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Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbahtʃe spoɾ kuˈlyby], Fenerbahçe Sports Club), simply known as Fenerbahçe or Fener, is the football branch of the Fenerbahçe Sports Club organisation. Based in Istanbul, the team compete in the Süper Lig, the top division of Turkish football. Founded in 1907, Fenerbahçe is one of Turkey's most successful and widely supported clubs, boasting a record 28 Turkish national championship titles, including victories in the National Division (six times), Turkish Football Championship (three times) and the Süper Lig (19 times) era, of which only 19 league championship titles are counted by the Turkish Football Federation for the awarding of the championship star. The club has also won 10 Turkish Super Cups and 7 Turkish Cups, making them one of the most decorated teams in Turkish football history. Their home matches have been played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul since 1908.
Fenerbahçe won its first major honour in domestic football in the early 20th century and continued to become champion in Turkish football before the establishment of the Süper Lig in 1959. Prior to this, the club won multiple Turkish Football Championship titles, asserting its place as one of Turkey's footballing powerhouses. Since the creation of the Süper Lig, Fenerbahçe has remained one of the most successful teams, regularly contending for the title and winning numerous league championships. Counting since the official football federation of the country, the Turkish Football Federation, abbreviated TFF, Fenerbahçe have won 28 national championship titles respectively, making it the most successful so far in Turkey. The club holds the joint-record for the longest uninterrupted top-flight streak in Turkish football history. Internationally, Fenerbahçe won the Balkans Cup in 1966–67, becoming the first Turkish club to claim an international trophy. In modern European competitions, they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in the 2007–08 season and the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League in 2012–13, further establishing their presence on the continental stage.
Fenerbahçe is also one of the most widely supported football clubs in Turkey, with millions of fans both domestically and internationally. Traditionally, the club plays in striped jerseys with yellow-navy blue color combinations in all branches, especially football. The club has a massive social media following and maintains a dedicated supporter base known for its passionate atmosphere, especially in home matches at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (also known as Chobani Stadium for sponsorship purposes). Alongside Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe is part of the "Big Three" clubs of Turkish football, with intense rivalries between these teams shaping the landscape of the Süper Lig.
The club holds a Guinness World Record for having the highest number of medals and trophies across all its sports branches, with a total of 1134 cups and medals. Financially, Fenerbahçe remains one of the wealthiest clubs in Turkey, generating significant revenue from sponsorship deals, broadcasting rights, and commercial ventures. The club continues to invest in youth development and modern facilities, with aspirations to maintain domestic dominance and achieve further success in European competitions. As of 2025, they lead the UEFA coefficient among Turkish teams.
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Established (1906)
The founder and first president of Fenerbahçe, Nurizade Ziya Songülen, was first introduced to football in England, where he went for higher education after graduating from Istanbul Saint-Joseph College in 1903, and 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 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. "We were from Moda. However, since there was already a club named Moda FC, we naturally couldn't name our team the same. While thinking about what the name of the club we were going to establish should be, we suddenly saw the Fenerbahçe Cape and its lighthouse through the window of our house. At that very moment, we jointly decided to name the club 'Fenerbahçe Football Club'. Our emblem became the 'light-emitting lighthouse''
Pre-Süper Lig (1907–1959)
Fenerbahçe were officially founded in 3 May 1907 in Kadıköy, Istanbul, by local men Ziya Songülen, Ayetullah Bey and Necip Okaner. This group founded 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 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 the final match of the tournament it organized in its name on 5 June 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 a new law, all football clubs had to register to exist legally.
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