Besiktas – Fenerbahce, Turkish Super League

Fenerbahce football team is facing rivals Besiktas at away on the 13th matchday of the Turkish Super League. Game will be at 19:00 (local time, -1 for CET).

Fenerbahce remain on the top before the game while Besiktas remain 4th. Fenerbahce defender Fabio Bilica is suspended and won’t be playing in the game. Team had a pretty much time for resting and prepearing for this game and looking forward to keep the perfect run in the games against Besiktas.

Probable Fenerbahce starting line-up: Volkan Demirel, Roberto Carlos, Onder Turaci, Diego Lugano, Gokhan Gonul, Cristian, Emre Belezoglu, Wederson, Mehmet Topuz, Alex, Colin Kazim-Richards

 

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Turkish Cup 2009-2010 Draws

Fenerbahce are in the Group A along with Eskisehirspor, Antalyaspor, Altay and Tokatspor after the draws made for Turkish Cup 2009-2010 season.

Teams will play 4 games without returning legs. First game will be played in Sukru Saracoglu Stadium against Altay, on 23 December, 2009.

Fixture
2nd Matchday, 10th January 2010
vs Eskisehirspor – Away
3rd Matchday, 13th January 2010
vs Tokatspor – Home
4th Matchday, 17th January 2010
vs Antalyaspor – Away

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Galatasasay C.C.: 74 Fenerbahce U.: 72, Turkish Basketball League

Fenerbahce U. lost to arch-rivals Galatasaray C.C. 74-72 after two overtimes in the 5th match day of Turkish Basketball League. Game suspended for half an hour after the regular time for home team’s fan violence.

Fenerbahce U.: Tarence Kinsey 6 points 2 rebounds 2 assists, Omer Asik 8 points 9 rebounds, Gordan Giricek 2 points, Omer Onan 17 points, Emir Preldzic 10 points 4 rebounds 1 assist, Semih Erden 2 points 13 rebounds, Damir Mrsic 6 points, Lynn Greer 12 points, Oguz Savas 9 points 11 rebounds, Serhat Cetin 1 rebounds 1 assist

Roberto Carlos on the Verge of Leaving ?

Roberto Carlos’ name have been all around the Brazilian media about his possible move to his country to Corinthians  in the January transfer window. Fenerbahce club have made some announcements through Daum, the manager, regarding the issue and stated that the Brazilian will be with the club.

The position Roberto Carlos is playing have two more potential replacements and one of them is regular Brazilian NT player Andre Santos and the other on is Wederson. So having replacement options in the squad make this transfer rumours look possible and a possible departure of Roberto Carlos will open a place in the foreign player limit which will give the club a chance to strengthen the squad with a striker as there are only two target strikers in the squad; Guiza and Semih Senturk.

Things will be lot clearer in few weeks. For now, Roberto Carlos is staying in Fenerbahce.

 

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Turkish Cup Draws on 16 November 2009

The draw for the Turkish Cup 2009-2010 will be on 16 November 2009, Monday.  Fenerbahce will be seeded for the draw. Club have been seeking Turkish Cup glory for 26 years . Group matches will start on 23 December 2009,  and will end on 27 January 2010 while the final will be on 05 May 2010.

 

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Fenerbahce : 3 Steaua : 1, Europa League

Fenerbahce football team beat Steaua in the 4th matchday of the Europa League group stage after a fine performance. Goals by Andre Santos ‘16, Fabio Bilica ‘51 and Alex ‘67 while opponents goal came at ‘38. Fenerbahce keep leading the group after collecting 9 points in 4 games.

Fenerbahce: Volkan Demirel 6  Roberto Carlos 6,5 Diego Lugano 7 Fabio Bilica 7 Gokhan Gonul 6 Mehmet Topuz 6,5 Cristian Baroni 6,5 Emre Belezoglu 7 (Ozer Hurmaci ‘70), Andre Santos 7 Alex 7,5 (Selcuk Sahin ‘85) Colin Kazim-Richards 6 (Guiza ‘70)

Standings after 4th matchday
1- Fenerbahce 9
2- Twente 7
3- Sheriff T. 4
4- Steaua 2

Fenerbahce – Steaua, Europa League Group Stage

Fenerbahce football team face Steaua in the 4th matchday of the Europa League Group Stage. Fenerbahce lead the group by 6 points while Steaua remain fourth with 2 points. Game will be in Sukru Saracoglu at 22:05 (local time, -1 for ECT), today.

