2008–09 Süper Lig

The 2008–09 Süper Lig (also known as Turkcell Super League due to sponsoring reasons) was the fifty-first season since its establishment. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. Galatasaray were the defending champions.

Süper Lig
Season2008–09
ChampionsBeşiktaş
13th title
RelegatedKonyaspor
Kocaelispor
Hacettepe SK
Champions LeagueBeşiktaş
Sivasspor
Europa LeagueTrabzonspor
Fenerbahçe
Galatasaray
Matches played306
Goals scored787 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerMilan Baroš (20)
Biggest home winFenerbahçe 7–0 Hacettepe
Biggest away winİstanbul B.B. 0–4 Trabzonspor
Hacettepespor 0–4 Kocaelispor
Highest scoring10 matches with 7 goals each

Beşiktaş clinched the championship after winning at Denizlispor on the last matchday. The latter barely avoided relegation after finishing in a three-way tie on points with Gençlerbirliği and Konyaspor. Head-to-head comparison between those three teams eventually resulted in the demotion of Konyaspor, who joined Kocaelispor and Hacettepe on their way to the second-level First League.

Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray had to settle for fourth and fifth place, respectively, after Sivasspor came in as runners-up and Trabzonspor finished third. The final positions for the three Istanbul clubs marked the first time since the 1980–81 season that only one of them was able to finish among the top three teams in Turkish football.

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

Çaykur Rizespor, Manisaspor and Kasımpaşa were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season after finishing on the bottom three places of the standings. They were replaced by TFF First League champions Kocaelispor, runners-up Antalyaspor and play-off winners Eskişehirspor.

