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.
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.
Team overview
TeamHead coachTeam captainVenueCapacityTürkiye Futbol Federasyonu Stad Arama KitmakerShirt sponsorClub ChairmanAnkaragücü Hakan Kutlu Murat ErdoğanAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium19,209LottoTurkcellCemal Azmi AydınAnkaraspor Aykut Kocaman Hürriyet GüçerYenikent Asaş Stadium19,626NikeTurkcellRuhi KurnazAntalyaspor Mehmet Özdilek Uğur KavukAntalya Atatürk Stadium11,137NikeMardanHasan Y. AkıncıoğluBeşiktaş Mustafa Denizli BJK İnönü Stadium32,086UmbroCola TurkaYıldırım DemirörenBursaspor Ertuğrul Sağlam Ömer ErdoğanBursa Atatürk Stadium18,587KappaTurkcellİbrahim YazıcıDenizlispor Mesut Bakkal Roman KratochvilDenizli Atatürk Stadium15,427LesconTurkcellAli İpekEskişehirspor Rıza Çalımbay Emre ToramanEskişehir Atatürk Stadium18,880NikeEtiHalil ÜnalFenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium53,586AdidasAveaAziz YıldırımGalatasaray Bülent KorkmazAli Sami Yen Stadium22,800AdidasAveaAdnan PolatGaziantepspor José Couceiro Bekir İrtegünGaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium16,981LesconTurkcellİbrahim Halil KızılGençlerbirliği Samet Aybaba Abdel Zaher El SakaAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium19,209LottoTurkcellİlhan CavcavHacettepe Erdoğan Arıca Orhan ŞamAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium19,209LottoTurkcellTurgay KalemciIstanbul BB Abdullah Avcı Efe İnançAtatürk Olympic Stadium76,092LesconKalPenGöksel GümüşdağKayserispor Tolunay Kafkas Mehmet TopuzKadir Has Stadium132,864AdidasTurkcellRecep MamurKocaelispor Erhan Altın Serdar TopraktepeIsmet Pasa Stadium12,710UmbroErciyasSerhan GürkanKonyaspor Ünal Karaman Ömer GündostuKonya Atatürk Stadium21,968LottoTurkcellMehmet Ali KuntoğluSivasspor Bülent Uygun Mehmet YildizSivas 4 Eylül Stadium14,998AdidasTurkcellMecnun OtyakmazTrabzonspor Ersun Yanal Hüseyin ÇimşirHüseyin Avni Aker Stadium19,649NikeAveaSadri Şener
Notes 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.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointmentKonyaspor Raşit ÇetinerSacked17 September 2008– Haber – "Konyaspor Raşit Çetiner'le bitirdi" Giray Bulak24 September 2008Giray Bulak Konyaspor'da Kocaelispor Engin İpekoğluSacked25 September 2008Kocaeli Engin İpekoğlu'nu yolladı | internetspor.com Yılmaz Vural28 September 2008Yılmaz Vural Kocaelispor'da Beşiktaş Ertuğrul SağlamResigned7 October 2008 Mustafa Denizli9 October 2008Besiktas appoint Mustafa DenizliAnkaragücü Hakan KutluSacked20 October 2008CNN TÜRK.com – Haberler – Spor Futbol – Hakan Kutlu Ankaragücü'nden ayrıldı – 22 Ekim, 2007 Ünal Karaman24 October 2008Ankaragücü Ünal Karaman'a emanet Antalyaspor Jozef JarabinskýSacked28 October 2008Sporx.com – Haberler – Spor Futbol – Jarabinsky gönderildi Mehmet Özdilek28 October 2008– Haberler – Spor Futbol – Antalyaspor, Mehmet Özdilek'le anlaştı Hacettepe Osman ÖzdemirResigned2 November 2008Osman Özdemir istifa etti Erdoğan Arıca3 November 2008Hacettepe hocasını buldu! Denizlispor Ali YalçınResigned2 November 2008Denizlispor'un hocası istifa etti Ümit Kayıhan10 November 2008Denizlispor, Kayıhan'a İmza Attırdı Gençlerbirliği Mesut BakkalResigned3 November 2008Gençler'de Bakkal dönemi bitti Samet Aybaba5 November 2008Samet Aybaba Gençlerbirliği'nde Bursaspor Samet AybabaResigned4 November 2008Bursa'da Samet Aybaba dönemi sona erdi Güvenç Kurtar4 November 2008Bursa'da Kurtar Dönemi Ankaragücü Ünal KaramanResigned8 December 2008 Hakan Kutlu2 January 2009 Bursaspor Güvenç KurtarResigned23 December 2008 Ertuğrul Sağlam2 January 2009Kocaelispor Yılmaz VuralResigned29 December 2008 Erhan Altın 17 January 2009Kocaelispor Erhan Altın'a emanet Denizlispor Ümit KayıhanSacked5 February 2009Denizlispor`da Ümit Kayıhan depremi! Mesut Bakkal6 February 2009Denizli Mesut Bakkal ile anlaştı Galatasaray Michael SkibbeSacked23 February 2009 Bülent Korkmaz23 February 2009Hacettepe Erdoğan ArıcaResigned2 March 2009Erdoğan Arıca istifa etti Ergün Penbe 2 March 2009Gaziantepspor Nurullah SağlamResigned9 March 2009Nurullah Sağlam istifa etti José Couceiro 6 April 2009Konyaspor Giray BulakSacked19 May 2009 Ünal Karaman 20 May 2009
