Galatasaray will play Bayer 04 Leverkusen in UEFA Cup third round first leg match in Istanbul on Wednesday.
Ghanian player Ahmed Barusso, who just signed a contract with Galatasary, as well as midfielders Hasan Sas and Tobias Linderoth will not be able to play against German squad due to their injuries.
The match will kick off at Istanbul's Ali Sami Yen Stadium at 7:45 p.m.local time.
Portuguese trio Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista, Joao Ferreira, Sergio Lacroix will referee the match.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE SATURDAY WRAP
GALATASARAY THRASH MANISASPOR AND YILMAZ VURAL!
Vestel Manisaspor is like Day and Night, theese days!...
It is very hard to noticed them now.......................
During the Winter transfer season , and just this past week , troubled Manisaspor, brought in a few young blood transfers and Former TV commentator now part time coach Yimaz Vural , put a new keeper in the goal and two new defenders against team like Galatasaray !....so, in twenty seven minutes, Galatasaray scored three goals!....
After that, Part time coach Mr.Vural, took out, the one of the defender that he transfered from Trabzonspor ,Celaleddin, at the end of first half of the match.
Yimaz Vural might just be a bad luck for Manisaspor!...
Last year, the team he coached, Antalyaspor, also said good-bye to Turkcell Super League too!....Manisaspor might just do that with Mr. Vural this year.
The problem is realy is not Mr. Vural , it is the team officials who change coaches, like we change our shirts...please read my article about this matter....GIRAY BULAK SACKED BY VESTEL MANISASPOR!
HAKAN SUKUR SCORES HAT -TRICK.....
Galatasaray went four points clear at the top of the Turkish Turkcell Super League with an emphatic 6-3 win against Manisaspor on Saturday.
Baris Ozbek opened the scoring after seven minutes and Hakan Sukur doubled Galatasaray's advantage with a 23rd-minute strike.
Arda Turan's penalty four minutes later made it 3-0 and when Sukur completed his brace two minutes after half-time it looked like the game was over as a contest.
Selcuk Inan pulled a goal back for lowly Manisaspor, but Umit Karan restored the hosts' four-goal advantage, before Inan and Burak Yilmaz halved the deficit.
Sukur completed his hat-trick, and the scoring, seven minutes from time to condemn Manisaspor to a place in the bottom three.
BESIKTAS AND ERTUGRUL SAGLAM JUST CAN'T BEAT KAYSERISPOR THIS SEASON!......
Kayseri is the place where Ertugrul Saglam made his name as a young upcoming coach,but, as a Besiktas coach Saglam is having hard time beating them !...
Besiktas loss to Kayserispor in Kayseri on Saturday and the six game winning streak ended.
Koray Colgecen opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and the visitors had a mountain to climb when Rodrigo Tello was sent off.
Substitute Gokhan Unal added a second at the death for fifth-place Kayserispor.
Istanbul Buyuksehir climbed away from the danger zone with a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Caykur Rizespor.
Elionar Nascimento put the visitors ahead after half an hour before Ibrahim Akin levelled seven minutes later.
Akin completed his brace and gave Buyuksehir the win after 67 minutes.
Vestel Manisaspor is like Day and Night, theese days!...
It is very hard to noticed them now.......................
During the Winter transfer season , and just this past week , troubled Manisaspor, brought in a few young blood transfers and Former TV commentator now part time coach Yimaz Vural , put a new keeper in the goal and two new defenders against team like Galatasaray !....so, in twenty seven minutes, Galatasaray scored three goals!....
After that, Part time coach Mr.Vural, took out, the one of the defender that he transfered from Trabzonspor ,Celaleddin, at the end of first half of the match.
Yimaz Vural might just be a bad luck for Manisaspor!...
Last year, the team he coached, Antalyaspor, also said good-bye to Turkcell Super League too!....Manisaspor might just do that with Mr. Vural this year.
