OFFICIAL: JOSICO SIGNS WITH FENERBAHCE

Fenerbahce have continued to strengthen their squad by signing Spanish midfielder José Joaquín Moreno Verdú (also known as Josico) from Villareal. Josico has arrived in Istanbul today to sign the official contract and get ready for the upcoming matches.

''I'm so happy to be here in Istanbul. I have already known Güiza and Aragonés, so I do not think that it will be hard for me to get used to Fenerbahce. Everyone tells how fantastic Fenerbahce fans are, so I know that they are the best. There are three long roads ahead of us: the Champions League, Turkish league and Turkish Cup. All I want to do is to help my team in the best way I can.'', revealed Josico today on FB TV.
Source:www.Fenerbahce.org

UEFA Cup draw for Turkish Teams...

The Turkish team’s opponents for the UEFA Cup first round were determined on Friday, Galatasaray, who failed to qualify to the Champions League, will play against AC Bellinzona of Switzerland

Besiktas will play against Ukranine's Metalist Kharkiv, while Turkey's third representative, Kayserispor will play against Paris St Germain of France.

All first legs of UEFA matches will be played on Sept. 18, while second legs matches will be played on Oct. 2.

BESIKTAS GOES ON!....

Besiktas defeated NK Siroki Brijeg 4-0 in the UEFA Cup


Besiktas defeated NK Siroki Brijeg of Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-0 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg in Istanbul on Thursday.
After the 4-0 win,Besiktas eased into the first round.
Stadium: BJK Inonu

Referees: Rene Rogalla, Jean Paul Remy, Thomas Habegger (Switzerland)

Besiktas: Rustu, Serdar Kurtulus, Sivok, Zapotocny, Tello, Holosko, Cisse, Ugur Inceman, Serdar Ozkan (min. 64 Ekrem), Delgado (min. 77 Emre), Bobo (min. 88 Batuhan)

NK Siroki Brijeg: Vasilsj, Bozic, Juric, Topic, Barisic, Carmoc (min. 62 Zovko), Do Nascimento (min. 52 Zelenika), Kozul, Silic, Wagner, Bubalo (min. 53 De Souza)

Scorers: min. 14 Ugur Inceman, min. 49 Serdar Ozkan, min. 58 Bobo, min. 86 Tello (Besiktas)

GALATASARAY OUT FENERBAHCE IN !.....

No wonder why Fenerbahce did not look good in the Super League opening match!..

They had the CL in their minds!..

While Galatasaray lost out on the Europe's biggest tournamnet Fenerbahce surpases Last season Turkcell super league Champions to reach the CL.

That is bad news for Galatasaray fans but,it is good news for Fenerbahce fans, becasue, their team will be in the Champions League This season again.

Steaua Bucharest also upset Turkish giants Galatasaray as Banel Nicolita netted the only goal of the game to send the 1986 European Cup winners through, 3-2 on aggregate.

Rivals Fenerbahce also came into the second leg with the scores at 2-2, but they beat Partizan Belgrade 2-1 with Brazilian Alex de Souza's second goal proving crucial.

Guiza leads Fenerbahce to UCL win.....

Dani Guiza started the game with a mission: to be in charge of scoring every time he had a chance.

So, he made a soft kick at minute 3, easily saved by keeper Bozovic; at minute 12, he tried with a bicycle kick, but the ball went off target.

But he joined Semih Sentürk to create the playe before Fenerbahce's first goal: Guiza took the ball, sent a cross to Ugur Boral, who sent a longer cross in order for Sentürk to open the score.

In addition, Fenerbahce's defensive line seem to be more organized since Roberto Carlos returned to the team after an injury layoff; the counterattacks attempted by Lamine Diarra and Paunovic meant nothing to the Turkish team defenders.

In the second half, Guiza sent a cross to Alex to score the secong goal of the game. More than enough for the fans, who started chanting "Güiza, Güiza"; still, Zoran Tozic scored the goal for Partizan 15 minutes before the end of the game.

UEFA Champions League third stage results:

Slavia Prague (CZE) 0 - ACF Fiorentina (ITA) 0 (0-2)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 4 - Spartak Moscow(RUS) 1 (4-1)
Bate Borisov (BLR) 1 - Levski Sofia(BUL) 1 (1-0)
Dynamo Zagreb (CRO) 1 - Shakhtar D.(UKR) 3 (0-2)
Olympiakos (GRE) 1 - Anorthosis (CYP) 0 (0-3)
Kaunas (LIT) 0 - Aalborg (DEN) 2 (0-2)
Steaua (ROM) 1 - Galatasaray (TUR) 0 (2-2)
Oympique Marseille (FRA) 2 - Brann (NOR) 1 (1-0)
Basel (SUI) 2 - Vitoria Guimaraes (POR) 1 (0-0)

IT IS TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN THE CL FOR TURKISH TEAMS

Do or Die time for Turkish teams in Champions League!


Galatasaray will take on Steaua Bucharest in Romanian capital of Bucharest in the European Champions League third qualifying round second leg match on Wednesday.

Matteo Simone Trefoloni of Italy will be the referee of Steaua Bucharest-Galatasaray game which will kick-off at 20:45 Turkish local time at Steaua Stadium.

Galatasaray will leave for Romania at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday for the match.

Galatasaray and Steaua Bucharest drew 2-2 in the first leg in Istanbul.

Also, Fenerbahce will host FK Partizan of Serbia at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Manuel Mejuto Gonzales of Spain will be the referee of Fenerbahce-FK Partizan match which will start at 21:00 Turkish local time.

FK Partizan will arrive in Istanbul at 10:35 a.m. today.

FK Partizan and Fenerbahce drew 2-2 in the first leg in Belgrade.

GALATASARAY GETS MILAN BOROS

Czech forward Milan Baros signed a three-year contract with Turkish soccer team Galatasaray, an official said on Tuesday.

Haldun Ustunel from Galatasaray said they reached agreement with Baros, the former Olympique Lyonnais forward, and he would be in Istanbul on Thursday.

"We achieved a significant success by transferring Baros to Galatasaray, a leading name in Turkish football," Ustunel said.

Milan Baros was born on October 28th, 1981.

He was the winner of the Golden Boot at Euro 2004, where he scored 5 goals, and he has previously played for clubs including Liverpool, Aston Villa, and FC Banik Ostrava, where he earned the nickname Ostrava's Maradona.

TURKEY TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE SUNDAY RESULTS

WATCH ANTALYASPOR V BESIKTAS MATCH HIGHLIGHTS.....

Turkish Super League started with a bang on Saturday and ended with a bang on Sunday too!.

Eagles of Turkey, Besiktas, cameback from being down two goals to beat Leagues new promoted team Antalyaspor in Antalya,Turkey.

Here is the Sunday results at the Turkcell Super League....

Trabzonspor 2 - 0 Ankaraspor......

Genclerbirligi 1- 1 Kocaelispor.......

Konyaspor 3- 2 Ankaragucu.........

Antalyaspor 2- 3 Besiktas.............