2006 Turkish Super Cup

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

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 (2006-07-30)

19:45 EST (UTC+02)

Final

Galatasaray	0–1	Beşiktaş
	Report (in Turkish)	Nobre 59'

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt

Referee: Bülent Demirlek

Galatasaray GK 1 Faryd Mondragón DF 4 Rigobert Song  55' DF 28 Tolga Seyhan  85' DF 55 Sabri Sarıoğlu  77' DF 67 Ergün Penbe MF 11 Hasan Şaş  48' MF 19 Cihan Haspolatli MF 22 Saša Ilić  72' MF 24 Mehmet Güven FW 9 Hakan Şükür (c) FW 10 Necati Ateş  72' Substitutes: GK 17 Fevzi Elmas DF 2 Stjepan Tomas MF 18 Ayhan Akman  72' DF 25 Ferhat Öztorun MF 26 Aydın Yılmaz  77' FW 27 Özgürcan Özcan  72' MF 66 Arda Turan Manager: Eric Gerets Man of the match: Mert Nobre (Beşiktaş)

Beşiktaş GK 1 Vedran Runje DF 58 İbrahim Toraman DF 5 Gökhan Zan DF 8 Baki Mercimek DF 19 İbrahim Üzülmez (c) MF 41 Koray Avcı MF 15 José Kléberson MF 53 Fahri Tatan  70' MF 10 Matias Delgado  89' FW 11 Mert Nobre FW 9 Gökhan Güleç  68'  70' Substitutes: GK 29 Murat Şahin DF 22 Ali Tandoğan FW 13 Bobô  70' MF 3 Mehmet Sedef MF 2 Serdar Kurtuluş  70' DF 4 Mustafa Doğan MF 55 İbrahim Akın Manager: Jean Tigana

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