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former Players Ankaragücü Ismaël Bouzid Jabá Luiz Henrique Leonardo Iglesias Antonio de Nigris Mouin Chaâbani Leandro Chaves Sherif Ekramy Ankaraspor Roguy Méyé Theo Lewis Weeks Radoslav Batak Neca Madiou Konate Štefan Senecký Tita Antonio de Nigris Fredrik Risp Antalyaspor Tita Serge Djiéhoua Ali Zitouni Joseph Ngwenya Jarosław Bieniuk Piotr Dziewicki Pavol Straka Beşiktaş Matías Delgado Rodrigo Tello Bobô Tomáš Sivok Tomáš Zápotočný Édouard Cissé Fabian Ernst Filip Hološko Anthony Šerić Bursaspor Maksim Romaschenko Fabrício Marcelinho Tadeu Dimitar Ivankov Giani Kiriță Shin Young-rok Adriano Magrão Leandrao Ysrael Zúñiga Denizlispor Džemal Berberović Carlos Alberto Douglas Irineu Wescley Emil Angelov Ibrahima Bangoura Darryl Roberts Tomáš Abrahám Ivan Lietava Roman Kratochvíl Renny Vega Eskişehirspor Safet Nadarević Anderson Krunoslav Lovrek Luka Vučko Stjepan Poljak Vanja Iveša Fenerbahçe Alex Deivid Edu Dracena Roberto Carlos Claudio Maldonado Dani Güiza Josico Diego Lugano Galatasaray Harry Kewell Lincoln Milan Baroš Shabani Nonda Morgan De Sanctis Tobias Linderoth Fernando Meira Gaziantepspor Christian Zurita Beto Eduardo Pacheco Ivan Júlio César Rodrigo Tabata Armand Deumi Gençlerbirliği Bruce Djite Mile Jedinak James Troisi Kahê Lamine Traoré Jacques Momha Daniel Addo Bojan Isailović Nicolás Peric Hacettepe Gilman Lika Sandro Tozo Ante Kulušić Patiyo Tambwe François Zoko Admir Teli Xhevahir Sukaj Amir Azmy Shaibu Yakubu İstanbul B.B. Kenan Hasagić Adriano Marcus Vinícius Marquinhos Gustave Bebbe Razundara Tjikuzu Marcin Kuś Kayserispor Franco Cángele Alioum Saidou Salomon Olembé Souleymanou Hamidou Milan Purović Julius Aghahowa Delio Toledo Matías Escobar Kocaelispor Ramal Huseynov Rashad Sadygov Júlio César Patrice Nzekou Mazowa N'sumbu Akeem Agbetu Maurice Ross Luka Žinko Fransérgio Đorđe Tutorić Dušan Anđelković Nenad Jestrović Konyaspor Jefferson Kauê Branimir Poljac Miloš Mihajlov Roman Kratochvíl Jonathan Téhoué Sivasspor Michael Petkovic Fábio Bilica Sérgio Hervé Tum Yannick Kamanan Kanfory Sylla Mamadou Diallo Trabzonspor Gustavo Colman Alanzinho Rigobert Song Hrvoje Čale Isaac Promise Tony Sylva
Standings
Positions by round
Results
Top goalscorers Source: tff.org
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Milan BarošGalatasaray202 Taner GülleriKocaelispor183 Gökhan ÜnalTrabzonspor154 Umut BulutTrabzonspor14 Mehmet YıldızSivasspor6 Souleymane YoulaEskişehirspor137 BetoGaziantepspor128 AlexFenerbahçe11 BobôBeşiktaş Daniel GüizaFenerbahçe TabataGaziantepspor Sercan YıldırımBursaspor
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Julius AghahowaKayserisporFenerbahçe 4–1 Mehmet YıldızSivassporDenizlispor 3–1 Milan BarošGalatasarayHacettepe 3–1 Rodrigo TabataGaziantepsporKocaelispor 5–2 Milan BarošGalatasarayBeşiktaş 4–2 James TroisiGençlerbirliğiKayserispor 3–1 Souleymane YoulaEskişehirsporİstanbul BB 6–1 AlexFenerbahçeHacettepe 7–0 Taner GülleriKocaelisporGalatasaray 5–2 Milan PurovicKayserisporGençlerbirliği 4–0
Transfers
See also 2008–09 Türkiye Kupası 2008–09 TFF First League 2008–09 TFF Third League
References