A NEW NAME SPONSOR FOR TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE!

Well, we have to get use to this name from now on....

"SPOR TOTO TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE!"


It is the state-run(Turkish Government) sports betting company....

Very nice......

Now, we have a betting company runs by the Government is going to sponsor the Turkey's top league!


People will bet more now since the name of the Turkish Super League is sponsored by Betting company called "SPOR -TOTO"


The betting company commercials were all over the radios and TV's and news papers now we will say their name every time when we talk about Turkish Super league...

But, I guess money talks.................



How absurd is that?


Spor Toto has been awarded naming rights for the Turkey’s top football leagues starting from the 2010-2011 season.

The deal will cost Spor Toto $125 million...

They will will acquire the naming rights for the Super League, League Two and League Three for the next five years.


Turkcell had been the main sponsor of the Super League for five years,

On the other hand Turkish Super League will start this weekend ,,,

Here is the Super League schedule for week one....

SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 2010

Gaziantepspor v Kasimpasa

Sivasspor v GALATASARAY


Eskisehirspor v Genclerbirligi

Bucaspor v Besiktas

SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010

Fenerbahce v Medical Park Antalyaspor

Ankaragucu v Trabzonspor

KDC Karabukspor v Manisaspor

MONDAY 16 AUGUST 2010

B.Ş. Belediyespor v Kayserispor

Bursaspor v Konyaspor

TURKEY'S SUPER CUP GOES TO TRABZONSPOR!

Turkish Cup winners Trabzonspor beat Turkish Turkcell Super League Champions Bursaspor in the Turkey Super Cup match 3-0 at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. Turkey.

All three goals scored by Gutierrez .......


Stadium: Ataturk Olympic

Referees: Kuddusi Muftuoglu, Baki Tuncay Akkın, Nihat Mızrak

Bursasspor : Ivankov, Ali, Umar, Ibrahim (min. 75 Serdar), Vederson, David, Kirita (min. 46 Bekir Ozan), Batalla (min. 63 Sercan), Ergiç, Ozan, Turgay

Trabzonspor: Onur , Serkan, Glowacki, Egemen, Cale, Burak (min. 66 Yattara), Selcuk, Ceyhun, Colman, Alanzinho (min. 79 Baris Ates ), Teofilo (min. 90 3 Giray?)

Goals: Min. 55, Min. And 61 min. 72 Teofilo (Trabzonspor)

Turkey squad for Romania friendly!

Turkish national team's 23-man squad for the upcoming friendly match against Romania on 11 August 2010 has been announced today.

Turkey squad will start gathering in İstanbul Swissotel starting from 17.00 on 8 August Sunday. Turkey will make their first training session at Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium the following day on 19.00. First 30 minutes of the practice will be open to media.

Turkey Head Coach Guus Hiddink, will hold a press conference on 10 August Tuesday at 15.00 in Swissotel. Two players will accompany the Dutch coach in this activity. Turkey will finalize their preparations for the game with a training that will take place at Ali Sami Yen Stadium at 19.00. Media will be able to follow 30 minutes of the practice.

Turkey - Romania friendly will be played at Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium and kick-off time is set as 21.15. The game will be broadcasted live by "Kanaltürk".

Turkey - Romania match will be officiated by Milorad Mazic from Serbian Football Federation. Mazic's assistants will be Igor Radojcic and Nikola Tomicic, while Turkish referee Halis Özkahya will be the fourth official.

Turkey squad consists of the following players:


GOALKEEPERS


1-

VOLKAN DEMİREL

FENERBAHÇE

2-

HAKAN ARIKAN

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.

3-

ONUR RECEP KIVRAK

TRABZONSPOR


DEFENDERS


4-

GÖKHAN GÖNÜL

FENERBAHÇE

5-

SABRİ SARIOĞLU

GALATASARAY A.Ş

6-

GÖKHAN ZAN

GALATASARAY A.Ş

7-

SERVET ÇETİN

GALATASARAY A.Ş

8-

İBRAHİM KAŞ

GETAFE

9-

HAKAN KADİR BALTA

GALATASARAY A.Ş

10

İSMAİL KÖYBAŞI

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.


MIDFIELDERS


11-

MEHMET AURELIO

REAL BETİS

12-

SELÇUK ŞAHİN

FENERBAHÇE

13-

EMRE BELÖZOĞLU

FENERBAHÇE

14-

NURİ ŞAHİN

B. DORTMUND

15-

KAZIM KAZIM

FENERBAHÇE

16-

HAMİT ALTINTOP

BAYERN MÜNİH

17-

ARDA TURAN

GALATASARAY A.Ş

18-

OZAN İPEK

BURSASPOR


FORWARDS

19-

MEVLÜT ERDİNÇ

PSG

20-

HALİL ALTINTOP

E. FRANKFURT

21-

TUNCAY ŞANLI

STOKE CITY

22-

SERCAN YILDIRIM

BURSASPOR

23-

NİHAT KAHVECİ

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş

Source: TFF

UEFA DRAW FOR TURKISH TEAMS!

Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor and Besiktas -- were picked against strong opposition in the UEFA Europa League playoffs after the draw was made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


Galatasaray were drawn with Ukraine's Karpaty Lviv in UEFA Europa League play-off round, while another Turkish team Trabzonspor must overcome England's Liverpool to advance to group stage.

Four Turkish teams are competing in Europa League play-offs.

Following the UEFA Europe League play-off round draw made in Switzerland, Besiktas were paired with Finland's HJK Helsinki.

Fenerbahce, who were eliminated by Swiss Young Boys in UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, will face Greece's PAOK in Europe League play-offs.

First legs will be played on August 19 and return matches will be played on August 26.

GALATASARAY AND BESIKTAS GOES THROUGH!

NIGHT OF VICTORY..................

An excellent result from Galatasaray and Besiktas of Turkey. Galatasaray defeated Serbia's OFK Belgrade 5-1 in an away game in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round second leg. Galatasaray drew 2-2 with OFK Belgrade in the first match in Istanbul. Galatasaray qualified for play-off.

Turkish soccer team Besiktas defeated Czech Viktoria Plzen 3-0 in the second leg of the Europa League third qualifying round in Istanbul on Thursday. BeSiktaş qualified for the play-off.

Galatasaray defeated Serbia's OFK Belgrad 5-1 in an away game in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round second leg.

Galatasaray qualified for play-off.

Stadium: Omladinski

Referees: Daniel Stalhammar, Henrik Andren, Per Brogevik (Sweden)

OFK Belgrad: Saranov, Petkovic, Rodic, Kecojevic, Nikolic, Trivunovic, Markovic, Kristic (min. 59 Sindjic), Simic, Zeravica (min. 75 Filipovic), Milic (min. 75 Injac)

Galatasaray: Aykut, Sabri, Neill, Servet, Hakan, Cana, Ayhan, Serdar Ozkan (min. 61 Pino), Mustafa, Arda (min. 82 Ali Turan), Kewell (min. 72 Mehmet Batdal)

Scorers: min. 12 Mustafa, min. 22 and 57 (penalty) Kewell, min. 71 Arda, min. 81 Mehmet Batdal (Galatasaray), min. 32 Nikolic (OFK Belgrad)

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Besiktas defeated Czech Viktoria Plzen 3-0 in the second leg of the Europa League third qualifying round in Istanbul on Thursday.

Besiktas qualified for play-off.

Stadium: BJK Inonu

Referees: Jerome Efong Nzolo, Joel De Bruyn, Michael Gerard (Belgium)

Besiktas: Hakan, Erhan, Zapotocny, Ibrahim Toraman (min. 46 Ferrari), Ibrahim Uzulmez, Quaresma, Ernst, Necip, Holosko, Delgado (min. 60 Tabata), Bobo (min. 68 Nihat)

Viktoria Plzen: Krbecek, Rajtoral, Navratil, Bystron, Limbersky, Horvath (min. 83 Rydel), Rada, Jiracek, Petrzela (min. 76 Aruska), Kolar (min. 75 Hajovsky), Rezek

Scorers: min. 39 Quaresma, min. 57 Delgado, min. 71 Holosko (Besiktas)

Red cards: min. 32 Navratil, min. 52 Limbersky (Viktoria Plzen)

EUROPEAN CL DREAMS ARE OVER FOR FENERBAHCE!

This has to be the biggest flop in the Fenerbahce history!

Ever since Brazilain legend Zico took Fenerbahce to high places in the UEFA Champions League , Fenerbahce has been on down fall in the European Leagues, thanks to stupid mistakes by Fenerbahce Board of directors and the CEO of Fenerbahce.

The season ended for Fenerbahce before it started....


Fenerbahce was eliminated from the UEFA European Champions League after being beaten by Swiss team Young Boys 1-0.

The Turkish media's pretty boy, coach Aykut Kocaman, is a bust for Fenerbahce in my opinion...

Fenerbahce team was way way to late in getting new players to the team...

And the man who has not coached in two years and has not coached big clubs Aykut Kocaman was wrong choice for Fenerbahce as a coach...

But, Some people in the Turkish Media,( Radio, TV and Print ) gave a lot of support to Kocaman to be the next coach of Fenerbahce while Daum was coaching Fenerbahce.

Let me go on the record to say, they are the ones that forced Daum, out of his coaching job ...

So what happened now!.......

Turkish Media...you're the ones that supported him, on the radio, TV and the news papers!

Your man, Aykut Kocaman flunked ..........

This is a disaster for Fnerbahce Club ..........

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Galatasaray to play against Serbia's OFK Belgrad

Galatasaray will play against Serbia's OFK Belgrad in UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg in Belgrade on Thursday.

Daniel Stalhammar of Sweden will referee the match which will kick-off at 18:00 Turkish time at Omladinski Stadium in Belgrade on Thursday.

Galatasaray drew 2-2 with OFK Belgrad in the first leg on July 29 at Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul.


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Besiktas suspends deal with Tomas Sivok of Czech Republic, after injury.....

Besiktas has suspended its contract with Tomas Sivok of Czech Republic till January 31, 2011.

The 27-year-old midfielder was injured during exercises earlier this week. His injury will suspend him from fields for about six months.

Sivok joined Besiktas from the Italian soccer club Udinese in May 2008.

FENERBAHCE GETS A DRAW AGAINST YOUNG BOYS...2-2

Fenerbahce went ahead twice but could not hold on the win....

Young Boys came back twice to tied the match to earn a 2-2 draw with ten-man Fenerbahce in Champions League qualifier.



Fenerbahce went ahead with Emre Belozoglu after just five minutes, striking home a fine finish.

The Young Boys came back, with Henri Bienvenue's brilliantly turned to make space and crossed to Emiliano Dudar, who headed in to tie the match.


Fenerbahce took back the lead as Miroslav Stoch took a pass and blasted home from the edge of the penalty area.


After the goal, however, Fenerbahce midfielder Colin Kazim-Richards was sent off, receiving a second yellow card for petulantly throwing the ball away after conceding a free kick.


Fenerbahce survived a second-half bombardment thanks to Fenerbahce Keeper Volkan Demirel.....

In the second half, The young Boys were better side..........

In the 78th minute, but the ball crashed off the crossbar. Alberto Regazzoni was on hand to recover the ball, but Onder Turaci saved his shot with a header.

Three minutes later , the Young Boys broke through.

David Degen raced in to the box from the right wing, and was tripped by Selcuk Sahin, resulting in a penalty to the hosts. Moreno Costanzo ired home to draw his team.


In the closing minutes,Fenerbahce keeper Volkan Demirel came up with big saves and escaped with a draw and two important away goals.

Fenerbahce will play the second leg of their qualfying round in Turkey on August 4.







STADIUM: Stade de Suisse
REFEREES: Svein Oddvar Moen, Geir Age Masovn Holen, Dag-Roger Nebben
YOUNG BOYS: Bürki, Affolter, Dudar, Jemal, Sutter, Doubai (Mayuka MIN. 83), Spycher, Degen, Costanzo, Lulic (Regazzoni MIN. 65), Bienvenu (Marco Schneuwly MIN. 58)

FENERBAHCE: Volkan Demirel, Önder, Bekir, Bilica, Andre Santos, Kazım, Cristian, Emre (Deivid MIN. 86), Stoch, Alex (Semih MIN. 80), Gökhan Ünal (Selçuk MIN. 72)
GOALS: Emre (MIN. 5), Stoch (MIN. 42) (Fenerbahçe), Dudar (MIN. 17), Costanzo (MIN. 89 Pen.) (Young Boys)
RED CARD: Kazım (MIN. 43) (Fenerbahçe)
YELLOW CARDS: Bekir, Kazım, Önder, Alex, Volkan (Fenerbahçe), Costanzo (Young Boys)