Turkey’s Fenerbahce consider exit from Super Lig after players attacked

Trabzonspor coach Abdullah Avci said on Sunday Turkish football is “going through a period … now completely fed by chaos, where tensions are constantly high, and where we cannot use the healing power of football”.

Fenerbahce manager Ismail Kartal said: “I don’t understand why this place is so tense. Don’t we have the right to celebrate? We need to overcome these things. We need to be tolerant towards each other and have common sense.

“We are in contact with our representatives and state authorities regarding the incidents that took place during and after the match,” The Turkish Football Federation said in a statement.

“No-one should have any doubt that after the investigations are completed, the necessary penal sanctions will be imposed on those responsible [for the violence] to prevent the repetition of such incidents.”

Fenerbahce are second in the standings on 79 points from 30 games, two points behind Galatasaray and 30 clear of third-placed Trabzonspor. 

Reuters