SCORE AND MATCH IS FRIENDLY!...2-2

Turkey's Tuncay Sanli celebrates his goalagainst Belarus during their friendly soccer match in Minsk March 26, 2008.
(REUTERS)


Turkish National Team had to come from behind twice to scrape a 2-2 draw away to Belarus in their friendly international.
Belarus, who were recently beaten 1-0 by Luxembourg, took the lead in the 36th minute with Vitaly Kutuzov beating Tolga Zengin in the Turkey goal. But the visitors were back on terms five minutes before the interval with Middlesbrough striker Tuncay Sanli finding the net. Veteran coach Fatih Terim would have expected a much-improved display from his side after the break, but they again found themselves on the back foot.
Viatcheslav Hleb delighted the Dinamo Stadion crowd as he restored Belarus' advantage in the 65th minute.
Turkey's response was again swift, with substitute goalkeeper Vasily Khomutovsky unable to prevent Tumer Metin from equalising for a second time.

This was second consecutive draw in warmup matches for the European Championship.
Fatih Terim's boys, played to a 0-0 draw against Sweden last month.


Lineups:

Belarus: Yuri Zhernov (Vasily Khomutovsky, 46), Ryhor Filipenka, Vladimir Korytko, Vitaly Bulyga, Anton Putsila (Ihar Shitau, 88), Maksim Romashchenko, Aleksandr Hleb, Aleksei Skvernyuk (Pavel Plaskonny, 25), Vitaly Kutuzov (Viacheslav Gleb, 48), Raman Kirenkin, Nikolai Kashevsky.

Turkey: Tolga Zengin, Servet Cetin, Hakan Kadir Balta (Sabri Sarioglu, 22), Mehmet Topal, Mehmet Aurelio, Nihat Kahveci, Gokhan Unal, Ceyhun Gulselam, Tuncay Sanli (Gokhan Gonul, 78), Hamit Antintop, Serdar Ozkan (Arda Turan, 61; Tumer Metin, 65).

Feldkamp leaving Galatasaray at end of season

German coach Karl-Heinz Feldkamp said Wednesday he will not serve as the coach of Turkcell Super League team Galatasaray next season.

"However, Galatasaray's President Adnan Polat designated me to choose both the squad for 2008-2009 season and the new coach," he told a press conference in Istanbul.

Feldkamp previously coached Galatasaray in 1992-1993, and also coached another Istanbul club, Besiktas in 1999.

In June 2007, he returned to Galatasaray by signing a two-year contract and replacing outgoing coach Erik Gerets.

Galatasaray to play one game without fans
The Turkish Soccer Disciplinary Board ruled that Galatasaray soccer team of Istanbul will play its next home game in the Turkcell Super Soccer League without spectators.

The board said the decision was taken because Galatasaray fans were responsible for rowdy scenes during the game against Ankaraspor.

Galatasary which is chasing the title and will play a crucial game at home against Gaziantespor this weekend without its fans.

Galatasary is second in the standings with 60 points. Fenerbahce which will play a derby game with powerful Besiktas in Istanbul is the leader also with 60 points but on a better goal average.

Source:wires

New Turkey 08/09 Nike football kits launched

TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM NEW UNIFORMS FOR EURO 2008
TFF,The Turkish Football(soccer) Federation unveiled the home and away uniforms in a press conference on Monday in Istanbul.

At the press conference some of the National players model the uniforms to press.

Here are some pictures from TFF........

You could buy these Uniforms at my page www.turkishsoccer.com
Just click on the uniform on the right top side.....

Turkey, Belarus to play friendly game

Turkish national soccer team coach Fatih Terim talks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2008. Turkey will play Belarus in Minsk in a friendly match on Wednesday. Turkey is in Group A with Switzerland, Portugal and Czech Republic in the Euro2008, European Soccer Championship finals which will take place in Switzerland and Austria in June.
Photo:(AP)

Turkey is making final preparations for Wednesday's friendly game with Belarus in Minsk.

The friendly game with Belarus is part of getting ready for the Euro 2008 to take place in Switzerland and Austria later in June.

Turkey-Belarus game will kick off at 8:00 p.m. (Turkish local time).


Meanwhile, Turkish coach Fatih Terim announced the players that will be in his squad in Belarus: Volkan Demirel, Mehmet Aurelio, Ugur Boral, Yasin Cakmak, Gokhan Gonul, Selcuk Sahin (Fenerbahce), Hakan Kadir Balta, Servet Cetin, Sabri Sarioglu, Mehmet Topal, Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Serdar Ozkan, (Besiktas), Mehmet Yildiz (Sivasspor), Gokhan Unal (Kayserispor), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor), Gokhan Emreciksin (Ankaragucu), Remzi Giray Kacar (Genclerbirligi OFTAS Spor), Mustafa Sarp (Bursaspor), Emre Asik (Ankaraspor), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kazan), Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough), Halil Altintop (Schalke 04), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Yildiray Basturk (Stuttgart), Tumer Metin (Larissa), Mevlut Erdinc (Sochaux), Caner Erkin (CSKA Moscow),Ceyhun Gülselam (SpVgg Unterhaching).

IT IS HONOR TO BE WANTED BY CHELSEA TEAM BUT,I AM FOCUSED TO EURO 2008 WITH THE TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM NOW.......



In reference to rumors that he would sign England's Chelsea soccer club at the end of this season, Fatih Terim said he would be occupied with the Turkish national soccer team until the end of Euro 2008. "I currently have no time to talk to any soccer club as I am very busy with the Turkish national soccer team," Terim also said.

