2008–09 Süper Lig

Turkcell Süper Lig 2008/ 09 was the 51th season of the highest Turkish football league of men. The season began on 23 August 2008 at a home game against reigning champions Galatasaray Denizlispor (4:1) and ended on 30 May 2009 with the 34th game day.

Turkish champion for the thirteenth time Beşiktaş Istanbul, the with a 2-1 win in the away game against Denizlispor secured the championship on the 34th game day. Descent had Konyaspor, Kocaelispor and Hacettepe SK.

• 2.1 Final Table
• 2.2 Cross table
• 2.3 scorers
• 2.4 Scorer List
• 2.5 Most Assists

Course of the season

Cup decision

Master of the 2008/09 season was Beşiktaş Istanbul. The season started not optimal for black-and- whites. On 6 Round Ertuğrul Sağlam announced his position as head coach at Beşiktaş. He was succeeded by Mustafa Denizli, Denizli, it became the first coach in Turkish football to train all three major clubs from Istanbul. The first round was finished in 6th place, why was not thinking about winning the title for the time being. In the second half Beşiktaş made ​​a sensational comeback. They only lost one game and got 40 points. A few weeks earlier was Beşiktaş Istanbul Turkish Cup winners. The championship won was a special title for Mustafa Denizli. He managed to become the first coach in the history of the Turkcell Süper Lig with Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray Turkish masters.

Sivasspor confirmed his good performance from the previous year and closed the season, for the first time in the club's history, as a runner-up from. Sivasspor led the table with 17 match days at the most in the league to, but they lost to be in the final sprint of the season many important points and thus the chance as second team outside Istanbul's master.

Trabzonspor played the 2008/09 season with a completely new squad. The team from the Black Sea was after Sivasspor most leaders. Nevertheless, the performance was not consistent enough. At the last match Trabzonspor missed the jump to second place and thus the Champions League qualification, they lost to Fenerbahçe 1-2.

The 2008/09 season was a disappointment for Fenerbahce. Before the season, the record champions undertook the new European champion Luis Aragones and the Spanish top scorer Daniel Guiza. Like last year, we ended the season without a title. One consolation was the finals at the Turkish Cup. At the end of the season it was announced that Fenerbahçe Aragonés is dismissed and Christoph Daum brings back to the Bosporus.

At Galatasaray, the expectations for the 2008/ 09 season were high. The Red - Yellow wanted to defend her title and pledged known players such as Fernando Meira, Harry Kewell and Milan Baros. The team was coached by Michael Skibbe. Skibbe was fired in February 2009 after a 2:5 defeat against Kocaelispor in the home stadium. His successor was the former Galatasaray player Bülent Korkmaz. Under Korkmaz it was no better and we finished the season in fifth place.

Midfield

Bursaspor played a good season in the second half it was 33 points, the second-best team behind Besiktas Istanbul and they played until the final day to participate for the UEFA Europa League. Kayserispor did not play the attacking football like in the previous season. Therefore Kayserispor had the fewest goals in the season. Gaziantepspor and Istanbul BB went through a mixed season.

Relegation battle

Up to 32 Matchday could fall into the second class eight crew. Ankaraspor was surprising in the first round of the Masters candidates. They were tied with Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray in 4th place for the time being and had the goal to qualify for a European Cup place. However, the second half was a disaster for the capital club. With eight points the team of Aykut Kocaman was the worst in the second half, only by the good season so far secured the team in the league. On 31 Round the first two relegated stood firm: Kocaelispor and Hacettepespor. The descent of Hacettepespor was for many a matter of time. The team played the entire season long a bad football. For Kocaelispor it was already after only a year back in the Bank Asya 1 Lig highlight of the season was for Kocaelispor the 5:2 away win against Galatasaray. The 34th game went on for Gençlerbirliği Ankara, Antalyaspor and Konyaspor order to remain in the Turkcell Süper Lig Konyaspor had despite a victory against Ankaraspor (3-0) and a loss of Gençlerbirliği Ankara ( 0:4, v Kayserispor ) in the 2 league. In a direct comparison between Gençlerbirliği, Denizlispor and Konyaspor was the balance against Konyaspor.

Statistics

Final Table

1Note: case of a tie between two teams, the direct comparison is valid.

Cross Table

The cross table presents the results of all games this season represents the home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

Top scorers

Scorer in the 2008/09 season with 20 goals Milan Baroš Galatasaray.

Scorer list

Most Assists

Venues

The champion team of Beşiktaş Istanbul

There are all listed players sitting at least once on the bench.

• Goal: Hakan Arıkan (6 games / no goal ); Korcan Celikay (- / - ); Rüştü Reçber (29 / -)
• Defense: Serdar Kurtuluş (14 / - ); Anthony Šerić (3 / -) 1; Tomáš Sivok (29/ 2); Ali Tandoğan (6 / -) 1; İbrahim Toraman (28/ 2); İbrahim Üzülmez (27 / - ); Tuna Üzümcü ( - / -) 1; Gökhan Zan (19/ 1); Tomáš Zápotočný (23 /2)
• Midfielders: Édouard Cissé (29 / - ); Ekrem Dağ (25/ 1); Matías Delgado (26/ 6); Fabian Ernst ( 16/2 ); Uğur İnceman (21 / - ); Aydın Karabulut (3 / - ); Serdar Özkan (25/ 1); Yusuf Şimşek (17/ 3); Rodrigo Tello (32/ 6); Erkan Zengin (2 / -)
• Attack: Bobô (32/ 11); Filip Hološko (30/ 10); Batuhan Karadeniz ( 3/1) 1; Mert Nobre (27/ 10)
• Coach Mustafa Denizli

1A. Šerić, A. Tandoğan, T. Üzümcü and B. Karadeniz disputed only the first half of the season for Beşiktaş Istanbul