AMERICAN BOBBY BOSWELL HEADED TO TURKEY!..

BOBBY BOSWELL IN PRACTICE WITH ANTALYASPOR IN ANTALYA,TURKEY.......

You herd it here....

American born Bobby Boswell who is free agent from MLS Houston team is searching his luck in beautiful Antalya Turkey.

The All- American boy from Florida who played for US national team in 2006 might just play for Antalyaspor..

He is been training with the team since this past past week....

He is solid defender and I think he will help Antalyaspor get out of the danger zone of the Turkish Turkcell Super league....

Like I said, he is free agent and Antalyaspor will like that....

That is though if they pay him....

Like most of the clubs in the Turkish Super League, Antalyaspor is having financial problems too!...

AHMET TURGUT/TURKISHSOCCER.COM

WHO IS BOBBY BOSWELL?......



Robert "Bobby" Allen Boswell (born March 15, 1983 in Austin, Texas) is an American soccer defender, who currently played for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer this past season.

Boswell grew up in Tampa, Florida and played college soccer at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, but was not drafted by an MLS club in either the 2005 MLS Super Draft or the Supplemental Draft. However, after impressing during the pre-season, he was signed by DC United as a discovery player and earned a starting spot in the club's defense after Bryan Namoff had to miss the beginning of the season due to injury. He started the season well, but set the league record by scoring three own goals in a season.

During the 2006 MLS season, Boswell was the starting centerback for DC United, who finished the with the best regular season record and won the Supporters' Shield. Boswell was named an All-Star, and he started and played the entire All-Star match in the 1-0 victory over Chelsea, the defending English Premiership champions. He was named DC United's 2006 Defender of the Year and Humanitarian of the year. He was also named the 2006 MLS Defender of the Year and selected as a member of the Best XI.

International career

In January 2006, Boswell was called into his first training camp for the US national team. He earned his first cap on February 19, 2006, in a 4-0 victory against Guatemala.

COACHING CONFERENCE IN TURKEY....

21st International Coach Development Congress will be held on 12th and 13th of January 2009 in Antalya by Turkish football(soccer)Federation.

TERIM,ARAGONES AND CAPELLO ARE MAIN ATTRACTION.......


The ‘Technical Analyses of UEFA 2008 European Championship’ panel with the participation of Fatih Terim who lead the Turkish National Team into semi-finals as the Head Coach, Luis Aragones who is the Head Coach of European Championship winner Spanish National Team and Fabio Capello, Head Coach of English National Team, is believed to be followed with a high interest.

There will be other speakers in this event.

US National team interim Youth director Sam Snow and Shad Forsythe from Athletes Performance, USA) was invited to this conference by TFF.

For more information go to the link below........
http://www.ucgk2009.


AHMET TURGUT/TURKISHSOCCER.COM

TURKEY SUPER LEAGUE STATS FOR END OF 2008

Total number of games: 144
Total goals scored: 382
Average per game: 2.65
Own goals: 8

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Player Position Goals (Pen.Incl) Penalties
FW 195 52% 10 50%
MF 133 36% 6 30%
DF 53 14% 3 15%
GK 1 0% 1 5%
382 20

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Min. of game Goals (Pen.Incl) Penalties
46-80 146 39% 7 35%
16-45 111 30% 8 40%
last 15 69 18% 3 15%
First 15 56 15% 2 10%
382 20

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Number of games with 0 goals 19
Number of games with 1 goals 19
Number of games with 2 goals 31
Number of games with 3 goals 34
Number of games with 4 goals 18
Number of games with 5 goals 16
Number of games with 6 goals 2
Number of games with 7 goals 5

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Team Goals (total) Players who scored
Galatasaray 38 9
Fenerbahce 30 12
Sivasspor 28 10
Besiktas 27 9
Trabzonspor 24 7
Gaziantepspor 23 10
Denizlispor 22 9
Bursaspor 21 8
Ankaraspor A.Ş. 21 7
Kocaelispor 19 8
Genclerbirligi 18 8
Eskişehirspor 18 9
Kayserispor 17 7
Büyükşehir Bld.Spor 16 7
Antalyaspor 16 9
Konyaspor 14 8
MKE Ankaragücü 14 6
Hacettepe SK 8 4
Own goals 8
382

