Football Season Guide

What a great success by Osmanli... After the 18th fixture of the last season was played, the capital city side were only five points far from the relegation zone. No one could believe that this team were going to be awarded with an European Cup spot in the league but they did. The board gave a vote of confidence to coach Resit Akcay and his team offered a great performance and suffered only one defeat to the title holders Besiktas in the remaining schedule. They have already kicked off the new season and eliminated two teams in the qualifiying stages of the Europa League. During the summer, the coach saved the main structure of the team and added some useful players. First of all, the net looks very secure with the arrival of Karcemarskas. He has been playing in the league for years. There is also former Besiktas man Hakan. So the coach should feel safe for the sticks. Instead of Ugur Demirok, Aykut Demir was loaned in from Trabzon. The defence line was already looking well with Vrsajevic, Pinto, Prochazka, Numan. Now, it is a kind of rock. Raul Rusescu and experienced Pierre Webo have done a good job in the last season. With the arrival of Diabate, the coach has a pretty dangerous offence line. Aminu Umar and Badou Ndiaye, who have recorded twenty goals and eight assists in the last season, have offered good performance against Rijeka and Nomme Kalju proved that their performance will be crucial for the capital city side. In the midfield, there are also Musa Cagiran, Raheem Lawal, Mehmet Guven and Koray Altinay. So it means that the coach have many options for the busy schedule. The current squad are capable of repeating their success and they can even do more. At this point, not to have enough fans is their only handicap.