2015–16 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

The 2015–16 season was Fenerbahçe's 58th consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 109th year in existence.

Fenerbahçe

2015–16 season
President	Aziz Yıldırım
Head coach	Vítor Pereira
Stadium	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Süper Lig	2nd
Turkish Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Robin van Persie (16) All: Fernandão (25)
Highest home attendance	45,070[1] (vs Galatasaray, 25 October 2015)
Lowest home attendance	6,339[2] (vs Gençlerbirliği, 15 May 2016)
Average home league attendance	28,589
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Season overview

For information on a breakdown of Fenerbahçe's previous season, see 2014–15 Fenerbahçe S.K. season.

• On 10 April 2015, Dirk Kuyt has signed to Feyenoord to play next year since his contract expired on 31 May 2015.^[3]
• On 11 June 2015, Fenerbahçe have released a statement on their official website confirming that Portuguese manager Vítor Pereira has been appointed manager on a two-year deal.^[4][5][6][7]
• On 17 June 2015, Centre back Simon Kjær signed a four-year contract with Fenerbahçe from Lille for a €7.65 million fee.^[8]
• On 22 June 2015, Mert Günok has signed a three-year contract with Bursaspor after his contract expired on 31 May 2015.^[9]
• On 23 June 2015, Fenerbahçe officially signed a four-year contract with Bursaspor former right back Şener Özbayraklı for ₺5.0 million.^[10][11]
• On 25 June 2015, Fenerbahçe have completed the signing of Atlético Paranaense striker Fernandão on a four-year deal the club revealed.^[12][13]
• On 27 June 2015, Fenerbahçe part ways with Emre Belözoğlu. The club said that the 34-year-old central midfielder is not in the team manager's future plans thus his deal has not been renewed.^[14][15]
• On 2 July 2015, Fenerbahçe has taken on loan two players, Brazilian goalkeeper Fabiano and Senegalese centre-back Abdoulaye Ba, from the Portuguese club Porto for one season.^[16][17]
• On 3 July 2015, Fenerbahçe are in talks to sign winger Nani from Manchester United. The club announced the news on social media on Thursday night, saying on Twitter: "Fenerbahçe has begun talks with Nani and his club Manchester United to transfer the player. Nani will be in Istanbul on Sunday for a medical check up."^{[18][19][20][21]}
• On 3 July 2015, Fenerbahçe have completed the signing of São Paulo defensive midfielder Souza for an €8 million transfer fee the club revealed. On 4 July, have released a statement on their official website confirming that talks are underway with both São Paulo and their midfielder Josef de Souza.^[22][23][24] On 7 July 2015, Souza was named an official Fenerbahçe player.^[25]
• On 6 July 2015, Fenerbahçe have completed the signing of Manchester United winger Nani. Fenerbahçe have announced the signing of Nani from Manchester United for €6 million.^{[26][27][28][29]}
• On 8 July 2015, Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike has joined United Arab Emirates Pro League side Al-Ain on loan until the end of the season.^[30]
• On 9 July 2015, Fenerbahçe has begun to transfer talks with Robin van Persie and his club Manchester United.^[31][32]
• On 12 July 2015, Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has arrived in Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport on Sunday at 8:00pm local time with his family in a private plane to complete his move to Fenerbahçe. On 13 July van Persie underwent health screening in Istanbul.^{[33][34][35][36][37]}
• On 14 July 2015, Robin van Persie has completed his move from Manchester United to Fenerbahçe for an undisclosed fee. The Netherlands striker, 31, was unveiled in front of about 10,000 supporters inside the club's stadium. He said: "I promise you one thing - I will do everything in my power to help Fenerbahce win as many trophies to make you happy. Let's do it together."^{[38][39][40][41][42]}
• On 17 July 2015, Fenerbahçe is to face Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League third qualifying round following a draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday. The Ukrainian side will travel to Istanbul in the first leg to face Fenerbahçe, which returns to UEFA competitions after two years.^[43][44]
• On 5 August 2015, Fenerbahçe was sent crashing out of the UEFA Champions League by Shakhtar Donetsk after lose with 3–0 in Arena Lviv.^{[note 1][45][46][47]}
• On 7 August 2015, Fenerbahçe, drawn against Atromitos of Greece in the UEFA Europa League play-off round.^[48][49][50]
• On 13 August 2015, Fenerbahçe officially signed a five-year contract with Ozan Tufan by €7.0M.^[51]
• On 14 August 2015, Fenerbahçe officially signed a three-year contract with Volkan Şen by €1.0M.^[52]

Kits

Supplier: Adidas Main sponsor: Yandex Main sponsor (Europe): Turkish Airlines

Back sponsor: Halley Sleeve sponsor: Coca-Cola

Short sponsor: Integral Forex[citation needed] Socks sponsor: –

Home

Away

Third

Kit information

Adidas and Fenerbahçe extended their kit deal in February 2014 at least until 2018–19, while it is reported that the Adidas Fenerbahçe is worth $8.5M season. Adidas produces the new Fenerbahçe 2015–16 Kits which feature no shirt sponsor as of now. The new Fenerbahçe 15–16 Away and Third Kits were released on 7 July 2015.^[53][54]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Turkish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Turkish football transfers winter 2015–16

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
4	CB		Simon Kjær	26	Lille	Transfer	Summer	2019	€7.65M	Fenerbahce.org
19	RB		Şener Özbayraklı	25	Bursaspor	Transfer	Summer	2019	€1.63M	Fenerbahce.org
9	ST		Fernandão	28	Paranaense	Transfer	Summer	2019	€3.40M	Fenerbahce.org
40	GK		Fabiano	27	Porto	Loan	Summer	2016	Free	Fenerbahce.org
53	CB		Abdoulaye Ba	24	Porto	Loan	Summer	2016	Free	Fenerbahce.org
17	MF		Nani	28	Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	2018	€6.0M	Fenerbahce.org
6	CM		Souza	26	São Paulo	Transfer	Summer	2019	€8.0M	Fenerbahce.org
11	FW		Robin van Persie	32	Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	2019	€6.6M	Fenerbahce.org
8	MF		Ozan Tufan	20	Bursaspor	Transfer	Summer	2020	€7.0M	Fenerbahce.org
20	MF		Volkan Şen	28	Bursaspor	Transfer	Summer	2018	€2.5M	Fenerbahce.org
50	MF		Lazar Marković	21	Liverpool	Loan	Summer	2016	Free	Fenerbahce.org
29	FW		Emmanuel Emenike	28	Al-Ain	End of loan	Winter	2016	Free

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	RW		Dirk Kuyt	34	Feyenoord	End of contract	Summer	Free	feyenoord.com
9	ST		Pierre Webó	33	Osmanlıspor	End of contract	Summer	Free	Fenerbahce.org
21	DM		Selçuk Şahin	34	FC Wil	End of contract	Summer	Free	Fenerbahce.org
4	CB		Bekir İrtegün	31	İstanbul Başakşehir	End of contract	Summer	Free	Fenerbahce.org
2	CB		Egemen Korkmaz	32	FC Wil	End of contract	Summer	Free	Fenerbahce.org
20	CM		Emre Belözoğlu	34	İstanbul Başakşehir	End of contract	Summer	Free	ibfk.com.tr
34	GK		Mert Günok	26	Bursaspor	End of contract	Summer	Free	bursaspor.org.tr
28	FW		Beykan Şimşek	20	Sivasspor	Loan	Summer	Free	sivasspor.org.tr
29	FW		Emmanuel Emenike	28	Al-Ain	Loan	Summer	€3.50M
7	FW		Moussa Sow	29	Al-Ahli	Transfer	Summer	€16.00M	Fenerbahce.org
27	MF		Miloš Krasić	30	Lechia Gdańsk	Transfer	Summer	Free	Fenerbahce.org
99	MF		Miroslav Stoch	25	Bursaspor	Loan	Summer	Free
8	MF		Samuel Holmén	31	Konyaspor	Loan	Summer	Free
41	MF		Hakan Çinemre	21	Gaziantepspor	Loan	Winter	Free
29	FW		Emmanuel Emenike	28	West Ham United	Loan	Winter	€1.00M

Total spending: €42,780,000
Total income: €20,500,000
Expenditure: €22,280,000

Squad

Further information: List of Fenerbahçe S.K. players and Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers

