Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. The club competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town. The club is located at Blundell Park where it has been since 1898.
Despite recent misfortune, the club is the most successful of the three professional league clubs in historic Lincolnshire, being the only one to play top-flight football. It is also the only club of the three to reach an FA Cup semi-final (doing so on two occasions) and is the only one to succeed in two finals at the old Wembley Stadium. It has also spent more time in the English game's first and second tiers than any other club from Lincolnshire.
Our season objective is only one to win a promotion ! It will be hard ... first because i never managed a weak team ...im saying weak cuz its not like Ludogorets that is trying to get into the Champions League Groups every year this time is different but im happy with my team and i think that we can achieve that.
Our first and only transfer.A winger that can help us a lot in attack.I want to play attacking and possesion football to control the game whole 90 minutes ... and play fast attacking football...and a bit expressive ... somekind of beautiful different for that league thats how we can achieve our goal.
Our starting eleven is this...I will play everyplayer that shows a good performance because in that league there are no stars but for now this is our starting eleven.Also i can't bring anymore players ..i can't even offer new contracts to the players that are already in the team so we will try to win every game and win that promotion.
After the friendly games that we played i think we are ready for the start of the season where we'll face Bristol Rovers.I saw a really good players like our goalkeeper James McKeown and our striker Hamish Watson they will be the leaders of that team.
These are our objectives for all the competitions that we are going to play...but our primary goal is to win a promotion
Blue Square Bet Premier
We lost our first game in the league ...bad way to start the season but we still trying to find our style so its okay for now .
It's not nice when you draw like that .... they scored in the 89th minute for 2:2 ... and we got only a point from that game .... We have to work on defence in the last mintues.
It's nice to have a player that plays in the National team.That shows that even when we are at the bottom we can have some good players.
Our first 10 games from the league.Not a bad start but we have to improve 3 wins from 10 games is not so good but for the start of the season is ok....The problem is that our games are too often and players get tired more for each game .... but that's not Premier League so we have to improve our game and in the end to achieve our goal.
Our first outgoing transfer is that loan deal for Dale.I will use him in the future but for now the loan move is the better option.
We played another 10 games 11 actually with the FA Cup games and after these games i think we finally found our style ... playing possesion and attacking football with whiped crosses by the flanks is our style and i saw that works in the last 3-4 games so i hope in the next games we can continue like that and make a run from 10 games without defeat to go up instead of going down...For the FaCup we are doing really nice eliminated Doncaster Rovers a team from League 1 was something special and that shows that we are going in the right way.But i preffer to lose the FaCup games and win the league games where is our goal this season.
It's not fair ref its not fair ....
It's sad that we don't have any player here but that can change in the next games if we continue to play like the last 4-5 games.Our striker Hamish Watson is surely one of the best players in the Vanarama Conference and he has a place in that "Player Stats" table.
After 20 games we are in the 8th place but that is not enough for a promotion or play-offs .... in the next games we have to look to win our games.We have to play smart i prefer to win the games even with 1:0 but just to win them instead of doing some insane games like 5:3 or something like that we simply just have to win 3 points from every game.
-Ipswich KnightsYes, i have to pick more wins if i want to achieve the goal to be promoted.
Still trying to find our form.
Vanarama Conference
Sweet revenge against Altrincham FC.In the beggining of the season we lost 2:0 against them ...they scored the goals from 2 penalties and that wasn't fair ... but this time we managed to get the 3 points against our " boogey team " and it wasn't just a victory we were behind 1:0 but in the end won with 1:3 and that was just the perfect start to the new month.
After the victory against Altrincham we got two home games and we couldn't get the 3 points from them as we only get 2 points from these games against Kidderminster and Woking.Then we were away against AFC Telford and got a late victory with 2:0 as we scored in the last 20 minutes of the game.
After the game against AFC Telford we hosted Forest Green they were in the 4th place and we expected a tough game but actually the game was pretty easy or we just played really good " like a champion " and won another 3 points.But then we lost 2 games against Macclesfield and Lincoln with 1:0 ,victory against Dover with 4:0 and another 2 draws against Macclesfield and Barnet
Our problem is that we can't keep our run and after 1-2 victories we start a bad run and that bad run is our only problem for the season ...we have to find a way how to keep our form,morale,motivation for every game..
I signed for another year with Grimsby Town and i want to be in that team till i achieve my goals with the team.
