Kocaelispor Club submitted an investigation to the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and the Central Referee Board to conduct an investigation against the referee of the Manisa FK match, Mehmet Ali Özer, VAR Referee Onur Özütoprak and AVAR Referee Bülent Birincioğlu, and not to take part in any competition until a final decision is made during the investigation. (MHK) applied.
In the 18th week of the TFF 1st League, Kocaelispor was defeated 2-1 away by Manisa FK. After the match, the president of the green-black team, Engin Koyun, held a press conference about the referees who worked in the match today. Kocaelispor applied to TFF and MHK after the press conference. In the statement made on the club’s official social media account, it was stated that “The referee Mehmet Ali Özer, the match VAR referee Onur Özütoprak and the match AVAR referee Bülent Birincioğlu, who were in charge of the Manisa FK match we played yesterday, were all made against our club, which was a horrifying and most horrific incident that could not be explained with reason and understanding.” “An official application has been made to the Central Referee Board and the General Secretariat of the Turkish Football Federation with the document number “2024/3″ in order to conduct an investigation due to, to put it mildly, scandalous mistakes and for the persons mentioned not to take part in any competitions until a final decision is made during the investigation.” expressions were used.