02.04.2025 19:50
In the quarter-finals of the Ziraat Turkey Cup, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray will face each other at Ülker Stadium. The match, which will start at 20:45, has revealed the starting line-ups.
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In the quarter-final match of the Ziraat Turkey Cup, Fenerbahçe will face Galatasaray. The match at Ülker Stadium will start at 20:45. The match will be officiated by referee Cihan Aydın, with Deniz Caner Özaral and Volkan Ahmet Narinç serving as assistant referees. The match will be broadcast live on ATV without a subscription.
VAR REFEREE GERMAN
In the quarter-final of the Ziraat Turkey Cup, the name of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) who will officiate the derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray today has been announced. According to a statement from the Turkish Football Federation, German Pascal Müller will serve as VAR in the match that will start at 20:45 at Ülker Stadium and will be officiated by referee Cihan Aydın. Erkan Engin will serve as AVAR in the match.
STARTING 11s
Fenerbahçe: Irfan Can Eğribayat, Çağlar, Skriniar, Yusuf Akçiçek, Oğuz Aydın, Amrabat, Fred, Kostic, Szymanski, Talisca, En-Nesyri.
Galatasaray: Günay, Kaan, Davinson, Abdülkerim, Eren, Torreira, Lemina, Yunus, Sara, Barış, Osimhen.
FENERBAHÇE'S CUP PATH
Fenerbahçe, which finished Group B as the leader by winning against Kasımpaşa, Erzurumspor FK, and Gaziantep FK, became the seeded team in the quarter-final matchups. The yellow-navy team, which will face their eternal rival, will play the match at home with the advantage of being seeded.
GALATASARAY'S CUP PATH
The yellow-red team, which is in Group C of the Turkey Cup, achieved 1 victory and 2 draws in 3 matches. Collecting five points, Galatasaray finished second ahead of RAMS Başakşehir, which has the same points and goal difference, due to receiving fewer cards, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals. The yellow-red team, which finished second in the group, will play the quarter-final match away.
THIRD ENCOUNTER THIS SEASON
Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe will meet for the third time this season. The two teams have faced each other twice in the Super League this season. In the derby held in Kadıköy, the yellow-red team won 3-1 with goals from Lucas Torreira, Dries Mertens, and Gabriel Sara. The derby at RAMS Park ended in a goalless draw.
THE WINNER WILL FACE KONYASPOR IN THE SEMI-FINAL
The winner of the quarter-final match, which will be played as a single match, will advance to the semi-finals. If there is no winner in the 90 minutes, two extra periods of 15 minutes each will be played. If the tie remains, the advancing team will be determined by a penalty shootout. The team that wins the match will face TÜMOSAN Konyaspor in the semi-finals.
THE CANARY HAS NOT WON A DERBY THIS SEASON
Fenerbahçe has not found what it hoped for in derby matches this season. In the league, the yellow-navy team lost 3-1 at home to Galatasaray and drew 0-0 in the away match. Mourinho's team also lost 1-0 in the first half of the league against Beşiktaş away. The yellow-navy team will play in the Ziraat Turkey Cup derby for the first time during Ali Koç's presidency.
CIMBOM HAS ONLY LOST TO BEŞİKTAŞ
The yellow-red team has only lost to Beşiktaş in national competitions this season. Galatasaray has played 32 matches in 3 football organizations held nationwide this season. "Cimbom" has experienced 22 victories, 5 draws, and 1 defeat in 28 matches in the Super League, while in the Turkey Cup, they have 1 victory and 2 draws in 3 matches, and lost in the single match of the Turkcell Super Cup. The yellow-red team experienced one defeat in the Super League and one in the Super Cup against Beşiktaş.
403rd ENCOUNTER IN THE ETERNAL RIVALRY
Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray will meet for the 403rd time in history with the derby they will play in the quarter-finals of the Ziraat Turkey Cup. The rivalry began with a friendly match held on January 17, 1909, at the place known as "Papazın Çayırı," where Galatasaray won 2-0. Fenerbahçe has the upper hand in terms of victories and goals scored. The yellow-navy team has won 149 of the 402 matches played, while the yellow-red team has won 129 times (one by forfeit). In 124 matches, the teams could not break the tie. Fenerbahçe scored 542 goals, while Galatasaray responded with 500 goals (1 goal in the TFF Super Cup match won by forfeit 3-0).
GALATASARAY IS SUPERIOR IN THE CUP
The two teams will face each other for the 28th time in the history of the Turkey Cup. The two giants of Turkish football have competed 27 times in the Turkey Cup, which started in the 1962-1963 season and was briefly held under the name Federation Cup. In these matches, the yellow-red team has won 14 times, while the yellow-navy team has only managed to win 3 times. 10 matches ended in a draw. In the cup derbies, Galatasaray scored 44 goals, while Fenerbahçe could only respond with 29 goals.
