2014–15 Fenerbahçe S.K. season explained

Club:	Fenerbahçe
Season:	2014–15
Manager:	İsmail Kartal
Chairman:	Aziz Yıldırım
Chrtitle:	President
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Stadium:	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
League:	Süper Lig
League Result:	2nd
Cup2:	Turkish Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup1:	Turkish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Moussa Sow (14)
Season Topscorer:	Moussa Sow (16)
Highest Attendance:	52,500
Lowest Attendance:	1,000
Average Attendance:	20,029
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Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 season is Fenerbahçe's 57th consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 108th year in existence.

Season overview

• On 3 July 2014, Miroslav Stoch was loaned out to Al Ain for €1 million on a one-year deal. The same day, Stoch also extended his contract with Fenerbahçe until the end of the 2017–18 season.^{[1] [2]}
• On 7 July 2014, Salih Uçan was sent on a two-year loan to Roma for €4.75 million. Initially a two-year loan, the Giallorossi hold an €11 buy-out option for the player.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
• On 12 July 2014, Former Atlético Madrid midfielder Diego has completed his move to Fenerbahçe on a free transfer following the expiry of his VfL Wolfsburg contract. Following a lengthy spell of negotiations, the Brazilian signed a three-year deal at a reported salary of €3.5 million per year.^{[8] [9]}
• On 14 July 2014, Caner Erkin has extended his contract until 2016.^[10]
• On 15 July 2014, Fenerbahçe completed their first pre-season training. The players who were involved in the 2014 FIFA World Cup were still on vacation.^[11]
• On 19 July 2014, Fenerbahçe unveiled its new Adidas 2014–15 home, away and third kits, which will feature no sponsor logo for the first time in 36 years.^{[12] [13]} Adidas and Fenerbahçe extended their kit deal in February 2014 at least until 2018–19, with the deal worth a reported $8.5 million per season. The 2014–15 home kit features the traditional design of the club.^[13]
• On 19 July 2014, Fenerbahçe, will play their first preparation match with long-established English club Sheffield United at United's home ground Bramall Lane Stadium, known as world's oldest stadium. The income from the match will be donated to people affected by the Soma mine disaster.^[14]
• On 19 July 2014, Fenerbahçe will be hosting a mini-tournament organised by IMG-Doğuş AS, will run in a mini-league format, with one point awarded for a draw and three for a win. The team with the highest number of points after all matches have been played will be crowned winners of the competition. Fenerbahçe will play two 45-minute matches against Chelsea and their Istanbul neighbours Beşiktaş at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. All proceeds from the mini-tournament will go towards helping the victims and families of those who suffered when an explosion at a mine in Soma on 13 May killed 301 people, the worst disaster of its kind Turkey has suffered.^{[15] [16] [17]}
• On 31 July 2014, Fenerbahçe lost 2–1 in a charity friendly match with Sheffield United in aid of the Soma mine disaster.^{[18] [19]}
• On 10 April 2015, Dirk Kuyt has agreed to sign with Feyenoord after his contract will expire on 31 May 2015.^{[1] [2]}

