Turkey has climbed from 14th into 13th place in the latest world soccer ranking published by the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA).
IFA released its world rankings for August 2008. European champions Spain remained at the top of the list.
The first twenty teams in FIFA's latest world ranking are as follows (previous position shown in brackets):
1. Spain (1) 1,557
2. Germany (3) 1,343
3. Italy (2) 1,320
4. Netherlands (5) 1,299
5. Croatia (7) 1,282
6. Brazil (4) 1,242
7. Argentina (6) 1,219
8. Czech Republic (8) 1,146
9. Portugal (9) 1,122
10. Russia (11) 1,023
11. Romania (12) 1,021
12. France (10) 1,012
13. TURKEY (14) 1,010
4. England (15) 1,003
15. Cameroon (13) 994
16. Scotland (16) 988
17. Bulgaria (17) 930
18. Greece (18) 896
19. Ghana (20) 892
20. Israel (21) 876
Thursday, August 7, 2008
FENERBAHCE MARCH ON !....
MTK Budapest 0-5 Fenerbahce FC Highlights
Last season's quarter-finalists Fenerbahce thrashed MTK Budapest 5-0 - for a 7-0 aggregate - to set up a meeting with Partizan Belgrade.
Semih Senturk scored four times for Fener while a new kid in the Fenerbahce Uniform Emre Belezoglu added another one for Fenerbahce.
tadium: Ferenc Szusza
Referees: Martin Atkinson, David Richardson, Ian Gosling (Britain)
MTK Budapest: Vegh, Horvath, Lambulic, Pollak, Zsidai, Pinter, Nagy, Balogh, Urban, Pal, Bori
Fenerbahce: Volkan, Lugano, Roberto Carlos, Edu, Kazim, Guiza, Alex, Selcuk, Semih, Ugur, Gokhan Gonul
Goals: Semih (4), Emre, (Fenerbahce)
Last season's quarter-finalists Fenerbahce thrashed MTK Budapest 5-0 - for a 7-0 aggregate - to set up a meeting with Partizan Belgrade.
Semih Senturk scored four times for Fener while a new kid in the Fenerbahce Uniform Emre Belezoglu added another one for Fenerbahce.
tadium: Ferenc Szusza
Referees: Martin Atkinson, David Richardson, Ian Gosling (Britain)
MTK Budapest: Vegh, Horvath, Lambulic, Pollak, Zsidai, Pinter, Nagy, Balogh, Urban, Pal, Bori
Fenerbahce: Volkan, Lugano, Roberto Carlos, Edu, Kazim, Guiza, Alex, Selcuk, Semih, Ugur, Gokhan Gonul
Goals: Semih (4), Emre, (Fenerbahce)
Monday, August 4, 2008
Genclerbirligi OFTAS (OOPS!..)Hacettepe Transfer Two Foreign Players
Last season's Geclerbirlig OFTAS team became overnight Hacettepe in the Turkcell Super League.
It is same team but new name!...
That could only happened in Turkey!..
So,Hacettepe signed contracts with two Albanian players.
Ankara team Hacettepe signed 3-year contract each with Gilman Lika (21) and Admir Teli (27).
Lika is a midfielder and Teli is a defense player.
It is same team but new name!...
That could only happened in Turkey!..
So,Hacettepe signed contracts with two Albanian players.
Ankara team Hacettepe signed 3-year contract each with Gilman Lika (21) and Admir Teli (27).
Lika is a midfielder and Teli is a defense player.
Youla moves to Eskisehirspor on loan
Souleymane Youla has moved from French side Lille to Turkish club Eskisehirspor on a season's loan.
Eskisehirspor are newly-promoted to Turkish Turkcell Super League.
Youla, who played for Guinea at this year's Africa Cup of Nations, had attracted interest from some French Ligue 2 clubs.
The 27-year-old signed a four-year contract with Lille in 2006, but had been struggling to get a first-team place.
His previous clubs include Metz in France, Turkish sides Gençlerbirligi and Besiktas, and Belgian clubs Lokeren and Anderlecht.
Eskisehirspor are newly-promoted to Turkish Turkcell Super League.
Youla, who played for Guinea at this year's Africa Cup of Nations, had attracted interest from some French Ligue 2 clubs.
The 27-year-old signed a four-year contract with Lille in 2006, but had been struggling to get a first-team place.
His previous clubs include Metz in France, Turkish sides Gençlerbirligi and Besiktas, and Belgian clubs Lokeren and Anderlecht.
Kezman close to PSG move
According to reports from France, Fenerbahce's Kezman will be leaving to France.
Fenerbahce striker Mateja Kezman has revealed he is close to sealing a transfer to Ligue 1 side Paris St Germain.
The 29-year-old Serbia international is set to move to the French capital this week, despite being under contract at the Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium until 2010.
'The negotiations are in hand and will hopefully be settled in a day or two,' he told Serbian newspaper Sportski Zurnal.
'I think that we are close to an agreement and that the clubs are on the right track. I am close to a move to Paris, but it is necessary to await a formal agreement between the two clubs.'
Kezman will move to the Parc des Princes Frances for an estimated fee of 5 million euros.
Fenerbahce striker Mateja Kezman has revealed he is close to sealing a transfer to Ligue 1 side Paris St Germain.
The 29-year-old Serbia international is set to move to the French capital this week, despite being under contract at the Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium until 2010.
'The negotiations are in hand and will hopefully be settled in a day or two,' he told Serbian newspaper Sportski Zurnal.
'I think that we are close to an agreement and that the clubs are on the right track. I am close to a move to Paris, but it is necessary to await a formal agreement between the two clubs.'
Kezman will move to the Parc des Princes Frances for an estimated fee of 5 million euros.
Karabakh Soccer Team Demands $1mln Compensation from Rasim Kara
According to news from Azerbaijan, Former Turkish National Team Assistant coach and Besiktas coach Rasim Kara is being sued by his former team Karabakh.
Rasim Kara last week left the Karabakh team and went to another Azerbeyjian team Khazar-Lankaran .
Karabakh team demands from Rasim Kara to pay moral and material damage to the club in the sum of $1min.
According to Trend News Agency,Karabakh will make an appeal to the FIFA, UEFA and AFFA against former Turkish coach Rasim Kara.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
GALATASARAY GETTING A YOUNG PROSPECT FROM GERMANY
GALATASARAY GETTING A YOUNG PROSPECT FROM GERMANY................
Werder Bremen have agreed to sell Alparslan Erdem to Galatasaray for an undisclosed fee.
The 19-year-old defender has come through the youth ranks and their director of football Klaus Allofs admitted his regret at seeing him go.
"It is an interesting challenge for Alparslan Erdem because Galatasaray have in mind a good role for him in their team," he said.
"Nevertheless, it is a real shame because he was on the fringes of our team and would have had chances.
"The fact is, we have a strong competition for places at left full-back and there are lots of young players coming through.
"Galatasaray's offer was attractive for everybody and was lucrative for us."
Erdem never quite made the breakthrough at Bremen, the club he joined as a 14-year-old.
He leaves with a few regrets, and expressed optimism about his new challenge.
"I have had a good time here and felt very happy, but I think I have better prospects at Galatasaray," he said.
"A large part of my family lives in Turkey so I will feel at home very quickly."
Erdem played a total of 38 games for Bremen's reserve team and made his debut for the Turkey Under-21s a year ago, going on to earn six caps at that level.
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