Çaykur Rizespor Coach Recep Uçar said that they want to complete the season at the best point by getting good results in the remaining matches in the Super League.
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Safa Koçoğlu Gürsoy, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, TFF Deputy President Mecnun Otyakmaz, Çaykur Rizespor Club President İbrahim Turgut, coach Recep Uçar, Rizespor football players, Black Sea team and TFF board members and guests attended the iftar program organized by the green-blue club in a hotel in Kalamış.
President İbrahim Turgut and coach Recep Uçar made statements to the press after the program.
Recalling that they came together in the program organized by the club, Uçar said, “For me, it was perhaps one of the biggest and most beautiful organizations I have participated in during this three-month period. Such organizations are organizations that enable communities to integrate and bond. Maybe, apart from our stuck lives in the facility and training field, such organizations remind us of how big the community is and how big the duty and responsibility is on us. We were very happy for this. We were very happy for this. A person who loves Rizespor, carries that love in his heart, and has previously served as president and manager. “It really made me happy to come together with people who had at least one thing in common, being Rizespor fans. We would like to thank President İbrahim Bey, who organized the organization, and our board of directors. I hope that we, as Rizespor, will make the community happy at the end of the year with the results we achieved.” he said.
Stating that the Ziraat Turkish Cup is an important goal for them, the 50-year-old coach said, “We started well with the Gaziantep FK match in the group stage, but the subsequent Erzurumspor FK and Beyoğlu Yeni Çarşı matches cannot be explained by me. As long as our bet continues mathematically, we will pursue our bet until the end. The opponent is Beşiktaş. The league leader of 2026 with its results. It is a team that has been in great form in the last weeks. Even though our chances seem to be less than some teams, we say “As long as our mathematical luck continues, we want to chase until the last moment and get out of the group, hopefully we can achieve this on March 4.” he said.
Emphasizing that they are a developing team, Recep Uçar said, “Believe me, we could not reflect the results of some of the matches we played in the past on the score. We started to get scores especially in the last two weeks. This made us and our community happy. I hope it will continue. We still have a long way to go. Where we are yet does not make us happy or satisfied in the league. Our biggest desire is to collect the points in the remaining 10 weeks and finish the league in a place that can make Rizespor fans happy.” made his assessment.
Coach Uçar concluded his speech with the following words:
“Each of our players is valuable. In fact, sometimes it is quite normal for coaches to be on the lookout, especially in the teams they have just joined. They want to be at an equal distance to everyone and give them a chance. We had a camp, and then we played matches. As I said, some of them were unlucky for us. For the first time, we played with the same 11 in two consecutive matches. This week, for example, we have a suspended player. Another friend of ours will probably take charge, but no matter who he is, he will want to carry the flag in the best possible way. Of course, if the results are good, this will enable us to achieve stability at certain points.”
İBRAHİM TURGUT: “RIZESPOR IS A TEAM THAT IS THE HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE OF RİZE”
Çaykur Rizespor Club President İbrahim Turgut stated that the Black Sea team dreams that all 11 players on the field are local.
Underlining that they go to all matches with the motto of victory, Turgut said, “We are trying to do what needs to be done in order for Rizespor to be successful in all matches and rise to the top. Rizespor is a team that tries to be the voice of Anatolia and makes the people of Rize happy. Hopefully, we will go to all the matches with the motto of victory and try to win. We always want the best for Rizespor. But this year’s fixtures should also be taken into consideration. Of course, our hearts are for Rizespor in Europe and more.” “Good things pass, but we need to think about them with reason and logic.” he said.
Emphasizing that the Black Sea representative is not at a bad point, İbrahim Turgut said, “What we want is much better. Our coach is a quality coach that we value. We aim for Rizespor to reach a much better point than where it is.” he said.
Turgut, the president of the green-blue club, said, “What we wish is that all 11 players on the field are local, but you have to act according to the country’s football. I even dream that all 11 players of Rizespor are from Rize.” He concluded his words with the following statements.