FA Cup
The FA Cup ended for us after a nice run.... we eliminated Worcester and Doncaster Rovers and after 1:1 at home with Chesterfield and an away defeat against them we are out from the tournament.
FA Trophy
But in the FA Trophy we are doing just fine.Eliminated Southport after 120 minutes at our Blundell Park with 2:1 and in the next round we were away against Harrogate and smashed them with 5:1 so we are waiting our next opponent in that tournament.... and to be honest i think we can win or atleast reach the Semi-Finals of the tournament this season if we play like that in every next game.
After a bad run when we were near the end of the season that 1:1 with Alfreton was enough for me and i took a difficult decision but was the best for the team and for me so i resigned.I just wasn't able to make them play a good football the defence was awful maybe it was my fault but .. attack was unpredictable.Sometimes we were playing really nice but sometimes we were like a team that battles to avoid a relegation so that decision was the best option for me and for the team.
I left Grimsby at the 12th place and hope they can improve in the next seasons cuz after all they are a good team.
Goodbye Blundell Park....
Now we will wait and see how our story will continue.....
Johno - It was impossible with Grimsby to win a promotion while playing like this that's why i resigned.
Fresh Start-Welcome Turkey !
I lost my save with Grimsby..BUT the challenge is the same from the bottom to the top ! And the interesting thing is that im the manager of " The best Turkish Football Club - Besiktas JK and also my favourite turkish club.The challenge is the same because Besiktas is struggling in the last years in the league and in the Europe tournaments so i will try to wake up that big football club turkish " Black Eagles " !!
I'll start with the story.To be honest im a fan of Besiktas from the last season...some of you will say that im not a real fan but im and i support them for the turkish football clubs.For the first time i watched them in the Europa League last year when they eliminated Liverpool on penalties that was awesome and their fans were awesome.So that's why i will be the manager of Besiktas JK.
Like i said we are starting from the bottom and that's are the stats and how im starting my career at Besiktas JK.
Some info about the club.Besiktas JK is a turkish professional football club with impressive training facilities and adequate youth facilities.The club plays their home games at Ataturk Olympic Stadium ..the national stadium of Turkey and that is because their stadium is under construction ( Inonu Stadium ) and the club will have a new stadium named Vodafone Arena.In the beggining i said that the team struggles last years and its true ... y they finished 2nd last season and qualified for the Champions League qualfication rounds as you can see but they are not doing anything in these games...in the league is the same the last time Besiktas won the league was in season 2008-09.Galatasary and Fenerbahce...the two teams that in the last 4-5 years are favourites for the title and Besiktas can't do anything against them we have to change that !
Transfers
The club chairam set 435k for transfer budget and that was terrible ... but he said that that's the money that we have now and we can't have anymore for transfer..that means that we can't get new players and that's why our transfer window went only in selling players.
Transfer targets for the next season.
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Ricardo Quaresma - Our main target is Ricardo Quaresma he played at Besiktas JK from 2010 till 2012 when he left and signed with Al-Ahli.We will try to bring Q17 again in Besiktas.
- Florin Gardos-Right now playing at Southampton the central defender is our main target for the defence in our team.
Pre-Season 2014-15
So bad pre-season.Only one victory against FK Austria Wien ...in the other games we played so bad and you can see it.Defeat against FC Red Bull Salzburg and that 0:3 defeat against AFC Astra was really bad result even for a friendly game.The problem was that i wasn't sure how we will start the season after these friendly games that we played ( and lost ).
Champions League-Qualification Rounds
As you can see ...everything i wrote in the beggining is true and we are out from the Champions League again ....but our rivals will play there (Galatasaray) . In the first game we played with Grasshopers and after two legs we eliminated them from the tournament but even that game was so difficult.
It was difficult because after 120 minutes P.Franco (our central defender) scored in the last minutes of the extra time and i was sure that if we go into the penalties we will lose but Franco saved us.
In the play-offs we hosted Zenit at home and everything start so well.Ba scored in the 11th minute to give us the lead but .... in the end of the first half our right back was sent off and we were 10vs11 and the result was 1:1 even like that it was okay i was believing that we can get a result in the 2nd leg that will qualify us in the group stages BUT the referee had other plans for the game and this time our left back was sent off in the 74 minute and that was the end .... 9vs11 against Zenit in the play-offs of the Champions League was impossible ..... we lost the game 1:4 and 2nd leg was just like a friendly game ....we lost the 2nd leg too with 3:0 and we were out for another season from the Champions League.
