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Turkish football/soccer : Turkish Super League 2007/2008 season preview

Fenerbahce regained title

Fenerbahce took their 17th Turkish league title last season to move clear of Galatasaray in the all-time ranking. Their main rivals Besiktas lost the championship two round before the end of 2006/07 campaign, but they won the Turkey Cup, beating Kayseri Erciyesspor 1-0 after extra-time. Here is a short summary of the 2006/07 Turkish football league season:

Kasimpasaspor secured a palce in the Turkish Super League for the first time in 43 seasons after their success in the promotion play-offs. The Istanbul team joined automatically promoted League A champions Oftasspor and and runners-up Belediyespor, neither of whom have played in the top flight before. The trio replaced the relegated Sakaryaspor, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Antalyaspor.

teamstitles2002/032003/042004/052005/062006/07
Fenerbahce1761121
Galatasaray1626313
Besiktas1013432
Trabzonspor672244
Genclerbirligi-310566
Gaziantepspor-4491111
Denizlispor-10561514
Ankaragucu-89131313
Konyaspor--11879
Rizespor--1410915
Kayserispor---1555
Ankaraspor---7148
Bursaspor-1516--10
Sivasspor----87
Manisaspor----1212
Kasimpasaspor------
Oftasspor------
Belediyespor------

The table shows the overall number of titles for each club in Turkish Superleague since 1959 and their league standings in the last five seasons.

Brazilian star in Turkey

Fenerbahce have strengthened their squad in the off-season with seven signing, the most important of them being Brazilian left-back Roberto Carlos. Carlos arrived on a free transfer from Real Madrid after the Turkish champions have shown the most interest in signing the 34-year-old. "They have spoken to me lots of times and a very important element in helping me make my decision was that former Brazilian international Zico is their coach" said Carlos, who spent eleven years at Real Madrid. He won 125 caps for Brazil in a career that has seen him win the 2002 FIFA World Cup, three Spanish titles and three UEFA Champions League crowns among other honours.

This page is introduction to the 2007/2008 Turkish Super League season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Turkey page.

New coaches for new season

French coach Jean Tigana has parted company with Besiktas by mutual consent after his team's failure to keep up with Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce in the battle for the Turkish title. Ertugrul Saglam has been named as Tigana's successor. The 37-year-old has signed a two-year contract following successful spells with Samsunspor and Kayserispor. Saglam spent six years with Besiktas as a player between 1994 and 2000.

Galatasaray have named German coach Karl-Heinz Feldkamp as the replacement for Erik Gerets, who has parted company with the Istanbul giants following a disappointing end to the 2006/07 season. The 73-year-old Feldkamp coached Galatasaray in 1992/93, when they won both the league and Turkish Cup titles, but he has not led a team for eight years because of health problems. He will have another problem this season. Galatasaray will play their first five home matches behind closed doors due to a penalty received.

Genclerbirligi, Gaziantepspor and Ankaragucu also have all appointed new coaches for the 2007/08 season. Genclerbirligi have agreed terms with Fuat Capa. Gaziantepspor have turned to 43-year-old Mesut Bakkal, who had been in charge of Genclerbirligi before standing down in May. Ankaragucu have gone for former Albania coach Hans-Peter Briegel.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Fenerb.703420-10-4 (34)
2Besiktas611118-7-9 (34)
3Galatas.562115-11-8 (34)
4Trabzon521015-7-12 (34)
5Kayseri511113-12-9 (34)
6Gencler.48114-6-14 (34)
7Siva48-314-6-14 (34)
8Ank.spor47510-17-7 (34)
9Konya45-212-9-13 (34)
10Bursa45-612-9-13 (34)
11Gaziant.43-811-10-13 (34)
12Manisa42-111-9-13 (33)
13Ankara42-711-9-14 (34)
14Denizli41-79-14-11 (34)
15Rize40-611-7-16 (34)
16Antalya39-48-15-11 (34)
17Erciye37-209-10-15 (34)
18Sakarya19-293-10-20 (33)

The table displays Turkish Super League standings for season 2006/2007.

Fenerbahce favored again

Turkey's top football league has only had four different champions in its 49-year history. The Istanbul teams, Fenerbahce, Besiktas and Galatasaray have dominated the Turkish league since its inception and it will again be hard to look beyond Istanbul for this season's champions. Trabzonspor is the only team from outside Istanbul to have lifted the crown, but the last time was in 1984, 23 years ago!

teamoddsteamodds
Fenerbahce2Galatasaray3.15
Besiktas4.25Trabzonspor16
Genclerbirligi26Gaziantepspor26
Denizlispor26Ankaragucu26
Konyaspor26Rizespor26
Kayserispor26Ankaraspor26
Bursaspor26Sivasspor26
Manisaspor26Kasimpasaspor26
Oftasspor26Belediyespor26

The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2007/08 Turkish football league.

