2007–08 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

Season summary

Fenerbahçe recorded their best-ever European performance as they reached the Champions League quarter-finals. However, they failed to retain the Süper Lig title. Coach Zico did not sign a contract extension, and resigned on June 10th.

Kit

Fenerbahçe's kit was manufactured by German apparel company Adidas and sponsored by Turkish telecommunications company Avea.

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 Volkan Demirel
2 DF Diego Lugano
3 DF Roberto Carlos
4 MF Stephen Appiah
5 DF Yasin Çakmak
6 DF Gökçek Vederson[notes 1]
7 MF Kemal Aslan
8 FW Colin Kazim-Richards[notes 2]
9 FW Mateja Kežman
15 MF Mehmet Aurélio[notes 3]
17 DF Can Arat
18 MF Ali Bilgin
19 DF Önder Turacı[notes 4]
20 MF Alex
No. Position Player
21 MF Selçuk Şahin
22 GK Serdar Kulbilge
23 FW Semih Şentürk
24 MF Deniz Barış
25 MF Uğur Boral
32 MF Gürhan Gürsoy
33 MF Claudio Maldonado
36 DF Edu Dracena
38 FW İlhan Parlak
77 DF Gökhan Gönül
85 DF Uğur Arslan Kuru
88 GK Volkan Babacan
89 GK Mert Günok
99 FW Deivid

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
11 MF Tümer Metin (on loan to Larissa)

Süper Lig
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

Third qualifying round
15 August 2007 Fenerbahçe 1–0 AnderlechtŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:00 Alex  32' Report Referee: Howard Webb (England)
29 August 2007 Anderlecht 0–2 FenerbahçeConstant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
20:30 Report Kežman  4'
Alex  73'		 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Fenerbahçe won 3–0 on aggregate.

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internazionale 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 Fenerbahçe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
3 PSV Eindhoven 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 CSKA Moscow 6 0 1 5 7 14 −7 1
Source:
19 September 2007 Fenerbahçe 1–0 InternazionaleŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Deivid  43' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 44,212
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
2 October 2007 CSKA Moscow 2–2 FenerbahçeLokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
18:30 Krasić  48'
Vágner Love  53' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Alex  9'
Deivid  86'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
23 October 2007 PSV Eindhoven 0–0 FenerbahçePhilips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:45 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
7 November 2007 Fenerbahçe 2–0 PSV EindhovenŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Marcellis  28' (o.g.)
Semih  30'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 46,229
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
27 November 2007 Internazionale 3–0 FenerbahçeSan Siro, Milan
20:45 Cruz  55'
Ibrahimović  66'
Jiménez  90+2'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 24,736
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
12 December 2007 Fenerbahçe 3–1 CSKA MoscowŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Alex  32'
Boral  45+1', 90'		 Report MatchCentre Edu  30' (o.g.) Attendance: 45,745
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

First knockout round
20 February 2008 Fenerbahçe 3–2 SevillaŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Kežman  17'
Lugano  57'
Semih  87'		 Report Edu  23' (o.g.)
Escudé  66'		 Attendance: 46,210
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
4 March 2008 Sevilla 3–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 FenerbahçeRamón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
20:45 Dani Alves  6'
Keita  9'
Kanouté  41'		 Report Deivid  21', 80' Attendance: 38,626
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Penalties
Kanouté
Escudé
Dragutinović
Maresca
Alves 		Wederson
Edu
Aurélio
Kežman

Fenerbahçe 5–5 Sevilla on aggregate. Fenerbahçe won 3–2 on penalties.

Quarter-finals
2 April 2008 Fenerbahçe 2–1 ChelseaŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Kazim-Richards  65'
Deivid  81'		 Report Deivid  13' (o.g.) Attendance: 49,055
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
8 April 2008 Chelsea 2–0 FenerbahçeStamford Bridge, London
20:45 Ballack  4'
Lampard  87'		 Report Attendance: 38,369
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

Notes
  1. Vederson also holds Turkish citizenship.
  2. Kazim-Richards was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda through his father and Turkey through his mother and made his international debut for Turkey in March 2007.
  3. Aurélio was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in August 2006.
  4. Turacı was born in Brussels, Belgium, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Turkey through his parents and made his international debut for Turkey in August 2004.

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