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2023

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  11.10.2023 UEFA: Official announcement of EURO 2028 and EURO 2032 hosts

  UEFA has officially announced that the UK and Ireland will host the European Football Championships in 2028, while Italy and Turkey will co-host the event in 2032.

2022

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  01.04.2022 Turkey: Galatasaray stadium gets Guinness listed

  Thanks to the installation of a giant solar power plant, the Istanbul stadium has made it into the Guinness Book of Records. The nearly 10,500 solar panels covering the roof of the Galatasaray venue generate an impressive 4.3 megawatts of power.

2021

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  15.09.2021 Istanbul: Galatasaray upgrading Türk Telekom Stadium

  New playing field in place, 50,000+ seats being repainted, while one of the largest stadium solar power plants is being installed on top of the venue. But fans would gladly see more changes.

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  26.03.2021 Turkey: Galatasaray's stadium more ecological

  Galatasaray focuses on ecology and invests in renewable energy sources. A solar power plant will be built on the roof of the Türk Telekom Stadium, which will be one of the largest installations of this type in the world.

2020

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  31.01.2020 Turkey: Standing legalised across all leagues

  After years of the all-seater rule, Turkey has moved towards a more open approach. Following legal changes from 2019 and early 2020 stadia can now function also without individual seats in some areas.

2019

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  09.09.2019 Istanbul: Galatasaray planning capacity increase

  Two consecutive championship titles, new season ticket record. No wonder that Galatasaray are, according to Sabah, contemplating ways to expand the stadium. It might prove viable to reach 60,000 seats with no ingeration in main structure of the building.

2018

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  04.11.2018 Istanbul: Young fan dies on derby night

  Friday was supposed to be a night of fierce rivalry on the field and it was indeed. However, the focus has since shifted to what happened in the away enclosure of Galatasaray's stadium. Young student collapsed and was beyond saving.

2017

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  27.05.2017 Turkey: Erdoğan wants, Erdoğan gets – no 'arenas' in Turkey

  In an unexpected and somewhat childish move the president of Turkey declared the word 'arena' banned from Turkish stadium names. Galatasaray was the first one to comply.

2016

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  02.09.2016 10+ Ranking: Europe’s most popular clubs by attendance

  We’ve listed all 227 clubs that draw an average of 10,000 people or more every day. Which teams from your country are on the list?

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  03.03.2016 Turkey: Passolig to stay, even if limited

  In the second verdict regarding supporters’ application against the Passolig card system Ankara’s consumer court had a less positive decision for fans than they expected.

2015

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  18.12.2015 Turkey: Supporters win against Passolig!

  Neither Italian, nor Polish fans enjoyed similar success in their fight against fan ID cards. But in Turkey this week the Supreme Court ruled that the Passolig system is not legal and should be waived.

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  15.10.2015 Euro Qualifiers: England, Poland and Germany on top

  Perhaps surprisingly, the three most-supported national teams during Euro 2016 qualifiers were England, Poland and Germany. In that order! Italy and Spain left well behind, while Austria strived.

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  29.07.2015 10+ Ranking 2015: Attendances in Europe (Part 2. The Clubs)

  Borussia, Barca and Man United – lovely dominant trio. But it wasn’t them who gained most fans last season. Check all 217 clubs that draw an average crowd of 10,000+!

2014

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  28.11.2014 Turkey: Fans not letting go, stadiums still empty

  TV cameras aren’t showing the stands too much anymore, because there’s nothing to show. Stadiums are half-empty at best, while supporters took their case to the Supreme Court.

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  29.09.2014 Turkey: Empty stadiums, fans in court

  Beşiktaş drew only about 2,000 people to the country’s largest stadium. Galatasaray witnessed a 9,000 turnout. Numbers sound worse in smaller clubs. Meanwhile fans challenge the new fan ID cards in court.

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  06.08.2014 10+ Ranking: Here are the best European clubs by attendance

  There are 229 clubs in Europe enjoying on average 10,000 spectators and more. We list all of them to show the Continent’s most magnetic teams. Some fanbases really deserve praise for their participation, right Rangers/Portsmouth?

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  08.05.2014 Turkey: Court suspends controversial fan cards

  Italian or Polish football fans never heard this kind of good news, but in Turkey things seem more positive. The 16th Court of Ankara ruled to suspend Passolig, the system forcing each supporter to provide sensitive data to get inside any stadium within two top leagues.

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  23.04.2014 Turkey: Supporters protest new fan cards

  Just like the Italian “Tessera del Tifoso”, new Turkish Passolig card causes huge controversies. Fans across the country boycott games and take into the streets.

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  15.02.2014 Istanbul: Beşiktaş to join richest clubs with Vodafone Arena?

  The Istanbul Eagles hope to reach $50-60 million from skybox sales alone. Adding that to new sponsorship deals, Beşiktaş hope to reduce the economic gap very soon, joining the world’s richest clubs.

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  06.02.2014 Finances: Matchday revenue top 20

  It may be a global report, but only European clubs from six countries were able to reach the top 20 list of richest football teams. Each of them earns well over €100 million per year with a fifth of that revenue coming from stadium matchday use.