Marked for Murat Eser
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match2 Jan 2027
0‑5 to Besiktas, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market4 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Adana Demirspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Jan 2027
François-Joseph Sollacaro was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yusuf Demirkıran, and the manager let it.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Nobody left the Adana Demirspor dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Ahmet Yılmaz named player of the month
The award goes to Ahmet Yılmaz, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Squad4 Jan 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Murat Eser knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
A mark of 5.31 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
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Crisis
Squad28 Dec 2026
A one-man rearguard from Murat Eser
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match26 Dec 2026
A 1‑4 beating by Galatasaray was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market28 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Adana Demirspor, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Ali Fidan in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Adana Demirspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Nobody left the Adana Demirspor dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Güven Yalçın was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Dec 2026
15 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match19 Dec 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Berkan Kutlu, and the manager let it.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.25 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Upbeat
Squad14 Dec 2026
A one-man rearguard from Murat Eser
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
48 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Güven Yalçın in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Adana Demirspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match12 Dec 2026
It finished 3‑2, and it was Uriel Iehara’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Adana Demirspor.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Uriel Iehara is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.20 with 14 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Steady
Match11 Nov 2026
Out, 1‑1 to Kasimpasa, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Adana Demirspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Marked 8.34 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
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Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Güven Yalçın in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Adana Demirspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Osman Kaynak, and the manager let it.
Match5 Sep 2026
It needed Ahmet Yılmaz to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Fatih Karagumruk, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Uriel Iehara has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Adana Demirspor will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
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Uneasy
Squad31 Aug 2026
Fernando was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market31 Aug 2026
A season-long audition: Estudiantes still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Adana Demirspor's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Adana Demirspor would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
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Crisis
Match22 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑3 by Besiktas, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market24 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done: Güven Yalçın joins from Alanyaspor in a deal worth $2.8M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Fernando in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Adana Demirspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Murat Eser, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Adana Demirspor, and it is a cruel one.
Market24 Aug 2026
The shop window has Murat Eser in it
Adana Demirspor have let the market know Murat Eser can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Fernando still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Adana Demirspor would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Kürşat Küçük hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Adana Demirspor can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Murat Eser and Adana Demirspor agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kürşat Küçük was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yücel Gürol, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Adana Demirspor, another week without a signature from Berkan Kutlu.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Murat Eser knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Adana Demirspor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kürşat Küçük and Adana Demirspor agree another 4 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Kürşat Küçük
Still no offer on the table, and Kürşat Küçük’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mert Menemencioğlu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.