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

Season	2008–09
Champions	Beşiktaş (13th title)
Relegated	Konyaspor Kocaelispor Hacettepe SK
Champions League	Beşiktaş Sivasspor
Europa League	Trabzonspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray
Matches played	306
Goals scored	787 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Milan Baroš (20)
Biggest home win	Fenerbahçe 7–0 Hacettepe
Biggest away win	İstanbul B.B. 0–4 Trabzonspor Hacettepespor 0–4 Kocaelispor
Highest scoring	10 matches with 7 goals each
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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 Ankara sides 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.

Overview

Beşiktaş
Fenerbahçe
Galatasaray
İstanbul BŞB

Ankaragücü
Ankaraspor
Gençlerbirliği
Hacettepe

Antalyaspor

Bursaspor

Denizlispor

Eskişehirspor

Gaziantepspor

Kayserispor

Kocaelispor

Konyaspor

Sivasspor

Trabzonspor

Location of teams in Süper Lig 2008–09

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Venue	Capacity[1]	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor	Club Chairman
Ankaragücü	Hakan Kutlu	Murat Erdoğan	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium	19,209	Lotto	Turkcell	Cemal Azmi Aydın
Ankaraspor	Aykut Kocaman	Hürriyet Güçer	Yenikent Asaş Stadium	19,626	Nike	Turkcell	Ruhi Kurnaz
Antalyaspor	Mehmet Özdilek	Uğur Kavuk	Antalya Atatürk Stadium	11,137	Nike	Mardan	Hasan Y. Akıncıoğlu
Beşiktaş	Mustafa Denizli	Matías Delgado	BJK İnönü Stadium	32,086	Umbro	Cola Turka	Yıldırım Demirören
Bursaspor	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Ömer Erdoğan	Bursa Atatürk Stadium	18,587	Kappa	Turkcell	İbrahim Yazıcı
Denizlispor	Mesut Bakkal	Roman Kratochvil	Denizli Atatürk Stadium	15,427	Lescon	Turkcell	Ali İpek
Eskişehirspor	Rıza Çalımbay	Emre Toraman	Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium	18,880	Nike	Eti	Halil Ünal
Fenerbahçe	Luis Aragonés	Alex	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	53,586	Adidas	Avea	Aziz Yıldırım
Galatasaray	Bülent Korkmaz	Ayhan Akman	Ali Sami Yen Stadium	22,800	Adidas	Avea	Adnan Polat
Gaziantepspor	José Couceiro	Bekir İrtegün	Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium	16,981	Lescon	Turkcell	İbrahim Halil Kızıl
Gençlerbirliği	Samet Aybaba	Abdel Zaher El Saka	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium	19,209	Lotto	Turkcell	İlhan Cavcav
Hacettepe	Erdoğan Arıca	Orhan Şam	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium	19,209	Lotto	Turkcell	Turgay Kalemci
Istanbul BB	Abdullah Avcı	Efe İnanç	Atatürk Olympic Stadium	76,092	Lescon	KalPen	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Kayserispor	Tolunay Kafkas	Mehmet Topuz	Kadir Has Stadium^1	32,864	Adidas	Turkcell	Recep Mamur
Kocaelispor	Erhan Altın	Serdar Topraktepe	Ismet Pasa Stadium	12,710	Umbro	Erciyas	Serhan Gürkan
Konyaspor	Ünal Karaman	Ömer Gündostu	Konya Atatürk Stadium	21,968	Lotto	Turkcell	Mehmet Ali Kuntoğlu
Sivasspor	Bülent Uygun	Mehmet Yildiz	Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium	14,998	Adidas	Turkcell	Mecnun Otyakmaz
Trabzonspor	Ersun Yanal	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	Raşit Çetiner	Sacked	17 September 2008[3]	Giray Bulak	24 September 2008[4]
Kocaelispor	Engin İpekoğlu	Sacked	25 September 2008[5]	Yılmaz Vural	28 September 2008[6]
Beşiktaş	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Resigned	7 October 2008[7]	Mustafa Denizli	9 October 2008[8]
Ankaragücü	Hakan Kutlu	Sacked	20 October 2008[9]	Ünal Karaman	24 October 2008[10]
Antalyaspor	Jozef Jarabinský	Sacked	28 October 2008[11]	Mehmet Özdilek	28 October 2008[12]
Hacettepe	Osman Özdemir	Resigned	2 November 2008[13]	Erdoğan Arıca	3 November 2008[14]
Denizlispor	Ali Yalçın	Resigned	2 November 2008[15]	Ümit Kayıhan	10 November 2008[16]
Gençlerbirliği	Mesut Bakkal	Resigned	3 November 2008[17]	Samet Aybaba	5 November 2008[18]
Bursaspor	Samet Aybaba	Resigned	4 November 2008[19]	Güvenç Kurtar	4 November 2008[20]
Ankaragücü	Ünal Karaman	Resigned	8 December 2008[21]	Hakan Kutlu	2 January 2009[22]
Bursaspor	Güvenç Kurtar	Resigned	23 December 2008[23]	Ertuğrul Sağlam	2 January 2009[24]
Kocaelispor	Yılmaz Vural	Resigned	29 December 2008[25]	Erhan Altın	17 January 2009[26]
Denizlispor	Ümit Kayıhan	Sacked	5 February 2009[27]	Mesut Bakkal	6 February 2009[28]
Galatasaray	Michael Skibbe	Sacked	23 February 2009[29]	Bülent Korkmaz	23 February 2009[30]
Hacettepe	Erdoğan Arıca	Resigned	2 March 2009[31]	Ergün Penbe	2 March 2009[31]
Gaziantepspor	Nurullah Sağlam	Resigned	9 March 2009[32]	José Couceiro	6 April 2009
Konyaspor	Giray Bulak	Sacked	19 May 2009[33]	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) Champion; (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. ESK 2–0 ANT; ANT 0–0 ESK
3. GEN: 6 pts, 5–4; DEN: 6 pts, 5–4; KON: 2 pts, 4–6

