Saturday recap.....Besiktas win,Galatasaray lose!

Turkey's top league, Spor Toto Super league, started with four matches on Saturday and in those four matches there were only four goals scored.

In the early match Galatasaray started the match against Sivasspor good but finished bad!

On the other hand Besiktas the star studded black and white eagles, won in the away match with only one goal.


Besiktas's goal came in the beginning of the second half of the match by Bobo..
Former Real Madrid player Guti gave a beautiful pass to Bobo, as he got his first assist in the Turkish League.

He also received his first yellow card, in the match too........

Bucaspor were a man down for the last 14 minutes following a second yellow card for Ediz Bahtiyaroglu.

As I said , Galatasaray had a good start against Sivasspor in Sivas as Mustafa Sarp put Galatasaray ahead in the seventh minute, but Bruno Mbanangoye tied the match shortly before the break and Cihan Yilmaz scored the second and winning goal for Sivasspor.

Alos on Saturday, Eskisehirspor and Genclerbirligi played for nil nil draw and Gaziantepspor and Kasimpasa were also scorels in Gaziantep...

On Sunday there are three matches.... Fenerbahve will face Antalyaspor at home...

A little transfer note..... Fenerbahce signed Niang ...

Also on Sunday, Ankaragucu will face Trabzonspor and Karabukspor will be home against Manisaspor.

There will be two matches on Monday night too...

Defending Champions Bursaspor will be at home against Konyaspor and Buyuksehir will face Kayserispor in Istanbul.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!...Turkey's Top League takes a start this weekend.

Well, Turkish Football or Turkish soccer fans get ready for the marathon in the Turkish "SPOR TOTO" Super League new season which will take off on this coming Saturday..

Istanbul's big three will have a strong compition this year again from Anatolian teams in the league...

Last season's defending champions Bursaspor and Trabzonspor, looks like will be contenders for the top spot, this year.

Also, Gazinatepsor , Eskisehirspor and Kayserispor will make a strong standing in the league along with other teams in the league....

Besiktas is the king of the transfer season in Turkey....

Besiktas transfered Star players like Guti (from Real Madrid),Portuguese Quaresma (from Inter) and the world known coach Germain Schuster.

Also, Fenerbhace signed Miroslav Stoch (Chelsea), and Ankaragucu signed Stanislav Sestak (Bochum ) and Robert Vittek (Lille ).

Kayserispor also signed Jonathan Santana from Paraguay...

The 53th season of Turkey's top league takes a start this weekend on Saturday..

Here is the transfer list for each team....

Ankaragucu
Midfielder Adem Kocak from Ankaraspor; Defender Muhammet Hanifi from Ankaraspor; Midfielder Ozgur Cek from Ankaraspor; Gabon forward Roguy Meye from Ankaraspor; Forward Teoman Safa Erkan from Ankaraspor; Liberian midfielder Theo Lewis Weeks from Ankaraspor; Slovakian goalkeeper Stefan Senecky from Ankaraspor; Defender Ediz Bahtiyaroglu on loan from Ankaraspor; Defender Aydin Toscali from Kayserispor; Defender Guven Varol from Manisaspor; Forward Turgut Sahin from Samsunspor; Polish defender Michal Zewlakow on a free transfer from Olympiakos; Slovakian forward Robert
Vittek (permanent signing) from Lille for a fee of €2.1m.

Antalyaspor
Croatian defender Ivan Radeljic from Genclerbirligi; Forward Kenan Ozer on a free transfer from Besiktas; Defender Deniz Baris on a free transfer from Fenerbahce.
Belediyespor
Swedish midfielder Samuel Holmen from Brondby.

Besiktas
Spanish midfielder Guti on a free transfer from Real Madrid; Australian defender Ersan Gulum on loan from Adanaspor; Goalkeeper Cenk Gonen from Denizlispor for a fee of €1m; German midfielder Roberto Hilbert on a free transfer from Stuttgart; Portuguese midfielder Ricardo Quaresma from Inter for a fee of €7.3m.

Bucaspor
Defender Koray Colgecen from Ankaragucu; Senegalese forward Moustapha Dabo from Al-Sailiya; Midfielder Onur Tuncer from Boluspor; Angolan forward Manucho on loan from Valladolid; Midfielder Oguz Basaran from Darica; Midfielder Aydin Karabulut on loan from Ankaraspor; Forward Emre Aktas from Adanaspor.

Bursaspor
Argentinean forward Leonel Jorge Nunez from Independiente; Serbian defender Milan Stepanov from Porto; Argentinean forward Damian Steiner from Racing Avellaneda; Argentinean midfielder Federico Insua from America.

Eskisehirspor
Brazilian defender Diego Angelo on loan from Genoa; Brazilian defender Bruno Bertucci from Corinthians; Chilean midfielder Rodrigo Tello from Besiktas; Midfielder Burhan Eser from Genclerbirligi; Forward Emre Aygun from Ankaragucu; Portuguese midfielder Pele from Porto for a fee of €0.4m; Forward Batuhan Karadeniz from Besiktas for a fee of €2.1m.

