Turkish Delight

So i've decided to take charge of Fenerbache.

With the likes of Dirk Kuyt, Raul Meireles, Moussa Sow etc, they have a talented squad and although are predicted to finish 1st it'll won't be a walk in the park with competition from the likes of Galatasaray, Besiktas, Trabzonspor challenging etc.

My opening game of the season is a trip to Karabukspor, followed by a game at home to Sivasspor.

After finishing second in the league last season, ill enter the Champions League at the Third Qualifying round.

My expectations for the season are to win the league and i've been given a transfer budget of £2.2M.

Good luck buddy, only turkish story on here i believe!

Good draw, probably the best I could've hoped for.

UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round, First Leg

.................. FENERBACHE 2-0 MOTHERWELL ....................
........ (Senturk 71, Sow 88) ...................................

Fenerbache: Demirel, Gonul, Yobo, Korkmaz, Ali Kaldirim, Baroni, Meireles, Krasic, Senturk, Stoch, Sow
Motherwell: Stewart, Irons, McLean, Henderson, Duncan, Kinnaird, Laws, Gordon, Thompson, Gilmour, Deas

..................... Shots (On Target) .........................
....................... 13 (5) - (1) 3 ..........................

........................... Corners .............................
............................ 5 - 0 ..............................

.......................... Possession ...........................
.......................... 67% - 33% ............................

UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round, Second Legg

.................. MOTHERWELL 0-2 FENERBACHE ....................
 ................................ (Krasic 47, Topuz 71) .........

Motherwell: Stewart, McLean, Henderson, Shinnie, Irons, Duncan, Thompson, Gordon, Neave, Deas, Gilmour
Fenerbache: Demirel, Gonul, Yobo, Korkmaz, Ali Kaldirim, Baroni, Topal, Topuz, Krasic, Stoch, Kuyt

..................... Shots (On Target) .........................
........................ 4 (1) - (4) 14 .........................

........................... Corners .............................
............................ 2 - 12 .............................

.......................... Possession ...........................
.......................... 42% - 58% ............................

Through with relative ease. Just a heads up I haven't got the SPL loaded on the game so the Motherwell names are wrong!

Best-Placed Section
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.................. Braga vs Borussia Monchengladbach ...
......... Spartak Moscow vs Udinese ....................
................. Malaga vs Dynamo Kiev ................
.......... FC Copenhagen vs Lille
.......... Panathinaikos vs FENERBACHE .................

Champions Section
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............. Ludogorets vs Zestaponi ..................
.......... Dinamo Zagreb vs Slovan Liberec .............
................ Maribor vs Anderlecht .................
................. Zilina vs Shamrock Rovers ............
................. Celtic vs HJK Helsinki ...............

Going to be a tough few games but will hopefully come out on top. Considering I was unseeded it could've been worse.

............ GALATASARAY 1-0 FENERBACHE .............

Galatasaray: Muslera, Eboue, Kaya, Nounkeu, Balta, Altintop, Inan, Melo, Baytar, Bulut, Elmander
Fenerbache: Demirel, Gonul, Yobo, Korkmaz, Ali Kaldirim, Topal, Baroni, Meireles, Kuyt, Stoch, Sow

................ 5 .... Shots .... 6 ................
................ 4 .. On Target .. 1 ................
................ 5 ... Corners ... 2 ................
.............. 63% .. Possession . 37% ..............

Pretty dissapointing result, could've definitly took it to at least extra time had I been more clinical. Hit the post at the end and Sow missed a great one on one.

UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round, 1st Leg

......... PANATHINAIKOS 0-1 FENERBACHE .........
........................... (Sow 45+2) .........

UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round, 2nd Leg

............ FENERBACHE 2-0 PANATHINAIKOS ......
.... (Krasic 1, Kuyt 8) ........................

Good result in what on paper seemed a difficult tie. I'm in pot three for the group stage draw.

