Full name | Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü |
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Nickname(s) | Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries) Sarı Lacivertliler (The Navy Blue-Yellows) Fener Kadıköy Boğası (Kadıköy's Bull) |
Founded | 3 May 1907; 109 years ago as Fenerbahçe Futbol Kulübü |
Ground | Ülker Stadium |
Capacity | 50,509 |
Coordinates | 40°59′16″N 29°02′12″E / 40.98778°N 29.03667°ECoordinates: 40°59′16″N 29°02′12″E / 40.98778°N 29.03667°E |
Chairman | Aziz Yıldırım |
Manager | Dick Advocaat |
League | Süper Lig |
2015–16 | Süper Lig, 2nd |
Website | Club home page |
Active departments of Fenerbahçe | ||
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Football | Basketball (Men's) | Basketball (Women's) |
Volleyball (Men's) | Volleyball (Women's) | Table Tennis |
Swimming | Rowing | Sailing |
Athletics | Boxing |
Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnɛrbaht͡ʃe], Fenerbahçe Sports Club), also known as Fenerbahçe or informally Fener, was founded as a football club in 1907 in Istanbul. The club's name comes from Fenerbahçe of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is a major multi-sports club and competes in football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, sailing, rowing, boxing and table tennis with many major honours won in each. Fenerbahçe is one of the most successful and best supported football teams in Turkey, having never been relegated to lower divisions, and currently competes in the Süper Lig and the Turkish Cup. It is nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar (Turkish for "Yellow Canaries") and plays its home games at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Kadıköy, Istanbul.
Fenerbahçe has won 34 domestic trophies, including 19 Süper Lig titles, 6 Turkish Cups and 9 Turkish Super Cups. In international club football, Fenerbahçe has won one Balkans Cup trophy, which is marked as the first ever non-domestic trophy won by a Turkish club. In UEFA competitions, Fenerbahçe has reached the quarter-final in the 1963–64 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and in the 2007–08 season of the UEFA Champions League. The club's semi-final performance in the 2012–13 season of the UEFA Europa League is marked as their greatest achievement in European competitions.