Fenerbahce Draws Arsenal !

Fenerbahce to face Arsenal in Champions League

Fenerbahce's opponent became Arsenal FC at the play-off tour of UEFA Champions League.

Fenerbahce will attend the champions leauge's group phase if they would eleminate Arsenal FC and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) would not suspend the club from European cups.

Fenerbahce will play the first match against Arsenal FC in Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on 20-21 August, and second match will be played in Emirates Stadium in London on 28-29 August.

The result of UEFA Champions League play-off draw is as following:

Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP)

FC Schalke 04 (GER) v FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)

FC Paços de Ferreira (POR) v FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)

PSV Eindhoven (NED) v AC Milan (ITA)

Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) v Arsenal FC (ENG)

Champions route

GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v FK Austria Wien (AUT)

PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v FC Basel 1893 (SUI)

FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) v NK Maribor (SVN)

FC Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) v Celtic FC (SCO)

FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) v Legia Warszawa (POL)

The first legs take place on 20/21 August, with the returns a week later. The ten winners will join the 22 automatic entrants in the UEFA Champions League group stage, the draw for which is held in Monaco on Thursday 29 August. The losers will proceed to the UEFA Europa League group stage. The final will be played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica on Saturday 24 May.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF DRAW.....

Trabzonspor will play against FK Kukesi (ALB) and Besiktas will play against Tromso IL (NOR) at the play-off tour of Europa League ....

UEFA Europe League play-off draw concluded and the opponents of Besiktas JK and Trabzonspor AS came out.

Trabzonspor AS will play against FK Kukesi (ALB) and Besiktas JK will play against Tromso IL (NOR) at the play-off tour of UEFA Europa League.

Besiktas, which has attended the play-off draw as seeding, will play the first match in Norway on August 22, and second match will be in Istanbul on August 29.

Besiktas will join the Europa League's group phase if they eliminate Tromso and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) would not suspend the club from European cups.

Trabzonspor will play its first match in Trabzon Avni Aker Stadium on August 22, and the second match will be in Albania on August 29.

The group stage draw will take place in Monaco on Friday 30 August.

UEFA Europa League play-off draw are as below:

FC Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) v Feyenoord (NED)

SV Zulte Waregem (BEL) v APOEL FC (CYP)

SK Rapid Wien (AUT) v FC Dila Gori (GEO)

CS Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (ROU) v SC Braga (POR)

Apollon Limassol FC (CYP) v OGC Nice (FRA)

FC Aktobe (KAZ) v FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

Swansea City AFC (ENG) v FC Petrolul Ploieşti (ROU)

Atromitos FC (GRE) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)

FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) v KRC Genk (BEL)

IF Elfsborg (SWE) v FC Nordsjælland (DEN)

WKS Slask Wrocław (POL) v Sevilla FC (ESP)

FC Salzburg (AUT) v VMFD Žalgiris (LTU)

Qarabag FK (AZE) v Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)

FC Minsk (BLR) v R. Standard de Liège (BEL)

FK Jablonec (CZE) v Real Betis Balompié (ESP)

HNK Rijeka (CRO) v VfB Stuttgart (GER)

FC Chornomorets Odesa (UKR) v KS Skënderbeu (ALB)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) v PAOK FC (GRE)

FC St Gallen (SUI) v FC Spartak Moskva (RUS)

Molde FK (NOR) v FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)

FK Vojvodina (SRB) v FC Sheriff (MDA)

Esbjerg fB (DEN) v AS Saint-Étienne (FRA)

Grasshopper Club (SUI) v ACF Fiorentina (ITA)

Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) v FC Astra (ROU)

Udinese Calcio (ITA) v FC Slovan Liberec (CZE)

FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)

Estoril Praia (POR) v FC Pasching (AUT)

JK Nõmme Kalju (EST) v FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)

FK Partizan (SRB) v FC Thun (SUI)

It is time for Trabzon and Bursa to do it

After Fenerbahce advance in the Champions League on Tuesday,
it is time for Trabzonspor and Bursaspor do it same thing...

They are both at home and playing in front of their fans,,,,

Trabzonspor beat Dinamo Minsk with one goal 1-0, in the first leg match last week.

A new coach Mustafa Akcay warned his players not to be overconfident against Minsk team.

This will be coach Mustafa Akcay's first official European match at Trabzon Avni Aker stadium.

The advantage is on Trabzon side but, they could not give up any goal against Minsk !

That could spell danger for them...

On the other hand, Bursaspor tied 2-2 in the first leg match against Vojvodino team from Serbia.

This will be first official European  home match for Bursaspor coach Hikmet Karaman too1

On the papar Bursaspor has a good team, playing in front of  their own fans should give them 12th man , power.

Scoring two away goals in the first leg match is big plus for Bursaspor.

