Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, who will face each other in the derby tomorrow in the 4th week of the Trendyol Super League, played "historic" matches in a rivalry of more than 100 years.
Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş achieved their biggest victories with seven goals each. Beşiktaş defeated its yellow-dark blue opponent 7-1 in a special match on March 23, 1941. The black-white team beat their opponent 5-1 on January 6, 1990, and left the field with 4-0 victories 4 times.
Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, had its biggest victory against its black-white opponent with a score of 7-0 in the special match played on December 6, 1958. The yellow-dark blue team achieved its most different victories in the league against Beşiktaş with 3-0 results on March 7, 1976 and October 7, 2012.
In the past 364 matches between the two rivals, the scoreboard changed 9 times in the match in which the most goals were scored, excluding penalties.
While Beşiktaş won the TSYD Cup match held at İnönü Stadium on August 11, 1974, 5-4, 9 goals went into the net, making history as the most goals scored in a match in more than 100 years of competition.
Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe faced each other in the Atatürk Cup on May 19, 1955, and the match ended in a 4-4 draw. While Fenerbahçe won the Cemal Gürsel Cup match on July 1, 1960, 6-2, Beşiktaş won the special match on March 23, 1941 with a score of 7-1.
Beşiktaş's legendary captain Hakkı Yeten scored the most goals in the competition. Hakkı Yeten, nicknamed "Father", played for Beşiktaş 58 times against Fenerbahçe and scored 32 times. The person who scored the most goals against Beşiktaş on behalf of the yellow-dark blue team was Cemil Turan with 19 goals.
The title of the football player who played the most in Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş derbies belongs to Rıza Çalımbay. Çalımbay played in 64 matches against Fenerbahçe in the black and white jersey. This football player was followed by Beşiktaş's Şeref Görkey with 61 matches, Beşiktaş's Ulvi Güveneroğlu and Fenerbahçe's Müjdat Yetkiner with 59 matches each.
Elvir Bolic scored the earliest goal in the Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş rivalry. Fenerbahçe's Bolic, who scored the net in the 21st second of the league match between the two teams at İnönü Stadium on March 10, 1996, scored the earliest goal recorded in the competition. Fenerbahçe won this match 2-1.
Zeki Rıza Sporel scored the most goals in a match in the history of the derby competition. Fenerbahçe won the match 4-1, played on June 18, 1926, where the current Chobani Stadium is located, and Zeki Rıza Sporel scored all the goals of the yellow-dark blue team in this special match.
The first official match between the teams was played on November 12, 1926. The Istanbul League match at Taksim Stadium ended in a goalless draw. The two teams had their first match in a special match in November 1924.
There are many football players who wore the jerseys of both teams in the history of the Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş rivalry. The football players who have played in both teams recently are: Engin İpekoğlu, Tayfur Havutcu, Feyyaz Uçar, Saffet Sancaklı, Sergen Yalçın, Oktay Derelioğlu, Alpay Özalan, Ahmet Yıldırım, Emre Aşık, Ali Güneş, Tayfun Korkut, Murat Şahin, Mustafa Doğan, Mert Nobre, Fahri Tatan, Tümer Metin, Mehmet Yozgatlı, Rüştü Reçber, Burak Yılmaz, Mehmet Aurelio, Uğur Boral, Egemen Korkmaz, Mamadou Niang, Caner Erkin, Gökhan Gönül, İsmail Köybaşı, Jeremain Lens, Tolgay Arslan, Jose Sosa, Josef de Souza, Mehmet Topal, Salih Uçan, Mert Günok, Michy Batshuayi, Umut Nayir, Cenk Tosun, Anderson Talisca, Cengiz Ünder.
Some of the players who wore the jerseys of both teams in the competition for more than 100 years achieved the success of scoring goals in derbies with different jerseys. Şenol Birol, Ali Kemal Denizci, Tayfur Havutcu, Mert Nobre, Tümer Metin, Mamadou Niang and Gökhan Gönül enjoyed scoring goals in the competition with both Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe jerseys.
Some players had the misfortune of scoring own goals in the Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş matches. Mehmet Ekşi, Recep Çetin, Ulvi Güveneroğlu, Ertuğrul Sağlam, Necip Uysal, Egemen Korkmaz, Dusko Tosic and Marcelo Guedes from Beşiktaş, and Nejat Barut, Piotr Soczynski, Saffet Akbaş, Dirk Kuyt and Simon Kjaer from Fenerbahçe scored own goals.
Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş had their first match in professional league history on March 18, 1959. Fenerbahçe won the first league match at İnönü Stadium 1-0.
The first night match in the derby between the two teams was held on 12 June 1960 at Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium. Fenerbahçe won this league match, which was the first match played under the lights, 1-0.
Beşiktaş could not win 17 matches in a row against Fenerbahçe, and Fenerbahçe could not win 12 matches in a row 3 times in various periods, making its fans long for a derby victory. On the other hand, Beşiktaş won 7 matches and Fenerbahçe won 6 matches in a row, gaining superiority over their rivals at certain periods.
