The Antalyaspor Herald
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Nikola Storm
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match29 Aug 2026
Abdülkadir Ömür wins it after the whistle should have gone
97 minutes played. Abdülkadir Ömür found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Sivasspor went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Market31 Aug 2026
Antalyaspor say no — this time
The offer from Gaziantep for Lautaro Giannetti was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market31 Aug 2026
Bahadır Öztürk asks to leave Antalyaspor
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Antalyaspor make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Antalyaspor have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sander van de Streek falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match29 Aug 2026
Abdülkadir Ömür the difference as Antalyaspor beat Sivasspor
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Abdülkadir Ömür. 2‑1 against Sivasspor, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Samet Karakoç
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Samuel Ballet at his very best
Marked 8.16. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Antalyaspor.
In brief
- Squad Antalyaspor lose Amer Yaqoob
- Squad Serhiy Kryvtsov left out for tactical reasons at Antalyaspor
- Squad Somebody is after Yohan Boli’s shirt