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	(1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 34)	410	0	Kartalspor	6 August 2002	Free	30 June 2017
40	Fabiano	GK		Mundo Novo, Brazil	(1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 28)	17	0	Porto	2 July 2015	Free	30 June 2016
25	Ertuğrul Taşkıran	GK		Istanbul	(1989-11-05)5 November 1989 (aged 26)	3	0	Academy	1 July 2010	Trainee	30 June 2019
54	Erten Ersu	GK		Istanbul	(1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 22)	2	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2019
Defenders
3	Hasan Ali Kaldırım	DF		Neuwied, Germany	(1989-12-09)9 December 1989 (aged 26)	106	3	Kayserispor	1 July 2012	€3,750,000	30 June 2017
4	Simon Kjær	DF		Horsens, Denmark	(1989-03-26)26 March 1989 (aged 27)	45	2	Lille	17 June 2015	€7,650,000	30 June 2019
19	Şener Özbayraklı	DF		Borçka	(1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 26)	32	2	Bursaspor	23 June 2015	€1,630,000	30 June 2019
22	Bruno Alves	DF		Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal	(1981-11-16)16 November 1981 (aged 34)	101	4	Zenit	1 July 2013	€5,500,000	30 June 2016
24	Michal Kadlec	DF		Vyškov, Czech Republic	(1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 31)	63	4	Bayer Leverkusen	1 July 2013	€4,500,000	30 June 2016
41	Hakan Çinemre	DF		Kocaeli	(1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 22)	1	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2016
53	Abdoulaye Ba	DF		Saint-Louis, Senegal	(1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 25)	18	1	Porto	2 July 2015	Free	30 June 2016
77	Gökhan Gönül	DF		Samsun	(1985-01-05)5 January 1985 (aged 31)	339	12	Hacettepe	1 July 2007	€1,400,000	30 June 2016
88	Caner Erkin	DF		Balıkesir	(1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 27)	213	16	CSKA Moscow	30 June 2010	€2,000,000	30 June 2016
Midfielders
5	Mehmet Topal	MF		Malatya	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 30)	176	14	Valencia	1 July 2012	€4,500,000	30 June 2016
6	Souza	MF		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	(1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 27)	48	4	São Paulo	7 July 2015	€8,000,000	30 June 2019
8	Ozan Tufan	MF		Orhaneli	(1995-03-23)23 March 1995 (aged 21)	45	1	Bursaspor	13 August 2015	€7,000,000	30 June 2020
10	Diego	MF		Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	(1985-02-28)28 February 1985 (aged 31)	75	8	Atlético Madrid	11 July 2014	Free	30 June 2017
14	Raul Meireles	MF		Porto, Portugal	(1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 33)	105	8	Chelsea	3 September 2012	€10,000,000	30 June 2016
15	Uygar Mert Zeybek	MF		Osmangazi	(1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (aged 20)	19	1	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	30 June 2016
17	Nani	MF		Praia, Cape Verde	(1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 29)	53	14	Manchester United	6 July 2015	€6,000,000	30 June 2018
20	Volkan Şen	MF		Bursa	(1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 28)	43	7	Bursaspor	14 August 2015	€1,000,000	30 June 2018
26	Alper Potuk	MF		Afyonkarahisar	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 25)	115	9	Eskişehirspor	22 May 2013	€6,250,000	30 June 2018
38	Mehmet Topuz	MF		Yozgat	(1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (aged 32)	216	13	Kayserispor	13 June 2009	€9,000,000	30 June 2016
50	Lazar Marković	MF		Čačak, Serbia	(1994-03-02)2 March 1994 (aged 22)	21	2	Liverpool	30 August 2015	Loan	30 June 2016
	Miroslav Stoch	MF		Nitra, Slovakia	(1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 26)	107	15	Chelsea	1 July 2010	€5,500,000	30 June 2018
Forwards
9	Fernandão	FW		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	(1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 29)	55	25	Atlético Paranaense	25 June 2015	€3,400,000	30 June 2019
11	Robin van Persie	FW		Rotterdam, Netherlands	(1983-08-06)6 August 1983 (aged 32)	48	22	Manchester United	14 July 2015	€5,500,000	30 June 2018

