Chobani Stadium
The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium—often known today as Chobani Stadium in sponsorship terms—sits at the heart of a sports-long city, marking Fenerbahçe’s traditional home since its opening on 17 September 1908. It is one of Turkey’s most storied venues, and in the late Ottoman era it earned a place as the first major football venue in the empire, helping to seed modern Turkish sports culture. The stadium sits in the same area once known as Papazın Çayırı, a field that hosted the Istanbul Football League’s earliest official matches before the transformation into a formal club ground. Over its long life, the stadium has undergone several renovations: 1929–1932, 1965–1982, and 1999–2006, each update sustaining a high-capacity venue for Turkish football. Named after Şükrü Saracoğlu, a long-serving president of Fenerbahçe S.K. …
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