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Top Scorers Team Goals (total) Penalties
Baros Galatasaray 14 -
Yildiz Sivasspor 11 2
Rodrigo Tabata Gaziantepspor 8 3
Gülleri Kocaelispor 7 1
Cakir, M Ankaraspor A.Ş. 7 1
Lincoln Galatasaray 7 -
Yıldırım Bursaspor 7 -
Marcio Nobre Besiktas 7 -
Unal Trabzonspor 7 -
Roberts, D Denizlispor 6 -
Youla Eskişehirspor 6 1
Bulut Trabzonspor 6 -
Kewell Galatasaray 6 -
Djiehoua Antalyaspor 6 -
Gülenc Bursaspor 5 -
Alex Souza Fenerbahce 5 1
Aydin Sivasspor 5 -
Delgado, Matias Besiktas 5 -
Hološko Besiktas 5 -
Topuz Kayserispor 5 -
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More than 2 goals in a game

Aghahowa 3 Fenerbahc 1 - Kayserisp 4
Baros 3 Galatasar 3 - Hacettepe 1
Baros 3 Galatasar 4 - Besiktas 2
Rodrigo Tabata 3 Kocaelisp 2 - Gaziantep 5
Yildiz 3 Sivasspor 3 - Denizlisp 1


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Players by Nationality
Turkey 291
Brazil 33
Cameroon 8
Argentina 6
Croatia 6
Slovakia 5
Guinea 4
Germany 4
Czech Rep. 4
Serbia 4
Australia 4
Albania 3
Chile 3
Poland 3
Sweden 2
Nigeria 2
Ivory Coast 2
Tunisia 2
Ghana 2
Spain 2
Montenegro 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
France 2
Portugal 2
Senegal 2
Egypt 2
Congo DR 1
Italy 1
Peru 1
Israel 1
Paraguay 1
Trinidad and Tobago 1
Bulgaria 1
Switzerland 1
Netherlands 1
Namibia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Belarus 1
Lebanon 1
Belgium 1
Mexico 1
Austria 1
Uruguay 1
Venezuela 1
Romania 1
Burkina Faso 1
Liberia 1


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REFEREES

Aydinus 10
Cakir 10
Göcek 9
Yildirim, Y 9
Abitoglu 8
Dereli 8
Gezer 7
Özkalfa 7
Müftüoglu 7
Durmaz 7
Meral 7
Coban 6
Arslanboga 6
Yıldırım 6
Abay 6
Türkalp 6
Özkahya 5
Özkan 5
Gencerler 5
Yilmaz 4
Cinar 2
Inönü 1
Güneser 1
Gizlenci 1
Öz 1

25 referees, 144 games.

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TACTICS..................
Summary

4-4-2 146
4-2-3-1 102
4-1-3-2 12
4-3-3 9
4-3-1-2 6
3-4-3 5
4-5-1 3
5-3-2 2
5-4-1 1
4-4-1-1 1
3-4-1-2 1

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PLAYERS USED..............


Team Players Used Foreigners Average Age
Kocaelispor 28 5 27.6
Genclerbirligi 26 7 23.6
Büyükşehir Bld.Spor 25 7 25.7
Denizlispor 25 8 24.2
Fenerbahce 25 8 26.1
Antalyaspor 24 7 26.7
Kayserispor 24 10 24.2
Hacettepe SK 24 9 23.5
Galatasaray 24 8 26.1
Ankaraspor A.Ş. 24 9 24.3
Bursaspor 24 8 25.4
Eskişehirspor 23 7 26.1
Konyaspor 22 5 26.8
Gaziantepspor 21 6 25.4
MKE Ankaragücü 21 5 25.9
Besiktas 21 8 26.0
Trabzonspor 19 8 24.8
Sivasspor 19 7 27.1
Total 419 132
Average 23 25.5

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TURKEY SUPER LEAGUE ROUND- UP

SIVASSPOR BACK ON TOP................

They were the the top team last season winter brake they are again the top team in the Turkcell Super League going into the winter brake!........

They won in away match in Ankara against Genclerbirlgi...2-1

Sivasspor's Musa Aydin opened the score on 37 minutes, only for his goal to be canceled out by Bruce Djite just before the half time whistle.

The winner came in the 61st minute though, with M.Ali Kurtulus netting for 1-2 and helping his side back to the top of the league.

Sivasspor share first place with Trabzonspor but have a better goal difference.

DERBY GOES TO GALATASARAY............

This years last Derby match played between Galatasaray and Besiktas.

Galatasaray and Besiktas ended in a 4-2 home victory.

Servet Cetin put Galatasaray ahead on 8 minutes but Delgado equalized five minutes later. Milan Baros then converted a spotkick in the 16th minute to restore his side's lead.

The Czech striker went on to net for 3-1 in the 53rd minute, not long after Besiktas' Delgado conceded a second yellow card.

