Turkish Super League 2025/26 Season

[LGD2Business]

They're already making news stories to mediatic personalities, saying Rafa wanted to go. They're paving the way for it now. When Sergen Yalçın first arrived, he spoke with Rafa and Rafa said he would leave in January. I don't think that's how it really happened, but it's clear that Rafa has been crossed off the list. I hope we get good money for him and he leaves. Because we absolutely need to bring in a player as good as him to replace him. You can't find someone like him during the Winter transfer window, but finding a good replacement is now the management's top priority.

[Mayor of ogba]

Galatasaray were just very bad today. I don't remember them having a chance that I can call a big one.    They got a little better in the second half but still it wasn't good enough.

Kocaelispor got a well deserved victory at the end. It was a big surprise for probably most people. Kocaelispor actually lost all of their big matches in the league so far. Was this really because of fatigue by Galatasaray players or complacency?

We don't expect Galatasaray to be winning games, tell me an elite Turkish side that's yet to record a loss? Galatasaray did better but it happen their best wasn't just good enough to earn them a point today. Besides the home team was no joke when they face an elite opposition like Galatasaray. If your team is home and playing against a competitive league title favorite? What do you expects? Nothing but the very best performance from your club because there's good odds for a team like Galatasaray to come out ontop. Galatasaray loss and they move on to the next game after the International break.

Well they're still the best in the league currently so I don't expect this lose to weaken them but let them understand that they've raised the bars high for other teams to be well prepared against meeting them so they ought to use this defeat as a lesson never to underrate any team regardless of how weak they feel the team is.

 So I believe they'll take corrections and avoid such from repeating so their rivals especially Fenerbahçe won't further narrow the gap, anyways I'll be dishonest if i say I wasn't suprised by the defeat cause Galatasaray have been in a top form this season and even though they're to lose I wasn't expecting Kocaelispor that's no where close to the top 5 on the table.

It's no big deal things like this do happen at times, besides that we are not expecting them to win all matches nope it's not possible so if they lost be it a weaker team or a stronger team the fact is they lost, we won't kill them because they lost to a weaker team because if you look across Europe you will get to find out that most of the tough teams got beaten by the weaker team so this one is no big deal anyway, the thing here is to encourage them to bounce back stronger in the league and the UEFA Champions League that's all we should be worried about.

I wasn't worried about Galatasaray defeat to Kocaelispor because it is normal since it is part of football. Galatasaray isn't the only team that has loss against an opponent team this season in turkey Super Lig. Galatasaray aren't invincible, surely they are going to face defeat someday, atleast I knew about the inevitable but it never occur to me that Kocaelispor will be the lucky team and the first team to have defeated Galatasaray. This is first game Galatasaray has lost and first time Kocaelispor has won Against Galatasaray in the Super Lig.

I'm not worried with the defeat Galatasaray conceded in the hands of Kocaelispor either but I was surprised that Galatasaray dropped three points against a team they would have defeated easily and maintained their four point lead over Fenerbahçe in the Turkish table. With the pace and pressure Fenerbahçe is mounting on Galatasaray, it seems there will be a fierce competition between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe for the Turkish title this season.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Galatasaray started the break with an upset. Now they might not have Osimhen for a significant time period because of AFCON. Will they be able to do something with the fixtures? 

I understand your plight on Victor Osimhen's absence was due to his international duty with his country Nigeria but i still believe that Galatasaray can perform without his presence in few of their matches, after all during the start of the season, Galatasaray played excellently well before he came back and added his own sauce to the team. Osimhen even netted a brace for his country yesterday, i guess he is making his team proud at the international duty. Galatasaray can do without Osimhen, but he will really be missed by the team.

[Spack17]

Fenerbahçe definitely need to sign a striker during the mid-season break.
If they see En-Nesyri as a proper striker, they must be mistaken, because he hardly shows any of the qualities you’d expect from one.

With a new striker and a solid defender in January, they could really improve their performance, because in my opinion, those are the two areas where they’re currently struggling the most.