Expected Starting line-up for Fenerbahce: Volkan Demirel, Roberto Carlos, Diego Lugano, Fabio Bilica, Gokhan Gonul, Cristian Baroni, Emre Belezoglu, Mehmet Topuz, Wederson, Ozer Hurmaci, Colin Kazim-Richards

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Kayserispor – Fenerbahce Match Preview

Fenerbahce football team will be facing Kayserispor on the 11th matchday of the Turkish Super League. Game will be on 20:00 (local time, -1 for ECT) in Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium.

Fenerbahce are flying high in the standings with five points clearance and after the big derby win over Galatasaray (3-1) team’s morale is superb. Kayserispor on the other hand is a tough opponent to be faced away. Their main game mentality is defensive oriented. A narrow win for Fenerbahce is highly possible. Fenerbahce will miss central defender Fabio Bilica due to suspension.

Expected starting line-up for Fenerbahce : Volkan Demirel, Roberto Carlos, Onder Turaci, Diego Lugano, Gokhan Gonul, Cristian Baroni, Emre Belezoglu, Mehmet Topuz, Wederson, Alex, Colin Kazim-Richards

Fenerbahce : 3 Galatasaray : 1, Turkish Super League

Fenerbahce football team beat arch-rivals Galatasaray 3-1 on the 10th matchday of the Turkish Super League. Fenerbahce have now won all the games against Galatasaray at home in the last decade!

Steaua: 0 Fenerbahce : 1, Europa League Group Stage

Fenerbahce football team record an important win by beating Steaua 1-0 at away in the group stage of UEFA Europa League. Thanks to the goal scored at 59′ by Colin Kazim-Richards, Fenerbahce took the deserved three points after a good performance.

Fenerbahce : Volkan Demirel 7 Roberto Carlos 7 Diego Lugano 7 Fabio Bilica 6,5 Gokhan Gonul 6,5 Cristian Baroni 6,5 Emre Belozoglu 8 Mehmet Topuz 7 Andre Dos Santos 6,5 (Ali Bilgin ‘88) Ozer Hurmaci 7 (Wederson ‘71 6) Colin Kazim-Richards 7,5 (Selcuk Sahin ‘85)

Standings
1- Fenerbahce 6p
2-Sheriff 4p
3- Twente 4p
4- Steaua 2p

Galatasaray : 0 Fenerbahce : 3, Turkish Women’s Volleyball League

Fenerbahce women’s volleyball team beat arch-rivals Galatasaray 3-0 after a great performance on the opening game of the Turkish Volleyball League.

With world class additions to the already strong squad such as Ekaterina Gamova, Natasha Osmokrovic, Naz Aydemir, Alice Bloom and Frauke Dirickx Fenerbahce women’s volleyball team sets the goals lot high this season especially in the European competitions.

Fenerbahce : Ekaterina Gamova, Cigdem Can Rasna, Alice Blom, Natasha Osmokrovic, Eda Erdem, Naz Aydemir (Nihan, Songul, Frauke Diricks, Seda Tokatlioglu, Ipek)
Sets: 14-25, 14-25, 12-25

Gaziantepspor : 2 Fenerbahce : 1, Turkish Super League

Fenerbahce lost to Gaziantepspor on the 9th matchday of the Turkish Super League. The 9 wins in a row dream has come to an end.

Fenerbahce controlled the game from the beginning since the first quarter of the second half. Goal from Semih at ‘30 gave the lead to Fenerbahce while opponents goals came at ‘84 and ‘90+4.

Missings of key players such as Alex, Guiza and Lugano had an effect on the team for sure but the main issue was the sitting back tactic on the second half which gave Gaziantepspor courage to attack.

Next game will be against arch-rivals Galatasaray in Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.

Fenerbahce Looking to Stay Unbeaten

Fenerbahce football team took its place in the records book by starting with 8 wins in 8 games in the Turkish Super League.

Next test will be against tough Gaziantepspor away, next week. Looks like team will be without Spanish striker Dani Guiza due to his injury in the Spanish national team training. The Spaniard expected to be out for at least 2 weeks.

Game is on 18th October, 16:00 (local time).

Antalyaspor – Fenerbahce Match Preview

Fenerbahce football team visit Antalyaspor on the 7th matchday of the Turkish Super League, today at 20:00 (local time).  Antalyaspor remain 12th (2W – 4L) while Fenerbahce remain 2nd after winning all six games with goal difference.

