Turkey(Turkiye) squad for World Cup qualifiers ..

Turkey's 28-man squad for the upcoming 2010 World Cup qualifying matches against Armenia and Belgium has been announced today.

Turkey will play Armenia on 6 September at Hrazdan Stadium in Yerevan at 21.00 with local time, while they will host Belgium at FB Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 10 September at 21.00.

Turkish squad will gather in Istanbul Swissotel on 31 August Sunday at 12.00. They will travel to Armenian capital Yerevan with a charter flight at 09.30. Team camp hotel will be Goldenpalace Hotel and following the end of the game, the national team will return to Turkey.

Turkey coach Fatih Terim will make hold three press conferences on the eve of the games. On 2 September and 9 September at 12.00 in İstanbul Swissotel Terim will be speaking to the media. On 5 September, Terim will hold MD-1 press conference at Hrazdan Stadium at 19.30 with local time.

Turkey's training schedule is as follows

31.08.2008 - 19.30 (Inönü Stadium- Closed to media)
01.09.2008 - 11.00 (Ali Sami Yen Stadium - Closed to media)
02.09.2008 - 19.30 (Ali Sami Yen Stadium - Open to media)
03.09.2008 - 19.30 (Inönü Stadium - Open for max. 15 minutes to media)
04.09.2008 - 19.30 (Ali Sami Yen Stadium - Closed to media)
05.09.2008 - 18.00 (Hrazdan Stadium- Open for max. 15 minutes to media)
07.09.2008 - 19.30 (Ali Sami Yen Stadium - Open to media)
08.09.2008 - 19.30 (Inönü Stadı - Closed to media)
09.09.2008 - 20.00 (FB Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium - Open for max. 15 minutes to media)

Hamit Altıntop, Nihat Kahveci, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Emre Güngör and Caner Erkin was excluded from the squad due to their injuries.

Turkey squad




GOALKEEPERS




1-


VOLKAN DEMİREL


FENERBAHÇE

2-


SERDAR KULBİLGE


KOCAELİSPOR

3-


TOLGA ZENGİN


TRABZONSPOR





DEFENDERS




4-


GÖKHAN GÖNÜL


FENERBAHÇE

5-


UĞUR KAVUK


ANTALYASPOR

6-


SERVET ÇETİN


GALATASARAY

7-


İBRAHİM KAŞ


GETAFE

8-


MEHMET POLAT


GAZİANTEPSPOR

9-


GÖKHAN ZAN


BEŞİKTAŞ

10-


HAKAN KADİR BALTA


GALATASARAY

11-


ÇAĞLAR BİRİNCİ


DENİZLİSPOR

12-


UĞUR BORAL


FENERBAHÇE





MIDFIELDERS




13-


KAZIM KAZIM


FENERBAHÇE

14-


SERDAR ÖZKAN


BEŞİKTAŞ

15-


GÖKDENİZ KARADENİZ


RUBIN KAZAN

16-


MEHMET TOPUZ


KAYSERİSPOR

17-


AYHAN AKMAN


GALATASARAY

18-


MEHMET AURELIO


REAL BETIS

19-


EMRE BELÖZOĞLU


FENERBAHÇE

20-


SELÇUK İNAN


TRABZONSPOR

21-


NURİ ŞAHİN


DORTMUND

22-


MEHMET TOPAL


GALATASARAY

23-


TUNCAY ŞANLI


MIDDLESBROUGH

24-


ARDA TURAN


GALATASARAY





FORWARDS




25-


HALİL ALTINTOP


SCHALKE 04

26-


MEVLUT ERDİNÇ


SOCHAUX

27-


SEMİH ŞENTÜRK


FENERBAHÇE

28-


GÖKHAN ÜNAL


TRABZONSPOR

Source:TFF

Umit Ozat collapses in Cologne victory

Cologne overcame the shock of seeing captain Umit Ozat collapse during the game to earn their first win of the Bundesliga season with a 2-0 victory at Karlsruhe on Friday.
Cologne captain Umit Ozat is stretchered off the pitch during the 2-0 Bundesliga victory over Karlsruhe.


The Turkish defender fell to the ground in the 27th minute and was taken to hospital for checks.

Ozat lost consciousness and medics treated him for several minutes on the field before taking him out on a stretcher.

Coach Christoph Daum and goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon were crying while the captain was being treated.

Cologne general manager Michael Meier said that Ozat was able to communicate shortly after the incident and that he was being examined at a local hospital. "I hope the situation is not as serious as it may have looked," Meier said.

It was later confirmed that the 31-year-old was being kept in hospital overnight for observation and Daum confirmed; "It does not look so dramatic now."

The game was interrupted for about five minutes and referee Florian Meyer consulted Cologne players before resuming play.

Coming back after the break, Milivoje Novakovic scored his third goal of the season in the 72nd and Sergiu Radu sealed Cologne's victory in the 84th minute.

Source: Wires

OFFICIAL: JOSICO SIGNS WITH FENERBAHCE

Fenerbahce have continued to strengthen their squad by signing Spanish midfielder José Joaquín Moreno Verdú (also known as Josico) from Villareal. Josico has arrived in Istanbul today to sign the official contract and get ready for the upcoming matches.

