Football Season Guide

Goztepe

In


Noah Sonko Sundberg (def) Aris Thessalonica / Alex Matos (mid) Sheff Utd – loaned in / André Henrique (att) Gremio / Sinclair Armstrong (att) Bristol City / Rhaldney (mid) Alverca – loan ended / Tibet Durakçay (att) Menemen / Ibrahim Sabra (att) NK Lokomotiva / Gökdeniz Bayrakdar (att) Bodrum / Luka Gugeshashvili (gk) PAOK - loaned in / Arda Özçimen (gk) Bandirma - loan ended

Out


Jeh (sp) (att) Partizan – loaned out / İsmail Köybaşı (sp) (def) career end / Mateusz Lis (r) (gk) Lech Poznan / Ekrem Kılıçarslan (sp) (gk) Muglaspor / Héliton (sp) (def) contract ended / Uğur Kaan Yıldız (def) Kocaelispor / Ruan (mid) Sakaryaspor / Salem Bouajila (att) Mulaspor – loaned out

For the 2nd year running narrowly missed on Europe and a top 5 finish. Stayed 6th, only 2 points behind Basaksehir. For long looked bound to be in the top 4. Only champs Galatasray conceded fewer goals. Goztepe allowed only 32 in 34 rounds. GK Mateusz Lis had the league’s most clean sheets – 16. Forgot how to score goals come springtime though. This cost them the top 5 in the end. Juan was the only player to reach double digits, barely, for goals last season – 11. To try and help him more added 2 new CFs this summer already. Splashed the cash on both Henrique and Armstrong. Both of them should see the pitch often to justify their transfer fees. The league’s best GK last term Lis departed. His back-up Ekrem Kılıçarslan also left. Goztepe will have a brand new GK room but they are yet to sign replacements. Elsewhere kept the backbone of the team intact. If the new strikers can improve the overall scoring record and all the main regulars, the squad is small, stay healthy like they did last season Goztepe could be in for an even better campaign.

Target


Qualifying for Europe must be the goal. Any finish in the top 6 again will be a success.