Fenerbahce
French forward Issiar Dia from Nancy-Lorraine for a fee of €6.5m; Midfielder Caner Erkin from CSKA Moscow for a fee of €2m; Defender Ilhan Eker from Genclerbirligi; Slovakian midfielder Miroslav Stoch from Chelsea for a fee of €5.5m.

Galatasaray
Colombian forward Juan Pablo Pino from Monaco for a fee of €3m; Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana from Sunderland for a fee of €6m; Defender Caglar Birinci from Denizlispor for a fee of €1.5m; Defender Ali Turan from Kayserispor; Forward Mehmet Batdal from Bucaspor; Midfielder Serdar Ozkan from Besiktas.

Gaziantepspor
Defender Suleyman Ozdamar from Altay; Forward Mehmet Yilmaz from Eskisehirspor.

Genclerbirligi
Scottish midfielder Michael Stewart on a free transfer from Hearts; English forward Billy Mehmet on a free transfer from St. Mirren; Bosnia-Herzegovnian forward Ermin Zec from Sibenik for a fee of €2m; German forward Mehmet Akgun from Willem II Tilburg.

Karabukspor
Forward Ilhan Parlak on loan from Ankaraspor.

Kasimpasaspor
Spanish defender Fernando Varela from Mallorca.

Kayserispor
Argentinean midfielder Jonathan Santana from Wolfsburg for a fee of €0.6m.

Konyaspor
Slovakian forward Ivan Lietava from Zilina; Slovakian midfielder Peter Grajciar from Slavia Prague; Goalkeeper Ercument Kafkasyali from Genclerbirligi; Forward Aykut Ozturk from Wehen Wiesbaden.

Manisaspor
Midfielder Ahmet Ilhan Ozek from Bozuyukspor; Midfielder Omer Aysan Baris from Trabzonspor.

Sivaspor
Bosnia-Herzegovnian goalkeeper Sead Ramovic from Tromso.

Trabzonspor
Brazilian forward Jaja from Metalist Kharkiv for a fee of €4.2m; Midfielder Baris Atas from Diyarbakirspor; Polish defender Arkadiusz Glowacki from Wisla Krakow for a fee of €1m; Goalkeeper Bora Sevim from Belediyespor.

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The most expensive transfers

date
Jun '10 Ricardo Quaresma Besiktas Inter 7.3
Jul '10 Issiar Dia Fenerbahce Nancy-Lorraine 6.5
Jul '10 Lorik Cana Galatasaray Sunderland 6
Jun '10 Miroslav Stoch Fenerbahce Chelsea 5.5
Aug '10 Jaja Trabzonspor Metalist Kharkiv 4.2



Who will win the title?

Well, Istanbul giants will have a though ride this year too..

After Bursaspor winning the Championship last season , Trabzonspor looks like a better team in the league this year...

But, with flash transfers, Besktas is the heavy contender in the league this season!

Frank Rijkaard's Galatasaray and Aykut Kocaman's Fenerbahce has not establish a good team just yet!

They are still in process of getting players while the other already done that!


Here is the Super League schedule for week one....

SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 2010

Gaziantepspor v Kasimpasa

Sivasspor v GALATASARAY


Eskisehirspor v Genclerbirligi

Bucaspor v Besiktas

SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010

Fenerbahce v Medical Park Antalyaspor

Ankaragucu v Trabzonspor

KDC Karabukspor v Manisaspor

MONDAY 16 AUGUST 2010

B.Ş. Belediyespor v Kayserispor

Bursaspor v Konyaspor

Turkey beats Romania 2-0 with Guus Hiddink!

Guus Hiddink made a winning debut as Turkey coach on Wednesday, leading his team to a 2-0 victory over Romania in an international friendly.
Emre Belozoglu scored from a penalty kick in the 82nd minute, and Arda Turan extended the lead four minutes later.

"We have to improve in certain aspects of the game, but the second goal was a beauty," Hiddink told Kanalturk television.

A NEW NAME SPONSOR FOR TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE!

Well, we have to get use to this name from now on....

"SPOR TOTO TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE!"


It is the state-run(Turkish Government) sports betting company....

Very nice......

Now, we have a betting company runs by the Government is going to sponsor the Turkey's top league!


People will bet more now since the name of the Turkish Super League is sponsored by Betting company called "SPOR -TOTO"


The betting company commercials were all over the radios and TV's and news papers now we will say their name every time when we talk about Turkish Super league...

But, I guess money talks.................



How absurd is that?


Spor Toto has been awarded naming rights for the Turkey’s top football leagues starting from the 2010-2011 season.

The deal will cost Spor Toto $125 million...

They will will acquire the naming rights for the Super League, League Two and League Three for the next five years.