Under normal circumstances, both teams should advance and book their tickets to Europa League playoffs.
 
Bursaspor vs Vojvodino match will start at 8.30 local Turkey time (1.30 ET ) and Turkish TRT Spor  will bradcast the match live...

On the other hand Trabzonspor vs Minsk match will start at 9.00 pm local time (2.00 ET) and  will broadcast by D Smart Spor.

Emirates Cup 2013 Highlights

Emirates Cup organization made a nice video highlights which Galatasaray team from Turkey won . You could watch the highlights of the Emirates Cup 2013 highlights video by clicking the link below 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7H6rfvail0

Fenerbahce Did It !Fenerbahce 3 - Salzburg 1

Fenerbahce defeated Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 after falling behind early minutes,

at the second leg match  in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round 

scoring three goals against Salzburg!

Fenerbahce qualified for the play-off rounds after Tuesday's win. 

The two sided drew 1-1 in the first leg game in Austria. 

Fenerbahce keeper Volkan Demirel made some huge saves 

in the second half of the match..

Dirk Kuyt assisted on two Fenerbahce goals ...

Kuyt was a factor in this match along with Volkan Demirel and goal scorers !

After the match coach Ersun Yanal said ,they did not play that good

 but win was good enough to go through .

This was first official match for  Ersun Yanal at Fenerbahce's Rustu Saracoglu stadium.

With this score Fenerbahce advance in  Champions League.

Before the match Fenerbahce fans and Fenerbahce team players 

paid tribute to former Fenerbahce player Selcuk Yula 

who has died suddenly at the age of 53.

 Stadium: Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu (Istanbul)

Referees: Pawel Gil, Piotr Sadczuk, Marcin Borkowski (Poland) 

Fenerbahce: Volkan, Mehmet Topuz, Kadlec, Yobo, Alves, Mehmet Topal, 

Kuyt, Meireles (44th min. Alper Potuk), Cristian, Sow, Webo

Red Bull Salzburg: Gulacsi, Klein, Ramalho, Hinteregger, Ulmer, Kampl, 

Meilinger, Ilsanver, Alan, Mane, Soriano

Goals: 4th min. Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg), 8th min. Meireles, 

17th min. Sow, 34th min. Webo (Fenerbahce) 

Yellow card: 25th min. Alan (Red Bull Salzburg)

Do or Die for Fenerbahce...

It is  put up or shut up time for Fenerbahce....

Fenerbahce will be at home against  Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg tonight...

A last-second penalty goal from  Cristian Baroni in the first leg match in Austria gave a big hope last week! 


 Tonight's match will not be that easy for Fenerbahce,,,,


Salzburg team is very young and very energetic team...

They could easily score goal or goals in Kadikoy, tonight.

That is why , keeper Volkan Demirel and Fenerbahce defense should have a flawless match.

Yesterday at the press conference, Fenerbahce coach Ersun Yanal said "I knew Salzburg 

were a very capable team and that they don’t waste any time getting forward"

The match will start at 9.45 local istanbul time (2;45 ET )

Drogba helps Galatasaray win Emirates Cup

Didier Drogba came off the bench to score two late goals in a 2-1 victory against Arsenal for Galatasaray to win the Emirates Cup on Sunday.
One of Arsenal’s biggest foes during his years at Chelsea, Drogba came back to haunt the Gunners again. He sealed victory for his side in the 88th minute when he collected a pass into the box from Wesley Sneijder, dribbled past Per Mertesacker and struck the ball home.

He brought Galatasaray level only nine minutes earlier when he converted a penalty after being pushed down by Bacary Sagna.
Arsenal dominated play in the first half and scored in the 39th minute when Theo Walcott’s cross cut through the defense and surprised goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.
Galatasaray finished the competition with nine points, ahead of FC Porto with six and Arsenal and Napoli with four.

Source : AP 

Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş to participate in Euro draws, despite UEFA ban

Fenerbahce and Besiktas will participate in today’s European competitions’ qualifiers’ draws, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a stay of execution on their bans from EUROPE .

The two Istanbul clubs announced that they would participate in the draws, despite the ban handed to them by European football’s governing body. 

Fenerbahçe was given a two-year ban while Besiktas was handed a one-year suspension due to the two teams’ match-fixing convictions, UEFA had ruled earlier this week. 

The two teams then made an application to the CAS, which confirmed on July 17 that it had “registered an appeal filed by Fenerbahce SK and a request for provisional measures filed by  Besiktas  against UEFA, in relation to the decisions taken by the UEFA Appeals Body on July 10 and 11, 2013.” 

The CAS also accepted Fenerbahce and Beşiktaş’s requests for a stay of execution. 

Fenerbahçe announced that it would participate in tonight’s Champions League qualifiers draw. Besiktas will also participate in the Europa League qualifiers draw. 

Source: Hurriyet Daily