UEFA Rule Change: Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe & Samsunspor Benefit

Trendyol Super League champion finished the last season Galatasaray, UEFA Champions League was entitled to fight.

In the second place, Fenerbahce said goodbye to the UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round in play-offs and participated in the UEFA Europa League in the league stage.

Samsunspor in the third step was eliminated in the UEFA Europa League play-off stage and had his name in the UEFA Conference League league stage.

UEFA officially announced

UEFA Board of Directors announced that the decisions that draw attention after the meeting and that the rule was changed.

UEFA’s website in the statement made by the European arena of disability or disease due to the right to change the right to change the temporary staff was announced.

Logo at the door of the UEFA building in Nyon, Switzerland

The following statements took place in the statement:

“UEFA Board of Directors, 2025/26 Men’s Club Competitions Regulation in the league stage until the 6th match day until the day of a long -term injury or disease due to the maximum of 1 player to allow the temporary change approved the change.”

It was reported that the reason for the change is to prevent the unjust narrowing of the cadres and to protect the players from extra workload pressure.

Galatasaray’s Champions League fixtures

After the draw, Galatasaray’s rivals and match program were listed as follows:

18 September | Eintracht Frankfurt – Galatasaray (D) – 22.00

30 September | Galatasaray – Liverpool (E) – 22.00

October 22 | Galatasaray -Bodo / Limit (E) – 19.45

5 November | AJAX – Galatasaray (D) – 23.00

25 November | Galatasaray – R. Union Saint – Gilloise (E) – 20.45

9 December | AS Monaco – Galatasaray – 23.00

January 21 | Galatasaray – Atletico Madrid (E) – 20.45

January 28 | Manchester City – Galatasaray (D) – 23.00

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Galatasaray footballers, Karagümrük match after the joy of the victory shares with fans.

Fenerbahce’s fixture

Fenerbahce’s competitors and fixtures, which will continue in the UEFA Europa League league stage, were determined as follows:

Week 1:
Wednesday, September 24
22.00 Dynamo Zagreb-Fenerbahçe

Week 2
Thursday, October 2
19.45 Fenerbahçe-Nice

Week 3
Thursday, October 23rd
19.45 Fenerbahçe-Stuttgart

Week 4
Thursday, November 6
23.00 FC Viktoria Plzen – Fenerbahçe

Week 5
Thursday, November 27
20.45 Fenerbahçe – Ferencvaros

Week 6
Thursday, December 11
23.00 SK Brann – Fenerbahçe

7th week
Thursday, January 22
20.45 Fenerbahçe – Aston Villa

8th week
Thursday, January 29
23.00 FCSB – Fenerbahçe

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Fenerbahce footballers, Genclerbirligi match celebrates Nene’s goal.

Samsunspor’s fixture

Samsunspor’s match calendar in the UEFA Conference League is as follows:

Thursday, October 2 TSI 22.00: Legia Warsaw -Samsunspor

Thursday, October 23 TSI 22.00: Samsunspor-Dinamo Kyiv

Thursday, November 6 TSI 20.45: Samsunspor-Hamrun Spartans

Thursday, November 27 TSI 23.00: Breidablik-Samsunspor

Thursday, December 11 TSI 20.45: Samsunspor-Aek

Thursday, December 18 TSI 23.00: Mainz-Samsunspor

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Samsunsporlu footballers, Panathinaikos match before the match.

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Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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