European champions Spain remain top of the world football rankings issued Wednesday by the world governing body FIFA while Turkey jumped three places to move into the top 10. Spain finish 2008 well clear of Euro 2008 finalists Germany while the Netherlands leapfrog World Champions Italy into third spot.
Brazil remain fifth, followed by Argentina and Croatia. England jump two places to eighth, with Russia dropping one spot to ninth and Turkey up three to 10th.
The Czech Republic and Portugal both drop out of the top 10 while Australia move up nine places to 28th and Kenya are up 17 to 68th.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
TUGAY KERIMOGLU SET TO MAKE ANOTHER HISTORY!....
When he left his Turkish Team Galatasaray every body called him old and he could not play football anymore!....
Instead he was the first Turkish player ever to play in the Scotland with Glasgow Rangers than the Premier League after his old coach from Galatasaray Sounes told him to come to England.
That old man, who was Galatasaray's and Turkey's most talented midfielder took a different role and became Blackburn's one of the best play maker, thanks to Sounes!..
Now, that Sounes will offer Tugay another role .....
After Blackburn Rovers sacked current coach Paul Ince, Sounes most likely will be the next coach of the Blackburns and Sounes might select Tugay Kerimoglu as his assistant coach.
He was the first Turkish player ever to play in the Premier League and now, he will be the first Turk, ever to coach in the Premier League!...
AHMET TURGUT/
www.turkishsoccer.com
WHO IS TUGAY KERIMOGLU.......
Tugay Kerimoglu was born in August 1970 in Trabzon, Turkey. He spent 12 seasons at Galatasaray and made 224 appearances for the club, scoring 34 goals.
The midfielder was made captain at Galatasaray in the 1992-93 season, making him the youngest captain in the history of his hometown club. His record in European competition for Gala is impressive. He represented Galatasaray in UEFA competitions no less than 52 times, 44 of which were in the starting line-up. While at 'Gala', he scored 43 goals. 33 were scored in the Turkish championship with a further six in the Turkish Cup and four in European competition.
As an international, Tugay has played over 70 times for Turkey, including experience of the European Championships and the World Cup. While at Glasgow Rangers, he played 36 times, scoring 5 goals. He is rated as one of the most talented Turkish players ever.
Graeme Souness recognised this. After the former manager of Galatasaray noticed that Tugay was available for 1.3 million, he jumped at the chance to bring him to Blackburn Rovers.
Tugay's first season in the Premiership was a great success. He made 43 appearances, scoring 3 goals. He was one of Blackburn's most consistent performers and he was an automatic choice for the Turkish squad in the 2002 World Cup.
When he returned, he continued to build on an impressive start to his Premiership career making over 50 appearances for Rovers scoring just the once, but was integral part to the squad that finish in the top six.
He had a great season for Rovers during the 2003/04 campaign, appearing in nearly every game and scoring two goals. He was in the right kind of form to have had a fantastic Euro 2004 and was unlucky not to appear in the European Championships after Turkey failed to qualify.
The 2004/05 campaign saw his wonderful form from the previous season continue. After being knocked off his bicycle in the summer, he returned to fitness in time for the start of the season, making 26 appearances and scoring once - the first in an FA Cup Fifth Round Replay win against local rivals Burnley.
He signed a 12-month contract extension in April 2005 and continued his good form in the 05/06 season, playing thirty-four games and scoring once. This stat increased to two goals in 36 starts in the 2006/07 as he continued to prove his worth to Blackburn and Mark Hughes.
Although he didn't play quite as much in 2007/08, he was still a vital member of the squad, and signed a new deal to keep him at Ewood Park in 2008/09.
Monday, December 15, 2008
FATIH TERIM MUST MAKE UP HIS MIND ON MESUT OZDIL!...
Germany coach Joachim Loew said he would not be giving Werder Bremen midfielder Mesut Ozil a first international cap in order to head off an approach from Turkey.
"We don't do that sort of thing. There will be no promises from us," Loew told
The Germany-born Ozil, 20, who is regarded as one of Germany's biggest talents, can until he reaches 21 decide to switch to play for Turkey although he has already appeared for Germany's under-21 team.
Ozil said that should he be asked by Fatih Terim coach of Turkish National team, he would decide on the spur of the moment.
Loew could end any discussion by selecting Ozil for Germany's friendly international on February 11 against Norway.
"He has a role in our internal planning but it is his decision. It's something he has to decide for himself," Loew said.