Even that we were out from the Champions League we qualified for the Europa League and the reason was because we reached the play-off round of the Champions League ... We will try to give our best in the tournament but just look at this group...Fiorentina,Everton ? It will be a really tough and interesting battle for the next round.
The season started away from our stadium ...we played with Mersin I.Y. in the first round of the league and we lost the game with 0:1 it was disappointing start to the season but it was normal after the games from the Champions League we were in a bad mood ... 0 confident.After that we played our first home game from the season against Torku Konyaspor and we managed to get our first victory after 2:1 victory and first 3 points for the season.Then we lost our first big game against Bursaspor with 1:0 after a penalty in the 92nd minute that was another disappointing result for us after our first victory but it was just the beggining of the season so it wasn't that bad..And after that game we changed everything 6 victories and 1 draw against Basaksehir was just awesome 2 of these 6 victories were against our two rivals .....Galatasaray 2:0 victory and Fenerbahce 2:1 victory and they are in the 1st place in the league right now.
" Why always the opponent gets the penalty in the last minutes ..... "
We have to keep our run if we want to finish at the top in the end of the season ... it's brilliant season in the league for now.
We are in the 2nd place for now.Waiting for Fenerbahce to make a mistake in the next games so if we win our games we will go to the top and will be the leaders of the turkish "Super Lig ".The top where Besiktas JK must be !!
Turkish Ziraat Cup
The draw was been made and we are going to play with 2 second division teams and 1 team from the " Super Lig " - Basaksehir.When we met in the league we finished 1:1 but i think we can beat them this time and go through the next round of the tournament.The 2nd divison team in my opinion won't be a big problem so we can achieve the qualifying for the next round of the tournament.
Europa League
Back in the reality.Poor performance in the european tournaments .... only 1 point from 4 games was just terrible for us..and we were 100% out from the tournament...we even couldn't battle for the 2nd place .... we have to change that in the next seasons .... that is the problem of Besiktas poor performances in the european tournaments ....
Another penalty against us..i think they hate Besiktas....
We have 2 more games from the group stage but they are not important anymore cuz we are out from the tournament in the group stages.Another poor season in the european tournaments.....
Dan- Thanks.But it was a poor performance in Europa League ...i hope we will play better in the european tournaments next season.
Half Of The Season Is Over !
Super Lig
Eight wins,one defeat and one draw.These are the results from our next ten games.We managed to beat big teams like Bursaspor and Trabzonspor also we get our revenge against Mersin I.Y. with 3:0 victory as you know they won against us in the first game of the season so now we got our revenge.It was disappointing result against Rizespor that unexpected defeat with 1:0 at home was really bad and that 0:0 draw against Kasimpasa ... in that game we were so unlucky we had like 20 shots 10 on target and in the end game finished 0:0 that was a good result for them but not for us.
And after ten games we are in the first place in the league.We have still 16 games and if we win ten of them we can win the league for sure.
We are doing really fine.In the end of the season we can win the league and the Turkish Cup and for the next season (if we win the league) we will play in the Champions League groups so that will be really good.
January-Winter Transfer Window
In that transfer window we didn't do any transfer again because we were so bad with the transfer budget...with the finances of the club.But as you can see we are doing well for now.
But of course we offered a new contract for our best players.Gokhan Tore and Oghuzhan Ozyakup signed a new contract with the club and that means that we can improve our squad instead of selling the good players.
Europa League
We finished in the last place in our group with 4 points.We managed to beat Fiorentina once and finished 1:1 with Everton and lost the other games.It was poor performance again in european tournaments but we have to change that for the next seasons.
Turkish Ziraat Cup
We won our 6 games in the group stage and we qualified for the Fourth Round of the tournament.It was easy group stage even that we palyed twice with Basaksehir we beat them twice with 1:0 and 2:0.
In the fourth round we face Akhisar Belediyespor.It was a difficult game but we managed to beat them and qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the tournament where we will play with Fenerbahce ...our rivals.It seems that we will fight for every trophy with Fenerbahce this season.