Turkish Cup finals in last five years

2003   Trabzonspor - Genclerbirligi   3:1
2004   Trabzonspor - Genclerbirligi   4:0
2005   Galatasaray - Fenerbahce   5:1
2006   Besiktas - Fenerbahce   3:2   (after extra time)
2007   Besiktas - Erciyesspor   1:0   (after extra time)

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key players

Ankaragucu

Goalkeeper Serkan Kirintili (€1m); Defense: Emre Gungor (€2.5m), Fatih (€2m); Midfield: Giani Stelian Kirita (€2.5m), Murat Erdogan (€2m), Ibrahim Ege (€1.5m), Murat Duruer (€1.3m), Andre Parreira Da Silva (€1m); Forward: Gustave Bebbe (€2m), Ahmet Dursun (€1.5m), Mustafa Ozkan (€1.3m).

Ankaraspor

Goalkeeper Ramazan (€0.8m); Defense: Radoslav Batak (€2m), Ediz Bahtiyaroglu (€1.5m), Muhammet Yoldas (€0.7m); Midfield: Adem Kocak (€2.5m), Bilal Kisa (€2m), Ozer Hurmaci (€1.5m), Hurriyet Gucer (€1.5m); Forward: Tita (€3m), Jaba (€2.8m), Tayfun Turkmen (€2m).

Belediyespor

Goalkeeper Kenan Hasagic (€2.5m); Defense: Ekrem Eksioglu (€0.8m), Mert Korkmaz (€0.6m), Gungor Ozturk (€0.5m); Midfield: Ilyas Kahraman (€1.5m), Razundara Tjikuzu (€1m), Kerim Zengin (€0.7m), Unal Alpugan (€0.6m); Forward: Adriano Padilha Nascimento (€1.5m), Ali Guzeldal (€1.3m), Ibrahim Parlayan (€0.9m).

Besiktas

Goalkeeper Hakan Arikan (€2m); Defense: Gokhan Zan (€5.8m), Ibrahim Toraman (€5.7m), Baki Mercimek (€2.1m); Midfield: Matias Emilio Delgado (€5.7m), Ricardinho (€5.3m), Mustafa Koray Avci (€3.7m), Ibrahim Akin (€3.4m), Burak Yilmaz (€1.8m); Forward: Bobo (€4.9m), Marcio Nobre (€4m).

Bursaspor

Goalkeeper Yavuz Eraydin (€0.4m); Defense: Egemen Korkmaz (€2.3m), Cihan Haspolatli (€1.7m), Ismail Gulduren (€1.5m); Midfield: Cornel Danut Frasineanu (€1.5m), Volkan (€1.3m), Mustafa Sarp (€1.3m), Velice Sumulikoski (€1.2m), Veli Acar (€0.5m); Forward: Sinan Kaloglu (€2.5m), Daniel Gabriel Pancu (€2.5m).

Denizlispor

Goalkeeper Suleyman Kucuk (€1m); Defense: Bulent Ertugrul (€2.2m), Roman Kratochvil (€2m), Erman Guracar (€1.6m), Ahmet Cagiran (€1.3m); Midfield: Zafer Demir (€1.3m), Tomas Abraham (€1.2m), Yusuf Simsek (€1.2m), Julio Cesar Mendes (€1m), Musa Kus (€1m); Forward: Selahattin Kinali (€1.2m).

Fenerbahce

Goalkeeper Volkan Demirel (€2.2m); Defense: Roberto Carlos (€6.5m), Diego Lugano (€6m), Edu Dracena (€5.4m), Onder Turaci (€4.2m); Midfield: Alex de Souza (€11m), Stephen Appiah (€10.9m), Mehmet Aurelio (€6.2m), Tumer Metin (€4m); Forward: Mateja Kezman (€8.9m), Deivid de Souza (€2.6m).

Galatasaray

Goalkeeper Orkun Usak (€1.8m); Defense: Rigobert Song (€5m), Stjepan Tomas (€4.1m), Servet Cetin (€3m); Midfield: Lincoln (€8.5m), Arda Turan (€6.8m), Hasan Sas (€5.7m), Sabri Sarioglu (€5.4m), Ayhan Akman (€2.6m); Forward: Umit Karan (€6.6m), Hakan Sukur (€1.3m).