IT'S FENERBAHCE'S TURN TO BE ON TOP!

Let me say it again....Turkcell Super League has not seen a race like this in the history of Turkey's soccer history!...

Seven weeks left in the League and we have four potential contenders for the top spot....This is first time....Before it was either two or three never four.....

If you remember my old posts on this blog, I have said Sivasspor was for real in this League and they proved me right!...They are for real....
What is so interesting in this weekend matches is Besiktas the team who was in first place went to fourth place after losing against Istanbul B.B.Spor......

We all know Besiktas has a big problem on defense...we talked about this before..
I can not understand why young Rookie coach Ertugrul Saglam can't see this!...

He already lost the Turkish Fortis Cup run , If he does not finish on top or second place at the end of season , it will be all over for him ...he will bite the dust!.

He was the one who wanted all those transfers for defense ..they are all been bust..

Besiktas will have though two week coming up first, this weekend a big Derby match against Fenerbahce in Their home turf than, following weekend they will face Sivasspor in Sivas. If they don't step up and play , they will be out of this race in my opinion!...Next two weeks will be really cruatual for Besiktas.

On the other Hand , Fenerbahce, the team who captured the top spot on Saturday, won the match against League's last place team Kasimpasaspor in the last fifteen minutes of the match...Turkey's top goal scorer and super sub Semih Senturk scored a goal and Alex and Kezman also scored for Fenerbahce.

So, At the end of the 27th week, Fenerbahce shares the top spot with Galatasaray after Galatasaray winning in the last seconds of the match against Denizlispor on Sunday. They both have 60 points. Third place Sivasspor have 58 points and fourth place Besiktas also have 58 points.

Here is the Sunday Recap in the Turkcell Super League.....

A last-gasp Servet Cetin goal saw Galatasaray snatch a 2-1 win over Denizlispor to move level on points with Super Lig leaders Fenerbahce.

Hasan Yigit gave the visitors a surprise lead on 24 minutes before Okan Buruk equalised just after the half-hour mark and Cetin pounced on 88 minutes to give Galatasaray all three points.


Three goals in six minutes saw Sivasspor beat Konyaspor 3-0 to move top within two points of the top two.

Ivan Cvetkov broke the deadlock on 74 minutes and half-time substitute Ugur Yildirim doubled Sivasspor's advantage three minutes later before Mehmet Yildiz sealed the victory.

MEXICAN SOCCER PLAYER Antonio De Nigris SCORE TWO GOALS AND STAYS IN THE RACE FOR TOP SCORER.........

Ankaraspor put a bit of daylight between themselves and the relegation zone as they triumphed 3-1 at fellow strugglers Genclerbirligi.

Antonio De Nigris put the visitors in front after 33 minutes and doubled his and his side's tally shortly after half-time.

Mehmet Nas pulled one back for his side on 79 minutes but a last-minute goal by Murat Tosun sealed Ankaraspor's second away win of the season to see them move two points away from the drop zone.

Caykur Rizespor occupy the last relegation spot but still have hopes of securing safety after holding ninth-placed Ankaragucu to a goaless draw.

Umut Bulut scored at either end of the match to snatch a late victory for Trabzonspor in their clash with Kayserispor.

The visitors were 13 points above Trabzonspor in fifth place but the hosts got off to the best start as Bulut opened the scoring in the sixth minute.

Leonardo Iglesias grabbed one back for Kayserispor just after the hour mark, but Bulut's second two minutes from time gave Trabzonspor all three points to send them to sixth in the table.

Top Scorers
14
Semih Şentürk - Fenerbahçe
12
Antonio de Nigris - Ankaraspor
11Ümit Karan - Galatasaray
Gökdeniz Karadeniz - Rubin Kazan
Umut Bulut - Trabzonspor
Filip Hološko - Beşiktaş
Mehmet Yıldız - Sivasspor
10
Alex - Fenerbahçe
Gökhan Ünal - Kayserispor
Mateja Kežman - Fenerbahçe
Shabani Nonda - Galatasaray
9
Mert Nobre - Beşiktaş
Bobô - Beşiktaş
Mohamed Ali Kurtuluş - Sivasspor
Deivid - Fenerbahçe
8
Hakan Şükür - Galatasaray
Mehmet Topuz - Kayseri
7
Necati Ateş - İstanbul BB
Okan Öztürk - Gençlerbirliği
Yusuf Şimşek - Denizlispor
Murat Hacıoğlu - Konyaspor
Mehmet Çakır - Gençlerbirliği
Burak Yılmaz - VESTEL Manisa

Fatih Terim could be the new coach for CHELSEA

Turkish coach could move to Premier League According to reports,Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is already drawing up a secret hit-list of potential managers to replace Avram Grant. Turkey boss Fatih Terim is reported to be one target.

Avram Grant coming under increasing pressure in his brief tenure as Chelsea manager, several likely candidates are, reportedly, being sized up by Roman Abramovich.


Fatih Terim, could be heading the potential list of successors.

Terim, who at 54 has had success with Galatasaray and AC Milan and Fiorentina, is reportedly leaving his current role after the Euro 2008 finals.

His agent, Mel Goldberg, has been quoted as saying,

"There has been interest from at least four Premier League clubs and of course he would be interested in a job in England."

A Brand New Turkey 08/09 Nike home football kit

According to http://www.footballshirtculture.com, web site, there is a brand new Turkish National team home kit coming up....

Nike Company has not yet officially launched the kit ....we will be watching...

By the way, I want to thank one of my regular reader and avid Turkish soccer fan, Sukru Kemal from England to give me heads-up on this web site.....Thanks