2013–14 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

Fenerbahçe
2013–14 season
Chairman	Aziz Yıldırım
Manager	Ersun Yanal
Stadium	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Süper Lig	1st
Turkish Super Cup	Runner-up
Turkish Cup	Fourth Round
Champions League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moussa Sow (15); All: ; Moussa Sow (16)
Highest home attendance	50,030 vs. Bursaspor ; (31 March 2014, Süper Lig)
Lowest home attendance	24,600 vs. Sivasspor ; (31 August 2013, Süper Lig)
Average home league attendance	34.811[1]

The 2013–14 season is Fenerbahçe's 56th consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 106th year in existence. They also competed in the UEFA Champions League starting in the third qualifying round after being second in the 2012–13 domestic season. At the same time, Fenerbahçe was banned from European football, the Champions League third qualifying round spots shifted down after a match-fixing scandal.^[2] On 18 July 2013, Fenerbahçe's will enter the Champions League third qualifying round on Friday despite its UEFA ban for match-fixing scandal after winning an emergency ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[3]

Season overview

On 22 May 2013, Alper Potuk completed a move to Fenerbahçe in 5-year contract. The transfer involved Henri Bienvenu moving in the opposite direction, to Eskişehirspor, while Fenerbahçe also paid €6.25 million.^[4]^[5]
On 29 May 2013, Aykut Kocaman submits his resignation as Fenerbahçe coach, saying that he is ‘exhausted.’ The former goal-scoring great is set to leave the club only a week after leading the Istanbul club to a second successive Turkish Cup.^[6]^[7]^[8]
On 6 June 2013, Fenerbahçe has come to an end on the negotiations with Zenit’s Bruno Alves. Our club has 3 years agreement with 32 years old Portuguese player, for a fee of €5.5 million.^[9]^[10]
On 14 June 2013, Fenerbahçe has agreed on the terms of transfer of Czech left wing Michal Kadlec for 3 years, with €4.5 million transfer fee in 3 years contract.^[11]^[12]
On 18 June 2013, Fenerbahçe has agreed on the terms with Swedish midfielder Samuel Holmén. The contract will be valid for 3 years.^[13]
On 25 June 2013, UEFA announced on Wednesday that Turkish side Fenerbahçe has been banned from next two season's Champions League over match-fixing allegations. Fenerbahçe have been handed a two-year ban and will miss this season's Champions League, where they were due to enter in the third qualifying round. A third year has been suspended over a five-year probation period.^[14]^[15]^[16]
On 28 June 2013, Ersun Yanal has agreed to take charge of Fenerbahçe, replacing Aykut Kocaman who resigned at the end of May, the club said on Friday.^[17]^[18] His appointment coincides with tough times for the Fenerbahçe who have been banned from European competition for two seasons over their involvement in a domestic match-fixing scandal. Fenerbahçe, who finished second in the Süper Lig last season, will miss out on next season's Champions League which they had been due to enter in the third qualifying round.^[19]^[20]^[21]
On 1 July 2013, Fenerbahçe, open new season with training session. Yanal, addressing his players, said the absolute goal was winning the Süper Lig championship. “I have gotten to know you. You will get to know me and we will get to know each other much better. Let's keep our eyes on the prize and hope for the best next season,” he noted.^[22]
On 11 July 2013, Fenerbahçe which applied to the Union of European Football Associations Appeals Body after it was banned from European club competitions by the UEFA disciplinary board last month, defended itself for seven hours during a hearing held in Nyon, Switzerland, on Wednesday.^[23]
On 15 July 2013, Turkish clubs Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş have failed in their bids to overturn bans from European competition, The Union of European Football Associations said on Monday. Fenerbahçe, who were due to compete in this season's Champions League, were banned from European soccer for two seasons and Beşiktaş, who had qualified for the Europa League, for one season.^[24]^[25]^[26]
On 18 July 2013, Fenerbahçe said today the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had suspended the execution of UEFAs decision banning the club from European competition for two years over their involvement in a domestic match-fixing scandal. "Fenerbahçe soccer team will attend the UEFA Champions League draws on Friday and continue on its path," Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım told the club's official television channel.^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]
On 19 July 2013, Fenerbahçe has been pitted against Red Bull Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round, after the top-level UEFA competition draw was made on July 19, a day after its match-fixing scandal ban was stayed.^[33]
On 24 July 2013, Within the scope of pre-season camp, Fenerbahçe has competed to Dutch representative PSV at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. Our team left the ground with 0–2 loss where our opponent’s goals came from Tim Matavž in the minute of 15 and Jürgen Locadia in 71st minute. Prior to the friendly, our Professional Football Team’s 2013–14 Jersey’s has been launched with a giant show.^[34]^[35]^[36]
On 31 July 2013, The Ersun Yanal's first official match, Fenerbahçe made the most of their UEFA Champions League lifeline with a 1–1 draw against Red Bull Salzburg in the first leg of their Third qualifying round tie on Wednesday.^[37]
On 6 August 2013, Fenerbahçe defeated Red Bull Salzburg in UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round with a 3–1 win. Also this match was the first official win the game for the new manager Ersun Yanal.^[38]^[39]^[40]
On 7 August 2013, Emmanuel Emenike came back to Fenerbahçe for four-year deal after playing 2 seasons for Spartak Moscow.^[41] Fenerbahçe agreed to pay €13 million, while Emenike will get €2.4 million each season. On the same date Miroslav Stoch was loaned out to PAOK for €1 million.^[42]^[43]
On 9 August 2013, Fenerbahçe have been drawn against Arsenal in the play-off round of the Champions League for a place in the elite 32-team group stages. The first leg was played on 21 August 2013 and the second on 28 August 2013.^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]^[52]
On 11 August 2013, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray kicked off the new season of Turkish soccer in the Super Cup which was played in Kayseri. This was the 375th meeting between the two sides in history. Both sides played decent attacking soccer, but it was Galatasaray who had the last laugh with Didier Drogba heading home the only goal in the first half of Extra Time.^[53]^[54]
On 18 August 2013, Ersun Yanal's first league match with Fenerbahçe, paid the price for its distraction as they squandered a 2–0 first half lead to eventually lose 3–2 to newcomer Torku Konyaspor in their Süper Lig opener at Konya Atatürk Stadium on Saturday evening.^[55]^[56]
On 18 August 2013, Fenerbahçe will have a mountain to climb to reach the group stages of the Champions League after being crushed 3–0 by an efficient Arsenal at their caldron of Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium in the first leg of the play-off round.^[57]^[58]^[59]^[60]
On 27 August 2013, Fenerbahçe in desperate bid against rival Arsenal with lose 2–0 and 5–0 on aggregate,^[61] also on 28 August, they will be unable to compete in the UEFA Europa League this season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a UEFA-imposed two-year ban from European competition over a match-fixing scandal on Wednesday.^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]^[66]^[67]^[68]
On 3 November 2013, Aziz Yıldırım has been re-elected as Fenerbahçe chairman for a record 11th term, which ensures that he will become the longest-serving figure heading one of Turkey's biggest and most popular clubs.^[69]^[70]
On 27 April 2014, Yanal's team Fenerbahçe won the Süper Lig title with three games to spare on Sunday after a 0–0 draw at home to Çaykur Rizespor, in front of a crowd made up exclusively of women and children.^[71]^[72]^[73]^[74]^[75]^[76]^[77]^[78]^[79]^[80]^[81]^[82]

