2007–08 Beşiktaş J.K. season

Beşiktaş
2007–08 season
Head coach	Ertuğrul Sağlam
Stadium	BJK İnönü Stadium
Süper Lig	3rd
Turkish Cup	Quarter-finals
Turkish Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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	TUR	Rüştü Reçber
2	DF	TUR	Serdar Kurtuluş
3	DF	TUR	Mehmet Sedef
5	DF	TUR	Gökhan Zan
6	MF	TUR	Mehmet Yozgatlı^{[notes 1]}
8	DF	TUR	Baki Mercimek^{[notes 2]}
10	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado
11	FW	BRA	Márcio Nobre
13	FW	BRA	Bobô
14	MF	CHI	Rodrigo Tello
17	MF	BRA	Ricardinho
18	MF	FRA	Édouard Cissé
19	DF	TUR	İbrahim Üzülmez
20	MF	TUR	Aydın Karabulut^{[notes 3]}
21	MF	TUR	Serdar Özkan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	TUR	Ali Tandoğan
23	FW	SVK	Filip Hološko
24	DF	CRO	Gordon Schildenfeld
33	DF	TUR	Koray Şanlı
35	GK	TUR	Atilla Özmen
39	FW	TUR	Emir Gökçe
58	DF	TUR	İbrahim Toraman
61	DF	TUR	Ethem Yılmaz
78	DF	TUR	İbrahim Kaş
84	GK	TUR	Hakan Arıkan
87	GK	TUR	Korcan Çelikay
90	DF	TUR	Bülent Uzun
91	FW	TUR	Ali Kuçik
99	FW	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	GER	Mustafa Doğan^{[notes 4]} (retired)
7	FW	TUR	Burak Yılmaz (to Manisaspor)
9	FW	TUR	Gökhan Güleç (to Denizlispor)
9	FW	ARG	Federico Higuaín (on loan to América)
15	DF	SEN	Lamine Diatta (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	TUR	Can Erdem (on loan to Kocaelispor)
29	GK	TUR	Murat Şahin (to Gaziantepspor)
41	MF	TUR	Koray Avcı (to Manisaspor)
53	MF	TUR	Fahri Tatan (on loan to Çaykur Rizespor)
55	MF	TUR	İbrahim Akın (to İstanbul BB)

Turkish Super Cup

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

Süper Lig

First Half

August 11, 2007	Beşiktaş	1–0	Konyaspor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

August 19, 2007	Kasımpaşa	1–2	Beşiktaş	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium

August 25, 2007	Gaziantepspor	0–1	Beşiktaş	Gaziantep, Turkey
				Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium

September 1, 2007	Beşiktaş	0–0	Kayserispor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

September 15, 2007	Ankaraspor	0–0	Beşiktaş	Ankara, Turkey
				Stadium: Yenikent AŞAŞ Stadium

September 22, 2007	Beşiktaş	3–2	Denizlispor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

September 29, 2007	Galatasaray	2–1	Beşiktaş	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

October 7, 2007	Beşiktaş	1–0	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

October 20, 2007	Trabzonspor	2–3	Beşiktaş	Trabzon, Turkey
				Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium

October 28, 2007	Beşiktaş	0–0	İstanbul BB	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

November 3, 2007	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Beşiktaş	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

November 10, 2007	Beşiktaş	1–2	Sivasspor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

November 24, 2007	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ	0–1	Beşiktaş	Ankara, Turkey
				Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

December 2, 2007	Beşiktaş	1–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

December 7, 2007	Bursaspor	0–1	Beşiktaş	Bursa, Turkey
				Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium

December 16, 2007	Beşiktaş	3–1	MKE Ankaragücü	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

December 21, 2007	Vestel Manisaspor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Manisa, Turkey
				Stadium: Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium

Second half

January 12, 2008	Konyaspor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Konya, Turkey
				Stadium: Konya Atatürk Stadium

January 19, 2008	Beşiktaş	4–2	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

January 26, 2008	Beşiktaş	3–1	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

February 9, 2008	Kayserispor	2–0	Beşiktaş	Kayseri, Turkey
				Stadium: Kayseri Atatürk Stadium

February 16, 2008	Beşiktaş	3–2	Ankaraspor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

February 22, 2008	Denizlispor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Denizli, Turkey
				Stadium: Denizli Atatürk Stadium

March 2, 2008	Beşiktaş	1–0	Galatasaray	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

March 7, 2008	Gençlerbirliği	1–2	Beşiktaş	Ankara, Turkey
				Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

March 16, 2008	Beşiktaş	3–0	Trabzonspor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

March 22, 2008	İstanbul BB	2–1	Beşiktaş	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium

March 29, 2008	Beşiktaş	1–2	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

April 6, 2008	Sivasspor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Sivas, Turkey
				Stadium: Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium

April 11, 2008	Beşiktaş	0–1	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

April 20, 2008	Çaykur Rizespor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Rize, Turkey
				Stadium: Rize Atatürk Stadium

April 26, 2008	Beşiktaş	3–0	Bursaspor	Adana, Turkey
				Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadium

May 4, 2008	MKE Ankaragücü	0–2	Beşiktaş	Ankara, Turkey
				Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

May 10, 2008	Beşiktaş	5–1	Vestel Manisaspor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Beşiktaş	34	23	4	7	58	32	+26	73^[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Sivasspor	34	23	4	7	57	29	+28	73^[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Kayserispor	34	15	10	9	50	31	+19	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[b]

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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).
^ 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 v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

October 31, 2007	Beşiktaş	1–2	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

January 5, 2008	Diyarbakır Diskispor	0–4	Beşiktaş	Diyarbakır, Turkey
				Stadium: Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium

January 8, 2008	Beşiktaş	3–1	Ankaraspor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

January 16, 2008	MKE Ankaragücü	1–1	Beşiktaş	Ankara, Turkey
				Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

Quarter-finals

February 2, 2008	Çaykur Rizespor	1–0	Beşiktaş	Rize, Turkey
				Stadium: Rize Atatürk Stadium

February 27, 2008	Beşiktaş	3–2	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

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

Champions League

Second qualifying round

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

8 August 2007	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–3	Beşiktaş	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
19:00		Report	Bobô 58', 69' Koray 90'	Referee: Iain Brines (Scotland)

Beşiktaş won 4–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

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

29 August 2007	Beşiktaş	2–0	Zürich	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
19:15	Delgado 56', 64'	Report		Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	LIV	MAR	BES
1	Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	2–1	2–0
2	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	+13	10	Advance to knockout stage	4–1	—	0–1	8–0
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–1	0–4	—	2–0
4	Beşiktaş	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6		0–1	2–1	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF

18 September 2007	Marseille	2–0	Beşiktaş	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45	Rodriguez 76' Cissé 90+1'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 35,676 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

3 October 2007	Beşiktaş	0–1	Porto	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Quaresma 90+2'	Attendance: 19,795 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

24 October 2007	Beşiktaş	2–1	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	8–0	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	2–1	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	2–0	Beşiktaş	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
20:45	L. González 44' Quaresma 62'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 39,608 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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

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

[table_hth_FEN0.71492271810534-6] 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).

[table_note_res_UC10.71492271810534-7] Kayserispor have won the 2007–08 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

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

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