Galatasaray defeated Fenerbahçe 3-0 in the 37th week of Spor Toto Super League. While the trophy ceremony was held after the fight, the yellow-red team lifted the championship trophy. Mehmet Büyükekşi, President of the Turkish Football Federation, who came to Nef Stadium for the ceremony, made a statement to the press. Congratulating Galatasaray, Büyükekşi said, “The 2022-2023 season ends next week. Galatasaray became the champion, today we awarded the trophy, congratulations. We hope it will participate in the next Champions League. This year was the year in which we collected the most points in Europe. Hopefully, they will pass by playing single elimination. If we can increase our points from now on, we want to qualify for the Champions League with two teams as in the past. That’s why Galatasaray has a lot of work this year to increase our points in Europe. There has been a lot of competition this year. We changed the play-off system with the new system we introduced in both the 1st League and the 2nd League. The 7th team played the play-offs. Likewise, we changed it in the 2nd and 3rd Leagues. The excitement continued until next week. Each year, it will benefit us and our teams both in terms of increasing the brand value of football in Turkey and in terms of broadcasting. I congratulate all the champion teams in particular. I wish them all success in the coming year,” he said.
“THE HEART OF THE WORLD WILL BEAT IN ISTANBUL”
Stating that the Champions League Final, which will be held in Istanbul on Saturday, June 10, is important for the 2028 and 2032 European Football Championship candidacy, Büyükekşi said, “We will host a very big cup next week on the 10th of the month. All our efforts, all our work is about him. Especially The heart of the world will beat in Istanbul on Saturday. That’s why we will host this cup in Istanbul in a very nice way. UEFA President, FIFA President and European federation presidents will come to Turkey as guests. Show them a very good hosting I and Hamit Altıntop will take the Champions League trophy there at 10:00 on Thursday. Performances for the participants, important artists will visit the cup in a festive atmosphere. We applied to host the 2028 and 2032 European Football Championships, October 10th. That’s why hosting the Champions League final is very important for us.Another thing that will make us happy is Hakan Çalhanoğlu, the captain of Inter and also the captain of our national team. Ilkay Gundogan is also the captain of Manchester City. Hopefully, the Champions League Cup will rise in the hands of a Turk. We are happy and proud for him.”