As of 26 May 2016

Squad statistics

No.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig				Turkish Cup				Europe				Total
			Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Volkan Demirel	32	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	40	0	5	0
3		Hasan Ali Kaldırım	26	1	4	1	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	38	1	5	1
4		Simon Kjær	28	2	5	0	6	0	1	0	11	0	4	1	45	2	10	1
5		Mehmet Topal	33	1	4	0	7	0	2	0	13	2	2	1	53	3	8	1
6		Souza	31	1	6	0	5	1	2	0	12	2	3	0	48	4	11	0
8		Ozan Tufan	26	0	4	0	10	0	2	0	9	1	2	0	45	1	8	0
9		Fernandão	28	13	5	0	11	6	2	0	13	6	1	0	52	25	8	0
10		Diego	28	2	3	0	7	1	1	0	10	0	1	1	45	3	5	1
11		Robin van Persie	31	16	2	0	6	6	0	0	12	1	2	0	49	23	4	0
14		Raul Meireles	11	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	21	1	3	0
15		Uygar Mert Zeybek	1	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	1	0
17		Nani	33	9	5	0	7	4	1	1	13	1	5	0	53	14	11	1
19		Şener Özbayraklı	14	1	3	0	10	1	1	0	8	0	1	0	32	2	5	0
20		Volkan Şen	25	5	3	0	8	2	2	0	10	0	0	1	43	7	5	1
22		Bruno Alves	26	1	9	0	3	0	0	0	12	0	3	0	41	1	12	0
24		Michal Kadlec	10	0	1	0	11	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	26	0	4	0
25		Ertuğrul Taşkıran	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
26		Alper Potuk	27	4	7	0	7	0	1	0	11	1	1	1	45	5	9	1
38		Mehmet Topuz	3	0	1	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	2	0
40		Fabiano	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
41		Hakan Çinemre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53		Abdoulaye Ba	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	18	1	2	0
50		Lazar Marković	14	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	21	2	3	0
54		Erten Ersu	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
77		Gökhan Gönül	22	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	30	1	1	0
88		Caner Erkin	13	0	4	0	4	1	1	0	10	0	4	0	27	1	9	0
As of 26 May 2016

Statistics

As of 26 May 2016

Goals Pl. Nat. Player Süper Lig Türkiye Kupası Europe TOTAL 1 Fernandão 13 6 6 25 2 Robin van Persie 16 5 1 22 3 Nani 9 4 1 14 4 Volkan Şen 5 2 0 7 5 Alper Potuk 4 0 1 5 6 Souza 1 1 2 4 7 Diego 2 1 0 3 Ramazan Civelek 0 3 0 3 Mehmet Topal 1 0 2 3 10 Simon Kjær 2 0 0 2 Lazar Marković 0 1 1 2 Şener Özbayraklı 1 1 0 2 13 Bruno Alves 1 0 0 1 Abdoulaye Ba 1 0 0 1 Caner Erkin 0 1 0 1 Gökhan Gönül 1 0 0 1 Hasan Ali Kaldırım 1 0 0 1 Raul Meireles 1 0 0 1 Ozan Tufan 0 0 1 1 Mehmet Topuz 0 1 0 1 Uygar Mert Zeybek 0 1 0 1 Yasir Subaşı 0 1 0 1

Assists Pl. Nat. Player Süper Lig Türkiye Kupası Europe TOTAL 1 Nani 8 3 1 12 2 Alper Potuk 5 1 1 7 Caner Erkin 2 2 3 7 Volkan Şen 4 2 1 7 5 Hasan Ali Kaldırım 5 0 1 6 6 Diego 4 1 0 5 Gökhan Gönül 1 2 2 5 8 Şener Özbayraklı 1 2 1 4 9 Mehmet Topal 3 0 0 3 Robin van Persie 3 0 0 3 11 Lazar Marković 2 0 0 2 12 Bruno Alves 1 0 0 1 Fernandão 1 0 0 1 Michal Kadlec 0 1 0 1 Raul Meireles 0 0 1 1 Ozan Tufan 1 0 0 1 Ramazan Civelek 0 1 0 1 Souza 1 0 0 1