Squad

First team squad

No.	Name	Position (s)	Nationality	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Volkan Demirel	GK		Istanbul	2015 5, df=yes	377	0	Kartalspor	6 August 2002	Free	30 June 2017
23	Mert Günok	GK		Karabük	2015 5, df=yes	50	0	Academy	1 July 2007	Trainee	30 June 2015
54	Erten Ersu	GK		Istanbul	2015 5, df=yes	1	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2019
Defenders
2	Egemen Korkmaz	DF		Balıkesir	2015 5, df=yes	83	6	Beşiktaş	4 July 2012	Free	30 June 2015
3	Hasan Ali Kaldırım	DF		Neuwied, West Germany	2015 5, df=yes	68	2	Kayserispor	1 July 2012	€3,750,000	30 June 2017
4	Bekir İrtegün	DF		Elazığ	2015 5, df=yes	155	9	Gaziantepspor	1 July 2009	Free	30 June 2015
22	Bruno Alves	DF		Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal	2015 5, df=yes	60	3	Zenit	1 July 2013	€5,500,000	30 June 2016
24	Michal Kadlec	DF		Vyškov, Czechoslovakia	2015 5, df=yes	37	4	Bayer Leverkusen	1 July 2013	€4,500,000	30 June 2016
53	Serdar Kesimal	DF		Wuppertal, West Germany	2015 5, df=yes	38	0	Kayserispor	25 August 2011	€4,750,000	30 June 2016
77	Gökhan Gönül	DF		Samsun	2015 5, df=yes	309	11	Hacettepe	1 July 2007	€1,400,000	30 June 2016
88	Caner Erkin	DF		Balıkesir	2015 5, df=yes	186	15	CSKA Moscow	30 June 2010	€2,000,000	30 June 2016
94	Hakan Çinemre	DF		Gölcük	2015 5, df=yes	1	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2016
Midfielders
5	Mehmet Topal	MF		Malatya	2015 5, df=yes	123	11	Valencia	1 July 2012	€4,500,000	30 June 2016
10	Diego	MF		Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	2015 5, df=yes	30	5	Atlético Madrid	11 July 2014	Free	30 June 2017
14	Raul Meireles	MF		Porto, Portugal	2015 5, df=yes	84	7	Chelsea	3 September 2012	€10,000,000	30 June 2016
19	Muhammed Akarslan	MF		Adıyaman	2015 5, df=yes	4	0	Academy	29 April 2014	Trainee	30 June 2016
20	Emre Belözoğlu	MF		Istanbul	2015 5, df=yes	200	29	Atlético Madrid	31 January 2013	€350,000	30 June 2015
21	Selçuk Şahin	MF		Tunceli	2015 5, df=yes	326	18	İstanbulspor	1 June 2003	€1,500,000	30 June 2015
26	Alper Potuk	MF		Afyonkarahisar	2015 5, df=yes	70	4	Eskişehirspor	22 May 2013	€6,250,000	30 June 2018
38	Mehmet Topuz	MF		Yozgat	2015 5, df=yes	205	12	Kayserispor	13 June 2009	€9,000,000	30 June 2016
Forwards
7	Moussa Sow	FW		Mantes-la-Jolie, France	2015 5, df=yes	143	59	Lille	27 January 2012	€10,000,000	30 June 2016
9	Pierre Webó	FW		Bafoussam, Cameroon	2015 5, df=yes	89	33	İstanbul Başakşehir	1 February 2013	€3,000,000	30 June 2015
11	Dirk Kuyt	FW		Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands	2015 5, df=yes	130	37	Liverpool	3 June 2012	€1,000,000	30 June 2015
29	Emmanuel Emenike	FW		Aguleri, Nigeria	2015 5, df=yes	66	17	Spartak Moscow	10 August 2013	€13,000,000	30 June 2017

As of 30 May 2015

Note:Players loan out during the season demonstrated by different colour

Kit

• Supplier: Adidas
• Main sponsor: –
• Back sponsor: Ülker
• Sleeve sponsor: –
• Short sponsor: –
• Socks sponsor: –

Kit information

On 19 July 2014, Fenerbahçe unveiled its new Adidas 2014–15 home, away and third kits, which will feature no sponsor logo for the first time in 36 years.^[12] Adidas and Fenerbahçe extended their kit deal in February 2014 at least until 2018–19, while it is reported that the Adidas–Fenerbahçe deal is worth $8.5 million per season. The new Fenerbahçe 2014–15 Home Kit features the traditional design of the Turkish club.^[13]

Transfers

See main article: List of Turkish football transfers summer 2014.

2014–2015 Football Transfers
Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
12 July 2014	MF	Diego	Atlético Madrid	Free
29 August 2014	MF	Erdi Şehit	Sakaryaspor	Free
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
22 July 2014	MF	Oğuz Mataracı	LASK Linz	???
28 August 2014	MF	Metincan Cici	Antalyaspor	Free
Players loan out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2014	MF	Gökhan Sazdağı	Manisaspor	Free
2 July 2014	MF	İbrahim Serdar Aydın	Kardemir Karabükspor	Free
3 July 2014	MF	Miroslav Stoch	Al Ain	€1,000,000
7 July 2014	MF	Salih Uçan	Roma	€4,750,000	^[20]
24 July 2014	MF	Gökay Iravul	Gaziantep	Free
31 July 2014	MF	Recep Niyaz	Samsunspor	Free
1 August 2014	MF	Beykan Şimşek	Adana Demirspor	Free
8 August 2014	MF	Samuel Holmén	Bursaspor	Free
18 August 2014	DF	Berkay Can Değirmencioğlu	Kayserispor	Free
28 August 2014	FW	Semih Ergül	Alanyaspor	Free
29 August 2014	GK	Ertuğrul Taşkıran	Sivasspor	Free
29 August 2014	MF	Erdi Şehit	TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor	Free
26 January 2015	DF	Hakan Çinemre	Adana Demirspor	Free
28 January 2015	MF	Gökay Iravul	Alanyaspor	Free
30 January 2015	FW	Semih Ergül	Kartalspor	Free
2 February 2015	MF	Muhammed Akarslan	Sarıyer	Free
2 February 2015	FW	Aziz Ceylan	Altay	Free
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
1 June 2014	FW	Furkan Aydın	Payas Belediyespor 1975	1 July 2014
1 June 2014	MF	Onur Karakabak	Bandırmaspor	19 July 2014
1 June 2014	DF	Hasan Erbey	Aydınspor 1923	1 August 2014
1 June 2014	FW	Recep Berk Elitez	Tuzlaspor	5 August 2014
1 June 2014	MF	Berkay Öztuvan	Gölbaşıspor	29 August 2014
28 August 2014	MF	Cristian Baroni	Corinthians	3 January 2015
29 August 2014	DF	Joseph Yobo	Currently unattached

