The 2008–09 Turkish Cup, also known due to sponsorship reasons as the ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası'', was the 47th edition of the annual tournament that determined the

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

( tr, Türkiye Kupası) champion under the auspices of the

Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...

( tr, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu; TFF). (

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

) successfully contested Fenerbahçe in the

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

, 4–2. This tournament was conducted under the

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store Solid, solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, porcela ...

system having replaced at the 44th edition a standard knockout competition scheme. Beşiktaş completed the double having successfully won

2008–09 Süper Lig The 2008–09 Süper Lig (also known as ''Turkcell Super League'' due to sponsoring reasons) 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. Beşi ...

First round

The draw for the First Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in

İstanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

on 22 August 2008. The games were played on 3 and 4 September 2008.

Second round

The draw for the Second Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in

on 12 September 2008. The games were played on 24 and 25 September 2008.

Group stage

Beşiktaş-Antalyaspor match in 30 October 2008

The group stage consisted of four groups with five teams each. The four teams that finished first through fourth in

2007–08 Süper Lig The 2007–08 Süper Lig season, (also known as the Turkcell Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons), was the 50th anniversary of top-flight professional football in Turkey. It was won by Galatasaray, who won their 17th championship. Since Turkey ...

were seeded as group heads:

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

, Fenerbahçe,

and

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 201 ...

. The sixteen teams qualified through the first two rounds of elimination matches were randomly drawn into one of the four groups. Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. The winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the quarterfinals. The games were played from 29 October 2008 to 18 January 2009.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Bracket

Quarter-finals

In this round entered winners and runners-up of all of the previous round's groups. The draw was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in

on 19 January 2009. The first legs were played on 27 and 28 January 2009. The second legs were played on 3, 4 and 5 February 2009.

Semi-finals

The draw was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in

on 18 February 2009.Fortis Türkiye Kupası yarı final kuraları çekildi
The first legs were played on 3 and 4 March 2009. The second legs were played on 21 and 22 April 2009.

Final

References

External links

Official site
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Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ...

2008–09 domestic association football cups