# 2008–09 in Turkish football

The 2008–09 season is the 105th season of competitive football in Turkey.

## Managerial changes

| Name | Club | Date of departure | Replacement | Date of appointment |
| Safet Sušić | Ankaraspor | May, 2008 | Aykut Kocaman | May, 2008 |
| Güvenç Kurtar | Denizlispor | May, 2008 | Ali Yalçın | June, 2008 |
| Nejat Biyedić | Eskişehirspor | June, 2008 | Rıza Çalımbay | June, 2008 |
| Karl Heinz Feldkamp | Galatasaray | April, 2008 | Michael Skibbe | June, 2008 |
| Zico | Fenerbahçe | June, 2008 | Luis Aragonés | June, 2008 |

## Uefa competitions
### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | ARS | DKV | FEN |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group B

| 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 | — | — | — |

## National team

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Turkey scorers | Match report |
| February 6, 2008 | BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul | Sweden | 0-0 | Friendly | | TFF |
| March 26, 2008 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk | Belarus | 2-2 | Friendly | Tuncay Şanlı, Tümer Metin | TFF |
| May 20, 2008 | SchücoArena, Bielefeld | Slovakia | 1-0 | Friendly | Hakan Balta | |
| May 25, 2008 | rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum | Uruguay | 2-3 | Friendly | Arda Turan, Nihat Kahveci | UEFA |
| May 29, 2008 | MSV-Arena, Duisburg | Finland | 2-0 | Friendly | Tuncay Şanlı, Semih Şentürk | |
| June 7, 2008 | Stade de Genève, Switzerland | Portugal | 0-2 | UEFA Euro 2008 Group A | | UEFA |
| June 11, 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Switzerland | Switzerland | 2-1 | UEFA Euro 2008 Group A | Semih Şentürk (57"), Arda Turan (90") | UEFA |
| June 15, 2008 | Stade de Genève, Switzerland | Czech Republic | 3-2 | UEFA Euro 2008 Group A | Arda Turan (75"), Nihat Kahveci (2) (87",90") | UEFA |
| June 20, 2008 | Ernst Happel Stadion, Austria | Croatia | 0-0 (1-1 AET) (4-2 Pen.) | UEFA Euro 2008 Quarterfinals | Semih Şentürk (120") | UEFA |
| June 25, 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Switzerland | Germany | 2-3 | UEFA Euro 2008 Semifinals | Uğur Boral (22"), Semih Şentürk (86") | UEFA |
| August 20, 2008 | Kocaeli İsmetpaşa Stadium, Kocaeli | Chile | 1-0 | Friendly | Halil Altıntop | |
| September 6, 2008 | Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan | Armenia | 2-0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 | Tuncay Şanlı, Semih Şentürk | |
| September 10, 2008 | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul | Belgium | 1-1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 | Emre Belözoğlu | |
| October 11, 2008 | BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2-1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 | Arda Turan, Mevlüt Erdinç | |
| October 15, 2008 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Estonia | 0-0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 | | |
| November 19, 2008 | Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna | Austria | 4-2 | Friendly | Mehmet Aurélio Tuncay Şanlı (3) | |
| February 11, 2009 | İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir | Ivory Coast | 1-1 | Friendly | Gökhan Ünal | |
| March 28, 2009 | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid | Spain | 0-1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 | | |
| April 1, 2009 | Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul | Spain | 1-2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group 5 | Semih Şentürk | |
| June 2, 2009 | Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri | Azerbaijan | 2-0 | Friendly | Halil Altıntop, İbrahim Üzülmez | |
| June 5, 2009 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | France | 0-1 | Friendly | | |

## Retirements

* Mert Korkmaz