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2007–08 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

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Fenerbahçe
2007–08 season
PresidentAziz Yıldırım
Head coachZico
StadiumŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Süper Lig2nd
Turkish CupQuarter-finals
Turkish Super CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerSemih Şentürk (17)

During the 2007–08 Turkish football season, Fenerbahçe competed in the Süper Lig.

Season summary

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Fenerbahçe recorded their best-ever European performance as they reached the Champions League quarter-finals. However, they failed to retain the Süper Lig title. Coach Zico did not sign a contract extension, and resigned on June 10.

Kit

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Fenerbahçe's kit was manufactured by German apparel company Adidas and sponsored by Turkish telecommunications company Avea.

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

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 Turkey TUR Volkan Demirel
2 DF Uruguay URU Diego Lugano
3 DF Brazil BRA Roberto Carlos
4 MF Ghana GHA Stephen Appiah
5 DF Turkey TUR Yasin Çakmak
6 DF Brazil BRA Gökçek Vederson[notes 1]
7 MF Turkey TUR Kemal Aslan
8 FW Turkey TUR Colin Kazim-Richards[notes 2]
9 FW Serbia SRB Mateja Kežman
15 MF Turkey TUR Mehmet Aurélio[notes 3]
17 DF Turkey TUR Can Arat
18 MF Germany GER Ali Bilgin
19 DF Turkey TUR Önder Turacı[notes 4]
20 MF Brazil BRA Alex
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Turkey TUR Selçuk Şahin
22 GK Turkey TUR Serdar Kulbilge
23 FW Turkey TUR Semih Şentürk
24 MF Turkey TUR Deniz Barış
25 MF Turkey TUR Uğur Boral
32 MF Bulgaria BUL Gürhan Gürsoy
33 MF Chile CHI Claudio Maldonado
36 DF Brazil BRA Edu Dracena
38 FW Turkey TUR İlhan Parlak
77 DF Turkey TUR Gökhan Gönül
85 DF Turkey TUR Uğur Arslan Kuru
88 GK Turkey TUR Volkan Babacan
89 GK Turkey TUR Mert Günok
99 FW Brazil BRA Deivid

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Turkey TUR Tümer Metin (on loan to Larissa)

Süper Lig

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Pos Team 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[a] Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 23 4 7 58 32 +26 73[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Sivasspor 34 23 4 7 57 29 +28 73[a] Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Kayserispor 34 15 10 9 50 31 +19 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[b]
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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).
  2. ^ Kayserispor have won the 2007–08 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Champions League

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Third qualifying round

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15 August 2007 First leg Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–0 Belgium Anderlecht Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 Alex 32' Report Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
29 August 2007 Second leg Anderlecht Belgium 0–2
(0–3 agg.)
Turkey Fenerbahçe Anderlecht, Belgium
20:30 Report Kežman 4'
Alex 73'
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT FEN PSV CSKA
1 Italy Internazionale 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 2–0 4–2
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 1–0 2–0 3–1
3 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 0–0 2–1
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 0 1 5 7 14 −7 1 1–2 2–2 0–1
Source: RSSSF
19 September 2007 1 Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–0 Italy Internazionale Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 Deivid 43' Report MatchCentre Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 44,212
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
2 October 2007 2 CSKA Moscow Russia 2–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe Moscow, Russia
18:30 Krasić 48'
Vágner Love 53' (pen.)
Report MatchCentre Alex 9'
Deivid 86'
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
23 October 2007 3 PSV Netherlands 0–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 Report MatchCentre Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
7 November 2007 4 Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–0 Netherlands PSV Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 Marcellis 28' (o.g.)
Şentürk 30'
Report MatchCentre Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 46,229
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
27 November 2007 5 Internazionale Italy 3–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe Milan, Italy
20:45 Cruz 55'
Ibrahimović 66'
Jiménez 90+2'
Report MatchCentre Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 24,736
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
12 December 2007 6 Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–1 Russia CSKA Moscow Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 Alex 32'
Boral 45+1', 90'
Report MatchCentre Edu Dracena 30' (o.g.) Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 45,745
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Round of 16

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20 February 2008 First leg Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–2 Spain Sevilla Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 Kežman 17'
Lugano 57'
Şentürk 87'
Report Edu Dracena 23' (o.g.)
Escudé 66'
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 46,210
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Quarter-finals

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2 April 2008 First leg Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–1 England Chelsea Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 Kazim-Richards 65'
Deivid 81'
Report Deivid 13' (o.g.) Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 49,055
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
8 April 2008 Second leg Chelsea England 2–0
(3–2 agg.)
Turkey Fenerbahçe London, England
20:45 Ballack 4'
Lampard 87'
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 38,369
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Notes

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  1. ^ Vederson also holds Turkish citizenship.
  2. ^ Kazim-Richards was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda through his father and Turkey through his mother and made his international debut for Turkey in March 2007.
  3. ^ Aurélio was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in August 2006.
  4. ^ Turacı was born in Brussels, Belgium, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Turkey through his parents and made his international debut for Turkey in August 2004.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Fenerbahçe - 2007/08". www.footballsquads.co.uk.