93 suspects charged in Turkish match-fixing probe

Turkish prosecutors investigating a match-fixing scandal in Turkey are expected to file indictments on Monday against 93 suspects, including the chairman of champions Fenerbahce.

More than 30 players and officials, including the Fenerbahce chairman, Aziz Yildirim, have been in jail pending trial, since the scandal broke over the summer, forcing the Turkish Football Federation to delay the start of the season by a month.


On Friday, Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul, vetoed legislation approved by parliament that would have reduced jail sentences for match-fixing crimes from a maximum 12 years to three years.

The president based his decision on concern that the public would view the change in the law as being made to benefit certain individuals and that the reduced penalties would not act as a sufficient deterrent.

Under pressure from Uefa, the TFF barred last year's champions Fenerbahce from the Champions League. Runners-up Trabzonspor replaced them.

Among the games under investigation are Fenerbahce's 4-3 victory over Sivasspor, which clinched the title on the last day of the season and the cup final between Besiktas and IBB. Besiktas have returned the trophy pending the outcome of the investigation.



Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildirim, who has denied any wrongdoing, could be sentenced to a total of 114 years in prison if convicted on charges of establishing a crime-ring, swindling, and match-fixing, the state-run Anadolu Agency said.

Yildirim and 30 others, including former Giresunspor president Olgun Peker, remain in jail and it was not clear when they will go on trial in connection with the scandal involving 19 allegedly fixed games last season.

A total of 93 people have been charged. Prosecutors said the investigation was focusing on officials of eight clubs, including two other top clubs -- Trabzonspor and Besiktas.

According to Anatolian news agency , the indictment described Peker and Yildirim as the ring leaders in a broad match-fixing scheme.

Prosecutor Fikret Secen said suspects who remain free were barred from attending sports events as spectators. Among them were players from Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Bursaspor and Eskisehirspor.

Fenerbahce went unbeaten through the second half of the season and beat Trabzonspor to the title on goal difference. Officials with Trabzonspor, which replaced Fenerbahce in the Champions League, also have been implicated, along with officials or players from several other clubs.

Other clubs mentioned in the indictment were Besiktas, Trabzonspor, Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi Spor (IBB), Sivasspor, Manisaspor, Giresunspor and Mersin Idman Yurdu.

Last term's cup final between Besiktas and IBB is another match under investigation. Winners Besiktas have returned the trophy pending the probe's outcome.

One of two deputy presidents of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF ), Goksel Gumusdag, was among those indicted on match-fixing charges.

Istanbul court has 15 days to decide whether the case is strong enough to go to trial.

U.S. U-17 Men's National Team Beats Turkey

Turkey's U-17(16)'s started the match in very shaky grounds and sat in their half of the field whole first half of the match and than after with ten men they played a lot more better in the second half but lost the match in the last minutes of the match!


In 2010 ,Turkey beat USA, 2-1 and won the Nike International Friendlies Tournament....

But this year, they loss to US in the last minute!

For Yanks,Herber Mejia Flores score in the 88th minute on an assist from Wesley Wade as the US U-17 men's national team earned 2-1 victory over young Turks....

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US scored first in the match from a corner kick in the 18th minute......

Jorge Calix gave a short pass to Junior Flores, who crossed the ball into the box and Tyler Turner head at the back post, as Turkey goalkeeper from Goztepe's Junior team from Izmir, Mehmet Goktug Bakirbas scrambled!


Young Turks were reduced to 10 men in the 40th minute after Yusuf Selim Sahin was sent off for a two-footed, studs up challenge on Flores.


After down a player and a goal Turkey starting to play in attacking mode in the second half..

In the 47th minute, young Turks powered into the US end. Mustafa Batuhan Altinas who plays for Bursaspor Junior team made his way in front of goal and fired into the near top corner...

After young Turks missing a good couple chances, young yanks turned up the heat again...

Young Turkish keeper from Goztepe team,Mehmet Goktug Bakirbas had a couple of good saves before US scored the winning goal!

Actual Turkey was better side in the second half until the 88th minute goal....

Big mistake by Turkish defender and captain of the young Turks, Melih Can Yagci(14) cost the match for Turkey...


Midfielder Herber Mejia Flores scored in the 88th minute the winning goal for yanks,,,,,

The young Yanks outshot the Turks 14-6 and 6 shots on goal to Turkey’s three.

Read more: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/12/03/3697753/us-soccer-wins.html#ixzz1fSM0umaK

On Sunday, US will face Brazil for the Tournament championship match....

