Teams
1 Arkas Spor
2 Belediye Plevne
3 Bozkurt Belediye
4 Buyuk Şehir Belediye
5 Fenerbahce
6 Galatasaray
7 Halkbank
8 Maliye Millipiyango
9 Mef Okullari
10 Polis Akademisi
11 Sosyal Guvenlik Kurumu (SGK)
12 Ziraat Bankasi
Turkey - 1.Ligi 2008/2009
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= MENS VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE PRESUMPTIONS =
These presumptions have been done by a Fenerbahce Fan (ME)
After finishing the season with 2 trophies, this year the league will be even tougher. 5 clubs have invested heavily and formed good squads. Fenerbahce, Ziraat, Halkbank, Arkas, Ist. Bld. (Although Galatasaray is inferior to these 5 clubs, they could cause some upsets. I still believe they will end up in the 6th spot.) Hence, finishing at the 5th place could be seen as “normal” under these circumstances.
Even though I think there is a possibility of us finishing in the 5th place, there is also a good chance that we could still win the title.
I guess what I am trying to say is, expectations from our mens volleyball team should not be extremely high because of the other teams’ high investments this year. We could end up in any of the 5 top spots this year.
Besides each teams strengths, there are also some weaknesses. Such as;
Ziraat Bankası ;
Setter ; Selçuk Keskin
Outside Hitters ; Leandro Maly-Salmon Riley
Middle Blockers ; Zafer Paşaoğlu-Yasin Sancak
Opposite ; İvan ContrerasLibero ; Akif Gürgen
Ziraat’s starting squad is extraordinary. But their subs are very weak.They will especially be very strong from outsides and opposite. Contreras is as strong as Gomez.They do not have any depth to their team so we’ll see how will they do in the lengthy and exhausting league. If they can finish strong, they are one of the favorites to win the title this year.
Halkbankası ;
Setter ; Nikolay İvanov
Outside Hitters ; Todor Aleksiev (Todor Baev)-Mustafa Kavaz
Middle Blockers ; Kemal Kayhan-Alper Güllü (Murat Çağlar)
Opposite ; Danail MilushevLibero ; Hasan Yeşilbudak
Halkbank’s three Bulgarians are very talented, but their Turkish players are weak. Even after 3 Bulgarian player, they will went ahead and signed another 4th Bulgarian Todor Baev. Because there cant be 4 foreign players in the starting line up at a time, they will have to choose between the two, or simply sub each other.
Their coach Stoev is ver well respected in Bulgaria and as well as in Europe.He is my favorite coach along with Demeter.
Arkasspor ;
Setter ; Hüseyin Koç
Outside Hitters ; Piotr Gruszka-Suela Mendez
Middle Blockers ; Ahmet Toçoğlu-Gökhan Öner
Opposite ; Paul DuerdenLibero ; Nuri Şahin
Although Arkas’s squad is very good and well balanced, they just cannot play good together. For example, Fenerbahce killed this team last season, but if we look at the players individually, this shouldn’t have been the case. This shows me that they do not play well together. Let’s see what they could do this year.
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi ;
Setter ; Ulaş Kıyak
Outside Hitters ; Jeroen Trommel -(They will sign another foreign player unless Sacchi has stayed.)
Middle Blockers ; Ryan Millar-Özkan Hayırlı
Opposite ; Volkan GüçLibero ; Barış Özdemir
Belediye is a strange club. They sign high caliber players every year, but they cannot achieve any good results. This has been the case for a few years now. Even though they have signed Volkan, Ulas, and Millar, I think it will be the same this year and they will not win the title.
FENERBAHÇE ;
Setter ; Arslan Ekşi
Outside Hitters ; Tomislav Coskoviç-Vladimir Grbiç
Middle Blockers ; Barış Hamaz-Fatih Ulusoy (Hakan Fertelli)
Opposite ; Brooke BillingsLibero ; Ali Peçen
Let’s see our team’s situation. Last year we had Gomez. Whenever we needed a sideout, he would kill the ball. He also hit the ball really hard. We lost this guy. Instead we signed Billings.I don’t think Billings will be as good as Gomez. I hope he will be consistent. In all honesty, the other 4 teams’ opposites are better than Billings.
But, this does not mean that we cant win the title this year. Especially because we have Gyorgy Demeter. I love his work ethic and system play.
When Demeter signed with us last year, I was ecstatic. He is one of my favorite coaches. He has brought the system that won us Turkish Cup, and much un anticipated League Trophy. Even though we have been eliminated from the European cups at the beginning of the season due to an unfortunate loss to Halkbank, he has brought the team’s morale and reflected that into the season.
You know there are some teams and coaches where they start very strong but they cant finish strong. We have the opposite with our coach.
Our biggest loss was Gomez, but one of our best side is our coach and our incredible fans. Our fans that support and cheer for their teams non stop, started to show their help in volleyball matched after football and basketball as well. They are firing up our guys when we play and become a factor on the opposite team players. Some other team players have mentioned that these fans can “wake the dead from their grave”
With Fenerbahce’s investment on volleyball and our success fans are becoming more interested in the volleyball matches. The numbers have been growing very fast and I hope that this year it would be even more. Especially against Halkbank in the finals, their support was one of the major factors of winning the title.
