Fenerbahçe Swimming is the men's and women's swimming department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Homeground and training place are the club's own Dereağzı Facilities.
The swimming branch, which had shown success from time to time from the 1910s to the 1960s, became history in 1964. Fenerbahçe Swimming Branch, which was established permanently in 1997 after short-term activities, ended the dominance of Galatasaray and Istanbul Swimming Specialization Club, and became the club that won the Turkish championship in the Turkish Inter-Club Swimming Championship a total of 24 times, 31 times for men and 39 times for women as of 2023, and became the club that won the most Turkish championships. Fenerbahçe has been the club that has provided the most athletes to the national team in high-level international competitions since 1998, especially in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
On the other hand, the synchronized swimming (water ballet) team, established within the swimming branch in 2008, has also started to play a pioneering role in this sport and has become the most successful club in the Turkish Championships by the end of 2014 with 11 championships By providing 17 athletes to the national team consisting of 26 people, it has started to form the backbone of the team. Fenerbahçe became the team champion at the 4th Vienna Open International Synchronized Swimming Races.
Honours (Men)
International competitions CIJ Meet Winners (2): 2004, 2005 Runners-up (2): 1999, 2003
National competitions National Championships - 23 Turkish Winter Championship Winners (10): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Turkish Summer Championship Winners (8): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2013 Turkish Short Course Championship Winners (5): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015
Honours (Women) National competitions National Championships - 33 (record) Turkish Summer Championship Winners (15): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Turkish Winter Championship Winners (9): 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Turkish Short Course Championship Winners (9): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Regional Championships Istanbul Championship Winners (1): 1933
Technical and Managerial Staff Name Nat. PositionSerkan TutgunDepartment CaptainSerkan AtasayCoachVolkan AtakanCoachİbrahim AksoyCoachFatih BoyrazCoachGizem AlkanCoachDuygu KaradağCoachMesut ErdoğanCoachErhan YalınkılınçCoachTürker OktayCoachBahar OktayCoachLyudmylam SlivinskaCoachLevent CamuşcuoğluCoachİrfan GülmezCoachGökalp AksoyCoachLarisa AtasayCoach
Current squad Men Women Doğuş Akay Melisa Akarsu Sinan Aktılav Duygu Birol Alican Alaçlı Gizem Bozkurt Volkan Atakan Gizem Çam Serkan Atasay Tuğçe Duygun Demir Atasoy Deniz Ertan Bartu Büyükyılmaz Dilara Buse Günaydın Gürdal Çelik Gülşah Günenç Muzaffer Demirtaş Eda Güngöroğlu İlkay Dikmen Gizem Güvenç Güven Duvan İdil Konca Barış İlhan Tuğçe Küfeci Doğuş Kubilayhan Esma Gizem Papil Deniz Nazar Sibel Piroğlu Eren Onurlu İris Rosenberger Uğur Orel Oral Jasmin Rosenberger Furkan Öztürk Deniz Turan Berkay Özyurt Gökçe Uğur Mehmet Buğra Özyurt Merve Terzioğlu Yiğit Taşdıvar Betül Türeci Kaan Tayla Halime Zülal Zeren Kuzey Tunçelli Ecem DönmezAtahan Yaya Nehir Toker Yağız Yürüker Yiğit Yürüker Cihan Zeren
References
External links Swimming page of the official website Unofficial website Official website