# 2008–09 Trabzonspor season

In the 2008–09 season, Trabzonspor finished in third place in the Süper Lig. The top scorer of the team was Gökhan Ünal, who scored sixteen goals.
This article shows statistics of the club's players and matches during the season.

## Sponsor

* Avea

## Players

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 | SEN | Tony Sylva |
| 29 | GK | TUR | Tolga Zengin |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Onur Kıvrak |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Buğra Erdoğan |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Čale |
| 4 | DF | CMR | Rigobert Song |
| 6 | DF | TUR | Ceyhun Gülselam |
| 16 | DF | TUR | Egemen Korkmaz |
| 18 | DF | TUR | Tayfun Cora |
| 23 | DF | TUR | Giray Kaçar |
| 30 | MF | TUR | Serkan Balcı |
| 85 | DF | TUR | Ferhat Çökmüş |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Hüseyin Çimşir |
| 8 | MF | TUR | Selçuk İnan |
| 11 | FW | GUI | Ibrahim Yattara |
| 13 | MF | TUR | Adnan Güngör |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Göksu Alhas |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Gustavo Colman |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Kadir Keleş |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Alanzinho |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Barış Memiş |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Gökhan Ünal |
| 10 | FW | TUR | Umut Bulut |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Isaac Promise |

## Süper Lig

| 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

| 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 |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | | |