2015 Turkish Super Cup

Summary

2015 Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa) is the 42nd edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as Presidential Cup in 1966. The match is contested between both the 2014–15 Süper Lig and 2014–15 Turkish Cup champions Galatasaray and the 2014–15 Turkish Cup runner-up Bursaspor.

2015 Turkish Super Cup
EventTurkish Super Cup
Date8 August 2015 (2015-08-08)
VenueOsmanlı Stadyumu, Ankara
Man of the MatchYasin Öztekin
RefereeCüneyt Çakır
Attendance19,626
WeatherFine
2014
2016

Background edit

The fixture is the 6th overall national super cup matchup between the teams since 1966. Galatasaray last won the cup in 2013 against Fenerbahçe, and Bursaspor never won the cup since 1966, but they were finalist in 2010.

Path to the final edit

Galatasaray were champions in the regular season, finishing 3 points ahead of Fenerbahçe. In the regular season Galatasaray collected 77 points by 24 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses. They were trailed by Fenerbahçe, who collected 74 points by 22 wins, 8 draws, and 4 losses.[1]

Bursaspor performed better in the domestic cup. They entered the tournament at the third round. They won their third round match against Tepecikspor. In the group stage they were drawn against Mersin İdmanyurdu, Fatih Karagümrük, and Samsunspor but were first position in the group. In the round of 16, they beat İstanbul Başakşehir. They won their quarter final match against Gençlerbirliği. The semi-finals were the toughest home and away matches for Bursaspor, as they struggled against Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) but were winners. In the 2015 Turkish Cup Final, Galatasaray defeated Bursaspor, but Bursaspor gained a ticket for Turkish Super Cup final, since Galatasaray is the champion of the league.

Match edit

Details edit

Galatasaray1–0Bursaspor
Öztekin   27'
Attendance: 19,626
 
 
 
 
 
 
Galatasaray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bursaspor
GK 1   Fernando Muslera
DF 13   Alex Telles
DF 22   Hakan Balta
DF 21   Aurélien Chedjou
DF 55   Sabri Sarıoğlu
MF 5   Bilal Kısa
MF 7   Yasin Öztekin   35'
MF 8   Selçuk İnan (c)   52'
MF 10   Wesley Sneijder   77'
FW 11   Lukas Podolski   80'   84'
FW 17   Burak Yılmaz   63'
Substitutes:
GK 67   Eray İşcan
DF 28   Koray Günter
DF 38   Tarık Çamdal
MF 6   Jem Paul Karacan   84'
MF 29   Olcan Adın
MF 52   Emre Çolak   88'   63'
FW 9   Umut Bulut   77'
Manager:
  Hamza Hamzaoğlu
GK 17   Mert Günok
DF 4   Serdar Aziz
DF 22   Erdem Özgenç
DF 23   Aziz Behich   71'
DF 66   Tomáš Sivok
MF 3   Emre Taşdemir
MF 6   Şamil Çinaz
MF 7   Ozan Tufan
MF 10   Josué Pesqueira
MF 14   Cristóbal Jorquera   72'
FW 94   Cédric Bakambu
Substitutes:
GK 1   Harun Tekin
DF 13   Dany Nounkeu
DF 82   Luis Advíncula   72'
MF 5   Bekir Yılmaz
MF 11   Furkan Soyalp
MF 20   Aydın Karabulut
MF 33   Ozan İpek   90+4'   71'
Manager:
  Ertuğrul Sağlam

References edit

  1. ^ 2014-15 Süper Lig table Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish), accessed 30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)