# 2007–08 Beşiktaş J.K. season

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
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 |
| 8 | DF | TUR | Baki Mercimek |
| 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 |
| 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 (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) |

## Süper Lig
### First Half
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 73 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 73 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Kayserispor | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 3 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 | Teamvte | 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 |

### Quarter-finals

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

## Champions League
### Second qualifying round

Beşiktaş won 4–0 on aggregate.

### Third qualifying round

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |