2006–07 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2006–07 season was Beşiktaş' 49th season in the top-flight of the Turkish football league and their 104th year in existence. They finished 2nd place in the Turkish Super League behind Fenerbahçe, earning a berth in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. They won their 7th Turkish Cup by defeating Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–0 in extra time. They also defeated Galatasaray 1–0 to win the Turkish Super Cup. They were eliminated in the group stage in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup by finishing 4th.

Players

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	CRO	Vedran Runje
2	DF	TUR	Serdar Kurtuluş
3	DF	TUR	Mehmet Sedef
4	DF	GER	Mustafa Doğan^{[notes 1]}
5	DF	TUR	Gökhan Zan
7	FW	TUR	Burak Yılmaz
8	DF	TUR	Baki Mercimek^{[notes 2]}
9	FW	TUR	Gökhan Güleç
10	MF	ARG	Matías Emilio Delgado
11	FW	BRA	Márcio Nobre
13	FW	BRA	Bobô
15	MF	BRA	Kléberson
17	MF	BRA	Ricardinho


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	TUR	İbrahim Üzülmez
20	MF	TUR	Aydın Karabulut^{[notes 3]}
22	DF	TUR	Ali Tandoğan
29	GK	TUR	Murat Şahin
30	DF	TUR	Ali Güneş^{[notes 4]}
41	DF	TUR	Koray Avcı
53	MF	TUR	Fahri Tatan
55	MF	TUR	İbrahim Akın
58	DF	TUR	İbrahim Toraman
77	DF	TUR	Emre Özkan
78	DF	TUR	İbrahim Kaş
80	MF	TUR	Kenan Özer^{[notes 5]}

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	TUR	Serdar Özkan (on loan to Samsunspor)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	TUR	Ramazan Kurşunlu (on loan to Ankaraspor)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fenerbahçe (C)	34	20	10	4	65	31	+34	70	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Beşiktaş	34	18	7	9	43	32	+11	61	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Galatasaray	34	15	11	8	58	37	+21	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Trabzonspor	34	15	7	12	54	44	+10	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Kayserispor	34	13	12	9	54	43	+11	51

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

September 14, 2006	Beşiktaş	2–0	CSKA Sofia	İstanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

September 28, 2006	CSKA Sofia	2–2 (aet)	Beşiktaş	Sofia, Bulgaria
				Stadium: Bulgarian Army Stadium

Beşiktaş won 4-2 on aggregate

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	DB	LEV	BJK	BRU
1	Tottenham Hotspur	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–1	—	—	3–1
2	Dinamo București	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7		—	—	2–1	2–1	—
3	Bayer Leverkusen	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4		0–1	—	—	2–1	—
4	Beşiktaş	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3		0–2	—	—	—	2–1
5	Club Brugge	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2		—	1–1	1–1	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

October 19, 2006	Beşiktaş	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	İstanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

November 2, 2006	Dinamo Bucharest	2–1	Beşiktaş	Bucharest, Romania
				Stadium: Stadionul Dinamo

November 29, 2006	Beşiktaş	2–1	Club Brugge	İstanbul, Turkey
				Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

December 14, 2006	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Beşiktaş	Leverkusen, Germany
				Stadium: BayArena

^ Doğan was born in Isparta, Turkey, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in July 1999.
^ Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.
^ Karabulut was born in Berlin, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level.
^ Güneş was born in Donaueschingen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented U-21 and A2 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
^ Özer was born in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, a self-declared sovereign state that is recognised as still being part of Cyprus by the international community.

^ "FootballSquads - Beşiktaş - 2006/07". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

v t e 2006–07 in Turkish football
Domestic leagues	Süper Lig TFF First League TFF Second League TFF Third League
Domestic cups	Turkish Cup (Final) Turkish Super Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2008 (Qualifying: Group C) Fatih Terim
Club seasons
Süper Lig	Ankaragücü Ankaraspor Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Bursaspor Denizlispor Erciyesspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Kayserispor Konyaspor Manisaspor Rizespor Sakaryaspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor