page_title: 2008–09 Turkish Cup
section_title: Group stage
hierarchical_section_title: 2008–09 Turkish Cup / Group stage
caption_attribution_description: Beşiktaş - Antalyaspor Turkish Cup match on 30 October 2008 at İsmet İnönü Stadium. View from the Yeni Açık stand.
context_page_description: Turkish Cup 2008–09 was the 47th season of Turkey's annual cup competition. It was also known as Fortis Türkiye Kupası due to a sponsorship contract. The winners qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League. Kayserispor were the defending champions. Beşiktaş won the cup, after winning 4–2 against Fenerbahçe in the final match, and completed the double as they also were the champions of 2008–09 Süper Lig.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Group stage match between Beşiktaş and Antalyaspor.
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