By the way as far as I know Duran got a little unhappy after not being given chance in their last match. But Tedesco reassured him about his chances in the lineup in the upcoming matches.

He had better not lose him while trying to find an alternative to En-Nesyri. Duran has a really good finishing talent. We saw it in the derby match against Beşiktaş too even though he wasn't able to play regularly due to injuries.

[FunshareNesialMLMPenipu]

Fenerbahçe started the match against Kayserispor at a slow pace but scored quick goals by capitalizing on their attacks. The team was very good at finishing in this match and made good use of the spaces they found. As time went on, Tedesco began to improve the team's cohesion and started to implement his plan.

In my opinion, the stars of the match were Asensio and Fred. Fred, in particular, made up for the playing time he missed in previous matches. He is in good physical shape. I could criticize Tedesco for his substitutions. Even though Jhon Duran didn't feel ready, he could have brought Duran on instead of En Nesyri in this match. Because En Nesyri was the least effective player on the field.

En-Nesyri doesn't deserve to be in the starting 11 for Fenerbahçe. I don't even think they should keep him at the team. They should have been sold already. He just can't use his feet effectively. He is useful only for headers.

This kind of forwards are really boring in modern football. I've heard that some Saudi Arabia teams are again interested in making a big offer for him. Fenerbahçe officials shouldn't miss the opportunity to get rid of him. The fans are already fed up with his clumsiness.

Fenerbahçe definitely need to sign a striker during the mid-season break.
If they see En-Nesyri as a proper striker, they must be mistaken, because he hardly shows any of the qualities you’d expect from one.

With a new striker and a solid defender in January, they could really improve their performance, because in my opinion, those are the two areas where they’re currently struggling the most.

Fenerbahce needs a classy striker to compete with Galatasaray's sharp strikers, who have two deadly forwards, Mauro Icardi and Victor Oshimen. Currently, Fenerbahce's attacking line only has Marco Asensio, who is not a pure striker, lacking class and productivity.

[Qhunman]

Galatasaray started the break with an upset. Now they might not have Osimhen for a significant time period because of AFCON. Will they be able to do something with the fixtures? 

I understand your plight on Victor Osimhen's absence was due to his international duty with his country Nigeria but i still believe that Galatasaray can perform without his presence in few of their matches, after all during the start of the season, Galatasaray played excellently well before he came back and added his own sauce to the team. Osimhen even netted a brace for his country yesterday, i guess he is making his team proud at the international duty. Galatasaray can do without Osimhen, but he will really be missed by the team.

Galatasaray can do without Victor oshinhem for the time being as his absence is temporarily. Victor oshinhem will be Back shortly after he is done with his international games at AFCON. Victor oshinhem home country Nigeria wil face Dr Congo in Rabat, the winner will secure a spot in the FIFA 2026 World Cup playoffs. Victor oshinhem is expected to lead Nigeria to win against Dr Congo tomorrow. I think after the Final is played,Victor oshinhem will return to Galatasaray to continue his goals streaks. Victor oshinhem wouldn't be away for long, Galatasaray can manage their games without him until he is back.

[xzone]

Galatasaray started the break with an upset. Now they might not have Osimhen for a significant time period because of AFCON. Will they be able to do something with the fixtures? 

I understand your plight on Victor Osimhen's absence was due to his international duty with his country Nigeria but i still believe that Galatasaray can perform without his presence in few of their matches, after all during the start of the season, Galatasaray played excellently well before he came back and added his own sauce to the team. Osimhen even netted a brace for his country yesterday, i guess he is making his team proud at the international duty. Galatasaray can do without Osimhen, but he will really be missed by the team.

If Icardi plays his part without Osimhen, Galatasaray won't have any problems. However, he's a bit resentful of the team lately and has been a bit too much of a public figure. I'm not very hopeful he'll be able to return and perform well.
Galatasaray's squad is quite strong, and assuming the referees are helping a bit in their league matches, they'll continue to win matches without Osimhen

[Lida93]

They're already making news stories to mediatic personalities, saying Rafa wanted to go. They're paving the way for it now. When Sergen Yalçın first arrived, he spoke with Rafa and Rafa said he would leave in January. I don't think that's how it really happened, but it's clear that Rafa has been crossed off the list. I hope we get good money for him and he leaves. Because we absolutely need to bring in a player as good as him to replace him. You can't find someone like him during the Winter transfer window, but finding a good replacement is now the management's top priority.

Maybe that's their own way of trying to legitimise their planned jettison of the said player, if they really valued that player then they would have protected him but I guess they really want get rid of him for some unscrupulous reasons and that why they are engaging some sort of media campaign to aid their proposed plan of doing away with the Portuguese player .

[ozgr]

Galatasaray were just very bad today. I don't remember them having a chance that I can call a big one.    They got a little better in the second half but still it wasn't good enough.

Kocaelispor got a well deserved victory at the end. It was a big surprise for probably most people. Kocaelispor actually lost all of their big matches in the league so far. Was this really because of fatigue by Galatasaray players or complacency?

We don't expect Galatasaray to be winning games, tell me an elite Turkish side that's yet to record a loss? Galatasaray did better but it happen their best wasn't just good enough to earn them a point today. Besides the home team was no joke when they face an elite opposition like Galatasaray. If your team is home and playing against a competitive league title favorite? What do you expects? Nothing but the very best performance from your club because there's good odds for a team like Galatasaray to come out ontop. Galatasaray loss and they move on to the next game after the International break.

Well they're still the best in the league currently so I don't expect this lose to weaken them but let them understand that they've raised the bars high for other teams to be well prepared against meeting them so they ought to use this defeat as a lesson never to underrate any team regardless of how weak they feel the team is.

 So I believe they'll take corrections and avoid such from repeating so their rivals especially Fenerbahçe won't further narrow the gap, anyways I'll be dishonest if i say I wasn't suprised by the defeat cause Galatasaray have been in a top form this season and even though they're to lose I wasn't expecting Kocaelispor that's no where close to the top 5 on the table.

It's no big deal things like this do happen at times, besides that we are not expecting them to win all matches nope it's not possible so if they lost be it a weaker team or a stronger team the fact is they lost, we won't kill them because they lost to a weaker team because if you look across Europe you will get to find out that most of the tough teams got beaten by the weaker team so this one is no big deal anyway, the thing here is to encourage them to bounce back stronger in the league and the UEFA Champions League that's all we should be worried about.

I wasn't worried about Galatasaray defeat to Kocaelispor because it is normal since it is part of football. Galatasaray isn't the only team that has loss against an opponent team this season in turkey Super Lig. Galatasaray aren't invincible, surely they are going to face defeat someday, atleast I knew about the inevitable but it never occur to me that Kocaelispor will be the lucky team and the first team to have defeated Galatasaray. This is first game Galatasaray has lost and first time Kocaelispor has won Against Galatasaray in the Super Lig.

I'm not worried with the defeat Galatasaray conceded in the hands of Kocaelispor either but I was surprised that Galatasaray dropped three points against a team they would have defeated easily and maintained their four point lead over Fenerbahçe in the Turkish table. With the pace and pressure Fenerbahçe is mounting on Galatasaray, it seems there will be a fierce competition between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe for the Turkish title this season.

Even though I’m a galatasaray fan, I think kocaelispor deserved the win.
Galatasaray played really poorly, most likely because of fatigue.
We couldn’t create any chances or attacks, while Kocaelispor had plenty and played well.
If I look at it objectively, the referee’s decision was correct.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Even though I’m a galatasaray fan, I think kocaelispor deserved the win.
Galatasaray played really poorly, most likely because of fatigue.
We couldn’t create any chances or attacks, while Kocaelispor had plenty and played well.
If I look at it objectively, the referee’s decision was correct.

