What happened in Turkish football today? 30/05/2025

 Title winners end season with a win.

 

Title winners Galatasaray has completed 2024-25 season with a win against Basaksehirspor at home ground with 2:0 scoreline as game as would been expected has been played at festive manner.

 

Among celebrations this game has also had saddened mood as it was last game at the club for Dries Mertens and also living legend of the team Fernando Muslera and hence this game has been focussed into 2 players as supporters and general game has been entirely focussed to this two players. Galatasaray has stayed focussed into winning game and hence end season as champions even through players did spend celebrations but it also needs to be mentioned that for Basaksehirspor also coming for formalities has affected this game.

 

Basaksehirspor had a mix of the season and hence after such tough season to some extend did affect concentration as it also played against side which been in great mood. Still, Basaksehirspor did get Conference League ticket for next season.

 

Galatasaray hence ended season at manner which it deserved as it was also good farewell for Dries Mertens and Fernando Muslera.

 

Trabzonspor ends season with a win

 

Trabzonspor ends poor season with a win against Antalyaspor with 2:0 scoreline and did win against side which didn’t lose for weeks at home ground but again it needs to be mentioned that it has formality game.

 

It needs to be stated that Trabzonspor head coach Fatih Tekke did main come out with academy players who did final game only some weeks at Youth League and getting such opportunity did provide some good performance which did also push to some extend to show some good game at the field.

 

Antalyaspor without doubt did focus to end season with win as it did in previous games but game being formality led for lack of focus and has direct impact for final result.

 

Trabzonspor hence did end poor season with a win but without doubt it needs to do some revision in summer and also possibly try to raise role of academy players at main team.

 

Fenerbahce supporters expect to take centre stage at game against Konyaspor

 

Fenerbahce would be ending 2024-25 season at home game against Konyaspor as it would be formality game for both sides and it would be more curious what reaction would Fenerbahce supporters will give to team and its administrators.

 

With Fenerbahce ending season at low point despite of being runners-up there is expectation for to be low amount of fans being present especially taking account that kick-off would be at 16:00 but number who would be present are expected to provide hostile environment as was case at last home game. Fenerbahce would be out of mood and focus while Konyaspor did have stressful season as it aimed to stay at the league for time-to-time.

 

Hence, it is expected to be game with low tempo and chances as low amount of supporters of Fenerbahce expected to be taking centre stage.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 38th week:

Antalyaspor 0:2 Trabzonspor

Galatasaray 2:0 Basaksehirspor

Kasimpasa 1:2 Goztepe

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 38th week:

16:00 Fenerbahce - Konyaspor

16:00 Rizespor - Hatayspor

19:00 Adana Demirspor - Gaziantep

19:00 Alanyaspor - Sivasspor

In other news:

Fenerbahce has terminated contract with its sports director Mario Branco.

–    Rizespor has made principal dela for extension contract with its head coach Ilhan Palut.

Genclerbirligi CEO candidates Serkan Aydin and Ahmet Turgut would be running with joint administrative team.

–    Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Rennes players Adrien Truffert, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Christopher Wooh.

–    AstonVilla has transferred Kasimpasa player Yasin Ozcan for 7+1 million euro.

–    Hatayspor player Gorkem Saglam wants to join Trabzonspor this summer.

–    Trabzonspor considers to terminate contract with its player Borna Barisic.

–    Samsunspor head coach Thomas Reis has stated that he would be staying at the club for next season.

–    Stuttgart are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Yusuf Akcicek.

What happened in Turkish football today? 27/05/2025

Fenerbahce loss to Hatayspor with issues within and outside of field.

 

Fenerbahce has got to some extend surprising loss against arleady relegated Hatayspor with 4:2 scoreline but taking account that team did lose motivation and being morale affected with ending game at 2^nd spot at the league with whatever game would have ended,  result could be understandable.

 

Without doubt, red card from Mert Gunok and also poor performance from goalkeeper which led for Hatayspor to score 2 goals has also had its impact as Fenerbahce didn’t provide poor performance before that card. Still, Fenerbahce being demoralised is waiting for end of the season and with Hatayspor showing some good performance in recent weeks also this outcome shouldn’t be big surprise.

 

Fenerbahce as been noted is being demoralised as team and hence such outcome is not being entirely surprising but to some extend is unexpected.

 

Basaksehirspor would extend contract with Cagdas Atan.

 

Basaksehirspor has announced that it would sign an extension contract with its head coach Cagdas Atan despite of not having entirely great season but still did manage to get Conference League at the end of the season.

 

Basaksehirspor did have ups and downs during this season but did fail especially at Conference League where it wasn’t able to get to knockout stages losing to very modest sides and also had some poor performance at league and due of having in some moments some good performance at season did manage to get Conference League spot. Still, its been very important for Basaksehirspor administration to show trust towards Cagdas Atan despite of mixed results and se him as long-term plan.

