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Fenerbahçe SK is the most popular Turkish football club from İstanbul. Its colours are yellow and navy. It plays on its Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadyumu with a seating capacity of 42,500 that will expand to 52,000 in the year 2005. Its symbol is canary. Considering the number of fans, internationally reputed Galatasaray is following Fenerbahçe, which have won the Turkish title 16 times and enjoys the support of over 3 million fans.
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History
Fenerbahçe was founded in 1907 in the district of Kadikoy in Istanbul. The founders were Nurizade Ziya Songülen (the first president), Osmanli Bank employee Mr. Ayetullah and Naval School student Necip Okaner, together with Hasan Sami Kocameme and Asaf Baspinar known as "Hintli". They met at the Besbiyik Street in Moda, in the basement of house number 3.
Fenerbahçe's activities had to be conducted in secrecy until a change of Ottoman legislation in 1908, after which the club was officially registered.
The first football team joined the Istanbul League in 1909. The new team of the 1912-1913 season won the championship for the first time, and without a single defeat at that.
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The Emblem
Emblem (http://www.fenerbahce.org.tr/getpage.asp?pg=amblem&lang=EN)
Championships
Turkish football league was founded in 1959 as a national competition. Fenerbahçe was the first club to win the Turkey's national football league.
- National League
- 1959
- 1960-1961
- 1963-1964
- 1964-1965
- 1967-1968
- 1969-1970
- 1973-1974
- 1974-1975
- 1977-1978
- 1982-1983
- 1984-1985
- 1988-1989
- 1995-1996
- 2000-2001
- 2003-2004
- 2004-2005
- 12 TSYD Cup
- 6 Başbakanlık Kupası (Prime Minister Cup)
- 3 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (President Cup)
- 1 Türkiye Kupası (Turkish Cup)
- 1 Atatürk Kupası (Ataturk Cup)
- 1 Balkan Kupası (Balkan Cup)
Famous Fenerbahçe Players
- Nicolas Anelka
- Tanju Çolak
- Rıdvan Dilmen
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Aykut Kocaman
- Jay Jay Okocha
- Ariel Ortega
- Rüştü Reçber
- Tuncay Şanlı
- Alex de Souza
- Selcuk Yula
- Haim Revivo
External links
- Official site (http://www.fenerbahce.org/)
- Antu.com (Largest Fan Site) (http://antu.com/)
- Bilkentli Fenerbahçeliler (The Organization of Fenerbahçe Fans in Bilkent University) (http://bilkentlifenerbahceliler.org/)de:Fenerbahçe Istanbul
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