Speaking at the award ceremony, Mehmet Büyükekşi started his speech by expressing his condolences to those who lost their lives due to the terrorist attack on Beyoğlu Istiklal Street yesterday, and wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.
Emphasizing the importance of fair-play in football, Büyükekşi said, “The duty of all football clubs, from the amateur to the professional, to the presidents, managers, coaches, football players and even the fans, is to follow the rules of the game within the framework of fair play, which is the universal concept that beautifies sports for their teams, as in all areas of life. and to act with respect to the opposing team. In football, which has become one of the largest industries in the world, managers, coaches and football players should not forget that they are role models for millions of people, especially children and youth. Football, as a team sport, enables them to understand how necessary discipline, respect, team spirit and fair-play are in the game and in life. In this direction, all stakeholders of football act and speak that will set an example for our children and youth both on and off the field. It is very important for them to exhibit their actions.” used the phrases.
“To create a contemporary football culture, we must accept tolerance, peace and brotherhood as the most important values of football.” Mehmet Büyükekşi, who used his words, said, “As a federation that thinks that fair-play has a very important place in both developing and beautifying our football and increasing the brand value of our football, we aimed to reward the names of our league who act in accordance with these principles and to present them as role models to football fans. As the Federation, we want to give the right role models to the public, the football family, especially our children and youth, by setting an example and praising the good.” he said.
Stating that the Fair Play and Social Responsibility Board has started to determine the names worthy of the Spor Toto Super League’s Fair-Play/Fair Game award in 5 categories according to important criteria at regular intervals, Büyükekşi said, “As a result of the evaluation of the first 8 weeks of our league, the first Fair-Play / Fair Game of the season. The winners of the awards have been announced. We, as the federation, want to encourage the football players, coaches, clubs, club presidents and fans of the football family to fair-play by rewarding the award-winning names both morally and financially. By developing with the fair-play spirit of competition on the field I wish the quality and brand value of our football to increase. It is my greatest wish that the number of names who exhibit behaviors that will be nominated for the Fair-Play/Fair Game award will increase in the coming weeks of the season, and that our Fair Play and Social Responsibility Board will have difficulty in choosing which name to give an award due to the large number of candidates.” made its assessment.
TFF President added that the referees will shake the hands of both coaches and wish success before the matches from now on.
AWARDS
The following are the winners of the TFF Fair-Play/Fair Play Award:
Player Award: Uğurcan Çakır (Trabzonspor)
Coach Award: Çağdaş Atan (Yukatel Kayserispor)
Team Award: Demir Grup Sivasspor
President/Manager Award: Fatih Özgökçen (Konyaspor)
Fan Award: Medipol Başakşehir FK
Trabzonspor Captain Uğurcan Çakır, who received his award from TFF President Mehmet Büyükekşi, said, “We have been playing to win since our childhood, but we must be aware of the values that make us who we are. Our loyalty and respect to each other is very important to me. I am happy and proud for this award. It will be the most important award I can leave to my child. ” he said.
Ahmet Ağaoğlu, the president of the burgundy-blue club, who took the stage with Uğurcan Çakır and Trabzonspor Technical Director Abdullah Avcı, said:
“There is something I always want to highlight. Respect for the opponent, the field, the player and the fans. Above all, if an athlete respects himself, it becomes watchable in any branch. You can be a world star, but you need more to be an athlete. Mustafa As Kemal Atatürk said, ‘Athlete, intelligent, agile and moral.’ Actually, we all come here. I congratulate Uğurcan. We grew up together. He was the 3rd goalkeeper when I came. He was an exemplary athlete. I thank the President of the TFF for organizing this meaningful award ceremony.”
Cagdas Atan, who received the TFF Fair Play/Fair Game Coach Award from TFF President Mehmet Büyükekşi and A National Team Coach Stefan Kuntz, said: “It’s very nice to be here, it’s very special. Football is a very good game, I love football too. “As coaches, we are a part of this game. Our responsibility is to improve the game and the players we work with. I also work hard for this purpose. We will be happy if we contribute a little to Turkish football in this direction. We will continue to think and work on football for this cause from now on.” This award also created an awareness. I am not a coach who talks about referees, I only spoke after the Trabzonspor match, I guess we will not talk about it anymore.” used the phrases.
Stefan Kuntz, on the other hand, stated that he was very upset due to the terrorist attacks that took place yesterday and said, “I am not a hundred percent Turkish, I have a little bit of German language. At first, we received many calls from our environment about yesterday’s events, and they conveyed their condolences. I want to say this on behalf of my country. Turkish” I was wondering about the meaning of the name Çağdaş. It is very nice that modern movements are made by Çağdaş Bey. The behavior and actions of our Çağdaş teacher are like those at the highest level of football in contemporary nations. Most of the teachers are now evaluated with these attitudes and behaviors. His receiving this award is Turkish football and Turkish football. It’s an important issue for our league.” made its assessment.
Mecnun Otyakmaz, who took the stage on behalf of Demir Grup Sivasspor, who received the team award, said, “We want to shout that we condemn terrorism on behalf of Sivasspor. Condolences to our nation. Sivas is a beautiful city for football. We show hospitality to everyone who comes to Sivas. It made us very happy that this was appreciated. ” he said.
Sivasspor Coach Rıza Çalımbay made the following comments:
“Congratulations to all of us. It was a bad day. I congratulate our president of the federation. We, as coaches, do our job by going through a lot of difficulties. Sometimes we get good reactions, sometimes we get bad reactions. Everyone in football needs to respect each other. Sometimes things happen that we don’t want, but we have to finish well. “We must not lose our respect. We are a modest team. We went to Europe for three years in a row. We completed the group as the leader. We will bring a better end to this. We play our matches as if we are playing a national game in Europe.”
Award-winning Konyaspor President Fatih Özgökçen said, “We had a sad event yesterday. I want to convey our sorrows. We are trying to do the task better with such awards. We are making an effort to make this work better. We just need to reflect the beauty of football on the field. I thank everyone.” used the phrases.