2008–09 in Turkish football

The 2008–09 season is the 105th season of competitive football in Turkey.

Managerial changes edit

Name Club Date of departure Replacement Date of appointment
Safet Sušić Ankaraspor May, 2008[1] Aykut Kocaman May, 2008
Güvenç Kurtar Denizlispor May, 2008[2] Ali Yalçın June, 2008
Nejat Biyedić Eskişehirspor June, 2008[3] Rıza Çalımbay June, 2008
Karl Heinz Feldkamp Galatasaray April, 2008 Michael Skibbe[4] June, 2008
Zico Fenerbahçe June, 2008 Luis Aragonés[5] June, 2008

Uefa competitions edit

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR ARS DK FEN
1   Porto 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 0–1 3–1
2   Arsenal 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 4–0 1–0 0–0
3   Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 1–1 1–0
4   Fenerbahçe 6 0 2 4 4 11 −7 2 1–2 2–5 0–0
Source: RSSSF

UEFA Europa League edit

Group stage edit

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET GAL OLY HER BEN
1   Metalist Kharkiv 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 0–0
2   Galatasaray 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9 0–1 1–0
3   Olympiacos 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6 4–0 5–1
4   Hertha BSC 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2 0–1 1–1
5   Benfica 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1 0–1 0–2
Source: RSSSF

National team edit

Date Venue Opponents Score[6] Competition Turkey scorers Match report
February 6, 2008 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul   Sweden 0-0 Friendly TFF[1]
March 26, 2008 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk   Belarus 2-2 Friendly Tuncay Şanlı, Tümer Metin TFF[2]
May 20, 2008 SchücoArena, Bielefeld   Slovakia 1-0 Friendly Hakan Balta [3][4]
May 25, 2008 rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum   Uruguay 2-3 Friendly Arda Turan, Nihat Kahveci UEFA[5]
May 29, 2008 MSV-Arena, Duisburg   Finland 2-0 Friendly Tuncay Şanlı, Semih Şentürk [6][permanent dead link]
June 7, 2008 Stade de Genève, Switzerland   Portugal 0-2 UEFA Euro 2008 Group A UEFA[7]
June 11, 2008 St. Jakob-Park, Switzerland    Switzerland 2-1 UEFA Euro 2008 Group A Semih Şentürk (57"), Arda Turan (90") UEFA[8]
June 15, 2008 Stade de Genève, Switzerland   Czech Republic 3-2 UEFA Euro 2008 Group A Arda Turan (75"), Nihat Kahveci (2) (87",90") UEFA[9]
June 20, 2008 Ernst Happel Stadion, Austria   Croatia 0-0 (1-1 AET) (4-2 Pen.) UEFA Euro 2008 Quarterfinals Semih Şentürk (120") UEFA[10]
June 25, 2008 St. Jakob-Park, Switzerland   Germany 2-3 UEFA Euro 2008 Semifinals Uğur Boral (22"), Semih Şentürk (86") UEFA[11]
August 20, 2008 Kocaeli İsmetpaşa Stadium, Kocaeli   Chile 1-0 Friendly Halil Altıntop
September 6, 2008 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan   Armenia 2-0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 Tuncay Şanlı, Semih Şentürk
September 10, 2008 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul   Belgium 1-1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 Emre Belözoğlu
October 11, 2008 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 Arda Turan, Mevlüt Erdinç
October 15, 2008 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn   Estonia 0-0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5
November 19, 2008 Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna   Austria 4-2 Friendly Mehmet Aurélio Tuncay Şanlı (3)
February 11, 2009 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir   Ivory Coast 1-1 Friendly Gökhan Ünal
March 28, 2009 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid   Spain 0-1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5
April 1, 2009 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul   Spain 1-2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 Semih Şentürk
June 2, 2009 Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri   Azerbaijan 2-0 Friendly Halil Altıntop, İbrahim Üzülmez
June 5, 2009 Stade de Gerland, Lyon   France 0-1 Friendly

Transfer deals edit

Retirements edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ankaraspor'da 2.Aykut Kocaman dönemi". TRT (in Turkish). 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ "Ali Yalçın resmen Denizlispor'da" (in Turkish). 2008-06-27. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  3. ^ "Çalımbay, Eskişehirspor'da". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
  4. ^ "Skibbe İstanbul'da". NTV (in Turkish). 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-06-25.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Aragones resmen Fenerbahçe'de". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  6. ^ Turkeys' score given first.