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Colloquial name given to three Turkish sports clubs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Big Three (Turkish: Üç Büyükler) is the colloquial name given to Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, the three most successful sports clubs in Turkey. They all are based in Istanbul.
Besiktas is the team with the most championships in Turkey with 28 championships. Fenerbahce have won 19 championships and Galatasaray have won 24 Turkish championships. None of the trio have been relegated since 1959. The worst places the side have finished in league history were 10th for Fenerbahçe in 1980–81, 11th for Beşiktaş in 1975–76, and 13th for Galatasaray in 2021–22.[1]
The big three started to compete in Europe after the 1950s. Galatasaray is only Turkish team to have won a European trophy, having won both the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000.
A reported 90% of the fans in Turkey support the Big Three. A survey by a fan-token platform showed support for Galatasaray in 25 out of 81 provinces of Turkey while its crosstown rival Fenerbahçe had the number of fans in 20 provinces, and Beşiktaş, had the number of fans in 35 provinces. According to the survey, 40% of the fans support Besiktas, 35% support Fenerbahçe and 20% support Galatasaray.[2][3] Besiktas is the football club with the most fans in Turkey.
Team [4] | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fenerbahçe | 400 | 149 | 123 | 128 | 541 | 499 |
Galatasaray | 400 | 128 | 123 | 149 | 499 | 541 |
Team [5] | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fenerbahçe | 359 | 127 | 97 | 135 | 499 | 457 |
Beşiktaş | 359 | 135 | 97 | 127 | 457 | 499 |
Team [6] | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Galatasaray | 356 | 115 | 114 | 127 | 496 | 469 |
Beşiktaş | 356 | 127 | 114 | 115 | 469 | 496 |
Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | Total | Top 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Galatasaray | 19 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 51 | |||
Fenerbahçe | 14 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 42 | ||||
Beşiktaş | 24 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 52 |
|- !Ranking !Club !Pld !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Pts |- |1 |Galatasaray |316 |113 |84 |119 |427 |472 |−45 |423 |- |2 |Fenerbahçe |270 |107 |55 |108 |366 |384 |−18 |376 |- |3 |Beşiktaş |242 |91 |48 |103 |320 |365 |−45 |321 |}
Ranking [7] | Team | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | Total Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
53 | Fenerbahçe | - | - | 5.00 | 17.00 | 14.00 | 36.000 |
60 | Galatasaray | 6.00 | 2.50 | 15.00 | - | 8.00 | 31.500 |
70 | Beşiktaş | 3.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | - | 3.00 | 12.000 |
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