football team.
The men's basketball team is one of the most successful in Turkey and is the first team in Turkish basketball history to have won the EuroLeague. They became European champions in the 2016–17 season and runners-up in 2015–16 and 2017–18. The club have played in five consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) so far, which is also a Turkish record.
In 2023, the women's basketball team won the EuroLeague by defeating ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir 99–60 in the all-Turkish final. By achieving this feat, Fener became the first and only sports club in history to be crowned European champions in both men's and women's basketball. Eventually in the same year, Fenerbahçe became the first and only Turkish club to date to win the FIBA Europe SuperCup by crushing France's LDLC ASVEL Féminin on their own homeground with a dominating victory and a point differential of 57, a record in the SuperCup's history.
In volleyball, Fenerbahçe became the first Turkish club ever to be crowned World champions in an Olympic team sport, by winning the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship undefeated in 2010. They also were crowned European Champions by winning the CEV Champions League in the 2011–12 season, having reached the final before in 2010. Furthermore, they won the CEV Cup in 2014.
The men's volleyball team won the CEV Challenge Cup, also in the 2013–14 season, thus writing volleyball history as the women's team won another continental title, the aforementioned CEV Cup, the very same day. By achieving this unparalleled feat, Fenerbahçe became the only sports club in Turkey and one of few in Europe with European titles won in both the men's and women's volleyball departments. They also became Balkan Champions in 2009 and 2013.
The table tennis department of Fenerbahçe is the best in Turkey and one of the best in Europe, with the women's team having won the ETTU Cup two times in a row, in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, which is a Turkish record. They became the only Turkish team that played in a European Champions League Final, and they won the Champions League title in 2015 undefeated, thus achieving the only Triple Crown ever for a Turkish table tennis team. The men's team reached the final of the ETTU Cup in 2008, which is the best result for any Turkish team to date.
Fenerbahçe is one of the most supported Turkish clubs with millions of fans inside Turkey and millions of others in the Turkish diaspora all over the world The club has 309,026 paid members as of 16 September 2012.