Beşiktaş J.K. was established as the first name of Bereket Gymnastic Club in 1903 in the Ottoman Empire, which makes it the first Turkish sports club. The first branches of the club were wrestling, boxing, weight-lifting and a variety of gymnastics branches.
The monarchical rules of the Ottomans were relaxed with the declaration of Meşrutiyet (constitutional monarchy) on July 23, 1908; a law allowing the foundation of sport clubs passed on August 3, 1909.
Finally, the club was officially registered on January 20, 1910 under the name of "Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club", and Şükrü Pasha took over the presidency of Beşiktaş. In this way, Beşiktaş became the first officially registered Turkish sports club, as well.
Since individual sports were done at the beginning in the Osman Pasha Mansion, there was no need for any colors for a uniform. However, as the number of sportsmen increased with new youths who joined each passing day; Mehmet Şamil Bey, who had graduated from the French school gathered the Founders Committee. He removed the pin he used in his school days bearing the colors of his school from his lapel and showed it around. He said “We must have a pin just like this one made and we must force all members who attend sports in our Club to bear this pin”. Those attending the meeting eagerly agreed to Mehmet Şamil Bey’s proposal. At the end of the meeting, the colors of the Club to be shown on the pin were decided. The two principal colors of nature in full contrast to each other were chosen as the Club colors: Black and White…
Some of the young patriots from the Beşiktaş district of İstanbul formed two football clubs called "Valideçeşme" and "Basiret", under the leadership of Şeref Bey. Valideçeşme and Basiret football clubs joined under Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club in 1911. In a very short time, football became the foremost branch in the club.
Beşiktaş football team has 12 league championships and here are some other achivements :
The most winner of the Istanbul League Championship Title (15)
The Only club to win the Istanbul League Championship Title 5 times in a row (1939-1943)
The most scorer team at the Istanbul League (90 Goals in a season, 599 Goals in 8 seasons)
18 wins at 18 matches in the official league season
The most winner of the title: ‘Unbeaten Champion’ (7)
The only team that has the title: ‘Unbeaten Champion’
The only team that played match in the name of Turkish National Team
The only team that has a Turkish Flag in its Emblem
The most winner of the ‘Fair-Play’ Cup (19)
The most winner of the Istanbul and Turkish Championship title in the Youth Team Football League (30)
Balkans Championship Title at Fencing
The club that had proposed the Government to legitimize “19 May Youth and Sports Festival”
The club to extend wrestling to other clubs and all around Turkey
The club that has championship titles in Athletics, Fencing, Boxing, Basketball, Wrestling and Football.
The club that brought pole vault activity to Turkey (Ressam Namik Ismail)
The club that had given ‘gym’ lectures at schools
Owner of Turkey’s the most wealthy facilities
The only club that opens “sports schools” in every branch
The only club that raises football players from its youth academy
Winning the maximum number of cups; more than Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe
The club that has the record of unbeaten in a 56 match row
The only team that has only one lost in 2 seasons
The only team that goals 10 times in a official match, 1989-90 Beşiktaş-Adana Demirspor: 10-0 Ali Gültiken (4), Metin Tekin (3) ve Feyyaz Uçar (3)
The only club has the record of unbeaten in a official season (48 matches)
The team that has the record of maximum wins in a row (1959-60 season 13 matches)
The first club to get ISO 9001: 2000. BJK is the only sports club to have ISO 9001: 2000 through sports departments and facilities management, marketing and selling the branded products, press, public and fan communications services
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