Club hierarchy

Board of directors President Aziz Yıldırım Deputy Chairman Mithat Yenigün General Secretary and Press Officer Mahmut Uslu Investment Projects and Property Officer Nihat Özbağı Facilities and Fenercell Officer Ömer Temelli Accountant Member İlhan Ekşioğlu Vice President Ali Yıldırım Financial and Administrative Officer Configuration Ender Alkaya Fenerium Officer Murat Özaydınlı Legal Affairs and External Relations Officer Şekip Mosturoğlu Advertising, Marketing and Fundraising Önder Fırat Legal Affairs Erhan Türkoğlu Educational Facilities Officer Mehmet Tahir Sarıoğlu Advertising, Marketing Manager Assistant Mehmet Selim Kosif Responsible for Stadium Metin Doğan Responsible for Health Services Mustafa Serdar Erkan Stadium, Facilities Assistant Responsible Ali Cenk Başak Assistant Responsible for Training Facilities Barış Altuğ Aydil Source:

Management Football Director Giuliano Terraneo Manager Vítor Pereira Administrative Manager Hasan Çetinkaya Assistant Coach Filipe Almeida Assistant Coach Luís Miguel Assistant Coach Pedro Ribeiro Goalkeeper Coach Paolo Orlandoni Doctor Burak Kunduracıoğlu Physiotherapist Umut Şahin Physiotherapist Ata Özgür Ercan Physiotherapist Bülent Uyar Source: Fenerbahce.org

Overall

Trophy	Started round	First match	Last match	Result
Süper Lig	Matchday 1	14 August 2015	19 May 2016	Runners–up
Türkiye Kupası	Group Stage	16 December 2015	26 May 2016	Runners–up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	28 July 2015	5 August 2015	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	20 August 2015	17 March 2016	Round of 16

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	Stadium	Result F–A	Attendance	Notes
1 July 2015	Voluntari	Topuk Yaylası	2–1	NA	[55]
7 July 2015	Şanlıurfaspor	Topuk Yaylası	1–0	NA	[56]
11 July 2015	Zob Ahan	18 Temmuz Stadyumu	7–0	NA	[57]
14 July 2015	Sivasspor	Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium	3–2	NA	[58]
15 July 2015	Dnipro	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	0–1	NA	[59]
18 July 2015	Vitória	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	3–1	NA	[60]
21 July 2015	Olympiacos	Afyon Arena	3–2	NA	[61]
22 July 2015	Marseille	Afyon Arena	3–1	NA	[62]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Süper Lig

Main article: 2015–16 Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beşiktaş (C)	34	25	4	5	75	35	+40	79	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Fenerbahçe	34	22	8	4	60	27	+33	74	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Konyaspor	34	19	9	6	44	33	+11	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	16	11	7	54	36	+18	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5	Osmanlıspor	34	14	10	10	52	36	+16	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[63]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Turkish Cup, Galatasaray, were excluded from European competitions by UEFA, the Europa League group stage berth awarded to the Turkish Cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team (Konyaspor), the third qualifying round berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team (İstanbul Başakşehir), and the second qualifying round berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Osmanlıspor).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	22	8	4	60	27	+33	74	14	3	0	32	10	+22	8	5	4	28	17	+11

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	3	5	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Fenerbahçe v Eskişehirspor

14 August 2015 1	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Eskişehirspor	Istanbul
22:00 EEST	Sow 45+1' Fernandão 45+4'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 31,381[64] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Çaykur Rizespor v Fenerbahçe

23 August 2015 2	Çaykur Rizespor	1–1	Fenerbahçe	Rize
21:45 EEST	Kjær 74' (o.g.)	Report	Van Persie 16'	Stadium: Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı Attendance: 6,500[65] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Fenerbahçe v Antalyaspor

30 August 2015 3	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
21:15 EEST	Nani 42', 90+5'	Report	Gusmão 70'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 32,314[66] Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

Kasımpaşa v Fenerbahçe

13 September 2015 4	Kasımpaşa	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
21:00 EEST		Report	Souza 42'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 4,189[67] Referee: Deniz Ateş Bitnel

Fenerbahçe v Bursaspor

20 September 2015 5	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Bursaspor	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Nani 20' Van Persie 79'	Report	Necid 63'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 30,529[68] Referee: Barış Şimşek

Beşiktaş v Fenerbahçe

27 September 2015 6	Beşiktaş	3–2	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Kjær 20' (o.g.) Gómez 24', 74'	Report	Tošić 32' (o.g.) Van Persie 65'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,356[69] Referee: Halis Özkahya

