2011 Turkish Cup final

The 2011 Turkish Cup final was the 49th final match of the Turkish Cup. The match took place on 11 May 2011, at Kadir Has Stadium in Kayseri. The match was played between 8 time winners Beşiktaş and first time finalists İstanbul B.B. The referee of the match was Yunus Yıldırım.^[1][2]

Because of its current situation in the 2010–11 Süper Lig, Beşiktaş entered the final looking to secure a berth to 2011–12 UEFA Europa League next year as well as winning its 9th cup in team history. İstanbul B.B., which showed superiority towards Beşiktaş in the Süper Lig, played in the Turkish Cup final for the first time in their history.

After normal time and extra time ended on a 2–2 draw, Beşiktaş won the penalty shootout 4–3 and won its 9th Turkish Cup.^[3] By winning, Beşiktaş secured a berth in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

On 10 June 2013 UEFA officially opened up disciplinary proceedings against Beşiktaş in regard to match-fixing in the 2011 Turkish Cup final.^[4]

Beşiktaş reached the Turkish Cup final for the 15th time in their history. Previously winning the cup 8 times, Beşiktaş entered as the favored team. İstanbul B.B., on the other hand, was entering the final for the first time in their history. İstanbul B.B.'s best performance in the Turkish Cup was in the 2009-10 Turkish Cup season, when they reached the quarter-finals.

In the 2010–11 Süper Lig, İstanbul B.B. showed superiority against Beşiktaş, winning 2–0 at İnönü and 2–1 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium. However Beşiktaş had amassed more points than İstanbul B.B., with 50 points while İstanbul B.B. had only 41 points.

Beşiktaş started the 2010–11 Turkish Cup in the play-off round, defeating Mersin İdmanyurdu 3–0. In the group stage, Beşiktaş was placed in group B with Gaziantep B.B., Trabzonspor, Konya Torku Şekerspor and Manisaspor. Beşiktaş won the group and proceeded to the quarter-finals where they defeated Gaziantep B.B. 5-0 and 3-0 respectively. In the semi-finals, Beşiktaş defeated Gaziantepspor with 3–0 and 2–2 scores, thus earning a berth in the final.

11 May 2011

20:00 EEST

Beşiktaş	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	İstanbul B.B.
Quaresma 33' Sivok 78'	Report	İbrahim 53' (pen.) Gökhan 68'
Penalties
Almeida Fernandes Aurélio Hilbert Simão	4 – 3	Cihan Ekrem E. Gökhan Holmén Metin

Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Yunus Yıldırım

Beşiktaş

İstanbul B.B.

Beşiktaş: GK 1 Rüştü Reçber RB 17 Ekrem Dağ  13' CB 6 Tomáš Sivok CB 55 Mehmet Aurélio LB 3 İsmail Köybaşı CM 18 Necip Uysal CM 4 Manuel Fernandes CM 14 Guti (C)  105' RM 7 Ricardo Quaresma  75' LM 31 Simão Sabrosa CF 13 Bobô  56' Substitutes: GK 99 Cenk Gönen DF 92 Furkan Şeker DF 44 Erhan Güven DF 77 Rıdvan Şimşek MF 9 Roberto Hilbert  105' MF 26 Onur Bayramoğlu MF 34 Hugo Almeida  56' Manager: Tayfur Havutçu İstanbul B.B.: GK 1 Kenan Hasagić RB 53 Rızvan Şahin CB 3 Metin Depe  45' CB 2 Can Arat LB 17 Ekrem Ekşioğlu (C) CM 20 Cihan Haspolatlı CM 21 Mahmut Tekdemir  62' CM 23 Samuel Holmén  120' RM 11 İbrahim Akın  83' LM 12 İskender Alın  105' CF 18 Hervé Tum  56' Substitutes: GK 61 Oğuzhan Bahadır DF 28 Marcin Kuś DF 81 Gökhan Süzen  83' MF 6 Efe İnanç MF 8 Zeki Korkmaz FW 88 Tevfik Köse  105' FW 39 Gökhan Ünal  56' Manager: Abdullah Avcı

• 2010–11 Turkish Cup
• 2011 Turkish Super Cup