Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)
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Full name
Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
Nicknames
Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries)
Sarı Lacivertliler (The Navy Blue-Yellows)
Efsane (The Legend)
Fener
Founded
3 May 1907 as
Fenerbahçe Futbol Kulübü
Ground
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Capacity
50,509
Coordinates
40°59′16″N 29°02′12″E
Coordinates: 40°59′16″N 29°02′12″E
Chairman
Aziz Yıldırım
Manager
Dick Advocaat
League
Süper Lig
2015-16
Süper Lig, 2nd

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü also known as Fenerbahçe or just Fener, was founded as a football club in 1907 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, by a group of local men; 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, six 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, their semi-final performance in the 2012-13 season of the UEFA Europa League is marked as their greatest achievement in European competitions.

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