Eight victories and 6 draws..that's how the season ended for us.We won against Fenerbahce with 4-1 at home also we scored 5 goals agains Genclerbirligi and 3 to Trabzonspor again and the most interesting thing was that the battle for the title was so close actually 1 point difference with Fenerbahce.In the final game of the league we managed to beat Kasimpasa as you know we ended 0:0 earlier but this time we got the victory with 1:0 and that was maybe the most important victory in the whole season cuz with that victory we won the league title for the first time since 2010.
We did a really good season even without any transfers and that money will help us for the next season to improve the squad and buy some class players ( Ricardo Quaresma,Gardos and a good forward )
Turkish Ziraat Cup
Our goal in that tournament was to reach the final atleast that was the board expectation and we did it after a two difficult games against our biggest rival Fenerbahce 0:1 defeat at home and 1:2 victory away we were through to the Semi-Finals where we played with Trabzonspor 2:2 in the first leg and 2:0 victory in the second leg secured a place for us in the final ..... where we played with our 2nd rival Galatasaray and we played our worst game for the season.... in the end we failed and lost the game 1-4 (and the cup).In the next season we will try to win that trophy too not just to reach the final.
Awards
Head Coach of The Year
Young Player of The Year
Second place for Demba Ba in Top Goalscorer
Second place for Gokhan Tore in Player of The Year and first place for Demba Ba and third for Jose Sosa in Foreign Player of The Year.
Third place for us in the Fair Play League
Transfers
We did our first transfer and we signed with Joao Pereira from Hannover and that is just the beggining of the transfers for the next season.
After one season here i can tell you that the second season we will try to play better and win more trophies ! We will try to win the league again to play in the Champions League.The objectives for the season are:
-Super Lig:Win the league.
-Champions League:First Knockout Round
-Turkish Ziraat Cup:Win The Cup
Our new kits for the new season.As you can see our home kit is all white the away kit is black and white (traditional colors of the club) and our third kit is all in black.
Also i signed a new contract with Besiktas so let's get to work and start the season !
Transfers
Our main transfer target said that he don't want to play for Besiktas JK..that was disappointing but club is more important than one player so we moved on.
Last season we were unable to buy players because of our transfer budget but this season we did some good transfers.As you know in the end of the last season we signed with Joao Pereira from Hannover96 our next transfer was Alexandr Kokorin from Dinamo Moscow we bought a striket cuz Ba was the only class striker that we have and Mustafa Pektemek and Cenk Tosun left the club Tosun was on loan to Motherwell.We signed with 3 more players the Romanian winger Gabriel Torje from Udinese the central midfielder Manuel Konrad from F.Erienbruch and signed with Josh Lelan central defender that was on trials in Yeovil but they didn't signed with him so we bought him and sent him on loan at the newly promoted Boluspor
First Games For The Season
We had 4 games before the start of the league.3 friendly games and 1 one game for the Super Cup of Turkey.We won our 3 friendly games against Red Star(3:1) Umraniyespor(2:0) and the last game against Wits(4-1).We were ready for the game against Galatasaray and for the SuperCup but we lost the game with 1:0....they scored from a penalty and won the SuperCup.Also our first game in the league is against Sivasspor.It's not an easy team to play against as you know we lost our first game in the league last season so we have to start with a victory even that we lost against Galatasaray
Referees still hate us......winning a trophy with a penalty that is not a penalty is unfair...
We played our first 15 games in the league and we got 12 victories 2 draws and 1 defeat against Trabzonspor.We managed to beat Fenerbahce with 4:0 again (our rivals for the title ) as you know in the last season we finished with 1 point difference.Also we beat our 2nd rival Galatasaray with 2:0 and we got our revenge against them for the SuperCup game in the beggining of the season.We managed to beat the 3 newly promoted teams Antalyaspor (2:0) Adana D.S. (5:0) and Boluspor (2:1).
As you can see we are in the 1st place after 15 games our rivals are 2nd and 3rd ( Fenerbahce and Galatasaray ) but i want to talk about the newly promoted teams in my opinion Adana D.S. is the only team that should be relegated from the newly promoted teams Boluspor and Antalyaspor can fight for their place in the Super Lig cuz Antalyaspor have money and Boluspor have the potential but we will see what will happen in the next 19 games till the end of the season.Kayseri ErciyessporAdana D.S. and Akhisar Belediyespor should be relegated in the end of the season.
Kokorin became our best signing as you can see from the stats.
