The Big is FENERBAHÇE

Fenerbahce was founded nearly a century ago in the province of Kadikoy in Istanbul. The founders were Mr. Nurizade Ziya Songulen, Mr. Ayetullah and Mr. Necip Okaner. This group of individuals founded the club secretly in order to keep a low profile and not get into any trouble with the strict Ottoman rule. So strict in fact that the Sultan, Abdulhamit the 2nd, forbid that the Turkish youth may not set up a club nor engage in the game of football played by the English families that was watched in envy.

After the first meeting of the founders however, Nurizade Ziya Songulen is elected the first President, whilst Mr. Ayetullah is the General Secretary and Mr Necip Okaner assumes General Captaincy. The first emblem of the club is the Lighthouse which is situated on Fenerbahce cape whilst the first colours of the club are the colours of the daffodils, white and yellow, scattered around the Fenerbahce peninsula. The emblem and colours were to be changed in 1910 when the badge was redesigned by Topuz Hikmet and the colours were changed as Yellow and Navy.

Until a change of legislation in 1908, Fenerbahce's activities are run under strict secrecy. After this date

however, the new law requires that clubs must register in order to exist legally. From that day on, the club was to take its place amongst the top of the Turkish club's and achieve much success. Fenerbahce Sports Club's first football team included Asaf, Ziya Hasan, Sami, Ayetullah, Mazhar, Necip Fethi, Galip, Huseyin, Hasan and Nevzat. This team joined the Istanbul League in 1909 but achieved nothing in its first three seasons. In the 1912-1913 season a team with Ali Said, Galip, Arif, Izzi, Huseyin, Sabri, Hikmet, Said, Hasan Kamil, Nuri and Mico win the first championship of the club. Apart from being the first championship it had more significance as it was won without a single defeat throughout the season.

The Fenerbahce emblem was designed by Topuz Hikmet who played left wing in 1910 and was made by Tevfik Haccar (Tasci) in London. The emblem consists of five colours. The white section which includes the writing 'Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu 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, while the navy symbolises nobility. The 'oak acorn' leaf which rises from the navy and yellow section shows the power of Fenerbahce. The green colour of the leaf shows the success of Fenerbahce is imperative.

FENERBAHÇE and ATATURK

The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was a Fenerbahce supporter. On the 10th of August, after a 3-3 draw against Galatasaray in the Gazi Cup Ataturk had three Galatasaray and 2 Fenerbahce supporters next to him, where he was quoted: "We are three on three here, because I'm a Fenerbahce supporter too".
When the club's building at Kusdili burnt down, the first donation for a new building came from our great leader Ataturk.

Ataturk has also visited the club and has signed the book of honour where we wrote the following:

"I was informed of Fenerbahce 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."

Fenerbahce has a huge lead over other clubs concerning trophies. Fenerbahce Sports Club has won many trophies in the currently active branches and some other branches which have been discontinued. During the Turkish War of Independence Fenerbahce played many teams from the enemy and injected morale into the Turkish people by winning these games. Fenerbahce Sports Club's football team has many records which are still not broken. Yet the success is not limited with the football team. In the Olympics, the first gold medal to be won in a field other than wrestling was a Fenerbahce athlete, Ruhi Sarialp. In athletics, the only club to win the European Championship is Fenerbahce. To view photos from our Trophy Room visit our Picture Gallery.

Fenerbahce has won more cups than anyone else in Turkey. Since the day it was formed, Fenerbahce has won a total of 125 trophies. The Turkish Super League (formerly the Turkish First Division) has been won 14 times Fenerbahce, one of two teams to have reached that number. Amongst the trophies are 16 Istanbul League Championships, 12 Turkish Sports Writer's Championships, 6 National League, 4 Istanbul Shields, 3 Turkish Football Championships, 1 Spor-Toto Cup, 4 Armory Cups, 8 Prime Minister Cups, 4 Turkish Cups, 2 Ataturk Cups and 6 President Cups.

Fenerbahçe Sukru Saracoglu Stadium is rapidly becoming one of Europe's elite football arenas. Fenerbahce's huge investments in top quality facilities since President Aziz Yildirim's election has been much appreciated by players and fans alike and the stadium has been the major part in this.

Fenerbahçe Sukru Saracoglu Stadium is going through a complete rebuilding process which involves each stand being destructed and rebuilt one after the other. So far, the "Acik" stands (located behind the goals) and "Maraton" stand have been rebuilt. Every one of these stands have been built closer to the pitch, getting the fan closer to the action on the field.

