Galatasaray
Galatasaray have been fined €6 million for not complying with UEFA’s break-even requirement, the European governing body said on Wednesday.
Under a new agreement between UEFA and Galatasaray, the club will need to reach full break-even compliance by monitoring period 2021-2022, the Club Financial Control Body said in a statement on UEFA’s website.
Galatasaray will need to report a maximum break-even deficit as forecast in their 2018 financial year report, it said. The maximum deficit will…
in the Turkish Super Lig, Genclerbirligi’s Florentin Pogba was attacked by his team mates after he angrily subbed himself off in the 1-0 defeat to Antalyaspor.
Florentin Pogba clashed with his Genclerbirligi teammates after walking out of a Turkish Super Lig game on Sunday.
Pogba, the older brother of Manchester United star Paul Pogba, appeared to pick up a slight injury in the 88th minute of the game and limped off the pitch in the 88th minute.
But Genclerbirligi had already made all three substitutions, and his teammates objected to Pogba leaving the club with 10 men while already down a goal.
Some yelled at Pogba as he took off his shirt and crossed…
Adra Turan could be subject to a lengthy ban for pushing a linesman in a Turkish Super Lig game.
On-loan Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan faces significant punishment after pushing a linesman late in Basaksehir’s 1-1 draw against Sivasspor in a Turkish Super Lig game on Friday.
The Turkey international, loaned to Basaksehir in January, was sent off in the 94th minute of the draw after a shot by Sivasspor’s Robinho was ruled an own goal on Volkan Babacan.
Former Super Lig referee Deniz Coban told Fanatik that Turan faces a 15-match ban “if we go by the rulebook … but I don’t think he’ll get…
Reigning Turkish Super Lig champions Besiktas boycotted Thursday’s Turkish Cup semifinal clash against rivals Fenerbahce.
The fixture was initially abandoned after Besiktas boss Senol Gunes was struck in the head by a foreign object thrown from the stands resulting in the former Turkey national team manager receiving five stitches to the head, suffering a mild concussion and spending the night in hospital.
Gunes expressed his dismay at the hostile climate in Turkish Football following his sides…
The FC crew debate whether Liverpool are as superior to Roma as the first leg suggested or if they have cause for concern in the second leg.
Mark Ogden believes Liverpool’s style of football will make it difficult for Roma to produce another famous comeback at the Stadio Olimpico.
AS Roma’s Radja Nainggolan admits it would be hard to overturn a 5-2 deficit against Liverpool in the return leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal but the Italian side still have faith.
IZMIR, Turkey — Cengiz Under became the youngest Turkey international to appear in a Champions League semifinal when he started for Roma in the first leg of their tie against Liverpool, but just 18 months ago the 20-year-old was playing second tier football in his homeland.
For a football-crazy country boasting the largest young population in the UEFA zone, the talent produced in Turkey in recent years has been abysmal — there was Arda Turan and that is about it.
But Under’s first club, Altinordu,…
Fatih Terim has helped turn Galatasaray’s season around.
Frontrunners Galatasaray took another giant stride towards being crowned Turkish Super Lig champions following a 2-0 victory over Istanbul rivals Besiktas on Sunday evening.
Here’s five key points ahead what promises to be a dramatic run-in …
1. The Emperor Strikes Back
The appointment of Fatih Terim — nicknamed the “Emperor” — midway through the season has proven to be a stroke of genius in hindsight. The former Turkey national team boss has won three and drawn one of their derby games against…
Fenerbahce and Besiktas had their game abandoned.
Fenerbahce and Besiktas will complete the remaining 33 minutes of their abandoned Turkish Cup semifinal clash next Thursday.
The Istanbul clubs, who drew 2-2 in March’s first leg, were unable to finish the return fixture at the Sucru Saracoglu Stadium on April 23 as trouble in the stands spread to the benches and the tunnel.
Besiktas coach Senol Gunes was struck on the head by an object thrown from the crowd and the game was called off by the referee in the 57th minute, with the second-leg scoreline…
Trabzonspor’s transfer ban stems from an unpaid fee for Matus Bero.
FIFA has imposed a transfer ban on Trabzonspor, keeping the Turkish club from registering new players during the next window.
The ban was imposed after the club missed a 30-day deadline to settle an unpaid transfer fee to Slovakian club Trencin, FIFA said.
Trabzonspor signed Slovakia midfielder Matus Bero from Trencin for a reported €2.5 million in August 2016.
FIFA says Trabzonspor have been “banned from registering any new players — either nationally or internationally — for the entirety…
Fenerbahce’s Fernandao, center, celebrates his goal against Besitkas in the Istanbul derby on Sunday.
Fenerbahce striker Fernandao was banned for two games and fined 60,000 Turkish lira (€13,000) after celebrating a goal against Besiktas in the Istanbul derby on Sunday by thrusting his pelvis toward the home supporters.
Fernandao, who scored in the eighth minute of Besiktas’ 3-1 victory in the Turkish Super Lig, intended the celebration to mimic that of Bahia’s Vinicius during a Brazilian league game against rivals Vitoria last month.
Vinicus scored a penalty in the 50th minute and then celebrated…
Yuto Nagatomo has opted to move on.
Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo has joined Galatasaray on a six-month loan deal.
Nagatomo, 29, extended his contract with Inter Milan until the 2018-19 season back in 2016 but has found playing time hard to…