Amazing Start

Fenerbahce started the season with six wins out of six games and conceded only two goals. This start keeps the morales high.

Emre Belozoglu Missing

Emre one of the most important players in Fenerbahce midfield is still missing due to three match ban. Without him Fenerbahce had hard times dictating tempo and organizing in the midfield. Daum will be looking for a solution by bringing in Mehmet Topuz and giving him the role of Emre. This didnt work smoothly in the last two games but looks like Mehmet Topuz has started to adapt life in Fenerbahce and willing to give his best on the pitch.

Guiza or Semih Senturk

Fenerbahce have two quality strikers but the tactic Daum has in his mind lets only one of them play. This brings the question; who fits better ? His career and quality brings Guiza step ahead in a comparison but looks like Semih Senturk is more suitable to a tactic with alone striker. This question will remain for a while indeed but it looks like Guiza will be on the starting line up.

As a summary, six wins out of six games gives the needed morale and motivation but also brings some extra motivation to the opponents too as they will be eager to say “stop here” so wont be easy but this match looks like a narrow win for Fenerbahce.

Fenerbahce signed Bilica and Bekir Irtegun

Fenerbahce officially opened the transfer season by signing central defender Bilica from Sivasspor and defender Bekir Irtegun from Gaziantepspor.

Aragones and Fenerbahce Part Ways ?

After a quite disappointing season in football, it is now more than a rumour that manager Aragones might not be in Istanbul for the next season.

Fenerbahce who won 3 titles in the last 5 years, lost the Turkish Cup in the final and remain 5th in the Turkish League standings this season.

Fenerbahce Women’s Basketball Team are the CHAMPIONS!

Fenerbahce women’s basketball team won the Turkish Women Basketball League after sweeping the opponents Mersin B.S.B 3-0 in the final series! Fenerbahce now have won the league title four times in a row.

Besiktas : 1 Fenerbahce : 2, Turkish Super League 30th Matchday

Fenerbahce football team beat rivals Besiktas 2-1 at away after an impressive performance. Especially the dominant style of play in the first half and beginning of the second half was the key factor in this meaningful win. Thanks to goals by Daniel Guiza at ‘32 and Semih Senturk at ‘54 while opponents scored at ‘62. With this win Fenerbahce have won the last six encounters against Besiktas in a row.

Fenerbahce: Volkan Demirel 7 Roberto Carlos 7 Gokhan Gonul 8 Yasin Cakmak 7,5 Ali Bilgin 7,5 Selcuk Sahin 8 Emre Belezoglu 7,5 (‘56 Deniz Baris 7), Ugur Boral 7,5 Deivid de Souza 7,5 (‘88 Gokhan Emreciksin) Semih Senturk 7,5 (‘68 Colin Kazim-Richards 6,5) Daniel Guiza 7,5

Besiktas – Fenerbahce Match Preview

Fenerbahce football team will face Besiktas on the 30th matchday of Turkish Super League.

No Motivation other than Rivalry

Fenerbahce will have no extra motivation other than match’s being a derby. The title race is pretty much over for Fenerbahce and the only goal is to win the Turkish Cup which will take place in Izmir on 13th May.

Opponent’s Title Chance

On the other hand Besiktas will be fully motivated as they remain 2nd before this game and if they achieve a win in this game they will climb to the 1st place as Sivasspor lost their game on this matchday.

Important Missings for Fenerbahce

Fenerbahce will miss Diego Lugano, Onder Turaci to suspension while Alex and Edu Dracena will be out due to injury problems. All these players are regular and important starting line-up players for Fenerbahce.

A win in this derby has more to add to the opponent side and Fenerbahce will only play in the name of the rivalry and look to get a result as a way of saying sorry to the fans and the board for the disappointing league season.

Fenerbahce Women’s Volleyball Team are the CHAMPIONS !

Fenerbahce women’s volleyball team beat Eczacibasi Zentiva 3-1 on the 4th game of the final series and with a 3-1 total wins they deservedly clinched the title!

Determination the team show when it comes to crucial moments in this and the rest of the final series was more than impressive and this team made the club and the fans proud once again with their team spirit. What can you ask more from your beloved team as long as they play their hearts out ?

Congratulation “Yellow Angels”, what you got in your hands now is what you deserved.

More details and some quotes from the players will be added soon.