Fenerbahçe Athletics' homeground are the Dereağzı Facilities in Kadıköy, belonging to the club.

Fenerbahçe has been active in athletics since 1913 and is the Turkish club that has won the most official championships in Turkey and the most championships in European Cups (21 times); the majority of the significant international successes of the Turkish national team, especially the medals won in the Olympics, have been won by yellow-navy athletes.

Men's team; has been in the top two in the 37 seasons of the Turkish League organized since 1987 and has led the way with 23 championships.

After a 23-year inactivity after 1971, it was re-established in 1994 and since 1995, it has been in the top two in all of the last 29 seasons of the Turkish League and has become the champion 10 times.

[1] All three medals Turkey has won in the Olympics in athletics were won by Fenerbahçe athletes Ruhi Sarıalp (1948-bronze), Eşref Apak (2004-silver) and Yasmani Copello Escobar (2016-bronze), Nevin Cevap (2010 and 2012) and Ramil Guliyev (2018) became European champions, Ruhi Sarıalp (1950) and Halil Akkaş (2011) became European third.