Pot One
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Barcelona
Man Utd
Chelsea
Bayern Munich
Real Madrid
Arsenal
Porto
AC Milan

Pot Two
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Valencia
Benfica
Man City
Zenit St Petersburg
Schalke
Dynamo Kiev
Olympiakos

Pot Three
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Ajax
Anderlecht
Juventus
FC Copenhagen
Spartak Moscow
Paris St Germain
FENERBACHE
Galatasaray

Pot Four
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Celtic
Borussia Dortmund
Dinamo Moscow
Borussia Monchengladbach
MSK Zilina
Montpellier
FC Nordsjaelland
Ludogorets 1945

Group A

Barcelona
Zenit St Petersburg
Juventus
Borussia Monchengladbach

Group B

Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk
Paris St Germain
Celtic

Group C

Arsenal
Valencia
FENERBACHE
Dinamo Zagreb

Group D

Bayern Munich
Benfica
FC Copenhagen
Ludogorets 1945

Group E

Real Madrid
Dynamo Kiev
Galatasaray
MSK Zilina

Group F

AC Milan
Ajax
Manchester City
Montpellier

Group G

Porto
Schalke
Spartak Moscow
FC Nordsjaelland

Group H

Man Utd
Olympiakos
Anderlecht
Borussia Dortmund

Tough draw, as soon as the first two pots were emptied that was the group I didn't fancy..

Super Lig Matchday 1 - 25/8/12

........... KARABUKSPOR 1-4 FENERBAHCE ..............
........... Yildiz (49) ... Krasic (16) .............
........................... Topuz (24) ..............
........................... Kuyt (75) ...............
........................... Sow (82) ................

Super Lig Matchday 2 - 1/9/12

............ FENERBAHCE 2-1 ANTALYASPOR .............
.......... Korkmaz (29) ... Grosicki (38) ...........
.............. Sow (67) .............................

Super Lig Matchday 3 - 15/9/12

......... ISTANBUL BBSK 2-2 FENERBAHCE ..............
............. Kose (69) ... Sow (59, 81) ............
............ Suzen (77) .............................

UEFA Champions League Group G Matchday 1 - 19/9/12

............... ARSENAL 4-1 FENERBAHCE ..............
......... Arshavin (39) ... Kuyt (17) ...............
... Giroud (66, 68, 88) .............................

Super Lig Matchday 4 - 22/9/12

............ FENERBAHCE 1-0 KASIMPASA ...............
.......... Senturk (87) .............................

Super Lig Matchday 5 - 29/9/12

......... GAZIANTEPSPOR 3-3 FENERBAHCE ..............
........ Medunjanin (2) ... Korkmaz (13) ............
......... Pehlivan (13) ... Sow (20, 47) ............
............ Sahin (64) .............................

------------------------ P -- PTS - GD

01) Istanbul BBSK ...... 5 .. 13 .. +9
02) Galatasaray ........ 5 .. 12 .. +8
03) Genclerbirligi ..... 5 .. 12 .. +4
04) FENERBAHCE ......... 5 .. 11 .. +5
05) Trabzonspor ........ 5 .. 10 .. +2
06) Mersin I.Y ......... 5 .. 10 .. +4
07) Bursaspor .......... 5 .. 10 .. +3
08) Eskisehirspor ...... 5 .. 10 .. +2
09) Besiktas ........... 5 .. 8 ... +2
10) Antalyaspor ........ 5 .. 8 ... +1
11) Gaziantepspor ...... 5 .. 7 ... -3
12) Sivasspor .......... 5 .. 4 ... -1
13) Karabukspor ........ 5 .. 3 ... -9
14) Kayserispor ........ 5 .. 3 ... -3
15) Elazigspor ......... 5 .. 3 ... -5
16) Kasimpasa .......... 5 .. 3 ... -6
17) Akhisar Bld ........ 5 .. 1 ... -6
18) Orduspor ........... 5 .. 0 ... -9

------------------------ P -- PTS - GD

01) Arsenal ............ 1 .. 3 ... +3
02) Dinamo Zagreb ...... 1 .. 3 ... +1
03) Valencia ........... 1 .. 0 ... -1
04) FENERBAHCE ......... 1 .. 0 ... -3

A tough CL group thats for sure, hit the ground running in the league and I feel those two points you picked up against Valencia could be huge!

KUTGW