Schalke release Ernst and will sign with Besiktas!..

What is Besiktas doing?....

They are getting someone's garbage where there is a lot of player in this position!..

What is Mustafa Denizli doing?...

He wanted Yusuf who is in his mid thirties, gets another thirty year old player to midfield!...

What is going to happened to Holosko?....

A young player came from Vestel Manispor with big hopes!.....

We will see what happens!...

This will be the most expensive transfer in the Besiktas team. and he will be the most money earner in Besiktas team. Besiktas will pay transfer fee close to 4.5 million euros to Schalke team and 5.5 million euros to the player for 2.5 years.

Who is Fabian Ernst ?..

Fabian Ernst (born 30 May 1979 in Hannover) is a German footballer.


He started his career with Hannover 96. From 1998 to 2000 he played for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga, playing in 48 games, but scoring no goals. The midfielder turned then to Werder Bremen. In 152 games in the Bundesliga he scored 11 goals. He left after spending three and a half year at Schalke and joined Besiktas JK. The player signed a contract which will last until 2012.

Fabian Ernst current stats...

Fabian Ernst
2008/09 German Bundesliga
Games Goals Assists
15 0 0

Weight 176 lbs (80 kg)
Age 29
Position Midfielder
Squad # 8

2008/09 Statistics
TEAM Competition GS SB G A SH SG FC FS YC RC
Schalke 04 DFB Pokal 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Schalke 04 DFB Pokal 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0
Schalke 04 UEFA Cup 4 0 0 0 1 1 6 7 1 0
Schalke 04 German Bundesliga 12 3 0 0 6 1 22 33 4 1
2008/09 Season Totals 19 3 0 1 8 3 33 44
5 1


Terms:GS: Games Started, SB: Used as Substitute, G: Goals, A: Assists, SH: Shots, SG: Shots on goal, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, SV: Saves, OF: Offsides, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE SUNDAY WRAP..

FENERBAHCE STALL AGAIN!... BESIKTAS WIN!..........



This was the match that Fenerbahce could it closed the gap on top.

But, after another draw at home back to back they have lost big grounds in the catching up game!..

Fenerbahce was held by Gazinatepsor on Sunday and almost loss the match, thanks to Alex's late goal.



Gaziantepspor were close to winning this game as Erman Ozgur put the Gaziantep team ahead with just eight minutes left in regular time.



Fenerbahce title hopes is little bit dented by a rather disappointing 1-1 draw with Gaziantepspor in Istanbul.



LUCKY BESIKTAS!.......

Besiktas was lucky again this weekend. They say some times teams and keepers best friends are the wood works!...... that was the case on sunday night in Inounu stadium!....



In the early minutes of the match Antalyaspor striker's shot hit the post and went out!...

But, Besiktas won the match with Tello's beituful goal.



Again, Mustafa Denizli kept Holosko on the bench and gave him a chance in the second half of the match. I think, Holosko should start for Besiktas .......................



In the other matches on Sunday, Eskishehirspor trashed Istanbul B.B 6-1 at home and Konyaspor won their must win match in Ankara against Ankaragucu 3-1 .

In Bursa, Bursaspor tied with leagues last place team Hacettepe with no goals!...



As we close the 18th week , in the Turkish Turkcell Super League, The race on top an the bottom is getting congested!.....



With a a draw games, you will not reach for your goals in this league!....


Bursaspor 0 - 0 Hacettepe

Eskisehirspor 6 - 1 İstanbul BB

MKE Ankaragucu 1 - 3 Konyaspor

Fenerbahce 1- 1 Gaziantepspor

Besiktas 1- 0 Antalyaspor

IT IS CATCH UP TIME IN THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE!

Just when every one thought ,Sivasspor was going to stay on top all by him self, guest what happened on Saturday in Adana, Turkey!...

The team who plays home games in Adana, Kayserispor stopped , Sivasspor for a nil nil a tie match .

On the other hand, Trabzonspor in away match won their match and catch up Sivasspor, on top again.

They now share the leagues top spot with 38 points.


The important moment of the match between Kayserispor and Sivasspor came in the 89nth minute when both Furkan Ozcal of the home side and Fabio Bilica of the guests were sent off.

Trabzonspor scored against Ankaraspor,in the ninth minute of the match, with Gokhan Unal .
The second and final goal came from Umut Bulut on 74 minutes.

As such, Trabzonspor are back in shared first place as both they and Sivasspor have 38 points from 18 matches.

GALATASARAY ON THE MOVE TOO!....

Galatasaray beat Denizlispor 0-2 with goals from Milan Baros and Shabani Nonda and remain at two points behind of Trabzonspor and Sivaspor.

LOOKING AHEAD !....
On Sunday., it could well be catch up time for Besiktas and Fenerbahce too.

If Fenerbahce wins on Sunday against Gaziantepspor at home they could catch up Galatasaray and be only two points away from the top spot. But, Gaziantespor is no easy roller team.
During the winter transfer season they got quality of players signed. the Brazilian famous player Julio Cesar Santos Carrea will play against his former team player Roberto Carlos in this match. I am going too get up early in the United Stated and watch this match.