It was definitely a deserved win for them, congrats again. I'm also a Galatasaray fan. That disallowed goal by Osimhen was the right call I'm afraid. Sara was preventing the goalkeeper there.

I really couldn't believe our lineup above all else. Why would Okan Buruk start Icardi with Osimhen? To win him back? The guy just doesn't even do cardio to lose some weight. Just leave him on the bench otherwise he is dragging us down.

[RaltcoinsB]

Even though I’m a galatasaray fan, I think kocaelispor deserved the win.
Galatasaray played really poorly, most likely because of fatigue.
We couldn’t create any chances or attacks, while Kocaelispor had plenty and played well.
If I look at it objectively, the referee’s decision was correct.

It was definitely a deserved win for them, congrats again. I'm also a Galatasaray fan. That disallowed goal by Osimhen was the right call I'm afraid. Sara was preventing the goalkeeper there.

I really couldn't believe our lineup above all else. Why would Okan Buruk start Icardi with Osimhen? To win him back? The guy just doesn't even do cardio to lose some weight. Just leave him on the bench otherwise he is dragging us down.

Mauro Icardi will no longer perform at the level expected of him. He hasn't recovered from some family difficulties. Of course, what he's been through hasn't been easy, but as a professional footballer, he must do his job to the best of his ability. He doesn't appear to be in a good state yet. I hope he regains his composure and gets his act together soon. Because Osimhen can't shoulder this burden entirely on his own. He needs a quality player to support him, and that's Icardi, who was last year.

[püsür]

They're already making news stories to mediatic personalities, saying Rafa wanted to go. They're paving the way for it now. When Sergen Yalçın first arrived, he spoke with Rafa and Rafa said he would leave in January. I don't think that's how it really happened, but it's clear that Rafa has been crossed off the list. I hope we get good money for him and he leaves. Because we absolutely need to bring in a player as good as him to replace him. You can't find someone like him during the Winter transfer window, but finding a good replacement is now the management's top priority.

Now, if I understand correctly, the issue is this. There's normally nothing between Rafa Silva and Sergen. When Sergen first arrived, Rafa had already decided to leave and told Sergen so. While they were talking like this, the man broke down. In fact, I think the man went even further. He said something like, ‘Either let me go or I'll quit football.’ This is a super bizarre situation if you ask me. When Rafa is earning 10 million euros, he is talking about quitting football? Things were already going badly at Beşiktaş, so it's very sad that these things have come up. It's very difficult to expect any success from Beşiktaş this season, no matter how small.

[MK-74]

It seems like the Rafa Silva issue at Beşiktaş still hasn’t been resolved.In today’s press conference, Sergen Yalçın said that the player hasn’t communicated with him and only speaks with President Serdal Adalı.
After João Mário and Gedson Fernandes left, Rafa Silva no longer wanted to stay at the team and his agent has been allegedly threatening the team, saying “terminate our contract.”Tough days are truly ahead for Beşiktaş.

[$weetne$$]

Galatasaray started the break with an upset. Now they might not have Osimhen for a significant time period because of AFCON. Will they be able to do something with the fixtures? 

I understand your plight on Victor Osimhen's absence was due to his international duty with his country Nigeria but i still believe that Galatasaray can perform without his presence in few of their matches, after all during the start of the season, Galatasaray played excellently well before he came back and added his own sauce to the team. Osimhen even netted a brace for his country yesterday, i guess he is making his team proud at the international duty. Galatasaray can do without Osimhen, but he will really be missed by the team.

More of his absence is or will be coming because sometimes in December they will be needing him in his home country for the AFCON. But I see that Galatasaray has built their confidence to a certain level that even if they re not going to perform exactly as they would when Osimhen is around, they will not be doing so bad too at least in their domestic league.  Their most challenge may arise with the champions league games but I fear less for them in their domestic games.

