Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (English: Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club), or simply Beşiktaş (Turkish pronunciation: [beˈʃictaʃ]), is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey. The club competes in numerous branches including football, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, boxing, wrestling, chess, bridge, gymnastics, rowing, table tennis, and paralympic sports.
The home ground of Beşiktaş is Fiyapı İnönü Stadium with a 32,786 seating capacity after a renovation conducted in 2004.The stadium is located by the Bosphorus, near the Dolmabahçe Palace.
Beşiktaş last won the Turkish Süper Lig championship during the 2008–2009 season, also achieving the double after winning the Turkish Cup.



