Turkish league to use foreign VARs in key games
The Turkish Super Lig will assign foreign Video Assistant Referees (VARs) for crucial games until the end of the season, the Turkish Football Federation said on Friday.
The Turkish Super Lig will assign foreign Video Assistant Referees (VARs) for crucial games until the end of the season, the Turkish Football Federation said on Friday.
Fenerbahce's players walked off the pitch after one minute of Sunday's Turkish Super Cup match against Galatasaray, forcing the game to be abandoned and conceding the trophy.
Turkish Super League club Trabzonspor's six-match spectator ban has been reduced to four games after an appeal to the Turkish Football Federation.
Top-tier Trabzonspor was ordered to play six games without fans as punishment by the Turkish Federation for violent clashes on the field after a Superlig game against Fenerbahce.
Fenerbahce decided not to go through with their threat of withdrawing from the Turkish Super Lig on Tuesday.
Fans of Turkey's Trabzonspor stormed the pitch and brawled with security forces and players from visiting Fenerbahce after their team lost 3-2 on Sunday, in the latest incident in a league that has been marred by controversy this season.
Galatasaray have decided against making an approach for Christian Eriksen in the final days of the Turkish transfer window but they will likely step up their interest in the Manchester United midfielder in the summer, a source has told ESPN.
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Istanbul Basaksehir have fined Israeli midfielder Eden Kartsev and loaned him to another club after he posted a message of support for hostages being held by Hamas on social media.
Turkish authorities charged Sagiv Jehezkel with inciting hatred after he expressed solidarity with people held hostage by Hamas
The former president of a top-division team in Turkey told a court on Tuesday that he regretted attacking a referee at the end of a league game but denied threatening to kill him.
The Turkish Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce scheduled to be played in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, on Friday has been cancelled.
Halil Umut Meler, the referee punched by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca after a match in the Turkish Super Lig, has said he "will not forgive" his assailant.
Turkish side Istanbulspor walked off the pitch in protest at a refereeing decision in their Super Lig game against Trabzonspor on Tuesday.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Thursday its disciplinary board had imposed a permanent ban on Ankaragucu club president Faruk Koca for punching a referee after a game this week in the country's top soccer league.
Villarreal are interested in signing Arsenal defender Cédric Soares , sources have told ESPN.
Turkey's top league will resume play on Tuesday next week following a one-week suspension due to an on-field attack by a club president on a referee.
Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee Pierluigi Collina has reinforced his statement that abuse of officials is a "cancer" on football, after Turkish referee Halil Umut Meler was punched in the face by Ankaragucu's president Faruk Koca.
Turkish side Ankaragucu's president Faruk Koca punched referee Halil Umut Meler in the face at the end of their Super Lig home match after Rizespor scored a 97th minute equaliser on Monday.
Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are pushing for the Turkish Super Cup on Dec. 29 to be played on home soil rather than Saudi Arabia.
Donny van de Beek has interest from Fenerbahce and Galatasaray but Manchester United are facing a race against time to offload the midfielder, sources have told ESPN.
Manchester United have allowed defender Eric Bailly to join Turkish side Besiktas on a free transfer.
Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez has moved to Galatasaray, with midfielder Tanguy Ndombele also joining the Turkish club on loan.
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Galatasaray | 33 | 29 | 3 | 1 | +56 | 90 |
Fenerbahce | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | +57 | 86 |
Trabzonspor | 33 | 17 | 4 | 12 | +13 | 55 |
Besiktas | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | +6 | 51 |
Istanbul Basaksehir | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | +6 | 49 |
Caykur Rizespor | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 48 |
Kasimpasa | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 46 |
Antalyaspor | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 45 |
Alanyaspor | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 45 |
Sivasspor | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | -5 | 45 |
Adana Demirspor | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | +5 | 41 |
Samsunspor | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 39 |
Ankaragucu | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 37 |
Kayserispor | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | -10 | 37 |
Konyaspor | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | -13 | 36 |
Gaziantep FK | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 34 |
Hatayspor | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 33 |
Fatih Karagümrük | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 33 |
Pendikspor | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -31 | 30 |
Istanbulspor | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -35 | 16 |