Overview
- Fenerbahçe host VfB Stuttgart on Thursday at 18:45 CET in the Europa League, with the match carried by RTL+.
- Domenico Tedesco has begun his tenure with one defeat in eight competitive games and a shift to bold, possession-based play.
- Stuttgart coach Sebastian Hoeneß and captain Atakan Karazor warned that the Şükrü Saracoğlu’s noise level will pose a significant challenge.
- Shortly after Tedesco’s appointment, Sadettin Saran replaced longtime president Ali Koç, and the new leadership publicly backed the coach.
- Tedesco’s ties to Stuttgart’s academy and his quick immersion in Istanbul—initially sleeping at the training center—frame a meeting as Fenerbahçe chase their first league title since 2014 and trail Galatasaray by six points.