Fenerbahçe will face Gençlerbirliği in the first match of the new season in Trendyol Super League. İsmail Kartal's students, who got 3 wins and 1 draw in 4 official matches this season, aim to start the season with 3 points by carrying their invincibility in Europe to the Super League. Here are all the details and possible 11s for the Gençlerbirliği - Fenerbahçe match...
STAT: Eryaman Stadium
REFEREE: Oğuzhan Aksu
TIME: 21.30
BROADCAST: beIN Sports 1
Fenerbahçe will be the guest of Gençlerbirliği this evening in the first week of the 2026-2027 season in the Trendyol Super League.
POSSIBLE 11'S
Gençlerbirliği: Gökhan, Pereira, Goutas, Zuzek, Rodrigues, Kyabou, Etebo, Ensar, Traore, Tongya, Koita
Fenerbahçe: Tarık, Semedo, Skriniar, Ake, Levent, Guendouzi, Kante, Asensio, Greenwood, Kerem, Talisca
FENERBAHÇE WANTS TO START WITH 3 POINTS
The yellow-dark blue team, which finished second last season with 74 points, opened this season early, starting from the 2nd qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League. Fenerbahçe, which was paired with the Polish team Gornik Zabrze in the said round, advanced to the round by drawing 1-1 away with its opponent in the rematch of the match it won 1-0 at home.
Facing Austria's Sturm Graz team in the third qualifying round, İsmail Kartal's students won the first match 2-0 and then won 1-0 away and advanced to the play-off round. Fenerbahçe, which had 3 wins and 1 draw in 4 official matches this season, aims to start the Super League with 3 points.
STAYED IN THE RELEASE BY MAKING 2 IN 2
The capital city representative achieved its most important successes in the Super League, where it will spend its 50th season, by finishing the 1965-1966 and 2002-2003 seasons in 3rd place.
The red-blacks finished the 2025-2026 season, in which the coach was changed 5 times and 3 presidents served, in 14th place with 34 points (9 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses).
Although Gençlerbirliği went through a difficult period in its first season (2025-2026) after returning to the Super League, it remained in the relegation by making 2 out of 2 after Metin Diyadin took over as coach again.
AFTER TWO SEASONS, HE STARTS IN THE LEAGUE WITH İSMAİL KARTAL
Coach İsmail Kartal, who took office in the yellow-dark blue team at the beginning of the season, will start the league with Fenerbahçe again after a 2-season break.
The yellow-dark blue team, which started the 2023-2024 season under Kartal management, collected 99 points in 38 matches played in the league and finished the season in 2nd place. Fenerbahçe, which made the best start in the league history with İsmail Kartal, managed to win the first 10 league matches in the 2023-2024 season.
EYES ON NEW TRANSFERS
Fenerbahçe's new transfers Nathan Ake, Vedat Muriqi and Mason Greenwood are preparing to appear in the league for the first time this season with the yellow-dark blue jersey.
FENERBAHÇE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY IN AWAY OPENINGS
Fenerbahçe started 24 of the 68 seasons in its league history with away matches.
The yellow-dark blue team left the field with 3 points 9 times in these competitions, and lost points to their opponents in 15 matches. Fenerbahçe drew 8 matches and could not score any points in 7 matches.
GENÇLERBİRLİK HAS NOT BEEN BEATING ITS OPPONENT IN ANKARA FOR 11 YEARS
Gençlerbirliği has not been able to win against Fenerbahçe at home for 11 years.
In the last 7 official matches played between the two teams in Ankara, Fenerbahçe won 5 times, while 2 matches ended in a draw.
Gençlerbirliği achieved its last victory against its rival in the capital with a score of 2-1 on 15 March 2015. In this match, Fenerbahçe was led by İsmail Kartal as coach.
AT WHAT TIME IS THE GENÇLERBİRLİĞE FENERBAHÇE MATCH ON WHICH CHANNEL?
Fenerbahçe will face Gençlerbirliği away this evening in the first week of the 2026-2027 season in the Trendyol Super League.
The match, which will be played at Eryaman Stadium, will start at 21.30. Oğuzhan Aksu will referee the match. Aksu's assistants will be Esat Sancaktar and Osman Gökhan Bilir. The match will be broadcast on beIN Sports 1 screens.
