Turkey face another must-win situation

After beating Kazakhstan with a last-minute goal by Arda Turan last Friday , Turkish national team face another hurdle on the way to secure the second place in the group A.

This time, they will be away in Vienna against Austria....

Turkey with 13 points on second place, six ahead of fourth-place Austria in the group A.

The third place Belgium already played their 8th match and they are with 12 points in the standings..

While Turkey plays serious match against Austria, Belgium will play a friendly match against USA national team on Tuesday.


Germany has already won the group with 24 points and has qualified for the Euro 2012.

Tonight's match against Austria will be make it or brake it for Turkey..

If they win, they will have a run for best runners-up in the qualification group stage of the 2012 European Football Championships.

But, it will not be easy....

Turkish National team will be missing Emre Belozoglu and Selcuk Inan in the midfield.

Emre is injured and Selcuk is out with a red card suspension....


Guus Hiddink: "It is important match for both teams"

Speaking at the press conference, Hiddink said, it is very crucial match for both teams. Austria wants to win this match too.

He said, we want to win this match so we could welcome month of October with a win because Turkey always do good in the month of October.

Turkish National Team Squad For Upcoming EURO 2012

Turkey's squad for the upcoming EURO 2012 qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Austria has been announced Guus Hidddink.

Players will meet at İstanbul Swissotel The Bosphorus'da on 27 August Saturday.

Turkey head coach Guus Hiddink will hold a press conference at Swissotel on 1 September Thursday.

Turkey-Kazakhstan EURO 2012 qualifying match will kick off at Turk Telekom Arena on 2 September Friday at 20.00 local Turkey time.


After that match, Turkish national team will fly to Vienna on September 4th.


Austria-Turkey EURO 2012 qualifier will be played at Ernst Happel Stadium on September 6th at 20.30 Turkey time.

Players list......



1-VOLKAN DEMİREL

FENERBAHÇE

2- SİNAN BOLAT

STANDARD LIEGE

3-TOLGA ZENGİN

TRABZONSPOR A.Ş.

4- GÖKHAN GÖNÜL

FENERBAHÇE

5-SABRİ SARIOĞLU

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

6- SERDAR KESİMAL

FENERBAHÇE

7- GÖKHAN ZAN

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

8- SERVET ÇETİN

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

9- EGEMEN KORKMAZ

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.

10- HAKAN KADİR BALTA

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

11- İSMAİL KÖYBAŞI

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.

12- ÇAĞLAR BİRİNCİ

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

13- MEHMET EKİCİ

WERDER BREMEN

14- TUNAY TORUN

HERTHA BSC

15- SELÇUK İNAN

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

16- SELÇUK ŞAHİN

FENERBAHÇE

17- EMRE BELÖZOĞLU

FENERBAHÇE

18- MEHMET TOPAL

VALENCIA C.F.

19- ARDA TURAN

CLUB ATLETICO DE MADRID

20- GÖKHAN TÖRE

HAMBURGER SV

21- BURAK YILMAZ

TRABZONSPOR A.Ş.

22- CENK TOSUN

GAZİANTEPSPOR

23- KAZIM KAZIM

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

24- UMUT BULUT

TOULOUSE FC

TRABZONSPOR IN GROUP B , IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Trabzonspor the team who will represent Turkey in the Champions League will be in group B, in the Champions League.

Trabzonspor will face Inter Milan,CSKA Moscow and Lille in the group.

Turkish Super League 2011/2012 fixtures announced

The fixtures for the 2011/2012 season in Turkish Spor Toto Super League have been announced in Istanbul on Thursday.

First Istanbul derby of the year will be played between Besiktas and Fenerbahce in Week-8. Besiktas will host another Istanbul side Galatasaray in a Week -11 game. Galatasaray and Fenerbahce will face in a Week-14.

According to fixtures drawn at studios of Lig TV, official broadcaster of the Turkish first division league, Week-1 matches to start on September 9 are as follows:

Medical Park Antalyaspor vs Gaziantepspor
Ankaragucu vs Mersin Idmanyurdu
Eskisehirspor vs Besiktas
Bursaspor vs Kayserispor
Kardemir Karabukspor vs Sivasspor
Samsunspor vs Genclerbirligi
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor vs Galatasaray
Manisaspor vs Trabzonspor
Fenerbahce vs Orduspor

Trabzonspor replaces Fenerbahce in Champions League draw

European soccer's governing body decided on Wednesday to replace Turkish champions Fenerbahce with league runners-up Trabzonspor in the Champions League group stage draw.

The UEFA Emergency Panel, composed of the UEFA president and four members of the UEFA Executive Committee, met Wednesday following the decision of the Turkish Football Federation to withdraw Fenerbahce from the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League due to the fact that the club has been involved in alleged match-fixing, a statement on UEFA's website read.

The UEFA Emergency Panel also decided that Trabzonspor will be replaced in the UEFA Europa League by its opponent in the play-off, Athletic Club of Spain. The UEFA Europa League play-off second-leg match between Trabzonspor and Athletic Club scheduled for Thursday is cancelled as a result.

Turkish football has been mired in a match-fixing scandal since a police operation on July 3.

Among the many people detained are the chairman of Turkish champions Fenerbachce and other high-level officials from the club.

The Turkish football federation said in a statement that UEFA, European football's governing body, presented it with two options. One that Fenerbache voluntarily withdraws from this year's premier European football competition or that the Turkish football federation bans the club from participating.

The draw for the UEFA Champions League group stages is set to be made on today.

Source:Wires

FENERBAHCE OUT OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Turkish champion Fenerbahce has been removed from the Champions League because of an ongoing match-fixing investigation.

Turkey's Football Federation says it has withdrawn Fenerbahce after meetings on Wednesday.


Fenerbahce's removal comes 24 hours before it was to take its place among 32 elite European clubs in the group stage draw being conducted in Monaco.

It is unclear how UEFA will choose a team to replace Fenerbahce, which is suspected of fixing matches to win the title last season.

Runner-up Trabzonspor was eliminated in the Champions League qualifying rounds but has also been implicated in the match-fixing probe.

Source:AP

UEFA inspector in Turkey

UEFA inspector Cornu came to Istanbul and held meetings with public prosecutor Mehmet Berk and President of Turkish Football Federation Mehmet Ali Aydinlar on Monday.

After the talks Mehmet Ali Aydinlar, said Mr. Cornu wanted to see the documents and they wanted to see the operation that is going on.

He also said, Cornu told prosecutor Mehmet Berk that UEFA is following the scandal very close.

Aziz Yildirim, the chairman of Fenerbahce, and cup winners Besiktas coach Tayfur Havutcu are among those who were jailed pending trial. Turkish Football Federation delayed start of the league until Sept. 9 because of the probe.

Last week, Turkish Football Federation was expected to make a decision allegedly involved in match-fixing charges, however, President Aydinlar said the federation would wait for prosecutor's indictment.

Lastly, Turkish court brought sanction to Turkish media ,not to talk or write about on going Turkish match-scandal case!