1996 Turkish Cup final

The 1996 Turkish Cup final was a football match played over two legs in April 1996.^[1] It was the final and deciding match of the 1995–96 Turkish Cup.^[2]

First leg

11 April 1996

19:00

Galatasaray	1 – 0	Fenerbahçe
Saunders 5'	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Referee: Ahmet Çakar

GALATASARAY: 1 Brad Friedel 2 Ulrich van Gobbel 3 Bülent Korkmaz 4 Feti Okuroğlu  35' 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu  60' 6 Arif Erdem 7 Dean Saunders  70' 8 Evren Nuri Turhan  65' 9 Hakan Şükür 10 Ufuk Talay  60' 11 Ergün Penbe  80' Substitutes 12 Hayrettin Demirbaş 13 Mert Korkmaz  70' 14 İlyas Kahraman  80' 15 Ceyhun Eriş 16 Hakan Ünsal  60' Manager: Graeme Souness

FENERBAHÇE: 1 Rüştü Reçber  4' 2 İlker Yağcıoğlu  84' 3 Uche Okechukwu 4 Jes Høgh 5 Oğuz Çetin  72' 6 Erol Bulut  60' 7 Tayfun Korkut 8 Kemalettin Şentürk  17'  60' 9 Elvir Bolić 10 Dalian Atkinson 11 Bülent Uygun Substitutes 12 Engin İpekoğlu 13 Aygün Taşkıran  60' 14 Halil İbrahim Kara  60' 15 Aykut Kocaman 16 Saffet Akbaş Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Man of the Match: Referee: Ahmet Çakar Assistant Referees: Turgay Güdü Akif Uğurdur Fourth Referee: Serdar Çakır

Second leg

24 April 1996

19:00

Fenerbahçe	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Galatasaray
Aykut 34'	Report	Saunders 116'

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Referee: Ayhan Yücebilgiç

FENERBAHÇE: 1 Rüştü Reçber 2 İlker Yağcıoğlu  48' 3 Uche Okechukwu 4 Jes Høgh 5 Oğuz Çetin  106' 6 Erol Bulut 7 Tayfun Korkut 8 Kemalettin Şentürk  40' 9 Elvir Bolić 10 Bülent Uygun 11 Aykut Kocaman  70' Subsitues 12 Engin İpekoğlu 13 Tarık Daşgün  106' 14 Halil İbrahim Kara 15 Dalian Atkinson  70' 16 Saffet Akbaş  40' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

GALATASARAY: 1 Brad Friedel 2 Ulrich van Gobbel  62' 3 Bülent Korkmaz 4 Feti Okuroğlu 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu 6 Arif Erdem  65' 7 Dean Saunders 8 Hakan Ünsal 9 Hakan Şükür  43' 10 Suat Kaya  42'  115' 11 Ergün Penbe  83' Substitutes 12 Hayrettin Demirbaş 13 Mert Korkmaz 14 Okan Buruk  65' 15 Ufuk Talay  115' 16 İlyas Kahraman  83' Manager: Graeme Souness

Man of the match: Referee: Ayhan Yücebilgiç Assistant Referee: Münir Takpak Ünal Salcıoğlu Fourth Assistant: Sadık İlhan

Aftermath

The iconic image of Souness planting the Galatasaray flag after winning the final against Fenerbahçe drew comparisons with Turkish hero Ulubatlı Hasan, who was killed as he planted the Ottoman flag at the end of the Siege of Constantinople. This earned Souness the nickname "Ulubatlı Souness".^[3]