The problem is realy is not Mr. Vural , it is the team officials who change coaches, like we change our shirts...please read my article about this matter....GIRAY BULAK SACKED BY VESTEL MANISASPOR!
HAKAN SUKUR SCORES HAT -TRICK.....
Galatasaray went four points clear at the top of the Turkish Turkcell Super League with an emphatic 6-3 win against Manisaspor on Saturday.
Baris Ozbek opened the scoring after seven minutes and Hakan Sukur doubled Galatasaray's advantage with a 23rd-minute strike.
Arda Turan's penalty four minutes later made it 3-0 and when Sukur completed his brace two minutes after half-time it looked like the game was over as a contest.
Selcuk Inan pulled a goal back for lowly Manisaspor, but Umit Karan restored the hosts' four-goal advantage, before Inan and Burak Yilmaz halved the deficit.
Sukur completed his hat-trick, and the scoring, seven minutes from time to condemn Manisaspor to a place in the bottom three.
BESIKTAS AND ERTUGRUL SAGLAM JUST CAN'T BEAT KAYSERISPOR THIS SEASON!......
Kayseri is the place where Ertugrul Saglam made his name as a young upcoming coach,but, as a Besiktas coach Saglam is having hard time beating them !...
Besiktas loss to Kayserispor in Kayseri on Saturday and the six game winning streak ended.
Koray Colgecen opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and the visitors had a mountain to climb when Rodrigo Tello was sent off.
Substitute Gokhan Unal added a second at the death for fifth-place Kayserispor.
Istanbul Buyuksehir climbed away from the danger zone with a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Caykur Rizespor.
Elionar Nascimento put the visitors ahead after half an hour before Ibrahim Akin levelled seven minutes later.
Akin completed his brace and gave Buyuksehir the win after 67 minutes.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Turkey(Turkiye) draws with Sweden in friendly
Turkey and Sweden played to a 0-0 draw Wednesday in a friendly international ahead of the European Championship.
Nihat Kahveci missed several chances to score for Turkey, and Gokhan Gonul created more opportunities for the hosts but Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson was able to keep a clean sheet.
Sweden is in Group D at Euro 2008 with defending champion Greece, Spain and Russia. The Turks, who reached the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup, will play in Group A with Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Portugal.
The tournament, which runs from June 7-29, will be co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
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Lineups:
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Gokhan Gonul, Servet Cetin, Gokhan Zan, Hakan Kadir Balta, Hamit Altintop, Mehmet Aurelio, Emre Belozoglu (Mehmet Topal, 77), Yildiray Basturk, Nihat Kahveci (Gokdeniz Karadeniz, 85), Halil Altintop.
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson, Sebastian Larsson, Daniel Majstorovic, Peter Hansson, Mikael Nilsson (Matias Concha, 88), Kim Kallstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Anders Svensson, Kennedy Bakircioglu, Olof Mellberg, Markus Rosenberg.
Source:AP
Nihat Kahveci missed several chances to score for Turkey, and Gokhan Gonul created more opportunities for the hosts but Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson was able to keep a clean sheet.
Sweden is in Group D at Euro 2008 with defending champion Greece, Spain and Russia. The Turks, who reached the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup, will play in Group A with Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Portugal.
The tournament, which runs from June 7-29, will be co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
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Lineups:
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Gokhan Gonul, Servet Cetin, Gokhan Zan, Hakan Kadir Balta, Hamit Altintop, Mehmet Aurelio, Emre Belozoglu (Mehmet Topal, 77), Yildiray Basturk, Nihat Kahveci (Gokdeniz Karadeniz, 85), Halil Altintop.
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson, Sebastian Larsson, Daniel Majstorovic, Peter Hansson, Mikael Nilsson (Matias Concha, 88), Kim Kallstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Anders Svensson, Kennedy Bakircioglu, Olof Mellberg, Markus Rosenberg.
Source:AP
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Turkey(Turkiye), Sweden to play friendly match
Turkey and Sweden will play a friendly match in Istanbul's Inonu Stadium on Wednesday.
