2008–09 Süper Lig
Hacettepespor 0–4 Kocaelispor | |
Highest scoring | 10 matches with 7 goals each |
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← 2007–08 → |
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.
Hacettepe on their way to the second-level First League
.
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 2008–09Team | 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
- Kayserispor played their 2008 home matches at
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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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[citation needed] |
Konyaspor | Giray Bulak | Sacked | 19 May 2009[33] | Ünal Karaman | 20 May 2009[citation needed] |
Foreign Players
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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[a] |
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[b] | |
12 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 40[b] | |
13 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 39 | |
14 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 38[c] | |
15 | Denizlispor | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 38[c] | |
16 | Konyaspor (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 38[c] | 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:
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:
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Trabzonspor were ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head record: Eskişehirspor–Antalyaspor 2–0, Antalyaspor–Eskişehirspor 0–0.
- ^ a b c 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
Source: tff.org
(in Turkish)