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
MKE Ankaragücü	14	17	16	15	11	14	16	16	16	17	15	14	13	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	13	10	13	15	12	13
Ankaraspor	17	18	13	9	8	8	6	3	2	2	3	3	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10
Antalyaspor	13	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	12	14	16	16	14	13	10	12	10	11	11	14	14	15	12
Beşiktaş	3	1	2	1	4	3	1	1	4	3	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Bursaspor	5	3	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Denizlispor	18	9	11	11	13	10	13	14	14	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	16	15	13	12	11	12	14	15	13	15	14	15	13	14	15
Eskişehirspor	9	10	14	14	15	13	11	10	10	11	11	13	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	12	10	11	10	11	12	15	11	10	11	11
Fenerbahçe	16	7	12	8	10	12	10	9	9	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Galatasaray	1	5	6	4	3	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Gaziantepspor	6	4	3	6	6	4	7	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	7	8	8
Gençlerbirliği	7	13	8	12	12	9	12	13	12	14	14	16	16	13	13	15	12	11	13	13	12	11	10	10	11	13	11	12	10	12	10	12	13	14
Hacettepe Spor	15	12	9	13	14	15	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
İstanbul B.B.	12	15	18	16	16	16	15	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	10	11	13	11	10	10	12	14	15	14	15	14	16	16	16	12	11	9	9
Kayserispor	10	11	7	10	7	6	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7
Kocaelispor	8	14	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Konyaspor	4	8	10	7	9	11	9	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	12	13	12	12	14	13	15	13	13	15	12	13	14	14	13	16	16	16	16
Sivasspor	11	6	1	5	5	7	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Trabzonspor	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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)

20 goals

• Milan Baroš (Galatasaray)

18 goals

• Taner Gülleri (Kocaelispor)

15 goals

• Gökhan Ünal (Trabzonspor)

14 goals

• Umut Bulut (Trabzonspor)
• Mehmet Yıldız (Sivasspor)

13 goals

• Souleymane Youla (Eskişehirspor)

12 goals

• Beto (Gaziantepspor)

11 goals

• Alex (Fenerbahçe)
• Bobô (Beşiktaş)
• Daniel Güiza (Fenerbahçe)
• Tabata (Gaziantepspor)
• Sercan Yıldırım (Bursaspor)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Julius Aghahowa	Kayserispor	Fenerbahçe	4–1	5 October 2008
Mehmet Yıldız	Sivasspor	Denizlispor	3–1	2 November 2008
Milan Baroš	Galatasaray	Hacettepe	3–1	30 November 2008
Rodrigo Tabata	Gaziantepspor	Kocaelispor	5–2	14 December 2008
Milan Baroš	Galatasaray	Beşiktaş	4–2	21 December 2008
James Troisi	Gençlerbirliği	Kayserispor	3–1	24 January 2009
Souleymane Youla	Eskişehirspor	İstanbul BB	6–1	1 February 2009
Alex	Fenerbahçe	Hacettepe	7–0	14 February 2009
Taner Gülleri	Kocaelispor	Galatasaray	5–2	22 February 2009
Milan Purovic	Kayserispor	Gençlerbirliği	4–0	30 May 2009

Transfers

See also

• 2008–09 Türkiye Kupası
• 2008–09 TFF First League
• 2008–09 TFF Third League

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