Kits

Supplier: Adidas
Main sponsor: Türk Telekom

Back sponsor: Ülker
Sleeve sponsor: Avea

Short sponsor: MNG Kargo
Socks sponsor: –

Home

Home Alt.

Home Alt. 2º

Home Alt. 3º

Away

Away Alt.

Third

Transfers

Football Transfers Summer 2013
Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
22 May 2013	MF	Alper Potuk	Eskişehirspor	€6.25M	^[83]^[84]
6 June 2013	DF	Bruno Alves	Zenit St. Petersburg	€5.5M	^[85]^[86]
14 June 2013	DF	Michal Kadlec	Bayer Leverkusen	€4.5M	^[87]^[88]
18 June 2013	MF	Samuel Holmén	İstanbul BB	Free	^[89]
10 August 2013	FW	Emmanuel Emenike	Spartak Moscow	€13M	^[90]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
4 June 2013	FW	Henri Bienvenu	Eskişehirspor	Undisclosed	^[91]
2 July 2013	DF	Orhan Şam	Kasımpaşa	Undisclosed	^[92]
8 July 2013	MF	Sezer Öztürk	Beşiktaş	€1.5M	^[93]
5 September 2013	GK	Serkan Kırıntılı	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	^[94]
Players loan out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
7 August 2013	MF	Miroslav Stoch	PAOK	€1M	^[95]
30 August 2013	MF	Miloš Krasić	Bastia	€0.8M	^[96]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
19 June 2013	FW	Semih Şentürk	Antalyaspor		^[97]

Total spending: €29.25 million
Total income: €3.3 million

Line-up

As of 25 May 2014

No.	Pos.	Name	GS	Note
1	GK	Volkan Demirel	33	^{[nb 1]}
77	RB	Gökhan Gönül	29	^{[nb 2]}
2	CD	Egemen Korkmaz	22	^{[nb 3]}
15	CD	Bruno Alves	29	^{[nb 4]}
88	LB	Caner Erkin	30	^{[nb 5]}
5	CM	Mehmet Topal	29	^{[nb 6]}
14	CM	Raul Meireles	21	^{[nb 7]}
25	CM	Emre Belözoğlu	15	^{[nb 8]}
12	RW	Dirk Kuyt	34	^{[nb 9]}
7	LW	Moussa Sow	32	^{[nb 10]}
9	CF	Emmanuel Emenike	20	^{[nb 11]}

