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.

Overview
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 Stadium1 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. 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)

20 goals
18 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

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

See also

References
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