Fenerbahce SK

Revision as of 19:03, 27 December 2012

Fenerbahce SK is a Turkish sports club, based in Kadikoy District, Istanbul, Turkey.

The club has 18.283 official members as of 2011.

Fenerbahce SK won an 18th Süper Lig title in the 2010–11 season. The team were nine points behind the leaders after 16 games, but went on an unbeaten run of 17 wins and one draw from the last 18 games of the season and won the title with 82 points. Trabzonspor also finished on 82 points but finished second due head-to-head goal average in favor of Fenerbahce. Following the season's end club president Aziz Yildirim and managers were remanded in custody over allegations of match-fixing. On 24 August 2011 Fenerbahce was withdrawn from the Champions League by UEFA, because of an ongoing match-fixing investigation.

On 2 July 2012 Turkish court convicted and sentenced Fenerbahçe President Aziz Yildirim to 6 years and 3 months in prison on match-fixing charges. Fenerbahçe Vice President Sekip Mosturoglu was sentenced to 1 year 10 months and 10 days in prison and the other Vice President of Fenerbahçe was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison.

On 10 August 2012, Istanbul 16th High Criminal Court announced its reasoned final decision regarding the match-fixing case.

Official Sponsors

• Ford Company
• Adidas
• Koc Group (Ford, Fiat, Yapı Kredi Bank)
• Dogus Group (Audi, VW)

Famous Club Members

• Sukru Saracoglu ; Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey (1942-1944)
• Kenan Evren ; Leader of the 1980 military coup and President of Turkey (1982-1989)
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey
• Senez Erzik Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations UEFA
• Mehmet Ali Aydinlar ; President of Turkish Football Federation (2011-2012)
• Ahmet Ceylani Tugrul ; Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals 5th District

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