# 2016–17 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

The 2016–17 season was Fenerbahçe's 59th consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 110th year in existence.

## Kits

| Home | Away | Third |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 92 | MF | Aatif Chahechouhe | 29 | Sivasspor | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 23 | RB | Gregory van der Wiel | 28 | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 33 | CB | Roman Neustädter | 28 | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 22 | LB | İsmail Köybaşı | 27 | Beşiktaş | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 37 | CB | Martin Škrtel | 31 | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €6.00M | Fenerbahce.org |
| 40 | GK | Fabiano | 28 | Porto | Loan | Summer | 2017 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 77 | MF | Jeremain Lens | 28 | Sunderland | Loan | Summer | 2017 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 17 | FW | Moussa Sow | 30 | Al-Ahli | Loan | Summer | 2017 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| | DF | Berkay Can | 22 | Karşıyaka | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | |
| 29 | FW | Emmanuel Emenike | 28 | West Ham United | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | |
| | MF | Gökay Iravul | 23 | Alanyaspor | End of loan | Summer | 2016 | Free | |
| 41 | DF | Hakan Çinemre | 21 | Gaziantepspor | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | |
| 99 | MF | Miroslav Stoch | 26 | Bursaspor | End of loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | |
| 48 | MF | Salih Uçan | 21 | Roma | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| | MF | Samuel Holmén | 31 | Konyaspor | End of loan | Summer | 2016 | Free | |
| 11 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 24 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | Winter | 2017 | €0.10M | |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 10 | MF | Diego | 31 | Flamengo | Transfer | Summer | Free | flamengo.com.br |
| 17 | MF | Nani | 29 | Valencia | Transfer | Summer | €8.50M | valenciacf.com |
| 16 | CB | Berkay Can | 22 | Şanlıurfaspor | Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 41 | CB | Hakan Çinemre | 22 | Eskişehirspor | Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 54 | GK | Erten Ersu | 22 | Gaziantepspor | Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 22 | CB | Bruno Alves | 34 | Cagliari | End of contract | Summer | Free | cagliaricalcio.com |
| 88 | LB | Caner Erkin | 27 | Inter | End of contract | Summer | Free | inter.it |
| | MF | Gökay Iravul | 23 | Alanyaspor | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 77 | RB | Gökhan Gönül | 31 | Beşiktaş | End of contract | Summer | Free | bjk.com |
| 38 | MF | Mehmet Topuz | 32 | | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 24 | LB | Michal Kadlec | 31 | Sparta Prague | End of contract | Summer | Free | sparta.cz |
| 14 | MF | Raul Meireles | 32 | | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| | MF | Samuel Holmén | 31 | İstanbul Başakşehir | End of contract | Summer | Free | ibfk.com |
| | CB | Serdar Kesimal | 27 | Akhisar Belediyespor | End of contract | Summer | Free | akhisarspor.com |
| 53 | CB | Abdoulaye Ba | 25 | Porto | End of loan | Summer | Free | fenerbahce.org |
| 40 | GK | Fabiano | 28 | Porto | End of loan | Summer | Free | fenerbahce.org |
| 50 | MF | Lazar Marković | 22 | Liverpool | End of loan | Summer | Free | fenerbahce.org |
Total spending: €6.10M
Total income: €8.50M
Expenditure: €2.40M

