Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
Turkish 3.League - Week 21 Review
1Back to games in this group. Mardin was not immortal after all. The only unbeaten team of the Turkish leagues lost their first game of the season in 17th week. Silopi Cudi was the killer. Top teams Hakkari won at home and Batman Karşıyake in Kurtalan to retain their spots in top three. The fourth team Diyarbakır DİSKİ had a very difficult time beating last place Batman Demir. Elazığ Belediye scored 5 to Genç Telekom. Bitlis Özgüzeldere started showing signs of life. Their win over Bismil raised them two spots, but still in the relegation zone. Muş's an away point in Nusaybin didn't keep them from going to the 15th place. Batman Belediye kept pace with the top teams beating Diyarbakır Telekom. The team of the week: Silopi Cudispor K Next week: Bismil - Diyarbakır DİSKİ Yüksekova - Batman Belediye Diyarbakır Telekom - Elazığ Belediye Genç Telekom - Nusaybin Demir Mardin - Kurtalan Batman Karşıyaka - Bitlis Özgüzeldere Batman Demir - Hakkari Muş - Silopi Cudi
2Erzincan is still leading after getting an away point at Trabzon Telekom in the game of the week. The tie caused Trabzon to go down in the rankings and off the promotion zone. Rize Çay and Ordu kept scoring at each other. Ordu won the duel 4-3 to keep them off the bottom. Ünye jumped several spots after beating Pazarspor. Terme won finally after so many weeks over Arsin. Of claimed the fifth spot with a win over Çarşamba, pushing them to the relegation. Iğdır is getting used to the promotion spot. They beat Karabulak this week. In the other game, Giresun couldn't beat Bulancak at home and still in big danger. The team of the week: Orduspor K and Erzincanspor K Next week: Arsin - Ünye Pazar - Trabzon Telekom Divriği - Iğdır Karabulak - Rize Çay Ordu - Of Çarşamba - Giresun Bulancak - Terme Erzincan W/O Doğubeyazıt Bayburt bye
3All four top teams got good results. Adana Demir getting a tie in Niğde is two points more closer to their followers, since Mezitli beat Malatya Belediye, Kahramanmaraş beat Ceyhan, and Tarsus won at İskenderunspor's. Two bottom place teams are still fighting. Kozan beat Adıyaman and İskenderun DÇGM won in Silifke. Kilis lost to GASKİ at home. Şanlıurfa stopped Osmaniye's recent high-scoring success. The team of the week: İskenderun DÇGM Next week: Malatya Belediye - Silifke İskenderun DÇGM - GASKİ Kilis - Kozan Nevşehir - Kahramanmaraş Ceyhan - İskenderun Tarsus İdman Yurdu - Niğde Adana Demir - Şanlıurfa Osmaniye - Mezitli Adıyaman bye
4When Ankara demirspor was bye, Tokatspor used their chance well, beating Akçakoca and getting to the top spot. Kırşehir also kept pace beating Kilimli 3-0. Çankırı finally won again, this time at Kayseri Elektrik venue. Zonguldak is all of a sudden at 5th spot. They are getting better every week, but can they be any threat to the top teams? We'll see. EGO can be another team trying to get into the top teams. With the fixture advantage they may do that as well. Etimesgut had pulled Altındağ below to the danger area. Turhal won in Ereğli, but still 15th. Çorum is another team on the rise. The team of the week: Turhalspor K Next week: Merzifon - Kayseri Elektrik Kastamonu - Altındağ EGO - Etimesgut Saran Keskin - Zonguldak Çankırı - Tokat Ankara Demir - Karadeniz Ereğlisi Turhal - Kırşehir Kilimli - Çorum Akçakoca bye
5Kütahya and Uşak are running away. Kütahya beat Side 3-1 and Afyon won in Kemer 4-3. Alanya beat Afyon in the game of the week and exchange the places. In local derbies, Petrol Ofisi beat Keçiören, ESKİ beat Eskişehir Demir. After losing three points mid week with a TFF decision, Kepez lost another three in Aksaray. Last Sunday they were in third spot, this Sunday eight. Without TFF decision ASKİ would be in the relegation, losing again in Çubuk, but now they are three points better. And finally Karaman beat Seydişehir in the other game of the group. The team of the week: Alanyaspor K Next week: Petrol Ofisi - Alanya Afyon - Karaman Seydişehir - Kemer Konya Kartalı - Aksaray Kepez - Kütahya Side - Çubuk ASKİ - ESKİ Eskişehir Şeker - Keçiörengücü Uşak bye
6Aliağa Belediye got a valuable point in Muğla, but still went down two places in the rankings to 6th. On the other hand, Milas's valuable point in Dalaman meant two places up. PETKİM loaded the gun to Kuşadası, and Manisa to Fethiye. Mustafakemalpaşa's win over Merinos get them closer to Marmaris. Other relegation team Soma lost at Ayvalık. Akhisarjumped up with Balıkesir win, Bergama's win over Torbalı kept them at the same spot. The team of the week: Aliağa Belediye Next week: Soma - Muğla Aliağa Belediye - Mustafakemalpaşa Bursa Merinos - Dalaman Marmaris - Manisa Fethiye - PETKİM Kuşadası - Akhisar Balıkesir - Bergama Torbalı - Ayvalık Milas bye
7Bilecik was in İstanbul after the embrassing loss to Nişantaşı last week. They got a point from Üsküdar Anadolu this time. Yalova's win over Beykoz helped Maltepe most. 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: Yalovaspor Next wek: Mudurnu - gebze Bilecik - Sapanca Ayazağa - Eyüp Yalova - Nişaantaşı Beykoz - TOFAŞ Pendik - İzmit Bekirpaşa Maltepe - Körfez İnegöl - Üsküdar Anadolu
8While Küçükköy and Zeytinburnu sharing a point each, Beylerbeyi didn't give any to Beşyüzevler and Tecik didn't to Bayrampaşa in İstanbul derbies. The leader won again, this time in Gönen. Edirne scored 6 goals to Alibeyköy. Karagümrük was victorious over Bandırma and Tekirdağ over Lüleburgaz. The team of the week: Edirnespor K Next week: Beşyüzevler - Karagümrük Bandırma - Tekirdağ Lüleburgaz - Tepecik Kasımpaşa - Edirne Alibeyköy - Gönen Yıldırım Bosna - Küçükköy Gelibolu - Beylerbeyi Zeytinburnu W/O Çan Bayrampaşa bye