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.

Background

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

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

Details

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08)

20:30 EEST (UTC+03)

Galatasaray	1–0	Bursaspor
Öztekin 27'

Osmanlı Stadyumu, Ankara

Attendance: 19,626

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

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

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