Team overview
Location of teams in Süper Lig 2008–09
Team Head coach Team captain Venue Capacity[1] Kitmaker Shirt sponsor Club Chairman
Ankaragücü Turkey Hakan Kutlu Turkey Murat Erdoğan Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209 Lotto Turkcell Cemal Azmi Aydın
Ankaraspor Turkey Aykut Kocaman Turkey Hürriyet Güçer Yenikent Asaş Stadium 19,626 Nike Turkcell Ruhi Kurnaz
Antalyaspor Turkey Mehmet Özdilek Turkey Uğur Kavuk Antalya Atatürk Stadium 11,137 Nike Mardan Hasan Y. Akıncıoğlu
Beşiktaş Turkey Mustafa Denizli Argentina Matías Delgado BJK İnönü Stadium 32,086 Umbro Cola Turka Yıldırım Demirören
Bursaspor Turkey Ertuğrul Sağlam Turkey Ömer Erdoğan Bursa Atatürk Stadium 18,587 Kappa Turkcell İbrahim Yazıcı
Denizlispor Turkey Mesut Bakkal Slovakia Roman Kratochvil Denizli Atatürk Stadium 15,427 Lescon Turkcell Ali İpek
Eskişehirspor Turkey Rıza Çalımbay Turkey Emre Toraman Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium 18,880 Nike Eti Halil Ünal
Fenerbahçe Spain Luis Aragonés Brazil Alex Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium 53,586 Adidas Avea Aziz Yıldırım
Galatasaray Turkey Bülent Korkmaz Turkey Ayhan Akman Ali Sami Yen Stadium 22,800 Adidas Avea Adnan Polat
Gaziantepspor Portugal José Couceiro Turkey Bekir İrtegün Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium 16,981 Lescon Turkcell İbrahim Halil Kızıl
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Samet Aybaba Egypt Abdel Zaher El Saka Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209 Lotto Turkcell İlhan Cavcav
Hacettepe Turkey Erdoğan Arıca Turkey Orhan Şam Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209 Lotto Turkcell Turgay Kalemci
Istanbul BB Turkey Abdullah Avcı Turkey Efe İnanç Atatürk Olympic Stadium 76,092 Lescon KalPen Göksel Gümüşdağ
Kayserispor Turkey Tolunay Kafkas Turkey Mehmet Topuz Kadir Has Stadium1 32,864 Adidas Turkcell Recep Mamur
Kocaelispor Turkey Erhan Altın Turkey Serdar Topraktepe Ismet Pasa Stadium 12,710 Umbro Erciyas Serhan Gürkan
Konyaspor Turkey Ünal Karaman Turkey Ömer Gündostu Konya Atatürk Stadium 21,968 Lotto Turkcell Mehmet Ali Kuntoğlu
Sivasspor Turkey Bülent Uygun Turkey Mehmet Yildiz Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 14,998 Adidas Turkcell Mecnun Otyakmaz
Trabzonspor Turkey Ersun Yanal Turkey Hüseyin Çimşir Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium 19,649 Nike Avea Sadri Şener
Notes
  1. Kayserispor played their 2008 home matches at Kayseri Atatürk Stadium. Before moving to their current stadium in March 2009, the team played several home matches at 5 Ocak Stadium in Adana.[2]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Konyaspor Turkey Raşit Çetiner Sacked 17 September 2008[3] Turkey Giray Bulak 24 September 2008[4]
Kocaelispor Turkey Engin İpekoğlu Sacked 25 September 2008[5] Turkey Yılmaz Vural 28 September 2008[6]
Beşiktaş Turkey Ertuğrul Sağlam Resigned 7 October 2008[7] Turkey Mustafa Denizli 9 October 2008[8]
Ankaragücü Turkey Hakan Kutlu Sacked 20 October 2008[9] Turkey Ünal Karaman 24 October 2008[10]
Antalyaspor Czech Republic Jozef Jarabinský Sacked 28 October 2008[11] Turkey Mehmet Özdilek 28 October 2008[12]
Hacettepe Turkey Osman Özdemir Resigned 2 November 2008[13] Turkey Erdoğan Arıca 3 November 2008[14]
Denizlispor Turkey Ali Yalçın Resigned 2 November 2008[15] Turkey Ümit Kayıhan 10 November 2008[16]
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Mesut Bakkal Resigned 3 November 2008[17] Turkey Samet Aybaba 5 November 2008[18]
Bursaspor Turkey Samet Aybaba Resigned 4 November 2008[19] Turkey Güvenç Kurtar 4 November 2008[20]
Ankaragücü Turkey Ünal Karaman Resigned 8 December 2008[21] Turkey Hakan Kutlu 2 January 2009[22]
Bursaspor Turkey Güvenç Kurtar Resigned 23 December 2008[23] Turkey Ertuğrul Sağlam 2 January 2009[24]
Kocaelispor Turkey Yılmaz Vural Resigned 29 December 2008[25] Turkey Erhan Altın 17 January 2009[26]
Denizlispor Turkey Ümit Kayıhan Sacked 5 February 2009[27] Turkey Mesut Bakkal 6 February 2009[28]
Galatasaray Germany Michael Skibbe Sacked 23 February 2009[29] Turkey Bülent Korkmaz 23 February 2009[30]
Hacettepe Turkey Erdoğan Arıca Resigned 2 March 2009[31] Turkey Ergün Penbe 2 March 2009[31]
Gaziantepspor Turkey Nurullah Sağlam Resigned 9 March 2009[32] Portugal José Couceiro 6 April 2009
Konyaspor Turkey Giray Bulak Sacked 19 May 2009[33] Turkey Ünal Karaman 20 May 2009

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beşiktaş (C) 34 21 8 5 60 30 +30 71 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Sivasspor 34 19 9 6 54 28 +26 66 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Trabzonspor 34 19 8 7 54 34 +20 65 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Fenerbahçe 34 18 7 9 60 36 +24 61 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Galatasaray 34 18 7 9 57 39 +18 61 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Bursaspor 34 16 10 8 47 36 +11 58
7 Kayserispor 34 13 11 10 38 26 +12 50
8 Gaziantepspor 34 12 11 11 46 48 −2 47
9 İstanbul B.B. 34 12 6 16 37 46 −9 42
10 Ankaraspor 34 11 8 15 36 42 −6 41
11 Eskişehirspor 34 10 10 14 45 49 −4 40[lower-alpha 2]
12 Antalyaspor 34 10 10 14 34 42 −8 40[lower-alpha 2]
13 MKE Ankaragücü 34 11 6 17 36 47 −11 39
14 Gençlerbirliği 34 10 8 16 38 50 −12 38[lower-alpha 3]
15 Denizlispor 34 11 5 18 39 52 −13 38[lower-alpha 3]
16 Konyaspor (R) 34 10 8 16 35 46 −11 38[lower-alpha 3] Relegation to TFF First League
17 Kocaelispor (R) 34 8 5 21 47 73 −26 29
18 Hacettepe Spor (R) 34 5 7 22 24 63 −39 22
Source: [34]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 2008–09 Turkish Cup was won by Champions League-qualified side Beşiktaş. Since cup runners-up Fenerbahçe secured a place in the European competitions via league position, the spot allocation for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League effectively reverted to league positions.
  2. Trabzonspor were ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head record: Eskişehirspor–Antalyaspor 2–0, Antalyaspor–Eskişehirspor 0–0.
  3. Gençlerbirliği were ahead of Denizlispor and Konyaspor on head-to-head points and goal difference: Gençlerbirliği: 6 pts, 5–4 (+1); Denizlispor: 6 pts, 5–4 (+1); Konyaspor: 2 pts, 4–6 (–2).

