2007–08 Fenerbahçe S.K. season
# 2007–08 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

During the 2007–08 Turkish football season, Fenerbahçe competed in the Süper Lig.

## Season summary

Fenerbahçe recorded their best-ever European performance as they reached the Champions League quarter-finals. However, they failed to retain the Süper Lig title. Coach Zico did not sign a contract extension, and resigned on June 10.

## Kit

Fenerbahçe's kit was manufactured by German apparel company Adidas and sponsored by Turkish telecommunications company Avea.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

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 | Volkan Demirel |
| 2 | DF | URU | Diego Lugano |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos |
| 4 | MF | GHA | Stephen Appiah |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Yasin Çakmak |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Gökçek Vederson |
| 7 | MF | TUR | Kemal Aslan |
| 8 | FW | TUR | Colin Kazim-Richards |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Mateja Kežman |
| 15 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Aurélio |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Can Arat |
| 18 | MF | GER | Ali Bilgin |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Önder Turacı |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Alex |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Selçuk Şahin |
| 22 | GK | TUR | Serdar Kulbilge |
| 23 | FW | TUR | Semih Şentürk |
| 24 | MF | TUR | Deniz Barış |
| 25 | MF | TUR | Uğur Boral |
| 32 | MF | BUL | Gürhan Gürsoy |
| 33 | MF | CHI | Claudio Maldonado |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Edu Dracena |
| 38 | FW | TUR | İlhan Parlak |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Gönül |
| 85 | DF | TUR | Uğur Arslan Kuru |
| 88 | GK | TUR | Volkan Babacan |
| 89 | GK | TUR | Mert Günok |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Deivid |

### Left club during season

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Tümer Metin (on loan to Larissa) |

## Süper Lig

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 73 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 73 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Kayserispor | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

* 1 2 3 Fenerbahçe were ahead of Beşiktaş and Sivasspor on head-to-head points and Beşiktaş were ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe: 12 pts; Beşiktaş: 3 pts, 5–7 (–2); Sivasspor: 3 pts, 4–8 (–4).
* ↑ Kayserispor have won the 2007–08 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

## Champions League

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 | |