The match will kick off at 8:35 p.m. local time and will be broadcast live on Turkish ATV channel in Turkey and the rest of the world will watch the match on line from this site...... WATCH TURKIYE(TURKEY) V SWEDEN MATCH LIVE HERE....
The match against Sweden will be Turkey's first one as a preparation for the Euro 2008 finals in Switzerland and Austria in June.
Paolo Tagliavento of Italy will referee the game
The match will kick off at 8:35 p.m. local time and will be broadcast live on Turkish ATV channel in Turkey and the rest of the world will watch the match on line from this site...... WATCH TURKIYE(TURKEY) V SWEDEN MATCH LIVE HERE....
The match against Sweden will be Turkey's first one as a preparation for the Euro 2008 finals in Switzerland and Austria in June.
Paolo Tagliavento of Italy will referee the game
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Fatih Terim name squad for Sweden friendly ..
Turkey coach Fatih Terim announced a 27-man squad on Friday for the friendly against Sweden in Istanbul on Feb. 6.
Here is the squad...
Emre Aşık(Ankaraspor), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern Münih), Rüştü Reçber, İbrahim Kaş, Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Caner Erkin (CSKA Moskova), Halil Altıntop (FC Schalke 04), Volkan Demirel, Uğur Boral, Gökhan Gönül, Mehmet Aurelio, Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe), Remzi Giray Kaçar (Gençlerbirliği Oftaş), Servet Çetin, Arda Turan, Hakan Kadir Balta, Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray), Mehmet Topuz, Gökhan Ünal (Kayserispor), Tümer Metin (Larissa), Serkan Kırıntılı (MKE Ankaragücü), Emre Belözoğlu (Newcastle United FC), Serhat Niyazi Akın (RSC Anderlecht), Mehmet Yıldız (Sivasspor), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Yıldıray Baştürk (VfB Stuttgart), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal).
Here is the squad...
Emre Aşık(Ankaraspor), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern Münih), Rüştü Reçber, İbrahim Kaş, Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Caner Erkin (CSKA Moskova), Halil Altıntop (FC Schalke 04), Volkan Demirel, Uğur Boral, Gökhan Gönül, Mehmet Aurelio, Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe), Remzi Giray Kaçar (Gençlerbirliği Oftaş), Servet Çetin, Arda Turan, Hakan Kadir Balta, Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray), Mehmet Topuz, Gökhan Ünal (Kayserispor), Tümer Metin (Larissa), Serkan Kırıntılı (MKE Ankaragücü), Emre Belözoğlu (Newcastle United FC), Serhat Niyazi Akın (RSC Anderlecht), Mehmet Yıldız (Sivasspor), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Yıldıray Baştürk (VfB Stuttgart), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal).
Schildenfeld joins Besiktas
Besiktas soccer club of the Turkcell Super League signed a contract on Friday that added Croatian player Gordon Schildenfeld to their squad.
Schildenfeld formerly played for Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia as a defender. He is 23 years old.
Schildenfeld formerly played for Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia as a defender. He is 23 years old.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Vestel Manisspor signs Portuguese player Targino
Portuguese striker Tiaga Joao Targino Da Silva has joined Turkish Turkcell Super League squad Vestel Manisaspor.
21-year-old Targino, who was playing for Portuguese first division team Vitoria de Guimares, signed a one-year contract with the Turkish squad.
"I am now a player of Portugal under-21 national team. I aim to prove myself here in Turkey and join Portuguese national team for European Championship. Turkey is a great opportunity for me to succeed it," Targino said.
21-year-old Targino, who was playing for Portuguese first division team Vitoria de Guimares, signed a one-year contract with the Turkish squad.
"I am now a player of Portugal under-21 national team. I aim to prove myself here in Turkey and join Portuguese national team for European Championship. Turkey is a great opportunity for me to succeed it," Targino said.
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