Süper Lig 2008–09

The 2008-09 Süper Lig season (a.k.a. Turkcell Super League due to sponsorship) is the 51^th since its establishment. It has started in 22 August 2008 and will end in 31 May 2009. 18 Teams will compete in the league as 15 of teams remain from previous season. Other three teams are Kocaelispor and Antalyaspor as the champions and runners-up, and Eskişehirspor as the play-offs winner of Bank Asya First League previous season.

Events

Pre-Season

Before the season started officially, the teams had training camps generally abroad. Some of the destinations were Austria for Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe; and Germany for Galatasaray. On 23 July wednesday, the fixture of upcoming season was drawn at Turkish Football Federation Centre Facilities in Ankara.cite news
title = Ve Fikstür çekildi
url = http://milliyet.com.tr/Spor/SonDakika.aspx?aType=SonDakika&Kategori=spor&ArticleID=970193&Date=23.07.2008&b=Ve%20fikst%FCr%20%E7ekildi&ver=02
publisher = milliyet.com.tr
date = 22-08-2008
accessdate = 2008-08-24tr icon] cite news
title = Ligde rota çizildi
url = http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?id=9497712&tarih=2008-07-23
publisher =
date = 22-08-2008
accessdate = 2008-04-24 tr icon] According to the fixture, rough and tumble Istanbul derbies will have been held as Fenerbahçe against Galatasaray on the 10^th, Fenerbahçe against Beşiktaş on 13^th and Galatasaray against Beşiktaş on 16^th match day.cite news
title = İşte derbi tarihleri
url = http://www.milliyet.com.tr/default.aspx?aType=SonDakika&Kategori=spor&ArticleID=970217&Date=23.07.2008&ver=76
publisher = milliyet.com.tr
date = 23-07-2008
accessdate = 2008-07-27 tr icon]

tandings

Fb cl footer|u=October 6, 2008 |s=cite news
title = Turkcell Süper Lig Puan Cetveli ve Fikstürü
url = http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=198
publisher = tff.org.tr
date =
accessdate = 2008-08-14|date=August 2008 tr icon] cite news
title = Turkcell Süper Lig 2008/2009 Puan Durumu
url = http://proje.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/DisplaySpor.aspx?ligID=24&listTip=2
publisher = hurriyet.com.tr
date =
accessdate = 2008-09-29|date=September 2008 tr icon] |nt=Fortis Turkey Cup 2008-09 winners qualify to UEFA Europa League fourth qualification round.

Coaches

tadiums

Promotion and Relegation

Teams promoted from 2007-08 Bank Asya 1st League:
* Champions Kocaelisporcite news
title = Kocaeli ve Antalya Süper Lig'de
url = http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/8915805.asp?gid=229&sz=4155
publisher = hurriyet.com.tr
date = 11-05-2008
accessdate = 2008-05-11tr icon]
* Runners up Antalyaspor
* Eskişehirspor, 4th (Play-Off winner)cite news
title = 'Es-Es' geri döndü: 2-0
url = http://www.ntvspor.net/Pages/23958.ASP
publisher = NTVSpor.net
date = 19-05-2008
accessdate = 2008-05-26tr icon]

Teams relegated to 2008-09 Bank Asya 1st League:
* Çaykur Rizespor, 16^th place
* Vestel Manisaspor 17^th place
* Kasımpaşa 18^th place_{Note: All the relegated teams collected 29 points.}

Transfer Deals

ee also

*Fortis Turkey Cup 2008-09

References