# 2017–18 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

The 2017–18 season is Fenerbahçe's 60th consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 111th year in existence.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 54 | GK | Erten Ersu | 23 | Gaziantepspor | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | | |
| | MF | Ramazan Civelek | 21 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | | |
| 11 | MF | Mehmet Ekici | 27 | Trabzonspor | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 28 | MF | Mathieu Valbuena | 32 | Lyon | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €1.50M | Fenerbahce.org |
| 17 | MF | Nabil Dirar | 31 | Monaco | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €4.50M | Fenerbahce.org |
| 18 | GK | Carlos Kameni | 33 | Málaga | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 21 | MF | Elif Elmas | 17 | Rabotnički | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | | |
| 99 | FW | Roberto Soldado | 32 | Villarreal | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | | |
| 20 | MF | Giuliano | 27 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €7.00M | Fenerbahce.org |
| 14 | MF | Luís Neto | 29 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |
| 23 | FW | Vincent Janssen | 23 | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free | Fenerbahce.org |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 40 | GK | Fabiano | 29 | Porto | End of loan | Summer | | |
| 11 | MF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 25 | Shakhtar Donetsk | End of loan | Summer | | |
| 77 | MF | Jeremain Lens | 29 | Sunderland | End of loan | Summer | | |
| 17 | MF | Moussa Sow | 31 | Al-Ahli Dubai | End of loan | Summer | | |
| 4 | DF | Simon Kjær | 28 | Sevilla | Transfer | Summer | €12.75M | Fenerbahce.org |
| 29 | FW | Emmanuel Emenike | 30 | Olympiacos | Transfer | Summer | €2.50M | Fenerbahce.org |
| 13 | GK | Ertuğrul Taşkıran | 27 | Boluspor | Transfer | Summer | | |
| | DF | Melih Okutan | 20 | Boluspor | Transfer | Summer | | |
| | DF | Hakan Çinemre | 23 | Göztepe | Transfer | Summer | | |
| 20 | MF | Volkan Şen | 30 | Trabzonspor | Transfer | Summer | | |
| 99 | MF | Miroslav Stoch | 27 | Slavia Prague | Transfer | Summer | €1.00M | Fenerbahce.org |
| 23 | DF | Gregory van der Wiel | 29 | Cagliari | Transfer | Summer | €1.00M | cagliaricalcio.com |
| 48 | MF | Salih Uçan | 23 | Sion | Loan | Summer | | |
| | FW | Beykan Şimşek | 22 | Sakaryaspor | Loan | Summer | | |
| | MF | Erdi Şehit | 23 | Gençlerbirliği | Loan | Summer | | |
| | FW | Ramazan Civelek | 21 | Sakaryaspor | Loan | Summer | | |
| 39 | FW | Ahmethan Köse | 20 | Boluspor | Loan | Winter | | |
| 10 | FW | Robin van Persie | 34 | Feyenoord | Transfer | Winter | Free | feyenoord.nl |
Total spending: €17,680,000
Total income: €18,750,000
Expenditure: €1,070,000

