Fenerbahçe drew 1-1 at home with Italian side Roma in the opening week of the UEFA Champions League. Roma went into halftime with a 1-0 lead after Cristante scored in the 39th minute. Fenerbahçe equalized through Archie Brown in the 48th minute.
Fenerbahçe created chances through Vedat Muric, Bartuğ Elmaz, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Oğuz Aydın and Greenwood in the second half, while Ake’s header struck the crossbar in the 86th minute. For Roma, Soule’s header went narrowly wide.
Archie Brown scored in European competition for the second consecutive match following his goal against Olympique Lyon in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League play-offs. Levent Mercan played in midfield in the absence of Marco Asensio and Matteo Guendouzi, coming on for the injured Bartuğ Elmaz in the 62nd minute. Romelu Lukaku, who started on Fenerbahçe’s bench, replaced Kerem Aktürkoğlu in the 72nd minute and faced Roma, the club he represented in the 2023-24 season.
Background
Fenerbahçe is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: over the past 90 days, we have published 2 articles mentioning the name, the most recent dated September 5, 2026.