Emre Belözoğlu returns to the Fenerbahçe bench after 2,001 days

Fenerbahçe, starting a fresh chapter with new head coach Emre Belözoğlu, host Çorum FK in the Trendyol Süper Lig today. The match at Çorum Şehir Stadium begins at 16:00 and will be refereed by Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy.

For the yellow-navy side, Ake and Asensio are out with injuries, and Brown cannot play because he is suspended. For Çorum FK, Fredy and Emircan are injured and Gökhan Sazdağı is suspended, so none of them will feature in this match.

After losing 2-1 to Galatasaray in Week 9, Fenerbahçe parted ways with İsmail Kartal and brought in Dirk Kuyt on an interim basis. The team then lost 2-1 to Göztepe before overturning Liverpool 3-2 in the UEFA Champions League, ending a poor run. Emre Belözoğlu, who took charge on Thursday, will lead the yellow-navy side for the first time in 5.5 years. Belözoğlu also served as head coach for the last 10 weeks of the 2020-21 season.

In that period, Fenerbahçe collected 23 points from 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Belözoğlu's last match was an away game at Kayseri on 15 May 2021. Çorum FK are competing in the Süper Lig for the first time and, over the same period, have 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats for 16 points.