Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
Turkish 3.League - Week 23 Review
1A strange thing happened in this group this weekend. Bitlis Özgüzeldere was trying to avoid the relegation and went to play at Batman Karşıyaka, a strong team playing for promotion. They played hard and got a tie there. However, they went down two places in the standings. On the other hand Bismil was playing at home with Diyarbakır Telekom, a team about the same strength. They couldn't beat them and the game was tied. But, Bismil moved up two places in the standings. However the actual eefect may be seen next week, when Bitlis plays at home and Bismil goes away. Most of the games were giving results as expected. Muş's win over Silopi worths mentioning. Mardin could get only a 1-0 win over Kurtalan. Hakkari scored 4 goals while beating last place batman Demir in Batman. The team of the week: Bitlis Özgüzelderespor K Next week: Batman Belediye - Batman Demir Muş - Genç Telekom Nusaybin Demir - Diyarbakır Telekom Elazığ Belediye - Yüksekova Cilospor Hakkari - Bismil Bitlis Özgüzeldere - Mardin Diyarbakır BB DİSKİ - Batman Karşıyaka Silopi Cudi - Kurtalan
2Nothing very exciting in this group either. The leader Erzincan got a default win, Bayburt had a week-off. Iğdır is getting comfy at second. The biggest jump was from Çarşamba when they jumped from relegation spot 14th to 11th. Bulancak won 5-0 over Terme and is in the race for the third promotion place. Arsin and Karabulak lost valuable points at home, for which they may be very sorry later. The team of the week: Ipdır Belediye SK Next week: Bayburt - Erzincan Trabzon Telekom - Arsin Ünye - Bulancak Terme - Çarşamba Giresun - Ordu Of - Karabulak Rize Çay - Divriği Pazar W/O Doğubeyazıt Iğdır bye
3Two İskenderun teams are going two different directions. İskenderun DÇ GM is getting better results and trying to avoid the relegation. İskenderunspor is playing worse and now in the relegation zone. Of the top four, all but Mezitli got net wins and Mezitli got a net loss 1-5 in Osmaniye. This the third time Osmaniye is scoring 5 or more in recent weeks. Ceyhan and Kozan are running to safety more and more. The team of the week: Osmaniyespor K Next week: Mezitli - Adana Demir Adıyaman - Kilis Kozan - İskenderun DÇ GM GASKİ - Malatya Silifke - Osmaniye Şanlıurfa - Tarsus Niğde - Ceyhan İskenderun - Nevşehir Kahramanmaraş bye
4There were very good results this weekend in this group. Çankırı's win over Tokat strenghten their hopes catching the top three. Ereğli's tie at Ankara Demir was another success. Zonguldak's win in Keskin and Çorum's win in Kilimli worth a lot. However Turhal's win over Kırşehir was the most valuable, which took Turhal off the relegation spot and gave hope to the other teams playing for promotion. Merzifon, EGO, and Kastamonu got routine wins. Kilimli is sinking faster than a ship. The team of the week: Turhalspor K Next week: Zonguldak - Etimesgut Kırşehir - Ankara Demir Akçakoca - Çankırı Tokat - Merzifon Kayseri Elektrik - Saran Keskin EGO - Kastamonu Altındağ - Kilimli Çorum - Turhal Ereğli bye
5Two biggest surprises came from Konya and Seydişehir. Both games were relegation fights. Konya Kartalı lost to Aksaray 1-4 and Seydişehir lost to last place Kemer 0-1 at home. Alanya tied petrol Ofisi in Ankara, Çubuk and Karaman are bringing ties to home from Side and Afyon respectively. Kepez's 3-1 win over the leader Kütahya was very impressive. This was Kütahya's only the second loss in the league. The team of the week: EGSAŞ Aksarayspor K Next week: Karaman - Petrol Ofisi Kütahya - Konya Kartalı Uşak - Seydişehir Kemer - Afyon Eskişehir Şeker - Alanya Keçiörengücü - ASKİ ESKİ - Side Öubuk - Kepez Aksaray bye
6We have a leader change in this group. Mustafakemalpaşa got to the top spot with a 3-2 away win at Aliağa Belediye, while Marmaris couldn't solve Manisa defense at home. Muğla also could got only a tie in Soma. Fethiye's win over PETKİM took them of the danger zone. Kuşadası finally won a game again. Balikesir got another tie, this time against Bergama at home. The team of the week: Mustafakemalpaşaspor K Next week: Milas - Bursa Merinos Dalaman - Aliağa Belediye Mustafakemalpaşa - Soma Muğla - Torbalı Ayvalık - Balıkesir Bergama - Kuşadası Akhisar - Fethiye PETKİM - Marmaris Manisa bye
7Bilecik beat Sapanca this time. But all the teams above won, so it didn't help as much. Maltepe scored 7 goals to Körfez. Pendik scored 4 to other İzmit team. Gebze got a 4-1 win in Mudurnu. Bekirpaşa beat Körfez in the Körfez derby and jumped to 10th place from Relegation. Top three were easy home winners. The team of the week: Gebzespor Next week: Gebze - Körfez İnegöl - Ayazağa Eyüp - Mudurnu Maltepe - Pendik Bekirpaşa - Beykoz TOFAŞ - Nişantaşı Yalova - Bilecik Üsküdar Anadolu - Sapanca
8Yıldırım Bosna beat Küçükköy in the fight of the top teams. Küçükköy is now off the promotion spot when Zeytinburnu got a default win. Karagümrük is still hanging on beating Beşyüzevler. All other İstanbul teams were also successful this weekend. Tepecik won in Lüleburgaz, Beylerbeyi got a point in Gelibolu, Kasımpaşa and Alibeyköy were winners at home over Edirne and Gönen. In the other game of the group, Bandırma and Tekirdağ tied 0-0. The team of the week: Tepecik Fıratpenspor K İstanbul Next week: Bayrampaşa - Lüleburgaz Tekirdağ - Beşyüzevler Beylerbeyi - Zeytinburnu Küçükköy - Alibeyköy Gönen - Kasımpaşa Tepecik - Bandırma Karagümrük - Gelibolu Yıldırım Bosna W/O Çan Edirne bye