Historical task for Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakır

Turkish referee Cüneyt Cakir will referee Wednesday’s Champions League match between Russians Rubin Kazan and FC Barcelona.

It is historic for Turkish referee's because After 12 years, Turkish referee team, will ref in the Champions League match!

Cakir assistant; will be Tarik Ongun ,Bahattin Duran, Firat Aydinus ,Tolga Ozkalfa.

Fourth referee will be Suleyman Abay.

As you probably know there are two extra line referees in the Champions League matches this season.


Cuneyt Cakir,34, was promoted to UEFA’s third tier of international refs just this year [Premier Development category].



Cuneyt Cakir has only a few international matches under his belt, the most prestigious of them being last year’s Europa League semi-final between Hamburg and Fulham.

12 years ago in November 1998 ,Turkish referee Oguz Sarvan, referee the Bayern Munich-Brondby match.

Ahmet Cakar was the first Turkish referee to referee a Champions League match back in 1995.

March 1st of 1995, Ahmet Cakar referee the match between Milan v Benfica quarter final match.

FENERBAHCE MOVES TO SIXTH PLACE IN TURKEY

Fenerbahce got out of the blues and they won a thrilling match 6-2 at Kasimpasa with Senegalese forward Mamadou Niang firing a hat-trick. The win took Fenerbahce to sixth place after six games, above Karabukspor on goal difference with 10 points.

Kasimpasa took the lead after five minutes through Sahin Aygunes but a 16th-minute Alex penalty drew Fener level. Emre Belozoglu put them in front after 20 minutes and Niang netted his first in the 23rd.

Kasimpasa ensured a half-time scoreline of 3-2 as Ersen Martin pulled one back two minutes later, but Fenerbahce pulled clear in the second half.

Former Marseille striker Niang scored his second and Fener's fourth in the 64th minute before Alex grabbed his second and Niang wrapped up his hat-trick in the final moments.

WATCH KASIMPASA V FENERBAHCE HIGLIGHTS AND NIANG'S HAT TRICK......

GALATASARAY MOVES TO THIRD IN TURKEY

MILAN BAROS HAT TRICK GAVE GALATASARAY THEIR FOURTH BACK TO BACK WIN....

CANADIAN NATIONAL PLAYER JOSH SIMPSON WHO PLAYS FOR MANISA ALSO HAD A HAT TRICK...


Milan Baros scored a hat-trick against Istanbul Buyuksehir and moved Galatasaray up to third in the Turkish "SPOR TOTO" super league.

After,Bursaspor and Besiktas won their match and in the earlier of the day Trabzon and Kayseri shared the points in Kayseri, Galatasaray come out in full force against Buyuksehir and scored two quick goal in the first fifteen minutes of the match...

Baros scored after five minutes and added a second from the penalty spot six minutes later. He completed his hat trick goal just before the half....

Herve Tum scored Istanbul Buyuksehir's only goal in the match....

After this win Galatasaray reached to 12 points one behind Besiktas who is in second place. Bursaspor on top of the Turkish Super league with 15 points and plus three points to came from suspended match.


The top three look like this at the end of the sixth weekend....
Bursaspor....Besiktas and Galatasaray...

After losing the first two matches in the league Rijkaard's Galatasaray is making stride with new player who are not hundred percent yet!

This was Galatasaray's fourth back to back win in theh league...

Also on Sunday, the team who did not have any points two weeks ago, Manisaspor came to life with their new coach Hikmet Karaman and won on Sunday again and beat Sivasspor 3- 0

Canadian International player Josh Simpson also had a hat trick in the Turkish Super League with Manisaspor....

Elsewhere on Sunday, two teams with 10 points Kayseri and Trabzon shared the points in Kayseri with no action..,..

Trabzonspor was man down last 10 minutes of the match when Giray Kacar recieved a red card.

Sixth-placed Karabukspor were held to a 2-2 draw at Konyaspor.

The sixth week in the Turkish Super League will close with Monday night match between Kasimpasa and Fenerbahce...

This match will take place in the Ali Samiyen Stadium...

Kasimpasa is the last team in the Turkish League...

Fenerbahce is at 10th place with 7 points...


This match will be a must win match for Fnerbhace if they want to catch up the teams that are running for the top spot...

With a win ,they could move to sixth place , one points behind Kayseri and Trabzon and two points behind Galatasaray.

That is why this will be very crucial match for Fenerbahce..



WATCH GALATASARAY V ISTANBUL BUYUKSEHIR MATCH HIGHLIGHTS AND MILAN BAROS HAT TRICK..




WATCH MANISA V SIVAS MATCH AND JOSH SIMPSON HAT TRICK........

BESIKTAS CAPTURES THE SECOND PLACE IN TURKEY

Besiktas beat Antalyaspor in the 90th minute goal,,,

It was all Besiktas in the match but not enough score from Besiktas,,,


Besiktas first scored in the 58th minute by Brazilian striker Bobo.

But, when everything was going good , Besiktas keeper Hakan Arikan, made a huge mistake by not communicating with his defense cost Besiktas a stupid goal!

By coming out and not timing his coming out , Hakan, almost cost the match for Besiktas!

After Hakan's huge mistake, Antalyaspor tied the match with Tita's goal, in the 67th minute...

Besiktas kept the pressure up and Holosko coming in the last three minutes of the match, gave chances for Besiktas, again

In the ninty minute, Besiktas found the second goal by Bobo again...

Bobo scored his second and Besiktas's second goal to win the match before going to

Viana. Besiktas will play against Austria Wien this coming Thursday in the UEFA's Europa League match...




With this win Besiktas captured the second place in the Turkish Spor Toto Super League with 13 points two points behind first place Bursaspor!

Also on Sunday, In Ankara, Genclerbirlgi beat Ankaragucu 1-0 and Eskisehirspor lost at home against Gaziantepspor with one goal.

This was Gaziantep's first win while Eskisehir still winless this season

Watch Besiktas v Antalyaspor match highlights........

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BURSASPOR OPENS THE GAP ON TOP OF TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE

Turkey' defending Champions Bursaspor made it five in a row, not counting the last weekend match.

They are still the only team with perfect record in the Turkish SPOR TOTO Super league after the sixth week....

On Friday, Bursaspor beat Bucaspor with only one goal but managed to walk out of the field with that score at the end of the match....

Bursaspor's goal came by Huseyin Cimsir in the fourth minute of the match....

Huseyin Cimsir has not scored a goal, since 2008 season in the Turkish Super League!

Bursaspor coach Ertugrul Saglam, made some gutsy moves and not started his starting keeper Ivankov after he was disappointed him against Valencia match...

He gave the starting job to young Turkish keeper Yavuz Ozkan....

He played good, except a couple mass up in the second half of the match...

Ertugrul Saglam also rested his starters because of Glasgow Rangers match in the Champions League match this coming Wendsday...


After this win, Bursaspor open the gap on top of the Turkish Super League..

Bursaspor with perfect record has 15 points and one game in the bank!


As I said in my 6th weekend preview article,this weekend matches, will be very hard fought matches...


Istanbul's big three's are feeling the heat from the Anatolian teams now!


Bursaspor will travel to Scotland to play in their second match in the Champions League against Rangers team...

Although Bursaspor havingg perfect record in Turkish League, they are not looking good in the Champions League!

After losing to Valencia at home with big score , they would need to at least get a draw in Scotland against Rangers...


Please read my sixth weekend preview article below link....

http://turkeyfootball.blogspot.com/2010/09/turkish-super-league-week-6-preview.html
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Referees
Hüseyin Göcek, Serkan Akal, Mehmet Metin, Volker Bayarslan

Bursaspor
Yavuz, Ali, Omar, Ibrahim, Vederson, Steinert (min. Insua 46), Hussein, Bekir Ozan, Ozan Ipek, Turgay (73m Volker), Nunez (min. 46 Sercan)

Bucaspor
Fernandes, Holly (73m Gomes), Tomas, Eaton, Mulemo, Ibrahim, Leko (min. 57 Ragip), Erkan, Emma (Dk.17 Mendy), Moses, Manucho

Goal
Min. 4 Hussein (Bursaspor)

Yellow cards
Min. 38 Hussein, Min. 61 Turgay, (Bursaspor), Min. 17 Abraham, Min. Leko 52, Min. 90 Fernandes (Bucaspor)

Gaziantepspor team issued stadium closure after linesman hit by object from stands.

Turkish football federation has issued a one-match stadium closure on Gaziantepspor

after fans threw objects onto the field that hit a linesman in the head during a league game.

