Invitation from Akhisarspor to Hatayspor – Football News

President Özay Alkan, who took office in the extraordinary congress held in Akhisarspor last month, invited Hatayspor to the district to play their home matches in the new season at Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium. Hatayspor Technical Director Volkan Demirel came to Akhisar upon the invitation of the green-blacks and toured the facilities and the stadium. Akhisarspor President Özay Alkan presented Demirel with the jersey on which his name was written.

Regarding the invitation made to Hatayspor, Akhisarspor management said, «Our President Özay Alkan invited Hatayspor, who was badly affected by the earthquake disaster and trying to heal their wounds, to Akhisar to play their matches in Akhisar next season. Hatayspor Technical Director, who had the opportunity to visit our facilities today. After the positive meetings with Volkan Demirel, we will share the developments with you, our esteemed fans. A beautiful person who is remembered with his sensitivity, our door is always open to you.»

Akhisarspor’s Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium with a capacity of 12 thousand spectators was opened on 28 January 2018.

THEY EXPERIENCED THE DISASTER

One day before the earthquake, Christian Atsu from Hatayspor and Sporting Director Taner Savut, who scored the winning goal of their team in the 90+7th minute of the Kasımpaşa match in the Yeni Hatay Stadium in the Super League, in the first 7.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred at 04:17 in the morning on 6 February. They lost their lives under the rubble of the Renaissance Residence, which was destroyed in the same year. Some players and coaches from Hatay came out of the same wreck on their own on the first day. Hatayspor Technical Director Volkan Demirel announced the extent of the destruction in the region with his call on social media after the earthquake and called for help. After the disaster, Hatayspor and Gaziantep FK in the Super League, as well as many teams in 11 provinces that experienced great destruction, withdrew from the league for this season.

SERIES OVER

After reaching the threshold of the amateur cluster in the TFF 3rd League 3rd Group, Akhisarspor, which went out with 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 4 weeks, put a hard brake on Bergama Belediyespor away. The green-black team, which lost its opponent with a different result of 5-0, remained in the second place from the last with 24 points in the group. Following the withdrawal of 2 teams from the group after the earthquake disasters, it was announced that 1 team would be relegated instead of 3 at the end of the season.