Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball)

Fenerbahçe S.K.

Full name	Fenerbahçe Sports Club Men's Volleyball Department
Short name	Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball Fenerbahçe Grundig
Founded	1927
Ground	TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Aziz Yıldırım
Manager	Daniel Castellani
Captain	Arslan Ekşi
League	Turkish Men's Volleyball League
2011-12	Champion
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball is the men's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The senior team is known as Fenerbahçe Grundig in the current season due to the sponsorship agreement with Grundig.

Fenerbahçe Grundig play their home matches at the 7,000-seated TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall.

Previous names

• Fenerbahçe (1927-2011)
• Fenerbahçe Grundig (2011–present)

History

After a series of intermittent existences, 1927–1935, 1941, 1946–1947, 1952–1971, it was founded in its present form in 1976. The team began in the Istanbul Fourth League and was promoted to the Third League in 1977, to the Second League in 1982 and to the First League in 1984. As champions of the Istanbul First League in 1985, Fenerbahçe were promoted to Men's Volleyball League.

Current squad

Squad as of June 30, 2012

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
1	Turgay Doğan	Spiker	1.87
4	Ceyhun Tendar	Setter	1.87
5	İbrahim Başaran	Middle Blocker	2.05
6	Kemal Kayhan	Middle Blocker	2.03
7	Leonel Marshall	Outside Hitter	1.96
8	Burak Hazırol	Libero	1.80
9	Ediz Kaan Fırıncıoğlu	Spiker	1.98
10	Arslan Ekşi (C)	Setter	1.99
11	Uğur Güneş	Middle Blocker	2.04
12	Luiz Felipe Fonteles	Hitter	1.98
13	Emin Gök	Middle Blocker	2.04
14	Ivan Miljković	Opposite	2.06
15	Metin Toy	Opposite	2.02
18	Serkan Kılıç	Libero	1.87

Technical and managerial staff

Squad as of June 30, 2012

Name	Job
Hakan Dinçay	Board member responsible to volleyball
Dariusz Stanicki	Team Manager
Daniel Castellani	Head coach

Honours

International success

Fenerbahçe S.K.

Medal record
Men’s Volleyball
Representing Fenerbahçe
Balkan Cup
	Thessaloniki 2009	Cup
	Tirana 2013	Cup
Turkish Championship
	1962	Champ'
	1967	Champ'
	1968	Champ'
Turkish League
	2003-04	League
	2005-06	League
	2007-08	League
	2008-09	League
	2009-10	League
	2010-11	League
	2011-12	League
Turkish Cup
	2007-08	Cup
	2010-11	Cup
	2011-12	Cup
Istanbul Volleyball League
	1926-27	League
	1927-28	League
	1928-29	League
	1931-32	League
	1932-33	League
	1933-34	League
	1934-35	League
	1945-46	League
	1949-50	League
	1961-62	League
	1962-63	League
	1963-64	League
	1964-65	League
	1965-66	League
	1966-67	League
	1967-68	League
	1968-69	League
	1984-85	League

• CEV Champions League:
  • Top 16 (1): 2008-09
• CEV Top Teams Cup / CEV Cup:
  • Top 8 (2): 2004-05, 2011–12
• BVA Cup:
  • Winner (2): 2009, 2013

Domestic success

Honours as of October 2011

• Turkish Men's Volleyball League:
  • Winner (4): 2007-08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Runner-up (3): 2003-04, 2005–06, 2008–09
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winner (2): 2007-08, 2011–12
  • Runner-up (1): 2010-11
• Turkish Super Cup:
  • Winner (2): 2011, 2012
  • Runner-up (2): 2009, 2010
• Turkish Volleyball Championship:
  • Third (3): 1962, 1967, 1968
  • Forth (4): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969
• Istanbul Volleyball League:
  • Winner (9): 1926-27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
  • Runner-up (6): 1934-35, 1945–46, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66
  • Third (3): 1931-32, 1949-1950, 1961-1962

Team captains

This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.

Dates	Name
2005–2006	Burak Hascan
2006–2009	Hakan Fertelli
2009–	Arslan Ekşi

As of 26 February 2012

Head coaches

This is a list of the senior team's head coaches in the recent years.

Dates	Name
2005–2007	Jesús Savigne
2007–2011	György Demeter
2011–2012	Daniel Castellani
2012	Daniele Bagnoli
2013	Fabio Soli
2013–	Daniel Castellani

As of 26 February 2012

Home halls

This is a list of the home halls senior team have played in the recent years.

• Caferağa Sport Hall (2004–2006)
• Burhan Felek Sport Hall (2006–2007)
• Caferağa Sport Hall (2007–2008)
• 50th Anniversary Sport Hall (2008–2010)
• Burhan Felek Sport Hall (2010–present)

Notable players

Domestic Players

Turkey

• Kadir Arslan
• Can Ayvazoğlu
• Emre Batur
• Erden Çevikel
• Ersin Durgut
• Arslan Ekşi
• Hakan Fertelli
• Uğur Güneş
• Burak Hascan
• Cengizhan Kartaltepe
• Kemal Kayhan
• Serkan Kılıç
• İsmail Cem Kurtar
• Soner Mezgitçi
• Ali Peçen
• Yasin Sancak
• Nuri Şahin
• Ahmet Toçoğlu
• Burak Yavuz
• İbrahim Başaran
• Burak Hazırol
• Metin Toy
• Turgay Doğan
• Emin Gök

European Players

Belgium

• Frank Depestele

Croatia

• Tomislav Čošković

Greece

• Nikos Samaras †

Italy

• Matej Černič

Serbia

• Novica Bjelica
• Andrija Gerić
• Vladimir Grbić
• Ivan Miljković

Slovakia

• Lukáš Diviš

Poland

• Dariusz Stanicki

Non-European Players

Argentina

• Jerónimo Bidegain
• Lucas Chávez
• Santiago Darraidou
• Juan Pablo Porello
• Rodrigo Quiroga
• Camilo Sato

Brazil

• Felipe Luiz Fonteles

Cuba

• Leonel Marshall
• Ihosvany Hernández

United States

• Brook Billings
• Gabe Gardner
• William McKenzie
• James Polster

Venezuela

• Ernardo Gómez

Players whose names are italicized still play for the team

Sponsporship and Kit Manufacture

Years	Kit sponsors
2004–2005	Anadolu Sigorta1 – Sırma2 – Franke4
2005–2006	Genel Sigorta1 – Blue House 2 – Kosifler3 – Formart4
2006–2007	İstikbal3 – Özsüt5
2007–2008	yüzyıllarca.com1 – Alpet3
2008–2009	Alpet3 – Pilsa5
2009–2010	none
2010–2011	Kiğılı1
2011–	Grundig1 2 3

¹ Main sponsorship ² Back sponsorship ³ Lateral sponsorship ⁴ Short sponsorship ⁵ Sleeves sponsorship

Years	Kit manufacturers
2000–	Fenerium

See also

• See also Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team
• See also Turkey men's national volleyball team

External links

• Official Fenerbahçe Volleyball Branch Website Template:Tr icon Template:En icon
• Turkish Volleyball Federation Official Website Template:Tr icon
• Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball on Facebook Template:En icon