2007–08 Süper Lig
The 2007–08 Süper Lig season, (also known as the Turkcell Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons), was the 50th anniversary of top-flight professional football in Turkey. It was won by Galatasaray, who won their 17th championship.
| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Galatasaray 17th title |
| Relegated | Manisaspor Çaykur Rizespor Kasımpaşa |
| Champions League | Galatasaray Fenerbahçe |
| UEFA Cup | Beşiktaş Kayserispor |
| Intertoto Cup | Sivasspor |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 786 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Semih Şentürk (17) |
| Biggest home win | Galatasaray 6–0 Konyaspor (16 September 2007) |
| Biggest away win | Gaziantepspor 0–5 Fenerbahçe (20 January 2008) |
| Highest scoring | Galatasaray 6–3 Manisaspor (9 February 2008) (9 goals) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → | |
Since Turkey had climbed from 15th to 14th position in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2006–07 season, and UEFA Champions League-bound Zenit Saint Petersburg won the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, the domestic cup winner, Kayserispor, which had qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, was promoted to the first round, filling the unused title holder spot.
The league began on 10 August 2007 with the İstanbul B.B.–Fenerbahçe match at Atatürk Olympic Stadium.
The three relegated clubs would be replaced by three promoted clubs from the Bank Asya 1. Lig. Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ and İstanbul B.B. both earned automatic promotion, while Altay, Diyarbakırspor, Kasımpaşa and Malatyaspor played in the play-off tournament with Kasımpaşa coming out victorious, becoming the third and last club to be promoted to the Süper Lig for 2007–08.