The disciplinary board ruled Thursday that Gaziantepspor play one game on neutral venue and without spectators. The punishment comes four days after the incident

forced a league match against Bursaspor to be abandoned. Bursaspor was leading 1-0.
The linesman required stitches to his head. It was not clear what hit him.



The outcome of the match will be decided by Turkish football federation soon.

what do you think ?

They should replay this match where it is left off?

Or should they punisg Gazinatep and give three points to Bursaspor?

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WEEK: 6 ,PREVIEW

Bursaspor kicks off week six......



The 6th weekend opens with Turkish Super League Leader Bursaspor against Bucasspor on Friday night in Bursa, Turkey.


The top team in the league , closed the 5th weekend after referee called off the match in Gazinatep because of linesman getting hit on a head with a object after Bursaspor scored a goal.Turkish Football Federation will make a decision soon .

So. The top team Bursaspor having one match on hand still front of Trabzon,Besiktas and Kayserispor with 2 points...

With a win on Friday night in Bursa with a home crowd , they could open the gap to 5 point!


Bucaspor is the new kid on the block ....

They won only one match in five matches and tied two and lost two...

They are brand new team and trying to be a total team!

Turkey's only team in the UEFA's Champions League competition, Bursaspor will have Rangers match on their mind too.

Bursaspor will play their second CL match on September 29th in Glasgow , Scotland against Rangers team.

Bursaspor should pass Bucaspor easily, but Bucaspor has some scoring powers!

Bucasspor's two losses were against Besiktas and Galatasaray with narrow margin scores...

In the last five matches, Bucaspor only scored 4 goals and allowed 4 goals...

On the other hand , Champions Bursaspor, scored 7 goals in 4 matches not counting the last week's goal and allowed only one goal...

Friday’s Bursaspor v Bucaspor match will start at 8 p.m.local time (13:00 ET)

SATURDAY.....

On Saturday there are three matches in the league...

In Ankara, two of the Ankara's teams Ankaragucu and Genclerbirligi will face each other..

Ankaragucu has 7 points in 5 matches while Gencler has only 5 points in five matches

This will be hard fought match between two clubs...


Also on Saturday , Eskisehirspor will host Gaziantepspor in the 6th week...

Eskisehirspor has only 2 points and they are second from bottom of the barrel!


Gaziantep also is hurting for points too..

Just like the match in Ankara this match will be hard fought match too..

Saturday's other match will be between Besiktas and Antalyaspor in Istanbul..

Besiktas has to win this match...

On the other hand Antalyaspor, will not be easy team to beat..

Antalyaspor earned 8 points in the last five matches in the league!

Besiktas sit on third place with 10 points,,

With a win they could well be on top of the league if Bursaspor does not win on Friday night..........

Sunday.....

There are four matches on Sunday and all of the four matches will be "crunch time" games!

Here is why....

Kayseri at home against Trabzonspor.........

They both have 10 points!

Galatasaray will host Istanbul BuyukSehir .....

They both have 9 points!

Manisaspor v Sivasspor...................

Manisa have only 3 points while Sivasspor have 5 points...

Konyaspor v Karabukspor match will also be very important match for Konyaspor to get out the danger zone in the league!

But, Karabukspor who has 9 points would want to win this match to stay on top,also!

With high power scoring machine, Emmanuel Emenike, look for Karbukspor to win this match...


Sunday matches, will probably be the most exciting matches of all of them....

Just look at the line up.....


Second place team Trabzonspor will face fourth place team Kayserispor ,with 10 points in Kayseri!


Fifth place team BuyukSehir, who has 9 points will face seventh place Galatasaray who has same points in Ali Samiyen Stadium !


These two matches and Konyaspor v Karabukspor match, will change out come of the standings on top!

The winner will move on losers will stall and a draw will keep all of them same..


Turkish SPOR TOTO Super League will close on Monday night in Istanbul, with Kasimpasa- Fenerbahce match.

The last place team Kasimpasa, who has only 2 points in the last five matches will face 9th place team Fenerbahce...

Fenerbahce with a win against Kasimpasa could reach to 10 points....

This could well be turning point for Fenerbahce and under-fire coach Aykut Kocaman!

Kasimpasa, is very week but they seem to play better against Fenerbahce all the time..


So, The 6th weekend matches will be hard fought matches......

Starting from Friday night with Bursaspor and ending on Monday night with Fenerbahce

matches all the point hungry teams will try to win their matches but, we should not
under estimate, the underdogs, this weekend!