Digitürk 2008 deal for TURKEY....

Digitürk will be the official pay-TV broadcast partner in Turkey for UEFA EURO 2008™. UEFA announced on Wednesday that Digitürk has been granted the exclusive pay-TV broadcast rights to all 31 matches of the tournament.

Broadcast platform
"Further to the agreement with ATV for the free-to-air broadcast rights concluded in August 2006, UEFA is delighted to welcome Digitürk to complete the UEFA EURO 2008™ broadcast platform in Turkey," said UEFA director of marketing and media rights, Philippe Le Floc'h. "With Digitürk, we bring on an experienced pay-TV operator which already distributes top football content.

Pure enjoyment
"UEFA is confident that the platform achieved through ATV and Digiturk will bring the viewing experience of UEFA EURO 2008™ to the ultimate level, for the pure enjoyment of the millions of Turkish fans," he added. The broadcast rights for the UEFA European Championship are being sold on a market-by-market basis for the first time in the tournament's 46-year history. SPORTFIVE is UEFA's exclusive sales agent for the exploitation of European broadcast rights relating to UEFA EURO 2008™.

Source:UEFA.com

The 2007-2008 UEFA Cup group stage draw

Galatasaray will play against French Bordeaux, Austrian Austria Wien, Greek Panionios and Swedish Helsingborgs in second tour in Group (H).

Below are groups based on today's draw in Nyon:

GROUP A AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) Zenit St Petersburg (Russia) Everton (England) Nuremberg (Germany) Larissa (Greece)

GROUP B Panathinaikos (Greece) Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) Atletico Madrid (Spain) FC Copenhagen (Denmark) Aberdeen (Scotland)

GROUP C Villareal (Spain) AEK Athens (Greece) Fiorentina (Italy) Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic) Elfsborg Boras (Sweden)

GROUP D Basel (Switzerland) Hamburg SV (Germany) Stade Rennes (France) Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) Brann Bergen (Norway)

GROUP E Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) Spartak Moscow (Russia) Toulouse (France) FC Zurich (Switzerland)

GROUP F Bayern Munich (Germany) Bolton Wanderers (England) Braga (Portugal) Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) Aris Salonika (Greece)

GROUP G Anderlecht (Belgium) Tottenham Hotspur (England) Getafe (Spain) Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) AaB Aalborg (Denmark)

GROUP H Girondins Bordeaux (France) Austria Vienna (Austria) Galatasaray (Turkey) Panionios (Greece) Helsingborg (Sweden)

Fixture schedule

Matchday 1 October 25

Matchday 2 November 8

Matchday 3 November 29

Matchday 4 December 5 & 6

Matchday 5 December 19 & 20

First knockout round

First legs: February 13 & 14

Second legs: February 21

Second knockout round

First legs: March 6

Second legs: March 12 & 13

Quarter-finals:

First legs: April 3

Second legs: April 10

Semi-finals:

First legs: April 24

Second legs: May 1

Final - City of Manchester Stadium, England Wednesday May 14, 2008

TURKISH TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE ROUND-UP:

GALATASARAY REMAINS ON TOP, DESPITE THE DRAW!

Turkcell Super League week 8, started with a draw on Friday and ended with a draw on Sunday.

On Friday, Trabzonspor and Kasimpasa played for 0-0 draw in Istanbul, On Sunday , Galatasaray came behind to tie the match in Kayseri.



GALATASARAY STILL ON TOP

Galatasaray remain top of the Turkish Super League after coming from behind to draw 1-1 at Kayserispor.

Gokhan Unal gave the hosts a first-half lead, but Umit Karan equalised in the second half for Gala who remain unbeaten after eight matches.

SIVASSPOR MISSED THE CHANCE

Second-place Sivasspor are still two points behind after conceding a two-goal lead to draw at Ankaragucu.

Muhammet Kurtulus and Mehmet Yildiz put Sivasspor 2-0 ahead after 26 minutes, but Giani Kirita pulled one back three minutes into the second half before Silvino Joao Jaba levelled nine minutes from time for seventh-place Ankaragucu.



Third-place Besiktas defeated Genclerbirligi 1-0 courtesy of Mert Nobre's goal on the stroke of half-time.

Konyaspor recovered from 2-1 down to beat Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK 3-2 thanks to Murat Hacioglu's late goal.

Mascarenhas Washington Luiz put the hosts ahead in the first half before Efe Inanc and Kerim Zengin scored within nine minutes of the restart.

Luiz netted his second of the game before Sertran Eser was sent off for the visitors and Hacioglu's 88th-minute goal won it for Konyaspor.



Elsewhere on Sunday, Caykur Rizespor beat Gaziantepspor 2-1. Serhat Akyuz put Caykur Rizespor ahead two minutes into the second half, but Ali Cansun Begecarslan equalised four minutes later.However, Anderson restored the lead five minutes later and Caykur Rizespor held on to record their second win of the season.



ANOTHER DRAW FOR FENERBAHCE!...
Fenerbahce were held to a 1-1 draw at Manisaspor after Mehmet Aurelio had given them an early lead.

Sener Askaroglu equalised for the home side after 10 minutes and Fenerbache's night went from bad to worse when Mateja Kezman was sent off in the 77th minute.

The point leaves Fenerbache seven points behind leaders Galatasary in fifth place .



Bottom side Ankaraspor picked up only their third point of the season as they held Denizlispor to a goalless draw despite having Emre Asik sent off in the last minute.



Genclerbirligi OFTAS nearly took all three points from Bursaspor despite having Ilhan Eker sent off after 63 minutes.

Bulent Kocabey converted a penalty for the 10 men with 10 minutes remaining but the home side grabbed an equaliser through Mustafa Sarp on 86 minutes.

Bursaspor would have expected to secure their first home win of the season when Eker was dismissed but the point leaves them struggling in 14th.

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE SATURDAY PREVIEW...

There are three matches on Saturday in the Turkcell Super League. Two of the matches will start in daylight in Turkey time. Ankaraspor will be home against Denizlispor and Bursaspor also will be home against Genclerbirliği OFTAS .. Both matches will start at 4 p.m, Turkey time (9:00 AM,ET )

Saturday's last match will be between Fenerbahce and Vestel Manisaspor at Manisa's Ataturk Stadium.

Although, Fenerbahce , undefeated in the UEFA Champions League matches, They have yet to won a away match in the Turkcell Super League.In three away games they have two draws and one loss.

Vestel Manisaspor is young an energy, full team.... if they play, fast attacking soccer on Saturday ,the Turkish soccer fans could watch a very entertaining match on LIGTV. Vestel Manisaspor will be without their star player Holosko..He was fined by TFF , just before this match!....How do you like that decision?,,,

Fenerbahce killer Giray Bulak, will find a way, to challenge Fenerbahce again!.... Two teams are desperate for points. If Vestel wins this match, they will be behind Fenerbahce with 11 points ,if Fenerbahce wins, they will close the gap on top..that's why this match is very important for both teams..

AHMET TURGUT

TURKISH (TURKEY) National Team ANOUNCED THE SQUAD FOR MOLDOVA and GREECE MATCHES

Turkish National soccer(football) team coach Fatih Terim selected the squad for the next two matches!... Turkey will play the first match on October 13Th Saturday at Moldova than back in Turkey in Ali Samiyen Stadium on October 17Th, Wednesday.

Looking at the roster it is same old ...same old!............
I don't know what Fatih Terim is thinking?...

Here is the Roster for Turkish National Team:
Servet Çetin, Arda Turan, Hakan Şükür, Ümit Karan, Volkan Yaman (Galatasaray A.Ş.), Hakan Arıkan, İbrahim Üzülmez, İbrahim Toraman, Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Mehmet Aurelio, Volkan Demirel, Tümer Metin (Fenerbahçe), Hüseyin Çimşir, Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor A.Ş.), Gökhan Ünal, Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor), Necati Ateş, Emre Aşık (Ankaraspor A.Ş.) Mehmet Yıldız (Sivasspor), Serkan Kırıntılı (MKE Ankaragücü), Selçuk İnan (Vestel Manisaspor), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern Münih), Emre Belözoğlu (Newcastle United), Tuncay Şanlı (Middlesbrough)

WATCH GALATASARAY 5-1 SION HIGHLIGHTS...

Galatasaray won the revenge game against FC Sion in the first round of UEFA Cup with a score of 5-1 and qualified for the next round. FC Sion had won the first game with 3-2.

Turkish soccer team Galatasaray defeated 5-1 to Swiss FC Sion in the return match in second leg of the UEFA Cup First Round in Istanbul.

Galatasaray overwhelmed Sion in last night's game with five goals, qualifying for the UEFA groups.

Sion had won the previous game with a score of 3-2.

Galatasaray, however, won the game last night by a score of 5-1. Galatasaray had to win the game against FC Sion in order to qualify for the next round of UEFA Cup. G

alatasaray started the game fast and conquered the rival team's goal immediately.

The first half ended with a score of 3-0 with the two goals scored by Ümit Karan and one goal scored by Lincoln.

FC Sion wanted to use the advantage of the previous score of 3-2 and started with an emphasis on defense.

Lincoln scored the first goal at the 22nd minute after getting the ball passed by Linderoth.

At the 29th minute, Hakan Şükür passed and Ümit scored the second goal.

At the 36th minute, Arda passed the ball to the penalty field and Lincoln scored the third goal.

Lincoln passed the ball to Arda who entered the penalty of Sion at the 68th minute and then scored the fourth goal of Galatasaray.

At the 90th minute Reset of Sion passed the ball to Nwaneri who scored the first and only goal of FC Sion.

Then again at the 90th minute, Bouzid scored the fifth goal of Galatasaray.

The game ended with a score of 5-1 with the triumph of Galatasaray.

Stadium: Ali Sami Yen

Referees: Michael Weiner, Volker Wezel, Tobias Welz (Germany)

Galatasaray: Orkun, Ugur, Song, Servet, Volkan, Baris, Linderoth, Lincoln, Arda, Umit, Hakan Sukur

FC Sion: Vailati, Alioi, Goncalves Kali, Bühler, Nwaneri, Obradovic, Galindo, Vanczak, Dominguez, Mucana Paito, Adeshina

Goals: Umit, Lincoln, Arda, Bouzid (Galatasaray), Nwaneri (FC Sion)

WATCH BESIKTAS 0-1 PORTO HIGHLIGHTS