2008–09 Galatasaray S.K. season explained

Season:	2008–09
Manager:	Michael Skibbe (until 23 February 2009) Bülent Korkmaz (until end of the season)
League Result:	5th
Cup2 Result:	Third qualifying round
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
Cup4 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Milan Baroš (20)
Season Topscorer:	Milan Baroš (26)
Average Attendance:	21,500
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The 2008–09 season was Galatasarays 105th in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the Süper Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.

Current squad

As of March 10, 2009; according to the official website. http://www.galatasaray.org/futboltakimi.

Transfers

In

	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
7	MF			Loan return
17	FW			unknown
21	DF			Loan return
35	MF			unknown
19	MF			Free	03–07–2008
5	DF			unknown	22–07–2008
26	GK			Loan	31–07–2008
60	DF			unknown	02–08–2008
15	FW			unknown	26–08–2008
23	DF			unknown	01–09–2008

Out

	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
4	DF
5	DF
5	DF			€ 6,6 million	10–03–2009
7	MF
9	FW		Retired
13	DF
15	MF			Loan return
19	DF
30	FW	Çağrı Yarkın

Loaned out

	Pos	Player	To	Start	End
	DF			10–06–2008	31–05–2009
	DF			10–06–2008	31–05–2009
	FW			10–06–2008	31–05–2009
	FW			10–06–2008	31–05–2009
	MF			11–06–2008	02–02–2009
	DF			16–06–2008	27–01–2009
	MF			16–06–2008	27–01–2009
	MF			03–07–2008	31–05–2009
	MF			04–07–2008	31–05–2009
16	MF			08–07–2008
	DF			31–07–2008	15–01–2009
	FW			13–08–2008	31–05–2009
	DF			26–08–2008	31–05–2009
	MF			26–08–2008	31–05–2009
	MF			26–08–2008	31–05–2009
	FW			26–08–2008	31–05–2009
	FW			26–08–2008	31–05–2009
88	GK			01–09–2008	31–05–2009
	DF			01–09–2008	02–02–2009
83	FW			01–09–2008	31–05–2009
	FW			01–09–2008
	MF			02–09–2008	31–05–2009
	DF			15–01–2009	31–05–2009
	DF			27–01–2009	31–05–2010
	MF			27–01–2009	31–05–2010
	DF			02–02–2009	31–05–2009
	MF			02–02–2009	31–05–2009

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name			FTC		TSC		UCL		UC		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Aykut Erçetin	1	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
2	DF	Emre Güngör	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0	1	1
3	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	Fernando Meira	21	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	38	0	8	0
6	MF	Tobias Linderoth	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF	Aydın Yılmaz	15	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	21	3	1	0
8	MF	Barış Özbek	25	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	36	3	5	0
10	MF	Lincoln	23	8	3	0	1	0	2	0	10	1	39	9	7	2
11	MF	Hasan Şaş	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	13	0	2	0
14	MF	Mehmet Topal	21	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	33	1	3	0
15	FW	Milan Baroš	31	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	5	43	26	15	0
17	FW	Yaser Yıldız	12	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	19	3	1	1
18	MF	Ayhan Akman	31	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	9	1	46	3	10	2
19	MF	Harry Kewell	26	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	8	4	37	13	4	0
20	FW	Shabani Nonda	24	5	1	0	1	1	2	2	7	0	35	8	5	0
21	DF	Emre Aşık	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	30	1	12	2
22	DF	Hakan Balta	28	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	44	1	2	0
23	DF	Serkan Kurtuluş	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11	0	2	0
26	GK	Morgan De Sanctis	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	41	0	2	0
28	DF	Semih Kaya	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
35	MF	Ferdi Elmas	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
54	GK	Orkun Uşak	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
55	MF	Sabri Sarıoğlu	25	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	8	1	40	1	7	0
60	DF	Alparslan Erdem	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
61	FW	Serkan Çalık	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF	Arda Turan	29	7	6	2	0	0	2	0	9	2	46	11	7	1
74	DF	Volkan Yaman	20	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	33	0	1	0
76	DF	Servet Çetin	20	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	33	2	5	0
80	DF	Murat Akça	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
83	FW	Erhan Şentürk	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
87	MF	Mehmet Güven	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	24	0	0	0
99	FW		18	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	28	3	3	1

Statistics accurate as of match played June 1, 2009

Competitions

Turkish Super Cup

See main article: 2008 Turkish Super Cup.

All times at CEST

Süper Lig

See main article: 2008–09 Süper Lig.

Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EEST)

Turkish Cup

See main article: 2008–09 Turkish Cup. Kick-off listed in local time (EEST)

Group stage

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. All times at CET

Third qualifying round

UEFA Cup

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup. All times at CET

First round

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup final phase.

Round of 16

Attendance

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
Süper Lig	21,500	365,500^[1]
Türkiye Kupası	n/a	n/a
Europe	21,168	105,839^[2]
Total	21,424	471,339

External links

• Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website
• Turkish Football Federation - Galatasaray A.Ş.
• uefa.com - Galatasaray AŞ

Notes and References

1. Web site: Son deminde tıklım tıklım! - Turkcell Süper Lig- NTVSpor . 2013-03-05 . 2009-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091123062740/http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25023160 . dead .
2. Web site: EFS Attendances.