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
MKE Ankaragücü14171615111416161617151413151514161616151614151616161615131013151213
Ankaraspor171813988632233655545666666999889991010
Antalyaspor13161517171717171715161515161616141414121416161413101210111114141512
Beşiktaş3121431143222666664533222222221111
Bursaspor5353223578898899999988876666666666
Denizlispor1891111131013141413131214141413151515161513121112141513151415131415
Eskişehirspor9101414151311101011111310101011101010111110111210111011121511101111
Fenerbahçe167128101210997665444545444444345555544
Galatasaray1564354655554333333355555454444455
Gaziantepspor6436647889989988887899998889978788
Gençlerbirliği71381212912131214141616131315121113131211101011131112101210121314
Hacettepe Spor1512913141514151516171717181717181818181818181818181818181818181818
İstanbul B.B.121518161616151213121211111212101113111010121415141514161616121199
Kayserispor1011710768766777777778777787777787877
Kocaelispor8141718181818181818181818171818171717171717171717171717171717171717
Konyaspor481079119111110101012111112131212141315131315121314141316161616
Sivasspor11615575434443211111111111111112222
Trabzonspor2242112211111122222222333533333333
Source: tff.org (in Turkish)

Results
Home \ Away MKE ANS ANT BEŞ BUR DEN ESK FEN GAL GAZ GEN HAC İBB KAY KOC KON SİV TRA
MKE Ankaragücü 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–3 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 4–0 1–3 0–2 1–2
Ankaraspor 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–2
Antalyaspor 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1
Beşiktaş 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 1–1
Bursaspor 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1
Denizlispor 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 4–3 3–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1
Eskişehirspor 1–3 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 4–3 2–2 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 6–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–5
Fenerbahçe 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 7–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 4–2 4–2 0–0
Galatasaray 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–5 4–1 2–1 3–0
Gaziantepspor 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–4 0–0 5–2 0–1 2–1 3–2
Gençlerbirliği 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1
Hacettepe Spor 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–4 1–2 1–2 1–4
İstanbul B.B. 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 0–3 0–4
Kayserispor 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Kocaelispor 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 3–2 1–0 2–3 1–4 2–5 0–2 4–0 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–3
Konyaspor 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–3
Sivasspor 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Trabzonspor 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Source: [34][35]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: tff.org (in Turkish)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Czech Republic Milan Baroš Galatasaray 20
2 Turkey Taner Gülleri Kocaelispor 18
3 Turkey Gökhan Ünal Trabzonspor 15
4 Turkey Umut Bulut Trabzonspor 14
Turkey Mehmet Yıldız Sivasspor
6 Guinea Souleymane Youla Eskişehirspor 13
7 Brazil Beto Gaziantepspor 12
8 Brazil Alex Fenerbahçe 11
Brazil Bobô Beşiktaş
Spain Daniel Güiza Fenerbahçe
Brazil Tabata Gaziantepspor
Turkey Sercan Yıldırım Bursaspor

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Nigeria Julius AghahowaKayserisporFenerbahçe4–15 October 2008
Turkey Mehmet YıldızSivassporDenizlispor3–12 November 2008
Czech Republic Milan BarošGalatasarayHacettepe3–130 November 2008
Brazil Rodrigo TabataGaziantepsporKocaelispor5–214 December 2008
Czech Republic Milan BarošGalatasarayBeşiktaş4–221 December 2008
Australia James TroisiGençlerbirliğiKayserispor3–124 January 2009
Guinea Souleymane YoulaEskişehirsporİstanbul BB6–11 February 2009
Brazil AlexFenerbahçeHacettepe7–014 February 2009
Turkey Taner GülleriKocaelisporGalatasaray5–222 February 2009
Serbia Milan PurovicKayserisporGençlerbirliği4–030 May 2009

Transfers
Main article: List of Turkish football transfers 2008-09

See also

References
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