The Giresunspor Gazette
Match12 Dec 2026
Nowhere to hide for Giresunspor
0‑8 against Basaksehir, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Simão Bertelli keeps Giresunspor in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Cássio keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Giresunspor may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Chibuike Nwaiwu 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 Giresunspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Dec 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Giresunspor and Basaksehir in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match12 Dec 2026
Giresunspor cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market14 Dec 2026
Serdar Guler steps up from the Giresunspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Serdar Guler has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market14 Dec 2026
Giresunspor promote Merih Kokcu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Merih Kokcu has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Kévin Rocheteau 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Şahin Kalınsazlıoğlu
- Boardroom Doors closed at Giresunspor
- The dugout The view from the dugout