Fenerbahçe Lefter Küçükandonyadis Tesisleri

A red tartan running track curves around the perimeter of the pitch, and the artificial grass is marked with white lines. A covered stand runs along one side of the field. In the background, tall apartment blocks rise above the low brick buildings that house the changing rooms and offices.

This is the Fenerbahçe Lefter Küçükandonyadis Sports Complex, in the Dereağzı neighbourhood of Istanbul. It is not a matchday arena for the first team, but the place where the women’s side plays its home games. The facility opened at the end of the 1970s as the Dereağzı Training Facilities, and it was renamed in 2003 to honour Lefter Küçükandonyadis, the striker who spent his entire career with the club. A tartan track and an artificial pitch arrived with the 2003 renovations, and the stand was extended to seat 200 spectators. The complex also houses sections for athletics, boxing, rowing, sailing, table tennis and swimming.

The ground is tucked between residential buildings, and the track keeps the running lanes separate from the football pitch. The women’s team took over the stadium as their home after the renovations, and the semi-final of the 2022–23 Turkish Women’s Football Super League was staged here, with Fenerbahçe beating Galatasaray 2–0. The annual Lefter Küçükandonyadis Youth Football Tournament is also held on this surface. The old Dereeğzı name has fallen out of use, and the stand has not been expanded since the 2003 works.