Total spending: €0.0 million
Total income: €5,750,000

Line-up

width=6%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=30%	Name	width=8%	GS	width=30%	Note
1	GK	Volkan Demirel	29	^[21]
77	RB	Gökhan Gönül	35	^[22]
24	CD	Bruno Alves	29	^[23]
4	CD	Egemen Korkmaz	20	^[24]
88	LB	Caner Erkin	29	^[25]
5	DM	Mehmet Topal	39	^[26]
20	CM	Emre Belözoğlu	25	^[27]
14	CM	Raul Meireles	20	^[28]
11	RW	Dirk Kuyt	34	^[29]
7	LW	Moussa Sow	25	^[30]
29	CF	Emmanuel Emenike	25	^[31]

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig				Turkish Cup				Turkish Super Cup				Total
			width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40
1			26	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	29	0	4	0
2			17	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2	4	0
3			13	0	3	0	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	1	6	0
4			20	1	5	1	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	30	3	7	1
5			33	2	7	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	41	4	7	0
6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7			33	14	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	40	16	1	0
8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9			26	8	3	1	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	13	3	1
10			25	3	3	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	30	5	6	0
11			32	8	3	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	37	10	4	0
14			23	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	2	4	0
16			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19			0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
20			26	6	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	28	6	8	1
21			23	1	4	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	1	6	0
22			24	0	6	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	30	1	7	2
23			9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
24			12	1	3	0	10	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	23	2	5	1
26			30	3	4	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	36	3	4	0
27			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29			27	4	7	0	7	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	35	5	9	0
38			8	1	0	1	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	3	1	1
53			1	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0
54			0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77			32	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	35	0	5	0
88			31	3	11	2	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	36	4	14	2
94		Hakan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
As of 30 May 2015

Note:Players loan out during the season demonstrated by different colour

Statistics

Goals

width=20	Pl.	width=20	Nat.	width=120	Player	width=80	Süper Lig	width=80	Türkiye Kupası	width=80	TOTAL
1		Moussa Sow	14	2	16
2		Pierre Webó	8	5	13
3		Dirk Kuyt	8	2	10
4			6	0	6
5			3	2	5
			4	1	5
7			3	1	4
			2	2	4
9			3	0	3
			1	2	3
			1	2	3
12			2	0	2
			1	1	2
			2	0	2
15			0	1	1
		Caner Koca	0	1	1
		Hasan Ali Kaldırım	0	1	1
		Ramazan Civelek	0	1	1
			1	0	1

Assists

width=20	Pl.	width=20	Nat.	width=120	Player	width=80	Süper Lig	width=80	Türkiye Kupası	width=80	TOTAL
1		Caner Erkin	8	0	8
2			6	1	7
			3	4	7
		Moussa Sow	4	3	7
5		Dirk Kuyt	5	0	5
6			3	1	4
		Mehmet Topal	3	1	4
		Pierre Webó	3	1	4
9		Alper Potuk	2	1	3
			2	1	3
			3	0	3
12			0	2	2
13		Bruno Alves	0	1	1
			0	1	1
			1	0	1
			1	0	1
			0	1	1
		Mehmet Topuz	0	1	1

Overall

Trophy	Started round	First match	Last match	Result
Süper Lig	Matchday 1	31 August 2014	30 May 2015	Runners–up
Turkish Cup	Group Stage	2 December 2014	21 May 2015	Semi-finals
Turkish Super Cup	Final	25 August 2014		Champions

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	Stadium	Result F–A	Attendance	Notes
26 July 2014	Sepahan	18 Temmuz Stadyumu	1–0	4,500	^[32]
31 July 2014	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	1–2	12,950	^[33]
2 August 2014	Sevilla	Brøndby Stadium	0–2		^[34]
8 August 2014	Chelsea	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	0–2	21,300	^[35]
8 August 2014	Beşiktaş	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	0–1	21,300	^[36]
16 August 2014	Olympiacos	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	2–1		^[37]
19 August 2014	Roma	Stadio Olimpico	3–3		^[38]
15 January 2015	Alanyaspor	Alanya Oba Stadium	2–2	3,000	^[39]

Turkish Super Cup

See main article: 2014 Turkish Super Cup and Kıtalar Arası Derbi.

Süper Lig

See main article: 2014–15 Süper Lig.