"We don't do that sort of thing. There will be no promises from us," Loew told
The Germany-born Ozil, 20, who is regarded as one of Germany's biggest talents, can until he reaches 21 decide to switch to play for Turkey although he has already appeared for Germany's under-21 team.
Ozil said that should he be asked by Fatih Terim coach of Turkish National team, he would decide on the spur of the moment.
Loew could end any discussion by selecting Ozil for Germany's friendly international on February 11 against Norway.
"He has a role in our internal planning but it is his decision. It's something he has to decide for himself," Loew said.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
TURKEY SUPER LEAGUE SUNDAY RESUTS..
FENERBAHCE GOES UP TO FORTH AND ANKARASPOR ON FIFTH!...
After bowing out at the European Competition, Fenerbahce is going full force in the Turkish Turkcell Super League after beating Antalyaspor at home 2-0.
With this win Fenerbahce moved up to fourth and Ankaraspor moved in the fifth place...
After these result , like I wrote it on Saturday , Besiktas went down to sixth...
Here is the results from Sunday....
Ankaraspor 2 : 0 Denizlispor
Eskisehirspor 0 : 0 Konyaspor
Fenerbahce 2 : 0 Antalyaspor
Kocaelispor 2 : 5 Gaziantepspor
AHMET TURGUT
After bowing out at the European Competition, Fenerbahce is going full force in the Turkish Turkcell Super League after beating Antalyaspor at home 2-0.
With this win Fenerbahce moved up to fourth and Ankaraspor moved in the fifth place...
After these result , like I wrote it on Saturday , Besiktas went down to sixth...
Here is the results from Sunday....
Ankaraspor 2 : 0 Denizlispor
Eskisehirspor 0 : 0 Konyaspor
Fenerbahce 2 : 0 Antalyaspor
Kocaelispor 2 : 5 Gaziantepspor
AHMET TURGUT
Saturday, December 13, 2008
TUNCAY SANLI ON THE WAY TO BE A STAR IN ENGLAND!..
Tuncay Sanli . a street soccer player and former Fenerbahce player from Sakarya, Turkey, finally making a impact in the premier league.
After scoring the fancy back heal goal and and playing better this season and being mentioned by Chelsea team is the talk of the town in England.
Recently he was future on Timesonline newspaper, where he spoke to reporter George Caulkin.
In this interview Tuncay talks about life and issues and playing for Boro team.
He told the reporter, he wants to finish playing football in Boro team and he watches a lot of Turkish Turkcell Super League matches on his free time on the
satellite from Turkey...
He also said he grew up watching Zidane and he talked about the differences between Turkey and England.
What I saw after reading this article on Timesonline, I think, TUncay's looking at world and football in general has changed!....
He found out that he has to work hard to get the success...
Overall I enjoyed this excellent piece by George Caulken........
Here is the article...............
Tuncay determined to live life to the full at Middlesbrough
George Caulkin
“My hero when I was growing up was Zinédine Zidane. When you watch him, it’s almost like seeing a really good film. You get a sense of thrill, expectation and anticipation. You always wanted to know what was going to happen next.” — Tuncay Sanli
To continue the cinematic theme, watching Middlesbrough’s Turkey striker summons up memories of the scene in Kes, where Mr Sugden, the half-deranged PE teacher, simultaneously referees, stars in and commentates on a school-field football match. As he dribbles past several awestruck, if faintly bemused, children before lobbing the goalkeeper, Tuncay struggled to smother his own sense of mischief.
If medals were awarded for effervescence, the 26-year-old would have few rivals for decoration. At a recent event to promote healthy living at the club’s community centre involving Garmin, the Middlesbrough kit sponsor, Tuncay was breathless and dripping with perspiration; he is not on Teesside to see out his contract.
The difference between Tuncay and Brian Glover’s appalling, mesmeric character is a wide grin and wholesome motives. In keeping with most of his team-mates, he has thrust himself into the local initiatives that are part of Middlesbrough’s identity.
This one was held in South Bank, where Wilf Mannion grew up, an area of genuine deprivation. “There are lots of similarities between my home and Middlesbrough,” Tuncay, who originates from Sakarya in Turkey, said. “There are poor parts of Middlesbrough, but I was a poor boy myself. I know what it’s like to come from a family which has to work hard to get by. I feel at home in this environment. It’s where football is most important.”
The message and its tone were uplifting, along with the dynamism that Tuncay has brought to Gareth Southgate’s team, who face Arsenal at home today, since his free transfer from Fenerbahçe in the summer of 2007. Nicknamed Cesur Yurek — Braveheart — at his former club, he has grown in influence at the Riverside Stadium; Chelsea have been linked with an £8 million bid.
