Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray rivalry

Our national football squad played its first game on Oct. 26, 1923, exactly three days before the republic was declared. That team's coach was Ali Sami Yen, who was the founder of the Galatasaray football team. The captain of the team was a legendary player from Fenerbahçe, Hasan Kamil. 

Galatasaray wants to end a 17-year jinx when it travels to the Asian side of Istanbul for a Spor Toto Super League game on Nov. 20.
The club's last victory at the Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium was in 1999, when it beat Fenerbahçe 2-1 in a league game on Dec. 22, and has not been able to win in the 20 official games at the venue since.

Turkey's biggest football rivalry will be renewed on Oct. 25 when Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, both buoyed by mid-week victories on the European stage, clash at the ?ükrü Saraço?lu in a Spor Toto Super League game.

Fenerbahçe was determined not to go down in the title race without a fight, both literally and figuratively, as the last minutes of their 2-2 draw away at Ba?ak?ehirspor, which gave archrival Galatasaray the league title, ended with a spree of red cards and two Fener players dangerously kicking their rivals. 

Galatasaray was crowned champions of Turkey?s top flight for a record 20th time on May 25, after perennial Istanbul rivals Fenerbahçe had four men sent off in a 2-2 draw at Ba?ak?ehir.
  
With one round of games remaining, Fenerbahçe needed nothing less than a win against Ba?ak?ehir, a fast-growing Istanbul side, to keep any title hopes alive.
  

Galatasaray were crowned champions of Turkey?s top flight for a record 20th time on May 25, after perennial Istanbul rivals Fenerbahçe had four men sent off in a 2-2 draw at Ba?ak?ehir.
  
With one round of games remaining, Fenerbahçe needed nothing less than a win against Ba?ak?ehir, a fast-growing Istanbul side, to keep any title hopes alive.
  

Galatasaray narrowly beat Gençlerbirli?i in the Turkish Spor Toto Super League match-up on May 16, as Dutch star midfielder Wesley Sneijder scored a vital goal on the road to the domestic title, with two games to spare.

The Lions' ace in offense, Sneijder, found the net in the penalty area in the 67th minute, with a rare inside-foot shot after an assist by striker Burak Y?lmaz. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an held a highly unusual meeting with the captains of all of Turkey?s top flight football sides on April 12 over the status of the league a week after a gun attack on the Fenerbahçe team bus.

The race for the title in the Spor Toto Super League might get closer this weekend when Fenerbahçe hosts archrival Galatasaray in an Istanbul derby March 8.

Galatasaray tops the league standings with 51 points in 22 games, four points ahead of third-placed Fenerbahçe.

The chairman of Serbia's Red Star basketball club has voiced his hope that there will be no negative incidents surrounding an upcoming Turkish Airlines Euroleague Last 16 game in Belgrade against Galatasaray, which comes after the murder of a Serbian fan in Istanbul on Nov. 21, 2014, when the sides last met.