Who will be Turkey's Champions?Galatasaray or Fenerbahce

Turks in Turkey and around  the world will be glued to LIGTV today for Turkey's biggest match!


Galatasaray needs a draw to claim the 18th league title .....


On the other hand, Fenerbahce already won the league title 18 times  ....


They are looking for their 19th league title!


Galatasaray finished  regular season on top with  9 points ahead of Fenerbahce....


Because of Turkish FA's new implemented  playoff,  the regular season season points was butchered to half  with no real reason giving !


After Galatasaray losing to Fenerbahce in their home turf , and drawing against Besiktas last weekend after going ahead 2-0.....


Two important matches to their rivals, was disaster for Galatasaray and Fatih Terim....


In the first match ,against Fenerbahce, after scoring the equalizing goal, instead of protecting the tie they went all out and got hurt by Fenerbahce's  goal in the last ten minutes of the match thanks to defense collapse !


And last weekend after going up 2-0 against Besiktas , they found them self  with 2-2 ,draw match...


A loss of five points, in those two matches really hurt Galatasaray, mentally.....


Fenerbahce has a huge advantage with home crowd......


The 12th men, in the stands will be big factor in Kadikoy, today......


As I said before , Galatasaray need a draw to claim the leagues title.....


Could  they play the whole match with that plan?


I don't think so....


Coaches will be huge factor on the sidelines for this match....


Lifting Fatih Terim's suspension, is huge plus for Galatasaray.........


He is one the best sideline coach in Turkey....


His presence on sideline, effects the play and the players......


As far as Aykut Kocoman, when Fatih Terim was coaching Turkish National Team back in Euro 1996 , Aykut Kocaman was his player.....


Experience is on Fatih Terim's side, on  the sideline......


Aykut Kocaman's sideline coaching has been criticized by Fenerbahce fans in the past....


This will be huge match for him, if they beat Galatasaray in Kadikoy.....


 Tactical war between two coaches!


Looking  at  the both teams.....


Both teams  has a great keepers....Volkan and  Muslera,,,,


This could be keepers match, today!


As far as the defense, both teams have good defense.......


Only thing I see with Galatasaray's young backs, making mistakes in  crucial times.....


Midfield...... 


Well, If Alex De Souza plays, I think it will be different....


Both teams midfield, is solid rock.,.....


For Galatasaray, Selcuk Inan is the brain of the midfield and the team.....


Melo and Eboue has to control their anger on the pitch ....


For Fenerbahce, Emre Belozoglu  has to do same thing too....




Forwards  for  both teams is questionable .....


Fenerbahce's  Stoch and Bienvenu  has to have really good match if Fenerbahce wants to win....


On the other hand, Galatasaray has to use Elmander as a striker not as a winger.....


Will it be Baros or Necati, playing along with Elmander ?


I think, Necati is playing very good in away matches with Elmander,,,,,


But, Fatih Terim needs Baros too, if he wants to win this match!


Galatasaray have not won at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium for 12 years....


Could they do it ,today?


They could ,but it will not be easy......


This has to be the biggest match for Fatih Terim, as a coach......


Like I said, a draw is good for Galatasaray to claim the title!


But, Fenerbahce with their fans on their back, would want to end this season with league trophy....




It  will be one hell of game....


Who ever wins the championship, should be applaud by opponent players and the fans in the stadium at the end of the match....


That is my hope!


Turkey's biggest match will start at 19:00 local Turkey time.(12;00 ET )


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CLUBS CLEARED, PLAYERS BANNED IN TURKISH FOOTBALL MATCH-FIXING

Fenerbache: Among the teams cleared......... While, all 16 clubs MENTIONED in the Turkish match-fixing scandal investigation have been cleared of any wrongdoing ,10 players and officials banned between one and three years... Here is what TFF's web site said about all 16 clubs...... "There is no reason for punishment since the elements of the alleged disciplinary violation have not materialized'' Gaziantepspor midfielder Ibrahim Akin, who was with Istanbul Buyuksehir when accused, was banned for three years with Ankaragucu goalkeeper Serdar Kulbilge given a two-year ban. Eight others, including Fenerbahce's Mehmet Sekip Mosturoglu, Ilhan Yuksel Eksioglu and Cemil Turhan, received with a disciplinary banned,from any administrative or sports activities, including entering the stadiums. LATE NIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT..... The TFF's investigating body, the Professional Football Discipline Committee, revealed its decision on Sunday night after all the newspapers went to press and all the Turkish Football TV shows ended! They shocked a lot of Turkish people ..... Last year's Turkish Super League champions Fenerbahce, who were kicked out of this season's Champions League as a result of the investigation, were among the teams cleared. This decision came while a criminal trial of Aziz Yildirim, chairman of champions Fenerbahce, was still underway. Aziz Yildirim is still in jail pending a verdict..... Turkish Football, disciplinary board said there was no punishment for Aziz Yildirim. This, TFF's very decision, will be carefully looked at by UEFA ! In pass, UEFA said, "clubs could face relegation or exclusion from Europe over the allegations." Aziz Yildirim denies the charges and have been saying, the case was specifically designed to undermine Fenerbahce and him self.

