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Fenerbahçe S.K. (athletics)

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Fenerbahçe SK
Full nameFenerbahçe SK Athletics
Nickname(s)Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues)
Founded1913
GroundDereağzı Facilities,
Istanbul, Turkey
ChairmanTurkey Ali Koç
ManagerTurkey Ziya Özel
LeagueTurkish Men's Athletics League
Turkish Women's Athletics League
2016Runners-up (Men)
Runners-up (Women)
Websitehttp://www.fenerbahce.org/atletizm
Active departments of Fenerbahçe S.K.
AthleticsBasketball
(Men's)
(Men's B)
(Women's)		Boxing
EsportsFootball
(Men's)
(Men's B)
(Men's Academy)
(Women's)		Rowing
SailingSwimmingTable Tennis
Volleyball
(Men's)
(Women's)		Wheelchair
Basketball

Fenerbahçe Athletics is the men's and women's athletics section of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major Turkish multi-sport club in Istanbul, Turkey. Fenerbahçe Athletics' homeground are the Dereağzı Facilities in Kadıköy, belonging to the club.

Fenerbahçe has been active in athletics since 1913 and is the Turkish club that has won the most official championships in Turkey and the most championships in European Cups (21 times); the majority of the significant international successes of the Turkish national team, especially the medals won in the Olympics, have been won by yellow-navy athletes.

Men's team; has been in the top two in the 37 seasons of the Turkish League organized since 1987 and has led the way with 23 championships. In addition; He became champion 11 times in the Turkish Championship held between 1951-1987, 24 times in the Istanbul Championship held until 1988, 17 times in the Rose Cup, 15 times in the Turkish Cross Country Championship, 5 times in the Turkish Cross Country League and 24 times in the Istanbul Cross Country Championship.

Having participated in the European Champion Clubs' Cup since 1985, men's team has won 3 championships (1993, 2006 and 2009) and 4 second places at the A team level, 4 championships (2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019) and 4 second places in the youth category, 4 championships (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2023), 5 second places and 2 third places in the youth cross-country.[1]

Women's team appeared on the track for the first time in 1947 (Mübeccel Argun, who became the champion of the first women's races in 1926, was also a Fenerbahçe athlete). After a 23-year inactivity after 1971, it was re-established in 1994 and since 1995, it has been in the top two in all of the last 29 seasons of the Turkish League and has become the champion 10 times. It has also become the champion 4 times in the Turkish Cross Country League, 1 time in the TAF League, 1 time in the Atmalar League, 1 time in the Turkish Cross Country Championship, 12 times in the Istanbul Championship and 13 times in the Istanbul Cross Country Championship.

Since 1996, women's team, which has been competing in the European Champion Clubs Cup, has won 3 second and 1 third place at the A team level, 8 championships (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) and 2 second places in the youth category, 4 championships (2015, 2018, 2019 and 2024), 3 second places and 1 third place in the youth cross-country.[1]

All three medals Turkey has won in the Olympics in athletics were won by Fenerbahçe athletes Ruhi Sarıalp (1948-bronze), Eşref Apak (2004-silver) and Yasmani Copello Escobar (2016-bronze), Nevin Cevap (2010 and 2012) and Ramil Guliyev (2018) became European champions, Ruhi Sarıalp (1950) and Halil Akkaş (2011) became European third. While Ramil Guliyev became World champion in 2017 and Karin Melis Mey came third in the World in 2009,[2] Ekrem Koçak, Osman Coşgül, Mustafa Batman and Muharrem Dalkılıç won the Inter-Army World championships.

Honours (Men)

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European competitions

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Runners-up (1): 2019

Domestic competitions

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  • Turkish Men's Athletics League
Winners (20) (record): 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
Runners-up (10): 1988, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Turkish Men's Athletics Championship
Winners (11): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1984, 1985, 1987
  • Turkish Cross Country Championship
Winners (15): 1954, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
  • Turkish Cross League
Winners (3): 1989, 1994, 1995
  • Turkish Throws League
Winners (1): 2007
  • Istanbul Athletics Championship
Winners (24) (record): 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
  • Istanbul Cross Championship
Winners (24) (record): 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
  • Rose Cup
Winners (17): 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960

Honours (Women)

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European competitions

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Runners-up (1): 2015
Third place (1): 2016

Domestic competitions

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  • Turkish Women's Athletics League
Winners (8): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2014, 2015
Runners-up (14): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • Turkish Women's Athletics Championship
Winners (9): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
  • Turkish Cross League
Winners (2): 1999, 2001
  • Turkish Cross Country Championship
Winners (1): 1965
  • Turkish Throws League
Winners (1): 2007
  • Istanbul Athletics Championship
Winners (14): 1926, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
  • Istanbul Cross Championship
Winners (4): 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965

Current squad

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Technical staff

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Name Nat. Position
Ziya Özel Turkey Manager
Gürsel Özyurt Turkey Department Captain
Fikret Çetinkaya Turkey Coordinator
İhsan Özden Turkey Coach
Mesut Tümay Turkey Coach
Ramazan Kutlu Turkey Coach
Artun Talay Turkey Coach
Şenol Özdemir Turkey Coach
Cahit Yüksel Turkey Youth Academy Director

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Current squads

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Men's squad

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 Turkey
  • Maxxim Bernardes
  • Kale Pucovsky
  • Austin Fraser
  • Fahri Arsoy
  • Fatih Avan
  • Serhat Aydın
  • Özkan Baltacı
  • Sercan Basım
  • Fadıl Bombacı
  • Emrecan Ercan
  • Ramil Guliyev
  • Batuhan Işık
  • Davut Karabulak
  • Ali Ekber Kayaş
  • Ahmet Talha Kılıç
  • Berk Köksal
  • Alper Kulaksız
  • Osmancan Özdeveci
  • Berkin Özfırat
  • Mustafa Özseçer
  • Furkan Şen
  • İrfan Yıldırım
  • Burak Yılmaz
  • Tolga Yılmaz

Women's squad

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 Turkey
  • Sare Bostancı
  • Hilal Dündar
  • Dilek Esmer
  • Yudum İliksiz
  • Meryem Kasap
  • Emine Selda Kırdemir
  • Büşra Nur Koku
  • Dilek Koçak
  • Demet Parlak
  • Özge Soylu
  • Emel Şanlı
  • Tuğçe Şahutoğlu
  • Eda Tuğsuz
  • Zehra Uzunbilek

Notable athletes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Fenerbahçe SK official website Athletics team achievements". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fenerbahçe SK official website Individual achievements in athletics". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Team Technical Staff". Fenerbahçe.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
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