Turkey will play against France on Sunday...

Young Turks, have zero point in the tournament...

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Match Report........

Date: Dec. 2, 2011
Competition: 2011 Nike International Friendlies
Venue: Premier Sports Campus; Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
Kickoff: 5 p.m. ET
Attendance: 1,859
Weather: 68 degrees, cool

Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 1 2
TUR 0 1 1

USA – Tyler Turner (Junior Flores) 19th minute
TUR – Mustafa Batuhan Altintas 47
USA – Junior Flores (Wesley Wade) 88

Lineups:
USA: 18-Evan Louro; 4-Shaquell Moore, 2-Conor Donovan, 6-Tyler Turner, 3- John Requejo, Jr.; 7-Rubio Rubin (9-Wesley Wade, 55), 14-Steven Echevarria, 10-Junior Flores (20-Christopher Lema, 90), 15-Jorge Calix (8-Angel Heredia, 54); 13-Corey Baird, 19-Danya Kafai (11-DeAndre Robinson, 61)
Subs Not Used: 1-Paul Christensen, 5-Guy Kabala, 12- Adonis Amaya, 16-Kevin Politz, 17-Dembakwi Yomba
Head coach: Wilmer Cabrera

TURKEY: 12-Mehmet Goktug Bakirbas; 7-Anil Capkin, 14-Melih Can Yagci (capt.), 4-Mehdi Akgul, 15-Mahmuthan Samet Acar (3-Umut Can Ince, 36); 6-Serdar Bingol; 17-Ismail Kose (20-Aziz Ceylan, 82), 8-Mert Ozturk (2-Cahit Enis Katipogl, 66), 18-Yusuf Selim Sahin, 11-Berk Yildiz; 9-Mustafa Batuhan Altintas
Subs Not Used: 1-Anil Demir, 5-Alim Harlak, 10-Semih Islemecioglu,13-Safa Altuntas, 16-Muhammet Rasit Sahingoz, 19-Ramazan Civele
Head coach: Mehmet Hacioglu

U.S. Under-17 Men vs. Turkey U-17(16) ...

(Photo by TFF )

Turkish National under 17(16)team will play their second match on Friday against USA Under 17 team at 5:00 PM,ET and the match will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel.

Young Turks loss their first match to Brazil with 1-0 score.....

On the other hand ,young Yankees, tied with France...

The USA Nike Friendly International Tournament started back in 2007 with the vision of bringing big names in to US soccer....

Brazil and USA has been there since the tournament started....


This is third time for Turkish under 17(16)..

The other team in the tournament, France, it is for first time for them!

To order to go on and win the Tournament it is very important match tonight...

Who ever loses this match will be pretty much out of winning the tournament!

USA, looks better side but, you will never know..

The talent on Turkish squad could change that...

Most of the Turkish National Team under 16 player are from Fenerbahce and Bucasspor!

There is one player from Galatasaray and one player from Besiktas and one player from Bursasspor.

Altay, Goztepe and Turgutluspor each send one player.....

There also German born Turkish players who are playing for German teams in Germany...

Brazil is on top with 3 points in the standing...

USA and France both have one point while Turkey have no points, going into this match!

Turkish under 16 National team is coach by Mehmet Hacioglu....


The match will be broadcast live on cable on Fox Soccer Channel...

While, US show this match live here , I am very surprised why Turkish TV's wont pick this match live?

This really show the interest for youth development in Turkey!

Besiktas win late with Quaresma

Besiktas's Ricardo Quaresma and Ibrahim Toroman

Thanks to Quaresma, Besiktas won the match in the injury -time with Quaresma's big life saving goal..

Besiktas was up 2-0 in the begining of the second half but Maccabi Tel-Aviv tied the match with two quick goal...

Besiktas scored the first goal at the end of first half...

Quaresma fired with a right-foot volley shot from the left side of the penalty area after Egeman Korkmaz had crossed from deep on the left.

This goal could be one of the best goals in the europe this year..

It was great half volley kick by Ricardo Quaresma.....

See Quaresma super goal here.....

Besiktas doubled their lead within two minutes of the restart when Manuel Fernandes swung in a corner from the left and Ibrahim Toraman rose up and past Maccabi goalkeeper Barak Levi.

Maccabi Tel Aviv scored when Savo Pavicevic's corner was knocked on by Israelevich to Shiran Yeyni who drill home low from six yards...

