Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball


Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball[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 three 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. 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.

Previous names

After a series of intermittent existences, 1927–1935, 1941, 1946–1947, 1952–1971, 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.

Honours

Source:

European competitions

Current squad

Squad as of January 13, 2017
No.PlayerPositionHeight
1 Ulaş KıyakSetter1.87
2 Caner PekşenSetter1.88
3 Graham VigrassMiddle Blocker2.05
4 Nicholas HoagOutside Hitter2.00
5 Hasan YeşilbudakLibero1.90
8 İzzet ÜnverOutside Hitter1.95
9 Halil İbrahim KurtMiddle Blocker2.05
10 Emre BaturMiddle Blocker2.01
12 Arinze Kelvin Nwachukwu Opposite2.15
13 Salvador Hidalgo OlivaOutside Hitter1.95
14 Hasan SıkarMiddle Blocker1.99
15 Metin Toy Opposite2.01
18 Ahmet KarataşLibero1.85

Technical and managerial staff

Staff as of April 28, 2019
NamePosition
Simla Türker BayazıtBoard member
Dariusz StanickiTeam manager
Erkan ToğanHead coach
Kerem EryılmazAssistant coach
Barış ÇakırDoctor

Team captains

This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.
PeriodCaptain
2005–2006 Burak Hascan
2006–2009 Hakan Fertelli
2009–2015 Arslan Ekşi
2015–2018 Selçuk Keskin
2018– Ulaş Kıyak

Head coaches

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

Home halls

This is a list of the home halls the senior team played at in the recent years.
#HallPeriod
1Caferağa Sport Hall2004–2006
2Burhan Felek Sport Hall2006–2007
3Caferağa Sport Hall2007–2008
450th Anniversary Sport Hall2008–2010
5Burhan Felek Sport Hall2010–2015
6Ülker Sports Arena2015–

Notable players

Domestic Players
European Players
; Slovakia
Non-European Players
Players whose names are italicized still play for the team

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers

PeriodKit sponsors
2004–2005:tr:Anadolu Grubu|Anadolu Sigorta1 – Sırma2 – Franke4
2005–2006Genel Sigorta1 – Blue House 2 – Kosifler3 – Formart4
2006–2007:tr:İstikbal|İstikbal3 – Özsüt5
2007–2008yüzyıllarca.com1 – :tr:Alpet|Alpet3
2008–2009:tr:Alpet|Alpet3 – Pilsa5
2009–2010none
2010–2011:tr:Kiğılı|Kiğılı1
2011–Grundig1 2 3

1 Main sponsorship
2 Back sponsorship
3 Lateral sponsorship
4 Short sponsorship
5 Sleeves sponsorship
PeriodKit manufacturers
2000–:tr:Fenerium|Fenerium