## First team squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | 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 35) | 434 | 0 | Kartalspor | 6 August 2002 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 13 | Ertuğrul Taşkıran | GK | Istanbul | (1989-11-05)5 November 1989 (aged 27) | 5 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2010 | Trainee | 30 June 2019 |
| 40 | Fabiano | GK | Mundo Novo, Brazil | (1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 29) | 21 | 0 | Porto | 12 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | Hasan Ali Kaldırım | LB | Neuwied, Germany | (1989-12-09)9 December 1989 (aged 27) | 130 | 3 | Kayserispor | 1 July 2012 | €3,750,000 | 30 June 2017 |
| 4 | Simon Kjær | CB | Horsens, Denmark | (1989-03-26)26 March 1989 (aged 28) | 68 | 5 | Lille | 17 June 2015 | €7,650,000 | 30 June 2019 |
| 19 | Şener Özbayraklı | RB | Borçka | (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 27) | 50 | 2 | Bursaspor | 23 June 2015 | €1,630,000 | 30 June 2019 |
| 22 | İsmail Köybaşı | LB/RB | İskenderun | (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 27) | 13 | 2 | Beşiktaş | 14 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 23 | Gregory van der Wiel | RB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | (1988-02-03)3 February 1988 (aged 29) | 12 | 0 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| 33 | Roman Neustädter | CB/DM | Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union | (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 29) | 21 | 0 | Schalke 04 | 6 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 37 | Martin Škrtel | CB | Handlová, Slovakia | (1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 32) | 27 | 2 | Liverpool | 15 July 2016 | €6,000,000 | 30 June 2019 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mehmet Topal | DM/CB | Malatya | (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 31) | 198 | 15 | Valencia | 1 July 2012 | €4,500,000 | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 | Souza | DM/CM | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 28) | 70 | 6 | São Paulo | 7 July 2015 | €8,000,000 | 30 June 2019 |
| 7 | Alper Potuk | LW/AM/RW | Afyonkarahisar | (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 26) | 136 | 10 | Eskişehirspor | 22 May 2013 | €6,250,000 | 30 June 2018 |
| 8 | Ozan Tufan | DM/CM/AM | Orhaneli | (1995-03-23)23 March 1995 (aged 22) | 63 | 3 | Bursaspor | 13 August 2015 | €7,000,000 | 30 June 2020 |
| 11 | Oleksandr Karavayev | RW/RB/LW | Kherson, Ukraine | (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 January 2017 | €100,000 | 30 June 2017 |
| 15 | Uygar Mert Zeybek | CM/AM | Osmangazi | (1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (aged 21) | 19 | 1 | Academy | 1 July 2015 | Trainee | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 | Volkan Şen | LW/RW | Bursa | (1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 29) | 61 | 7 | Bursaspor | 14 August 2015 | €1,000,000 | 30 June 2018 |
| 28 | Ramazan Civelek | RW | Istanbul | (1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 21) | 17 | 4 | Academy | 1 July 2016 | Trainee | 30 June 2020 |
| 48 | Salih Uçan | AM/CM | Marmaris | (1994-01-06)6 January 1994 (aged 23) | 56 | 4 | Bucaspor | 1 July 2012 | €1,550,000 | 30 June 2019 |
| 77 | Jeremain Lens | RW/LW | Amsterdam, Netherlands | (1987-11-24)24 November 1987 (aged 29) | 13 | 3 | Sunderland | 30 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 92 | Aatif Chahechouhe | LW/AM | Fontenay-aux-Roses, France | (1986-07-02)2 July 1986 (aged 30) | 15 | 4 | Sivasspor | 1 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 99 | Miroslav Stoch | LW/RW | Nitra, Slovakia | (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 27) | 116 | 20 | Chelsea | 1 July 2010 | €5,500,000 | 30 June 2018 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Fernandão | ST | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 30) | 68 | 33 | Atlético Paranaense | 25 June 2015 | €3,400,000 | 30 June 2019 |
| 10 | Robin van Persie | ST/AM | Rotterdam, Netherlands | (1983-08-06)6 August 1983 (aged 33) | 66 | 29 | Manchester United | 14 July 2015 | €5,500,000 | 30 June 2018 |
| 17 | Moussa Sow | ST/LW/RW | Mantes-la-Jolie, France | (1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 31) | 160 | 68 | Al-Ahli | 31 August 2016 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 29 | Emmanuel Emenike | ST/RW | Aguleri, Nigeria | (1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 30) | 86 | 24 | Spartak Moscow | 10 August 2013 | €13,000,000 | 30 June 2018 |

## Statistics

| No | Nat. | Player | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Europe | Europe | Europe | Europe | Toplam | Toplam | Toplam | Toplam |
| No | Nat. | Player | Maç | | | | Maç | | | | Maç | | | | Maç | | | |
| 1 | | Volkan Demirel | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | | Hasan Ali Kaldırım | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | | Simon Kjær | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | | Mehmet Topal | 21 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | | Souza | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | | Alper Potuk | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | | Ozan Tufan | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | | Fernandão | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | Robin van Persie | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | | Oleksandr Karavayev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | Ertuğrul Taşkıran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | Uygar Mert Zeybek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | Moussa Sow | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | Şener Özbayraklı | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | | Volkan Şen | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | | İsmail Köybaşı | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | | Gregory van der Wiel | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | | Emmanuel Emenike | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | | Roman Neustädter | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | | Martin Škrtel | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 40 | | Fabiano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | | Salih Uçan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | | Jeremain Lens | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 92 | | Aatif Chahechouhe | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | | Miroslav Stoch | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 January 2017 |||||||||||||||||||

## Overall

| Trophy | Started round | First match | Last match | Result |
| Süper Lig | Matchday 1 | 21 August 2016 | 4 June 2017 | 3rd |
| Türkiye Kupası | Group Stage | 30 November 2016 | 17 May 2017 | Semi-finals |
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | 27 July 2016 | 3 August 2016 | Third qualifying round |
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | 18 August 2016 | 22 February 2017 | Round of 32 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Mid-season
## Süper Lig
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beşiktaş (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 30 | +43 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 58 | |
* 1 2 Fenerbahçe ahead of Galatasaray on head-to-head points: Fenerbahçe 6 pts, Galatasaray 0 pts.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 13 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Turkish Cup
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Gençlerbirliği | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 13 |
| Fenerbahçe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 |
| Menemen Belediyespor | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 7 |
| Amed Sportif | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 2 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Knockout phase
#### Round of 16

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### Quarter-finals

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### Semi-finals

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## UEFA Champions League
### Third qualifying round

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## UEFA Europa League
### Play-off round

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | MU | FEY | ZOR |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Round of 32

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed