Fatih Terim picks his squad for Malta, Hungary qualifiers!.

Turkish National Team coach Fatih Terim on Friday named a 26-man squad for their Euro 2008 qualifiers against Malta on Sept. 8 and Hungary on Sept. 12.The squad showed a strong Besiktas presence, with six players. Five of the squad were from Galatasaray and just three from Fenerbahce.
Squad:Goalkeepers: Rustu Recber (Besiktas), Hakan Arikan (Besiktas), Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce)
Defenders: Ibrahim Toraman (Besiktas), Ibrahim Uzulmez (Besiktas), Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), Sabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray), Deniz Baris (Fenerbahce), Hayrettin Yerlikaya (Sivasspor)
Midfielders: Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahce), Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Huseyin Cimsir (Trabzonspor), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Nuri Sahin (Feyenoord), Emre Belozoglu (Newcastle United), Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Serdar Ozkan (Besiktas), Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray), Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor)
Forwards: Hakan Sukur (Galatasaray), Gokhan Unal (Kayserispor), Hakan Kadir Balta (Vestel Manisaspor), Halil Altintop (Schalke 04), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal)

Man United snap up young Turkish Keeper...

FIRST TURKISH YOUNG PLAYER TO PLAY FOR MANCHESTER UNITED!...

(www.turkishsoccer.com, Sept31th, 12:10 PM,ET )
14 year-old Deniz Mehmet , who was a youth player with Arsenal and Charlton Athletic, was scouted by Man Utd to be part of their Under 16s team. And in a further boost to the young goalkeeper’s playing career, he travelled to Turkey this week to take part in the training camp for Turkey’s Under 16s team.
Deniz, whose family live in Enfield,England was delighted to have been scouted by Man Utd’s youth team.

GALATASARAY SIGN 30 YEAR OLD NONDA!....

The 30-year-old, who spent last season on loan at English side Blackburn Rovers, signed a two-year contract and moves from Italian side AS Roma for an undisclosed fee. Nonda was linked with moves to several European clubs but Galaratasaray were the only team to have met Roma's financial demands. "We had to beat other tough competition to sign Nonda," Galatasaray general manager Adnan Sezgin told BBC Sport. "He is a good addition to our squad and we are confident he will make an impact here."
Source : wires

Champions League groups Announced!....

Fenerbahce team will play at Group G against Italian Inter, Dutch PSV Eindhoven and Russian CSKA Moscow teams.

Besiktas team will play at Group A against British Liverpool, Portuguese FC Porto and French Marseille teams.

First matches will be played on September 18th and 19th in European Champions League.

Groups and teams are as follows:

GROUP A:

Liverpool (Britain) FC Porto (Portugal) Marseille (France) BESIKTAS (Turkey)



GROUP B:

Chelsea (Britain) Valencia (Spain) Schalke 04 (Germany) Rosenborg (Norway)

GROUP C:

Real Madrid (Spain) Werder Bremen (Germany) Lazio (Italy) Olympiakos (Greece)

GROUP D:

AC Milan (Italy) Benfica (Portugal) Celtic (Scotland) Shakhtar Donetsk(Ukraine)

GROUP E:

FC Barcelona (Spain) Olympique Lyon (France) Stuttgart (Germany) Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)

GROUP F:

Manchester United (Britain) AS Roma (Italy) Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)

GROUP G:

Inter (Italy) PSV Eindhoven (The Netherlands) CSKA Moscow (Russia) FENERBAHCE (Turkey)

GROUP H:

Arsenal (Britain) Sevilla (Spain) or AEK Athens (Greece) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) Slavia Prag (Czech Rep.)

GALATASARAY AND KAYSERI ERCIYESSPOR IN THE UEFA CUP!....

GOOD WEEK FOR TURKISH TEAMS IN EUROPE!
Galatasaray defeated Croatian NK Slaven team 2-1........
Galatasaray defeated Croatian NK Slaven team 2-1 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg in Istanbul on Thursday. Galatasaray was qualified for the first round. Galatasaray defeated NK Slaven 2-1 at half time.
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen
Referees: Nicola Rizzou, Andrea Stefani, Massimo Biasutio (Italy)
Galatasaray: Orkun, Sabri, Song, Servet, Ugur, Hasan, Ayhan, Lincoln, Volkan, Umit, Hakan
NK Slaven: Ivesa, Bosnjak, Bozal, Poldrvgac, Kresinger, Senic, Sopic, Poljak, Yayalo, Radicek, Radeljic
Scorers: Umit (min. 10), Hakan (min. 37) (Galatasaray), Poljak (min. 36) (NK Slaven)
Kayseri Erciyesspor defeat Israeli Maccabi......
Kayseri Erciyesspor soccer team of Turkey defeated Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv team 3-1 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg in Kayseri on Thursday.
Kayseri Erciyesspor defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv team 2-1 at half time.
Stadium: Buyuksehir Belediyesi Ataturk
Referees: Alexandru Dan Tudor, Ionel Popa, Nicolae Sorin Meghesan (Romania)
Kayseri Erciyesspor: Yusuf, Huseyin, Kemal, Emrah (min. 58 Alaattin), Koksal, Adem (min. 76 Ramazan), Kamil, Aydin, Ilker, Ilhan, Burhan (min. 87 Omer)
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Oragoslav, Shpungin, Hadad (min. 71 Shivhon), Kapiloto, Mesika, Roman, Yeini, Nimny, Haddad, Azrane (min. 64 Peretz), Kamanan (min. 78 Biton)
Scorers: Ilhan (min. 6), Koksal (min. 15), Alaattin (min. 72) (Kayseri Erciyesspor), Haddad (min. 41) (Maccabi Tel Aviv).

GALATASARAY and KAYSERI ERCIYESSPOR ON THE VERGE OF UEFA CUP

Galatasaray will take on Slaven of Croatia while Kayseri Erciyesspor will host Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg match!.....

Erciyesspor v Maccabi Tel Aviv ..12 NOON,ET. Live Score..

Galatasaray v Slaven Koprivnica ....1:00 PM,ET> LIve Score...

Besiktas and Fenerbahce hand and hand to Champions League!....

First it was Besiktas than Fenerbahce earned the ticket to go to to Champions League....
It was a good day and good night for Turkish soccer fans around the world .... I have boldly mention this last week's League review...Besiktas needed Delgado in Europe..which they did!...and he scored the both goals for Besiktas...I hope Ertugrul Saglam, will learn his lesson from this.... Because, let me say it again...Besiktas need Delgodo just like Fenerbahce needs Kezman in the Europe....
By the way, Ertugrul Saglam, is not the first Turkish coach to take Besiktas to Champions League....
How fast our Turkish soccer media forgot, Rasim Kara!..He is the first Turkish soccer coach to take Besiktas to Champions League... I can not understand how they write news before investigating the past.
Besitktas beat Zurich 2-0 and Fenerbahce won against Anderlecht in away match with same score ..Kezman scored the first goal and than in the 78th minute of the mach Alex scored the second goal.

