2009–10 Bursaspor season

The 2009–10 season was the 46th season in Bursaspor's existence, and their 4th consecutive year in the top-flight of Turkish football, and covered the period from 1 July 2009 to 16 May 2010. The club, having finished 6th the previous season, missed out on a European place by just three points and hence did not play any competitive European games.

Bursaspor
2009–10 season
Chairmanİbrahim Yazıcı
ManagerErtuğrul Sağlam
Süper Lig1st - Champions
Turkish CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ozan İpek (8)
Pablo Batalla (8)
All:
Ozan İpek (9)
Highest home attendance?
Lowest home attendance?

On 16 May 2010 Bursaspor won the Super Lig after beating defending champions Beşiktaş 2–1 at home. They won the league by just one point above second placed Fenerbahçe,[1] although they had an 11-point gap over third placed Galatasaray. Their win ended 26 years of the "Istanbul Big Three" dominance.[2][3]

Bursaspor had the strongest strikeforce and the second strongest defence, of all teams in the league. It was manager Ertuğrul Sağlam's first full season in charge having taken over in January 2009, and it was the first time he has won the league. It was quoted that they had a budget of only €10m, a tenth of the budget of the 'Istanbul Three' in Turkey,[4] with Galatasaray having a budget of €125m.[5][6]

Bursaspor are only the second club based outside of Istanbul to ever win the league title in the history of Turkish top-flight football. The other club was Trabzonspor, who last won the league in 1984.

Season 2009–10

Sağlam set his target for the club to finish the 2009–10 season in the top three and to play European football next season. In December 2009, the club were sitting (temporarily) in the top spot in the Süper Lig table for the first time that season, and the first time ever in their history.

The first half of the season saw a 1–0 home victory against Istanbul giants Galatasaray, and also a 2–3 win away at Besiktas. In late 2009, manager Sağlam was linked with the vacant Turkey managerial position after Fatih Terim's resignation, but he refused to comment on the speculation. Guus Hiddink eventually took up the position. The early part of the season saw a 6–0 win over midtable Istanbul B.B., the largest win in the league in the 2009–10 season, as well as coming from two goals down in the last ten minutes to beat Fenerbahce 2–3 away. In the Turkish Cup Bursaspor reached the quarter-finals but lost 4–3 on aggregate to Fenerbahce, after an injury time winner from Fener.

In April 2010 Bursa sat at the top of the table after floating around the top three since the beginning of the year. At one point during their stay at the summit they were 8 points above the second placed team. After securing a win by coming from behind to win 2–1 against Antalyaspor, after having lost the previous week for the first time in eight league games, Sağlam was quoted as saying that “We (Bursaspor) are on the verge of becoming a great team”, "we had to win, even if it meant coming from behind to do so. That was the important thing”.[7]

Five weeks before the end of the season, Bursaspor fell to second place in the league. They maintained pressure on Fenerbahce who had overtaken them. Going into the final game of the season, Bursaspor were just one point behind Fener. Needing to better Fener's result, they won 2–1 at home against Beşiktaş. Fenerbahçe only managed a 1–1 home draw against Trabzonspor meaning that Bursaspor were crowned Champions, by just one point.

Bursa had the strongest strikeforce in the league as well as the second tightest defence; conceding just one more goal than Besiktas. The league positions of the club saw them outside of the top five on only four occasions and they stayed in the top three consecutively from December 2009 until they were crowned champions in May 2010, for 18 weeks.

They are only the fifth Champion of the Turkish league in its 52-year history.[8]

Team kit

The team kit for the 2009–10 season was produced by Puma and the shirt sponsor is Turkcell. The kit is the traditional green with green and white striped socks.

Technical staff

First-team squad

As of February 1, 2010.[9] 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  TUR Yavuz Özkan
2 DF  TUR Serdar Aziz
4 DF  TUR Ömer Erdoğan (captain)
5 MF  TUR Hüseyin Çimşir
6 MF  TUR Bekir Ozan Has
8 MF  ROU Giani Kiriţă
9 FW  TUR Sercan Yıldırım
10 MF  TUR Volkan Şen
11 MF  TUR Eren Albayrak
17 MF  ARG Pablo Batalla
19 FW  TUR Isa Bagci
20 MF  TUR Veli Acar
21 DF  TUR Ali Tandoğan
22 FW  AUT Turgay Bahadır
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF  TUR Mustafa Keçeli
25 MF  SRB Ivan Ergić
26 DF  CZE Tomáš Zápotočný (on loan from Beşiktaş)
27 GK  BUL Dimitar Ivankov
28 FW  ARG Leonardo Iglesias
32 DF  TUR Yenal Tuncer
33 MF  TUR Ozan İpek
35 DF  TUR Tuna Üzümcü
38 DF  TUR İbrahim Öztürk
42 FW  TUR Halil Zeybek
55 DF  TUR Ramazan Sal
67 FW  TUR Muhammet Demir
90 GK  TUR Ceyhun Demircan

Transfers

Winter Transfers 09/10

As of February 1, 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ARG Leonardo Iglesias

Winter Departure Players 09/10

As of February 1, 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  TUR Ramazan Sal to Giresunspor
— MF  TUR Cihan Kaptan to Dortmund II
— FW  KOR Shin Young-Rok to Tom Tomsk
— FW  BRA Tadeu to Barueri

Loaned in

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF  CZE Tomáš Zápotočný (on loan from Beşiktaş)

Loaned out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  TUR İsmail Özgür Göktaş (to Kasımpaşa)

For recent transfers, see List of Turkish football transfers 2008-09.

Match results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bursaspor (C) 34 23 6 5 65 26 +39 75 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Fenerbahçe 34 23 5 6 61 28 +33 74 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Galatasaray 34 19 7 8 61 35 +26 64[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Beşiktaş 34 18 10 6 47 25 +22 64[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5 Trabzonspor 34 16 9 9 53 32 +21 57 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Süper Lig official website
Rules for classification: 1st overall points, 2nd head-to-head points, 3rd head to head goal differential, 4th overall goal differential, 5th overall goals scored.[10]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Galatasaray were ahead of Beşiktaş on head-to-head record: Galatasaray–Beşiktaş 3–0, Beşiktaş–Galatasaray 1-1.
  2. Trabzonspor have won the 2009–10 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results by round
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GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWDLWWWWWDLWWLWWWWDDWWWWWLWDWDWWW
Position59461174332344354333332211111112221
Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2010. Source: Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Records

Doubles achieved
Opponent Home result Away result
Beşiktaş 2–1 3–2
Kasımpaşa 2–1 2–0
Sivasspor 3–0 3–1
Diyarbakırspor 4–0 3–0
Manisaspor 2–0 2–0
Denizlispor 2–1 3–2

Biggest winning margin
# Opponent H/A Result Competition
1 Istanbul BB H 6–0 League
2 Diyarbakırspor H 4–0 League
3 Sivasspor H 4–0 Turkish Cup

References
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  4. Lawrence, Amy (2010-05-20). "Bursaspor set Turkey alight as Fenerbahce fans torch own ground". Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  5. "Season Review: Turkey". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  6. "Need for change in Turkish football governance". PlayTheGame.org. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  7. "Bursa Crocs survive to fight another week". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
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  9. "2009–2010 SEASON". Bursaspor. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
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