SOURCE: Todays Zaman
Fenerbahçe is heading to Syria today for a friendly against Al Ittihad -- an Aleppo team -- on the occasion of the opening of the Aleppo Olympic Stadium.
The Yellow Canaries will be flying to Aleppo with a chartered plane for the game that will take place on Tuesday April 3rd around noon. The Fenerbahçe entourage is set to include Chairman Aziz Yıldırım and administrators, along with other guests. The friendly, which will start at 7:45 p.m. will be broadcast live on Fox TV. The team last visited Syria 56 years ago when they played three matches. Information obtained from the team's Web site indicates that on June 8th of 1951 the team went to Syria, and in a game against a Damascus team defeated the home team 6-2, followed by a 2-2 draw with Cercle De La Jeunesse on June 10. The Yellow Canaries also defeated Vaspouragan 6-2 on June 12 in their third game against a Syrian team.
Fenerbahçe is heading to Syria today for a friendly against Al Ittihad -- an Aleppo team -- on the occasion of the opening of the Aleppo Olympic Stadium.
The Yellow Canaries will be flying to Aleppo with a chartered plane for the game that will take place on Tuesday April 3rd around noon. The Fenerbahçe entourage is set to include Chairman Aziz Yıldırım and administrators, along with other guests. The friendly, which will start at 7:45 p.m. will be broadcast live on Fox TV. The team last visited Syria 56 years ago when they played three matches. Information obtained from the team's Web site indicates that on June 8th of 1951 the team went to Syria, and in a game against a Damascus team defeated the home team 6-2, followed by a 2-2 draw with Cercle De La Jeunesse on June 10. The Yellow Canaries also defeated Vaspouragan 6-2 on June 12 in their third game against a Syrian team.