It will be a good match....

Also, Besiktas with a win against Antalyaspor the team they beat in the Fortis Turkish Cup, could move on top of Ankaraspor and move to fifth place with 34 points and only four points behind the leader of the league.

Catching up is also at the bottom level teams too...

Ankaragucu, the who will host Konyaspor at home could well pass Konyaspor in the standings if they win the match.

Ankaragucu just signed former Ankaraspor player and Mexican international Player Antoniode Nigris,
earlier in the week and could well do a damage to Konyaspor in this match.

But,Konyaspor in the last days of the Transfer days, just signed Roman Kratochvil, from Denizilispor,
With this transfer Konyaspor has gain big confidence on the defense in my opinion.

If Konyaspor lose this match it could be disaster for Konyaspor they will be a new candidate for relegation's........

So, the week 18nth, in the Turkish Turkcell Super league will be remembered as a catching up week, in my opinion.

Catchers will smile this weekend!......................

31 Jan 2009
Kayserispor 0 - 0 Sivasspor ..at Adana ,Turkey
Kocaelispor 0 - 2 Genclerbirligi
Ankaraspor 0- 2 Trabzonspor
Denizlispor 0- 2 Galatasaray
01 Feb 2009
Bursaspor - Hacettepe
Eskisehirspor - İstanbul BB
MKE Ankaragucu - Konyaspor
Fenerbahce - Gaziantepspor
Besiktas - Antalyaspor

AHMET TURGUT/WWW.TURKISHSOCCER.COM

FORTIS TURKEY CUP WRAP UP

Besiktas close to semifinals


Well, The first leg matches in the Fortis Turkish Cup matches are all done...

We know, Besiktas looks like allready got a ticket to Semi-Final in the Fortis Turkish CUp after beating Antalysspor in away match in Antalya with two clear goals.


It was the fourth win in four games for Besiktas since the start of this season. Remembering that his side will meet Antalya in the League this weekend, coach Mustafa Denizli said that he wanted his players to continue their streak. "I hope that this does not cause complacency," he said.

On the other hand, Fenerbahce also won in the quarterfinals. A 43rd minute header by Deivid De Souza won the game for Fener, giving the Yellow Canaries an edge before next week’s return game against Bursaspor.

"The final score is not a good result, but not bad at all, given that we still have hopes for the second game," said Bursaspor coach Ertuğrul Sağlam. "We have the power and quality to get the ticket to the semifinals in the return game in Bursa."

On Tuesday, Turkish Giant galatasaray had a another bad spell against Sivasspor ,this time in the Fortis cup match. They almost loss the match again in their home turf, thanks to last minute goal by team captain Ayhan Akman,they drew Sivasspor at home with 1-1 score.

This is why , we just can't say Galatasaray would go to next round in the Fortis Cup yet!...

It will be very tough second leg match in sivas!....

Also on Tuesday, Denizlispor loss a big advantage after a tie against Ankaraspor 1-1.

The cup’s second leg matches will be played on next Wednesday.

GALATASARAY SAVED BY THE BELL AGAINST SIVASPOR AGAIN!..

After losing against Sivaspor in the league match ,Galatasaray almost loss again against Sivasspor in the Fortis Cup first leg match in Istanbul. The injury-time equaliser from Ayhan Akman prevented Galatasaray from suffering a second defeat in four days by a Sivasspor side who had took the lead in Istanbul on 74 minutes through Pini Balili. In the night's other tie, Denizlispor and Ankaraspor drew 1-1.

FORTIS TURKISH CUP QUARTER FINALS...

There are two matches on Tuesday and two matches on Wednesday of this week. On Tuesday, Galatasaray will host Sivasspor at home in the late match and in the earlier match Denizlispor will be home against Ankaraspor in the first leg matches.

On Wednesday , Antalyaspor will welcome Besiktas in Antalya and in the second and late match Fenerbahce will be at home against Bursaspor.
27 Jan 2009
Denizlispor v Ankaraspor
Galatasaray v Sivasspor
28 Jan 2009
Antalyaspor v Besiktas
Fenerbahce v Bursaspor

AHMET TURGUT

FINANCIAL CRISES IN THE TURKISH SOCCER CLUBS!...

FINANCIAL CRISES IN THE TURKISH SOCCER CLUBS!...

Eighteen soccer clubs competing in Turkey's Turkcell Super League suffer sequestration debts around 89 million Turkish liras (TL). (One USD is equal to 1.6200 TL)

Kocaelispor are the team that have the highest sequestration debt around 37.7 million TL, while Beşiktaş, Ankaraspor, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Gençlerbirliği, Hacettepe, Kayserispor and Sivasspor are the teams that do not have any debts.

Galatasaray are the soccer club that have the highest debt among the first three biggest teams in Turkey. They follow Kocaelispor with 33.3 million TL.

Fenerbahçe is 1.4 million TL, and Trabzonspor is 2.3 million TL indebted.

Antalyaspor, Bursaspor, Denizlispor, Eskişehirspor, Gaziantepspor, Konyaspor and Ankaragücü are the other indebted teams in the super league.

Source: A.A news agency