Fenerbahçe v Akhisar Belediyespor

4 October 2015 7	Fenerbahçe	2–2	Akhisar Belediyespor	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Fernandão 11', 37'	Report	Güray 56' (pen.) Douglão 68'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 29,402[70] Referee: Serkan Çınar

Kayserispor v Fenerbahçe

18 October 2015 8	Kayserispor	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Kayseri
17:00 EEST		Report	Van Persie 29'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 13,060[71] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Fenerbahçe v Galatasaray

25 October 2015 9	Fenerbahçe	1–1	Galatasaray	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Diego 37'	Report	Adın 84'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 45,070[72] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Osmanlıspor v Fenerbahçe

29 October 2015 10	Osmanlıspor	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Ankara
19:00 EEST		Report	Potuk 52'	Stadium: Yenikent Asaş Stadium Attendance: 7,115[73] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Fenerbahçe v Konyaspor

8 November 2015 11	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Konyaspor	Istanbul
17:00 EEST	Fernandão 77'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 23,656[74] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Mersin İdmanyurdu v Fenerbahçe

21 November 2015 12	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1–3	Fenerbahçe	Mersin
17:00 EEST	Nakoulma 59'	Report	Kaldırım 8' Nani 49' Van Persie 57'	Stadium: Mersin Arena Attendance: 11,800[75] Referee: Alper Ulusoy

Fenerbahçe v Trabzonspor

30 November 2015 13	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Nani 11' Fernandão 88'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 37,500[76] Referee: Deniz Ateş Bitnel

Gaziantepspor v Fenerbahçe

6 December 2015 14	Gaziantepspor	2–2	Fenerbahçe	Gaziantep
19:00 EEST	Camara 6' Demir 54' (pen.)	Report	Gönül 49' Potuk 65'	Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium Attendance: 7,535[77] Referee: Serkan Tokat

Fenerbahçe v İstanbul Başakşehir

13 December 2015 15	Fenerbahçe	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Nani 84'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 28,582[78] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Gençlerbirliği v Fenerbahçe

20 December 2015 16	Gençlerbirliği	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Ankara
19:00 EEST		Report	Fernandão 34'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 6,940[79] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Fenerbahçe v Sivasspor

28 December 2015 17	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Sivasspor	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Van Persie 24' Kjær 77'	Report	Şimşek 43'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 28,151[80] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Eskişehirspor v Fenerbahçe

18 January 2016 18	Eskişehirspor	0–3	Fenerbahçe	Eskişehir
19:00 EEST		Report	Fernandão 45' (pen.), 74' Van Persie 85'	Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 8,269[81] Referee: Alper Ulusoy

Fenerbahçe v Çaykur Rizespor

24 January 2016 19	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
16:00 EEST	Fernandão 29' (pen.), 40' (pen.)	Report	Sylvestre 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 25,148[82] Referee: Deniz Ateş Bitnel

Antalyaspor v Fenerbahçe

5 February 2016 20	Antalyaspor	4–2	Fenerbahçe	Antalya
20:00 EEST	Eto'o 40' Danilo 54' Makoun 56' Aytaç 90+4'	Report	Alves 85' Van Persie 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: New Antalya Stadium Attendance: 21,735[83] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Fenerbahçe v Kasımpaşa

12 February 2016 21	Fenerbahçe	3–1	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Diego 37' Van Persie 45+2' (pen.) Potuk 75'	Report	Malki 87'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 24,577[84] Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

Bursaspor v Fenerbahçe

20 February 2016 22	Bursaspor	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Bursa
19:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Timsah Arena Attendance: 0[85] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Fenerbahçe v Beşiktaş

29 February 2016 23	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Şen 3' Nani 82'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 43,182[86] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Akhisar Belediyespor v Fenerbahçe

6 March 2016 24	Akhisar Belediyespor	0–3	Fenerbahçe	Manisa
19:00 EEST		Report	Özbayraklı 35' Şen 51' Fernandão 90'	Stadium: Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 6,665[87] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Fenerbahçe v Kayserispor

13 March 2016 25	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Kayserispor	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Van Persie 53'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 26,765[88] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Galatasaray v Fenerbahçe

13 April 2016[89] 26	Galatasaray	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
19:30 EEST		Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 37,748[90] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Fenerbahçe v Osmanlıspor

