Becoming the first brothers to win the Euros together was only a small part of the career achievements of Erwin and Ronald Koeman
Underwhelming across multiple stints abroad, the Yakins would secure celebrated status within the borders of their native Switzerland
With a surname meaning “golden ball”, one Altıntop would appear for some of the biggest clubs, whilst the other stayed in their birth nation
Circumstances meant Johan Micoud didn’t get the acclaim his talent deserved, but the adulation of those in Bremen more than makes up for it
For the first time in four decades, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahce or Galatasaray aren’t playing in Europe. What has gone wrong for Turkey’s Big Three?
After how unpredictable 2020 has proved, surely lightning cannot strike Demirspor and their anti-establishment fans a tenth time?
For Kocaelispor supporters, their team is so much more than just a football club. As they say here, “love does not have a league”
Ba, Clichy, Škrtel and co may have just been crowned champions, but Turkish football is so much more than a vacation for ageing stars
Outside Turkey, the maverick talent of Ibrahim Yattara remains a well-kept secret – but he was just as dazzling as Europe’s best
Rising against the odds late in his career, Steve Savidan was one of Ligue 1’s best goalscorer and a France international. Then tragedy struck
Though he had never donned the Cagliari shirt, when Gianfranco Zola returned to Sardinia in 2003, he was given a true hero’s homecoming
Spending years out of the game following a premature retirement, the brilliant Marc Overmars still had one triumphant return in him
Another late show from Turkey served to send Croatia crashing out of the 2008 European Championship on penalties. Ivica Klasnić’s last gasp goal looked set to have won it, only for the…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE A sensational final 15 minutes in Geneva saw Turkey progress as runners-up in Group A ahead of their opponents, the Czech Republic. Things had looked…
Rising up from the ashes of other failed experiments, FC Moscow once came close to establishing a new order in Russian football
Rebranding former Bundesliga chasmpions Eintracht Braunschweig to Jägermeister Braunschweig would have far-reaching consequence for the world of football
It has taken over a century, but in Papu Gómez and Josip Iličić, Atalanta’s goddess has some players befitting of her beauty
Featuring a goat that’s named after one of the club’s greatest managers, the 1. FC Köln logo is one of German football’s most interesting and recognisable