Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football)

Fenerbahçe was founded in 1907 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, by Ziya Songülen, Ayetullah Bey and Necip Okaner. The club's name comes from Fenerbahçe, a neighbourhood in Istanbul. The name literally means "lighthouse garden" in Turkish (from fener, meaning "lighthouse", and bahçe, meaning "garden"), referring to a historic lighthouse located at Fenerbahçe Cape.

The women's football branch of Fenerbahçe was announced in 26 August 2021, with a note:

As Fenerbahçe Sports Club, we have accepted it as one of our duties to add value for the society we belong to. Now, as Fenerbahçe, we are taking another important step with this awareness and approach; We are announcing that we will take part in women's football. As Fenerbahce Sports Club, which joined forces with HeForShe to ensure equality between men and women and increase the participation of women and girls in all areas of society. We believe that our Women's Football Team will make our Club proud with championships and will set a good example for future generations.

— Fenerbahçe, [4]

With a joint statement they made on 2 December 2021, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray announced that they will hold two friendly matches between women's football teams with the support of the Coca-Cola Company in order to raise social awareness against violence against women.[5]

Matches between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray are one of the biggest events in the country, and are called the Intercontinental Derby. The first match was held on 7 December 2021 at Galatasaray's Nef Stadium and was broadcast live all over Turkey. Fenerbahce left the match with a 7-0 win.

After the match, Fenerbahçe vice president Erol Bilecik, who congratulated the Fenerbahçe players in the dressing room, said in his speech, "It was a great game. You made us proud. Our men's football team scored 6 goals against Galatasaray on November 6th and you scored 7 goals against Galatasaray on December 7th. Mashallah." This sparked controversy, as Galatasaray fans started insulting Bilecik and Fenerbahçe female players and soon announcements were made from both clubs calling for the events to calm down.[6][7][8]

As of 3 February 2022[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Ezgi Çağlar 2 DF  TUR Safa Merve Nalçacı 3 DF  AZE Beyzanur Aslan 4 DF  TUR Demet Bozkurt 5 DF  TUR Narin Yakut 6 DF  TUR Jessica Lynne Çarmıklı 7 FW  TUR Setenay Sırım 8 MF  TUR Altun Sancar 9 FW  NAM Zenatha Coleman 10 MF  TUR Fatma Kara Şahinbaş (captain) 15 MF  USA Erin Michelle Yenney 16 MF  TUR Neslihan Aktaş 17 DF  TUR Emine Yaren Çolak 18 MF  TUR Songül Demirtürk

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  TRI Kennya Cordner 20 MF  TUR Dilan Aslan 21 FW  ENG Shameeka Fishley 23 MF  TUR Zeynep Ülkü Kahya 24 DF  TUR Sevinç Çorlu 25 GK  TUR Zeynep Akdeniz 27 MF  POR Mariana Pereira Jaleca 28 DF  TUR Rabia Göksu Gökçe 30 DF  CIV Nina Kpaho 36 MF  TUR Dilan Bora 41 DF  TUR İlayda Cansu Kara 80 MF  TUR Berdan Bozkurt 98 GK  TUR Zuhal Ezer

As of 3 September 2021[10]

Position	Staff
Administrative manager	Jessica Lynne Çarmıklı
Head coach	Nihan Su
Assistant coach	Yeliz Demir
Goalkeeping coach	Tayfun Özdemir
Athletic performance coach	Samet Kösemen