Besiktas: Hakan, Serdar Kurtulus, Gokhan Zan, Ibrahim Toraman, Ibrahim Uzulmez, Serdar Ozkan, Cisse, Ricardinho, Tello, Delgado, Bobo

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Fenerbahce: Volkan, Onder, Lugano, Edu, Roberto Carlos, Deivid, Deniz, Aurelio, Tumer, Alex, Kezman

"TO BE OR NOT TO BE " TIME FOR BESIKTAS AND FENERBAHCE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!...

Besiktas v Zurich 1:15, ET. Live Score.....
Anderlecht v Fenerbahce 2:30,ET. Live Score..




Fenerbahce and Besiktas are set to play on Wednesday the second leg of their matches in the third qualifying round for the European Champions League. Fenerbahce, which won the first leg in Istanbul 1-0, will take on Belgium's Anderlecht in Belgium.Besiktas will host Swiss team FC Zurich in Istanbul's Inonu Stadium .Besiktas drew 1-1 with FC Zurich in the first leg.

Shocking News !.... TFF decided to replay Trabzonspor v Sivasspor match again!.....way the go TFF!..... Way the go Turkish Soccer!....

TURKEY TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE REVIEW BY AHMET TURGUT

SUNDAY REVIEW:

WATCHING TURKISH SOCCER ON TV IS NO FUN!.....

I am going to be bold and talk about the times of the matches and Tv soccer programs and Lig TVs "Maraton" program.
it was 12 midnight in Turkey and 5:00 afternoon in New York when Galatasaray v Anakaragucu match ended... and Maraton program just started... if people want to watch other games highlights, they have to wait until 3 am in Turkey and 8:00pm at New york time...while fans in Turkey have sleepless Sunday night before Monday's work day ..it is very hard for people like me who is watching it here in United States.
Because, it is summer and most people like me,like to spend time out doors,during the day.... That's why,I only watched Galatasaray match and did not stay to watch those nonsense soccer TV programs goes for hours...I think that is absurd in my opinion!....I hope they fix this in hurry!..because this is real pain for the viewers!and they are not watching these programs!....
Back to Sunday matches,,,,,Gaatasaray jst like Fenerbahce and Besiktas scored one goal and captured the three points and the league's top place back from Besiktas.
The match was played behind Closed doors in Ali Samiyen Stadium and Lincoln scored the only goal in the 22th minute of the match and the match ended with this score too... If Ankaragucu had power forwards in this match,they would score against Galatasaray team.... Their attacker were really week!....
Another team who was punished by TFF 5 games behind Closed Doors Trabzonspor, won the match against Caykur Rizespor 5-1. TFF still did not announced the decision about Sivasspor match..... They did punish them with 5 games with no fans, but, Tff is late making their decision Sivasspor match .... According to Fifa rules Trabzonspor should lose that match although they were winning 1-0 and only thirty seconds left to play when referee of the match suspended the match.
We will wate for this late decision by TFF..
Elsewhere on Sunday,Kayserispor beat Kasimpasa...score 2-0.... In this match, the Kayserispor fans were Abdullah Gul's mask!.....This why,politics rule Turkish soccer..
In Denizli , Denizlispor beat their neighbor Vestel Manisaspor 3-2 . In Ankara. Ankaraspor drew with Konyaspor 1-1.
At the end of the third week, Galatasaray on top with perfect score and points (9points). Besiktas on second with same points..... Kayseispor on third with seven points and Trabzon,Istanbul B.B,Ankaragucu and Fenerbahce follows Keyserispor with 6 points.On the Bottom of the barrel,Kasimpasa an Caykur Rizespor yet to earn any points yet....


WOOD WORKS SAVES FENERBAHCE AND INJURY TIME LUCK FOR BESIKTAS!....

Although Roberto Carlos scored the Fenerbahce's only and his first ever TSL goal there were two shots came of of woodworks of Fenerbahce goal. if those were in the goal we could not talked about Fenerbahce's win and Roberto Carlos first goal. Let me say this , When the aces of Fenerbahce players on the pitch with Carlos , they do not run!....they seem to play more slower soccer.....this could be trouble for Fener in coming days!... any team takes advantage of Roberto Carlos side of field ,they will give Fenerbahce hard time. Carlos , in my opinion, slows the game down....he does not run ,,,when he goes up, he is late coming back !..Zico, has to watch this!...

As far as Besiktas, they were saved by 16 years old striker Batuhan Karadeniz, in the last second of the injury time in Gaziantep. Now, I am sure every soccer writer, who has a corner in the major news paper will take this kid, to sky-limit with their remarks!...that could be disaster for this kids future in my opinion!... Rookie coach Ertugrul Saglam, took Delgado out in the 63th minute and put Batuhan in the match....I know one thing, if Batuhan ,didn't score that goal for Besiktas , every body would be trashing Ertugrul Saglam for taken out Delgado from the match Today!..... I think ,Saglam escaped a fire again this week....... just like he did last week too!....How long this rabbit will jump!.... I don't know..I know one thing, Saglam has to play Delgado and give his confidence back!...he will need him in the Champions League matches, Because Batuhan Karadeniz will not save him in the CL......

Elswere on Saturday, Burasaspor won in a way in Ankara and they beat Genclerbirligi ...score Bursa 3- Gencler 1

In Istanbul, Istanbul Municipality team beat League's another newcomer Gencler Oftas 1-0.




AHMET TURGUT/ EDITOR OF TURKISHSOCCER.COM

Round three of the TURKISH Turkcell Super League

Galatasaray will be looking to continue its winning ways when it takes on Ankaragucu Sunday.

With the Turkish national side having gone around in a friendly international against Romania Thursday, the domestic competition takes Friday off, with four matches being played Saturday in the Super League.

First of this is the Fenerbahce versus Sivasspor game, being played early evening. After a shock loss first up, reigning champion Fener bounced back with a win last weekend. Even though some of its players had international duty mid week, the Yellow Canaries should be too strong for Sivas.

Saturday’s other matches see Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor take on fellow Super League newcomer OFTAS, Genclerbirligi meet Bursaspor and Gaziantepspor at home against Besiktas.

On Sunday, league leader Galatasaray has Ankaragucu on its dance card; Ankaraspor takes on Konyaspor; Denizlispor is visited by Manisaspor; Trabzonspor hosts fellow Black Sea side the winless and dead last Rizespor; and second placed Kayserispor has newly promoted Kasimpasa coming to visit.

