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Coloured report by Milliyet firmly denied by FC Shakthar
Milliyet's report about Elano was firmly denied by his former club. Milliyet has staged a false report about Elano's professional ethics based on the claims made by FC Shakthar Donetsk officials but the report was firmly denied by Elano Blumer's former club. Newspaper's of Dogan Media Group including Milliyet, Hurriyet, Vatan and Fanatik is well known for their hatred against Galatasaray. Here... »
Turkish clubs made record spendings
Despite the global economic crisis Turkish clubs made record transfer spendings in this season. Net amount spent by Fenerbahce is 24 million Euros while Besiktas spent 23 milion Euros and Galatasaray 15 million Euros. The other clubs finished the transfer window with net loss are Trabzonspor (2.5 million Euros, Genclerbirligi 925 K, Kasimpasa 500K, Diyarbakirspor 120K, Eskisehirspor 40K ) While Fenerbahce,... »
The average age of head coaches decreased in this season.
After the departure of Luis Aragones and Karl Heinz Feldkamp several experienced Turkish managers the average age of the head coaches of Turkish clubs decreases in comparasion to recent years. The youngest coach is Bulent Uygun who finished 2nd in last season while the most experienced and oldest coach is Mustafa Denizli who did the double at Besiktas where... »
Desperate official broadcaster tries to underrate Turkish League
The official broadcaster Lig TV's general manager Sansal Büyüka is frequently underrating the quality of the league and insisting that Turkish League's broadcast rights doesn't worth anything in order to lower the demands before the auction. Dogan Media Group already offered twice amount of monet last year but the Turkish Football Federation was unable to comply Dogan Media's request to take... »
Dirty Emre Belozoglu is sent off once again
Fenerbahce player Emre Belozoglu is sent off once again. The player has conducted dirtyness many times in his career. Here are some incidents that Emre took part: * November 2005: Emre Belozoglu attacked Swiss players in the World Cup Qualifying Play Off Match * December 2006: Investigated by English FA for involving racism prior Watford's French midfielder Al Bangura's submission. * September 2007:... »
Turkishfootball.org is back online.
After a period of problems turkishfootball.org will be updated... »
Guinean players in Turkey
The tradition of signing African players by the Anatolian teams started with Ilhan Cavcav as he signed South African players Donald Khuse, John Leshiba Moshoeu and Andre Kona. Nowadays lots of Guinean players are playing for Turkish teams. Most of them are successful within their clubs and made big impacts in Turkish Football. Ibrahima Yattara( Trabzonspor) : He was signed from Antwerp... »
Engin Baytar is “a shame for Turkish football”
The current Eskisehirspor player Engin Baytar is involved into another scandal as he had an argument with his teammate Youla in the match against Besiktas JK. The player has insulted Youla for not giving the ball to him even he was marked by the defenders. Engin then had an argument with Youla and could cause both players to be sent off... »
Hot air on transfer rumours continue
The Turkish newspapers and their associated TV channels started to make up unrealistic transfer rumours such as Ryan Babel, Andriy Shevchenko to Galatasaray, Deco and Pepe to Fenerbahçe, Miroslav Klose and Carlos Tevez to Beşiktaş recently. The Fotospor newspaper known for fake transfer news did claimed that Besiktas will sign Miroslav Klose while Dogan Group's newspapers including Milliyet, Fanatik etc. claim... »
Turkish FA banned Arda for another match
Turkish Footbal Federation 's Professional Footballers Disciplinary Committee made another scandal after extending Arda Turan's ban for another match. The reason for the ban is Arda's attempt to enter to the dressing room to congratulate his teammates. Despite Aziz Yıldırım did the same during many matches he was only charged with 5.000 TRY, Arda is suspended for one more match. The... »