[RaltcoinsB]

It seems like the Rafa Silva issue at Beşiktaş still hasn’t been resolved.In today’s press conference, Sergen Yalçın said that the player hasn’t communicated with him and only speaks with President Serdal Adalı.
After João Mário and Gedson Fernandes left, Rafa Silva no longer wanted to stay at the team and his agent has been allegedly threatening the team, saying “terminate our contract.”Tough days are truly ahead for Beşiktaş.

This could trigger a crisis within the team. Players wanting to leave is a sign of internal unrest. Rafael Silva is one of Beşiktaş's most talented players. Furthermore, the fans want him to stay and showcase his talent, but offering excuses to leave under such circumstances demonstrates his unprofessional behavior. The Beşiktaş president must naturally consider the club's best interests. They have no choice but to sell him during the mid-season transfer window. Despite all his problems, I doubt he will remain at the team.

[Mayor of ogba]

Galatasaray started the break with an upset. Now they might not have Osimhen for a significant time period because of AFCON. Will they be able to do something with the fixtures?  

You are saying this because Victor Osimhen is a vital player for Galatasaray, and he has helped Galatasaray win their matches both in the Turkish league and the Champions League. I am certain Galatasaray will continue to win their matches when Victor Osimhen departs to play for Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations because Galatasaray has been winning their matches and winning the Turkish league title without Victor Osimhen.

[Pulsar77]

If Icardi plays his part without Osimhen, Galatasaray won't have any problems. However, he's a bit resentful of the team lately and has been a bit too much of a public figure. I'm not very hopeful he'll be able to return and perform well.
Galatasaray's squad is quite strong, and assuming the referees are helping a bit in their league matches, they'll continue to win matches without Osimhen

There is good news for Galatasaray fans about this topic. I have done a little research and seen this:



AFCON group matches are between December 23 and December 30. Even if Nigeria reach the final its date is January 18. So the worst case scenario, Osimhen would miss the Gaziantep match.

3 days after it there is an Atletico Madrid match too but I think he would be ready for that one.

[Wildwest]

Galatasaray started the break with an upset. Now they might not have Osimhen for a significant time period because of AFCON. Will they be able to do something with the fixtures? 

You are saying this because Victor Osimhen is a vital player for Galatasaray, and he has helped Galatasaray win their matches both in the Turkish league and the Champions League, but I am certain Galatasaray will continue to win their matches when Victor Osimhen departs to play for Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations because Galatasaray has been winning their matches and winning the Turkish league title without Victor Osimhen.

How important is Victor Osimhen on the field that Galatasaray's victory is always associated by many people. I admit Victor Osimhen always scores goals for Galatasaray in every match, it's extraordinary, Nigeria also needs him in the African Cup so Galatasaray will perform perfectly even though there is no Victor Osimhen on the field this season also Galatasaray won the Turkish league title without Osimhen.

[xzone]

It seems like the Rafa Silva issue at Beşiktaş still hasn’t been resolved.In today’s press conference, Sergen Yalçın said that the player hasn’t communicated with him and only speaks with President Serdal Adalı.
After João Mário and Gedson Fernandes left, Rafa Silva no longer wanted to stay at the team and his agent has been allegedly threatening the team, saying “terminate our contract.”Tough days are truly ahead for Beşiktaş.

Rafa Silva didn't attend either of today's two training sessions, which alone demonstrates he won't make any effort to rectify the situation. I hope he leaves the team soon and the team regains its peace; he's also having a negative impact on other players.
Beşiktaş has had some bad luck with transfers. I wish they'd made money, but it's the opposite; they seem to be losing more and more money every day. Something needs to change within the team

[LGD2Business]

Rafa Silva didn't show up for training today either. I think he's made up his mind. If he can't get a transfer fee of around 15 million Euro from a team, he'll sit out for 1.5 years until his contract expires. I don't think he'll take that risk. He doesn't have much time to resolve this. He has a very good salary, the team is built around him, but he still wants to leave. Beşiktaş need to resolve this situation quickly because the international break is over and league matches are starting again. If a game plan is to be established without Rafa, it should already be being worked on in training sessions.