2008–09 Süper Lig


The 2008–09 Süper Lig was the fifty-first season since its establishment. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. Galatasaray were the defending champions.
Beşiktaş clinched the championship after winning at Denizlispor on the last matchday. The latter barely avoided relegation after finishing in a three-way tie on points with Ankara sides Gençlerbirliği and Konyaspor. Head-to-head comparison between those three teams eventually resulted in the demotion of Konyaspor, who joined Kocaelispor and Hacettepe on their way to the second-level First League.
Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray had to settle for fourth and fifth place, respectively, after Sivasspor came in as runners-up and Trabzonspor finished third. The final positions for the three Istanbul clubs marked the first time since the 1980–81 season that only one of them was able to finish among the top three teams in Turkish football.

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

, Manisaspor and Kasımpaşa were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season after finishing on the bottom three places of the standings. They were replaced by TFF First League champions Kocaelispor, runners-up Antalyaspor and play-off winners Eskişehirspor.

Overview

TeamHead coachTeam captainVenueCapacityKitmakerShirt sponsorClub Chairman
Ankaragücü Hakan Kutlu Murat ErdoğanAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium19,209LottoTurkcellCemal Azmi Aydın
Ankaraspor Aykut Kocaman Hürriyet GüçerYenikent Asaş Stadium19,626NikeTurkcellRuhi Kurnaz
Antalyaspor Mehmet Özdilek Uğur KavukAntalya Atatürk Stadium11,137NikeMardanHasan Y. Akıncıoğlu
Beşiktaş Mustafa Denizli BJK İnönü Stadium32,086UmbroCola TurkaYıldırım Demirören
Bursaspor Ertuğrul Sağlam Ömer ErdoğanBursa Atatürk Stadium18,587KappaTurkcellİbrahim Yazıcı
Denizlispor Mesut Bakkal Roman KratochvilDenizli Atatürk Stadium15,427LesconTurkcellAli İpek
Eskişehirspor Rıza Çalımbay Emre ToramanEskişehir Atatürk Stadium18,880NikeEtiHalil Ünal
Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium53,586AdidasAveaAziz Yıldırım
Galatasaray Bülent KorkmazAli Sami Yen Stadium22,800AdidasAveaAdnan Polat
Gaziantepspor José Couceiro Bekir İrtegünGaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium16,981LesconTurkcellİbrahim Halil Kızıl
Gençlerbirliği Samet Aybaba Abdel Zaher El SakaAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium19,209LottoTurkcellİlhan Cavcav
Hacettepe Erdoğan Arıca Orhan ŞamAnkara 19 Mayıs Stadium19,209LottoTurkcellTurgay Kalemci
Istanbul BB Abdullah Avcı Efe İnançAtatürk Olympic Stadium76,092LesconKalPenGöksel Gümüşdağ
Kayserispor Tolunay Kafkas Mehmet TopuzKadir Has Stadium132,864AdidasTurkcellRecep Mamur
Kocaelispor Erhan Altın Serdar TopraktepeIsmet Pasa Stadium12,710UmbroErciyasSerhan Gürkan
Konyaspor Ünal Karaman Ömer GündostuKonya Atatürk Stadium21,968LottoTurkcellMehmet Ali Kuntoğlu
Sivasspor Bülent Uygun Mehmet YildizSivas 4 Eylül Stadium14,998AdidasTurkcellMecnun Otyakmaz
Trabzonspor Ersun Yanal Hüseyin ÇimşirHüseyin Avni Aker Stadium19,649NikeAveaSadri Şener

;Notes
  1. Kayserispor played their 2008 home matches at Kayseri Atatürk Stadium. Before moving to their current stadium in March 2009, the team played several home matches at 5 Ocak Stadium in Adana.

    Managerial changes

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

Source:
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Transfers