## Players
### First team squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Volkan Demirel (Captain) | 36 | Non-EU | 2002 | 490 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 3 | DF | Hasan Ali Kaldırım | 28 | EU | 2012 | 185 | 5 | 2020 | €3.75M | Second nationality: German |
| 4 | DF | Mauricio Isla | 29 | Non-EU | 2017 | 29 | 0 | 2020 | Free | |
| 5 | MF | Mehmet Topal (Vice-Captain) | 32 | Non-EU | 2012 | 262 | 21 | 2020 | €4.50M | |
| 6 | DF | İsmail Köybaşı | 28 | Non-EU | 2017 | 43 | 2 | 2019 | Free | |
| 7 | MF | Alper Potuk | 27 | Non-EU | 2013 | 192 | 16 | 2022 | €7.50M | |
| 8 | MF | Ozan Tufan | 22 | Non-EU | 2015 | 98 | 9 | 2020 | €7.00M | |
| 9 | FW | Fernandão | 31 | Non-EU | 2015 | 104 | 50 | 2019 | €3.40M | |
| 11 | MF | Mehmet Ekici | 28 | EU | 2017 | 11 | 0 | 2020 | Free | Second nationality: German |
| 14 | DF | Luís Neto | 29 | EU | 2017 | 16 | 0 | 2018 | Free | On loan from Zenit |
| 17 | MF | Nabil Dirar | 32 | EU | 2017 | 37 | 5 | 2020 | €2.00M | Second nationality: Belgian |
| 18 | GK | Carlos Kameni | 34 | EU | 2017 | 16 | 0 | 2020 | Free | Second nationality: French |
| 19 | DF | Şener Özbayraklı | 28 | Non-EU | 2015 | 93 | 5 | 2019 | €1.63M | |
| 20 | MF | Giuliano | 27 | Non-EU | 2017 | 15 | 6 | 2021 | €7.00M | |
| 21 | MF | Elif Elmas | 18 | EU | 2017 | 7 | 0 | 2022 | €0.18M | |
| 23 | FW | Vincent Janssen | 23 | EU | 2017 | 18 | 5 | 2018 | Free | On loan from Tottenham Hotspur |
| 28 | MF | Mathieu Valbuena | 33 | EU | 2017 | 40 | 8 | 2019 | €1.50M | |
| 33 | DF | Roman Neustädter | 30 | EU | 2016 | 77 | 5 | 2019 | Free | Second nationality: German |
| 37 | DF | Martin Škrtel | 33 | EU | 2016 | 79 | 6 | 2019 | €6.00M | |
| 53 | DF | Yiğithan Güveli | 20 | Non-EU | 2016 | 9 | 1 | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 54 | GK | Erten Ersu | 24 | Non-EU | 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 60 | MF | Yiğithan Güveli | 20 | Non-EU | 2017 | 11 | 2 | 2020 | Youth system | |
| 66 | DF | Oğuz Kağan Güçtekin | 19 | Non-EU | 2017 | 13 | 0 | 2020 | Youth system | |
| 89 | MF | Souza | 29 | Non-EU | 2015 | 134 | 15 | 2019 | €8.00M | |
| 92 | MF | Aatif Chahechouhe | 31 | EU | 2016 | 66 | 14 | 2019 | Free | Second nationality: French |
| 99 | FW | Roberto Soldado | 32 | EU | 2017 | 34 | 12 | 2019 | €5.00M | |
* Last updated: 20 June 2018
* Source: Fenerbahce.org
* Ordered by squad number.

## Statistics

    As of 21 May 2018
| No. | PMF. | Nat. | Player | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Friendly | Friendly | Friendly | Friendly | Friendly | Friendly |
| No. | PMF. | Nat. | Player | Ap | G | A | | | | Ap | G | A | | | | Ap | G | A | | | | Ap | G | A | | | | Ap | G | A | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Volkan Demirel (captain) | 25 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | | Hasan Ali Kaldırım | 24 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 2 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | | Mauricio Isla | 21 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | MF | | Mehmet Topal | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | DF | | İsmail Köybaşı | 14 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | MF | | Alper Potuk | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 34 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | MF | | Ozan Tufan | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | | Fernandão | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | MF | | Mehmet Ekici | 9 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | DF | | Luís Neto | 13 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | MF | | Uygar Mert Zeybek | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | MF | | Nabil Dirar | 29 | 4 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 37 | 6 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | GK | | Carlos Kameni | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | DF | | Şener Özbayraklı | 19 | 5 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 20 | MF | | Giuliano | 30 | 14 | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 15 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | MF | | Elif Elmas | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | FW | | Vincent Janssen | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 5 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | MF | | Mathieu Valbuena | 29 | 7 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 40 | 8 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | DF | | Roman Neustädter | 32 | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 44 | 5 | - | 7 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | DF | | Martin Škrtel | 21 | 3 | - | 8 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 30 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 53 | DF | | Yiğithan Güveli | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 54 | GK | | Erten Ersu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 | MF | | Samed Karakoç | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 66 | MF | | Oğuz Kağan Güçtekin | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 89 | MF | | Souza | 33 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 92 | MF | | Aatif Chahechouhe | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 99 | FW | | Roberto Soldado | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | FW | | Robin van Persie | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 39 | MF | | Ahmethan Köse | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Mid-season
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Süper Lig | 12 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 061.76 |
| Turkish Cup | 29 November 2017 | 10 May 2018 | Fifth round | Runners–up | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 077.78 |
| UEFA Europa League | 27 July 2017 | 24 August 2017 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 106 | 50 | +56 | 060.78 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018. Source: Competitions

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 72 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 55 | |
* 1 2 Fenerbahçe ahead of Başakşehir on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe 2–3 Başakşehir, Başakşehir 0–2 Fenerbahçe.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. Source: TFF.org
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 | 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 |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed