BESIKTAS IN AND TRABZONSPOR OUT IN THE TURKISH CUP..

Three of the top teams in the Turkish Super League will not be in the Turkish Ziraat Cup!

First it was Fenerbahce than Bursaspor and yesterday it was Trabzonspor....

The group of death, Group B was very crucial....

Before the match, Trabzonspor was on top of the group with seven points and Besiktas was with six points and Gaziantep BB with five points,,,,'

Gaziantep Buyuksehir Belediyespor surprised a lot of people and beat Manisaspor at Manisa with the score of 1-2 and advance to the quarter finals with Besiktas from Group B !

Besiktas the start studded team with Portuguese connection scored two goals in the first half and Trabzon came back in the beginning of the very first seconds of second half but could not scored the second goal to tie the match!

Trabzonspor's Polish Brozek brother played in Turkey for the first time....

Pavel Brozek assisted on Trabzonspor goal with a nice pass....

Also in this match Polish player Glowacki for Trabzonspor and Ersan Gulum got hurt during the match and the latest news is, Ersan Gulum is done for rest of the year ,according to reports..

On the other hand , Trabzonspor defender Glowacki,has a groin muscle ....



So, the top team team who won the Turkish Cup last year is out of the Turkish Cup!

On Thursday there will be two more matches and winless and pointless Fenerbahce will take on Genclerbirligi in Istanbul...

Fenerbahce will play their second team players in this match....

Genclerbirligi needs a draw at least to advance to the quarter finals.....

But, here is the tricky part in this group...

Also on Thursaday In Malataya, Yeni Malatya will host Ankaragucu if Anakaragucu get a win in Malatya, the team who have 7 points Bucasspor will not advance in this group!

In case of a draw or loss for Ankaragucu ,Bucaspor will advance...

So, the group C is very complicated....

At the end of Thursday,final two teams will advance to the quarter finals...

Will it be Ankaragucu,Genclerbirligi or Bucaspor?


We will find out.....

GALATASARAY WIN, BURSASPOR HELD....

On Sunday in the Turkish Super league, Galatasaray won their first league match in their new home Turk Telekom Arena, against Sivasspor and made a brand new start to the league!

On the other hand , Bursaspor , number two in the league, was held by Konyaspor in Konya!

The newly acquired Kennny Miller ,the player who will be making 50 k pounds a week, came in to the match late in the second half but could not change the score for Bursaspor.0-0

In the 18th week, while three Istanbul giants. won their match, The top team Trabzonspor and Bursaspor were held .

The league leader Trabzonspor lost two huge points at home in this race..

That might hurt them in the league, later on!

If Trabzonspor want to keep the first place they have to win their all home matches....

Also, Trabzon will travel to Istanbul to play with ,Fenerbahce ,Besiktas and Galatasaray in the second half!

This coming weekend they will face Fenerbahce in Istanbul while Bursaspor will host Galatasaray at home..

These two crucial matches, will be the turning points matches in the league...

Today Kayserispor will close the 18th weekend matches at home against Istanbul BuyukSehir Belediye.

Kayseri must win this match if they want to stay on the chase too..

Kayserispor have 31 points one behind Fenerbahce who is on third place....

But, a win against Istanbul B.B will not come easy!

18th week Results.....

FT Besiktas 5 : 1 Bucaspor

FT Antalyaspor 0 : 1 Fenerbahce
FT Genclerbirligi 0 : 1 Eskisehirspor
FT Manisaspor 4 : 2 Karabukspor
FT Trabzonspor 1 : 1 Ankaragucu

FT Galatasaray 1 : 0 Sivasspor
FT Kasimpasa 0 : 1 Gaziantepspor
FT Konyaspor 0 : 0 Bursaspor

BESIKTAS AND FENERBAHCE WIN ,TRABZONSPOR LOSE LIFE LINE!

The long winter brake is over and Turkish Spor TOTO Super League took the fields on Friday and Saturday an there will be matches on Sunday and Monday in the 18th week,

Turkish Spor Toto Super League second half started on Friday. Super League high-profile and transfer record holder team Beşiktas demolish Bucaspor with 5-1.

Turkish Super League’s first half leader Trabzonspor drawn by Ankaragücü 1-1 on Saturday. One of the Super League most dominant team Fenerbahçe, won over Antalyaspor later on Saturday.
The days another match which played later on Saturday, Manisaspor defeated Karabükspor with a 1-0.