Source:www.Ntvmsnb.com

KLEBERSON: BESIKTAS DID NOT PAY ME SINCE JANUARY OF 2007

Another bad news for Besiktas team!..This time Former player Kleberson claims that He did not get paid by besiktas since January of 2007.
Brazil's Santos set to sign World Cup veteran Kleberson from Besiktas
The former Manchester United and Besiktas midfielder has been practising with Santos club and is set to move from Turkish club Besiktas next week, Santos president Marcelo Teixeira said, according to reports.

Kleberson had been playing with the Turkish club since moving from Man United in 2005.

According to reports,Kleberson,said Besiktas owes him money since the beginning of the year. Besiktas club denies it and FIFA is investigating.

Contract details with Santos were not immediately released, but local media said Kleberson is expected to sign a deal until 2008 with a monthly salary of about 200,000 reals.

BESIKTAS gets Federico Higuain!

Besiktas have agreed a transfer fee with River Plate for Federico Higuain,He is the elder brother of Real Madrid's Gonzalo. He will sign officialy with Besiktas on Thursday.The deal will be for three years and River Plate will earn $1.5 million and Federico will make $900.000 a year. I just hope Besiktas team did not mix him up with his Brother who is playing for Real Madrid!...

WE COULD NOT BEAT ROMANIA IN 42 YEARS !..

Romanian national team beat Turkey 2-0 in the international friendly match in Bucharest on Wednesday.

This must be the trend now, changing the line up or hide the line-up from people among the coaches in Turkey. After Zico and Ertugrul Saglam National team coach Terim,confused a lot of people before the match. I think he confused his own organization too. One hour before the match on TFF web site announced different line-up .
The match:

Second-half goals from Nicolae Dica and Adrian Mutu gave Romania a 2-0 win over Turkey .

Striker Ciprian Marica's cross was converted from close range by Dica to put Romania ahead on 62 minutes.

Eight minutes later Mutu scored his 25th goal in 55 matches for Romania when he was set up by Dorinel Munteanu.

Turkey had enjoyed the better of the first half, Arda Turan going close when he struck the post in the fourth minute.

Stadium: Lia Manoliu

Referees: Markus Merk, Mathias Auklam, Holger Hesnchel

Turkey: Serdar, Sabri (Gokdeniz), Ibrahim Toraman, Gokhan Zan, Ibrahim Uzulmez (Volkan Yaman), Mehmet Topuz (Huseyin), Hamit, Emre (Nihat), Arda (Tumer), Tuncay, Gokhan Unal (Halil)

Romania: Lobont, Rat, Chivu, Rasoi, Florentin Petre (Nicolita), Marica (Niculescu), Marin Petre, Codrea (Munteanu), Goiam, Mutu, Dica (Cristea)

Scorers: Dica (min. 62), Mutu (min. 71)

TURKIYE(TURKEY) National SQUAD !......

Turkiye( TUrkey)National Team will face Romania in a friendly match on 22 August.
Today Fatih Terim called theese players to National Team.....

1- Rüştü RENÇBER (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
2- Hakan ARIKAN (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
3- İbrahim ÜZÜLMEZ (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
4- İbrahim TORAMAN (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
5- Gökhan ZAN (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
6- Servet ÇETİN (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
7- Volkan YAMAN (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
8- Arda TURAN (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
9- Sabri SARIOĞLU (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
10-Hakan ŞÜKÜR (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
11-Serdar KULBİLGE (Fenerbahçe)
12-Mehmet AURELİO (Fenerbahçe)
13-Tümer METİN (Fenerbahçe)
14-Hüseyin CİMŞİR (Trabzonspor A.Ş.)
15-Gökdeniz KARADENİZ (Trabzonspor A.Ş.)
16-Gökhan ÜNAL (Kayserispor)
17-Mehmet TOPUZ (Kayserispor)
18-Hamit ALTINTOP (Bayern Münih)
19-Halil ALTINTOP (Schalke 04)
20-Emre BELEÖZÜ (Newcastle United)
21-Tuncay ŞANLI (Middlesbrough)
22-Nihat KAHVECİ (Villarreal)

GALATASARAY WOKE UP LATE!.....and KAYSERI ERCIYESSPOR DREW IN AWAY MATCH

Maccabi Tel Aviv's Yannick Kamanan, at centre in yellow, scores a goal against Kayseri Erciyesspor of Turkey during their UEFA Cup second qualifying round 1st leg soccer match at Bloomfield stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. (AP Photo)



Galatasara came behind and beat Slaven Koprivnica of Croatia 1-2 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round in Koprivnica.
Galatasaray's Hasan Sas (R) fights for the ball with Dejan Somoci of Slaven Belupo during their UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg soccer match in Koprivnica August 16, 2007. (Photo by REUTERS )

Galatarasay drew 1-1 with Slaven Koprivnica in the first half of the game.
Galatasaray's goals were scored by Ayhan and Volkan Yaman.

I can't belive UEFA Organization permits this match to play in this little stadium!..
I was watching the match on LIGTV , the play by play man, was actualy in the stands doing his job!...Where are the UEFA credentials for other Countries, besides Turkey?.
I would like some answers!....
Stadium: Gradski

Referees: Stephan Lannoy, Eric Castellani, Laurets Ugo (France)

Slaven Koprivnica: Ivesa, Bosnjak, Kristic, Poldrugac, Posavec, Sehic, Sopic, Poljak (Delice), Vrucina (Kresinger), Jajalo (Somoci), Radeljic

Galatasaray: Orkun, Ugur, Servet, Volkan, Song, Sabri (Okan), Hasan Sas (Baris), Mehmet Guven (Mehmet Topal, Ayhan, Umit Karan, Hakan Sukur

Scorers: Slaven Koprivnica: Posevec (min 16) Galatasaray: Ayhan (min 42), Volkan (min 73)

Erciyesspor happy!....
Kayseri Erciyesspor of Turkey drew 1-1 with Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round in Israel on Thursday.

In the first half of the match the teams drew 1-1.

Stadium: Bloomfield

Referees: Igor Egorov, Vladislav Khodeev, Anatoli Tsvetnov (Russia)

Maccabi Tel Aviv: Dragoslav, Shpungin, Martinovic, Oz, Mesika, Romann, Yeini, Nimny (Enry), Kamanan (Haddad Aviv), Haddad (Azran, Peretz

Kayseri Erciyesspor: Yusuf, Huseyin, Kemal, Osman (Emrah), Ramazan, Koksal, Adem (Ilker), Kamil, Aydin, Ilhan, Burhan

Scorers: Kayseri Erciyesspor: Ilhan (min 4) Maccabi Tel Aviv: Kamanan (min 42).