HERE IS THE PLAY-OFF(SUPER FINAL) PICTURE IN TURKEY

After the end of the Super League regular season on Sunday,the Play-off ''Super Final'' Draw of Super League was made today in İstanbul. According to Super Final format, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams of the regular season, will face each other in ''Super Final Championship Group'' in a home&away match-basis group stage. At the end of this group matches; the winner of the group will be the champion of 2011-2012 Spor Toto Super League season and therefore; will directly participate 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League from group stage. Besides; the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th teams of 2011-2012 Spor Toto Super League regular season, will meet in the group called as ''Super Final Europa League Group'' in a home&away match-basis group stage also. At the end of this group matches; the winner of the group will face the 4th team of Super Final Championship Group to qualify to the UEFA Europa League for the next season in a single match on 20 May 2012. This match will be played in neutral venue and at the end; the third and the last team from Spor Toto Super League who will join to 2012-2013 UEFA Europa League, will be decided. At the end of the regular season, the participant teams points' of Super Final Championship Group and Super Final Europa League Group, was divided into 2 and all the teams will start their Super Final groups with their new points. The teams who has a points with rational number, was gained 0.5 points to complete their points into whole number. Super Final Championship Group Standings & Schedules Teams Super Final Points 1. GALATASARAY 39 ,2. FENERBAHÇE 34,3. TRABZONSPOR 28,4. BEŞİKTAŞ 28 1st Week 14/15 April 2012 FENERBAHÇE-TRABZONSPOR BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.-GALATASARAY 2nd Week 21/22 April 2012 GALATASARAY -FENERBAHÇE TRABZONSPOR -BEŞİKTAŞ 3rd Week 28/29 April 2012 TRABZONSPOR -GALATASARAY FENERBAHÇE -BEŞİKTAŞ 4th Week 2/3 May 2012 GALATASARAY -TRABZONSPOR BEŞİKTAŞ-FENERBAHÇE 5th Week 5/6 May 2012 TRABZONSPOR-FENERBAHÇE GALATASARAY -BEŞİKTAŞ 6th Week 12/13 May 2012 FENERBAHÇE-GALATASARAY BEŞİKTAŞ -TRABZONSPOR Super Final Europa League Group Standings & Schedules: Teams Super Final Points 1. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR 25,2. İSTANBUL BBSK 25,3. SİVASSPOR 2, 4. BURSASPOR 25 1st Week 14/15 April 2012 İSTANBUL BBSK-ESKİŞEHİRSPOR SİVASSPOR-BURSASPOR 2nd Week 21/22 April 2012 BURSASPOR-İSTANBUL BBSK ESKİŞEHİRSPOR-SİVASSPOR 3rd Week 28/29 April 2012 ESKİŞEHİRSPOR- BURSASPOR İSTANBUL BBSK-SİVASSPOR 4th Week 2/3 May 2012 BURSASPOR-ESKİŞEHİRSPOR SİVASSPOR-İSTANBUL BBSK 5th Week 5/6 May 2012 ESKİŞEHİRSPOR-İSTANBUL BBSK BURSASPOR-SİVASSPOR 6th Week 12/13 May 2012 İSTANBUL BBSK-BURSASPOR SİVASSPOR-ESKİŞEHİRSPOR Source : TFF