Matches

Türkiye Kupası

See main article: 2014–15 Turkish Cup.

Semi-finals

See also

• 2014 Turkish Super Cup
• 2014–15 Süper Lig
• 2014–15 Turkish Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Açıklama. Turkish. 3 July 2014. 3 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
2. Web site: Al Ain add their third summer signing in Miroslav Stoch. 3 July 2014. 20 July 2014. thenational.ae.
3. Web site: Açıklama. Turkish. 7 July 2014. 15 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
4. Web site: CORPORATE: SALIH UÇAN. 7 July 2014. 15 July 2014. asroma.it.
5. Web site: UCAN: A CLOSER LOOK. 8 July 2014. 15 July 2014. asroma.it.
6. Web site: Ashley Cole joins Salih Uçan at Roma. 8 July 2014. 20 July 2014. uefa.com.
7. Web site: Transfer News: Serie A side Roma sign Salih Uçan from Fenerbahçe. 8 July 2014. 20 July 2014. skysports.com.
8. Web site: Diego Ribas imzayı attı. Turkish. 12 July 2014. 13 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
9. Web site: Diego completes Fenerbahçe move. 12 July 2014. 20 July 2014. goal.com.
10. Web site: Caner Erkin imzayı attı. Turkish. 14 July 2014. 15 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
11. Web site: ŞAMPİYON SEZONU AÇTI. Turkish. 15 July 2014. 18 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
12. Web site: Fenerbahçemizin yeni sezon adidas formaları satışta. Turkish. 19 July 2014. 20 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
13. Web site: NEW FENERBAHÇE 14-15 KITS RELEASED. 19 July 2014. 20 July 2014. footyheadlines.com.
14. Web site: Playing with Sheffield United for Soma. 16 July 2014. 27 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
15. Web site: CHELSEA-BEŞİKTAŞ-FENERBAHÇE SOMA İÇİN OYNAYACAK. Turkish. 26 July 2014. 27 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
16. Web site: Blues to take part in Turkish charity tournament. 26 July 2014. 27 July 2014. chelseafc.com.
17. Web site: Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe ve Chelsea Soma İçin Futbol Turnuvasında Buluşuyor. Turkish. 26 July 2014. 27 July 2014. bjk.com.tr. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729135630/http://www.bjk.com.tr/tr/haber/59498/besiktas_fenerbahce_ve_chelsea_soma_icin_futbol_turnuvasinda_bulusuyor.html. 2014-07-29. dead.
18. News: Full time: Sheffield United 2 Fenerbahce 1. 31 July 2014. Sheffield United. 31 July 2014.
19. Web site: Sheffield United 2-1 Fenerbahçe (Soma Yararına Hazırlık Maçı). Turkish. 31 July 2014. 2 August 2014. fenerbahce.org.
20. Web site: Açıklama. Turkish. 7 July 2014. 7 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
21. [Mert Günok]
22. [Savaş Polat]
23. [Michal Kadlec]
24. [Bekir İrtegün]
25. [Hasan Ali Kaldırım]
26. [Alper Potuk]
27. [Selçuk Şahin (footballer, born 1981)|Selçuk Şahin]
28. [Diego (footballer, born 1985)|Diego]
29. [Mehmet Topuz]
30. [Alper Potuk]
31. [Pierre Webó]
32. Web site: Fenerbahçe 1–0 Sepahan (Hazırlık Maçı). Turkish. 26 July 2014. 27 July 2014. fenerbahce.org.
33. Web site: Sheffield United 2-1 Fenerbahçe (Soma Yararına Hazırlık Maçı). Turkish. 31 July 2014. 1 September 2014. fenerbahce.org.
34. Web site: Fenerbahçe 0–2 Sevilla (Hazırlık Maçı). Turkish. 2 August 2014. 4 August 2014. fenerbahce.org.
35. Web site: Fenerbahçe 0-2 Chelsea. Turkish. 8 August 2014. 1 September 2014. fenerbahce.org.
36. Web site: Fenerbahçe 0-1 Beşiktaş. Turkish. 8 August 2014. 1 September 2014. fenerbahce.org.
37. Web site: Fenerbahçe 2-1 Olympiakos. Turkish. 16 August 2014. 1 September 2014. fenerbahce.org.
38. Web site: Roma 3-3 Fenerbahçe. Turkish. 19 August 2014. 1 September 2014. fenerbahce.org.
39. Web site: Albimo Alanyaspor-Fenerbahçe - Maç Merkezi . 2015-01-15 . https://archive.today/20150118144747/http://matchcenter-ntvspor.broadagesports.com/tr/futbol/hazirlik-karslasmalar/albimo-alanyaspor-fenerbahce/111028168/mac-merkezi . 2015-01-18 . dead .