Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş review

National league champions in 2002-03 and Turkish Cup winners in 2006, the Beşiktaş 'Black Eagles' tend to play solid, unflamboyant football, though the team have led the trend for importing foreign coaches, including Gordon Milne, Christoph Daum and Mirceau Lucescu as well as the current coach, Jean Tigana. The club's Inönü Stadium is the city's most conveniently located, just uphill from Dolmabahçe Palace.