Beşiktaş
2007–08 season
Head coachErtuğrul Sağlam
StadiumBJK İnönü Stadium
Süper Lig3rd
Turkish CupQuarter-finals
Turkish Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage

During the 2007–08 season, Beşiktaş competed in the Süper Lig.

Season summary

Beşiktaş had the unsavoury distinction of setting the record for the heaviest defeat in Champions League history. Away to English giants Liverpool, who Beşiktaş had beat at home just weeks earlier, half-time arrived with the score at 2-0. However, Liverpool scored 6 more times in the second half to win 8-0, a scoreline that has yet to be bettered over one leg in the Champions League since.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Turkey TUR Rüştü Reçber
2 DF Turkey TUR Serdar Kurtuluş
3 DF Turkey TUR Mehmet Sedef
5 DF Turkey TUR Gökhan Zan
6 MF Turkey TUR Mehmet Yozgatlı[notes 1]
8 DF Turkey TUR Baki Mercimek[notes 2]
10 MF Argentina ARG Matías Emilio Delgado
11 FW Brazil BRA Márcio Nobre
13 FW Brazil BRA Bobô
14 MF Chile CHI Rodrigo Tello
17 MF Brazil BRA Ricardinho
18 MF France FRA Édouard Cissé
19 DF Turkey TUR İbrahim Üzülmez
20 MF Turkey TUR Aydın Karabulut[notes 3]
21 MF Turkey TUR Serdar Özkan
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Turkey TUR Ali Tandoğan
23 FW Slovakia SVK Filip Hološko
24 DF Croatia CRO Gordon Schildenfeld
33 DF Turkey TUR Koray Şanlı
35 GK Turkey TUR Atilla Özmen
39 FW Turkey TUR Emir Gökçe
58 DF Turkey TUR İbrahim Toraman
61 DF Turkey TUR Ethem Yılmaz
78 DF Turkey TUR İbrahim Kaş
84 GK Turkey TUR Hakan Arıkan
87 GK Turkey TUR Korcan Çelikay
90 DF Turkey TUR Bülent Uzun
91 FW Turkey TUR Ali Kuçik
99 FW Turkey TUR Batuhan Karadeniz

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Germany GER Mustafa Doğan[notes 4] (retired)
7 FW Turkey TUR Burak Yılmaz (to Manisaspor)
9 FW Turkey TUR Gökhan Güleç (to Denizlispor)
9 FW Argentina ARG Federico Higuaín (on loan to América)
15 DF Senegal SEN Lamine Diatta (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW Turkey TUR Can Erdem (on loan to Kocaelispor)
29 GK Turkey TUR Murat Şahin (to Gaziantepspor)
41 MF Turkey TUR Koray Avcı (to Manisaspor)
53 MF Turkey TUR Fahri Tatan (on loan to Çaykur Rizespor)
55 MF Turkey TUR İbrahim Akın (to İstanbul BB)

Turkish Super Cup

August 5, 2007 Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Cologne, Germany
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

Süper Lig

First Half

August 11, 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 1–0 Turkey Konyaspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
September 1, 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 0–0 Turkey Kayserispor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
September 15, 2007 Ankaraspor Turkey 0–0 Turkey Beşiktaş Ankara, Turkey
Stadium: Yenikent AŞAŞ Stadium
September 22, 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 3–2 Turkey Denizlispor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
September 29, 2007 Galatasaray Turkey 2–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
November 10, 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 1–2 Turkey Sivasspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
December 7, 2007 Bursaspor Turkey 0–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Bursa, Turkey
Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium

Second half

January 12, 2008 Konyaspor Turkey 1–2 Turkey Beşiktaş Konya, Turkey
Stadium: Konya Atatürk Stadium
January 19, 2008 Beşiktaş Turkey 4–2 Turkey Kasımpaşa Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
February 16, 2008 Beşiktaş Turkey 3–2 Turkey Ankaraspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
April 6, 2008 Sivasspor Turkey 1–2 Turkey Beşiktaş Sivas, Turkey
Stadium: Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium
April 26, 2008 Beşiktaş Turkey 3–0 Turkey Bursaspor Adana, Turkey
Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadium

Standings

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 to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Fenerbahçe 34 22 7 5 72 37 +35 73[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 23 4 7 58 32 +26 73[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Sivasspor 34 23 4 7 57 29 +28 73[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Kayserispor 34 15 10 9 50 31 +19 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Fenerbahçe were ahead of Beşiktaş and Sivasspor on head-to-head points and Beşiktaş were ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe: 12 pts; Beşiktaş: 3 pts, 5–7 (–2); Sivasspor: 3 pts, 4–8 (–4).
  2. ↑ Kayserispor have won the 2007–08 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Turkish Cup

After finishing in the top four of the previous season's Süper Lig, Beşiktaş qualified for the group stages. Beşiktaş was placed in Group A, along with Ankaraspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Çaykur Rizespor and Diyarbakır Diskispor. Beşiktaş finished second.

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Çaykur Rizespor 4 3 1 0 5 2 +3 10
2 Beşiktaş J.K. 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 7
3 Ankaraspor 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
4 Ankaragücü 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
5 Diskispor 4 0 0 4 4 12 −8 0
Source:
January 8, 2008 Beşiktaş Turkey 3–1 Turkey Ankaraspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Quarter-finals

3-3 on aggregate. Çaykur Rizespor won on away goals.

Champions League

Second qualifying round

1 August 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 1–0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:00 İbrahim Toraman 73' Report Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Beşiktaş won 4–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

15 August 2007 Zürich Switzerland 1–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Hardturm, Zürich
20:15 Alphonse 90+7' Report Delgado 3' Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 England Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 +13 10
3 France Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 6
Source: RSSSF
18 September 2007 Marseille France 2–0 Turkey Beşiktaş Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Rodriguez 76'
Cissé 90+1'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 35,676
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
3 October 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 0–1 Portugal Porto BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Report MatchCentre Quaresma 90+2' Attendance: 19,795
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
24 October 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 2–1 England Liverpool BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Hyypiä 13' (o.g.)
Bobô 82'		 Report MatchCentre Gerrard 85' Attendance: 25,837
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
6 November 2007 Liverpool England 8–0 Turkey Beşiktaş Anfield, Liverpool
20:45 Crouch 19', 89'
Benayoun 32', 53', 56'
Gerrard 69'
Babel 79', 81'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 41,143
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
28 November 2007 Beşiktaş Turkey 2–1 France Marseille BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Tello 27'
Bobô 88'		 Report MatchCentre Taiwo 65' Attendance: 19,448
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
11 December 2007 Porto Portugal 2–0 Turkey Beşiktaş Estádio do Dragão, Porto
20:45 L. González 44'
Quaresma 62'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 39,608
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Notes

  1. ↑ Yozgatlı was born in Melle, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-19, U-21, and B level.
  2. ↑ Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.
  3. ↑ Karabulut was born in Berlin, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level.
  4. ↑ Doğan was born in Isparta, Turkey, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in July 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Beşiktaş - 2007/08". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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