In a Turkish weekend shaped by extraordinary scorelines, Istanbul witnessed Fenerbahçe set a new club benchmark with an 8-0 demolition of Eyüpspor, powered by four goals from Vedat Muriqi.
A record afternoon for Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe’s eight-goal victory was the largest winning margin in the club’s history, turning a league fixture against Eyüpspor into one of the standout results of the Turkish season.
- Fenerbahçe defeated Eyüpspor 8-0.
- The result became the biggest win in Fenerbahçe’s history.
- Vedat Muriqi scored four times in the match.
- The 32-year-old striker had previously played for Mallorca.
Muriqi, known as “the Pirate”, supplied the defining individual performance of the day. His four-goal haul offered an emphatic introduction to supporters still getting acquainted with him at his new club.
Muriqi gives the title chase fresh momentum
The win mattered beyond the record books. Fenerbahçe have taken 10 points from their first 18 available, a return below the expectations surrounding the club, but the congested nature of the championship means they remain close to the leading places.
For a side seeking to turn its season into a sustained challenge, the scale of the result and Muriqi’s finishing brought a welcome surge of confidence in Istanbul.
Turkey’s weekend of heavy defeats
Fenerbahçe’s remarkable Sunday followed another lopsided contest a day earlier. Trabzonspor, with Salah at the centre of the action, beat Galatasaray 4-0 on Saturday as the Egyptian completed a hat-trick.
- Trabzonspor beat Galatasaray 4-0 on Saturday.
- Salah scored three of Trabzonspor’s four goals.
- Fenerbahçe followed with an 8-0 win over Eyüpspor on Sunday.
Across two days, two of Turkish football’s biggest names were left confronting unusually severe defeats, while Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor supplied a weekend that will be remembered for its goals as much as its league implications.
