Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (English: Fenerbahçe Sports Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈneɾbah.tʃe]), is a professional sports club based in the district of Kadıköy in Istanbul, Turkey. The name of the sports club and its sea side beautiful district derives their names from a famous lighthouse located in Fenerbahçe district of Kadikoy (the Turkish word fener means "beacon" or "lighthouse", while bahçe means "garden"). Fenerbahçe is the most popular sports club in Turkey, its football section is popular for the fans.
Fenerbahçe's football team currently plays in Süper Lig. They are nicknamed The Yellow Canaries (Turkish: Sarı Kanaryalar) and play their home games at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Kadıköy. Fenerbahçe is a multi-sports club and as well as football competes in basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, sailing, rowing, boxing and table tennis with many honours won in each branch.
The club is also one of the major contributors for Turkish representatives for the Olympic games.