2006–07 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2006–07 season was Beşiktaş' 49th season in the top-flight of the Turkish football league and their 104th year in existence. They finished 2nd place in the Turkish Super League behind Fenerbahçe, earning a berth in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. They won their 7th Turkish Cup by defeating Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–0 in extra time. They also defeated Galatasaray 1–0 to win the Turkish Super Cup. They were eliminated in the group stage in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup by finishing 4th.

Beşiktaş J.K.
2006–07 season
PresidentYıldırım Demirören
Head coachJean Tigana
StadiumBJK İnönü Stadium
Süper Lig2nd
Turkish CupWinners
UEFA CupGroup stage
Turkish Super CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Brazil Bobô (12)
All: Brazil Bobô (20)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CRO Vedran Runje
2 DF   TUR Serdar Kurtuluş
3 DF   TUR Mehmet Sedef
4 DF   GER Mustafa Doğan[notes 1]
5 DF   TUR Gökhan Zan
7 FW   TUR Burak Yılmaz
8 DF   TUR Baki Mercimek[notes 2]
9 FW   TUR Gökhan Güleç
10 MF   ARG Matías Emilio Delgado
11 FW   BRA Márcio Nobre
13 FW   BRA Bobô
15 MF   BRA Kléberson
17 MF   BRA Ricardinho
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   TUR İbrahim Üzülmez
20 MF   TUR Aydın Karabulut[notes 3]
22 DF   TUR Ali Tandoğan
29 GK   TUR Murat Şahin
30 DF   TUR Ali Güneş[notes 4]
41 DF   TUR Koray Avcı
53 MF   TUR Fahri Tatan
55 MF   TUR İbrahim Akın
58 DF   TUR İbrahim Toraman
77 DF   TUR Emre Özkan
78 DF   TUR İbrahim Kaş
80 MF   TUR Kenan Özer[notes 5]

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   TUR Serdar Özkan (on loan to Samsunspor)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK   TUR Ramazan Kurşunlu (on loan to Ankaraspor)

Results edit

Turkish Super Cup edit

Süper Lig edit

First Half edit

August 25, 2006 Beşiktaş   3–1   Konyaspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
September 10, 2006 Beşiktaş   2–3   Trabzonspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
September 17, 2006 Galatasaray   1–0   Beşiktaş Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
November 11, 2006 Beşiktaş   0–1   Sivasspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
November 24, 2006 Beşiktaş   3–1   Bursaspor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Second half edit

February 10, 2007 Beşiktaş   2–0   Denizlispor Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
February 16, 2007 Konyaspor   2–1   Beşiktaş Konya, Turkey
Stadium: Konya Atatürk Stadium
April 29, 2007 Sivasspor   0–1   Beşiktaş Sivas, Turkey
Stadium: Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fenerbahçe (C) 34 20 10 4 65 31 +34 70 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Beşiktaş 34 18 7 9 43 32 +11 61 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Galatasaray 34 15 11 8 58 37 +21 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Trabzonspor 34 15 7 12 54 44 +10 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Kayserispor 34 13 12 9 54 43 +11 51
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Turkish Cup edit

After finishing in the top four of the previous season's Süper Lig, Beşiktaş qualified for the group stages. Beşiktaş was placed in Group D, along with MKE Ankaragücü, Bucaspor, Çaykur Rizespor and Gençlerbirliği. Beşiktaş finished second.

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Gençlerbirliği 4 3 0 1 6 1 +5 9
2 Beşiktaş 4 3 0 1 10 6 +4 9
3 MKE Ankaragücü 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 9
4 Bucaspor 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3
5 Çaykur Rizespor 4 0 0 4 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
October 25, 2006 Bucaspor   1–5   Beşiktaş İzmir, Turkey
Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium

Quarter-finals edit

Beşiktaş won 4-2 on aggregate

Semi-finals edit

Beşiktaş won 2-1 on aggregate

Final edit

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

September 14, 2006 Beşiktaş   2–0   CSKA Sofia Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş won 4-2 on aggregate

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOT DB LEV BJK BRU
1   Tottenham Hotspur 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 3–1
2   Dinamo București 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7 2–1 2–1
3   Bayer Leverkusen 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4 0–1 2–1
4   Beşiktaş 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 0–2 2–1
5   Club Brugge 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
November 29, 2006 Beşiktaş   2–1   Club Brugge Istanbul, Turkey
Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Notes edit

  1. ^ Doğan was born in Isparta, Turkey, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in July 1999.
  2. ^ Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.
  3. ^ Karabulut was born in Berlin, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level.
  4. ^ Güneş was born in Donaueschingen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented U-21 and A2 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
  5. ^ Özer was born in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, a self-declared sovereign state that is recognised as still being part of Cyprus by the international community.

External links edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Beşiktaş - 2006/07". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2020.