Besiktas new Portuguese gang showed their perfect quality against one of the Spor Toto Süper League’s weakest team Bucaspor.

The host netted three-goal lead at the break thanks to eighth-minute strike by Brazilian goalscorer Mert Nobre, and further efforts by Guti (19 penalty) and Simao Sabrosa (44).
Nobre added his second of the night on 64 minutes while Guti did likewise nine minutes later. Bucaspor restored some pride when Musa Aydin netted a consolation 15 minutes from time.

The win lifted Besiktas to 31 points and fifth in the standings while Bucaspor remains second-bottom.

Turkish Super League first half leader Trabzonspor unexpected drawn by Ankaragücü at home.

Brazilian midfielder Jaja go ahead Trabzonspor on 20th minutes. Trabzonspor wasted good chances during the game with goalscorer Umut Bulut.

Ankaragucu Drago Gabric who is also Trabzonspor and rented to Ankaragücü, equalised match on 61th minutes.

With this draw Trabzonspor loss a very important life line in the race.....

The other match of the day, Fenerbahce defeated Antalyaspor on a away match. Fenerbahçe who took three puan against Antalyaspor by Gökhan Gönül’s spectacular goal has achieved this season’s second away victory.

On the other matches in Super league, Manisaspor beat Karabukspor 4-2 at home, Eskisehirspor defeated Genclerbirliği with a 1-0 at away match.


SUNDAY .....


Sunday will see Galatasaray stepping into its Türk Telekom Arena to take on Sivasspor for the first time for a league match.


Things do not look bright on the pitch either as Galatasaray struggled to beat third-tier side Beypazarı Şekerspor 3-1 the Ziraat Turkish Cup and failed to impress in a 0-0 draw against Antalyaspor on Tuesday in the same competition. Another goalless draw against Ajax.

Sitting ninth and 19 points behind Trabzonspor, Galatasaray made a number of desperate transfer
moves over the break; purchasing Colin Kazım Richards from archrival Fenerbahçe drew heavy reaction from the fans, while luring striker Bogdan Stancu and Colombian goalkeeper Robinson Zapata from Steaua Bucharest, Argentine midfielder Juan Emmanuel Culio from Cluj, and Yekta Kurtulus Turkish bottom-dweller Kasımpasa created little excitement among fans.

BURSASPOR HAVE KENNY MILLER..........

Defending champion Bursaspor made one of the biggest transfer moves of the current window, as the Crocs signed Scottish striker Kenny Miller, who scored 49 times in 81 appearances for Rangers in the last two and a half seasons.



Bursaspor will be away in the early match on Sunday against Konyaspor in Konya.....

A loss of point or points for Bursa will make next weekend match between Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor the turning point match...

Bursaspor will be under a lot of pressure just like Galatasaray on Sunday in the Turkish Super league.

Also on Sunday Kasimpasa will host Gazinatepspor...

The 18th week will close with a match on Monday night in Kayseri....

Kayserispor will host Istanbul BuyuSehir.....

GALATASARAY TO OPEN NEW HOME "TURK TELEKOM" ARENA STADIUM

Galatasaray's new stadium in Istanbul, "Turk Telekom Arena", will be open on Saturday.

Turk Telekom Arena has 52,647 spectators capacity, and it is one of the most technological and authentic sports complexes of Turkey.

Galatasaray and Ajax team will play a friendly game at 8:45 p.m, local time on Saturday.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to attend the inauguration ceremony of the stadium.

Ceremonies at the stadium will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.

According to Galatasaray President Adnan Polat,the stadium is the only stadium in Turkey to fully satisfy UEFA criteria for hosting the European Football Championship in 2016.

Because of the very limited parking spaces (about 4500 hundred) The club urges fans to use the newly-opened metro line to Seyrantepe in order to avoid causing heavy traffic jams.

One negative thing about this project the roads around the stadium is not completed yet!

FAREWELL TO GALATASARAY'S "HELL STADIUM" ALI SAMIYEN STADIUM

End of an era: farewell to Ali Sami Yen stadium............

The curtain then finally fell on the Ali Sami Yen Stadium, which had served Galatasaray for 47 years. The venue was instrumental in the Lions clinching the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in 2000, a total of 17 league titles and Turkish Cups, 11 Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Super Cups, 12 Sports Writers (TSYD) Cups, five Chancellor Cups and the 50th Year Cup (1973).

Galatasaray has now moved to it new venue, Aslantepe,Turk Telekom Arena.