Volkan

Alves

Egemen

Gökhan

Caner

Topal

Meireles

Emre

Kuyt

Sow

Emenike

Squad

First team squad

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Since
Goalkeepers
1	Volkan Demirel	GK	(1981-10-27) 27 October 1981	Kartalspor	2002
23	Mert Günok	GK	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989	Youth system	2009
Defenders
2	Egemen Korkmaz	DF	(1982-11-03) 3 November 1982	Beşiktaş	2012
3	Hasan Ali Kaldırım	DF	(1989-12-09) 9 December 1989	Kayserispor	2012
4	Bekir İrtegün	DF	(1984-04-20) 20 April 1984	Gaziantepspor	2009
22	Bruno Alves	DF	(1981-11-16) 16 November 1981	Zenit St.Petersburg	2013
24	Michal Kadlec	DF	(1984-12-13) 13 December 1984	Bayer Leverkusen	2013
53	Serdar Kesimal	DF	(1989-01-24) 24 January 1989	Kayserispor	2011
77	Gökhan Gönül	DF	(1985-01-05) 5 January 1985	Hacettepe	2007
Midfielders
5	Mehmet Topal	MF	(1986-03-03) 3 March 1986	Valencia	2012
8	Samuel Holmén	MF	(1984-06-28) 28 June 1984	İstanbul BBSK	2013
14	Raul Meireles	MF	(1983-03-17) 17 March 1983	Chelsea	2012
16	Cristian Baroni	MF	(1983-06-25) 25 June 1983	Corinthians	2009
21	Selçuk Şahin	MF	(1981-01-31) 31 January 1981	Istanbulspor	2003
25	Emre Belözoğlu	MF	(1980-09-07) 7 September 1980	Atlético Madrid	2013
26	Alper Potuk	MF	(1991-04-08) 8 April 1991	Eskişehirspor	2013
38	Mehmet Topuz	MF	(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983	Kayserispor	2009
48	Salih Uçan	MF	(1994-01-06) 6 January 1994	Bucaspor	2012
88	Caner Erkin	MF	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988	CSKA Moscow	2010
Forwards
7	Moussa Sow	FW	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986	Lille	2012
9	Pierre Webó	FW	(1982-01-20) 20 January 1982	İstanbul BB	2013
11	Dirk Kuyt	FW	(1980-06-22) 22 June 1980	Liverpool	2012
29	Emmanuel Emenike	FW	(1987-05-10) 10 May 1987	Spartak Moscow	2013

Reserve squad

As of 1 August 2013

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Murat Hocaoğlu
		GK	Erten Ersu
		DF	Egemen Zengin
		DF	Metincan Cici

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Muhammed Akarslan
		MF	Ramazan Civelek
		FW	Aziz Ceylan

Source: Fenerbahçe S.K.

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig				Türkiye Kupası^{[nb 12]}				Champions League				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Volkan	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	33	0	1	0
2		Egemen	20	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21	2	5	1
3		Hasan	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
4		Bekir	19	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	1	4	0
5		Topal	26	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	3	3	0
6		Yobo	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	1
7		Sow	30	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	35	16	2	0
8		Holmén	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
9		Webó	26	9	2	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	31	10	4	0
11		Kuyt	32	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	37	10	3	0
14		Meireles	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	24	2	3	1
16		Baroni	17	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	22	5	2	1
21		Selçuk	17	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	2	0
22		Alves	25	2	6	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	30	2	9	1
23		Mert	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
24		Kadlec	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	14	2	1	0
25		Emre	20	6	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	23	6	8	1
26		Alper	28	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	34	1	6	0
29		Emenike	28	12	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	31	12	6	0
38		Topuz	24	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	0	2	0
48		Salih	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0
53		Serdar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77		Gökhan	29	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	31	0	5	0
88		Caner	30	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	33	3	13	0
As of 16 May 2014

