By Chris Wright

Unbeaten going into the game, ten-man Stoke stumbled to defeat in Turkey in their final Group E game, though it mattered little with them having already booked their place in the knockout phase courtesy of a draw against Dinamo Kiev last time out.

Disappointing midweek arrived for English teams in their Europa League campaign, Fulham have to forget their European ambition as they're journey ended on Wednesday after only picking up a point against Odense BK.

Meanwhile, Stoke City suffered their first defeat in the competition but still secure their passage into the next round although that loss relegated the Potters into runners up position behind Besiktas.

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I said, it could be done and Besiktas did it!
Besiktas beat, unbeaten Stoke City 3-1 and claim the top spot in the group E and earned a spot in the round 32 of Europa league..
They,prett much did the damege to Stoke in the second half, after going down in the first half.

Besiktas's Ricardo Quaresma and Ibrahim Toroman
Thanks to Quaresma, Besiktas won the match in the injury -time with Quaresma's big life saving goal..
Besiktas was up 2-0 in the begining of the second half but Maccabi Tel-Aviv tied the match with two quick goal..

Besiktas willbe looking for revenge in Kiev on Thursday's Europa League Group E clash against Dynamo Kiev.
Besiktas met Dynamo Kiev in the last 32 of last season's competition, and found themselves comprehensively beaten as they suffered an 8-1 aggregate defeat.
Besiktas currently sit above Dynamo in the standings after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv but suffering a defeat against Stoke.

It wasn't supposed to be like this for Beşiktaş.

After stealing the transfer headlines in Turkey last summer and this past winter, Beşiktaş looked to have a team that would not only contend for the Turkish Super League title, but perhaps win the title by a very comfortable margin. After the transfers of Hugo Almeida, Simao Sabrosa, and the loan of Manuel Fernandes right before the second half of the season started, there was talk of Beşiktaş possibly winning every match in the second half of the season.

At last Hugo Almeida, Simao, and Manuel Fernandes made their debut for Turkish club Besiktas and came away with a solid 5-1 victory. And who else but Simao got on the score sheet in his first game! Hugo Almeida also got the start, and played a pretty decent [read more]

At last Hugo Almeida, Simao, and Manuel Fernandes made their debut for Turkish club Besiktas and came away with a solid 5-1 victory. And who else but Simao got on the score sheet in his first game! Hugo Almeida also got the start, and played a pretty decent game as a lot of the offense went through him, and Manuel Fernandes was a second half substitute, but he also had a pretty good showing.

Turkish giants Beşiktaş (or Besiktas in English) unveiled new signings Simao Sabrosa, Hugo Almedia and Manuel Fernandes on Monday. The three Portuguese internationals arrived at Besiktas from Atlético de Madrid, Valencia CF and Werder Bremen respectively. They join fellow Portuguese international Ricardo Quaresma at the Instanbul club currently managed by former Real Madrid boss and [.