2006 Turkish Super Cup

2006 Turkish Super Cup
Date 30 July 2006
Venue Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
Man of the Match Mert Nobre
(Beşiktaş)
Referee Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
Attendance 25,500

The 2006 Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa 2006) was a football match between 2005–06 Süper Lig champions Galatasaray, and the 2005–06 Turkish Cup winners Beşiktaş. The match was played in Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the 34th edition of the Turkish Super Cup, since its establishment as Presidential Cup, and was the first time under the rebranded TFF Süper Kupa name. Also this final marked the re-establishment of the national super cup matches in Turkey, sanctioned by Turkish Football Federation. The last edition was in 1998, and there was an 8-year hiatus.[1]

Background

Beşiktaş footballers celebrating their Turkish Super Cup win and saluting the supporters in Commerzbank-Arena.

Galatasaray won their 16th Süper Lig championship with 26 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, just ahead of rivals Fenerbahçe. Galatasaray were the winning club in both of the regular season league matches against Beşiktaş. They beat Beşiktaş 3–2 at home, and 2–1 away. Collecting a total of 83 points, they were the Turkish champions and qualified for the Turkish Super Cup final.

Second finalists and eventual winners of the Turkish Super Cup, Beşiktaş finished third in the Süper Lig. But they succeeded to win their 6th Turkish Cup title throughout the season and gain a berth in the Turkish Super Cup final. Through previous season's league position, they entered the tournament in the group stage. With 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, Beşiktaş finished the group stage in 2nd place, just behind Samsunspor. In the quarter-finals, Beşiktaş beat Kayserispor 2–1 on aggregate score. In the semi-finals, they beat Gaziantepspor 5–1 on aggregate. Beşiktaş played the 2006 Turkish Cup Final in İzmir Atatürk Stadium against Fenerbahçe. Beşiktaş were winners of the cup by 3–2 score after extra time.[2]

Match details

2006 Turkish Super Cup

30 July 2006
19:45 EST (UTC+02)
Final
Galatasaray 0 – 1 Beşiktaş
Report (Turkish) Nobre  59'
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
Referee: Bülent Demirlek Turkey
Galatasaray
GK1Colombia Faryd Mondragón
DF4Cameroon Rigobert Song 55'
DF28Turkey Tolga Seyhan 85'
DF55Turkey Sabri Sarıoğlu 77'
DF67Turkey Ergün Penbe
MF11Turkey Hasan Şaş 48'
MF19Turkey Cihan Haspolatli
MF22Serbia Saša Ilić 72'
MF24Turkey Mehmet Güven
FW9Turkey Hakan Şükür
FW10Turkey Necati Ateş 72'
Substitutes:
GK17Turkey Fevzi Elmas
DF2Croatia Stjepan Tomas
MF18Turkey Ayhan Akman 72'
DF25Turkey Ferhat Öztorun
MF26Turkey Aydın Yılmaz 77'
FW27Turkey Özgürcan Özcan 72'
MF66Turkey Arda Turan
Manager:
Belgium Eric Gerets


Man of the match:
Turkey Mert Nobre (Beşiktaş)
Beşiktaş
GK1 Croatia Vedran Runje
DF58 Turkey İbrahim Toraman
DF5Turkey Gökhan Zan
DF8Turkey Baki Mercimek
DF19Turkey İbrahim Üzülmez
MF41Turkey Koray Avcı
MF15Brazil José Kléberson
MF53Turkey Fahri Tatan 70'
MF10Argentina Matias Delgado 89'
FW11Turkey Mert Nobre
FW9Turkey Gökhan Güleç 68' 70'
Substitutes:
GK29Turkey Murat Şahin
DF22Turkey Ali Tandoğan
FW13Brazil Bobô 70'
MF3Turkey Mehmet Sedef
MF2Turkey Serdar Kurtuluş 70'
DF4Turkey Mustafa Doğan
MF55Turkey İbrahim Akın
Manager:
France Jean Tigana

References

  1. Süper Kupa Beşiktaş'ın Turkish Football Federation (Turkish), accessed 6 June 2012
  2. Süper Kupa Finali'nin ardından Turkish Football Federation (Turkish), accessed 5 May 2012