And Besiktas team was stunned in the 72nd minute when Tel Aviv wiped out their two-goal deficit when Moshe Lugasi fired into the top corner of the net from 20 yards.

It was the injury time, when Quaresma took everthing in his own hands..

Hugo Almeida pass the ball to him just outside of the box and he went around block of defenders and took a great shot and scored.

That last minute goal by Quaresma , gave Besiktas a life in Europe!

Ricardo Quaresma, the player who has been under heavy critisim by the Turkish media, played his best match with scoring three of the two goal and most of all, his late goal was huge for Besiktas team and Besiktas fans.

So, Besiktas bloomed in Bloomfield Stadium in Israil,against Maccabi Tel-Aviv, with a "life kiss" goal by Quaresma....

Besiktas will join Stoke City in the next round...

Both teams will meet in Istanbul before going to next round on December 14,2011

Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Besiktas Preview

All Besiktas need is a win in Tel Aviv, tonight....

With a win Black and White Eagles of Turkey, will go through...

Maccabi Tel-Aviv at bottom Group E with one point from four games.

They are five points behind second-placed Besiktas, who beat them 5-1 in Istanbul in opening group match.

For home team Maccabi, midfielder Rafi Dahan is out with a groin injury while striker Barak Yitzhaki will not play.

Besiktas midfielder Necip Uysal is still injured after suffering a deep cut in his leg during a match against Galatasaray. Mehmet Aurelio and Simao also missed training earlier this week.


Under normal circumstances Besiktas should not have a problem beating Maccabi but, if we look at their last three home matches they won all of them on the other hand Besiktas loss all their last three away matches!

Besiktas caretaker Carlos Carvalhal, won their away match in the Turkish Super League against Trabzonspor the team who represent Turkey in the Champions League this season..

In Group E, Stoke is in first place with ten points they could finish on top with a win tonight also.

So, Besiktas and Stoke could go hand hand hand from Group E. before they meat in Istanbul later on this month!

Otherwise, it could be difficult match both of them slip today!

Could Besiiktas finish Maccabi, Tonight?

I think, they could and they should....

I don't see a problem there..

As long as they play as a team tonight, they should able to pass Maccabi with no problem.

Maccabi Tel_Aviv vs Besiktas match will start at 3.05 PM,ET

TURKEY'S U-16 NATIONAL TEAM WILL COMPETE IN US SOCCER SHOWCASE

TURKEY'S U-16 NATIONAL TEAM IN 2011 NIKE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES...

Turkish National U-16 team will compete in 2011 Nike International Friendlies in Sarasota,Florida .

Over 15 thousand people are expected to attend . Four national teams; France, Turkey, Brazil and the United States will be participating and all games are free and open to the public.

In addition 160 other teams will be playing over the course of 5 days. Several of the games will be televised.



All 78 Development Academy Clubs in the United States will play three Non-Conference Games from Dec. 2-6..

The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team, whose current roster features 24 players representing Academy clubs, will face off against Brazil, France and Turkey during the Nike International Friendlies from Nov. 30-Dec. 4.

Turkey's U-16 will face Brazil on Wednesday, November 30th at 2 pm ET.

Wednesday, November 30:
Brazil vs. Turkey at 2pm
USA vs. France at 5pm

Friday, December 2:
France vs. Brazil at 2pm
USA vs. Turkey at 5pm

Sunday, December 4
Turkey vs. France at 2pm
USA vs. Brazil is at 5pm

Turkey U-16 Roster....

Anıl DEMİR
Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

Ramazan CİVELEK
Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

Aziz CEYLAN
Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

Mehdi AKGÜL
Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

Umut Can İNCE
Beşiktaş A.Ş.

Muhammet Raşit ŞAHİNGÖZ
Beşiktaş A.Ş.

Mustafa Batuhan ALTINTAŞ
Bursaspor

Berk YILDIZ
Galatasaray A.Ş.

Mahmuthan Samet ACAR
Bucaspor

Melih Can YAĞCI
Bucaspor

Yusuf Selim ŞAHİN
Bucaspor

Alim HARLAK Bucaspor

Mehmet Göktüğ BAKIRBAŞ
Göztepe A.Ş.

Safa ALTUNTAŞ
Altay

Cahit Enis KATİPOĞLU
Altay

İsmail KÖSE
Turgutluspor

Serdar BİNGÖL
Borussia Dortmund

Anıl ÇAPKIN
1. FC Köln

Semih İŞLEMECİOGLU
HSV Hamburg

Mert ÖZTÜRK
VFB Stuttgart

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WRAP: CONGESTION ON TOP!

