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
Thursday, August 9, 2007
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
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
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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)
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)
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
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.
(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
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.....
Monday, August 6, 2007
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.
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