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Turkish football club Galatasaray failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League after they lost to the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven 2-1 in the second leg of the second qualifying round on July 28. 

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The Champions League final will be held in Istanbul on May 29 as planned despite a coronavirus surge in Turkey which has led to the country announcing a third lockdown, UEFA told AFP on April 30. 

Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe claimed a critical away for the title race by sealing a 2-1 win against Medipol Başakşehir on April 18. 

Ömer Ali Şahiner scored the opener for the home side at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium but visitors equalized through Attila Szalai's goal in the first half.

Following Okan Buruk's exit, Medipol Başakşehir has reached an "agreement in principle" for Aykut Kocaman to take over as manager, the club said on Jan. 31.

Details of the 55-year-old Turkish manager's deal will be disclosed on Feb. 1, the reigning Süper Lig champions said on Twitter.

Medipol Başakşehir drew 2-2 with Kasımpaşa on Dec. 27 in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Başakşehir's Nacer Chadli broke the deadlock in the 27th minute, but Yusuf Erdoğan equalized the game in the 36th minute at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium.

In the 42nd minute, the away side were down to 10 men as Aytaç Kara was sent off.

Fenerbahçe scored four unanswered goals to beat Medipol Başakşehir 4-1 at home on Dec. 24 in a Süper Lig clash.

Mahmut Tekdemir found the net to give the away team an early 1-0 lead in the sixth minute at Ülker Stadium.

But Nazım Sangare equalized the match in first-half stoppage time.

Walking off the pitch during a EUFA Champions League game between Turkey's Medipol Başakşehir and France's Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on Dec. 8 as a protest against the racist remark by one of the referees was a "milestone," said Pierre Webo, Başakşehir's assistant manager.

Turkish football club Medipol Başakşehir have demanded from UEFA a life-long ban on referees who passed racist remarks on the team's assistant manager Pierre Webo.

UEFA Champions League match between France's Paris Saint-Germain and Turkey's Medipol Başakşehir late on Dec. 9 was paused after an alleged racist remark targeting the Turkish club's technical staff.

In the 17th minute of the match at Parc des Princes, Başakşehir assistant manager Pierre Webo from Cameroon argued with the referee of the match about a position.

Medipol Başakşehir's Turkish midfielder Irfan Can Kahveci has been selected for the UEFA Champions League Team of the Week on Dec. 3 for his hat-trick against RB Leipzig Wednesday night.

UEFA announced the Champions League team of the week five on its website as Kahveci, 25, who scored three goals in Wednesday's match against Germany's Leipzig, was picked for it.