2014–15 Trabzonspor season

Trabzonspor

2014–15 season
President	İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu
Manager	Vahid Halilhodžić
Stadium	Hüseyin Avni Aker
Süper Lig	5th
Turkish Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Óscar Cardozo (17) All: Óscar Cardozo (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2014–15 Football Season was Trabzonspor's 40th consecutive in the Süper Lig. During the season, Trabzonspor also took part in the Turkish Cup, as well as the UEFA Europa League.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Onur Kıvrak (Captain) 3 DF  POR José Bosingwa 4 DF  TUR Aykut Demir 6 DF  CIV Sol Bamba 7 FW  PAR Óscar Cardozo 8 MF  TUR Soner Aydoğdu 9 FW  TUR Emre Güral 10 MF  TUR Özer Hurmacı 11 FW  TUR Barış Memiş 13 GK  TUR İbrahim Demir 15 MF  FRA Florent Malouda 16 MF  TUR Batuhan Artarslan 17 FW  TUR Gökhan Karadeniz 18 FW  TUR Deniz Yılmaz 20 MF  ARG Gustavo Colman 22 DF  TUR Mustafa Yumlu

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  TUR Anıl Taşdemir 26 GK  TUR Fatih Öztürk 28 DF  CZE Ondřej Čelůstka 32 MF  TUR Yusuf Erdoğan 33 DF  TUR Mustafa Akbaş 38 DF  TUR Salih Dursun 50 MF  TUR Ferhat Yazgan 55 MF  ROU Alexandru Bourceanu 61 DF  TUR Zeki Yavru 67 MF  TUR Serdar Gürler 77 MF  TUR Turgut Şahin 88 DF  TUR Caner Osmanpaşa 99 DF  TUR Kadir Keleş — DF  ALG Essaïd Belkalem — DF  GUI Kévin Constant

Transfers

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  TUR Deniz Yılmaz

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  TUR Serdar Gürler

Out

Competitions

Süper Lig

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Beşiktaş	34	21	6	7	55	32	+23	69	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	15	14	5	49	30	+19	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Trabzonspor	34	15	12	7	58	48	+10	57[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Bursaspor[b]	34	16	9	9	69	44	+25	57[a]
7	Mersin İdmanyurdu[c]	34	13	8	13	54	48	+6	47

Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored (It is also decided that only criteria 1, 4 and 5 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition)^[citation needed]
Notes:

1. Trabzonspor finished ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: Trabzonspor–Bursaspor 1–0, Bursaspor–Trabzonspor 3–3.
2. Bursaspor were banned from European competitions by UEFA for the following four seasons due to financial issues.[1]
3. Mersin İdmanyurdu, Gaziantepspor, Eskişehirspor, Balıkesirspor, Kasımpaşa and Kayseri Erciyesspor were not granted a UEFA license by the Turkish Football Federation, and could therefore not qualify for European competitions.[2]

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Turkish Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEG	TRA	LOK	MET
1	Legia Warsaw	6	5	0	1	7	2	+5	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	1–0	2–1
2	Trabzonspor	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			0–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Lokeren	6	3	1	2	4	4	0	10			1–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Metalist Kharkiv	6	0	0	6	3	10	−7	0			0–1	1–2	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References

1. "Four clubs sanctioned for overdue payables". UEFA.org. 22 December 2014.
2. "6 Süper Lig takımına UEFA şoku!". 13 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.