In the rivalry between Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş that lasted more than a century, three matches ended by default. Although the first match of the Turkish Cup quarter-final held at the Fenerbahçe Stadium on May 4, 1983 ended in a 1-1 draw, the yellow-dark blue team was deemed to have won the match by default, 3-0, as it was understood that Beşiktaş player Mehmet Ekşi had played with a double yellow card.
In the league match held at İnönü Stadium on September 16, 2000, the black-white team defeated Fenerbahçe 3-0. When Fenerbahçe's coach Mustafa Denizli did not comply with the newly implemented 5+1 rule and put the 6th foreign player on the field in the 62nd minute, Beşiktaş's 3-0 victory was registered by default.
The match played between the two teams in the 2017-2018 season was also abandoned due to field incidents. In the Ziraat Turkish Cup semi-final, the two teams faced each other in Kadıköy on April 19, in the rematch of the first match of 2-2. The match was abandoned by the referee Mete Kalkavan due to the events that occurred in the 57th minute, while the score was still 0-0. The Turkish Football Federation Board of Directors decided that the rematch will be played without spectators, under the same conditions as when it was abandoned. Thereupon, Beşiktaş Club decided not to go to the field. In the match between the two teams that was supposed to be played on May 3, Beşiktaş was deemed defeated 3-0 when it did not come to the field.
The rivals' match on November 16, 1991 gave rise to a controversy that lasted for many years. In the 87th minute of the league match that ended 2-2 at Fenerbahçe Stadium, Beşiktaş's equalizing goal by Mehmet Özdilek caused long-lasting public debate whether the ball crossed the goal line or not. 17 years after the match was played, the position was discussed in the broadcaster's program and, according to the measurements of the device called "piero", it was determined that the leather round exceeded the 4 centimeter line and the discussions were put to an end.
One of the interesting notes between the two teams took place in the derby match played in Kadıköy in the 2004-2005 season. Beşiktaş goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba received a red card in the 80th minute, leaving his team with 10 men. In the black-white team, which used the right to change 3 players before the red card, Pancu took the goal in the remaining part. The Romanian football player, who defended the goal for 18 minutes during the extra time, conceded only one goal from the penalty, and Beşiktaş won the match 4-3.
In the league match on April 18, 2010, when Fenerbahçe beat Beşiktaş 1-0 in Kadıköy, the Brazilian football player of the yellow-dark blue team, Fabio Alves Da Silva, nicknamed "Bilica", scratched the penalty spot with his boot before the penalty shoot-out won by the black-white team in the 64th minute. Later, goalkeeper Volkan Demirel saved the penalty shot taken by Beşiktaş's Bobo and did not give his opponent a chance to draw.
The league derby at BJK İnönü Stadium on March 3, 2013 was recorded as the last derby match in the historical stadium. Beşiktaş 90+3 won the match, which was a goal duel. While they won 3-2 with the goal he scored in the minute, Olcay Şahan from the black-white team was the one who scored the last derby goal at BJK İnönü Stadium.
In the match played at Beşiktaş's field on May 7, 2017, Fenerbahçe closed the first half trailing 1-0 with the goal scored by Vincent Aboubakar in the 45th minute. Fenerbahçe, which fell into a numerical disadvantage in the second half of the match, did not give in to its opponent. The yellow-dark blue team scored against Martin Skrtel and 90+2 in the 88th minute. 9 men remained after Josef de Souza received a red card in the minute. Fenerbahçe scores 90+4 on the free kick they won. With the own goal scored by Beşiktaş player Marcelo Guedes in the minute, they managed to leave the match with 1-1 draw, with 9 players remaining.
Due to the penalty of the black and white club, only women and children aged 12 and under could watch the derby between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe in the Super Final Championship Group on May 3, 2012 at the BJK İnönü Stadium, at the stadium, provided that their mothers were with them. In the first half of the 2012-2013 season, the derby in Kadıköy was again played only in front of women and children, this time due to Fenerbahçe's penalty.
On April 2, 2023, the black-whites managed to win again against Fenerbahçe with 10 men. Beşiktaş's English attacker Nathan Redmond, who entered the game in the second half, left his mark on the derby. Redmond, who won the match 4-2 with 10 men for Beşiktaş, passed Cenk Tosun's 2 goals and Vincent Aboubakar's 1 goal, and changed the course of the derby with the goal he scored from long distance in the 75th minute.
In the 2010-2011 season, Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe met at İnönü Stadium on February 20, 2011. Fenerbahçe, who scored 3 goals with Alex de Souza in 10 minutes from this moment, including the penalty, won the derby 4-2 against Beşiktaş with 10 men remaining.
A similar scenario occurred once again at Tüpraş Stadium in the 2025-2026 season. Beşiktaş started the derby game with enthusiasm in front of its fans and made the score 2-0 in the 22nd minute. Four minutes later, after captain Orkun Kökçü intervened against his opponent, the black-whites were down to 10 players in the Fenerbahçe derby, and coach Sergen Yalçın was sent to the stands with a red card due to his objections. Bringing balance to the game before the end of the first half, the yellow-dark blue team completed the comeback with the goal scored by Jhon Duran in the 83rd minute and won the derby 3-2.
