Turkish football season ends with little to play for

Third team to be relegated only undecided factor in last match as Besiktas already champions, European places decided

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - Following Besiktas’ league-winning performance last weekend, it is the bottom of Turkish football’s Super Lig that holds the main point of interest in the season’s final matches.

Either Rizespor or Bursaspor -- currently placed 16th and 15th respectively -- will be the third team to be relegated alongside Adanaspor and Gaziantepspor when the final whistle is blown on Saturday evening.

Rizespor, on 33 points, host 11th-placed Alanyaspor while Bursaspor travel to the Black Sea to face Trabzonspor, currently 6th in the table. Both games kickoff at 5 p.m. (1400GMT) Saturday.

Besiktas will celebrate their 15th championship in front of home fans at the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, having secured victory in Gaziantep last Sunday.

The match against Osmanlispor also takes place Saturday evening.

Also at the top end of the table, Basaksehir will have to face Champions League qualifying games during the summer after finishing behind their Istanbul rivals.

Fenerbahce sit in third above Galatasaray due to a two-goal superiority, with both clubs having 61 points. This guarantees Europa League football for both as 5th-placed Antalyaspor trail by six points.

Konyaspor will be going straight to the Europa League group stages after they beat Basaksehir in the Turkish Cup Final on Wednesday.

Here is the full schedule for Week 34 matches: (all times local):

Friday:

5.00 p.m. Genclerbirligi - Kasimpasa

5.00 p.m. Akhisar Belediyespor - Kardemir Karabukspor

8.00 p.m. Antalyaspor - Gaziantepspor

Saturday:

2.00 p.m. Kayserispor - Medipol Başakşehir

5.00 p.m. Galatasaray - Atiker Konyaspor

5.00 p.m. Adanaspor - Fenerbahce

5.00 p.m. Caykur Rizespor - Aytemiz Alanyaspor

5.00 p.m. Trabzonspor - Bursaspor

5.00 p.m. Besiktas - Osmanlispor

Here are the standings as of Friday 12.00 p.m. (0900GMT):

	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Av.	Pts.
1.	Besiktas	33	22	8	3	69	30	39	74
2.	Medipol Basaksehir	33	20	10	3	62	28	34	70
3.	Fenerbahce	33	17	10	6	57	31	26	61
4.	Galatasaray	33	19	4	10	63	39	24	61
5.	Antalyaspor	33	16	7	10	43	39	4	55
6.	Trabzonspor	33	14	9	10	38	32	6	51
7.	Akhisar Bld.	33	14	6	13	44	39	5	48
8.	Genclerbirligi	33	11	10	12	32	34	-2	43
9.	Kasimpasa	33	12	7	14	46	49	-3	43
10.	Atiker Konyaspor	33	11	10	12	39	43	-4	43
11.	Aytemiz Alanyaspor	33	12	4	17	54	64	-10	40
12.	Karabukspor	33	11	7	15	35	46	-11	40
13.	Osmanlispor	33	9	11	13	37	41	-4	38
14.	Kayserispor	33	10	8	15	47	57	-10	38
15.	Bursaspor	33	10	5	18	32	57	-25	35
16.	Caykur Rizespor	33	9	6	18	43	53	-10	33
17.	Gaziantepspor	33	7	5	21	29	61	-32	26
18.	Adanaspor	33	6	7	20	32	59	-27	25

Kaynak:

This news has been read 447 times in total