“I live life with a smile on my face,” he said. “What else can you do? If you don’t smile, you’re bound to get distressed. You have to see good things in life. Otherwise, what’s the point of being here? I don’t have time for being sad. It doesn’t matter what country you’re in — a little smile can make a lot of difference.”
It almost passed him by. “My career started by mistake, because I didn’t have a background of playing in youth teams,” he said. “I was an ordinary kid who played in the streets. If I hadn’t been seen by an amateur coach in an indoor match I would probably have started a job the following year and never played again. It was that close.
“It’s still very difficult for a young boy in Turkey to get the opportunity to make it and I never really realised I was good enough to be spotted. You never think that way when you are little, but maybe that made me even more determined to make it when the opportunity arose. By that stage, I knew it was my only chance.”
His parents wavered. “They wanted me to stay at school, get qualifications, learn a trade,” Tuncay said. “They wanted the best for me, but it took some nagging before they relented.”
What other profession might have beckoned? “Maybe I would have become a runner. It’s the only thing I’m good at. I was always bound to run somewhere.” But he is happy to have come to rest at Middlesbrough. “I have seen quite a bit of the area,” he said. “I’ve been to Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds. I like Hartlepool Marina. There’s a nice Turkish restaurant in Redcar and I’ve taken my family there when they’ve come over. The people who run it have been here for 16 years and are good people.
“I can’t get over how punctual the English are. I’ve never known anyone be late. Even taxi drivers. If you call a taxi and they say, ‘I’ll be there in ten minutes’, they’ll be there. That doesn’t happen in Turkey.”
Free time is spent keeping track of Turkish football on satellite television, while “DVD box sets — 24, Prison Break — have been brilliant for me. Sometimes I spend half a day watching one.” Christmas will be enlivened by the visit of his two sisters and their children. “My biggest aim is to be able to compete in European football as a Middlesbrough player,” he said. If he achieves his goal, he will certainly have a smile on his face.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/middlesbrough/article5333207.ece
After scoring the fancy back heal goal and and playing better this season and being mentioned by Chelsea team is the talk of the town in England.
Recently he was future on Timesonline newspaper, where he spoke to reporter George Caulkin.
In this interview Tuncay talks about life and issues and playing for Boro team.
He told the reporter, he wants to finish playing football in Boro team and he watches a lot of Turkish Turkcell Super League matches on his free time on the
satellite from Turkey...
He also said he grew up watching Zidane and he talked about the differences between Turkey and England.
What I saw after reading this article on Timesonline, I think, TUncay's looking at world and football in general has changed!....
He found out that he has to work hard to get the success...
Overall I enjoyed this excellent piece by George Caulken........
Here is the article...............
Tuncay determined to live life to the full at Middlesbrough
George Caulkin
“My hero when I was growing up was Zinédine Zidane. When you watch him, it’s almost like seeing a really good film. You get a sense of thrill, expectation and anticipation. You always wanted to know what was going to happen next.” — Tuncay Sanli
To continue the cinematic theme, watching Middlesbrough’s Turkey striker summons up memories of the scene in Kes, where Mr Sugden, the half-deranged PE teacher, simultaneously referees, stars in and commentates on a school-field football match. As he dribbles past several awestruck, if faintly bemused, children before lobbing the goalkeeper, Tuncay struggled to smother his own sense of mischief.
If medals were awarded for effervescence, the 26-year-old would have few rivals for decoration. At a recent event to promote healthy living at the club’s community centre involving Garmin, the Middlesbrough kit sponsor, Tuncay was breathless and dripping with perspiration; he is not on Teesside to see out his contract.
The difference between Tuncay and Brian Glover’s appalling, mesmeric character is a wide grin and wholesome motives. In keeping with most of his team-mates, he has thrust himself into the local initiatives that are part of Middlesbrough’s identity.
This one was held in South Bank, where Wilf Mannion grew up, an area of genuine deprivation. “There are lots of similarities between my home and Middlesbrough,” Tuncay, who originates from Sakarya in Turkey, said. “There are poor parts of Middlesbrough, but I was a poor boy myself. I know what it’s like to come from a family which has to work hard to get by. I feel at home in this environment. It’s where football is most important.”