Beckham Scores His First Goal!

WATCH DAVID BECKHAM'S GOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL HERE.............


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David Beckham scored his first goal for Los Angeles Galaxy in their SuperLiga semi-final against D.C. United on Wednesday, striking with a free kick in the 27th minute.

The 32-year-midfielder, wearing the captain's armband in his first start for the Major League Soccer (MLS) club, curved one of his trademark strikes into the top left corner of the net from 25 metres, leaving goalkeeper Troy Perkins stranded.

The Galaxy advanced to the Aug. 29 tournament final in Carson against Mexican club team Pachuca, which tied Houston 2-2, but won 4-3 on penalty. kicks
The winning team earns $1 million, which the Galaxy could put toward paying Beckham's $6.5 million yearly salary.

Beckham also earned his first yellow card after fouling United's Jaime Moreno in the 18th minute. Beckham got fouled once in the first half, when he also took two corner kicks.
Beckham played 63 minutes. He clapped his hands above his head while turning in a circle to acknowledge the cheers before putting the captain's armband on Donovan and heading to the bench.
Source: Wires

FENERBAHCE WIN AT HOME, BESIKTAS BLOWS THE LEAD IN AWAY MATCH!.

Fenerbahce's Alex De Souza (L) of Brazil celebrates his goal against Anderlecht with team mates Marco Aurelio (C) and Mateja Kezman (R) in their Champions League third qualifying round first leg soccer match at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul August 15, 2007.<PHOTO BY REUTERS/Fatih Saribas

WHAT DID YOU DO HAKAN ARIKAN!..BUT, THIS IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE!.....Besiktas'coach Ertugrul Saglam reacts after his young Keeper Hakan Arikan makes a huge mistake, during their Champions League third round first leg qualification soccer match in Zurich.Photo By REUTERS

Besiktas players celebrate their team's first goal during the Champions League, first leg, third qualifying round match between FC Zurich and Besiktas Istanbul at the Hardturm stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo)


In the qualification round of Champion League's matches , Fenerbahce beat Anderlecht in Istanbul on the other hand Besiktas was winning in away math in Zurich until 90th minute but, bad luck of Europe struck Besiktas and Zurich team scored the goal in the 90th minute of the match. Alexandre Alphonse popped up the equalise the match.

Over all, this was still good score for Besiktas .Besiktas will have the away goal advantage in Istanbul... But, They have to win the match.Besiktas scored the goal in the very beginning of the match at the 3rd minute by Matias Emilio Delgado. This is what they have to do in the second leg match in Istanbul .....

Fenerbahce, in the front of their own fans, beat Anderlecht with only one goal .
The Brazilian master and team captain Alex De Souza scored the Fenerbahce's only goal
in the 32th minute of the match.
Fenerbahce must score goal or goals in the second leg match.

This win, could build the confidence for Fenerbahce, in the Turkcell Super League, after a bad start!.

Lastly, The Broadcaster of the both matches in Turkey, "D SMART" Digital platform, really smart!.... or they just think, the followers of Turkish Football(Soccer) are stupid?...
Until now, these games were on local normal Chanel's, Now, you have to buy their digital receiver to watch these matches in Turkey....Fans, in Europe and the rest of the World can't watch it either...Nice going!....."D SMART".....YOU ARE REALY SMART..

AHMET TURGUT

SHAME OF TURKISH SOCCER!...HOW DO YOU CALL THIS LEAGUE, "SUPER LEAGUE"

Is it Israeli,Egyptian clash on the field or STUPID THUG FANS AND PLAYERS?.....
The Turkcell Super League season started this weekend on a BAD and violent note when Sivasspor's Israeli striker Pini Balili was violently tackled by Trabzonspor's Egyptian defender Ayman Abdelaziz.

At the time Trabzonspor were up 1-0, on their home turf when Ayman tackled Balili. After the players push and showing,the thugs,(only few) Trabzonspor fans stormed the pitch kicking and punching the Sivasspor players. the referee ran to dressing room, from where he declared the game prematurely terminated.
Now Ladies and Gentelman, How do we call this League, Super League?...
What we withness last year ,it started, on week one again!...Who is going to stop this?....Lastly, In my opinion Ayman and Balili are both very hard nose players... but< they should leave the religion politics outside of Turkish soccer....This is Turkiye....
AHMET TURGUT
(TurkishSoccer.com, Editor)

TURKEY TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE REVIEW BY AHMET TURGUT

SATURDAY REVIEW :

WOOD WORKS SAVES FENERBAHCE AND INJURY TIME LUCK FOR BESIKTAS!....

Although Roberto Carlos scored the Fenerbahce's only and his first ever TSL goal there were two shots came of of woodworks of Fenerbahce goal. if those were in the goal we could not talked about Fenerbahce's win and Roberto Carlos first goal. Let me say this , When the aces of Fenerbahce players on the pitch with Carlos , they do not run!....they seem to play more slower soccer.....this could be trouble for Fener in coming days!... any team takes advantage of Roberto Carlos side of field ,they will give Fenerbahce hard time. Carlos , in my opinion, slows the game down....he does not run ,,,when he goes up, he is late coming back !..Zico, has to watch this!...

As far as Besiktas, they were saved by 16 years old striker Batuhan Karadeniz, in the last second of the injury time in Gaziantep. Now, I am sure every soccer writer, who has a corner in the major news paper will take this kid, to sky-limit with their remarks!...that could be disaster for this kids future in my opinion!... Rookie coach Ertugrul Saglam, took Delgado out in the 63th minute and put Batuhan in the match....I know one thing, if Batuhan ,didn't score that goal for Besiktas , every body would be trashing Ertugrul Saglam for taken out Delgado from the match Today!..... I think ,Saglam escaped a fire again this week....... just like he did last week too!....How long this rabbit will jump!.... I don't know..I know one thing, Saglam has to play Delgado and give his confidence back!...he will need him in the Champions League matches, Because Batuhan Karadeniz will not save him in the CL......

Elswere on Saturday, Burasaspor won in a way in Ankara and they beat Genclerbirligi ...score Bursa 3- Gencler 1

In Istanbul, Istanbulk Municipality team beat League's another newcomer Gencler Oftas 1-0.

Before Sunday's match Besiktas captured the first place for now ,with 9 points.. On Sunday, the two teams with six points Galatasaray and Ankaragucu will clash in Istanbul in empty stadium... Also, Hakan Sukur, will try to brake Tanju Colak's most goal scored record!...



