Galatasaray signs German coach Skibbe

Galatasaray had signed with the former Bayer Leverkusen coach Michael Skibbe, the club said on its website late Wednesday. Skibbe, who signed a one-year contract with an option for another year, became the 51st coach of the club.


The 42-year-old new coach will replace his veteran compatriot Karl-Heinz Feldkamp, who resigned in April citing disagreements with the management. The Skibbe-led Bayer Leverkusen eliminated Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup in 2008.

Born in 1942, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09 in his youth, and then switched to the professional team of Schalke 04. From 1984 to 1986, he appeared in 14 Bundesliga-games, but then he tore his cruciate ligament three times that forced him to end his playing career.

At the age of 22, he started his career as coach with Schalke 04 youth team. In 1989, he became the youth coach for Borussia Dortmund, where he became head coach in 1998, thus becoming the youngest head coach in the Bundesliga of all time at the age of 32.

He gave up this post after being offered the position as director of the German national team. In 2000, he became its head coach. And in 2005, he signed with Bayer Leverkusen which finished 7th in the German Bundesliga 2007-2008.

THRILL OF VICTORY!.....TURKEY KNOCK SWISS

Turkish goalkeeper Volkan Demirel(L) catches the ball on the water-logged pitch during their Euro 2008 Championships Group A football match vs Switzerland in Basel, Switzerland. Turkey won 2-1


This is the football(soccer), that a lot of Turkish Fans were waiting from our National team.

Well, I tell you watching the match on ESPN2 , second half was delightfull!......

Arda Turan's last minute goal was thrill of victory!...

Turkey beat Swiss team 2-1 and stayed live at this tournament....

The Work is not done just yet!....

We have to beat Check Repuplic on Sunday!...

This was a proud day for Turkish Soccer(Football) around the world!...

Kudos to Fatih Terim and his Boys!.....

And Special Kudos to Keeper Volkan Demirel....he save the day on a brake away before Arda's goal....He is my player of the match....

Turkey scored a stoppage time goal to beat Switzerland 2-1 on Wednesday and knock the co-hosts out of Euro 2008.

Turkey scored with a strike from Arda Turan deep into four minutes of time added on to end Switzerland's hopes in a match hampered by severe weather conditions.

Torrential rain reduced the pitch to a quagmire and the match was already something of a farce when Hakan Yakin put the Swiss ahead in the 32nd minute after the ball stopped dead in a puddle in the Turkish goalmouth.

Turkey came back and grabbed an equaliser through Semih Senturk in the 57th minute.

Portugal lead Group A with six points from Czech Republic and Turkey on three with the Swiss bottom with no points.

TURKEY'S STARTING ELEVEN AGAINTS SWISS

Turkey ' s head coach Fatih Terim sits on the bench during a training session for the Euro 2008 soccer tournament at St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel …


The starting line-up; Volkan, Hamit-Servet-Emre Asik-Hakan, Gokdeniz-Aurelio-Tumer-Arda, Tuncay-Nihat

TURKEY MATCH ON ESPN2

Switzerland v Turkey Match will be broadcast Live in the United States and Canada on ESPN2 TV .....YOU COULD ALSO WATCH THE MATCH LIVE ON ESPN360 ON LINE FREE IF YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER OFFERS THE SERVICE....

Switzerland v Turkey....Live Gamecast....

ANOTHER BLOW TO FATIH TERIM!..EMRE IS OUT

Fatih Terim, was going against all odds!.... He called up Emre to the National duty, when he was not even making the team, on his Newcastle team!...

Work out after work out and plus American Trainer Scott Piri's wok outs really killed out of shape Emre....

The midfielder pulled up with a hamstring problem during training and will miss the crucial Group A encounter at Basel's St Jakob-Park Stadium.

"Unfortunately, Emre is not going to play tomorrow," said Turkey coach Fatih Terim ahead of the game at Basel's St Jakob-Park Stadium. "He had an MRI and results have shown that there's an edema of two to three centimetres.

"Not having Emre is a problem for us because his role is not that simple to cover by another player. But then again Switzerland will not have their injured captain Alexander Frei."

Fatih Terim will be sweating more if two defender will not be ready... defensive duo Servet Cetin and Gokhan Zan, who will be given until the last minute to prove their fitness.

Chelsea target Zico

Fenerbahce coach Zico has emerged as a strong candidate to become Chelsea's new manager after he parted ways with Turkish side Fenerbahce.


The 55-year-old has been linked with the post in the past, but the fact he has now departed Fenerbahce after failing to come to an agreement over a new contract, has thrust him back among the frontrunners for the Stamford Bridge hot seat.

Zico leaves Fenerbahce

Fenerbahce are to sign a new coach after failing to reach a deal with Brazilian Zico, the club's chairman was reported as saying on Tuesday.

"We've parted ways with Zico. We know who the new coach is. We will sign an agreement in Istanbul next week," Aziz Yildirim was quoted as saying by Turkish news broadcaster NTV.

Zico led the Istanbul club to the Champions League quarter-finals this season but lost out to city rivals Galatasaray in the domestic title race.

In recent weeks Turkish media have reported disagreements over a new contract for Zico, who had already signalled that he planned to leave.

The former Brazilian international came to Fenerbahce in July 2006 after coaching the Japanese national team.
Source:Reuters