2007–08 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

During the 2007–08 Turkish football season, Fenerbahçe competed in the Süper Lig.

Fenerbahçe

2007–08 season
President	Aziz Yıldırım
Head coach	Zico
Stadium	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Süper Lig	2nd
Turkish Cup	Quarter-finals
Turkish Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Semih Şentürk (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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 10.

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Volkan Demirel 2 DF  URU Diego Lugano 3 DF  BRA Roberto Carlos 4 MF  GHA Stephen Appiah 5 DF  TUR Yasin Çakmak 6 DF  BRA Gökçek Vederson[notes 1] 7 MF  TUR Kemal Aslan 8 FW  TUR Colin Kazim-Richards[notes 2] 9 FW  SRB Mateja Kežman 15 MF  TUR Mehmet Aurélio[notes 3] 17 DF  TUR Can Arat 18 MF  GER Ali Bilgin 19 DF  TUR Önder Turacı[notes 4] 20 MF  BRA Alex

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  TUR Selçuk Şahin 22 GK  TUR Serdar Kulbilge 23 FW  TUR Semih Şentürk 24 MF  TUR Deniz Barış 25 MF  TUR Uğur Boral 32 MF  BUL Gürhan Gürsoy 33 MF  CHI Claudio Maldonado 36 DF  BRA Edu Dracena 38 FW  TUR İlhan Parlak 77 DF  TUR Gökhan Gönül 85 DF  TUR Uğur Arslan Kuru 88 GK  TUR Volkan Babacan 89 GK  TUR Mert Günok 99 FW  BRA Deivid

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  TUR Tümer Metin (on loan to Larissa)

Süper Lig

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Beşiktaş	34	23	4	7	58	32	+26	73[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Sivasspor	34	23	4	7	57	29	+28	73[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Kayserispor	34	15	10	9	50	31	+19	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[b]

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Fenerbahçe were ahead of Beşiktaş and Sivasspor on head-to-head points and Beşiktaş were ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe: 12 pts; Beşiktaş: 3 pts, 5–7 (–2); Sivasspor: 3 pts, 4–8 (–4).
2. Kayserispor have won the 2007–08 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Fenerbahçe v Anderlecht

15 August 2007 First leg	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Anderlecht	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00	Alex 32'	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Anderlecht v Fenerbahçe

29 August 2007 Second leg	Anderlecht	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	Anderlecht, Belgium
20:30		Report	Kežman 4' Alex 73'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	FEN	PSV	CSKA
1	Internazionale	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–0	4–2
2	Fenerbahçe	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11			1–0	—	2–0	3–1
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	0	1	5	7	14	−7	1			1–2	2–2	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Fenerbahçe v Internazionale

19 September 2007 1	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Internazionale	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Deivid 43'	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 44,212 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

CSKA Moscow v Fenerbahçe

2 October 2007 2	CSKA Moscow	2–2	Fenerbahçe	Moscow, Russia
18:30	Krasić 48' Vágner Love 53' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre[dead link]	Alex 9' Deivid 86'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

PSV v Fenerbahçe

23 October 2007 3	PSV	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45		Report MatchCentre[dead link]		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Fenerbahçe v PSV

7 November 2007 4	Fenerbahçe	2–0	PSV	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Marcellis 28' (o.g.) Şentürk 30'	Report MatchCentre[dead link]		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 46,229 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Internazionale v Fenerbahçe

27 November 2007 5	Internazionale	3–0	Fenerbahçe	Milan, Italy
20:45	Cruz 55' Ibrahimović 66' Jiménez 90+2'	Report MatchCentre		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 24,736 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Fenerbahçe v CSKA Moscow

12 December 2007 6	Fenerbahçe	3–1	CSKA Moscow	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Alex 32' Boral 45+1', 90'	Report MatchCentre[dead link]	Edu Dracena 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 45,745 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Round of 16

Fenerbahçe v Sevilla

20 February 2008 First leg	Fenerbahçe	3–2	Sevilla	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Kežman 17' Lugano 57' Şentürk 87'	Report	Edu Dracena 23' (o.g.) Escudé 66'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 46,210 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Sevilla v Fenerbahçe

4 March 2008 Second leg	Sevilla	3–2 (a.e.t.) (5–5 agg.) (2–3 p)	Fenerbahçe	Seville, Spain
20:45	Alves 6' Keita 9' Kanouté 41'	Report	Deivid 21', 80'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 38,626 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
	Penalties
	Kanouté Escudé Dragutinović Maresca Alves		Vederson Edu Dracena Aurélio Kežman

Quarter-finals

Fenerbahçe v Chelsea

2 April 2008 First leg	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Chelsea	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Kazim-Richards 65' Deivid 81'	Report	Deivid 13' (o.g.)	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 49,055 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Chelsea v Fenerbahçe

8 April 2008 Second leg	Chelsea	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	London, England
20:45	Ballack 4' Lampard 87'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,369 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

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.