AHMET TURGUT/ EDITOR OF TURKISHSOCCER.COM

LET THE GAMES BEGIN IN THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE

FOR TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE LIVE SCORES AND RESULTS CLICK HERE<

The 50th season of the Turkey's Super League takes a start Today........
Last Years Champions Fenerbahce will open the 2007-2008 season on Friday in Istanbul against Istanbul's Municipality soccer team!... They will play the match in Ataturk Olympic Stadium. Since this is a home game for Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesipsor( I will call them IBB Spor), They will make a lot of money on Fener's back...I think,
the Stadium will be pack tonight.


Roberto Carlos will play his first official Turkcell Super League match tonight...
There will be a lot of foreign media there to cover this event.

Week one's first match will start at 2:45 ET,Time.(ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN TIMES)

Friday:
2.45 p.m. İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi2- 0Fenerbahçe (Atatürk Olimpiyat) lIVE SCORE..
A Bad start for Roberto Carlos and Fenerbahce....

Roberto Carlos had a disappointing debut for Fenerbahce which lost 2-0 Friday to Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor in the opening round of the Turkish Turkcell Super League.

Former Fenerbahce player Kerim Zengin scored for newly promoted Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor(Istanbul municipality soccer team) in the 19th minute and Murat Ocak headed a second goal in the 27th minute.
Saturday:
2.00 p.m. Ankaraspor 1- 2 Ankaragücü (Yenikent ASAŞ)
2.45 p.m. Beşiktaş 1- 0 Konyaspor (BJK İnönü)

Sunday:
11.45 a.m. Trabzonspor 1-0 Sivasspor (Hüseyin Avni Aker) (Thegame was suspendend)2.00 p.m. Gaziantepspor 2- 0 Kasımpaşa (Kamil Ocak) 2.00 p.m. Gençlerbirliği 1-2 Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ Spor (Ankara 19 Mayıs)
2.00 p.m. Denizlispor 0-0 Bursaspor (Denizli Atatürk) 2.00 p.m. Kayserispor 3- 1 Vestel Manisaspor (Büyükşehir Belediye Atatürk) 2.45 p.m. Galatasaray 4- 0 Çaykur Rizespor (Atatürk Olimpiyat)

Arouna Kone has turned down an approach from Galatasaray.

PSV Eindhoven striker Arouna Kone has turned down an approach from Galatasaray.

Galatasaray, reportedly prepared to pay 20million euros for the Ivory Coast star - a sum which would have triggered a release clause in his contract.

However, the 23-year-old revealed he had no desire to move to Turkey.

"I do not choose for the money," Kone told the Brabants Dagblad newspaper.

"When I leave PSV, it will be for a spell at a top club."

Turkey's TURKCELL Super League transfer market

Some teams have been cautious in the transfer market, while others have spent like drunken sailors. Here is a quick look at the summer's arrivals and departures across the Turkcell Super League.

FENERBAHÇE
Arrivals: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gökçek Wederson (Ankaraspor), Colin Kazım Richards (Sheffield United), Ali Bilgin (Antalyaspor), İlhan Parlak (Kayserispor), Gökhan Gönül (GB Oftaş) and Yasin Çakmak (Ç. Rize).

Departures: Ümit Özat (Cologne), Serkan Balcı (Trabzonspor), Rüştü Reçber, Mehmet Yozgatlı (Beşiktaş), Tuncay Şanlı (Middlesbrough), Recep Biler (GB Oftaş), Olcan Adın (Karşıyaka) and Kerim Zengin (İstanbul BŞ).


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BEŞİKTAŞ Arrivals: Rodrigo Tello (Sporting Lizbon), Hakan Arıkan (Ankaraspor), Rüştü Reçber and Mehmet Yozgatlı (Fener), Edouard Cisse (Paris Saint Germain), Atilla Özmen (Altay) and Lamine Diatta (St. Etienne).

Departures: Vedran Runje (Lens), Ali Güneş (Freiburg), and Kleberson and Ramazan Kurşunlu (Ankaraspor). Additionally Necati Ateş, Orhan Ak, Cihan Haspolatlı, Emre Aşık and Hasan Kabze have been declared personae non grata but their final destinations are not yet known.


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GALATASARAY

Arrivals: Servet Çetin (Sivasspor),
Tobias Linderoth (FC Copenhagen),
Orkun Uşak (K. Erciyes), Lincoln (Schalke), İsmael Bouzid (Kaiserslautern),
Serkan Çalık and Barış Özbek (Essen),
and Volkan Yaman (Antalyaspor).

Departures: Faryd Ali Mondragon (Cologne), Sasha Ilic (Salzburg), İnamoto (E. Frankfurt), and Ergün Penbe and
Fevzi Elmas (Antalyaspor).


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TRABZONSPOR

Arrivals: Adnan Güngör (Samsunspor), Serkan Balcı (Fener), Daouda Jabi (K. Erciyes), Tolga Seyhan (S. Donetsk on loan), Barış, Yunus and Kadir.

Departures: Ardijan Djokaj and
Milan Stepanov (Porto), Miroslav Szymkowiak, Ufuk, Emre,
Cem and Murat.


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SİVASSPOR

Arrivals: Fatih Atik (Montpellier),
Musa Aydın (Sakarya), Mamado
Dialo, Sedat Bayrak and Abdurrahman Dereli (A. Gücü), Ilgar Kurbanov,
Muhammed Ali Kurtuluş,
Burhan Akgün and Aytaç Ak.

Departures: Servet Çetin (G. Saray),
İsmail Sağlam (Malatya), Serdar Topraktepe (Kocaeli), Ertuğrul Aslan (Antalya) and Musa Kuş (Denizli).


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ANKARASPOR

Arrivals: Tevfik Köse (B. Leverkusen), Tayfun Türkmen (Konyaspor), Ramazan Kurşunlu (Beşiktaş) and Umut Sözen (Altay).

Departures: Hakan Arıkan (Beşiktaş), Vederson (Fener), Adam Petrous (Slovan Liberec), Volkan Arslan (G. Antepspor), Dragoslav Jevric.


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BURSASPOR

Arrivals: Mustafa Sarp (K. Erciyes), Herve Tum (Strasbourg), Reny Vega (Carabobo), Collins Mbesuma (Portsmouth) and
Cihan Haspolatlı (G. Saray).

Departures: Hasan Yiğit and
Ömer Çatkıç (G. Antepspor),
Can Cumhur Bozacı (Ç. Rize)
and Burak Akdiş.


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ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR

Arrivals: Emre Toraman (K. Erciyes), Metin Aktaş (D. Bakır), David Gonzales (Deportivo Cali), Can Cumhur Bozacı (Bursa), Gökhan Kök (K. Erciyes), Leandro Rodriguez and Nascimento Ribeiro (Ituana), Şadi Çolak (Ordu) and Mame Moussa Gueye (Hessen Kassel).

