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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 SK

Full name	Fenerbahçe SK Athletics
Nickname(s)	The Yellow-Navy Blues Fener
Founded	1913
Ground	Dereağzı Facilities, Istanbul, Turkey
Chairman	Ali Koç
Manager	Ziya Özel
League	Turkish Men's Athletics League Turkish Women's Athletics League
2016	Runners-up (Men) Runners-up (Women)
Website	Club website

Active departments of Fenerbahçe S.K.
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

The department was founded in 1913 and is one of the most successful in Turkey, with the men's team having won a record 20 championships in the Turkish Men's Athletics League, amongst others. The women's team won 8 championships in the Women's Athletics League and became runners-up in the European Champion Clubs Cup in 2015.

Fenerbahçe has had some of the greatest Turkish athletes in its ranks, who have granted Turkish sports and the club itself numerous Olympic, European and Worldwide honours.

Honours (Men)

European competitions

• European Champion Clubs Cup

Runners-up (1): 2019

Domestic competitions

• 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)

European competitions

• European Champion Clubs Cup

Runners-up (1): 2015

Third place (1): 2016

Domestic competitions

• 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

Technical staff

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

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Current squads

Men's squad

Women's squad

Notable athletes

• Halil Akkaş
• Ruhi Sarıalp - first ever track and field athlete from Turkey to win a medal at the Olympics
• Eşref Apak - hammer throw, 2005 Mediterranean Games gold medalist
• Anzhela Atroshchenko - heptathlon, 2001 Mediterranean Games gold medalist
• Fatih Avan - javelin throw, 2x Mediterranean Games gold medalist
• Youssef Baba - 1500 m, African Champion
• Donovan Bailey - former world record holder in 100 m, 2x Olympic gold medalist in 100 m and 4x100 m relay, 3x World Champion in 100 m and 4x100 m relay
• Jade Bailey
• Selim Bayrak
• Ockert Cilliers - 4x400 m relay, 2008 African Championships gold medalist
• Justin Gatlin - 2004 Olympic Games gold medalist in 100 m, 3x World Champion in 100 m and 200 m, 2x World Indoor Champion in 60 m and 2x IAAF World Relays gold medalist in 4x100 m relay
• Ramil Guliyev - 200 m, World Champion
• Nora Ivanova-Güner - 2001 Mediterranean Games gold medalist in 100 m and 200 m
• Nimet Karakuş - 100 m, World Junior Championships silver medalist
• Ebru Kavaklıoğlu - 5000 m, 2001 Mediterranean Games gold medalist
• Kemal Koyuncu - 1500 m, 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships silver medalist
• Yuliya Krevsun - 800 m, 2009 European Team Championships gold medalist
• Karin Melis Mey - long jump, 2009 World Championships bronze medalist
• Ercüment Olgundeniz - discus throw, 2011 European Cup Winter Throwing gold medalist
• Merlene Ottey - 200 m and 4x100 m relay, 3x World Champion and 3x World Indoor Champion
• Tatyana Polnova - pole vaulter, 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final gold medalist
• Ionela Târlea - 400 m hurdles, 2004 Olympic Games silver medalist, 2x European Athletics Championships gold medalist and 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medalist
• Mehmet Terzi - won the gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Yugoslavia and 1983 Mediterranean Games in Casablanca, Morocco for marathon and at the road running Istanbul, Turkey in 1985 and San Francisco, USA in 1987 after receiving the silver medal in 1978 Paris, France and 1983 Frankfurt, Germany marathons and serves as the president of the Turkish Athletic Federation since 2004
• Nevin Yanıt - 100 m hurdles, European Champion

References

External links

• Fenerbahçe Athletics website (in Turkish)
• Official Fenerbahçe website (in Turkish and English)

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