The message and its tone were uplifting, along with the dynamism that Tuncay has brought to Gareth Southgate’s team, who face Arsenal at home today, since his free transfer from Fenerbahçe in the summer of 2007. Nicknamed Cesur Yurek — Braveheart — at his former club, he has grown in influence at the Riverside Stadium; Chelsea have been linked with an £8 million bid.
“I live life with a smile on my face,” he said. “What else can you do? If you don’t smile, you’re bound to get distressed. You have to see good things in life. Otherwise, what’s the point of being here? I don’t have time for being sad. It doesn’t matter what country you’re in — a little smile can make a lot of difference.”
It almost passed him by. “My career started by mistake, because I didn’t have a background of playing in youth teams,” he said. “I was an ordinary kid who played in the streets. If I hadn’t been seen by an amateur coach in an indoor match I would probably have started a job the following year and never played again. It was that close.
“It’s still very difficult for a young boy in Turkey to get the opportunity to make it and I never really realised I was good enough to be spotted. You never think that way when you are little, but maybe that made me even more determined to make it when the opportunity arose. By that stage, I knew it was my only chance.”
His parents wavered. “They wanted me to stay at school, get qualifications, learn a trade,” Tuncay said. “They wanted the best for me, but it took some nagging before they relented.”
What other profession might have beckoned? “Maybe I would have become a runner. It’s the only thing I’m good at. I was always bound to run somewhere.” But he is happy to have come to rest at Middlesbrough. “I have seen quite a bit of the area,” he said. “I’ve been to Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds. I like Hartlepool Marina. There’s a nice Turkish restaurant in Redcar and I’ve taken my family there when they’ve come over. The people who run it have been here for 16 years and are good people.
“I can’t get over how punctual the English are. I’ve never known anyone be late. Even taxi drivers. If you call a taxi and they say, ‘I’ll be there in ten minutes’, they’ll be there. That doesn’t happen in Turkey.”
Free time is spent keeping track of Turkish football on satellite television, while “DVD box sets — 24, Prison Break — have been brilliant for me. Sometimes I spend half a day watching one.” Christmas will be enlivened by the visit of his two sisters and their children. “My biggest aim is to be able to compete in European football as a Middlesbrough player,” he said. If he achieves his goal, he will certainly have a smile on his face.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/middlesbrough/article5333207.ece
TRABZONSPOR GOES DOWN!,,,,
Trabzonspor not only go down against Bursaspor they also went down in the standings too!...
It might be only Saturday in the Turkcell Super League but before even Sunday's matche we know one think, Turkcell Super league top team is not Trabzonspor.
Trabzonspor went down in the last minutes of the match in Bursa on Saturday.
Bursaspor scored the winning and their second goal by young striker Sercan Yildirim.
That is the kid, that Sir Alex Ferguson has his eyes on....
While Trabzonspor was playing away match, the other top contender Sivaspor, was at home, against the leagues bottom team Hacettepe. Herve Tum scored the both goals for Sivasspor. Sivaspor second goal came in the late minutes of the match too!..
In the other early day match, on Saturday, Kayserispor beat Istanbulspor BB at home 2-0.
On Saturday, last match played in Istanbul....
Besiktas beat Ankaragucu with only one goal...
Thanks to Holosko!........
Mert Nobre missed a lot of goals in this match...
This was the first match that we saw Slovikian star in the first eleven since Eskisehirspor where he scored one and assist too..
Finaly Besiktas coach seen the light and did the right thing!........
But, that cost him the top spot in my opinion...
Because, against Fenerbahce, Mustafa Denizli made a huge mistake not starting Holosko in the match....
That is why Besiktas, now is on forth place with 28 points behind Galatasaray Trabzonspor ,Sivaspor and could be behind Fenerbahce and Ankaraspor if they win their match on Sunday....
This was very important win for Besiktas.....
On Friday, Galatasaray beat another Ankara team Genclerbirligi in Ankara 3-1 with first half goals...
Galatasaray first time this season captured the second place on Friday and went down to third after Saturday matches.
We know one think, Sivaspor will be on top with 31 points, at the end of the fifteen week....
Trabzonspor will be on second with same points and Galatasaray will hold on the third place with 30 points.
In the last week, before the brake, Galatasaray will face Besiktas in Istanbul.
Sivsspor will be away in Ankara against Genclerbirligi and Trabzonspor will be at home against Eskisehirspor.
So, the race for the top is getting hot...
Who will close the first half of the season as a leader, in the Turkcell Super League?.....
AHMET TURGUT
It might be only Saturday in the Turkcell Super League but before even Sunday's matche we know one think, Turkcell Super league top team is not Trabzonspor.