Departures: Gökhan Kaba (İstanbul BŞ), Tolga Doğantez (G. Birliği), Hasan Uğur (Antalya), Seydihan Başlantı (Bolu), Tjikuzu (İstanbul BŞ), İbrahim Said (A. Gücü on loan), Yasin Çakmak (Fener), Erhan Albayrak.


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DENİZLİSPOR

Arrivals: Caner Celep (Bolu), Güray Vural (Selimiyespor), Zafer Demir (Sakarya), Musa Kuş (Sivas), Allyso Araujo and Carlos Alberto.

Departures: Serhat Gülpınar (Kayseri), Adriano Nascimento (İstanbul BŞ), Erman Güraçar and Ahmet Çağaran (Karşıyaka), Karel and Sezer.


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GAZİANTEPSPOR

Arrivals: Armand Deumi (Thun),
Ömer Çatkıç (Bursa), Sedlak (Ruzomberok), Volkan Arslan
(Ankara), Uğur Yıldırım (Heerenveen) and Özgür Bayer (K. Erciyes).

Departures: Stelian Krita (A. Gücü), Veysel Cihan (Konya), Kenan Hasagic (İstanbul BŞ) and Göksel Akıncı (Kasımpaşa).


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GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ

Arrivals: Nick Carle (Newcastle Jets), Marco Zoriç (Banat Zrenjanin), Mustafa Çiçek (Samsun), Tolga Doğantez (Ç. Rize), Burhan Eşer (D. Bakır), Nikola Petkovic and Olgay Coşkun (Karşıyaka) and Da Silva Mendocha.

Departures: Draman Haminu (Dinamo Moscow) and Adem Dursun (Erciyes).


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G. OFTAŞSPOR

Arrivals: Savaş Eren (Alibeyköy), Cevher Toktaş (Bursa Merinos), Volkan Hasancebi (Fethiye), Recep Biler (Fener), İbrahim Şahin (A. Sebat), Smart Ozotite, Aleksandr Jevtic and Kadir Bekmezci.

Departure: Gökhan Gönül (Fener).


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İSTANBUL BÜYÜKŞEHİR

Arrivals: Evren Kürkçü (Samsun), Sancak Kaplan (Altay), Gökhan Kaba (Ç. Rize), Erman Kılıç (Elazığ),
Adriano Nascimento (Denizli),
İlyas Kahraman (Antalya), Tjikuzu (Ç. Rize), Sergio Daniel Orteman (Boca Juniors), Hasagic (G. Antepspor), Caner Altın (Samsun) and Kerim Zengin (Fener, on loan).

Departure: Yigitcan Erdoğan (Orduspor).


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KASIMPAŞA

Arrivals: Murat Yıldırım (Ajax), Barbaros Barut (Essen), Ali Yetkin (Greuther Fürth), Colibaly (Istres), Sabri Turgut (Sidespor), Andre
Moritz (Fluminense), Hugo Leonardo Pereira (Vasco de Gama), Khalid Sinouh (AZ Alkmaar) and Göksel Akıncı (G. Antepspor).

Departure: None.


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KAYSERİSPOR

Arrivals: Savaş Yılmaz (Zeytinburnu), Koray Çölgeçen (Kocaeli), Mehmet Eren (K. Erciyes), Serhat Gülpınar (Denizli), Cangele (Sakarya),
Ali Çamdalı (B. Leverkusen), Juan Pablo Avendano (Argentinos Juniors), and Turgay Bahadır and Durmuş Bayram (Schalke).

Departure: İlhan Parlak (Fener).


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KONYASPOR

Arrivals: Burak Özsaraç (V.Manisa), Muhammed Akıncı (Silkeborg),
Can Parlayan (Değirmendere), Jose Manuel Gomes Da Silva (Maritimo)
and Veysel Cihan (G. Antepspor).

Departures: Tayfun Türkmen (Ankaraspor), Uğur Yanıkdemir (Kartalspor) and Eder Ceccon.


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ANKARAGÜCÜ

Arrivals: Yunus Balaban (A. Aachen), Stelian Krita (G. Antepspor), Fatih Akyel
(G. Birliği), Ahmet Dursun (Antalya), Zafer Özgültekin (Eskişehir), İlkem Özkaynak (K. Erciyes), İbrahim Ege (Denizli), Habib Mohammed and Cem Can (Sivas), El Yasa (D. Bakır), İbrahim Said (Ç. Rize on loan), Vien Venu and Jiri Masek (Tirol), Kamburov (Plovdiv) and Murat Erdoğan (Sakarya).

Departures: Gökçek Wederson, Alex Yordanov, İvaylo Petkov, Devran Ayhan and Murat Ocak (İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi), Sedat Yeşilkaya (G. Birliği), Aytekin Viduşlu (Antalyaspor), Sedat Bayrak (Sivas) and Abdurrahman Dereli (Sivas).



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VESTEL MANİSASPOR

Arrivals: Josef Dvornik (Ruzomberok).

Departures: Fevzi Tuncay (Malatya), Burak Özsaraç (Konya) and Kenan Aslanoğlu (Adana Demir).

Source: Zaman Daily

Reuters:Fenerbahce move to Brazilian rhythm in title race

ISTANBUL, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Fenerbahce will launch their Turkish league campaign on Friday as favourites to retain the title with a team that is taking on a growing Brazilian flavour after the signing of Roberto Carlos.

Galatasaray have also turned to a Brazilian for inspiration among their summer signings in the form of playmaker Lincoln and are looking to the experience of veteran German coach Karl-Heinz Feldkamp to unseat their arch Istanbul rivals.

Fenerbahce earned a morale-boosting win on Sunday when they beat the other major title contenders Besiktas 2-1 in the Turkish Super Cup, which pitches the league champions against the cup winners.

"Winning a cup like this during our preparations at the start of the season increases our expectations and hopes about what we will achieve," said Fenerbahce's Brazilian coach Zico.

Fenerbahce will kick off the season on Friday when they play newly promoted Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor, the Istanbul municipality club, at the city's Olympic Stadium.

Of the other two realistic title contenders, Besiktas play at home against Konyaspor on Saturday and Galatasaray will host Rizespor on Sunday.

Fenerbahce won the league for the 17th time in May and were runaway leaders with 70 points ahead of Besiktas on 61 and Galatasaray on 56.

Former Real Madrid defender Roberto Carlos will join his compatriots, including newly appointed captain Alex de Souza, forward Deivid de Souza and defender Edu Dracena, at Fenerbahce.

The squad also includes Wederson and Mehmet Aurelio, who have dual Brazilian and Turkish citizenship.

Forward Colin Kazim-Richards has also joined the club from Sheffield United.

