Fenerbachse: Thoughts of leaving Turkey’s championship after the Trumpzonspor headquarters incidents

The incredible outburst of violence, with clashes between her fans and players—after the match between the two teams in Trabzonda—at the time when the latter celebrated their victory, entered the “agenta of the extraordinary general assembly of Olympiacos’ opponent in the Conference League quarterfinals. Fenerbahce will consider leaving Turkey’s league, after the attack received by its Trumpzonspor fans, in its away win, Super Lig team announced today (18.03.2024). Trumpzonspor fans invaded the field and faced Fenerbachse’s security forces and football players after their team was defeated by 3–2, Sunday (17.03.2024), in the last incident of a league marked by controversy this season. Fenerbachse will hold an extraordinary General Assembly on April 2, as decided today (18/3) by the Board of Directors. This will assess the actions to be taken after the incident “including the departure of our football team from Super Lig”, reported in a club announcement. The team’s president, Ali Kots in an interview he gave, stressed that the team’s General Assembly would be to leave the league and participate in the lowest category, in case the Turkish League decides to punish its players who participated in the episodes. FIFA President Gianni Infantino condemned the incident earlier, saying violence in Turkish Super Lig is “unacceptable”. At the same time, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Gerlicaya announced the start of an investigation into the detection of fans entering the field Fenerbahce’s general secretary, Burak Kizilhan, invited club fans to calm down after this episode, which is added to the long list of violence that has stigmatized Turkish football. As is known the national championship was discontinued for a week in December, after the president of Ankaragatsu attacked a referee in the last whistle of a first-class race. In fact, it was the same referee, Khalil Umut Meler, who arbitration Sunday night in Trabzon. Fenerbahce is second in the score with 79 points in 30 matches, two points behind Galatasaray and 30 from third Trumpzonspor.