Legendary Besiktas President Suleyman Seba has died

(Photo : Myself and Suleyman Seba ,early 1990's )


Suleyman Seba, who was the Besiktas's honorary chairman, surrendered to his illness at the American Hospital in Istanbul on Wednesday.

His dead ,shocked Besiktas fans and Turkish football fans ,,,,,

He died at age of 88 ...

I ,  myself  was very lucky to meet the Legendary man  in the beginning of  1990's !

I walked with him , on Akaretler Avenue to his apartment ....

He was not rich but he was great leader ...

He dedicated his most of life to Besiktas and lived in Besiktas !

He was loved by all the football fans in Turkey...

He was loved bu all colors of Turkish football teams....

He will be missed ! 

The legend coach of Besiktas Gordon Milne will attend Suleyman Seba's funeral  on Friday in Istanbul ....

Under Suleyman Seba's leadership, Beşiktaş won five Turkish League, four Presidential, five Turkey Cup, two Prime Ministry and six Turkish Sports Journalists Association championships. Seba also purchased Akaretler club building, Fulya Stadium camp facilities, Bsşiktas Plaza, Pendik and Cilekli facilities and Beşiktaş College during his period.

Suleyman Seba really trust with the British manager Gordon Milne lived in the golden age of Besiktas

His club released a statement on Wednesday, saying that Suleyman Seba will continue to remain as “part of our hearts” and that his name was written in “pages of history with golden letters”.

Fenerbahce's New Coach is Former Assistant Coach !

Fenerbahce named assistant coach Ismail Kartal as coach on Tuesday to replace Ersun Yanal who resigned at the weekend, the club said in a statement.

Kartal had been serving as the assistant coach since 2010, three seasons under Aykut Kocaman and one under Yanal.

Yanal resigned from his post on Saturday, leaving the defending champions without a coach only three weeks before the start of the domestic league after reported difficulties with chairman Aziz Yildirim.

Yanal became the 11th coach to be replaced in the Turkish Super League  since the end of last season.

Besiktas to face Arsenal !

Is it tough draw for Besiktas or Arsenal ?

If you read British media , it is tough draw for Arsenal !
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If you read Turkish media, it tough draw for Besiktas !

What ever the case, it will be very good match ....

Arsenal will visit Istanbul first and second leg match will be in London .

Demba Ba should be big factor for Besiktas against Arsenal !

But, Besiktas has to be ready as a whole team for the two leg matches ...

Arsenal will travel to Istanbul August 19-20  and second leg match will be in London following week .

Also , Trabzon will face Rostov and Karabukspor will face Barrages in the Europa league  competition.

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.