2011–12 Fenerbahçe S.K. season
| 2011–12 season | |||
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| Chairman | Aziz Yıldırım | ||
| Manager | Aykut Kocaman | ||
| Stadium | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | ||
| Süper Lig | 2nd | ||
| Türkiye Kupası | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Alex (14) All: Alex (17) |
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The 2011–12 season is Fenerbahçe's 54th consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 104th year in existence. They also competed in the UEFA Champions League starting in the group stage after being crowned champions in the 2010–11 domestic season.
However, on 24 August 2011, the TFF, under pressure from UEFA in connection with a match-fixing investigation, banned Fenerbahçe from participating in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.
In July 2011, as part of a major match-fixing investigation by authorities in Turkey, nearly 60 people suspected to be involved with fixing games were detained by İstanbul Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau and then arrested by the court. The Turkish football corruption scandal is an ongoing investigation about match-fixing, bribery, starting a gang, organized crime and intimidation in Turkey's top two divisions, the Süper Lig and the First League. On 10 July 2011, the club president Aziz Yıldırım was remanded in custody over allegations of match-fixing. On 19 July 2011, the TFF announced that the TFF Super Cup game between Süper Lig champion Fenerbahçe and Turkish Cup winner Beşiktaş was postponed to an unknown date due to prosecution investigation. On 21 July 2011, at the Fenerbahçe-Shakhtar friendly game in İstanbul, Fenerbahçe fans with the full support of Fenerbahçe officials ripped out the seats and threw them onto the Turkish press. Police struggled to gain control for about 40–45 minutes and some cameramen, security officers and Ukrainian press were seriously wounded. Fenerbahçe fans invaded the pitch and threw flares towards security and protested both UEFA and FIFA, yelling that "you cannot relegate Fenerbahçe even if they did match-fixing". After that, the match was cancelled by the referee. According to Turkish Law number 6222 regarding "violence in sports", Article 16: invading the pitch, dressing room or/and corridor will be sentenced to 3 months-1 year in jail. If it seriously collapses the match security, then one will be sentenced to 1–3 years in jail. Article 17: Harming someone on the pitch or/and harming something in the stadium will be punished by Turkish Penal Code. On 25 July 2011, TFF announced that the Süper Lig was delayed to 9 September 2011 and the TFF First League was postponed to 10 September 2011 due to prosecution investigation. On 28 July, Fenerbahçe declared that Emmanuel Emenike who joined the team 2 months ago from Karabükspor and involved in police investigation of the match-fixing scandal was on the list of transfers due to the possibility of relegation of Fenerbahçe. On the same day, 4 Fenerbahçe supporters were detained, with 4 more wanted. After 4 hours of declaration of Fenerbahçe, Fenerbahçe announced that Emmanuel Emenike was sold to Spartak Moskow. On 29 July 2011, a third wave of investigation were started and Fenerbahçe official Murat Özaydınlı, Fenerbahçe Administrative Manager Hasan Çetinkaya, İBB Spor player and former Fenerbahçe player Can Arat and former referee and ex-Gençlerbirliği official Zafer Önder İpek were questioned. On 2 August 2011, a fourth wave of investigation began and Fenerbahçe player Emre Belözoğlu, former Beşiktaş player and journalist Sinan Engin, Ankaragücü player Kaan Söylemezgiller, Manager Ekrem Okumuş and journalist Tahir Kum were questioned.
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