EUROPEAN HOPES

Under new coach Ertugrul Saglam, Besiktas snapped up two Fenerbahce players over the summer -- experienced international goalkeeper Rustu Recber and midfielder Mehmet Yozgatli.

The club have also added to their midfield with Chilean international Rodrigo Tello from Portugal's Sporting and French player Edouard Cisse from Paris St Germain.

They will be looking to set their season off on the right foot on Wednesday when they play Moldova's Sheriff in the return leg of the Champions League second qualifying round.

Aside from Galatasaray's UEFA Cup triumph in 2000, Turkish clubs have failed to achieve major success in Europe, with Fenerbahce in particular having underperformed, a record they are determined to improve on this season.

Under Feldkamp, who previously coached the club in the 1992-93 season, Galatasaray has strengthened its midfield with the signing from FC Copenhagen of Swedish international Tobias Linderoth, who will link up with Brazilian Lincoln from Schalke.

The club has also turned to Germany to sign young Turkish-German duo Baris Ozbek and Serkan Calik from Rot-Weiss Essen, to inject some youth to a squad which still features veteran striker Hakan Sukur and midfielder Hasan Sas.
By Daren Butler

Besiktas advances to 3rd round

Besiktas beat Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova 3-0 in the second leg of the European Champions League.

Besiktas soccer club of Turkey beat Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova 3-0 in the second leg of the European Champions League second qualifying round match in Tiraspol on Wednesday.


Stadium: Sheriff
Referees: Ian Robertson Brines, Gordon Middleton, Willie Dishington (Scotland)

Sheriff Tiraspol: Pascenco, Gnanou, Chinwo, Tarkhnishvili, Corneencov (Demalde), Balima, Roumba (Gumenyuk), Arbanas, Constancia (Suvorov), Mamah, Kuchuk

Besiktas: Hakan, Serdar Kurtulus, Ibrahim Kas (Baki), Ibrahim Toraman, Ibrahim Uzulmez, Serdar Ozkan, Cisse, Koray, Tello, Delgado (Ricardinho), Bobo (Nobre)
Scorers: Bobo (min. 57 and 69), Koray (min. 90)

Yellow cards: Tello, Ibrahim Kas, Koray (Besiktas), Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol)

Red card: Mamah (Sheriff Tiraspol)

Sheriff Tirasp v Besiktas (Champions League) Wednesday 8th August 2007

Sheriff Tirasp 0-3 Besiktas
(Champions League) Wednesday,13:00 ET ,TIME Live Score.,.........


Sheriff Tirasp have a home record of 5-2-2 for their 9 home games this season, 17 points from a possible 27. That's a home points average of 1.89 compared to 1.30 for all games this season. Sheriff Tirasp's recent points average is 1.83, 11 points from 6 games 3-2-1 .
Besiktas have an away record of 3-2-6 for their 11 away games this season, 11 points from a possible 33. That's an away points average of 1.00 compared to 1.60 for all games this season. Besiktas's recent points average is 1.17, 7 points from 6 games.

Goal Analysis


Sheriff Tirasp have a recent goal tally of 8-2 (6 games), season total of 19-15 from 17 games. Besiktas have a recent goal tally of 4-9 (6 games), season total of 18-20 from 21 games.

The number of goals average for the most recent games involving both these teams is 1.92 (23 goals in 12 games), the season average being 1.80 (72 goals in 40 games).

Besiktas won the first match in Istanbul 1-0. Besiktas needs a tie to go to next round.

START TIME IN THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE

Turkey's(Turkiye's),Turkcell Super League matches will begin this Friday.

Eighteen clubs will compete in this year's Turkcell Super League. Three of them will contest in the league for the first time. These clubs are Kasimpasa Spor, Genclerbirligi Oftas Spor and Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye Spor which qualified to the Turkcell Super League while Antalyaspor, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Sakaryaspor relegated from the Turkcell Super League to the Second League Category A.

First week of Turkcell Super League matches are as follows:

August 10th, Friday:

Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye Spor v Fenerbahce

August 11th, Saturday:

Ankaraspor v Ankaragucu
Besiktas v Konyaspor

August 12th, Sunday:

Trabzonspor v Sivasspor
Genclerbirligi v Genclerbirligi Oftas Spor
Gaziantepspor v Kasimpasa Spor
Kayserispor v Vestel Manisa Spor
Denizlispor v Bursaspor
Galatasaray v Caykur Rizespor

Is Galatasaray getting Pauleta?....

According the wire reports,Galatasaray is ready to make an offer for the veteran Portoguese striker Pauleta (34).

So, is this the Player that Galatasaray is waiting to announce his name on Friday...
Who is Pauleta?....Click Here.....

Former BESIKTAS Player Amokachi named coach of Nigerian champions

Former Besiktas and Everton striker Daniel Amokachi has been named the new coach of former African champions Enyimba, the club's Web site www.enyimbafc.net said on Monday.
However, the 34-year-old Amokachi will effectively be the club's number two to Belgian-born technical director Maurice Cooreman, who led Enyimba to the league title in May.
Amokachi was a teenage star in Belgium with FC Brugge before going on to play for Everton in England and Turkish side Besiktas. He also played for Nigeria at two World Cup finals in 1994 and 1998.

TFF" SUPER CUP GOES TO FENERBAHCE

FIRST YELLOW CARD FOR ROBERTO CARLOS.............


TFF" SUPER CUP.....

TURKEY'S SUPER CUP BELONGS TO FENERBAHCE.......
FENERBAHCE 2-1 BESIKTAS

IT WAS ALL TIED UP UNTIL 85TH MINUTE WHEN KEZMAN SCORED FROM DENIZ'S PASS AND MADE THE SCORE 2-1.
UP THE THAT POINT IT WAS EVEN MATCH....FENERBAHCE SCORED THE MATCHES FIRST GOAL AT THE 14TH MINUTE MARK BY DEIVID AND AFTER FOUR MINUTES LATER BESIKTAS TIED THE MATCH WITH BOBO'S GOAL.
ROOKIE COACH ERTUGRUL SAGLAM LOOK CONFUSED ON THE SIDE LINE IN MY OPINION!..
I THINK, HE IS VERY DISCOMFORT WITH SINAN ENGIN....I HAVE HEARD, THERE IS ALREADY CLASH HAPPENED BETWEEN SAGLAM AND ENGIN AFTER THE MATCH OVER THE TEAM STAYING ON THE FILED!....THINKS ARE DEVELOPING STAY TUNE....

Fenerbahce: Serdar, Onder, Can, Edu, Roberto Carlos, Mehmet Aurelio, Deniz, Ugur, Deivid, Alex, Kezman

Besiktas: Hakan, Serdar Kurtulus, Ibrahim Toraman, Ibrahim Kas, Ibrahim Uzulmez, Mehmet Yozgatli, Koray, Cisse, Ibrahim Akin, Delgado, Bobo.

