Demba Ba's hat trick takes Besiktas to Champions League one step closer !

It was Ba's second match with Besiktas uniform and first official match in Istanbul in front of die hard Besiktas fans  at Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul.....

Over 50 thousand Besiktas fans ,  was awesome even before the match started .....

With that , 12th man power, Besiktas scored first.

Fist goal basically was a little luck but  it was a work of Mustafa Pektemek !

It was excellent assist by Pektemek... He should have score that  goal too ...


Besiktas wasted many chances after the first goal  ....

And Feyenoord found away to tied the match Elvis Menu in the sixteen minute .

While everyone who was Besiktas fans were saying " here we go again ! "

Olcay, Mustafa and  Demba Ba was clicking better after the Feyenoord's goal ...

After six minutes later  of Feyenoord's goal , Demba Ba scored  Besiktas's and his second goal of the match !

Demba Ba scored his third goal  4 minutes to go in the match .....

His third goal was from  poor back pass from Feyenoords player but very smart play by Demba Ba !


First time in Besiktas's history , Besiktas player scored hat trick in the European competition ...

And also, it was first time , Besiktas eliminated Dutch team  !

Yes, Demba Ba factor was big in this match......

Besiktas need it goalscorer and a striker who takes shot on goal !

Demba Ba is  that player , this season.....

I just hope  Demba Ba,  will have injury free season with Besiktas ..

Now, Besiktas will wait for their next opponent.....

On Friday ,we will find out who will they face.....

There are some strong teams in the next round .

Turkish Super League Fixture for 2014-2015 Season !

Turkish Super League new season will take a start at the end of August ,2014

Defending champions Fenerbahce will be at home while Galatasaray, Besiktas and Trabzonspor will start the new season in away !

There are three newcomers this season in the league....

Balikesirspor , Mersin Idman Yurdu  and  Istanbul Basaksehir....

Trabzonspor will host Fenerbahce, on week 2  in the Turkish Super league

Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce derby will be at week six,  Fenerbahce vs Besiktas derby  will be in week 8.

The Besiktas vs Galatasaray  derby match will be in week 16, one week before the winter break.

Turkish Super League's first half will end on January 25th,2015 .

WEEK 1......

İstanbul Başakşehir-Kasımpaşa

Kayseri Erciyesspor-Trabzonspor

Sivasspor-Gaziantepspor

Fenerbahçe-Kardemir Karabükspor

Balıkesirspor-Akhisar Belediyespor

Eskişehirspor-Torku Konyaspor

Bursaspor-Galatasaray

Çaykur Rizespor-Gençlerbirliği

Mersin İdmanyurdu-Beşiktaş

Turkish Super League  full fixture for 2014-2015 

Official : Demba Ba will play for Besiktas !

Chelsea's player Demba Ba, arrived in Istanbul, Turkey  to sign a deal with Besiktas team.

Demba Ba met with Besiktas club president Fikret Orman and later on toured  the construction site of new Besiktas Stadium with team officials.

He will sign his four year deal with Besiktas after  undergo medical check up , today.

He even tweeted in Turkish n his twitter account.....

Cuneyt Cakir from Turkey will referee the World Cup semifinal between the Netherlands and Argentina here Wednesday. It will be Cakir's third match during the ongoing world soccer gala after Brazil vs Mexico and Algeria vs Russia. Starting his international career in 2006, Cakir officiated in the Euro 2012 semi-final. Another highlight of his career was to referee two matches at the FIFA Club World Cup 2012, including the Corinthians vs Chelsea final. In 2013, Cakir handled the Ukraine-France match in the World Cup preliminary play-offs. Cakir, 37, is the second Turkish referee to officiate in the FIFA World Cup 40 years after Dogan Babacan did it in Germany 1974.

Young Salih Ucan goes to Rome !

Fenerbahce's young player Salih Ucan will play for AS Roma team in Italy.. The deal was announced by the Roma club just recently . Here is the TRansfer information... 07/07/2014 TRANSFER DEAL SALİH UÇAN A.S. Roma S.p.A. would like to announce that it has agreed a loan deal with Fenerbahce Futbol A.S. for the player Salih Uçan for a fee of €4.75 million. The contract is valid for the 2014/15 season and includes an option to extend the loan for another year, at no additional cost, and sign the player permanently from the 2016/17 season for a fee of €11 million. Salih Uçan has therefore signed a 5-year contract, which expires on 30 June 2019. http://www.asroma.it/en/news/corporate_ucan_july_7/

Galatasaray name Prandelli as the new manager

Former Italian World Cup coach Cesare Prandelli will replace Roberto Mancini as the next Galatasaray manager, the Turkish club announced on Monday. Prandelli, 56, will succeed fellow Italian Mancini, who left the club after less than a season in charge after leading the Istanbul side to a disappointing second-place finish in the Turkish top-flight last season. Former Manchester City boss Mancini had signed for three seasons but left after what appeared to be a difference of opinion about the team. He guided them to the Champions League round of 16 at the expense of Juventus and victory in the Turkish Cup final. Prandelli, who will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, resigned as Italy's national team manager after the team failed to get past the group stage at the ongoing World Cup in Brazil. He had been in charge of the Azzurri since 2010, having previously coached Fiorentina, Roma and Parma. "Galatasaray football team's new coach Cesare Prandelli is coming to Istanbul this evening," the club said in a statement in Turkish on its website (www.galatasaray.org). "Tomorrow morning at the Florya Metin Oktay (training) facilities, he will be introduced to the players and staff." Source: Reuters

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