September 3, 2026 Football News: Vlahovic Hat-Trick, Tekke Leaves Trabzonspor

Weekend excitement in the Süper Lig spilled into Monday evening, and both late fixtures generated headlines of their own. While Vodafone Park witnessed a goal-fest, a shock defeat in Diyarbakır plunged Trabzonspor into a full-blown coaching crisis. Here is what's shaping Turkish football's agenda as of September 3, 2026.

Goals Galore in Istanbul: Beşiktaş Thrash Çorum FK 6-2

Beşiktaş returned to winning ways in style, routing newly promoted Çorum FK 6-2 at home to snap a run of back-to-back defeats. The headline act was summer signing Dusan Vlahovic, whose hat-trick electrified the home crowd. Vaclav Cerny opened the scoring early, with İlhan Fakılı and Amir Murillo also getting on the scoresheet, while Diomande and Ermin Mamic could only pull two goals back for the visitors. The eight-goal thriller marked one of the season's highest-scoring matches so far and gave the Black Eagles' coaching staff a much-needed morale boost heading into the international break.

Amed Stun Trabzonspor with Late Drama

Newly promoted Amed Sportif Faaliyetler produced the shock result of the round, edging out Trabzonspor 2-1 on home turf. Muhammed Salah had put the visitors ahead early, but Yira Sor's stoppage-time equalizer in first-half added time turned the tide, and Gift Orban's 90th-minute winner sealed a memorable night for the hosts in Diyarbakır. The result was a bitter blow for Trabzonspor both in terms of performance and standings, and several columnists were sharply critical of the referee's decisions after the final whistle. More importantly, the defeat became the tipping point in an already tense managerial saga at the club.

Fatih Tekke's Trabzonspor Era Officially Ends

The Amed defeat proved to be the final straw, and Trabzonspor have officially parted ways with head coach Fatih Tekke. This wasn't Tekke's first resignation attempt — just days earlier, following a heavy 4-0 Europa League play-off elimination to Ferencváros, he had announced his departure live on air, only for the club's management to reject it at the time. After the loss to Amed, a meeting between vice president Serkan Kılıç and Tekke resulted in a mutual agreement to part ways, with the club formally disclosing the separation via Turkey's Public Disclosure Platform (KAP). Over his roughly 18-month tenure, Tekke was credited with developing young players and delivering both sporting and financial gains for the club. Trabzonspor's board is now expected to move quickly on a successor, with experienced names already circulating in club circles, though no official statement on a replacement has been made yet.

Taken together, the day's storylines underline just how fierce the early-season competition already is in the Süper Lig: a Beşiktaş side finally enjoying a long-awaited rout, and a Trabzonspor side that entered the season with big ambitions but has yet to find consistency on the pitch. Trabzonspor's search for a new coach — and whether Beşiktaş can build on this momentum — will remain among the league's most talked-about topics in the days ahead.

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