TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM TAKES A BIG JUMP IN FIFA RANKINGS!

Turkish National Soccer Team climbs up 12 spots in FIFA rankings

Two back to back wins in the EURO 2008 qualifiers last week helped Turkish National Team to climb a remarkable 12 places to 16th spot in the FIFA rankings for November that was released Friday. Turkey is on 924 points and became the second biggest mover in the top 25, following Bulgaria who soared 16 places to 18th.

Argentina remained No. 1 in the rankings with 1,523 points despite its surprise World Cup qualifying loss to Colombia, while Brazil and Italy made up ground. Brazil remained in second place but gained 43 points to reach 1,502 while world champion Italy was third with 1,498. Spain moved up two places to fourth. Germany stayed fifth with the Czech Republic jumping three spots to sixth and France, beaten finalist at the World Cup in Germany last year, falling three places to seventh. England, who failed to qualify for next summer's European Championships, slipped one place to 12th. The Netherlands' slide continued as well, with Marco van Basten's team slipping two spots for the second month in a row to ninth.

BACK TO THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE AGAIN!....

The Turkcell Super League will continue this weekend after a long break due to the Euro2008 matches played last week.

Istanbul BSB will play the first match of WEEK13 against Denizlispor at Istanbul's Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadium on Saturday which will start at 2:00p.m..Local Time ( 07:00 ET )
Later newcomer, Genclerbirligi OFTAS will welcome Besiktas at Ankara's 19 Mayis Stadium which will start at 3:30p.m..Local Time (08:30 ET)

Saturday's last match will be between defending league champion Fenerbahce against another Ankara representative Ankaraspor at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium which will start at 7:00 p.m..(12:00 Noon,ET)
The league action goes on Sunday with Bursaspor against Konyaspor at Bursa's Ataturk stadium at 2:00 p.m..(07:00 ET) At the same time Ankaragucu welcomes Manisaspor at Ankara's 19 Mayis Stadium, and Black Sea representative Caykur Rizespor hosts Istanbul's Kasimpasa. Gaziantepspor takes on another capital representative Genclerbirligi at Gaziantep's Kamil Ocak Stadium. Later at 3:30p.m.,(08:30 ET) leagues second runner up Sivasspor welcomes Kayserispor at home.

The last match of WEEK 13 will be between Trabzonspor against league leader Galatasaray Lions at Trabzon's Avni Aker Stadium. The match will start at 7:00 p.m.(12:00 Noon,ET) .
Trabzonspor has been having hard times this season, as they are among the top 4 teams in the league, and is now on 10th place. On the other side, Galatasaray will try to defend their 1st spot in the league as the second runner up Sivasspor shares the same points but Galatasaray has the first spot due to a higher average of goals.
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Turkey(Turkiye )1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina Higlights

TURKEY(TURKIYE) IS IN EURO 2008!

Turkey's head coach Fatih Terim celebrates his team's win over Bosnia in their Euro 2008 Group C qualifying soccer match
Turkish national soccer team defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 in the Group C of Euro 2008 qualifying round in Istanbul on Wednesday, securing a spot in the finals in next year's European Championship.


Nihat Kahveci score the only goal of the match in the 43rd minute when Hamit Altintop found him with a cross and the Villarreal striker fired beyond Bosnia keeper Adnan Guso into the corner of the net.

After creating a string of chances in the first half, the Turkish National Team, protected their lead against a Bosnian side who rarely looked likely to score.

Turkish National Team finished second in Group C, behind Greece who had already secured their place before Wednesday's final qualifying matches. Norway, who lost to Turkey 2-1 on Saturday, missed out by finishing third one point behind the Turkish National Team.
Fatih Terim and his boy's did it hard way, but ,They did it at the end...
Kudos to Fatih Terim and his crew!...It's well deserved day after crucial times!

Ahmet Turgut
www.turkishsoccer.com, Editor

THIS IS THE FATIH TERIM THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE!

Thank you Fatih Terim, giving interviews and opening the Turkish National Team to the press. This is how should it been... I am very glad to see you with come and cool and your players response after the big match.

Please watch the Interview done by NTV on Sunday ...
Here is the link...
http://www.ntvspor.net/Modules/Video/Videos/terim.wmv

WATCH NORWAY 1-2 TURKIYE MATCH IN TURKISH...

WATCH NORWAY 1-2 TURKIYE MATCH IN TURKISH BY ILKER YASIN AND RIDVAN DILMEN
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