UEFA Champions League
That was something really good for us in the european tournaments.As you can see we managed to win our first 3 games in THAT group against teams like Chelsea,PSG and Dynamo Kyiv and then lost the next 3 games against them.We learned that we must be focused in every game and not just think that we can qualify for the next round when we have 3 wins from 3 games.We failed to take a point from our next 3 games and we finished 3rd in that group ...it's not bad actually is pretty good result for us against teams like PSG and Chelsea(current champions) but that was a lesson for us and we can use it in the next season.
The most important games.That penalty for PSG won the game for them and eliminated us from the Champions League
We finished in the third place and qualified for the Knockout Rounds of Europa League.We will try to play good and do something in that tournament.For the next season we will comeback stronger and try to qualify for the Knockout Rounds of the Champions League.
UEFA Europa League
Ziraat Turkish Cup
3 victories from 3 games was good enough for us but last season we won the all games in the group stage so we can do it again.This time the goal is not only to reach the final but to win the cup..for now everything is fine.
Ipswich Knights-Thanks.It was a hard group yes but we needed only a point to qualify ... we lost our last 3 games and got eliminated ... maybe next season we can qualify for the next round of the tournament.
Besiktas After Half Of The Season.
Super Lig
Another 10 games and another great performance from us in the league.We got 6 victories from 10 games and 4 draws without losing a game and that keeps us in the 1st place in SuperLig.
As you can see we are still in the first place in the league.Galatasaray is in the 2nd place and Fenerbahce in the 3rd.I think winning the league will be easier than the last season cuz Fenerbahce is playing bad and Galatasaray needs 5 points to reach us.For the bottom of the table ....Boluspor will be relegated winning 8 points from 25 games is just not enough ....Karabukspor and Akhisar will be in battle for that safe positon in the table and will be interesting and as i said in the last update Antalyaspor is doing just well for first season in SuperLig.
Besiktas is everywhere.
Ziraat Turkish Cup
We won our next 3 games in the group and qualified for the next round of the tournament where we played again with Fenerbahce and again we eliminated them with 1:0.Also in the group stage against Aydinspor1923 we scored 8 goals and that was a record for the Ziraat Turkish Cup.In the Quarter-Finals we played with Eskisehirspor and after two legs we managed to eliminate them with 2:1.We will face Basaksehir in the Semi-Finals of the tournament and our goal is to win the cup so ... we will try to eliminate them too and hope to face again Galatasaray on the final.
UEFA Europa League
We are in the next roun of Europa League after eliminating Steaua 0:0 away and 3:0 victory at home qualified us for the next round of the tournament where we will play with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Dan-Thanks !! It would be nice to achieve something in european tournaments also.
End Of Season 15/16
SuperLig
Seven victories from 9 games 1 draw and 1 defeat from Genclerbirligi were our results from the last games for the season.We managed to win the title after the game against Boluspor where we won with 4:0 and Fenerbahce lost.Two league trophies for 2 seasons-Besiktas is at the top in Turkey again.
We won the league again.This time Galatasaray finished in 2nd place and Fenerbahce(later they sacked their manager) in the 3rd position.Genclerbirligi was the suprise of the season finishing in the 4th place and qualified for the Europa League Qualifying phase.Antalyaspor(newly promoted team) survived in the SuperLig.AkhisarAdana D.S and Boluspor got relegated from the SuperLig.
Ziraat Turkish Cup
Finally !! We won the Ziraat Turkish Cup after a dramatic final with Galatasaray(again) and this time we beat them and won the cup.After a nice run only 1 draw and only victories and final victory on penalties against Galatasaray was the best way to get our revenge against them.Second trophy for the season !
Sosa won the top goalscorer award in the tournament and we got the cup.
Europa League
In the european tournaments for another season we failed and we were eliminated from Borussia Mönchengladbach (1:4)
Champions League
I don't think that PSG can be stopped right now.
Awards
Manager of the year(again)
Top Goalscorer award for Kokorin.
Kerim Koyunlu was in the 2nd place in the Player Of The Year award and Kokorin won the award as Pedro Franco was in the 2nd place for Foreign Player Of The Year.
Pedro Franco won the Defender Of The Year award and Jose Sosa was in the 3rd place in Midfielder Of The Year award.
Pedro Franco and Kokorin in the SuperLIg Team Of The Year
So after another season im thinking what i should do......
A-Leave Besiktas cuz i won the League 2 times and the cup so i just didn't managed to get the SuperCup ?
