Turkcell Super League team Fenerbahce will play against Serbia's Partizan on Wednesday in the first leg of third qualifying round of European Champions League.
Istanbul side are struggling to compete in the Champions League for the sixth time.
Fenerbahce eliminated Hungary's MTK Budapest in the second qualifying round.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Galatasaray takes on S. Bucharest
Turkish Soccer Club Galatasaray will play against Romania's Steaua Bucharest in the third qualifying round of European Champions League.
Galatasaray wants to take the upper hand in Wednesday's game with an advantageous score before the return match away in Bucharest.
Laurent Duhamel from French Football Federation will referee the game which will begin at 21:15 local time(2:45 ET) in Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul.
Galatasaray wants to take the upper hand in Wednesday's game with an advantageous score before the return match away in Bucharest.
Laurent Duhamel from French Football Federation will referee the game which will begin at 21:15 local time(2:45 ET) in Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Kezman loaned to PSG say reports, Fenerbahce deny
French first division club Paris St Germain have agreed terms with Fenerbahce over a loan deal for Serbian star Mateja Kezman, a source close to the French club said on Thursday, though the Turkish club has denied it.
The Paris club will reportedly have the option to buy the 29-year-old at the end of the season for around four million euros, according to sports daily l'Equipe's website.
Kezman spent four years at Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, joining Premier League side Chelsea in 2004.
He failed to make an impression at the London club and moved to Atletico Madrid the following season. He joined the Turkish club in 2006.
However a club statement from Fenerbahce later said: “Our club, concerning negotiations with Paris Saint Germain, has presented an offer which has still not had a reply. Information confirming that an agreement has been found (…) is wrong.”
Source:AFP via Yahoo! News
The Paris club will reportedly have the option to buy the 29-year-old at the end of the season for around four million euros, according to sports daily l'Equipe's website.
Kezman spent four years at Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, joining Premier League side Chelsea in 2004.
He failed to make an impression at the London club and moved to Atletico Madrid the following season. He joined the Turkish club in 2006.
However a club statement from Fenerbahce later said: “Our club, concerning negotiations with Paris Saint Germain, has presented an offer which has still not had a reply. Information confirming that an agreement has been found (…) is wrong.”
Source:AFP via Yahoo! News
Fenerbahce Not Interested In Xabi Alonso!.
Fenerbahce denied Wednesday media reports claiming that the club was in a move to sign a deal with Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso.
Several media reports said that Fenerbahce was bargaining with English club Liverpool, the club said in a statement posted in its website.
"These reports are not true," Fenerbahce said.
"We have no intentions to transfer Xabi Alonso," it said.
Several media reports said that Fenerbahce was bargaining with English club Liverpool, the club said in a statement posted in its website.
"These reports are not true," Fenerbahce said.
"We have no intentions to transfer Xabi Alonso," it said.
NEW SPONSOR FOR GALATASARAY!...
Turk Telekom signed sponsorship deal with Galatasaray.
Galatasaray signed a sponsorship with Turkey's biggest fixed-line phone company, starting from the 2009-2010 football season, Turk Telekom said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Galatasaray Sportif Sinai and Ticari Yatirimlar AS- Turk Telekomunikasyon AS accord also covers Galatasaray's new stadium, which will be named Turk Telekom Stadium for 10 years, it said.
The companies declined to disclose details of the deal's value; however said Wednesday Galatasaray would receive $40 million from Turk Telekom for the agreement.
Turkey ranked 13th in FIFA's ranking
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
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
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)
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