Lastly, this year the league will be very tough. Fenerbahce may finish at the top or at the 5th spot.
Let’s see what the regular season and the playoffs will bring. But something is certain that it will be a very exciting league.
Lars Louchek
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some mistakes
Piotr Gruszka, Ryan Millar -
Declaration
Turkish Volleyball Federation gave penalty to Burak Hascan
His doping example is become definite to possitive second time.
So Turkish Volleyball Federation gave "lifelong ban penalty".
He can't play volleyball any time.
Date: 21.04.2007
1st Urinalysis - 160,98 ng/ml NorandrosteroneDate: 29.04.2008
2nd Urinalysis - 16,33 ng/ml Norandrosterone -
1st round
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22/10/08 Arkas Spor - Galatasaray
15/10/08 Polis Akademisi - SGK
Polis Akademisi - SGK 3-1 (26-24 25-22 16-25 27-25) stats -
18.10.2008 - 2nd Week - Results
Halkbank - Bozkurt Belediye 3-2 (25-27)(25-19)(23-25)(25-18)(15-09) Statistics
Ziraat Bankası - MEF Okulları 2-0 (25-18)(25-19)(25-18) Statistics
Arkas Spor - Maliye Milli Piyango 3-0 (25-19)(25-21)(25-13) Statistics
Fenerbahçe - Polis Akademisi 3-1 (25-19)(25-22)(23-25)(25-10) Statistics
SGK - İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi 0-3 (19-25)(17-25)(22-25) Statistics22.10.2008 - 2nd week - Schedule
Galatasaray - Arkas Spor25.10.2008 - 3rd week - Schedule
Maliye Milli Piyango - Belediye Plevne
Ziraat Bankası - SGK
MEF Okulları - Galatasaray
İst.B.Şehir Belediyesi - Fenerbahçe
Bozkurt Belediye - Arkas Spor29.10.2008 - 3rd week - Schedule
Polis Akademisi - Halkbank -
Great game by Milushev 30 points (4 blocks) and Aleksiev 27 points (5 blocks, 2 aces), Nikolay Ivanov 2 points, Todor Baev 3 points, coach Martin Stoev.
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22.10.2008 - 2nd week - Schedule
Galatasaray - Arkas Spor
Galatasaray - Arkas Spor 0-3 (15-25 27-29 22-25} statsQuote25.10.2008 - 3rd week - Schedule
Maliye Milli Piyango - Belediye Plevne
Ziraat Bankası - SGK
MEF Okulları - Galatasaray
İst.B.Şehir Belediyesi - Fenerbahçe
Bozkurt Belediye - Arkas Spor
Maliye Milli Piyango - Belediye Plevne 3-2 (25-16 22-25 27-29 25-14 15-12) stats
Ziraat Bankası - SGK 3-0 (26-24 25-20 25-20) stats
MEF Okulları - Galatasaray 0-3 (22-25 18-25 15-25) stats
İst.B.Şehir Belediyesi - Fenerbahçe 3-0 (27-25 25-22 25-23) stats
Bozkurt Belediye - Arkas Spor 0-3 (20-25 15-25 18-25) stats -
Polis Akademisi - Halkbank 0-3 (20-25 15-25 22-25) stats
Belediye Plevne - Galatasaray 3-0 (30-28 25-17 25-22) stats
Halkbank - İst.B.Şehir Belediyesi 1-3 (25-20 15-25 16-25 15-25) stats
SGK - MEF Okulları 3-0 (25-19 25-22 26-24) stats
Galatasaray - Maliye Milli Piyango 1-3 (25-23 19-25 17-25 20-25) stats
Fenerbahçe - Ziraat Bankası 1-3 (23-25 25-16 21-25 16-25) stats
Arkas Spor - Polis Akademisi 3-0 (25-17 25-20 25-18 ) stats
Belediye Plevne - Bozkurt Belediye 3-2 (21-25 25-19 25-22 18-25 15-13) stats
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Salmon Riley departs Ziraat Bank.
Due to continuing medical problems Salmon Riley, Olympic Gold Medal winner with his national team USA in the past 2008 Olympics, has come to a definite decision of going back to the United States to continue with the treatment for the condition that has afflicted him during the past months.
It all started in the middle of the first round when Riley was at a great level of play and helping Ziraat become a contender for the Aroma Voleybol Ligleri season 2008-2009 when suddenly he started to get sick of the stomach and after a couple of days his blood pressure started to spike for no apparent reason. Since then there have been more than plenty of studies done both in Turkey and also in the US and finally Riley and his doctors back home thought that he was getting better during the Christmas break and cleared him to start again. He came back to Turkey convinced that he was going to be able to help Ziraat in this second half of the season but as soon as he started practicing once again his blood pressure started spiking once more.
After more tests done in Turkey they have diagnosed him with Thyroid Disease. The treatment might involve surgery and that is why both Riley and Ziraat Bank Sports Club have agreed that he is free to go and continue with his treatment in his home back in the United States.
source: contrerasivan.com
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In Zirat Bank is playing now Vlado Aleksandrov from Chernomore BASK Varna
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I hope Riley will get well from that illness.