In the 2nd week of the UEFA Conference League, Samsunspor defeated Dynamo Kiev 3-0. After the match, Samsunspor President Yüksel Yıldırım made a statement to the press members. President Yıldırım said, “I would like to thank the great Samsunspor fans. 13 thousand 800 fans who came to the stadium today and supported us. We wish we could have had more, but it happened like this. They supported us for 90 minutes. In return for this support, they created an incredible atmosphere with my team and players, of which I am proud, and today, as Samsunspor, we gave Türkiye a night of pride again. When we came here, no one believed in us, did not give us a chance. What is Samsunspor doing, going to Europe? It will be eliminated, it will happen like this.” like this It will happen. I’ll say shame on those who think like this. Because we are truly creating a legend here. We work hard, we do things knowingly. The transfers we made like this are showing on the field today. We said we are not recruiting star players. We are recruiting players who will become stars. Today everyone watched what kind of a team Samsunspor is. I felt incredibly proud of my players, my fans and my coach. I’m incredibly happy. After 27 years, we are in a European cup. It’s the first match at home and the first match is 3-0. We finished the match with the score. There will be more to come, let me tell you. Hopefully, if we pass the match in Malta without any accidents, we will make it 3 out of 3 and guarantee the next round with 9 points, but Samsunspor has a goal here. We established the team for this goal. Both in the league and in Europe. Our goal in Europe was to make it to the last 24 and then the last 16. Maybe if it continues like this, we aim to finish in the top 8 now. We expanded our target. Yesterday Galatasaray won 3-1, today Fenerbahçe won with a clear score of 1-0 and Samsun won with a clear score of 3-0. “It brought 9 points to our country, so 3 teams,” he said.
‘SAMSUNSPOR LEGEND IS COMING BACK’
Stating that there could be excitement in the first match, President Yıldırım said, “I wanted 1-0 to be ours. I really agreed with 1-0. Then you play with a rival like Dynamo Kiev. In other words, they came with the champions after being eliminated again. They have been playing in the European arena for years. These are teams that have made a name for themselves in Europe. Samsunspor’s first 2 matches were very difficult and today we did not concede any goals in 2 matches, we scored 4 goals. This means that me, the management and my team are doing some things right. The players are also doing things right.” They became an incredible family. I met with them before the match. I wished them all success. They said hopefully, “President, we will do what is necessary.” I would like to thank the great Samsunspor fans and all of them who came and supported us at this time of the night. We had a meeting with TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu about football. He called about the stadiums where the Super Cup matches will be played. Then he said, ‘I will come to Samsun. “I want to watch the match,” he said. I was surprised, ‘President, then let’s come together. Be my guest. “Honor me,” I said. We would also be sending a message to the football world and especially to the Samsun-Trabzon friendship. Today, he came here with 5 businessmen from Trabzon. I also had with me the former President of the Croatian Football Federation, Davos Suker. Ali Ağaoğlu is my brother. I love him. We watched the match together. Our president, İbrahim, is a president who will come running to support everyone for Turkish football, he has no ego. He played the match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. while watching We are incredibly happy. I am that kind of person, so I support the Turkish team whichever Turkish team plays in Europe. We will run in 2 lanes and go to the end. “The legend of Samsunspor is coming back,” he said.