2014–15 Trabzonspor season

Trabzonspor
2014–15 season
President	İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu
Manager	Vahid Halilhodžić
Stadium	Hüseyin Avni Aker
Süper Lig	5th
Turkish Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Óscar Cardozo (17); All: ; Óscar Cardozo (20)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Trabzonspor season was the club's 40th consecutive season in the Süper Lig. During the season, Trabzonspor also took part in the Turkish Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Onur Kıvrak (Captain)
3	DF	POR	José Bosingwa
4	DF	TUR	Aykut Demir
6	DF	CIV	Sol Bamba
7	FW	PAR	Óscar Cardozo
8	MF	TUR	Soner Aydoğdu
9	FW	TUR	Emre Güral
10	MF	TUR	Özer Hurmacı
11	FW	TUR	Barış Memiş
13	GK	TUR	İbrahim Demir
15	MF	FRA	Florent Malouda
16	MF	TUR	Batuhan Artarslan
17	FW	TUR	Gökhan Karadeniz
18	FW	TUR	Deniz Yılmaz
20	MF	ARG	Gustavo Colman
22	DF	TUR	Mustafa Yumlu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	TUR	Anıl Taşdemir
26	GK	TUR	Fatih Öztürk
28	DF	CZE	Ondřej Čelůstka
32	MF	TUR	Yusuf Erdoğan
33	DF	TUR	Mustafa Akbaş
38	DF	TUR	Salih Dursun
50	MF	TUR	Ferhat Yazgan
55	MF	ROU	Alexandru Bourceanu
61	DF	TUR	Zeki Yavru
67	MF	TUR	Serdar Gürler
77	MF	TUR	Turgut Şahin
88	DF	TUR	Caner Osmanpaşa
99	DF	TUR	Kadir Keleş
—	DF	ALG	Essaïd Belkalem
—	DF	GUI	Kévin Constant

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	TUR	Deniz Yılmaz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	TUR	Serdar Gürler

Out

Competitions

Süper Lig

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Beşiktaş	34	21	6	7	55	32	+23	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	15	14	5	49	30	+19	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Trabzonspor	34	15	12	7	58	48	+10	57^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Bursaspor^[b]	34	16	9	9	69	44	+25	57^[a]
7	Mersin İdmanyurdu^[c]	34	13	8	13	54	48	+6	47

Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored (It is also decided that only criteria 1, 4 and 5 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition)^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Trabzonspor finished ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: Trabzonspor–Bursaspor 1–0, Bursaspor–Trabzonspor 3–3.
^ Bursaspor were banned from European competitions by UEFA for the following four seasons due to financial issues.^[1]
^ Mersin İdmanyurdu, Gaziantepspor, Eskişehirspor, Balıkesirspor, Kasımpaşa and Kayseri Erciyesspor were not granted a UEFA license by the Turkish Football Federation, and could therefore not qualify for European competitions.^[2]

Turkish Cup

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEG	TRA	LOK	MET
1	Legia Warsaw	6	5	0	1	7	2	+5	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	1–0	2–1
2	Trabzonspor	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Lokeren	6	3	1	2	4	4	0	10		1–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Metalist Kharkiv	6	0	0	6	3	10	−7	0		0–1	1–2	0–1	—