Fatih Terim picks his squad for Malta, Hungary qualifiers!.

Turkish National Team coach Fatih Terim on Friday named a 26-man squad for their Euro 2008 qualifiers against Malta on Sept. 8 and Hungary on Sept. 12.The squad showed a strong Besiktas presence, with six players. Five of the squad were from Galatasaray and just three from Fenerbahce.
Squad:Goalkeepers: Rustu Recber (Besiktas), Hakan Arikan (Besiktas), Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce)
Defenders: Ibrahim Toraman (Besiktas), Ibrahim Uzulmez (Besiktas), Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), Sabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray), Deniz Baris (Fenerbahce), Hayrettin Yerlikaya (Sivasspor)
Midfielders: Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahce), Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Huseyin Cimsir (Trabzonspor), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Nuri Sahin (Feyenoord), Emre Belozoglu (Newcastle United), Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Serdar Ozkan (Besiktas), Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray), Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor)
Forwards: Hakan Sukur (Galatasaray), Gokhan Unal (Kayserispor), Hakan Kadir Balta (Vestel Manisaspor), Halil Altintop (Schalke 04), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal)

Man United snap up young Turkish Keeper...

FIRST TURKISH YOUNG PLAYER TO PLAY FOR MANCHESTER UNITED!...

(www.turkishsoccer.com, Sept31th, 12:10 PM,ET )
14 year-old Deniz Mehmet , who was a youth player with Arsenal and Charlton Athletic, was scouted by Man Utd to be part of their Under 16s team. And in a further boost to the young goalkeeper’s playing career, he travelled to Turkey this week to take part in the training camp for Turkey’s Under 16s team.
Deniz, whose family live in Enfield,England was delighted to have been scouted by Man Utd’s youth team.

GALATASARAY SIGN 30 YEAR OLD NONDA!....

The 30-year-old, who spent last season on loan at English side Blackburn Rovers, signed a two-year contract and moves from Italian side AS Roma for an undisclosed fee. Nonda was linked with moves to several European clubs but Galaratasaray were the only team to have met Roma's financial demands. "We had to beat other tough competition to sign Nonda," Galatasaray general manager Adnan Sezgin told BBC Sport. "He is a good addition to our squad and we are confident he will make an impact here."
Source : wires

Champions League groups Announced!....

Fenerbahce team will play at Group G against Italian Inter, Dutch PSV Eindhoven and Russian CSKA Moscow teams.

Besiktas team will play at Group A against British Liverpool, Portuguese FC Porto and French Marseille teams.

First matches will be played on September 18th and 19th in European Champions League.

Groups and teams are as follows:

GROUP A:

Liverpool (Britain) FC Porto (Portugal) Marseille (France) BESIKTAS (Turkey)



GROUP B:

Chelsea (Britain) Valencia (Spain) Schalke 04 (Germany) Rosenborg (Norway)

GROUP C:

Real Madrid (Spain) Werder Bremen (Germany) Lazio (Italy) Olympiakos (Greece)

GROUP D:

AC Milan (Italy) Benfica (Portugal) Celtic (Scotland) Shakhtar Donetsk(Ukraine)

GROUP E:

FC Barcelona (Spain) Olympique Lyon (France) Stuttgart (Germany) Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)

GROUP F:

Manchester United (Britain) AS Roma (Italy) Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)

GROUP G:

Inter (Italy) PSV Eindhoven (The Netherlands) CSKA Moscow (Russia) FENERBAHCE (Turkey)

GROUP H:

Arsenal (Britain) Sevilla (Spain) or AEK Athens (Greece) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) Slavia Prag (Czech Rep.)

GALATASARAY AND KAYSERI ERCIYESSPOR IN THE UEFA CUP!....

GOOD WEEK FOR TURKISH TEAMS IN EUROPE!
Galatasaray defeated Croatian NK Slaven team 2-1........
Galatasaray defeated Croatian NK Slaven team 2-1 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg in Istanbul on Thursday. Galatasaray was qualified for the first round. Galatasaray defeated NK Slaven 2-1 at half time.
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen
Referees: Nicola Rizzou, Andrea Stefani, Massimo Biasutio (Italy)
Galatasaray: Orkun, Sabri, Song, Servet, Ugur, Hasan, Ayhan, Lincoln, Volkan, Umit, Hakan
NK Slaven: Ivesa, Bosnjak, Bozal, Poldrvgac, Kresinger, Senic, Sopic, Poljak, Yayalo, Radicek, Radeljic
Scorers: Umit (min. 10), Hakan (min. 37) (Galatasaray), Poljak (min. 36) (NK Slaven)
Kayseri Erciyesspor defeat Israeli Maccabi......
Kayseri Erciyesspor soccer team of Turkey defeated Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv team 3-1 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg in Kayseri on Thursday.
Kayseri Erciyesspor defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv team 2-1 at half time.
Stadium: Buyuksehir Belediyesi Ataturk
Referees: Alexandru Dan Tudor, Ionel Popa, Nicolae Sorin Meghesan (Romania)
Kayseri Erciyesspor: Yusuf, Huseyin, Kemal, Emrah (min. 58 Alaattin), Koksal, Adem (min. 76 Ramazan), Kamil, Aydin, Ilker, Ilhan, Burhan (min. 87 Omer)
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Oragoslav, Shpungin, Hadad (min. 71 Shivhon), Kapiloto, Mesika, Roman, Yeini, Nimny, Haddad, Azrane (min. 64 Peretz), Kamanan (min. 78 Biton)
Scorers: Ilhan (min. 6), Koksal (min. 15), Alaattin (min. 72) (Kayseri Erciyesspor), Haddad (min. 41) (Maccabi Tel Aviv).

GALATASARAY and KAYSERI ERCIYESSPOR ON THE VERGE OF UEFA CUP

Galatasaray will take on Slaven of Croatia while Kayseri Erciyesspor will host Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg match!.....

Erciyesspor v Maccabi Tel Aviv ..12 NOON,ET. Live Score..

Galatasaray v Slaven Koprivnica ....1:00 PM,ET> LIve Score...

Besiktas and Fenerbahce hand and hand to Champions League!....

First it was Besiktas than Fenerbahce earned the ticket to go to to Champions League....
It was a good day and good night for Turkish soccer fans around the world .... I have boldly mention this last week's League review...Besiktas needed Delgado in Europe..which they did!...and he scored the both goals for Besiktas...I hope Ertugrul Saglam, will learn his lesson from this.... Because, let me say it again...Besiktas need Delgodo just like Fenerbahce needs Kezman in the Europe....
By the way, Ertugrul Saglam, is not the first Turkish coach to take Besiktas to Champions League....
How fast our Turkish soccer media forgot, Rasim Kara!..He is the first Turkish soccer coach to take Besiktas to Champions League... I can not understand how they write news before investigating the past.
Besitktas beat Zurich 2-0 and Fenerbahce won against Anderlecht in away match with same score ..Kezman scored the first goal and than in the 78th minute of the mach Alex scored the second goal.

Besiktas: Hakan, Serdar Kurtulus, Gokhan Zan, Ibrahim Toraman, Ibrahim Uzulmez, Serdar Ozkan, Cisse, Ricardinho, Tello, Delgado, Bobo

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Fenerbahce: Volkan, Onder, Lugano, Edu, Roberto Carlos, Deivid, Deniz, Aurelio, Tumer, Alex, Kezman