# 2008–09 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2008–09 season was Beşiktaş' 105th football season. Also it was the 50th year of the Süper Lig. Beşiktaş won the domestic double of the league title and cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Édouard Cissé |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Zan |
| 6 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Sivok |
| 7 | DF | CRO | Anthony Šerić ** |
| 8 | MF | TUR | Uğur İnceman * |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Matías Delgado (captain) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Mert Nobre (vice-captain) |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Bobô |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Rodrigo Tello |
| 15 | MF | TUR | Necip Uysal |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Ekrem Dağ * |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | TUR | İbrahim Üzülmez |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Aydın Karabulut * |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Serdar Özkan |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Ali Tandoğan |
| 23 | FW | SVK | Filip Hološko |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Erdem Köse |
| 26 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Zápotočný |
| 35 | DF | TUR | Tuna Üzümcü |
| 58 | DF | TUR | İbrahim Toraman |
| 78 | GK | TUR | Korcan Çelikay |
| 84 | GK | TUR | Hakan Arıkan |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Batuhan Karadeniz |
* Also holds German citizenship.  ** Also holds Australian citizenship.

### Transfers in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CZE | Tomáš Zápotočný (from Udinese) |
| — | DF | CZE | Tomáš Sivok (from Udinese) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ekrem Dağ (from Gaziantepspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Tuna Üzümcü (from Gençlerbirliği) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CRO | Anthony Šerić (from Panathinaikos) |
| — | MF | TUR | Uğur Inceman (from Manisaspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Mert Safa Yılmaz (from Boluspor) |

#### Transfers out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Baki Mercimek (to Ankaraspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Adem Büyük (to Manisaspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Fahri Tatan (to Konyaspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ergun Aydın (to Diyarbakırspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Mehmet Yozgatlı (to Gaziantepspor) |
| — | GK | TUR | Murat Şahin (to Gaziantepspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Mustafa Aşan (to Manisaspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Rıza Burak Kahriman (to Yalovaspor) |

#### Loans out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Abdullah Eryılmaz (on loan to Akçaabat Sebatspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Burak Tahir Ateş (on loan to Gaziosmanpaşaspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Bülent Uzun (on loan to Kasımpaşa) |
| — | FW | TUR | Can Erdem (on loan to Altay) |
| — | FW | TUR | Can Gümrükcü (on loan to İnegölspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Emirhan Satar (on loan to Fatih Karagümrük) |
| — | DF | TUR | Emre İncemollaoğlu (on loan to Giresunspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Erdem Özkurt (on loan to Sarıyer) |
| — | DF | TUR | Erkan Reşmen (on loan to Çorumspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Ethem Yılmaz (on loan to Gaziosmanpaşaspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Gökhan Aydaş (on loan to Akçaabat Sebatspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Kenan Özer (on loan to Kayseri Erciyesspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Koray Şanlı (on loan to Akçaabat Sebatspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Mehmet Sedef (on loan to Altay) |
| — | MF | TUR | Metin Erdem (on loan to Elazığspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Nail Tilbaç (on loan to Erzincanspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Özgür Özkaya (on loan to Fatih Karagümrük) |
| — | GK | TUR | Rasim Mutlu (on loan to Elazığspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Rıza Şen (on loan to Kasımpaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Serkan Çelik (on loan to Akçaabat Sebatspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Sezer Sezgin (on loan to Boluspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Soner Ergençay (on loan to Bozüyükspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Zafer Doğan (on loan to Lüleburgazspor) |

## Süper Lig
### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beşiktaş (C) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sivasspor | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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.

## 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 Antalyaspor, Gaziantepspor, Trabzonspor and Gaziantep B.B. Beşiktaş finished first.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 |
| 2 | Antalyaspor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 | Gaziantepspor | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
| 5 | Gaziantep BB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

Beşiktaş won 5-1 on aggregate

### Semi-finals

Beşiktaş won 4-3 on aggregate

### Final
## UEFA Cup

After finishing third in the previous season's Süper Lig, Beşiktaş qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, but was eliminated in the first round.

### Second qualifying round

Beşiktaş won 6-1 on aggregate

### First round

Beşiktaş lost 2–4 on aggregate