Mamadou Ba

Central Midfielder - Free Agent
18 Dec 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Mamadou Ba

45 Edition

The Erzurumspor Courier

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Patric Calmon asks to leave Erzurumspor

“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.

Transfer targets

Erzurumspor make their move for Almir Aganspahić

$1.6M on the table at Boluspor. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

The dugout

Mamadou Ba keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Erzurumspor may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Almir Aganspahić

Erzurumspor asked and Boluspor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Martín Rodríguez wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Erzurumspor know it.

Squad

Tempers go at Erzurumspor

Giovanni Crociata 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.

Market

Eyes on İlkan Sever again

The phone has started ringing about İlkan Sever again, and this time the name on the line is Bandirmaspor. Erzurumspor are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market

Mustafa Fettahoğlu is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Erzurumspor has been clear about where Mustafa Fettahoğlu stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

Fernando Andrade 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.

In brief

Back issues
15 Edition

The Erzurumspor Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Erzurumspor bow out of the cup

Samsunspor go through and Erzurumspor go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Martín Rodríguez

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

4 matches without a win for Erzurumspor

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Erzurumspor are no longer polite ones.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Erzurumspor

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Martín Rodríguez 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 Erzurumspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Erzurumspor

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hamza Güreler was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Hamza Güreler

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hamza Güreler, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Fernando Andrade was the difference for Erzurumspor

Marked 7.22. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout

Gokhan Yildirim: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

In brief