Galatasaray S.K. 7–0 Fenerbahçe S.K.

The 1910–11 Istanbul Football League match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe at Union Club Field took place on Sunday 12 February 1911.^[1][2][3][4]

Background

Galatasaray SK started the match with only 6 players since their players could not cross the Bosphorus by ferry due to a heavy storm. Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu could join the Galatasaray team after the match started. Galatasaray SK played with 7 players ten minutes into the game. Fenerbahçe SK started the match with 10 players but finished the game with only 9 due to injuries.^[5] After the injury of Fenerbahçe's goalkeeper, a random student watching the game was substituted to replace him.

On 12 February 1911, Galatasaray SK achieved the team's highest Kıtalararası Derbi win beating Fenerbahçe SK 7-0 with only 7 players on the pitch. 4 goals were scored by Celal İbrahim, 2 by Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu and 1 goal was scored by Idris.^[6] It is still the highest goal difference in a football match between the two teams.

İdris, one of the goal scorers, was killed in Tripolitanian War in October 1911.^[7] Likewise, the other scorer Celal İbrahim, who was also called Kürt Celal, was killed in the defense of Baghdad on March 21, 1917.^[8]

Match details

Galatasaray v Fenerbahçe

12 February 1911 15:00

Galatasaray	7 – 0	Fenerbahçe
Celal  9', 31', 49', 55' Emin Bülent  62', 73' İdris  87'	Report

Union Clup Field, İstanbul Referee: Unknown

Galatasaray SK

Fenerbahçe SK

Galatasaray SK: GK 1 Ali Sami Yen (c) RB 2 Horace Armitage CB 3 M. Ali Tamay CB 4 Bekir Sıtkı Bircan LB 5 Celal İbrahim RM 6 İdris CM 7 Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu  10' Substitutes: Manager: Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu

Fenerbahçe SK: GK 1 Ali Sait (INJ) RB 2 Galip Kulaksızoğlu (c) CB 3 Muallim Mazhar CB 4 Çerkez Sabri LB 5 Gustave Haenny RM 6 Hüseyin Izzi CM 8 Şefkati Hulusi LM 9 Memiş Yazıcıoğlu CF 10 Tevfik Haccar Taşçı CF 11 Yahya Berki Karagözoğlu Substitutes: Manager: Galip Kulaksızoğlu

See also

• Kıtalar Arası Derbi

References

• Futbol vol.2, 1910-11 Galatasaray şampiyon, B takımı ikinci. Tercüman Spor Ansiklopedisi.(1981) (page 555)
• Atabeyoğlu, Cem. Galatasaray' ın üçüncü şampiyonluğu. 1453-1991 Türk Spor Tarihi Ansiklopedisi. page(58).(1991) An Grafik Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ
• Dağlaroğlu, Rüştü. Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Tarihi 1907-1957. İstanbul Matbaası, 1957.
• Tuncay, Bülent (2002). Galatasaray Tarihi.page(308) Yapı Kredi Yayınları ISBN 975-08-0454-6
• Erdoğan Arıpınar; Tevfik Ünsi Artun, Cem Atabeyoğlu, Nurhan Aydın, Ergun Hiçyılmaz, Haluk San, Orhan Vedat Sevinçli, Vala Somalı (June 1992). Türk Futbol Tarihi (1904–1991), Page(31), Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.