Trabzonspor went down in the last minutes of the match in Bursa on Saturday.
Bursaspor scored the winning and their second goal by young striker Sercan Yildirim.
That is the kid, that Sir Alex Ferguson has his eyes on....
While Trabzonspor was playing away match, the other top contender Sivaspor, was at home, against the leagues bottom team Hacettepe. Herve Tum scored the both goals for Sivasspor. Sivaspor second goal came in the late minutes of the match too!..
In the other early day match, on Saturday, Kayserispor beat Istanbulspor BB at home 2-0.
On Saturday, last match played in Istanbul....
Besiktas beat Ankaragucu with only one goal...
Thanks to Holosko!........
Mert Nobre missed a lot of goals in this match...
This was the first match that we saw Slovikian star in the first eleven since Eskisehirspor where he scored one and assist too..
Finaly Besiktas coach seen the light and did the right thing!........
But, that cost him the top spot in my opinion...
Because, against Fenerbahce, Mustafa Denizli made a huge mistake not starting Holosko in the match....
That is why Besiktas, now is on forth place with 28 points behind Galatasaray Trabzonspor ,Sivaspor and could be behind Fenerbahce and Ankaraspor if they win their match on Sunday....
This was very important win for Besiktas.....
On Friday, Galatasaray beat another Ankara team Genclerbirligi in Ankara 3-1 with first half goals...
Galatasaray first time this season captured the second place on Friday and went down to third after Saturday matches.
We know one think, Sivaspor will be on top with 31 points, at the end of the fifteen week....
Trabzonspor will be on second with same points and Galatasaray will hold on the third place with 30 points.
In the last week, before the brake, Galatasaray will face Besiktas in Istanbul.
Sivsspor will be away in Ankara against Genclerbirligi and Trabzonspor will be at home against Eskisehirspor.
So, the race for the top is getting hot...
Who will close the first half of the season as a leader, in the Turkcell Super League?.....
AHMET TURGUT
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
THE EUROPEAN DREAM IS OVER FOR FENERBAHCE!
THE EUROPEAN DREAM IS OVER FOR FENERBAHCE!
Turkey's Fenerbahce team says good bye to Champion League and the European dream to after losing against Dynomo Kiev 1-0 in Kiev.
They're UEFA CUP dream is over too!...
The UEFA CUP final match will be played at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium .
Turkey's another team Galatasaray who is still in the UEFA CUP will have a chance to bring the UEFA CUP one more time , this time in Turkey and In Fenerbahce's Stadium.
That is if , they make it to the finals!....
The Matches only goal came in the 20th minute by Roman Eremenko .
Dynamo Kiev: 31-Stanislav Bogush; 3-Betao, 15-Pape Diakhate, 17-Taras Mikhalik, 26-Andriy Nesmachniy; 4-Tiberiu Ghioane, 5-Ognjen Vukojevic, 19-Florin Cernat, 11-Roman Eremenko; 10-Ismael Bangoura, 25-Artem Milevskiy
Fenerbahce: 1-Volkan Demirel; 77-Gokhan Gonul, 4-Edu, 2-Lugano, 3-Roberto Carlos; 21-SelcukSahin, 16-Josico; 99-Deivid, 10-Alex, 25-Ugur Boral; 14-Daniel Guiza
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
Turkey's Fenerbahce team says good bye to Champion League and the European dream to after losing against Dynomo Kiev 1-0 in Kiev.
They're UEFA CUP dream is over too!...
The UEFA CUP final match will be played at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium .
Turkey's another team Galatasaray who is still in the UEFA CUP will have a chance to bring the UEFA CUP one more time , this time in Turkey and In Fenerbahce's Stadium.
That is if , they make it to the finals!....
The Matches only goal came in the 20th minute by Roman Eremenko .
Dynamo Kiev: 31-Stanislav Bogush; 3-Betao, 15-Pape Diakhate, 17-Taras Mikhalik, 26-Andriy Nesmachniy; 4-Tiberiu Ghioane, 5-Ognjen Vukojevic, 19-Florin Cernat, 11-Roman Eremenko; 10-Ismael Bangoura, 25-Artem Milevskiy
Fenerbahce: 1-Volkan Demirel; 77-Gokhan Gonul, 4-Edu, 2-Lugano, 3-Roberto Carlos; 21-SelcukSahin, 16-Josico; 99-Deivid, 10-Alex, 25-Ugur Boral; 14-Daniel Guiza
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
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