LAST DANCE BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS IN TURKEY

It is the last dance before the first ever playoffs in Turkey! Turkish Super League's last weekend matches will take place on this coming weekend. Week 34, will open on Friday with Karabuk vs Besiktas match..... There will be five matches on Saturday and two matches on Sunday.. On Saturday and Sunday , there will be a lot of tight matches between teams who are trying to reach the playoffs! Here is a quick reminder how the play off sytem will take place in Turkey! The top four temas will play for Championship.... From 5th place to 8th place teams will play for the Europian Cup slot, that one is little tricky! The top four teams will play in a mini-league home and away.... Each teams will play six matches...... At the end of this weekend, top four teams points wil be diveded to half and the teams will start the play-off with those points.... First place finisher will be the the Champions of Turkey..... On the other hand, teams between 5th and 8th place, will play in same format and the first place finisher will face 4th place team from the top bracket for the Europa League.. The winner of that match will represent Turkey in the Europa league.... So, it is very confusing but, that is how this so called "SUPER FINAL' will be played in Turkey! This weekend ,Besiktas,Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce will try to win their matches so,they could try to close the gap with Galatasaray! The gap between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce is 9 points........ Between Trabzon and Besiktas is more.... So, if all the top teams win their matches on this weekend the gap will be prety much same.... 9 points with Fenerbahce, 19 points with Trabzonspor and 20 points with Besiktas.... This play-off will be between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce.... Trabzonspor and Besiktas hardly have any chance winning the playoffs! The teams who are in between 5th and 8th place has to win their matches this weekend.... The teams like Buyuksehir and Gaziantep teams if they win their matches and any of those loses, they could get in there.... Here is the standings ...5th place Bursa and 6th place Genclerbirligi with 49 and 7th and 8th place teams, Sivasspor and 8th place Eskisehirspor is with 47 points..... Buyuksehir is on 9th with 47 and Gaziantepspor on with 45 points..... The other very important race will take place between Antalya and Samsun, who are trying to avoid relagation! If Antalyaspor tie or win, Samsunspor will be the third team, after Manisa and Ankaragucu will bite the dust! If Samsun win and Antalyaspor loses , Antalya will bite the dust.... So, there will be a lot of good actions this wekend in the Turkish Super League..... Week 34..... 06 Apr 2012 19:00 CET Karabukspor ? : ? Besiktas 07 Apr 2012 14:30 CET Ankaragucu ? : ? Kayserispor 18:00 CET Bursaspor ? : ? Gaziantepspor 18:00 CET Buyuksehir ? : ? Genclerbirligi 18:00 CET Eskisehirspor ? : ? Mersin 18:00 CET Fenerbahce ? : ? Antalyaspor 18:00 CET Samsunspor ? : ? Sivasspor 08 Apr 2012 14:30 CET Orduspor ? : ? Trabzonspor 18:00 CET Manisaspor ? : ? Galatasaray

Besiktas elected Fikret Orman as new Chairman....

BESIKTAS NEW CHAIRMAN FIKRET ORMAN


After getting the most votes on Sunday ,Fikret Orman, became the new Chairman of Besiktas Club in Turkey.


Fikret Orman who studied at Florida University in the United States, became the 33rd Chairman of Besiktas Club..

Fikret Orman was born in 1967 and is successful young businessman who owns construction company in Turkey.


After the elections Fikret Orman said this "We have a very difficult job ahead of us, we’ll talk less but accomplish more. We hope to bring better days for the Besiktas fans”


Well, his job will not be easy.......

Besiktas biggest problem is financial situation !

Besiktas has 600 Million TL or more debt according to Fikret Orman...

Besiktas has to make 10 Million TL, Tax debt very soon.......

Reading his lips from his comments, Besiktas will let go some of the big name players next season!

Prime Minister Erdogan met with Platini

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Michel Platini and Tayyip Erdogan met before the annual UEFA Congress, this year taking place in Istanbul on March 22 with the participation of representatives of soccer leagues from 53 countries.

The Turkish Football Federation will be represented by TFF new elected president Yıldırım Demiroren.

The New Era Under Abdullah Avci Started With A Loss.

TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM NEW COACH ABDULLAH AVCI.....

The new era which started under Abdullah Avci,started with a loss at home...

Abdullah Avci, who said, he will be using wide range of pool players of close to 30 during this friendly matches...

That is what he did in his first match as a coach of Turkey!

He gave a signal ,that he wants to see young players on the pitch...

We could say rebuilding of Turkish National team has began with Abdullah Avci...

Can he do that?

That is very early to answer now...

Losing to Slovakia 1-2 at home in front of Bursa fans,defense and the keeper, Sinan Bolat was very bad on Slovakia's both goals....

Turkey's only goal came by "new comer" Omer Toprak who choose Turkey over Germany....

Slovakia's goal came by from Weiss and Stoch.....

It was a disappointing first game for Abdullah Avci, who took over in November from Guus Hiddink.

At the press conference Avci said, "five to six players played on the national team for the first time.
I wanted to see their good intentions,work and what they want to do on the pitch.

We have six more friendlies to play. We will work hard"