B-To stay another season in Besiktas and try to win the SuperCup and achieve something in european tournaments ?
Dan Thanks ! I'll do another season with Besiktas but it may be the last one and then i'll start to look for another adventure.
Besiktas-Pre-Season 16/17
We are starting another season with Besiktas JK.Our goals are the same-"Win The League" and "Do Something In European Tournaments"..but this time will be much harder because the club is bad with the finances and we don't have enough money to buy class players for our 2nd goal.
As you can see facilities were downgraded and we can't improve them right now.
Also the club have new president...but the problem with the finances is the same...and the situation is not going to change for now...
Transfers 16/17
The club just can't keep the best players and Monaco bought Kokorin for 8,750,000 euro.
When we thought that we can improve the squad we are in a really bad situation with the budget and we have to sell our best players....
We did some transfers and we bought a new goalkeeper.He is a really good goalkeeper and we paid 3.9m for him.Also we bought a new central defender and we got James Wilson on loan from Manchester United.Our last transfer was Angel Yoshev from Marek ( we bought him for a situations where he can replace an injured player ( left back) )
Demba Ba,Kokorin and Cenk Gonen left the club.We sold Ba to Crystal Palace for 3m and Kokorin to Monaco for 8,75m
Players-16/17
Pre-Season Games 16/17
We had a really good pre-season beating Barcelona( 3:2 ) Academica (2:1) and Sivasspor (2:0) we lost only 2 games against the clubs from Germany.We lost against Borussia Dortmund with 1:0 and against SC Padeborn07 with 1:0.It's going to be interesting what we can achieve this season with the new team and without good Forwards.
This is our worst season from the beggining of that career.Three defeats one draw and 6 victories from 10 games is not enough to fight for the league title...and after selling our strikers we can't play (score)...we are playing like newly promoted team this season.I think that this will be my last season in Besiktas JK because the team is really in bad situtation with the money....we can't buy even our transfer targets...and like that we can't do a lot in the tournaments.
After the first ten games we played we are in the 7th position on the league and that is really bad..because we are the champions and now we are with 11 points behind...
SuperCup
We lost the game for the SuperCup again.... with 1:4.If i leave the team that will be the only cup in Turkey that i didn't win....
UEFA Champions League
Even that we are playing bad in the league we are doing really well in the Champions League. Two victories two defeats and one draw from 5 games is really good for us.Winning two games against F.C. København losing against Zenit and Atletico and in the home game against Atletico we managed to get a point it's a really good performance.
As you can see Atletico qualified for the next round and we have one more game to play and if we manage to beat Zenit we will qualify also for the next round of the Champions League.
This is our worst season from the beggining of that career.Three defeats one draw and 6 victories from 10 games is not enough to fight for the league title...and after selling our strikers we can't play (score)...we are playing like newly promoted team this season.I think that this will be my last season in Besiktas JK because the team is really in bad situtation with the money....we can't buy even our transfer targets...and like that we can't do a lot in the tournaments.
After the first ten games we played we are in the 7th position on the league and that is really bad..because we are the champions and now we are with 11 points behind...
SuperCup
We lost the game for the SuperCup again.... with 1:4.If i leave the team that will be the only cup in Turkey that i didn't win....
UEFA Champions League
Even that we are playing bad in the league we are doing really well in the Champions League. Two victories two defeats and one draw from 5 games is really good for us.Winning two games against F.C. København losing against Zenit and Atletico and in the home game against Atletico we managed to get a point it's a really good performance.
As you can see Atletico qualified for the next round and we have one more game to play and if we manage to beat Zenit we will qualify also for the next round of the Champions League.
After the first 10 games we were in a bad form/run .....we lost to Rizespor with 0:2 and the things get worse but after that game we didn't lost a game until the game against Kayserispor where we played bad and deserved that defeat.We did some good games too in this season against Galatasaray,Basaksehir,Trabzonspor but that wasn't enough for the league title...
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We finished 2nd with 6 points behind Fenerbahce but that qualified us for the Champions League Qualifying Phase which is not that bad.The newly promoted team were relegated and Antalyaspor survived again.Eskisehir did a really good season and finished in the 3rd place which is incredible for them.
Cenk Tosun won the top goalscorer of the season award and Kalinic the best goalkeeper of the season.