Holosko did get one back for Besiktas in the 55th minute but Baros completed his hat-trick, again from the penalty spot, in the 67th: 4-2.

at the brake after 16 matches Milan Baros leads the league with scoring he has scored 14 goals in 18 matches. Mehmet Yildiz from Sivaspor follow him with 11 goals..

Here is the results from week 16, in the Turkcell Super League...


Konyaspor 1-2 Fenerbahçe
Hacettepe 0-3 Kayserispor
İstanbul BB 5-0 Kocaelispor
Trabzonspor 2-1 Eskisehirspor
Antalyaspor 1-1 Ankaraspor
Denizlispor 1-1 Ankaragücü
Genclerbirligi 1-2 Sivasspor
Gaziantepspor 2-0 Bursaspor
Galatasaray 4-2 Besiktas

LAST DANCE BEFORE THE WINTER BRAKE IN THE TURKEY SUPER LEAGUE

It is the last Tango in the Turkcell Super league before the winter brake....

The 16th week could bring a lot of surprise score in my opinion..

If you look at the standings the teams are lined-up for the race for the top!..
Sivasspor and Trabzonspor on top with 31 and Galatasaray with 30 ,Fenerbahce and Ankaraspor with 29 , lastly Besiktas who has 2 8 points are in tight race for the top spot.....

Even, Kayserispor who has 24 points could well be in this race...

The real standings table is very different from the leagues "form" table....

In this table we see Galatasaray on top of this table...

In the last six matches Galatasaray captured 16 points while Fenerbahce captured 14 points.

Sivaspor follows them with 13 points and Trabzonspor earned 11 points in the last six matches.


Besiktas is on tenth place in the form table in the last six mathces...

they only collected 7 points in the last six matches!...

This Mustafa Denizli's Besiktas will face Galatasaray in the Derbey match on Sunday.


If Sivaspor who plays in away match against Genclerbirligi wins their match and Trabzonspor who will be at home against Hacettepe wins thier match there won't be any change in the top of the league..

But, a draw for Trabzonspor and Sivaspor will not help.....

They could lose their spot if Galatasaray and Fenerbahce win their match in the week 16.

Again, this is the week, we could see a lot of a draws in the league...

Here is the week 16th matches....

Friday Dec 19, 2008 Konyaspor Fenerbahce

Saturday Dec 20, 2008 Istanbul BB Kocaelispor
Saturday Dec 20, 2008 Hacettepe Kayserispor
Saturday Dec 20, 2008 Trabzonspor Eskisehirspor

Sunday Dec 21, 2008 Genclerbirligi Sivasspor
Sunday Dec 21, 2008 Denizlispor MKE Ankaragücü
Sunday Dec 21, 2008 Antalyaspor BB Ankaraspor
Sunday Dec 21, 2008 Gaziantepspor Bursaspor
Sunday Dec 21, 2008 Galatasaray Besiktas

AHMET TURGUT
www.turkishsoccer.com

Fatih Terim listed among top ten in world!...

Turkish National team soccer(football) coach Fatih Terim named among the world's ten top football coaches by World Soccer Magazine.

Fatih Terim, coach of Turkey's national soccer(football) team, was named among the top ten world's football coaches by World Soccer magazine. Terim took seventh place in the ranking. Manchester United's Alex Ferguson topped the list. Fenerbahce's current coach and former Spanish National team coach Luis Aragones came in second place.

Here is the top ten best coaches in the world according to World Soccer Magazine.
1 Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
2 Luis Aragones ( Spain-Fenerbahce)
3 Dick Advocaat (Zenit St Petersburg)
4 Hassan Shehata (Egypt)
5 Guus Hiddink (Russia)
6 Cesare Prandelli (Fiorentina)
7 Fatih Terim (Turkey) 8 Muricy Ramalho (Sao Paulo)
9 Phil Brown (Hull City)
10 Roberto Mancini (Inter)

Turkey finish the year in top ten of the FIFA rankings

European champions Spain remain top of the world football rankings issued Wednesday by the world governing body FIFA while Turkey jumped three places to move into the top 10. Spain finish 2008 well clear of Euro 2008 finalists Germany while the Netherlands leapfrog World Champions Italy into third spot.

Brazil remain fifth, followed by Argentina and Croatia. England jump two places to eighth, with Russia dropping one spot to ninth and Turkey up three to 10th.

The Czech Republic and Portugal both drop out of the top 10 while Australia move up nine places to 28th and Kenya are up 17 to 68th.