

Entering Season 67, Financial Problems are Rising in Turkish Football
The 67 th season of the Super League has started. In this season, we are experiencing both positive and negative developments in our football. First of all, let's focus on the issues that will have a positive impact on our football season. I. POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL AFFECT THIS SEASON FOR TURKISH FOOTBALL 1. Türkiye is in 9 th place in the UEFA rankings. Our country ranking, which dropped to 20 th place in 2022, is in 9 th place with 38,600 points as of


The Gap Between Rich And Poor Leagues in European Football is Increasing!
According to the Deloitte’s Annual European Football Finance report, which is published for the 28 th time, Deloitte has reached to EUR 28,4 billion from EUR 25,5 billion by 11,3% growth comparing with the previous year’s European football market’s total revenues.[1] Periphery and Center Organization in European Football Today, the European football economy is composed of center and periphery leagues where central leagues exercise a higher economical and financial power
Turkish Football Was in Debt...And Turkish Football Clubs Lost Their Financial Health
According to Tuğrul Akşar's statement, Turkish football was in debt, therefore, these clubs lost their financial health. The most important deficiency of Turkish football is the lack of corparate governance which is the reason that Turkish football clubs are not well managed and controlled... We share the explanations of Tuğrul Akşar below. The total debts of Turkish football clubs have reached TL 14.5 billion (approximately $ 3 Billion). The total revenues of the club
Debt-laden Turkish soccer clubs pay the price of ambition
Reuters, By Asli Kandemir and Ceyda Caglayan , February 2, 2016 * Galatasaray could face UEFA ban over finances, * Overspending, big egos at clubs fuel spiral of debt * Soccer drive echoes Turkey's wider global ambitions * Government plans new regulation to oversee spending Ambitions to secure a place at international soccer's top table have come at a high cost for Turkey's leading clubs, which are now struggling to navigate a sea of debt after years of heavy spending. Ga
What can companies learn from Football Clubs?
Mehmet Sezgin- 27 Mayıs 2014 A lot to improve performance. Yet not much to fill books, as at the end, it boils down the two things: 1. Unite everybody around the same and simple objective, 2. Find the best talent for the required position. 1. Unite everybody around the and simple objective: What is the objective of each team? Winning and becoming champion of a Cup. So much that the word “goal” is embedded with football. The ultimate objective is to score more goals than you
Turkish soccer’s financial crisis potentially sharpens political divide
By James M. Dorsey- 10 October 2013 Financially stressed Turkish soccer clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and militant soccer fans who rank prominently among his detractors as soccer pitches and university campuses emerge as major battlefields between the government and its detractors. Critics of Mr. Erdogan charge that the prime minister is seeking to enlist clubs in much the same carrot-and-stick way that he tame
The World’s Biggest Football Match
When I say that I was in London this week for the biggest game in world football you may be forgiven for assuming that I am talking about the Champions League final. In terms of financial reward the match I am here to watch carries a far greater prize than that match or any other. And just to add to the drama, the loser gets absolutely nothing. The match I am talking about is the Championship Playoff final between Crystal Palace and Watford. The winning team gets promotion to


Gender Discrimination in Football Organizations
Lale ORTA, Ph.D. 28 September 2012 Okan University, Graduate School of Applied Sciences, Department of Sport ManagementThis study has been accepted for publication as an article for International Review of Business and Social Sciences (IRBSS) Journal September 2012 Vol.1 No.10 (ISSN: 2226-4124). ABSTRACT Women have encountered gender discrimination and inequalities throughout history; and their rights have always been less and their statuses have been considered lowe
'Asessment Of The Football Referees’ Interpretations On The Laws Of The Game
Yrd. Doç.Lale Orta- 12 Ağustos 2012 The study was conducted on the 336 referees coming from different cities of Turkey and attending to courses for the Promotion to Super League, Super League Assistant, Classification A, Classification B, Classification C and Classification C Assistant Refereeing Staff for the 2007-2008 football seasons. The distribution of the number of the referees in terms of their regions, and the percentages of their decisions were taken into account and


More Than a Handful of Reasons to be Happy With England
By finishing top of the group, the team has already exceeded my expectations and the expectations of most England supporters. The England national team has not performed well in recent years with a few notable exceptions (the 4-1 win against Croatia in Zagreb in qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup springs to mind) so getting to a quarter-final is not a reason to celebrate but it is cause of satisfaction and cautious optimism. The squad of players is becoming a team and th
Hodgson Wins Premier League Sack Race
On Saturday 8 th January after a string of bad results Roy Hodgson became the first in what many predict will be a spate of managerial sacking in the English Premier league. There are a number of other big names with their necks on the chopping block right now as player power, fan power and all powerful mega rich owners make the life of a premier league manager more precarious than ever. Ancelotti at Chelsea, Avram Grant at West Ham, Roberto Mancini at Manchester City, and G
The Financial Turmoil in English Football
This has been a year of financial turmoil in English football, with Portsmouth going into administration and Liverpool no more than a day away from a similar fate. However, what we have witnessed so far will pale into insignificance if the worst case scenario comes to pass. The financial situation at Manchester United is desperate and failure on the field could soon lead to failure off it. Leeds gave us a glimpse of the future when a huge overspend was not reflected in r
FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY LAUNCHED
UEFA president Michel Platini and general secretary Gianni Infantino have used a media briefing in Monacoto launch its financial fair play initiative, which features 11 values aimed at securing the future of Europeanfootball. "The financial fair play concept has been launched to safeguard the long-term health of Europeanfootball," said Infantino. "One of the project's key requirements is to force clubs to finance their businessactivities with the resources they generate thems


Leagues Apart - Reasons Why I Love the Championship
The Npower Championship doesn’t get much attention outside of England and Wales but there are many remarkable things about the second tier of English football that make it for many football supporters more attractive than the Premier League itself. As we shall see in many ways it is what the ideal league competition should be and therefore an example for all to take note of. Let’s kick-off by having a look at how the league works. The Championship consists of 24 teams so it


Does Market Value Equal Value for Money?
Lots of my Turkish friends have been asking me why England were such a disappointing failure at the World Cup. The more I thought about the question the more complex the answer became. I also realized that when finding reasons or making excuses for England I had to take a look at the other big World Cup flops such as France and Italy and the dark horses such as Uruguay and Ghana. Of course success and failure are relative terms which come about because of expectations and sur













































