2006 Turkish Super Cup Explained

2006 Turkish Super Cup
Team1:Galatasaray
Team1score:0
Team2:Beşiktaş
Team2score:1
Attendance:25,500
Stadium:Commerzbank-Arena
City:Frankfurt
Man Of The Match1a:Mert Nobre
(Beşiktaş)
Referee:Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
Previous:1998
Next:2007

The 2006 Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa 2006) was a football match between 2005–06 Süper Lig champions Galatasaray, and the 2005–06 Turkish Cup winners Beşiktaş. The match was played in Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the 34th edition of the Turkish Super Cup, since its establishment as Presidential Cup, and was the first time under the rebranded TFF Süper Kupa name. Also this final marked the re-establishment of the national super cup matches in Turkey, sanctioned by Turkish Football Federation. The last edition was in 1998, and there was an 8-year hiatus.[1]

Background

Galatasaray won their 16th Süper Lig championship with 26 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, just ahead of rivals Fenerbahçe. Galatasaray were the winning club in both of the regular season league matches against Beşiktaş. They beat Beşiktaş 3–2 at home, and 2–1 away. Collecting a total of 83 points, they were the Turkish champions and qualified for the Turkish Super Cup final.

Second finalists and eventual winners of the Turkish Super Cup, Beşiktaş finished third in the Süper Lig. But they succeeded to win their 6th Turkish Cup title throughout the season and gain a berth in the Turkish Super Cup final. Through previous season's league position, they entered the tournament in the group stage. With 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, Beşiktaş finished the group stage in 2nd place, just behind Samsunspor. In the quarter-finals, Beşiktaş beat Kayserispor 2–1 on aggregate score. In the semi-finals, they beat Gaziantepspor 5–1 on aggregate. Beşiktaş played the 2006 Turkish Cup Final in İzmir Atatürk Stadium against Fenerbahçe. Beşiktaş were winners of the cup by 3–2 score after extra time.[2]

Match details

Galatasaray
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GK1 Faryd Mondragón
DF4 Rigobert Song
DF28 Tolga Seyhan
DF55 Sabri Sarıoğlu
DF67 Ergün Penbe
MF11 Hasan Şaş
MF19 Cihan Haspolatli
MF22 Saša Ilić
MF24 Mehmet Güven
FW9 Hakan Şükür (c)
FW10 Necati Ateş
Substitutes:
GK17 Fevzi Elmas
DF2 Stjepan Tomas
MF18 Ayhan Akman
DF25 Ferhat Öztorun
MF26 Aydın Yılmaz
FW27 Özgürcan Özcan
MF66 Arda Turan
Manager:
Eric Gerets
Man of the match:
Mert Nobre (Beşiktaş)
Beşiktaş
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GK1 Vedran Runje
DF58 İbrahim Toraman
DF5 Gökhan Zan
DF8 Baki Mercimek
DF19 İbrahim Üzülmez (c)
MF41 Koray Avcı
MF15 José Kléberson
MF53 Fahri Tatan
MF10 Matias Delgado
FW11 Mert Nobre
FW9 Gökhan Güleç
Substitutes:
GK29 Murat Şahin
DF22 Ali Tandoğan
FW13 Bobô
MF3 Mehmet Sedef
MF2 Serdar Kurtuluş
DF4 Mustafa Doğan
MF55 İbrahim Akın
Manager:
Jean Tigana

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=267&ftxtID=315 Süper Kupa Beşiktaş'ın
  2. http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=267&ftxtID=317 Süper Kupa Finali'nin ardından