3 April 2016 27	Fenerbahçe	0–0	Osmanlıspor	Istanbul
19:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 27,803[91] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Konyaspor v Fenerbahçe

9 April 2016 28	Konyaspor	2–1	Fenerbahçe	Konya
20:00 EEST	Rangelov 2' Çamdalı 85'	Report	Fernandão 41'	Stadium: Torku Arena Attendance: 32,863[92] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Fenerbahçe v Mersin İdmanyurdu

17 April 2016 29	Fenerbahçe	4–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Şen 7', 9' Fernandão 57' Van Persie 63' (pen.)	Report	Varol 45'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 19,561[93] Referee: Serkan Çınar

Trabzonspor v Fenerbahçe

24 April 2016 30	Trabzonspor	0–4	Fenerbahçe	Trabzon
20:00 EEST		Report	Potuk 23' Şen 27' Nani 57' Van Persie 62'	Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 18,120[94] Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

Fenerbahçe v Gaziantepspor

1 May 2016 31	Fenerbahçe	3–0	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Kjær 27' Van Persie 48', 81'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 26,059[95] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

İstanbul Başakşehir v Fenerbahçe

9 May 2016 32	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Višća 60', 65'	Report	Topal 80'	Stadium: Başakşehir Arena Attendance: 6,364[96] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Fenerbahçe v Gençlerbirliği

15 May 2016 33	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Van Persie 38', 75'	Report	Gürler 61'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 6,339[97] Referee: Alper Ulusoy

Sivasspor v Fenerbahçe

19 May 2016 34	Sivasspor	2–2	Fenerbahçe	Sivas
20:00 EEST	Chahechouhe 14' Oumari 23'	Report	Ba 45' Meireles 67'	Stadium: Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 7,162[98] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Turkish Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fenerbahçe	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16
2	Antalyaspor	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	11
3	Tuzlaspor	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7
4	Giresunspor	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tuzlaspor v Fenerbahçe

16 December 2015 1	Tuzlaspor	1–2	Fenerbahçe	Tuzla, Istanbul
14:00 EEST	Salmaz 52'	Report	Subaşı 40' Civelek 47'	Stadium: Tuzla Town Stadium Attendance: 2,000[99] Referee: Murat Özcan

Fenerbahçe v Antalyaspor

23 December 2015 2	Fenerbahçe	4–2	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
18:45 EEST	Nani 14' Özbayraklı 31' Van Persie 49', 59'	Report	Akbaba 73' Etame 90'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 9,500[100] Referee: Halil Umut Meler

Giresunspor v Fenerbahçe

10 January 2016 3	Giresunspor	0–2	Fenerbahçe	Giresun
20:45 EEST		Report	Souza 21' Fernandão 89'	Stadium: Giresun Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 5,500[101] Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

Fenerbahçe v Giresunspor

13 January 2016 4	Fenerbahçe	6–1	Giresunspor	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Zeybek 17' Civelek 39' Erkin 55' Van Persie 59', 82' Fernandão 68'	Report	Solmaz 77'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 4,000[102] Referee: Onur Karabaş

Fenerbahçe v Tuzlaspor

21 January 2016 5	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Tuzlaspor	Istanbul
20:45 EEST	Marković 90'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 3,000[103] Referee: Çağatay Şahan

Antalyaspor v Fenerbahçe

27 January 2016 6	Antalyaspor	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Antalya
20:45 EEST		Report		Stadium: New Antalya Stadium Attendance: 10,000[104] Referee: Emre Altun

Round of 16

Fenerbahçe v Kayserispor

30 January 2016 Round of 16	Fenerbahçe	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kayserispor	Istanbul
20:45 EEST	Diego 113'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 12,121[105] Referee: Serkan Çınar

Quarter-finals

Amed v Fenerbahçe

9 February 2016 First leg	Amed	3–3	Fenerbahçe	Diyarbakır
13:00 EEST	Özer 10' Ferdi 68' Yusuf 70'	Report	Civelek 14' Fernandão 44' Şen 76'	Stadium: Seyrantepe DİSKİ Sport Facility Attendance: 0[106] [A] Referee: İlker Meral

Fenerbahçe v Amed

3 March 2016 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	3–1 (6–4 agg.)	Amed	Istanbul
18:15 EEST	Topuz 31' Fernandão 40' Nani 88'	Report	Kamil 77'	Stadium: Ülker Stadium Attendance: 3,000[107] Referee: Hakan Ceylan

Notes

1. ^
   Amed Sportif Faaliyetler - Fenerbahçe game was played behind closed doors.

