Beşiktaş

Besiktas Park is the impressive home of Besiktas JK, located at Vişnezade, Dolmabahce Caddesi No.1 in the Besiktas district of Istanbul, on the European shore of the Bosphorus directly adjacent to the historic Dolmabahce Palace. The stadium holds 42,590 spectators and opened in April 2016, replacing the historic Inonu Stadium that had served the club since 1947. Also known as Vodafone Park through a naming rights agreement, the ground occupies one of the most historically and scenically significant football stadium sites anywhere in the world, overlooking the Bosphorus and the Dolmabahce Palace grounds.

Besiktas are one of Turkey's most successful clubs, with 16 Super Lig titles and consistent European competition. The club's most celebrated recent period came under coach Senol Gunes from 2015 to 2017, when Besiktas won back-to-back Super Lig titles and competed in the Champions League group stage, welcoming Bayern Munich, Benfica, and Porto to the Besiktas Park. The club has a passionate fanbase known as the Carsi - a supporter group considered one of the world's most politically engaged and vocal - who create extraordinary atmospheres in the compact, modern stadium. Legendary players including Sergen Yalcin, Feyyaz Ucar, and later Hugo Almeida and Mario Gomez have all worn the black-and-white of Besiktas.

The Besiktas Park's location beside the Bosphorus and the Dolmabahce Palace creates one of football's most extraordinary stadium settings. The view of the strait and the Asian shoreline from the stadium's upper tiers is unique in European football, combining the spectacle of top-level sport with the visual drama of one of the world's great waterways. The surrounding Besiktas neighbourhood is one of Istanbul's most vibrant and historically significant areas, home to the palace that served as the Ottoman Empire's administrative centre in its final decades. The stadium's design respects the historic surroundings while delivering modern infrastructure and a famously intense home atmosphere.