With the Galatasaray - Çorum match, which will be played tonight at 20:30, the 2026/2027 edition of the Turkish Super League in football begins.
The Turkish championship is of great importance for the Kosovo national football team, like never before. This is due to the fact that important Kosovo players are part of Turkish clubs. Important Albanian players also play in Turkey.
The transfer of Mohamed Salah to Trabzonspor, Romelu Lukaku to Fenerbahçe and several other transfers have made the Turkish championship have great international attention. Especially Salah's transfer to Trabzonspor, after making history with Liverpool, has been followed with great fanfare.
One of the most important transfers is that of Vedat Muriqi from Mallorca to Fenerbahçe. Muriqi excelled in the last edition of La Liga and is expected to score many goals in the Turkish Super League. The preparatory phase was not the best for the Dardanian star. He suffered an injury in the first days of the preparatory phase and was absent for many weeks. He has since returned and is expected to be ready.
Fenerbahçe has a star-studded squad and is aiming to reclaim its title. Fenerbahçe was last crowned Turkish champion in 2014.
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As part of the first round, Fenerbahçe plays away against Gençlerbirligi on Saturday at 20:30.
Galatasaray have won four consecutive titles and have not made many transfers in the transfer window. However, they have retained the composition of last season, including star player Victor Osimhen.
Galata is once again expected to be a contender for the championship title.
Another famous team from Istanbul, Besiktas, has also made sensational reinforcements. Besiktas plays Milot Rashica, but his future is not entirely clear. Throughout the summer there have been reports of a possible departure of the winger. In Turkey, the transfer window ends on September 4.
Besiktas hosts Eyupspor on Sunday at 20:30.
Amedspor from Diyarbakir will compete for the first time in the Super League. And the Albanian presence in this club is as big as in any other. Besnik Hasi is the coach of Amedspor, while two Kosovo representatives have also been transferred to this team, defender Lumbardh Dellova and winger Ermal Krasniqi.
Amedspor will play Erzurumspor on Sunday at 20:30. The interest in Diyarbakir for this match is extraordinary. 28 thousand tickets were sold in a few minutes, Turkish media reported. Many fans who were left without tickets are outraged.
Alanyaspor already has experienced players in Fidan Aliti and Florent Hadërgjonaj, two other Kosovo representatives.
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Ernest Muçi is Salah's teammate at Trabzonspor, while Ylber Ramadani has chosen the Çorum team. This team is also competing for the first time in the Turkish elite. Ramadani and Muçi are important players for Albania, as is Qazim Laçi of Rizespor. North Macedonia captain Enis Bardhi is at Konyaspor. There are several other Albanians in the Turkish elite clubs.
Turkey continues to be known for its large number of fans and their passionate support. The biggest international stars still decide to come to Turkey only at the end of their careers. But quality players from all over the world, including Kosovo, choose Turkey because of the large amount of money, passionate fans and interesting competition.
