Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.

Players of Galatasaray and  Fenerbahçe (in stripes) mingle in 1913.  Unthinkable as it may seem now there were plans at the time to merg...

The Lancashire Daily Post 06.06.34 23.02.34: Fenerbahçe v Galatasaray. Nominally a friendly, the match descended into chaos.

Zeki on the attack against  Galatasaray Zeki Rıza Sporel joined  Fenerbahçe as a youth, making his first team debut at 18. In a remarka...

HMS Imogene FC 1904-05  Cadi-keuy FC 1905-06 Cadi-keuy FC 1906-07    Moda FC 1907-1908 Galatasaray SK 1908-09 Gal...

When on a military posting to Izmir  in 1898 Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan (above) became the first Turkish man to play football.  Football was pla...