Şenol Birol

Şenol Birol (25 November 1937^[1] – 3 March 2022) was a Turkish footballer who played as a forward, notably for Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe.^[2][3]

Şenol Birol

Personal information
Date of birth	(1937-11-25)November 25, 1937
Place of birth	Rize, Turkey
Date of death	March 3, 2022(2022-03-03) (aged 84)
Place of death	Rize, Turkey
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Zonguldak Kilimlispor
	Rize Güneşspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1959	Sarıyer
1959–1963	Beşiktaş	159	(74)
1963–1966	Fenerbahçe	56	(20)
1966–1967	Karşıyaka	24	(2)
1967–1968	Beşiktaş	11	(1)
1968–1969	Rizespor	0	(0)
1969–1970	Karşıyaka	4	(0)
Total		254	(97)
International career
1960–1963	Turkey	8	(3)
Managerial career
1968–1969	Rizespor
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Rize, Birol started his professional career with Sarıyer S.K. and then transferred to Beşiktaş where he played four years between 1959 and 1963. Then he transferred to Fenerbahçe with his team mate Birol Pekel. He played with Fenerbahçe between 1963 and 1966. He also played with Karşıyaka S.K. (1966–67) and last he played with Beşiktaş in the 1967–68 season.

Beşiktaş fans chanted Şenol-Birol Goal in his and Pekel's honour.^[4]

Personal life

Birol died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 86.^[5]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Birol goal.

List of international goals scored by Şenol Birol

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 July 1960	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey	Scotland	4–1	4–2	Friendly
2	22 November 1962	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3				2–0

Honours

Beşiktaş

• Süper Lig: 1959-60

Fenerbahçe

• Süper Lig: 1963-64, 1964-65