| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Galatasaray 17th title |
| Relegated | Manisaspor Çaykur Rizespor Kasımpaşa |
| Champions League | Galatasaray Fenerbahçe |
| UEFA Cup | Beşiktaş Kayserispor |
| Intertoto Cup | Sivasspor |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 786 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Semih Şentürk (17) |
| Biggest home win | Galatasaray 6–0Konyaspor (16 September 2007) |
| Biggest away win | Gaziantepspor 0–5Fenerbahçe (20 January 2008) |
| Highest scoring | Galatasaray 6–3Manisaspor (9 February 2008) (9 goals) |
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The2007–08 Süper Lig season, (also known as theTurkcellSüper Lig for sponsorship reasons), was the 50th anniversary of top-flight professionalfootball in Turkey. It was won byGalatasaray, who won their 17th championship.
Since Turkey had climbed from 15th to 14th position in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2006–07 season, andUEFA Champions League-boundZenit Saint Petersburg won the2007–08 UEFA Cup, the domestic cup winner,Kayserispor, which had qualified for the second qualifying round of the2008–09 UEFA Cup, was promoted to the first round, filling the unused title holder spot.
The league began on 10 August 2007 with theİstanbul B.B.–Fenerbahçe match atAtatürk Olympic Stadium.[1]
The three relegated clubs would be replaced by three promoted clubs from theBank Asya 1. Lig. Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ and İstanbul B.B. both earned automatic promotion, whileAltay,Diyarbakırspor,Kasımpaşa andMalatyaspor played in the play-off tournament with Kasımpaşa coming out victorious, becoming the third and last club to be promoted to the Süper Lig for 2007–08.
The league started with a surprise result, withİstanbul B.B. defeating giants Fenerbahçe 2–0.[2] Another important event of the first week was the record ofHakan Şükür. By scoring two goals, he managed to reach to the record of the most goals scored domestically.[3] The Trabzonspor–Sivasspor match was suspended due to "player and fan trouble", just minutes before the referee would end it. The Federation ultimately awarded a default 3–0 victory toSivasspor.[4] This caused a harsh opposition from the Trabzonspor side.
The first derby of the season was the main event of this week but the decision ofKarl Heinz Feldkamp became the center of the discussion rather than the match between Galatasaray and Beşiktaş because he decided to exclude two important players of his team, Şükür and Lincoln, from the match squad. The reason was their disciplinary problems. This week is also worth mentioning because none of the matches ended with a draw.[5]
Fenerbahçe, after collecting five points in threeChampions League matches, faced the newcomer of the league, Kasımpaşa. Fenerbahçe hardly won the game which they were expected to dominate. On the other field of the competition, Galatasaray secured the victory in the last minutes and the surprise leader of the 9th Week, Sivasspor, was defeated by the desperate Konyaspor. One of the key events of the week was the transfer ofErsun Yanal, former national team manager, to Trabzonspor.Ziya Doğan left his seat after the shocking defeat at the hands of Beşiktaş in the 9th week where Trabzonspor lost its early advantage of 2–0 and ended up losing the game 2–3.[6][7]
Beşiktaş hosted Galatasaray on their 319th randez-vous.[8] Both teams had critical absences such as injuredBobo and suspendedLincoln.[9] Beşiktaş won the game with final score of 1–0.[10]Mert Nobre have scored to Galatasaray for the 6th time in his career as he already scored 3 whilst his Fenerbahçe spelling.[11] Nobre could only score once in the first half of the season, then he accelerated his form and earned 6 goals until 24th week. Thereby, Beşiktaş captured the top of table after 137 weeks of the league.[12][13] Almost entire Beşiktaş squad and board including chairmanYıldırım Demirören and coachErtuğrul Sağlam had achieved the top position of the league for the very first time in their personal careers; squad exceptions wereSerdar Özkan,Gökhan Zan, and captainİbrahim Üzülmez.[14]
The most important match up of the weekend was between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe.Sarı Kanaryalar had already captured the leadership previous week, Beşiktaş was on target to overtake them again as the home side winner on last 6 weeks.[15][16]
Fenerbahçe started the match well with the header ofAlex afterColin Kazım-Richards' cross from the right side. Kazım will have been to score againstChelsea on next match inChampions League. Beşiktaş equalized the scoresheet withSerdar Özkan's goal; however, Alex closed the curtain with his second goal as he became the man of the match.[17][18] This was a big impact on Beşiktaş due to the victory ofSivasspor as they even lost the second place which they would lose the chance to joinChampions League next season. During the match, Yıldırım Demirören's mother got feel faint, it was diagnosed that she had a sudden hypertension. Demirören had to leave the match in early minutes.[19] Alex was protested by Beşiktaş supporters after manipulated the situations during the corner kicks.[20] The referee had added 4 and 8 minutes of stoppage time, sum of 12.
Galatasaray was fined by TFF and played against Gaziantepspor with no audience. This was the 6th match without the supporters this season due to be disciplined; neverthelessCimbom was able to win 5 times that far.[21] They had a 0–0 draw with Gaziantep.
