# 2008–09 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 2008–09 season was Galatasaray's 105th in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the Süper Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.

## Current squad

As of March 10, 2009; according to the official website. .
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 | Aykut Erçetin |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Emre Güngör |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Uğur Uçar |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Tobias Linderoth |
| 7 | MF | TUR | Aydın Yılmaz |
| 8 | MF | GER | Barış Özbek |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lincoln |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Hasan Şaş (1st vice-captain) |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Topal |
| 15 | FW | CZE | Milan Baroš |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Yaser Yıldız |
| 18 | MF | TUR | Ayhan Akman (2nd vice-captain) |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Harry Kewell |
| 20 | FW | COD | Shabani Nonda |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Emre Aşık |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Hakan Balta |
| 23 | DF | TUR | Serkan Kurtuluş |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Morgan De Sanctis |
| 28 | DF | TUR | Semih Kaya |
| 35 | MF | TUR | Ferdi Elmas |
| 54 | GK | TUR | Orkun Uşak |
| 55 | MF | TUR | Sabri Sarıoğlu |
| 60 | DF | TUR | Alparslan Erdem |
| 61 | FW | TUR | Serkan Çalık |
| 66 | MF | TUR | Arda Turan |
| 74 | DF | TUR | Volkan Yaman |
| 76 | DF | TUR | Servet Çetin |
| 80 | DF | TUR | Murat Akça |
| 87 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Güven |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Ümit Karan (captain) |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 7 | MF | Aydın Yılmaz | İ.B.B.Spor | Loan return | |
| 17 | FW | Yaser Yıldız | Kartalspor | unknown | |
| 21 | DF | Emre Aşık | Ankaraspor | Loan return | |
| 35 | MF | Ferdi Elmas | Çaykur Rizespor | unknown | |
| 19 | MF | Harry Kewell | Liverpool | Free | 03–07–2008 |
| 5 | DF | Fernando Meira | VfB Stuttgart | unknown | 22–07–2008 |
| 26 | GK | Morgan De Sanctis | Sevilla | Loan | 31–07–2008 |
| 60 | DF | Alparslan Erdem | Werder Bremen II | unknown | 02–08–2008 |
| 15 | FW | Milan Baroš | Lyon | unknown | 26–08–2008 |
| 23 | DF | Serkan Kurtuluş | Bursaspor | unknown | 01–09–2008 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Rigobert Song | Trabzonspor | | |
| 5 | DF | Orhan Ak | Antalyaspor | | |
| 5 | DF | Fernando Meira | Zenit | € 6,6 million | 10–03–2009 |
| 7 | MF | Okan Buruk | İ.B.B.Spor | | |
| 9 | FW | Hakan Şükür | Retired | | |
| 13 | DF | Uğur Akdemir | Çaykur Rizespor | | |
| 15 | MF | Ahmed Barusso | AS Roma | Loan return | |
| 19 | DF | Ismaël Bouzid | Troyes AC | | |
| 30 | FW | Çağrı Yarkın | Çaykur Rizespor | | |

### Loaned out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Start | End |
| | DF | Gür Ege Gürel | Beylerbeyi | 10–06–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | DF | Serdar Keşçi | Beylerbeyi | 10–06–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | FW | Fatih Sercan Ekinci | Beylerbeyi | 10–06–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | FW | Mehmet Düz | Beylerbeyi | 10–06–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | MF | Eray Fırat | Beylerbeyi | 11–06–2008 | 02–02–2009 |
| | DF | İlker Cihan | Beylerbeyi | 16–06–2008 | 27–01–2009 |
| | MF | Recep Soner Cihan | Beylerbeyi | 16–06–2008 | 27–01–2009 |
| | MF | Oğuz Sabankay | Eskişehirspor | 03–07–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | MF | Volkan Bekçi | Beylerbeyi | 04–07–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| 16 | MF | Marcelo Carrusca | Cruz Azul | 08–07–2008 | |
| | DF | Erkan Ferin | Beylerbeyi | 31–07–2008 | 15–01–2009 |
| | FW | Özgürcan Özcan | Sakaryaspor | 13–08–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | DF | Uğur Erdoğan | Gaziantep B.B. | 26–08–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | MF | Cihan Can | Gaziantep B.B. | 26–08–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | MF | Mülayim Erdem | Gaziantep B.B. | 26–08–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | FW | Cafercan Aksu | Gaziantep B.B. | 26–08–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | FW | Efecan Karaca | Gaziantep B.B. | 26–08–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| 88 | GK | Fırat Kocaoğlu | Beylerbeyi | 01–09–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | DF | Anıl Karaer | MKE Ankaragücü | 01–09–2008 | 02–02–2009 |
| 83 | FW | Erhan Şentürk | Diyarbakırspor | 01–09–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | FW | Necati Ateş | Real Sociedad | 01–09–2008 | |
| | MF | İrfan Başaran | Beylerbeyi | 02–09–2008 | 31–05–2009 |
| | DF | Erkan Ferin | İstanbulspor | 15–01–2009 | 31–05–2009 |
| | DF | İlker Cihan | İstanbulspor | 27–01–2009 | 31–05–2010 |
| | MF | Recep Soner Cihan | İstanbulspor | 27–01–2009 | 31–05–2010 |
| | DF | Anıl Karaer | Beylerbeyi | 02–02–2009 | 31–05–2009 |
| | MF | Harun Temur | Beylerbeyi | 02–02–2009 | 31–05–2009 |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | TSL | TSL | FTC | FTC | TSC | TSC | UCL | UCL | UC | UC | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Aykut Erçetin | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Emre Güngör | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Uğur Uçar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Fernando Meira | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Tobias Linderoth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Aydın Yılmaz | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Barış Özbek | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Lincoln | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Hasan Şaş | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Mehmet Topal | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Milan Baroš | 31 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Yaser Yıldız | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Ayhan Akman | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Harry Kewell | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Shabani Nonda | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Emre Aşık | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | Hakan Balta | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Serkan Kurtuluş | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Morgan De Sanctis | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Semih Kaya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Ferdi Elmas | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | GK | Orkun Uşak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Sabri Sarıoğlu | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | Alparslan Erdem | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | FW | Serkan Çalık | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Arda Turan | 29 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 74 | DF | Volkan Yaman | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | Servet Çetin | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | Murat Akça | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | Erhan Şentürk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Mehmet Güven | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Ümit Karan | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Statistics accurate as of match played June 1, 2009

## Competitions
### Turkish Super Cup

All times at CEST

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Galatasaray | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Bursaspor | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 58 | |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 50 | |
* ↑ 2008–09 Turkish Cup was won by Champions League-qualified side Beşiktaş. Since cup runners-up Fenerbahçe secured a place in the European competitions via league position, the spot allocation for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League effectively reverted to league positions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Turkcell Super League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EEST)

### Turkish Cup

Kick-off listed in local time (EEST)

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| 2 | Ankaraspor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 | Kayserispor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| 4 | Altay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 | Malatyaspor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 |

### UEFA Champions League

All times at CET

#### Third qualifying round
### UEFA Cup

All times at CET

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 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 | — | — | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Attendance

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| Süper Lig | 21,500 | 365,500 |
| Türkiye Kupası | n/a | n/a |
| Europe | 21,168 | 105,839 |
| Total | 21,424 | 471,339 |