UEFA Champions League
What a season in the Champions League.We qualified for the First Knockout Round after a 3:0 victory against Zenit after that we learned that we will play with AS Monaco in the First Knockout Round and we eliminated them after 3:1 victory at home and 1:0 victory in the away game ( also Kokorin played for Monaco ).
In the Quarter-Finals we played with FC Barcelona and we did the impossible...we eliminated FC Barcelona after a dramatic 2nd leg game at Camp Nou when Gokhan Tore scored in the 105 minute for 3:1 and we qualified for the Semi-FInals on away goals.
Besiktas in the Semi-Finals....that was amazing for the club...but in the Semi-Finals we played against Sporting CP and we lost the first leg with 4:0 .That was the end of that fairytale for this season but we showed that we can fight and next season ....we will try to better in the final stages of the tournament.(not that semi-finals are not enough for a club like Besiktas but .... still we can do much better )
Ziraat Turkish Cup
We won a the Ziraat Turkish Cup again (2 times in a row ).We won everygame and just got 1 draw against Kayserispor in the 2nd leg of the Quarter-Finals.We smashed Konyaspor with 10:2 on aggregate in the Semi-Finals and won the cup after a 3:0 victory against Trabzonspor
Awards
In The Other Leagues
Next Update-New Season 17/18
I don't know what i will do....but after that performance in the Champions League maybe i'll stay at Besiktas one more season.
After the last season where we did a good run in the Champions League i've decided to reject the offer from Olympique de Marseille and to stay for another season in Turkey.Our expectation is to became the biggest club in Turkey and as you know to achieve something in europa like the last season ( Semi-Finals).It will be interesting transfer window and if we manage to buy some good players we can win the league title at the end of the season.
Transfer Window
Newcastle bought Kerim and that was our biggest out going transfer in this window.
But we did some really good transfers for the club and we bought Ricardo Quaresma(finally),Riyad Mahrez,the best turkish defender Serdar Aziz and our biggest transfer was Junior Caicara ( as you know he was playing in Ludogorest right now is playing in Schalke 04 ).I think with that team we can achieve a lot this season so let's see what will happen.
Turkish Super Cup
With that victory against Fenerbahce 2:0 i've won everything in Turkey ( league title,domestic cup and the super cup ) so maybe this will be my last season with Besiktas but who knows.....great game for us and we started the season with winning the SuperCup so i think this season will be good.
Dan- Thanks.I was hoping to be a good season too but .... it's not.
Besiktas-Final Season ?
Transfer Window
SuperLig
We had a good start to the season after winning with 2:0 against the newly promoted Akhisar Belediyespor actually we were doing great until the game against Kasimpasa we lost 2:1 and then everything changed.When you look at the results it looks fine but it's not.After a transfer window like this we were supposed to beat every team or take a atleast a point from them...but NO we lost the derby game against Fenerbahce and we played like a team from the 3rd divison of Turkey against Sivasspor (3:1)...I think it's time to leave Besiktas after the end of that season...but we will see !
Ziraat Turkish Cup
In the Ziraat Turkish Cup we are doing great as always....3 wins from 3 games for now and we are in the first place in the group.Maybe we can win the cup again for the 3rd time in a row ?
UEFA Champions League
Last season we reached Semi-Finals after eliminating Barcelona ....this season we are out in the group stages.After qualifying for the tournament with victories against Sparta Prague 2:2 away and 3:0 victory at home...eliminating Tottenham after 2 draws ( victory on away goals ) and then only one victory in the group stage was really disappointing...so we are out from the tournament with only 1 victory and 5 defeats from 6 games.....It seems that this season there will be no fairytale for us in the tournament.
NEWS
I was so close to accept the Villareal offer but i declined it too....I think i will stay at Besiktas till the end of the season and then i will decied what to do.
But for now we are the BLACK EAGLES and we will fight till the end !!
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Blue Square Bet Premier
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Thanks.
Dan
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Thank you Dan
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Vanarama Conference
After the game against AFC Telford we hosted Forest Green they were in the 4th place and we expected a tough game but actually the game was pretty easy or we just played really good " like a champion " and won another 3 points.But then we lost 2 games against Macclesfield and Lincoln with 1:0 ,victory against Dover with 4:0 and another 2 draws against Macclesfield and Barnet
FA Cup
FA Trophy
Blundell Park it's like Old Trafford tho ... : D
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Now we will wait and see how our story will continue.....
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Transfers
Transfer targets for the next season.