MANISASPOR KEEPER ILKER AVCIBAY.....

Before the week 12 , started, I have mentioned that week 12, will be wide open for surprise scores and results before the weekend matches!

On Friday, The top team in Turkey, Fenerbahce, had a chance to open the gap with a win but they draw against Genclerbirligi.

Although they draw in Ankara they still hold on the first place in Turkey at the end of week 12.

Week 12, was good for Besiktas and disappointed for Trabzonspor!

Before the week 12 matches, Trabzonspor was on second place, but finished on sixth place at the end of week 12, after losing at home ,against Besiktas.0-1

The only gaol in this match came by Penalty kick by Q7(Quaresma)
Trabzonspor’s Czech defender Ondrej Celustka brought down Mustafa Pekdemek in the box, in the 79th minute..

Referee Firat Aydinus showed red card to Celustka, that was little harsh....

This match and this win, was more than three points for Besiktas!

They stayed in the chase and and they moved on top of Trabzonspor....

A loss would have kept them from top and at 18 points!

Instead, with 21 points they are with in reach of second place this coming weekend..

On the other hand, Trabzonspor could capture the second place in week 13, by beating Sivasspor at Sivas on Friday night....


Galatasaray actually capture the second place from Trabzonspor on Saturday after beating Sivasspor at home 2-1...


Galatasaray with 9 men beat Sivasspor after Engin and Elmander was rejected from the match..

Galatasaray just like Besiktas won a match meant more than three points!

Galatasaray captured the second place in th Turkish Super League...

When was the last time you saw Galatasaray in the second place?

It has been a long time!

But,Galatasaray still not functioning as a team yet....

Fenerbahce and Galatasaray team will have very though 5 matches in the league before the winter brake...


In the week 14, the derby match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray will be the hardest match for both team....

In the week 13, Fenerbahce will have rather easy match at home against Ankaragucu while Galatasaray will be in Ankara against Genclerbirligi...

The team who has not loss at home this season.....

Looking back at this past weekend except the match will play on Monday night Karabuk vs Bursa match, It was good week for Besiktas and Galatasaray!

CONGRATULATION TO MANISASPOR......

Last year the team who had a lot of problem paying his players and coaches Manisaspor is surprising everyone with their form in the Turkish Super League!

This past weekend they beat Kayserispor at home at captured the third place in the Turkish Super League......

In, the last six matches, they allowed only one goal in their goal!

Manisaspor keeper Ilker Avcibay is having fantastic season, so far...

Manisaspor earned 14 points in the last six matches.....

Ilker Avcibay along with Orduspor keeper are the only keepers allowed only 8 goals in the 13 weeks...


Monday night's match between Karabuk vs Bursaspor will be struggle for points too..

On week 13, the week will start at Friday with Sivasspor vs Trabzonspor match and end with Besiktas vs Orduspor match which will play in Izmir , because of suspension by TFF!

Fenerbahce will hold on the first place but the second place ,and third place, will be up for

grabs in the week 13!

Congestion on top of the Turkish Super League will go on next weekend too....


WEEK 12 RESULTS....

5 Nov 2011
FT Genclerbirligi 0 : 0 Fenerbahce
26 Nov 2011
FT Galatasaray 2 : 1 Sivasspor
FT Orduspor 0 : 1 Mersin
FT Samsunspor 1 : 0 Antalyaspor
27 Nov 2011
FT Buyuksehir 3 : 1 Gaziantepspor
FT Eskisehirspor 3 : 2 Ankaragucu
FT Manisaspor 1 : 0 Kayserispor
FT Trabzonspor 0 : 1 Besiktas
28 Nov 2011
19:00 CET Karabukspor 3-1 Bursaspor


WEEK 13.....

02 Dec 2011
19:00 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Trabzonspor
03 Dec 2011
12:00 CET Gaziantepspor ? : ? Samsunspor
15:00 CET Genclerbirligi ? : ? Galatasaray
18:00 CET Fenerbahce ? : ? Ankaragucu
04 Dec 2011
12:00 CET Antalyaspor ? : ? Karabukspor
12:00 CET Kayserispor ? : ? Buyuksehir
15:00 CET Mersin ? : ? Manisaspor
18:00 CET Bursaspor ? : ? Eskisehirspor
05 Dec 2011
19:00 CET Besiktas ? : ? Orduspor