Fenerbahce win 19th title with draw

Fenerbahce picked up the point they needed to secure their 19th league title with a 0-0 draw against Rizespor on Sunday.

Ersun Yanal's side started the day 12 points ahead of the then-second- placed Besiktas and knew that a draw would be enough regardless of what their rivals did.

And their goalless stalemate in
Istanbul was enough to give them
their first title since the 2010-11
season.
Their triumph was witnessed by only women and children inside the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, as men were banned for previous crowd trouble.
But it did not dampen the mood as
the title was wrestled back after
finishing second to arch-rivals
Galatasaray for the last two seasons.
As it turned out, the point was not
necessary as Besiktas lost 3-0 at
Sivasspor, who remain level on points with Trabzonspor in the race for fourth.

Slaven Bilic's side needed to win to
have any chance of keeping the title race alive, but were blown away by second-half goals from John Utaka and Aatif Chahechouhe, either side of a
Tolga Zengin own goal, giving
Sivasspor - managed by Brazilian
legend Roberto Carlos - their third win in succession.
That defeat allowed Galatasaray to
move back into second with a 1-0 win at Elazigspor courtesy of Burak Yilmaz's 14th of the season.
Austrian defender Tanju Kayhan was sent off for a second booking with 20 minutes to go as the home side dropped into the bottom three.

Kayseri Erciyesspor made the most of that slip by winning 1-0 at
Eskisehirspor to climb two points clear of the drop zone. Edinho's 32nd- minute strike proved to be the difference.

A brace from Paulo Henrique ensured Trabzonspor remained in fourth after their 2-1 win over Gaziantepspor, while Kasimpasa are lurking two points further back following a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Antalyaspor thanks to goals from Ryan Babel and
Ezequiel Scarione.

Kayserispor are all but down - seven points from safety with nine left to play for - after a 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Karabukspor, but Konyaspor eased their own relegation worries as Theofanis Gekas scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 rout of Akhisar
Belediyespor, who had defender
Cagdas Atan sent off midway through the first half for a second booking in the space of three minutes.

In the round's other game, 10-man
Bursaspor went down 1-0 at
Genclerbirligi, having Samil Cinaz sent off in injury-time.