Turkcell had been the main sponsor of the Super League for five years,

On the other hand Turkish Super League will start this weekend ,,,

Here is the Super League schedule for week one....

SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 2010

Gaziantepspor v Kasimpasa

Sivasspor v GALATASARAY


Eskisehirspor v Genclerbirligi

Bucaspor v Besiktas

SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010

Fenerbahce v Medical Park Antalyaspor

Ankaragucu v Trabzonspor

KDC Karabukspor v Manisaspor

MONDAY 16 AUGUST 2010

B.Ş. Belediyespor v Kayserispor

Bursaspor v Konyaspor

TURKEY'S SUPER CUP GOES TO TRABZONSPOR!

Turkish Cup winners Trabzonspor beat Turkish Turkcell Super League Champions Bursaspor in the Turkey Super Cup match 3-0 at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. Turkey.

All three goals scored by Gutierrez .......


Stadium: Ataturk Olympic

Referees: Kuddusi Muftuoglu, Baki Tuncay Akkın, Nihat Mızrak

Bursasspor : Ivankov, Ali, Umar, Ibrahim (min. 75 Serdar), Vederson, David, Kirita (min. 46 Bekir Ozan), Batalla (min. 63 Sercan), Ergiç, Ozan, Turgay

Trabzonspor: Onur , Serkan, Glowacki, Egemen, Cale, Burak (min. 66 Yattara), Selcuk, Ceyhun, Colman, Alanzinho (min. 79 Baris Ates ), Teofilo (min. 90 3 Giray?)

Goals: Min. 55, Min. And 61 min. 72 Teofilo (Trabzonspor)

Turkey squad for Romania friendly!

Turkish national team's 23-man squad for the upcoming friendly match against Romania on 11 August 2010 has been announced today.

Turkey squad will start gathering in İstanbul Swissotel starting from 17.00 on 8 August Sunday. Turkey will make their first training session at Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium the following day on 19.00. First 30 minutes of the practice will be open to media.

Turkey Head Coach Guus Hiddink, will hold a press conference on 10 August Tuesday at 15.00 in Swissotel. Two players will accompany the Dutch coach in this activity. Turkey will finalize their preparations for the game with a training that will take place at Ali Sami Yen Stadium at 19.00. Media will be able to follow 30 minutes of the practice.

Turkey - Romania friendly will be played at Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium and kick-off time is set as 21.15. The game will be broadcasted live by "Kanaltürk".

Turkey - Romania match will be officiated by Milorad Mazic from Serbian Football Federation. Mazic's assistants will be Igor Radojcic and Nikola Tomicic, while Turkish referee Halis Özkahya will be the fourth official.

Turkey squad consists of the following players:


GOALKEEPERS


1-

VOLKAN DEMİREL

FENERBAHÇE

2-

HAKAN ARIKAN

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.

3-

ONUR RECEP KIVRAK

TRABZONSPOR


DEFENDERS


4-

GÖKHAN GÖNÜL

FENERBAHÇE

5-

SABRİ SARIOĞLU

GALATASARAY A.Ş

6-

GÖKHAN ZAN

GALATASARAY A.Ş

7-

SERVET ÇETİN

GALATASARAY A.Ş

8-

İBRAHİM KAŞ

GETAFE

9-

HAKAN KADİR BALTA

GALATASARAY A.Ş

10

İSMAİL KÖYBAŞI

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.


MIDFIELDERS


11-

MEHMET AURELIO

REAL BETİS

12-

SELÇUK ŞAHİN

FENERBAHÇE

13-

EMRE BELÖZOĞLU

FENERBAHÇE

14-

NURİ ŞAHİN

B. DORTMUND

15-

KAZIM KAZIM

FENERBAHÇE

16-

HAMİT ALTINTOP

BAYERN MÜNİH

17-

ARDA TURAN

GALATASARAY A.Ş

18-

OZAN İPEK

BURSASPOR


FORWARDS

19-

MEVLÜT ERDİNÇ

PSG

20-

HALİL ALTINTOP

E. FRANKFURT

21-

TUNCAY ŞANLI

STOKE CITY

22-

SERCAN YILDIRIM

BURSASPOR

23-

NİHAT KAHVECİ

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş

Source: TFF

UEFA DRAW FOR TURKISH TEAMS!

Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor and Besiktas -- were picked against strong opposition in the UEFA Europa League playoffs after the draw was made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


Galatasaray were drawn with Ukraine's Karpaty Lviv in UEFA Europa League play-off round, while another Turkish team Trabzonspor must overcome England's Liverpool to advance to group stage.

Four Turkish teams are competing in Europa League play-offs.

Following the UEFA Europe League play-off round draw made in Switzerland, Besiktas were paired with Finland's HJK Helsinki.

Fenerbahce, who were eliminated by Swiss Young Boys in UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, will face Greece's PAOK in Europe League play-offs.

First legs will be played on August 19 and return matches will be played on August 26.