2007–08 Beşiktaş J.K. season

Season summary

Beşiktaş had the unsavoury distinction of setting the record for the heaviest defeat in Champions League history. Away to English giants Liverpool, who Beşiktaş had beat at home just weeks earlier, half-time arrived with the score at 2-0. However, Liverpool scored 6 more times in the second half to win 8-0, a scoreline that has yet to be bettered over one leg in the Champions League since.

Players

First-team squad
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. Position Player
1 GK Rüştü Reçber
2 DF Serdar Kurtuluş
3 DF Mehmet Sedef
5 DF Gökhan Zan
6 MF Mehmet Yozgatlı[notes 1]
8 DF Baki Mercimek[notes 2]
10 MF Matías Emilio Delgado
11 FW Márcio Nobre
13 FW Bobô
14 MF Rodrigo Tello
17 MF Ricardinho
18 MF Édouard Cissé
19 DF İbrahim Üzülmez
20 MF Aydın Karabulut[notes 3]
21 MF Serdar Özkan
No. Position Player
22 DF Ali Tandoğan
23 FW Filip Hološko
24 DF Gordon Schildenfeld
33 DF Koray Şanlı
35 GK Atilla Özmen
39 FW Emir Gökçe
58 DF İbrahim Toraman
61 DF Ethem Yılmaz
78 DF İbrahim Kaş
84 GK Hakan Arıkan
87 GK Korcan Çelikay
90 DF Bülent Uzun
91 FW Ali Kuçik
99 FW Batuhan Karadeniz

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
4 DF Mustafa Doğan[notes 4] (retired)
7 FW Burak Yılmaz (to Manisaspor)
9 FW Gökhan Güleç (to Denizlispor)
9 FW Federico Higuaín (on loan to América)
15 DF Lamine Diatta (released)
No. Position Player
26 FW Can Erdem (on loan to Kocaelispor)
29 GK Murat Şahin (to Gaziantepspor)
41 MF Koray Avcı (to Manisaspor)
53 MF Fahri Tatan (on loan to Çaykur Rizespor)
55 MF İbrahim Akın (to İstanbul BB)

Süper Lig

Standings
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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 23 4 7 58 32 +26 73[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Sivasspor 34 23 4 7 57 29 +28 73[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Kayserispor 34 15 10 9 50 31 +19 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. FEN:12 pts; BEŞ:3 pts, 5–7; SİV:3 pts, 4–8
  2. winner of 2007–08 Turkish Cup.

Champions League

Second qualifying round
1 August 2007 Beşiktaş 1–0 Sheriff TiraspolBJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:00 İbrahim Toraman  73' Report Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)
8 August 2007 Sheriff Tiraspol 0–3 BeşiktaşSheriff Stadium, Tiraspol
19:00 Report Bobô  58', 69'
Koray  90'		 Referee: Iain Brines (Scotland)

Beşiktaş won 4–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
15 August 2007 Zürich 1–1 BeşiktaşHardturm, Zürich
20:15 Alphonse  90+7' Report Delgado  3' Referee: Mike Riley (England)
29 August 2007 Beşiktaş 2–0 ZürichBJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
19:15 Delgado  56', 64' Report Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Group stage
Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Porto 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Liverpool 6 3 1 2 18 5 +13 10
3 Marseille 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 4 15 −11 6
Source:
18 September 2007 Marseille 2–0 BeşiktaşStade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 Rodriguez  76'
Cissé  90+1'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 35,676
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
3 October 2007 Beşiktaş 0–1 PortoBJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Report MatchCentre Quaresma  90+2' Attendance: 19,795
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
24 October 2007 Beşiktaş 2–1 LiverpoolBJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Hyypiä  13' (o.g.)
Bobô  82'		 Report MatchCentre Gerrard  85' Attendance: 25,837
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
6 November 2007 Liverpool 8–0 BeşiktaşAnfield, Liverpool
20:45 Crouch  19', 89'
Benayoun  32', 53', 56'
Gerrard  69'
Babel  79', 81'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 41,143
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
28 November 2007 Beşiktaş 2–1 MarseilleBJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Tello  27'
Bobô  88'		 Report MatchCentre Taiwo  65' Attendance: 19,448
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
11 December 2007 Porto 2–0 BeşiktaşEstádio do Dragão, Porto
20:45 L. González  44'
Quaresma  62'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 39,608
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Beşiktaş - 2007/08". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes
  1. Yozgatlı was born in Melle, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-19, U-21, and B level.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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