↑ Mert Günok has 7 starts
↑ Mehmet Topuz has 10 starts, Bekir İrtegün has 1 start
↑ Bekir İrtegün has 11 starts, Joseph Yobo has 5 starts, Michal Kadlec has 2 starts
↑ Bekir İrtegün has 7 starts, Michal Kadlec has 3 starts, Serdar Kesimal has 1 start
↑ Michal Kadlec has 7 starts, Hasan Ali Kaldırım has 3 starts
↑ Selçuk Şahin has 10 starts, Emre Belözoğlu has 2 starts
↑ Alper Potuk has 14 starts, Cristian Baroni has 4 starts, Emre Belözoğlu has 1 start
↑ Cristian Baroni has 14 starts, Samuel Holmén has 5 starts, Alper Potuk has 3 starts, Salih Uçan has 3 starts
↑ Samuel Holmén has 2 starts, Emmanuel Emenike has 2 starts, Alper Potuk has 2 starts
↑ Mehmet Topuz has 2 starts, Dirk Kuyt has 2 starts, Emmanuel Emenike has 2 starts, Hasan Ali Kaldırım has 1 start, Caner Erkin has 1 start
↑ Pierre Webó has 18 starts, Moussa Sow has 1 start, Dirk Kuyt has 1 start
↑ Includes 2013 Turkish Super Cup

Statistics

As of 16 May 2014

Goals

Pl.	Player	Süper Lig	Türkiye Kupası	Champions League	TOTAL
1	Moussa Sow	15	0	1	16
2	Emmanuel Emenike	12	0	0	12
3	Dirk Kuyt	10	0	0	10
3	Pierre Webó	9	0	1	10
4	Emre Belözoğlu	6	0	0	6
5	Cristian Baroni	4	0	1	5
6	Caner Erkin	3	0	0	3
6	Mehmet Topal	3	0	0	3
7	Egemen Korkmaz	2	0	0	2
	Bruno Alves	2	0	0	2
	Michal Kadlec	2	0	0	2
	Raul Meireles	1	0	1	2
8	Bekir İrtegün	1	0	0	1
	Alper Potuk	1	0	0	1
	Joseph Yobo	1	0	0	1
Own goals		0	1	0	1

Assists

Pl.	Player	Süper Lig	Champions League	TOTAL
1	Caner Erkin	10	0	10
2	Dirk Kuyt	6	2	8
3	Emmanuel Emenike	6	0	6
3	Moussa Sow	5	1	6
4	Cristian Baroni	5	0	5
5	Alper Potuk	4	0	4
6	Gökhan Gönül	3	0	3
7	Raul Meireles	2	0	2
	Mehmet Topuz	2	0	2
	Pierre Webó	2	0	2
8	Michal Kadlec	1	0	1
	Emre Belözoğlu	1	0	1
	Salih Uçan	1	0	1

Club hierarchy

Board of directors

President	Aziz Yıldırım
Deputy President	Abdullah Kiğılı
Chief executive officer	Hakkı Hasan Yılmaz
Investment and Projects	Nihat Özbağı
Financial and Administrative Restructuring	Ender Alkaya
Social Affairs and The Associations	Mithat Yenigün
The Stadium and Facilities	Ömer Temelli
Departments except Football	İlhan Ekşioğlu
Accountant Member	Tahir Perek
Advertising/Marketing/Fundraising	İsfendiyar Zülfikari
General Secretary	Talat Yılmaz
Legal Affairs	Şekip Mosturoğlu
Legal Affairs	Tolga Aytöre
Football teams except the senior	Ersan Topbaş

Source:Fenerbahce.org

Management

Manager	Ersun Yanal
Administrative Manager	Hasan Çetinkaya
Assistant Coach	İsmail Kartal
Assistant Coach	Volkan Kazak
Assistant Coach	Recep Karatepe
Goalkeeper Coach	Murat Öztürk
Doctor	Burak Kunduracıoğlu
Physiotherapist	Erdem Yörükoğlu
Physiotherapist	Umut Şahin
Physiotherapist	Ata Özgür Ercan

Source:Fenerbahce.org

Overall

Trophy	Started round	First match	Last match	Result
Süper Lig	—	18 August 2013	18 May 2014	Champions
Türkiye Kupası	Fourth Round	4 December 2013	4 December 2013	Fourth Round
Süper Kupa	Final	11 August 2013	-	Runners–up
Champions League	Third qualifying round	31 July 2013	28 August 2013	Play-off round

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Notes
19 July 2013	Boluspor	A	4–0	^[98]
21 July 2013	K. Lankaran	A	4–0	^[99]^[100]
24 July 2013	PSV	H	0–2	^[101]
12 January 2014	Alanyaspor	A	1–2	^[102]
16 January 2014	Hannover 96	A	2–1	^[103]
18 January 2014	Neftchi Baku	A	0–0	^[104]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Süper Kupa

On 11 August 2013, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray kicked off the new season of Turkish soccer in the Super Cup which was played in Kayseri. This was the 375th meeting between the two sides in history. Both sides played decent attacking soccer, but it was Galatasaray who had the last laugh with Didier Drogba heading home the only goal in the first half of Extra Time.^[105]^[106]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Notes
11 August 2013	Galatasaray	N	0–1 (aet)	^[107]

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fenerbahçe	34	23	5	6	74	33	+41	74

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	23	5	6	74	33	+41	74	14	3	0	46	11	+35	9	2	6	28	22	+6