Goals: Deivid (Fenerbahce) (14th. min.), Kezman (Fenerbahce)(86th min.), Bobo (Besiktas) (20th min.)

Red card: Ibrahim Uzulmez (90th min.) (Besiktas)

Yellow cards: Edu (5th min.), Deivid (15th min.), Roberto Carlos (50th min), Kezman (87th min.), İbrahim Üzülmez (43rd min), Koray (64th min), İbrahim Toraman (90th min), Bobo (90th min).

WHO WILL WIN THE TFF SUPER CUP?..

WILL IT BE BESIKTAS OR FENERBAHCE?...
leave your comments!
One little note..the match will be broadcast online by digiturk webtv...


Anderlecht will scout Fenerbahce in the Super Cup Match
According to Anderlecht web site, Fenerbahce will be scout it by Anderlecht coaches on Sunday's Super Cup match in Germany.They will scout Fenerbhace next week in Istanbul too.

European Cups draws

Fenerbahce will take on RSC Anderlecht of Belgium in the European Champions League third qualifying round.

Meanwhile, if Besiktas will manage to proceed to the third round facing Sheriff Tiraspol team of Moldova, it will take on FC Zurich of Switzerland in the third qualifying round.

The third qualifying round first leg matches will be played on August 14th and 15th and the return matches on August 28th and 29th.
UEFA CUP SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND

Galatasaray drew with Slaven Koprivnica team of Croatia, and Kayseri Erciyesspor drew with Maccabi Tel Aviv team of Israel in UEFA Cup second qualifying round, it was reported on Friday.

The first matches will be played on August 16th and the return matches on August 30th

BESIKTAS SACK ALI GULTIKEN!

Ladies and Gentelman, as I predicted, Ali Gultiken is fired and Mogul Sinan Engin hired like mafia style!...

Where is the profesionalizm in Turkish soccer and Besiktas?..
this is Absurd!...Ali Gultiken , said"His job was taken from him and that was not fare".....Do you blame him for that!....He was robbed by mafia in my opinion...

I know one thing , there will be a lot of clash between Sinan Engin and the coach of the team Ertugrul Saglam....and this will hurt Besiktas in the long run!
AHMET TURGUT
turkishsoccer.com "editor"

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH BESIKTAS!.....

The Turkcell Super League will start in about ten days and we see big kaos in Turkish Super League again this year.
Besiktas,will bring back Sinan Engin as a General Manager!...
Besiktas president Mr.Demiroren, has spoken to Sinan Engin,and most likely deal is allready done.

WHY BESIKTAS NEED SINAN ENGIN?..
The troubles started in the club when Club's Football department head Celal Kolot, head a clash with Besiktas female board of member Guliz Arsel. After this,Demiroren asked him to resign!....

Sinan Engin, will damage this Besiktas if he starts working again with Besiktas team.
Young coach Ertugrul Saglam will not function with Sinan Engin...this is fact!..
Plus, I am just wondering what they are going to do with Ali Gultiken who still hold the General Manager job!...
AHMET TURGUT

DIATTA SIGNS WITH BESIKTAS TODAY...

Lamine Diatta, will sign with Besiktas on Friday. The 32 year-old player will get one million Euros for a year.

RUSTU RECBER HURT!

According to Besiktas web site, Rustu Recber, was seen by club Doctor and his MR showed, he has injuried his right leg. Most likely, Rustu will not play against his former team Fenerbahce, in Turkey's Super Cup match in Germany.
This was my consern when Besiktas transfred him from Fenerbahce. If you look at his record since Barcelona days, he has been on the sidelined for long period!...
I still think he will not be consistant,playing in Besiktas goal this year.
Speaking of Keepers, I think, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray will have a trouble spill in their goal too.

Turkiye's ( National Soccer Team)"Milli Takim" on U।S. Television Friday

Turkiye's ( National Soccer Team)"Milli Takim" on U।S. Television Friday.....
Read the article by By Nathan L. Redd(http://fenerbahceworldwide.blogspot.com/)
If you missed Turkiye's June 5 friendly vs. Brazil, you'll get another chance to see Fatih Terim's men in action Friday afternoon in the United States. American TV network "Fox Soccer Channel" will re-air the Turkiye vs. Brazil friendly Friday afternoon (August 2) at 3 PM EST. The game, played in Dortmund, Germany, resulted in a scoreless draw.
Hamit Altintop stole the show in the game, with a blistering shot from 25 meters out that hit the crossbar. He had another chance in the 75th minute with a free kick that soared just over the goal. Fenerbahce's Mehmet Aurelio also had a shot on goal in this game, and the contest saw the last appearance by Tuncay Sanli as a member of Fenerbahce.
Fox Soccer Channel is available throughout North America.

BESIKTAS STRUGGLES!

Players of Besiktas celebrate after their goal against FC Sheriff during a soccer Champions League second qualifying round first match between Turkey's Besiktas and FC Sheriff of Moldova in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. (AP Photo
Besiktas have work to do!
Besiktas stuttered to a 1-0 win over Moldova's Sheriff in Istanbul..... Besiktas only managed to claim a narrow 1-0 home win over Moldovan visitors FC Sheriff though, with defender Ibrahim Toraman scoring the vital goal for the Turkish runners-up.

FREDDY ADU Will Play for Portuguese Power Benfica

The 18-year-old attacking midfielder, whose D.C. United career began at age 14 amid wild expectations and came to a disappointing end last winter with a trade to MLS's worst team, was in Lisbon yesterday to finalize a five-year contract with Portuguese power Benfica.

Adu arrived in Lisbon on Monday with his mother, Emelia, and Los Angeles-based agent, Richard Motzkin, and trained yesterday with Benfica, which is preparing for European Champions League qualifying in two weeks. He is scheduled to return to the Washington area today to gather his belongings and spend time with friends and family, then fly back to Portugal on Sunday.

Adu, who immigrated to the United States from Ghana with his mother and brother in 1997.
Benfica wrap up a deal for Freddy Adu (18) who agreed a five-year deal. The Portoguese club paid up to 1.5 millions of dollars to Real Salt Lake.

Adu's salary is expected to be moderately more than the $550,000.

Galatasaray approach Man Utd for Saha

Galatasaray have asked Manchester United to keep them informed of Louis Saha's situation.

The France international is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines and while Gala are keen to take him off United's hands, they want the forward to prove his fitness first.

The Turkish giants are desperate to make a splash in the summer market and are turning to Saha after failing in bids for Julio Baptista [Real Madrid] and Kevin Kuranyi [Schalke].