1907 Fenerbahçe

1907 Fenerbahçe Derneği

Formation	1992
Founder	Mustafa Koç
Type	non-governmental organization
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Affiliations	Fenerbahçe S.K.
Website	1907.org

1907 Fenerbahçe Association (Turkish: 1907 Fenerbahçe Derneği) is an association founded in 1992 by business people and managers from the Fenerbahçe community. The association was established to provide material and moral service and contribution to Fenerbahçe Sports Club. It serves as a platform where business people and managers who have reached a certain position and are familiar with Fenerbahçe culture can serve and contribute to the management of Fenerbahçe Sports Club without any expectations. The association gave the club a modern structure; It was created with the aim of reaching the standards of a world club. In order to achieve this goal, the association; It aims for Fenerbahçe to have permanent financial resources that can be managed with its own income. In this regard, 1907 Fenerbahçe Association identifies applicable strategies for Fenerbahçe Sports Club by highlighting the issues of institutionalization, incorporation and establishment.

In 2016, with the initiative of the association, Fenerbahçe Esports branch was established.

History

The association, took over the management of the Fenerbahçe Basketball Team in 1993 and created a resource of 11 million dollars in four years. The club emblem, which had not been registered for 90 years, was registered in 2007 with the initiatives of the association, and at the same time, appropriate resources were created for the establishment of Fenerium and transferred to the club. Between 1994 and 2002, Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium VIP tribune (1907 Tribune) ticket sales were started by the association. In 2002, the documentary "Lantern in the Garden", directed by Can Dündar, was shot within the association and all revenues were transferred directly to the club. University student Fenerbahçe fans gathered under one roof with the association's "UNİFEB" project. Apart from these, the association is not only for the Fenerbahçe institution; In particular, by providing some social activities and assistance; As a result of its cooperation with the Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation, it covered the educational expenses of 500 students.

In accordance with the sponsorship, the 1907 Tribune with 1,295 seats was created at Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, and the opening of the tribune took place in March 2006. Publishing of the book 'Asr-ı Fener', which covers the history of the club and "Fener for Justice!" The collection of nearly 1 million digital signatures with the campaign took place during Ali Koç's presidency. It has become a tradition for the association, which embraces the ideals of Kemalism, to visit Anıtkabir with fan groups during the 10 November Atatürk commemoration day and Atatürk weeks.