Was there a rule violation in the Adana Demirspor-Galatasaray match?
In the 34th week of the Süper Lig, Galatasaray was the guest of Adana Demirspor. In the first half of the match, the home team's Semih Güler was injured and replaced by Manev. Following this substitution, it was alleged that Adana Demirspor did not have 3 domestic players on the pitch, constituting a rule violation.
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It has been alleged that the home team committed a rule violation during the Süper Lig week 34 match where Galatasaray was the guest of Adana Demirspor.
RULE VIOLATION ALLEGATION
In the 11th minute of the match for Adana Demirspor, Semih Güler was injured and left the game, being replaced by Manev. Following this substitution, it was alleged that Adana Demirspor was left with only one domestic player on the pitch.
In addition to Yusuf Erdoğan, who was on the pitch for Adana Demirspor, Yusuf Barasi also holds domestic status. On the other hand, Azerbaijani goalkeeper Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev is not considered a foreign player due to the foreign player rule updated by the TFF at the beginning of the season.
WHAT DOES THE FOREIGN PLAYER RULE SAY?
"In addition to the 14 players who are not eligible to play for the Turkey A National Football Team and are written on the A Team List as stipulated in the first paragraph, clubs may also sign contracts with and register a maximum of 1 player who is a citizen of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and a maximum of 1 player who does not have eligibility to play for the Turkey A National Football Team but holds Turkish citizenship or a blue card, and include them on the A Team List during the transfer and registration periods."