This year in the UEFA Cup there will be 4 Turkish teams... Besiktas will play Valencia... Galatasaray will play Villarreal... Gençlerbirligi will play Parma... Gaziantepspor will play Roma... There will be some exciting matches. So good luck to all of the Turkish teams...
Third Round 1st Leg: 26/2 2nd Leg: 3/3 Parma - Gençlerbirligi Valencia - Besiktas Galatasaray - Villarreal Gaziantepspor - Roma 2003/04 UEFA Cup match calendar Stage Dates Qualifying round, 1st leg 14.08.2003 Qualifying round, 2nd leg 28.08.2003 First round, 1st leg 24.09.2003 First round, 2nd leg 15.10.2003 Second round, 1st leg 06.11.2003 Second round, 2nd leg 27.11.2003 Third round, 1st leg 26.02.2004 Third round, 2nd leg 03.03.2004 Fourth round, 1st leg 11.03.2004 Fourth round, 2nd leg 25.03.2004 Quarter-finals, 1st leg 08.04.2004 Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 14.04.2004 Semi-finals, 1st leg 22.04.2004 Semi-finals, 2nd leg 06.05.2004 Final (Gothenburg, Sweden) 19.05.2004
Tough draw especially for Gaziantep. If anyone can beat Valencia out of the four, it is Beisktas at the current form.
Good luck to the Turkish teams I wish good luck to all 4 Turkish teams. I was watching the Besiktas-Chelsea game live and I just couldn't believe the strategy Lucescu had in that game. He basically admitted that the English side was better and the best we could do was to go for the draw. Bunch of bs. That's why Gala was so successful in year 2000 because they weren't afraid of any team out there and they played to win at all times. But anyways now all we can do is hope that we will achieve something in UEFA. I am hopeful even though we had a tough draw for all 4 teams. I really hope Gaziantepspor can defeat Roma since I dislike Roma with passion. I know they will come out underestimating Gaziantep and this will only be an advantage to Gaziantep. I still remember how dirty they got against Gala last year. Good luck Gala, BJK, Gaziantep, and GenclerB..