The Kocaelispor Herald
Match14 Aug 2027
At last: Kocaelispor win one
10 matches without a win, and then this, against Basaksehir. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Serhat Öztaşdelen says Kocaelispor went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Bruno Petković 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 Kocaelispor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Kocaelispor
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Kocaelispor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anfernee Dijksteel is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
The crowd has taken to Mamadou Doumbia
At 21 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Kocaelispor promote Okay Akgun from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Okay Akgun 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Kocaelispor promote Mert Unal from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mert Unal 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Sinan Dervisoglu steps up from the Kocaelispor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sinan Dervisoglu 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.
In brief
- Market Murat Under steps up from the Kocaelispor academy
- Match Dan Agyei sends Kocaelispor past Basaksehir
- Player ratings Yusuf Özdemir beats them one at a time