Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadı

Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi
	Saracoğlu
	Interior of the stadium
Earlier names
	Fenerbahçe Stadı
Data
place	Kadıköy , Istanbul , Turkey
Coordinates	40 ° 59 '15.7 " N , 29 ° 2' 12.9" E Coordinates: 40 ° 59 '15.7 " N , 29 ° 2' 12.9" E
classification	4th
owner	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
operator	Fenerbahçe SK
opening	1907
Renovations	1933, 1982, 2002, 2006
surface	Hybrid lawn
architect	Zehra Aksu and Adnan Aksu ; (A&Z Aksu Mimarlık)
capacity	50,509 seats
playing area	105 × 68 m
Societies)
	Fenerbahçe Istanbul;
Events
	2009 UEFA Cup Final;

The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadı (also Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu , German Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium ) is a football stadium in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul . It is located in the Fenerbahçe district ( Kadıköy district ) and is the home ground of the Fenerbahçe Istanbul football club . The stadium is named after Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu , Turkey's fifth Prime Minister. He was President of Fenerbahçe from 1934 to 1950. The facility is now called Ülker Stadi Fenerbahce Sükrü Saracoglu Spor Kompleksi , or Ülker Stadi for short. After long sponsorship negotiations, Fenerbahce agreed on a ten-year contract with the food company Ülker . Ülker paid 90 million TL .

history

At the opening game in 1908, it had a spectator capacity of 25,000. In 1999/2000 the club planned to increase the audience capacity to 30,000 seats, which was carried out in the 2000/01 season. In the same year the stadium was expanded again, this time by almost 13,000 seats. On May 6, 2001 the audience capacity was increased to 42,500 seats and in the 2003/04 season to 50,530 seats. In the course of the last expansion, the stadium was the first Turkish stadium to be equipped with stadium heating, so that pleasant temperatures prevail in all tiers even in winter. Today the stadium has a capacity of 50,509 seats.

The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium was in the UEFA - Stadium Category 4 classified. On May 20, 2009, the UEFA Cup final between Werder Bremen and Shakhtar Donetsk took place in the Fenerbahçe stadium.

gallery

Exterior view of the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadı
Second leg in the cup semi-finals on April 26, 2007 between Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş Istanbul
Choreography of the fans during a game between Fenerbahçe and Chelsea FC