Galatasaray, one of the teams representing Türkiye in Europe, passed Italy’s Juventus team in the last 16 play-off rounds of the UEFA Champions League and advanced to the last 16 rounds. Samsunspor, which takes part in the UEFA Conference League, continued on its way by eliminating North Macedonia representative Shkendija in the last 16 play-off rounds.
Fenerbahçe, competing in the last 16 play-off rounds of the UEFA Europa League, was eliminated by the English representative Nottingham Forest.
The yellow-red team will play the first match of the last 16 rounds of the “Giants League” against Liverpool or Tottenham at home on March 10 or 11, and the rematch will be away on March 17 or 18. Samsun representative will play the last 16 round matches in the Conference League with Shakhtar Donetsk or Rayo Vallecano on 12 and 19 March.
For this reason, the matches between Göztepe-Galatasaray and Çaykur Rizespor-Samsunspor, which were to be held on 17, 18 or 19 March in the 27th week of the Super League, were postponed.
TFF BROUGHT THE FIXTURE FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM
Turkish Football Federation (TFF) had brought forward the 27th week matches of the Super League by three days for the play-off competitions of the National Football Team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The crescent-star team will face Romania at home on Thursday, March 26, in the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifications play-off round. If the national team overcomes the obstacle of Romania, they will play away against the winner of the Slovakia-Kosovo match in the final on Tuesday, March 31.
TFF moved the 27th week matches, which were to be played on 20, 21 and 22 March, to 17, 18 and 19 March in order for the National Team to work together more and to prevent the national football players playing in the Turkish leagues from getting worn out before the Romanian match.
In the statement of the decision, the Turkish Football Federation announced that if the teams competing in the European cups advance to the last 16 rounds of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League, which will be played on March 17, 18 and 19, the league matches they will play in the 27th week will be postponed to a later date.