ALI KOÇ-DURSUN ÖZBEK RIVALRY IN DERBIES
Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç and Galatasaray Club President Dursun Özbek will experience the derby excitement this time in the Ziraat Turkey Cup. Ali Koç, one of the two presidents, will face Galatasaray for the first time in the Ziraat Turkey Cup, while Dursun Özbek witnessed the Fenerbahçe derby in the cup during his first term as president. In the Turkey Cup final of the 2015-2016 season, Galatasaray defeated Fenerbahçe 1-0 to win the cup. Ali Koç, who took the presidency of Fenerbahçe Club on June 3, 2018, has experienced 14 Galatasaray derbies. In these derby matches, Fenerbahçe has achieved 3 victories, while 6 matches ended in a draw. Galatasaray has won 5 of the matches. In these derbies, the yellow-navy team celebrated 10 goals, while the yellow-red team celebrated 17 goals. Dursun Özbek, who served as president of Galatasaray in two different periods, has experienced the excitement of the Fenerbahçe derby 13 times. Özbek first took the presidency on May 23, 2015, and served until January 23, 2018, during which he witnessed 5 Fenerbahçe derbies in the league and 1 in the Turkey Cup. In the league matches, Galatasaray lost to their rival twice and drew 3 times. In the Turkey Cup, they won 1-0 with Podolski's goal to reach the championship. Özbek, who was re-elected as president in June 2022, witnessed 7 Fenerbahçe derbies in his second term. During this period, in 6 matches in the Super League, the yellow-red team won 3 times, while the yellow-navy team won 1 derby victory. 2 matches ended in a draw. The only match in the Turkcell Super Cup ended with the yellow-red team's victory by forfeit due to Fenerbahçe's withdrawal in the first minute. Under Dursun Özbek's presidency, Galatasaray has experienced a total of 13 Fenerbahçe derbies, with 5 victories, 5 draws, and 3 defeats. In these derbies, the yellow-red team scored 14 goals, including 2 in forfeit victories, while the yellow-navy team responded with 6 goals.
During the period when Ali Koç and Dursun Özbek were both in office, Galatasaray has the upper hand against Fenerbahçe. During this period, 6 Super League and 1 Super Cup Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derbies were played. In league matches, the yellow-red team won 3 times, while the yellow-navy team won once.
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In the two matches, the equality was not broken. In the only derby of the Super Cup, however, Fenerbahçe faced off against the under-19 team and withdrew from the match after falling behind 1-0 in the first minute. The match was recorded as a 3-0 victory for Galatasaray. During this period, the yellow-red team scored a total of 12 goals, including 2 matches won by default, while the yellow-navy team could only respond with 2 goals.
THE TEAM THAT SCORES FIRST IN THE DERBY DOES NOT LOSE
In recent derbies, the team that scores the first goal rarely loses. In the last 64 Super League matches, 11 Turkish Cup matches, 4 TFF Super Cup matches, and 1 Presidential Cup match spanning 30 years, the team that scored the first goal lost only 6 times. During this period, Galatasaray won 23 matches in which they scored the first goal. Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, won 26 matches in which they broke the goalless draw. Out of the last 80 official matches between the two teams, 12 ended in a draw with goals. In these matches, Fenerbahçe scored the first goal in 8 instances, while Galatasaray was the team that equalized. In 4 matches during this period, despite scoring the first goal, Galatasaray could not prevent Fenerbahçe's comeback and left the field defeated. In the match held in Kadıköy during the 2019-2020 season, Fenerbahçe took a 1-0 lead, but the yellow-reds won the match 3-1. In the Turkish Cup, on March 22, 2006, Fenerbahçe also lost 3-2 to the yellow-red team in a match where they scored the first goal. Out of the last 80 official matches in the Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray rivalry, 13 ended in a goalless draw.
CARDS FLYING IN THE AIR
In the derbies between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, which will face each other in the quarter-finals of the Ziraat Turkey Cup, the abundance of cards shown in recent times is noteworthy. In the last 64 encounters, including 52 in the Super League, 7 in the Turkish Cup, 4 in the TFF Super Cup, and 1 in the Friendship Cup, referees showed 46 red cards and 386 yellow cards. In the last 64 matches of the rivalry, yellow-navy players received 25 red cards, while yellow-red players were penalized with 21 red cards. During this period, Emre Aşık from Galatasaray received 3 red cards, Hasan Şaş and Younes Belhanda received 2 each, while Badou Ndiaye, Felipe Melo, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Engin Baytar, Tomas Ujfalusi, Milan Baros, Abdul Kader Keita, Arda Turan, Cassio Lincoln, Alioum Saidou, Orhan Ak, Volkan Arslan, Joao Batista, and Bülent Korkmaz each received 1 red card. In Fenerbahçe, Diego Lugano received 3 red cards, Volkan Demirel and Bruno Alves received 2 each, while Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Jailson, Roberto Soldado, Luis Nani, Emre Belözoğlu, Raul Meireles, Issiar Dia, Selçuk Şahin, Semih Şentürk, Gökhan Gönül, Deivid de Souza, Ariel Ortega, Fabio Luciano, Deniz Türüç, Marcel Tisserand, İrfan Can Kahveci, Luan Peres, and Alexander Djiku each left their teams with 1 red card.
THE COST OF DERBIES IS HEAVY
In the last 15 seasons, the "cost" incurred by Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray in the 37 derbies they played against each other in the Ziraat Turkey Cup quarter-finals has been heavy for both clubs. After the derbies, both Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe clubs, along with their players and managers, received various penalties. The Professional Football Discipline Board (PFDK) of the Turkish Football Federation imposed a fine of 4 million 608 thousand lira on the yellow-red club and 7 million 558 thousand 750 lira on the yellow-navy club due to incidents that occurred in the derbies between the two teams in the last 15 seasons.
MEN'S PENALTIES FOR MOURINHO AND BURUK IN THE LAST DERBY
After the last derby match played between the two teams, the coaches received bans. The TFF Appeals Board imposed a 2-match ban on Fenerbahçe's head coach Jose Mourinho and a 1-match ban on Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk due to the incidents that occurred during the match. Additionally, the Portuguese coach was fined 558 thousand 500 lira, while Buruk was fined 500 thousand lira.
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