Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Kadın Futbol Takımı, currently also known as Fenerbahçe arsaVev for sponsorship reasons, is the women's football department of Fenerbahçe S.K., founded originally in 1995, and re-founded in 2021. The team plays in the Turkish Women's Football Super League.1. Lige Katılım
History
Foundation of the club 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.
Original establishment 1994–95: First season Women's football in Turkey saw the establishment of the Women's League in 1994 with the participation of 12 clubs.
On 4 April 1995, Fenerbahçe S.K. formed their women's football team under the leadershipo of board member Mehmet Ali Aydınlar. The team, managed by Saffet Aktarı and coached by Ziya Özgür, participated at the 1994–95 Women's League. After playing 12 matches, they finished the season with eight wins, two draws and two losses.
1995–96: Second season To strengthen the team, more players were transferred, such as one from Dinarsuspor, three from Acarlar Spor, one from Yenidünya Spor and two expatriates from Romania. The team finished the 1995–96 season playing six matches with five wins and one loss. They scored in total 46 goals, and saw four goals in their net. Some of the more significant matches were when the team played against Ankara Dedeoğlu, winning 20–0, and won against Mersin Camspor with 4–0. The squad consisted of Pervin Sanlı, Zerrin Koldamca, Nevra Selışık, Aycan Çağlar, Pınar Çimdik, Yeter Bayrak, Ana Rosca (ROM), Rebeka Fırıncıyan, Ayşe Oktay, Canan Oğuz, Leyla Ersan, Emine Akyüz, Sibel Cımbız, Seda Tamkan, Sevgi Özder, Füsun Öcal, Adriana Grigore (ROM), Nurdan Bekdemir. Later, the women's branch was shut down for economic reasons.
Re-establishment The re-establishment of the women's football branch of Fenerbahçe was announced on 26 August 2021, with the note:
2021–22: First season
First match and derby controversy With a joint statement they made on 2 December 2021, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, the two archrivals, announced that they will hold two friendly matches between women's football teams in order to raise social awareness about violence against women. Any match between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray is one of the biggest events in the country, 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. Fenerbahçe left the match with a convincing 7–0 win. After the match, Fenerbahçe vice president Erol Bilecik, who congratulated the Fenerbahçe players in the dressing room, cited the historical 6–0 win of the men's team against Galatasaray on 6 November 2002. His speech 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. The second match was cancelled after Galatasaray backed down.
Participation in the league After the re-establishment, Fenerbahçe took part in Group A of the 2021–22 Women's Super League in its first season. The team completed its group as the leader and participated in the play-offs with the first 4 teams in the group and eliminated Hakkarigücü SK in the play-off quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, the team was eliminated by Fatih Karagümrük.
As a result of the name sponsorship agreement made with Petrol Ofisi before the 2022–23 season, the name of the team was changed to Fenerbahçe Petrol Ofisi Women's Football Team.
2026–27 Champions League qualifiers Having won the 2025–26 Turkish Women's Football Super League, Fenerbahçe started their first ever European campaign in the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League 2nd qualification round. In the mini-tournament, they first faced Ukrainian side FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and won 1-2, securing its first ever European win. They subsequently faced the host OH Leuven in the final. After the match ended in a 1-1 draw, Fenerbahçe was eliminated following a peanlty shoutout (4-2), missing the chance to advance to the next qualifying round. Following their elimination, Fenerbahçe continued their campaign in the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa Cup.
Sponsorship names Fenerbahçe Petrol Ofisi (2022–2025) Fenerbahçe ArsaVev (2025–present)
Stadium The team plays their home matches at the club's Fenerbahçe Lefter Küçükandonyadis Sports Complex, also called as Fenerbahçe Dereağzı Facility in Kadıköy.
Starting with the semi-finals match of the 2022–23 Women's Super League season on 13 May 2024, the ream returned to their initial home ground Fenerbahçe Lefter Küçükandonyadis Stadium at Dereağzı, Kadıköy.
Statistics
Season League Pos. (Gr.) Play-offs Pld W D L GF GA GD 1994–95Women's League 2nd (4) Semifinalist 1995–96Women's League 3rd (1) did not qualify 2021–22Super League 1st (A) Semifinalist 26 20 3 3 110 19 +91 582022–23Super League 3rd (B) Runners-up 25 15 5 5 80 17 +63 362023–24Super League 3rd — 30 21 3 6 82 27 +55 662024–25 Super League 2nd — 26 22 2 2 85 11 +74 682025–26 Super League 1st — 30 27 2 1 136 9 +127 832026–27 Super League 1st (a) — 4 4 0 0 20 0 +20 12Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. (a): Season in progress
Squad
Notable former players
Berdan Bozkurt İlayda Civelek, Ecem Cumert, Ezgi Çağlar, Meryem Cennet Çal, Sevinç Çorlu, Rebeka Fırıncıyan, Gülbin Hız, Fatma Kara, Safa Merve Nalçacı, Jessica O'Rourke, Sevgi Özder, Ana Rosca, Setenay Sırım, Narin Yakut, Songül Yeşilyurt
Nazlıcan Parlak
Genevieve Ngo Mbeleck
Danielle Steer
Shameeka Fishley
Alice Kusi, Faustina Adjei Kyeremeh
Nina Kpaho
Olga Ševcova
Fatou Dembele
Samya Hassani
Zenatha Coleman
Jana Radosavljević
Patricia George
Mariana Jaleca
Danielle Marcano ' Lara Ivanuša
Kennya Cordner
Haley Berg, Erin Yenney
Staff {|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff
Coaching history Nihan Su (2021–22) Özkan Beceren (2022–23) Serhat Deniz (2023) Gökhan Bozkaya (2023–)
Honours Women's Super League Winners (1): 2025–26 Runners-up (2): 2022–23, 2024–25
International results +UEFA Women's Champions League Event Stage Date Venue Opponent Result Scorers Ref.2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueSecond QR Semi-finals Aug 5, 2026 Den Dreef, Leuven Metalist 1925 Kharkiv W 2–1 Türkoğlu, AlvesSecond QR Final Aug 8, 2026 OH LeuvenL 1–1 Plummer 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa CupSecond qualifying round Leg 1 Sep 26, 2026 Wittmann Antal park, Mosonmagyaróvár FC Minsk W 4–1 Ngah (2), Stašková , Kaján Second qualifying round Leg 2 Sep 30, 2026 Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium, Istanbul W 1–0 Şeker Round of 16 Leg 1 Oct 28/29, 2026 TBD Real Sociedad Round of 16 Leg 2 Nov 10/11, 2026 TBD
Kit history
Squad history
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