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TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE TEAMS WILL GET READY FOR SECOND HALF IN ANTALYA

All 18 teams in topflight Turkish football have chosen Antalya and its environs to prepare for both the cup and the second half of the league season. Defending champion Bursaspor is at the Topkapı Villa Otel in Kundu; leader Trabzonspor at Gloria Golf in Belek; Fenerbahçe at Arcadia in Belek; Beşiktaş at Gloria Serenity in Belek; Galatasaray at Rixos Lares in Kundu; while Antalyaspor is training at its own facilities.


The 18 clubs in the Spor Toto Super League are currently storming both the domestic and international transfer market for players to boost the standard of play of their respective teams before the one-month January transfer window closes. Hence there is bound to be plenty of selling and buying, sooner rather than later, as the teams will be busy offloading the redundant players and replacing them with new ones. The second half of the league season will resume on Friday, Jan. 21, with Besiktas hosting newcomer Bucaspor at the İnönü Stadium in İstanbul. But before that there will be the Ziraat Turkish Cup matches between Jan. 11 and Jan. 17 to play for.



Source: Turkish zaman wire

Bursaspor earns their first point in the last match of Champions League!

Sercan Yıldırım's second-half equalizer gave Bursaspor a 1-1 draw with Rangers on Tuesday, the only point the Turkish titleholder collected in Group C of the Champions League, the Associated Press reported.

The Turkish international striker collected a pass from Ozan İpek to shoot past goalkeeper Allan McGregor in the 79th minute.

Rangers led through Kenny Miller's 19th-minute strike, smashing in a cross from Steven Whittaker into the top corner.

Rangers finished third in the group with six points and will play in the Europa League. It will be the first time the Scottish club continues in European competition after Christmas since 2007, when it lost 2-0 in the UEFA Cup final to Zenit. St Petersburg.

Bursaspor came last in the group after losses in all five previous games. Manchester United and Valencia went through in that order to the last 16.

"We played well: we got into positions, we got the goal and then created even more chances," Bursaspor coach Ertuğrul Sağlam said after the game. "We did everything we could against a team which played so defensively. I can guarantee that next year, if we qualify, we will perform much better."

Saglam had made eight changes to his starting lineup, including leaving out winger Volkan Şen, who was sent off for protesting against a yellow card during Bursaspor's Turkish Spor Toto Super League defeat against Beşiktaş at the weekend.

Rangers manager Walter Smith fielded his regular team despite having already secured qualification to the second-tier club competition, although Darren Cole was given a debut.

Bursaspor dominated most of the possession, with Yıldırım driving the home side forward. Rangers' goal came against the run of play and ensured the visitors led into halftime.

Bursaspor coach Sağlam brought on Ömer Erdoğan and Pablo Batalla to start the second half, and the hosts kept up the pressure as Bekir Ozan and Batalla both came close soon after the interval.

Teammate Frederico Insua sent a free kick narrowly over on the crossbar in the 75th minute.

Four minutes later, the hosts were rewarded for their pressure - Yıldırım collecting the cross from the left flank and finding the net despite McGregor getting a hand on the ball.

Yıldırım almost made it 2-1 soon after, dribbling into the box but failing to hit the target.

"We applied pressure but we just could not find the second goal," Yıldırım said. "If we had, things would have been better for us."

Still, the draw was enough to save Bursaspor from joining an unwanted group of teams finishing the Champions League campaigns with losing all their matches. Previously, eight teams, including Turkey’s Fenerbahçe have lost all of their group matches in the competition.

Sercan was later named man of the match by the official website of the UEFA and said he savors that honor.

"To be named man of the match is a great honor, especially as I'm just 20 years old and the Champions League is such a massive competition," the forward was quoted as saying on the website. "I have had a taste and I'd love to have more. We have learned a lot during this campaign and I hope Bursaspor can take part in the competition again in the near future and improve by doing so."

Rangers’ striker Steven Naismith, who scored the winner in the two teams’ first meeting in the Group C, also had time for Turkish champion.

"Maybe Bursaspor was naive in some of their previous games, but they're a good team with quality players and I'm sure we'll see them again in the Champions League,” the Scot said.

Bursaspor, which is the first team in 26 years to bring the Turkish title out of Istanbul, is currently second in the Super League standings. The Crocs also became the first Turkish team that is not from Istanbul to compete in the Champions League. Previously, Trabzonspor and Sivasspor played in the preliminary rounds of the competition through the runner-up spot in the Super League, but failed to make it to the Champions League.