''I'm so happy to be here in Istanbul. I have already known Güiza and Aragonés, so I do not think that it will be hard for me to get used to Fenerbahce. Everyone tells how fantastic Fenerbahce fans are, so I know that they are the best. There are three long roads ahead of us: the Champions League, Turkish league and Turkish Cup. All I want to do is to help my team in the best way I can.'', revealed Josico today on FB TV.
Source:www.Fenerbahce.org

UEFA Cup draw for Turkish Teams...

The Turkish team’s opponents for the UEFA Cup first round were determined on Friday, Galatasaray, who failed to qualify to the Champions League, will play against AC Bellinzona of Switzerland

Besiktas will play against Ukranine's Metalist Kharkiv, while Turkey's third representative, Kayserispor will play against Paris St Germain of France.

All first legs of UEFA matches will be played on Sept. 18, while second legs matches will be played on Oct. 2.

BESIKTAS GOES ON!....

Besiktas defeated NK Siroki Brijeg 4-0 in the UEFA Cup


Besiktas defeated NK Siroki Brijeg of Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-0 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg in Istanbul on Thursday.
After the 4-0 win,Besiktas eased into the first round.
Stadium: BJK Inonu

Referees: Rene Rogalla, Jean Paul Remy, Thomas Habegger (Switzerland)

Besiktas: Rustu, Serdar Kurtulus, Sivok, Zapotocny, Tello, Holosko, Cisse, Ugur Inceman, Serdar Ozkan (min. 64 Ekrem), Delgado (min. 77 Emre), Bobo (min. 88 Batuhan)

NK Siroki Brijeg: Vasilsj, Bozic, Juric, Topic, Barisic, Carmoc (min. 62 Zovko), Do Nascimento (min. 52 Zelenika), Kozul, Silic, Wagner, Bubalo (min. 53 De Souza)

Scorers: min. 14 Ugur Inceman, min. 49 Serdar Ozkan, min. 58 Bobo, min. 86 Tello (Besiktas)

GALATASARAY OUT FENERBAHCE IN !.....

No wonder why Fenerbahce did not look good in the Super League opening match!..

They had the CL in their minds!..

While Galatasaray lost out on the Europe's biggest tournamnet Fenerbahce surpases Last season Turkcell super league Champions to reach the CL.

That is bad news for Galatasaray fans but,it is good news for Fenerbahce fans, becasue, their team will be in the Champions League This season again.

Steaua Bucharest also upset Turkish giants Galatasaray as Banel Nicolita netted the only goal of the game to send the 1986 European Cup winners through, 3-2 on aggregate.

Rivals Fenerbahce also came into the second leg with the scores at 2-2, but they beat Partizan Belgrade 2-1 with Brazilian Alex de Souza's second goal proving crucial.

Guiza leads Fenerbahce to UCL win.....

Dani Guiza started the game with a mission: to be in charge of scoring every time he had a chance.

So, he made a soft kick at minute 3, easily saved by keeper Bozovic; at minute 12, he tried with a bicycle kick, but the ball went off target.

But he joined Semih Sentürk to create the playe before Fenerbahce's first goal: Guiza took the ball, sent a cross to Ugur Boral, who sent a longer cross in order for Sentürk to open the score.

In addition, Fenerbahce's defensive line seem to be more organized since Roberto Carlos returned to the team after an injury layoff; the counterattacks attempted by Lamine Diarra and Paunovic meant nothing to the Turkish team defenders.

In the second half, Guiza sent a cross to Alex to score the secong goal of the game. More than enough for the fans, who started chanting "Güiza, Güiza"; still, Zoran Tozic scored the goal for Partizan 15 minutes before the end of the game.

UEFA Champions League third stage results:

Slavia Prague (CZE) 0 - ACF Fiorentina (ITA) 0 (0-2)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 4 - Spartak Moscow(RUS) 1 (4-1)
Bate Borisov (BLR) 1 - Levski Sofia(BUL) 1 (1-0)
Dynamo Zagreb (CRO) 1 - Shakhtar D.(UKR) 3 (0-2)
Olympiakos (GRE) 1 - Anorthosis (CYP) 0 (0-3)
Kaunas (LIT) 0 - Aalborg (DEN) 2 (0-2)
Steaua (ROM) 1 - Galatasaray (TUR) 0 (2-2)
Oympique Marseille (FRA) 2 - Brann (NOR) 1 (1-0)
Basel (SUI) 2 - Vitoria Guimaraes (POR) 1 (0-0)

IT IS TO BE OR NOT TO BE IN THE CL FOR TURKISH TEAMS

Do or Die time for Turkish teams in Champions League!


Galatasaray will take on Steaua Bucharest in Romanian capital of Bucharest in the European Champions League third qualifying round second leg match on Wednesday.

Matteo Simone Trefoloni of Italy will be the referee of Steaua Bucharest-Galatasaray game which will kick-off at 20:45 Turkish local time at Steaua Stadium.

Galatasaray will leave for Romania at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday for the match.

Galatasaray and Steaua Bucharest drew 2-2 in the first leg in Istanbul.

Also, Fenerbahce will host FK Partizan of Serbia at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Manuel Mejuto Gonzales of Spain will be the referee of Fenerbahce-FK Partizan match which will start at 21:00 Turkish local time.

FK Partizan will arrive in Istanbul at 10:35 a.m. today.

FK Partizan and Fenerbahce drew 2-2 in the first leg in Belgrade.