# 2008–09 Turkish Cup

The 2008–09 Turkish Cup, also known due to sponsorship reasons as the Fortis Türkiye Kupası, was the 47th edition of the annual tournament that determined the association football Süper Lig Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) champion under the auspices of the Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu; TFF). (Beşiktaş) successfully contested Fenerbahçe in the final, 4–2. This tournament was conducted under the UEFA Cup system having replaced at the 44th edition a standard knockout competition scheme. Beşiktaş completed the double having also won 2008–09 Süper Lig.

## First round

The draw for the First Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in Istanbul on 22 August 2008. The games were played on 3 and 4 September 2008.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Kasımpaşa SK | 2–2 (aet, p. 5–6) | Güngören Belediyespor |
| İstanbulspor A.Ş. | 2–1 | Gaziosmanpaşaspor |
| Sakaryaspor | 2–0 | Kartalspor |
| Beylerbeyi SK | 1–2 | Beykozspor |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | 3–1 | Boluspor |
| Çankırı Belediyespor | 3–3 (aet, p. 1–3) | Samsunspor |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 1–0 | Orduspor |
| Giresunspor | 3–2 | Ofspor |
| Karşıyaka SK | 1–3 | Altay |
| Akhisar Belediyespor | 1–2 | Manisaspor |
| Alanyaspor | 2–1 | Denizli Belediyespor |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 1–0 | Bugsaş SK |
| Etimesgut Şekerspor | 1–1 (aet, p. 2–4) | Tokatspor |
| Gaziantep B.Ş.B. Spor | 2–1 | Adanaspor |
| Adana Demirspor | 0–0 (aet, p. 3–4) | İskenderun Demir Çelikspor |
| Mardinspor | 1–2 | Belediye Vanspor |
| Diyarbakırspor | 2–1 | Elazığspor |
| Malatya Belediyespor | 4–5 | Malatyaspor |

## Second round

The draw for the Second Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in Istanbul on 12 September 2008. The games were played on 24 and 25 September 2008.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| İstanbulspor A.Ş. | 0–1 | Ankaraspor |
| İskenderun Demir Çelikspor | 1–5 | Kayserispor |
| Beykozspor | 0–1 | Altay |
| Alanyaspor | 2–1 | Gençlerbirliği |
| Malatyaspor | 1–0 | Hacettepespor |
| Manisaspor | 4–1 | Kocaelispor |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 0–2 | Gaziantepspor |
| Konyaspor | 1–0 | Güngören Belediyespor |
| Bursaspor | 3–0 | Belediye Vanspor |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 5–1 | Giresunspor |
| Eskişehirspor | 2–0 | Diyarbakırspor |
| Samsunspor | 1–1 (aet, p. 7–8) | Antalyaspor |
| Trabzonspor | 2–0 | Kardemir Karabükspor |
| İstanbul B.Ş.B. Spor | 1–2 | Tokatspor |
| Denizlispor | 4–0 | Sakaryaspor |
| Gaziantep B.Ş.B Spor | 2–0 | Kayseri Erciyesspor |

## Group stage

The group stage consisted of four groups with five teams each. The four teams that finished first through fourth in 2007–08 Süper Lig were seeded as group heads: Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş and Sivasspor. The sixteen teams qualified through the first two rounds of elimination matches were randomly drawn into one of the four groups.
Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. The winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the quarterfinals. The games were played from 29 October 2008 to 18 January 2009.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BEŞ | ANT | GAZ | TRA | GBB |
| 1 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | | 3–0 | | | 3–1 |
| 2 | Antalyaspor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | | | 2–0 | 3–3 | |
| 3 | Gaziantepspor | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | 0–1 | | | 3–1 | |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | 1–2 | | | | 1–0 |
| 5 | Gaziantep BB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GAL | ANS | KAY | ALT | MAL |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | | | 1–0 | | 4–2 |
| 2 | Ankaraspor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | | |
| 3 | Kayserispor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | | | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Altay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | | |
| 5 | Malatyaspor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | | 2–4 | | 0–3 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SİV | DEN | MAN | KON | ALA |
| 1 | Sivasspor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Denizlispor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | | | 2–2 | | 1–0 |
| 3 | Manisaspor | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | |
| 4 | Konyaspor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | | 0–1 | | | 4–0 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FEN | BUR | ESK | MKE | TOK |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 12 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | |
| 2 | Bursaspor | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | | | | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Eskişehirspor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | | 0–2 | | 2–1 | |
| 4 | MKE Ankaragücü | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | 0–1 | | | | 1–0 |
| 5 | Tokatspor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bursaspor | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bursaspor | 0 | 1 | 1 | Fenerbahçe | Fenerbahçe | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | Sivasspor | Sivasspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 1 | 1 | 2(1) | Sivasspor | Sivasspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Sivasspor (p) | 1 | 1 | 2(3) | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sivasspor (p) | 1 | 1 | 2(3) | | | | | | Fenerbahçe | Fenerbahçe | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Beşiktaş | Beşiktaş | 4 |
| 2 | Antalyaspor | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Beşiktaş | Beşiktaş | 4 |
| 7 | Beşiktaş | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Beşiktaş | 2 | 3 | 5 | Ankaraspor | Ankaraspor | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | Beşiktaş | Beşiktaş | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Denizlispor | 1 | 1 | 2 | Beşiktaş | Beşiktaş | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Ankaraspor | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

In this round entered winners and runners-up of all of the previous round's groups. The draw was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in Istanbul on 19 January 2009. The first legs were played on 27 and 28 January 2009. The second legs were played on 3, 4 and 5 February 2009.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fenerbahçe | 4–1 | Bursaspor | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Galatasaray | 2–2 (p. 1–3) | Sivasspor | 1–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
| Antalyaspor | 1–5 | Beşiktaş | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Denizlispor | 2–3 | Ankaraspor | 1–1 | 1–2 |

## Semi-finals

The draw was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in Istanbul on 18 February 2009. The first legs were played on 3 and 4 March 2009. The second legs were played on 21 and 22 April 2009.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fenerbahçe | 3–1 | Sivasspor | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Ankaraspor | 3–4 | Beşiktaş | 1–3 | 2–1 |