From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match20 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Umraniyespor's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Umraniyespor has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Serkan Göksu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match20 Mar 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Fatih Karagumruk defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
135 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 48 days on the sidelines for Kubilay Aktaş, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Miguel Yuste
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Umraniyespor can pretend not to have heard.
Match30 Jan 2027
5 matches without a win for Umraniyespor
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Umraniyespor are no longer polite ones.
Match30 Jan 2027
Kasimpasa left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Emre Kaplan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A new face in his position, and Ismail Jakobs suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Umraniyespor have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Roberto Lezcano asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match23 Jan 2027
4 matches without a win for Umraniyespor
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Umraniyespor are no longer polite ones.
Match23 Jan 2027
1-2 to Sivasspor, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Enes Erkin makes his debut at 17
At 17 years old, Enes Erkin became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Steady
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 140% of everything Umraniyespor earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match26 Dec 2026
A 1-0 win over Fenerbahce, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Roberto Lezcano
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Marquinho asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Juan Casarini unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Juan Casarini has let it be known that he does not like the way Umraniyespor are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.
In brief
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Squad
Renato Nhaga named in the team of the week
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The terraces
The press have found their man in Renato Nhaga
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The terraces
Benny has his own song now
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match3 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Umraniyespor's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Umraniyespor has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
288% of the income goes out in wages at Umraniyespor
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Emre Kaplan gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Renato Nhaga named player of the month
The award goes to Renato Nhaga, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Match3 Oct 2026
A 1-1 draw with Gaziantep leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market5 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Umraniyespor
Miguel Yuste arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.