1989 - 1990 Season Squad
Schumacher - Murat - Taygun - Hasan - Batur - Ergin - K.Senol - Sedat - Bilal - Mustafa - Erdi - Serdar - Cafer - Ridvan - B.Senol - Zafer - Nezihi - Neset - Oguz - Nielsen - Aykut - Mujdat - Murat - Ismail - Durmus - Visnevski - Cevdet - Hakan - Turan - Senol 3 - Vedat - Nejat - Can - Nurettin
1990 - 1991 Season Squad

Schumacher - Yasar - Erdi - Hasan - Mujdat - K.Senol - Hayrettin - Ercan - Ergin - Hakan - B.Senol - Bilal - Valdo - Vokri - Aykut - Neset - A.Suphi - Ismail - Gokhan - Turhan - Oguz - Senol 3 - Ivan - Ertunç - Ercan - Semih
1991 - 1992 Season Squad
Engin - Turan - Soczynski - B.Senol - Ercan - Nuri - Gokhan - Hakan - Vokri - Mujdat - Oguz - Semih - K.Senol - Tanju - Aykut - Umit - Levent - Sercan - Sako - Gerson - A.Suphi - Turhan - Neset - Ridvan

1992 - 1993 Season Squad
Engin - Mujdat - Tanjga - Semih - Ismail - Umit - Hakan - Ilker - Oguz - Stoilov - Novak - Tanju - Aykut - Altay - Arif - A.Suphi - Senol - Faruk - Ahmet - Ridvan - Ilker - Ibrahim - Yuksel - Can - Nuri - Gerson - Gokhan - Turhan - Mustafa - Ulken - Baris
1993 - 1994 Season Squad
Engin - Emre - Semih - Wagenhaus - Oguz - Mecnur - Mujdat - Tayfur - Hotiç - Bulent - Ilker - Altay - Kemalettin - Sadettin - Burhan - Aygun - Kerem - Ridvan -Cengiz - Volkan - Ayvaz - Hakan - Nuri - Kazim - Nielsen - Uche - Aykut

1994 - 1995 Season Squad
Rustu - Engin - Nuri - Mujdat - Kemalettin - Semih - Tayfur - Uche - Emre - Dursun - Turhan - Burhan - Ali Nail - Hakan - Kerem - Mustafa - Aygun - Toprak - Oguz - Nielsen - Aykut - Pingel - Ilker - Nuri - Mecnur - Kazim - Mustafa - Bulent - Feyyaz - Murat
1995 - 1996 Season Squad
Rustu - Murat - Ilker - Uche - Hogh - Oguz - Erol - H.Ibrahim - Tayfun - Tarik - Bulent - Boliç - Kemalettin - Feyyaz - Aykut - Aygun - A.Nail - Emre - Serkan - Atkinson - Saffet - Engin - Ahmet

1996 -1997 Season Squad
Rustu - Ilker - Uche - Hogh - K.Saffet - Kemalettin - H.Ibrahim - Tayfun - Bulent - Boliç - Okocha - Ozkan - Kostadinov - Fevzi - Saffet - Erol - Tuncay - Tarik - Aygun - Mustafa - Murat - Sedat - Benhur - Kerem - Oner - M.Katip
1997 - 1998 Season Squad

Rustu - Fevzi - Tarik - H.Ibrahim - Uche - Kemalettin - Hogh - Saffet - Erol - Taner - Tayfun - Mustafa - Boliç - Okocha - Sabin - B. Saffet - K.Saffet - Serkan - H.Kara - Ali Nail - Atilla - Ilker - Murat - Selahattin - Tuncay - Kubilay - Moshoeu - Faruk
1998 - 1999 Season Squad
Rustu - Ilker - Uche - Erol - Mustafa - Saffet - Moshoeu - Murat Y. - Tayfun - Moldovan - Baliç - Murat S.- Erkan - Serkan - Metin - Kemalettin - Boliç - Sergio - Taner - Faruk - Hogh - Dimas - Oguz D. - Sergen - Guvenç - Murat S. - H. Ibrahim - Omer - Ali - Murat B.
1999 - 2000 Season Squad
Rustu - Mustafa - Ogun - Alpay - Sergen - Moshoeu

- Murat Y. - Abdullah - Tayfun - Boliç - Faruk - Engin - Serkan - Erkan - Guvenç - Ali - Tufan - Aygun - Johnson - Saffet - - Moldovan - Preko - Mehmet - Kemalettin - Tufan - Metin D. - Uche - Omer - S.Oulare
2000 -2001 Season Squad
Rustu - Oguz - Recep - Uche - Mustafa - Ogun - Z.Mirkoviç - Abdullah - Ali G. - N. Lazetiç - H.Revivo - Baliç - Andersson - Moshoeu - Tufan - Yusuf - Gokhan - Serhat - Rapaiç - Johnson - Serkan - Mert - Yusuf - Bilal - Gokhan - Celil - Semih -Adem - Erhan - Orhan

2001- 2002 Season Squad
Rustu - Oguz - Recep - Uche - Mustafa - Ogun - Z.Mirkoviç - Abdullah - Ali G. - N. Lazetiç - H.Revivo -Andersson - Tufan - Yusuf - Gokhan - Serhat - Rapaiç - Serkan - Mert - Yusuf - Bilal - Gokhan - Ceyhun - Oktay - Hakan - Fatih - Simao - Umit - Semih -Adem - Erhan – Orhan