Turkish Professional Discipline Board fined Beşiktaş for two matches, one to play in a neutral stadium and one with no audience due to manifestations consisting oaths on TFF and the referees in the match against Fenerbahçe previous weekend.[22][23][24]
The most unexpected news was the resignation ofKarl-Heinz Feldkamp from Galatasaray. Club officials declared that the reason was the opinion gap between Feldkamp and club board.[25] On the later emerging news on the papers, it was claimed that the very last reason was Feldkamp's tactical changes on the team and selection before the match againstGençlerbirliği which did not consistHakan Şükür,Hasan Şaş andOkan Buruk.[26][27]
Sivasspor hosted Beşiktaş as Fenerbahçe did for Kayserispor in the very crucial encounters of the weekend. Galatasaray was the guest of Gençlerbirliği. All three matches finished with narrow scores, therefore Fenerbahçe kept going as the leader.Lincoln was the scorer forCimbom.[28]
İstanbul B.B. managerAbdullah Avcı was linked with Galatasaray after his successful performance throughout the season.[29]
Former Beşiktaş playerPascal Nouma was in Turkey to follow the Beşiktaş' match as he claimed that his former team to reach the title at the end of the season.[30]
Kasımpaşa were relegated toBank Asya 1. Lig, after their away match loss againstBursaspor with a 1–0 score.
At the biggest game of the season, Galatasaray defeated Fenerbahçe 1–0 at theAli Sami Yen Stadium and went three points clear at the top of the table. Çaykur Rizespor were relegated toBank Asya 1. Lig, after their away match loss againstKayserispor with a 3–0 score.
Manisaspor Vestel Manisaspor were relegated toBank Asya 1. Lig following a home loss against relegatedKasımpaşa with a 2–1 score. Galatasaray defeated Sivasspor 5–3 at an away match and took a big step to the title.[31] Fenerbahçe defeated Gençlerbirliği 3–2 at home and guaranteedUEFA Champions League qualification.[32]
Galatasaray won their 17th championship after defeating Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ 2–0. Fenerbahçe finished in second position after losing 2–0 to Trabzonspor. Beşiktaş finished in third position, securing aUEFA Cup spot, after winning 5–1 against relegated Vestel Manisaspor. Sivasspor won 2–0 against Gençlerbirliği, but could only qualify forUEFA Intertoto Cup after finishing in fourth, behind Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, because of a poor head-to-head record against those two teams.[33]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galatasaray(C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 79 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 73[a] | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 73[a] | Qualification toUEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 73[a] | Qualification toIntertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Kayserispor | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 55 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[b] |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Denizlispor | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 45 | |
| 8 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 43[c] | |
| 9 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 43[c] | |
| 10 | Ankaraspor | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 41 | |
| 11 | Hacettepe Spor | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 40 | |
| 12 | İstanbul B.B. | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 38[d] | |
| 13 | Bursaspor | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 38[d] | |
| 14 | Konyaspor | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 36 | |
| 15 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 35 | |
| 16 | Manisaspor(R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 29[e] | Relegation toTFF First League |
| 17 | Çaykur Rizespor(R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 29[e] | |
| 18 | Kasımpaşa(R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 29[e] |
| Home \ Away | ANG | ANK | BJK | BUR | ÇRZ | DEN | FEN | GSY | GAZ | GBR | GOF | İBB | KAS | KAY | KON | SİV | TRB | VMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankaragücü | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Ankaraspor | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Beşiktaş | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| Bursaspor | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | |
| Denizlispor | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | |
| Galatasaray | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–3 | |
| Gaziantepspor | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| İstanbul B.B. | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |
| Kasımpaşa | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Kayserispor | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Konyaspor | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | |
| Sivasspor | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Trabzonspor | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3[a] | 2–2 | |
| Vestel Manisaspor | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Below is the list of coaches who left their teams after the start of the season.
Top goalscorers[edit]
| Top assists[edit]
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bursaspor | Gençlerbirliği | 3–1 | 25 August 2007 | |
| Gaziantepspor | Kayserispor | 4–3 | 16 September 2007 | |
| İstanbul B.B. | Manisaspor | 4–1 | 30 September 2007 | |
| Fenerbahçe | Ankaraspor | 4–2 | 24 November 2007 | |
| Konyaspor | Ventel Manisaspor | 4–2 | 9 December 2007 | |
| Galatasaray | Çaykur Rizespor | 5–2 | 12 January 2008 | |
| Manisaspor | Denizlispor | 3–2 | 27 January 2008 | |
| Galatasaray | Manisaspor | 6–3 | 9 February 2008 | |
| Sivasspor | Kasımpaşa | 4–0 | 30 March 2008 | |
| Galatasaray | Sivasspor | 5–3 | 4 May 2008 |
| Team | Stadium | Capacity[72] |
|---|---|---|
| Büyükşehir Belediyespor | Atatürk Olympic Stadium | 82,000 |
| Fenerbahçe | FB Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | 55,509 |
| Beşiktaş | BJK İnönü Stadium | 32,086 |
| Kayserispor | Kayseri Atatürk Stadium | 25,918 |
| Galatasaray | Ali Sami Yen Stadium | 23,785 |
| Konyaspor | Konya Atatürk Stadium | 22,459 |
| Trabzonspor | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium | 19,649 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | 19,209 |
| Gençlerbirliği | Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | 19,209 |
| Gençlerbirliği Oftaşspor | Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | 19,209 |
| Bursaspor | Bursa Atatürk Stadium | 18,587 |
| Denizlispor | Denizli Atatürk Stadium | 15,459 |
| Kasımpaşa | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium | 13,500 |
| Gaziantepspor | Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium | 14,325 |
| Sivasspor | Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium | 11,500 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Rize Atatürk Stadium | 10,459 |
| Vestel Manisaspor | Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium | 10,025 |
| Ankaraspor | Yenikent Asaş Stadium | 25,000 |
The teams promoted from theTFF First League for the 2006–07 season:
The teams relegated to theTFF First League for the 2006–07 season:
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