“Beşiktaş squad of 2010/11 season after the final arrival (Fatih Tekke)

Beşiktaş squad of 2010/11 season

Besiktas Black Eagles signed with 7 new players and released total of 9 players in the summer transfer season of 2010-2011.

Arrivals (7):

Jose Maria Gutierrez Hernandez ??Guti?? (Real Madrid)
Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (Inter)
Roberto Hilbert (Stuttgart)
Cenk Gönen (Denizlispor)
Ersan Adem Gülüm (Adanaspor on loan)
Mehmet Aurelio (Real Betis)
Fatih Tekke (Rubin Kazan).

Eagles are on the rise in IFFHS rankings

According to International Football History and Statistics Federation (IFFHS), Besiktas football team moved up to 52nd place from 96th place on August rankings by raising its points to 154,5.

When Turkey Plays at World Championships, Dancers Are Absent

Cheerleaders pose with Turkey’s national flag during a rehearsal in Ankara September 1, 2010. The absence of scantily clad female cheerleaders at recent World Championship basketball matches involving host nation Turkey has raised eyebrows in the overwhelmingly Muslim but officially secular nation. Troupes of energetic cheerleaders have entertained the crowds at matches involving other teams in the tournament, but no dancers appeared during Turkey’s match against Greece on Tuesday nor their match against Russia on Sunday.? Read more »

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Home Crowd Helps Boost Turkey Against a Rival

Turkey pulled away for an impressive victory over Greece to improve to 3-0 in Group C.

Black Eagles sign Fatih Tekke

Beşiktaş JK have moved to strengthen ahead of their return to the UEFA Europa League group stage with the signing of former Turkish national forward Michael Fink from Rubin Kazan.

Turkey’s Anatolian soccer teams dominate over Istanbul “aristocrats”
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Then Bursaspor, the defending Turkish champion, jumped on the Istanbul humiliation bandwagon the following day by beating the Galatasaray Lions away by 2-0 ..

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