 

Basaksehirspor has ended any talks about future of Cagdas Atan as duration of extension expected to be announced at short period of time.

 

Lucas Torreira has been called to national team after 3-years.

 

Galatasaray player Lucas Torreira has been called for Uruguyan National Team for first time after 3-years which shows what important and top level performance he showed in Galatasaray this season.

 

Without doubt, Lucas Torreira with strong performance at midfield did play an important role with league title which team has got during this season and has been rewarded with being selected as his team without dobt has high aims for entering to World Cup 2026. Now  it would be important for Torreira to prove himself to be again at national squad with performance he shows at training sessions and possibly when he gets soe playing time.

 

Its been important hence for him to be called to side and get rewarded as been noted with great performance at Galatasaray title

In other news:

–    PFDK referalls:

–    - Goztepe, Kayserispor has been referred for behaviour of fans.

–    - Galatasaray, Besiktas, Trabzonspor has been referred due of behaviour of fans and events on field.

–    - Konyaspor has been referred for events on field.

–    - Konyaspor player Ogulcan  Ulgun has been referred for breaking rule.

–    - Alanyaspor has been referred for events on field.

–    - Samsunspor has been referred for behaviour of fans, events on field and not following guidelines.

–    -Fenerbahce has been referred for behaviour of fans and not following guidelines

- Gaziantep has been referred for not following guidelines.

TFF has announced referee for 1stl eague play-off final game between Fatih Karagumruk and Bandirmaspor to be Yasin Kol.

–    TFF has signed sponsorship deal with Arabica Coffee House.

–    Galatasaray player Przemyslaw Frankwoski, Sebastian Szymanski and Kryzstof Piatek has been selected to Polish National Team.

–    Fenerbahce players Youssef En Nesyri and Sofyan Amrabat has been selected to Moroccan National Team.

Galatasaray player Yunus Akgun had an operation due of his injury.

ShakhtarDonetsk has appointed Arda Turan for 2-years.

–    Galatasaray player Efe Akman considers to leave club during summer transfer window.

–    Palermo doesnt consider to use transfer option of Trabzonspor player Rayyan Baniya.

–    Samsunspor are interested to transfer Borussia Dortmund player Sebastian Haller.

–    Goztepe are interested to transfer SKN St.Polen player Claude Mbuyi.

–    Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Victor Linderof.

–    Eyupspor are interested to transfer Sanliurfaspor player Uchenna Ogundu.

–    Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Hatayspor player Gorkem Saglam.

–    Galatasaray has started transfer negotiations with PAOK player Dominik Kotarski.

–    Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Celtic player Daizen Maeda.

–    Rennes are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Bright Osayi Samuel.

–    Trabzonspor tries to reduce 8 million euro transfer fee of Southampton player Paul Onuachu to 6 million euro during negotiations.

–    Antalyaspor CEO Murat Ozkaya has stated that he found unethical for Eyupspor to provide offer to its head coach Emre Belozoglu as contract is still carrying on between his club and coach.

What happened in Turkish football today? 26/05/2025

 Fenerbahce has lacked focus and motivation for game against Hatayspor

 

Fenerbahce did lose to already relegated side Hatayspor with 4:2 scoreline as mistakes from goalkeeper had a direct impact but also securing its 2^nd spot and demoralization had direct impact of this outcome.

 

Fenerbahce did come out to the game at difficult conditions and with issues which did happen during game including Mert Muldur did have direct impact at the final results while Hatayspor to some extend wasn’t huge surprise despite of opponent to be relegated as their got some positive results in recent weeks as they aim to end season at style. Fenerbahce did lack focus and concentration and also some changes from Mourinho did take place.

 

Fenerbahce hence are lacking concentration and motivation as it didn’t win title for another reason and certainly there is hardly anyone who would like to play against Konyaspor next week.

 

 

Besiktas has lost opportunity for 3rd spot.

 

 Besiktas did lose its opportunity to get to 3rd spot at the league which would lead team to get to Europa League play-off round after losing to Rizespor at home ground and needs some luck for next week.

 

 With Samsunspor drawing at parallel game against Trabzonspor, Besiktas didn’t provide too much strong performance against Rizespor especially towards end of the game but also Besiktas once again didn’t provide enough fighting spirit which has been expected from them. Team would need to go through why it did lose to team which did play for formaltiies while its been important game for them in sense of reducing qualifying journey to Europa League.

 

 Besiktas would be playing against relegated Bodrum next week but it would also awaiting Samsunspor to lose against Kayserispor.

 

 Trabzonspor did show some positivity despite of it being formality game.

 

 Trabzonspor did come out to formality game against Samsunspor which is focussed into ending season at 3rd spot as Trabzonspor did provide much more stronger game but Samsunspor willingness has helped them to get crucial point.

 

Trabzonspor despite coming out for formalities and lacking motivation did provide some good performance possibly due of playing last game and did turn game around from 0:1 to 2:1 at the end of the game within 2 minutes but also conceded goal themselves in last 2 minutes as that goal has been pretty simple and has been only negative aspect.

