2008–09 in Turkish football

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

Managerial changes

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

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	ARS	DKV	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	Advance to knockout phase	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

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Retirements

Mert Korkmaz

References

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

[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.

[turkeyscore-6] Turkeys' score given first.

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