Gaziantepspor

Goalkeeper Oguz Daglaroglu (€1.2m); Defense: Bekir Irtegun (€2m), Mehmet Cogum (€1.8m), Kodjo Julien Afanou (€1.5m), Ozgur Bayer (€1.3m); Midfield: Ugur Yildirim (€3m), Faruk Bayar (€2.2m), Cristian Zurita (€1.8m), Ekrem Dag (€1.3m); Forward: Kaba Diawara (€2m), Antonio De Nigris (€1.8m).

Genclerbirligi

Goalkeeper Gokhan Tokgoz (€2m); Defense: Lamine Traore (€1.5m), Erkan Ozbey (€1.5m), Erhan Guven (€1.3m), Eren Aydin (€0.3m); Midfield: Mehmet Nas (€2m), Kerem Seras (€0.5m), Engin Baytar (€0.3m); Forward: Mehmet Cakir (€3m), Isaac Promise (€3m), Okan Ozturk (€2.5m).

Kasimpasaspor

Goalkeeper Khalid Sinouh (€0.7m); Defense: Rene-Salomon Olembe (€1m), Goksel (€1m), Alpaslan Kartal (€0.6m); Midfield: Ender Alkan (€1.5m), Yasin Sulun (€0.9m), Mustafa Marangoz (€0.5m), Faruk Atalay (€0.5m), Merthan Acil (€0.4m); Forward: Ferit Alper Salgin (€1.7m), Jonathan Tehoue (€0.3m).

Kayserispor

Goalkeeper Dimitar Ivankov (€1.2m); Defense: Delio Toledo (€1.5m), Aydin Toscali (€1.2m), Serhat Gulpinar (€1m); Midfield: Mehmet Topuz (€4m), Ragib Basdag (€1.5m), Fatih Ceylan (€1m), Kamber Arslan (€0.8m); Forward: Gokhan Unal (€4m), Franco Dario Cangele (€1.8m), Leonardo Andreas Iglesias (€1.3m).

Konyaspor

Goalkeeper Ozden Ongun (€1.3m); Defense: El Saka (€3m), Burak Ihsan Ozsarac (€1.8m), Omer Gundostu (€1.5m); Midfield: Neca (€2.5m), Erman Ozgur (€2m), Mustafa Er (€1.8m), Sedat Agcay (€1.3m), Erkan Sekman (€1m); Forward: Murat Hacioglu (€2.3m), Veysel (€2m).

Manisaspor

Goalkeeper Fevzi Tuncay (€1.3m); Defense: Stephane Borbiconi (€2.8m), Umit Bozkurt (€2m), Hakan Kadir Balta (€2m), Sener Askaroglu (€1m); Midfield: Lukas Zelenka (€2.8m), Selcuk Inan (€2.3m), Ugur Inceman (€2m), Nizamettin Caliskan (€0.5m); Forward: Filip Holosko (€2m), Rafael Marques (€1.5m).

Oftasspor

Goalkeeper Recep Biler (€0.5m); Defense: Orhan Sam (€0.8m), Ilhan Eker (€0.8m), Murat Selvi (€0.8m); Midfield: Eren Ozen (€1m), Doga Kaya (€0.9m), Kemal Akbaba (€0.6m), Cemal Tasli (€0.5m), Ufuk Es (€0.5m); Forward: Bulent Karaman (€0.8m), Ali Ozturk (€0.5m).

Rizespor

Goalkeeper Metin Aktas (€1.5m); Defense: Emrah Eren (€2.5m), Gustavo Victoria (€1.5m), Can Cumhur Bozaci (€1.4m), Serhat Akyuz (€1m); Midfield: Emre Toraman (€2m), Altan Aksoy (€1.5m), Erhan Albayrak (€1.5m), Cem Baki (€1.3m); Forward: Zafer (€2m), Pape Cire Dia (€1m).

Sivasspor

Goalkeeper Michael Petkovic (€2m); Defense: Hayrettin (€1.8m), Murat Sozgelmez (€1.5m), Abdurrahman Dereli (€1.5m), Fran Sergio (€1m); Midfield: Yasir Elmaci (€2m), Musa Aydin (€1.6m), Cem Karaca (€1.5m), Ilhan Ummak (€1.5m); Forward: Pini Balili (€2.5m), Mehmet Yildiz (€2m).

Trabzonspor

Goalkeeper Jefferson (€1.5m); Defense: Serkan (€2.4m), Tolga Seyhan (€2.3m), Ferhat Cokmus (€1.4m), Mustafa Keceli (€1.4m); Midfield: Gokdeniz (€6.8m), Huseyin (€3.8m), Musa Buyuk (€2.3m), Hasan Ucuncu (€2.2m); Forward: Umut Bulut (€3.6m), Ersen Martin (€2.7m).

 
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