{"id":297343,"date":"2023-10-28T04:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297343"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:12:31","slug":"meet-the-unlikely-best-team-in-europe-who-have-won-all-18-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/meet-the-unlikely-best-team-in-europe-who-have-won-all-18-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the unlikely best team in Europe who have won all 18 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Meet the unlikely best team in Europe! Stacked with Premier League rejects from Man United, Chelsea, Southampton and Bournemouth&#8230; this club have won ALL 18 of their games this season<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Turkish club Fenerbahce have made an unblemished start to their season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They&#8217;ve won all nine league games and all nine in the Europa Conference League<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fenerbahce&#8217;s ranks include ex-Premier League players Fred and Batshuayi\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nine wins from nine in the league and a flawless nine wins from nine in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>That is the blistering start made to the season by Turkish club Fenerbahce, who have looked invincible in the opening weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The sensational run continued on Thursday night when they took a firm grip on their Europa Conference League group with a 3-1 victory over Bulgarians Ludogorets Razgrad.<\/p>\n<p>That followed earlier group phase wins over Danes Nordsjaelland and Spartak Trnava of Slovakia but, even more impressively, Fenerbahce had already fought through three qualifying rounds to get that far.<\/p>\n<p>They saw off Zimbru Chisinau of Moldova, Maribor of Slovenia and FC Twente of the Netherlands, winning all six legs along the way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77069997-12679137-image-a-10_1698392376830.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fenerbahce celebrate one of their goals in Thursday night&#8217;s Europa Conference League win over Ludogorets &#8211; they have won all 18 of their matches so far this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77070007-12679137-image-a-11_1698392444829.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fred was much-maligned at Manchester United but hasn&#8217;t yet tasted defeat at his new club<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>In the Turkish Super Lig, they have a maximum 27 points from 27 played for since the season began in mid-August and unsurprisingly lead the way, albeit just a couple of points ahead of Istanbul rivals Galatasaray.<\/p>\n<h3>Fenerbahce&#8217;s line-up vs Ludogorets\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Former UK-based players in bold\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Egribayat; <span>Osayi-Samuel<\/span>, Becao, Dijku, Oostewolde; Zajc, Crespo, <span>Fred<\/span>; <span>Tadic<\/span>, <span>Batshuayi, Kent\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other former UK-based players include: Edin Dzeko, Joshua King\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coach Ismail Kartal, who returned to the \u015e\u00fckr\u00fc Saraco\u011flu Stadium for a third spell in the summer, couldn&#8217;t have wished for a better start and their squad contains plenty of familiar names to Premier League fans.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian midfielder Fred, signed from Manchester United at the start of the season, has featured in 13 of those 18 games and provided four goal assists in a bright start to life in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Up front, they have the former Chelsea man Michy Batshuayi, who joined last year and has scored four goals in their European campaign so far.<\/p>\n<p>Batshuayi was on target in the win over Ludogorets before later setting up Miha Zajc for the team&#8217;s second.<\/p>\n<p>Another familiar name is the Bosnian, ex-Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, signed from Inter Milan in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Dzeko may now be 37 but he&#8217;s finding Turkish football very much to his liking with nine goals and seven assists so far since his arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Another of Fenerbahce&#8217;s attacking options is Joshua King, the former Man United academy graduate who went on to play for Blackburn, Bournemouth, Everton and Watford. He&#8217;s netted four times already this season.<\/p>\n<p>Dusan Tadic, who spent four years at Southampton, plays in their midfield having joined in July following five successful years at Ajax.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77070035-12679137-image-a-12_1698392496614.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi was on target as Fenerbahce defeated Ludogorets<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77070087-12679137-image-a-13_1698392533140.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>37-year-old forward Edin Dzeko, formerly of Manchester City, has been smashing in the goals<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/09\/77070257-12679137-Former_Southampton_midfielder_Dusan_Tadic_in_action_during_their-a-4_1698394434490.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Southampton midfielder Dusan Tadic in action during their latest European outing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77070273-12679137-image-a-16_1698392669897.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Winger Ryan Kent (left) signed for Fenerbahce after leaving Rangers back in the summer<\/p>\n<h3>Flawless Fenerbahce!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>LEAGUE RESULTS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gaziantep (H) 2-1<\/p>\n<p>Samsunspor (A) 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Ankaragucu (A) 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Antalyaspor (H) 3-2<\/p>\n<p>Alanyaspor (A) 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Basaksehir (H) 4-0<\/p>\n<p>Caykur Rizespor (H) 5-0<\/p>\n<p>Kasimpasa (A) 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Hatayspor (H) 4-2<\/p>\n<p><span>EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u (H) 5-0<\/p>\n<p>Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u (A) 4-0<\/p>\n<p>Maribor (H) 3-1<\/p>\n<p>Maribor (A) 3-0<\/p>\n<p>FC Twente (H) 5-1<\/p>\n<p>FC Twente (A) 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Nordsjaelland (H) 3-1<\/p>\n<p>Spartak Trnava (A) 2-1<\/p>\n<p>Ludogorets Razgrad (H) 3-1<\/p>\n<p>On the wing can be found Ryan Kent, the Englishman signed from Rangers in June and who seems to be favoured for the European games.<\/p>\n<p>At right-back is Bright Osayi-Samuel, who joined them from Queens Park Rangers two years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The successful start comes despite an extensive turnover of personnel during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Wonderkid Arda Guler, 18, was sold to Real Madrid for \u00a317million plus potential add-ons, while first-choice goalkeeper Altay Bayindir moved to Man United.<\/p>\n<p>That money was quickly reinvested with the likes of Fred, Turkish winger Cengiz Under and Polish midfield Sebastian Szymanski brought in. Kent, Dzeko and Tadic were all free signings.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about their brilliant run, coach Kartal said on Thursday: &#8216;We can only think about the next game because the rivals know what form we are in and they go out to beat us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Each duel is more complicated.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Lowly Pendikspor are their next opponents in the league on Sunday as they looks to make it 19 wins from 19.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/08\/77070213-12679137-image-a-14_1698392578870.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ismail Kartal has enjoyed a dream start after taking over at the Istanbul club in the summer<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12679137\/Meet-unlikely-best-team-Europe-Stacked-Premier-League-rejects-Man-United-Chelsea-Southampton-Bournemouth-club-won-18-games-season.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the unlikely best team in Europe! 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