 

 Trabzonspor would complete season against Antalyaspor aiming to end season with win after such poor season.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 37th week:

Hatayspor 4:2 Fenerbahce

In other news:

Galatasaray player Alvaro Morata has been selected to Spanish National Team for Nations League Final Four.

Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk: Europe has been most disappointing for our season. Its been present however that we managed to beat side which won Europa League. It would be hard to find replacement for Fernando Muslera and Dries Mertens, we working on that

–    Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are interested to transfer Pogon Szczecin player Adrian Przyborek.

–    Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Benfica player Arthur Cabral.

–    Galatasaray considers to sell its players Kerem Demirbay and Berkan Kutlu during summer transfer window.

–    Kocaelispor are interested to appoint Emre Belozoglu and Selcuk Inan as club's head coach.

–    Eyupspor are interested to appoint Emre Belozoglu as club's head coach.

Juventus player Kenan Yildiz considers to stay at his club for next season.

What happened in Turkish football today? 17/05/2025

Galatasaray only needs 1 point for league title against Kayserispor

 

Galatasaray would be seeking to secure its league title with 2 weeks to go until end of the season as it would be playing against Kayserispor at the game where 1 point would be enough to become 2024-25 Super League champions.

 

One of the main advantages of Galatasaray during this game among playing at home is that Kayserispor would be also happy with 1 point as this point would almost secure it stay at the top league. Also it needs to be mentioned that even through Galatasaray would come out at relaxation and to some extend mentally would be seeing themselves as champions might lead to bit of relaxation however fans would be abe to push team to show strong performance. Even through as been mentioned Kayserispor would be happy with 1 point, Kayserispor is having run of 8 wins with head coach Sergej Jakirovic and possibly team would be having an extra motivation to get some strong and confident performance at the field and hence it would be also interesting to see how Kayserispor would be performing and this could be factor for the final result.

 

Galatasaray hence would be aiming to end week where it won Turkish Cup to get double at the end of the season and it has strong chance to do so with team being fully motivated.

 

Fenerbahce might be having some serious motivational issues against Eyupspor as opponent needs win more.

 

Fenerbahce to win title at this season is left to miracle and also Galatasaray very likely securing title with 2 weeks to go, team would be playing against Eyupspor at very dififcult conditions and it is questionable how team would be responded.

 

With being 3 points behind Basaksehirpsor, Eyuspor still has chances to get to Conference League and hence Eyupspor would be more focussed and motivated while for Fenerbahce its more being focussed to game and show some professionalism and reminding that it is being strong side. Also it needs to be stated that it would be to be stated that Fenerbahce which are being unhappy for not winning once again title and aso strong criticism towards club CEO Ali Koc would also lead for protests from Fenerbahce even when it would be winning and it could be difficult 90 minutes for Fenerbahce during game.

 

With Eyupspor having more motivation and reasoning to win game it could be stated that it would be favourite as Fenerbahce would come out with low motivation.

 

Besiktas will aim for win against Alanyaspor as it aims to end season at 3^rd spot.

 

With Besiktas getting an upper hand at fight for 3^rd spot over Samsunspor, it would be coming out to game against Alanyaspor with only aim to win it.

 

Besiktas did set a new aim which is being to win 3^rd spot at to get Europa League play-off round as both sides did secure European football, and hence Besiktas would be highly motivated for the game and provide some strong performance and would be fighting for win as 3^rd spot for the team which it did show in the last games. Saying that Alanyaspor does have an aim to stay at the league and hence would be seeking for 1 point but as been noted it is playing against tough side.

 

Besiktas hence would be clear favourite over Alanyaspor even through team would be seeking for at least 1 point for its aim to stay at the league 

Results:

Turkish Super League, 36th week:

Adana Demirspor 0:5 Hatayspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 36th week:

19:00 Alanyaspor - Besiktas

19:00 Antalyaspor - Gaziantep

19:00 Bodrum-Trabzonspor

19:00 Fenerbahce - Eyupspor

19:00 Galatasaray - Kayserispor 

19:00 Kasimpasa - Basaksehirspor

19:00 Rizespor - Goztepe

19:00 Samsunspor - Sivasspor

In other news:

Trabzonspor players Arseniy Batagov and Mustafa Eskihellac has become injured

–    Galatasaray player Baris Alper Yilmaz would only leave team this summer if he receives offer from English Premier League

–    Besiktas are interested to transfer Saint Etienne player Lucas Stassin.

–    Fenerbahce CEO Ali Koc has decided to become once again CEO candidate in upcoming election as he is unhappy with project of other candidates

–    Besiktas are interested to transfer Juventus player Filip Kostic.

–    Besiktas are interested to transfer Manchester United player Altay Bayindir.

–    Fenerbahce has declined 15 million euro transfer offer for Yusuf Akcicek from Olympique Marseille.