Fenerbahçe S.K. (esports) explained

Team:Fenerbahçe Esports
Nicknames:Vadinin Boğaları (Bulls of the Rift)
Sarı Lacivertliler (Yellow-Navy Blues)
Founded:14 October 2016 (old)
Parent Group:Fenerbahçe S.K.
Partners:Maximum, Opet, NiMO TV, Axe, Omen, Fen Bilimleri Yayınları, Migros
City:Istanbul, Turkey
Colours:Yellow Navy
President:Ali Koç
Coach:Emre "Arkhe" Akpınarlı
Manager:Emre "nialya" Aksoy

Fenerbahçe Esports (Turkish: Fenerbahçe Espor) is the esports department of Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe S.K.. It was established in 2016.[1] The department currently has teams competing in , League of Legends, Valorant, FIFA, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Dota 2 and Apex Legends.

League of Legends

History

It was founded 14 October 2016, when the 1907 Fenerbahçe Association, chaired by Ali Koç, took over all the rights of the SuperMassive TNG team in the Champions League.[2]

After sweeping SuperMassive 3–0 in the 2019 TCL Winter finals, Fenerbahçe qualified for the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational as Turkey's representative in the play-in stage.[3] The team was placed in Group A of the first round of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational play-in stage, along with Vietnamese team Phong Vũ Buffalo, Australian team Bombers, and Argentine team Isurus Gaming.[4] [5] Fenerbahçe ended the group round robin with a 4–2 record, tying Phong Vũ Buffalo for 1st and forcing a tiebreaker match, which Fenerbahçe lost.[6]

Honours

Roster

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fenerbahçe eSpor Takımı Kuruldu. Red Bull. 23 February 2019.
  2. News: Fenerbahçe eSpor takımı kurdu! . 14 October 2016 . ShiftDelete . 28 November 2016.
  3. News: Amos . Andrew . MSI 2019 power rankings: Minor regions . 29 April 2019 . Dot Esports . 27 April 2019.
  4. News: Amos . Andrew . Here are the groups for the MSI 2019 play-in stage . 29 April 2019 . Dot Esports . 23 April 2019.
  5. News: Ridgely . Brandon . MSI 2019 Play-In Stage breakdown: Group A . 29 September 2019 . RealSport . 28 April 2019 . 29 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190929055628/https://realsport101.com/news/other-esports/league-of-legends/msi-2019-play-in-stage-preview-group-a/ . dead .
  6. News: Leckie-Zaharic . Alex . Li . Xing . Phong Vũ Buffalo win Group A and advance to face Team Liquid at MSI 2019 . 3 May 2019 . Dot Esports . 2 May 2019.
  7. Web site: LoL Esports Turkey . 1 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170823115738/https://tr.lolesports.com/tr/ligler/puan-durumu . 23 August 2017 . dead .