Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball

Fenerbahçe

Full name	Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
Nickname	Sarı Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues) Fener
Founded	1927
Ground	TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Ali Koç
Manager	Daniel Castellani
Captain	N/A
League	Turkish Volleyball League
2020–21	Regular season: 2nd Play-off: 2nd
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
1 CEV Challenge Cup 2 Balkan Cups 5 Turkish Championships 4 Turkish Cups 4 Turkish Super Cups

Active departments of Fenerbahçe
Football (Men's senior)	Football (Men's U21)	Football (Men's academy)
Football (Women's)	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Table Tennis
Athletics	Rowing	Swimming
Boxing	Sailing	Esports

Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball, commonly known as Fenerbahçe, are the men's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe SK, a major Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1927, they are one of the most successful volleyball teams in Turkey, having won five Turkish Volleyball League titles, four Turkish Cups, and four Turkish Super Cups, among others. In Europe Fenerbahçe have won two Balkan Cups and the CEV Challenge Cup in the 2013–14 season, thus writing volleyball history as the women's team won another continental title, the CEV Cup, the very same day.^[1][2][3] By achieving this unparalleled feat, Fenerbahçe became the first and only sports club in Turkey and one of a few in Europe with European titles won in both the men's and women's volleyball departments.

The club play their home matches at the 7,000-seated TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall.^[4]

Previous names[]

• Fenerbahçe (1927–2011)
• Fenerbahçe Grundig (2011–2015)
• Fenerbahçe (2015–present)

History[]

After a series of intermittent existences, 1927-1935, 1940-1942, 1943-1971, it was founded in its present form in 1976. The team began in the Istanbul Fourth League and was promoted to the Third League in 1977, to the Second League in 1982 and finally to the First League in 1984. As champions of the Istanbul First League in 1985, Fenerbahçe were promoted to the top-level Men's Volleyball League.^{[citation needed]}

Honours[]

Source: ^[5]

European competitions[]

• CEV Top Teams Cup / CEV Cup

Semifinalists (1): 2016–17

Quarterfinalists (2): 2004–05, 2011–12

• CEV Challenge Cup

Winners (1): 2013–14

• Balkan Cup

Winners (2) (shared-record): 2009, 2013

Domestic competitions[]

• Turkish Volleyball League

Winners (5): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19

Runners-up (5): 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2020–21

• Turkish Cup

Winners (4): 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19

Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2013–14

• Turkish Super Cup

Winners (4) (shared-record): 2011, 2012, 2017, 2020

Runners-up (3): 2010, 2014, 2019

• Turkish Federation Cup (defunct)

Winners (2): 1962, 1966

Runners-up (2): 1961, 1970

Regional competitions[]

• Istanbul Volleyball League (defunct)

Winners (10): 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69

Runners-up (6): 1934–35, 1945–46, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66

Third place (4): 1931–32, 1944–1945, 1946–47, 1961–62

The road to the CEV Challenge Cup victory[]

Round	Opponent	Home	Away
Qualification Round 1	Anorthosis Famagusta	3–0	1–3
Qualification Round 2	AZS Politechnika Warszawska	3–1	0–3
16th Final	Lokomotyv Kharkiv	3–1	3–2
8th Final	VaLePa Sastamala	3–0	3–2
Quarterfinal		3–0	2–3
Semifinal		3–1	0–3
Final	Andreoli Latina	3–0	3–2

Current squad[]

October 2010 Fenerbahçe team squad: 12 - Čošković, 13 - Cengizhan, 17 - İsmail Cem, 1 - Burak, 3 - Ersin, 7 - Marshall, 6 - Kemal, 15 - Emre, 16 - Gerić, 18 - Serkan, 10 - Arslan

Squad as of January 13, 2017 ^[6]

No.	Player	Position	Height (m)
1		Opposite	1.95
4	Yacine Louati	Outside Hitter	1.98
5	Hasan Yeşilbudak	Libero	1.90
6	Mohammad Mousavi	Middle Blocker	2.00
7		Middle Blocker	2.03
8	İzzet Ünver	Outside Hitter	1.95
9	Burak Mert	Libero	1.85
10	Emre Batur	Middle Blocker	2.01
13	Salvador Hidalgo Oliva	Outside Hitter	1.95
14		Middle Blocker	1.99
15	Metin Toy	Opposite	2.01
16		Setter	2.02
17		Setter	1.90

Technical and managerial staff[]

Staff as of April 28, 2019 ^[7]

Name	Position
Simla Türker Bayazıt	Board member
Dariusz Stanicki	Team manager
Daniel Castellani	Head coach
Kerem Eryılmaz	Assistant coach
Barış Çakır	Doctor

Team captains[]

This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.

Period	Captain
2005–2006	Burak Hascan
2006–2009	Hakan Fertelli
2009–2015	Arslan Ekşi
2015–2018	Selçuk Keskin
2018–2021

Head coaches[]

Veljko Bašić

This is a list of the senior team's head coaches in the recent years.

Period	Head coach
1927-1929	Aziz Torun
1955-1958	Alaaddin Güneş
1958-1959	Atilla Sesören
1959-1961	Alaaddin Güneş
1961-1962
1962-196?	Alaaddin Güneş
1966-1969	Hilmi Tüker
1969-1970	Metin Bıkmaz
1976-1977	Alaaddin Güneş
1978-1979	Mustafa Elitez
1980-1985	Erkan Yasa
1985-1990	İsmail Vuran
1990-1992	Richard Mislinkova
1992-1993	Abdullah Paşaoğlu
1993-2001	İsmail Vuran
2002	Cem Akyol
2002-2003	Deniz Esinduy
2005-2007	Jesús Savigne
2007-2011	György Demeter
2011-2012	Daniel Castellani
2012	Daniele Bagnoli
2013	Fabio Soli
2013-2015	Daniel Castellani
2015-2018	Veljko Bašić
2018–2020	Mariusz Sordyl
2020-2021	Erkan Toğan
2021-	Daniel Castellani

Home halls[]

This is a list of the home halls the senior team played at in the recent years.

Notable players[]

Players whose names are italicized still play for the team^[8]

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers[]

See also[]

• Fenerbahçe SK
• Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website of Fenerbahçe SK (in Turkish and English)

Media

• Official Twitter Account of Fenerbahçe Volleyball