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Pre-Season 2014-15
Champions League-Qualification Rounds
As you can see ...everything i wrote in the beggining is true and we are out from the Champions League again ....but our rivals will play there (Galatasaray) . In the first game we played with Grasshopers and after two legs we eliminated them from the tournament but even that game was so difficult.
Next Update-The Start Of The League ....
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Turkish Ziraat Cup
Europa League
Dan
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Super Lig
January-Winter Transfer Window
In that transfer window we didn't do any transfer again because we were so bad with the transfer budget...with the finances of the club.But as you can see we are doing well for now.
Europa League
Turkish Ziraat Cup
In the fourth round we face Akhisar Belediyespor.It was a difficult game but we managed to beat them and qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the tournament where we will play with Fenerbahce ...our rivals.It seems that we will fight for every trophy with Fenerbahce this season.
Next Update-End Of The Season...
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Super Lig
Eight victories and 6 draws..that's how the season ended for us.We won against Fenerbahce with 4-1 at home also we scored 5 goals agains Genclerbirligi and 3 to Trabzonspor again and the most interesting thing was that the battle for the title was so close actually 1 point difference with Fenerbahce.In the final game of the league we managed to beat Kasimpasa as you know we ended 0:0 earlier but this time we got the victory with 1:0 and that was maybe the most important victory in the whole season cuz with that victory we won the league title for the first time since 2010.
Turkish Ziraat Cup
Transfers
Next Update-Pre-Season15/16
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After one season here i can tell you that the second season we will try to play better and win more trophies ! We will try to win the league again to play in the Champions League.The objectives for the season are:
-Super Lig:Win the league.
-Champions League:First Knockout Round
-Turkish Ziraat Cup:Win The Cup
Transfers
First Games For The Season
Next Update-Start Of The League...
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Super Lig
UEFA Champions League
We finished in the third place and qualified for the Knockout Rounds of Europa League.We will try to play good and do something in that tournament.For the next season we will comeback stronger and try to qualify for the Knockout Rounds of the Champions League.
UEFA Europa League
Ziraat Turkish Cup
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Super Lig
As you can see we are still in the first place in the league.Galatasaray is in the 2nd place and Fenerbahce in the 3rd.I think winning the league will be easier than the last season cuz Fenerbahce is playing bad and Galatasaray needs 5 points to reach us.For the bottom of the table ....Boluspor will be relegated winning 8 points from 25 games is just not enough ....Karabukspor and Akhisar will be in battle for that safe positon in the table and will be interesting and as i said in the last update Antalyaspor is doing just well for first season in SuperLig.
Ziraat Turkish Cup
UEFA Europa League
Dan
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SuperLig
Ziraat Turkish Cup
Europa League
Champions League
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Transfers 16/17
Players-16/17
Pre-Season Games 16/17
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SuperLig
SuperCup
UEFA Champions League
Even that we are playing bad in the league we are doing really well in the Champions League. Two victories two defeats and one draw from 5 games is really good for us.Winning two games against F.C. København losing against Zenit and Atletico and in the home game against Atletico we managed to get a point it's a really good performance.
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SuperLig
SuperCup
UEFA Champions League
Even that we are playing bad in the league we are doing really well in the Champions League. Two victories two defeats and one draw from 5 games is really good for us.Winning two games against F.C. København losing against Zenit and Atletico and in the home game against Atletico we managed to get a point it's a really good performance.
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SuperLig
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UEFA Champions League
What a season in the Champions League.We qualified for the First Knockout Round after a 3:0 victory against Zenit after that we learned that we will play with AS Monaco in the First Knockout Round and we eliminated them after 3:1 victory at home and 1:0 victory in the away game ( also Kokorin played for Monaco ).
In the Quarter-Finals we played with FC Barcelona and we did the impossible...we eliminated FC Barcelona after a dramatic 2nd leg game at Camp Nou when Gokhan Tore scored in the 105 minute for 3:1 and we qualified for the Semi-FInals on away goals.
Ziraat Turkish Cup
In The Other Leagues
Next Update-New Season 17/18
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Transfer Window
Turkish Super Cup
Dan
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Transfer Window
SuperLig
Ziraat Turkish Cup
In the Ziraat Turkish Cup we are doing great as always....3 wins from 3 games for now and we are in the first place in the group.Maybe we can win the cup again for the 3rd time in a row ?
UEFA Champions League
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