Football Season Guide

BB Erzurum managed to return to the top level after a 17 year absence as they overcame Gazisehir Gaziantep in the penalty shootout. There is no doubt that keeper Hakan Canbazoglu was the hero of the promotion final match as he saved four penalty kicks. At the beginning of the last season, the board ended coach Mehmet Altiparmak’s charge, but he was appointed in again three months later. At the end, he helped the East Anatolian club to be promoted to the Super League. The board decided to keep on working with him in the new season. This time around, a much more difficult season awaits him. During the transfer market, they have lost many players, especially in the offence zone. After Bekamenga and Hamza Younes left the team, the board decided to part company with Mert Nobre who did not accept the new wage offer of the board along with Burhan Eser. At the moment, there is only Lennart Thy who could score 7 goals in VVV Venlo during the past campaign. They absolutely need to bring at least two more attackers before the end of the summer transfer market in order not to face any scoring problem. At this point, two offensive wingers were signed in too. Arsen Khubulov from Anzhi will live his first experience outside Russia and Gilles Sunu from Angers did not spend the last season well. It seems like they are under the league‘s level. That is why the fans believe that the Turkish arrivals Emrah Bassan and Ibrahim Akdag will do their best in creating goal chances. In order to compete with Hakan on the net, Ibrahim Sehic was added. He has played in the Super League before. So he is aware of the league’s quality. To bring two defensive wingers from the Super League rivals is a good decision by the board. So Schwechlen and Auremir should increase their defensive quality. However, the fans are worried about Egemen Korkmaz who is 36 year old. He has been far from first team football during the whole plast season.