Semi-finals

Konyaspor v Fenerbahçe

20 April 2016 First leg	Konyaspor	0–3	Fenerbahçe	Konya
21:15 EEST		Report	Şen 38' Nani 45' Van Persie 90'	Stadium: Torku Arena Attendance: 31,000[108] Referee: Tolga Özkalfa

Fenerbahçe v Konyaspor

5 May 2016 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Konyaspor	Istanbul
19:15 EEST	Fernandão 47', 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ülker Stadium Attendance: 6,000[109] Referee: Halil Umut Meler

Final

Galatasaray v Fenerbahçe

26 May 2016 Final	Galatasaray	1–0	Fenerbahçe	Antalya
21:15 EEST	Podolski 30'	Report		Stadium: New Antalya Stadium Attendance: 32,000[110] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Fenerbahçe v Shakhtar Donetsk

28 July 2015 First leg	Fenerbahçe	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Istanbul
20:00		Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium Attendance: 37,342 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk v Fenerbahçe

5 August 2015 Second leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	Lviv, Ukraine [B]
20:45	Hladkyy 25' Srna 65' (pen.) Teixeira 68'	Report		Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 33,179 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Notes

1. ^
   Shakhtar Donetsk will play their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv instead of their regular stadium, Donbas Arena, Donetsk, due to the War in Donbas.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Atromitos v Fenerbahçe

20 August 2015 First leg	Atromitos	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Athens, Greece
20:00		Report	Van Persie 90'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 3,328 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Fenerbahçe v Atromitos

27 August 2015 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Atromitos	Istanbul
20:00	Fernandão 7', 78' Gorbunov 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOL	FEN	AJX	CEL
1	Molde	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	1–1	3–1
2	Fenerbahçe	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			1–3	—	1–0	1–1
3	Ajax	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7			1–1	0–0	—	2–2
4	Celtic	6	0	3	3	8	12	−4	3			1–2	2–2	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Fenerbahçe v Molde

17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) 1	Fenerbahçe	1–3	Molde	Istanbul
19:00	Nani 42'	Report	Høiland 36' (pen.) Elyounoussi 53' Linnes 65'	Stadium: Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium Attendance: 31,209 [111] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Celtic v Fenerbahçe

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) 2	Celtic	2–2	Fenerbahçe	Glasgow, Scotland
21:05	Griffiths 28' Commons 32'	Report	Fernandão 43', 48'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 41,330 [112] Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Fenerbahçe v Ajax

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) 3	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Ajax	Istanbul
21:05	Fernandão 89'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium Attendance: 35,292 [113] Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Ajax v Fenerbahçe

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) 4	Ajax	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,990 [114] Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Molde v Fenerbahçe

26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) 5	Molde	0–2	Fenerbahçe	Molde, Norway
21:05		Report	Fernandão 68' Tufan 84'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 8,235 [115] Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Fenerbahçe v Celtic

10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) 6	Fenerbahçe	1–1	Celtic	Istanbul
19:00	Marković 39'	Report	Commons 75'	Stadium: Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium Attendance: 35,372 [116] Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Round of 32

Fenerbahçe v Lokomotiv Moscow

16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) First leg	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Istanbul
18:00	Souza 18', 72'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium Attendance: 36,195 [117] Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Fenerbahçe

25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	Moscow, Russia
17:00	Samedov 45'	Report	Topal 83'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 15,695 [118] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Round of 16

Fenerbahçe v Braga

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Braga	Istanbul
19:00	Topal 82'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 40,197[119] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Braga v Fenerbahçe

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg	Braga	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	Braga, Portugal
21:05	Hassan 11' Josué 69' (pen.) Stojiljković 74' Silva 83'	Report	Potuk 45+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 16,431[120] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

See also

• 2015–16 Süper Lig
• 2015–16 Türkiye Kupası
• 2015–16 UEFA Champions League
• 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Notes

1. Shakhtar Donetsk will play their home match at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium Donbas Arena, Donetsk, due to the War in Donbas.