Türkiye Kupası 2003/04

Türkiye Kupası 2003/04
Cup winners	Trabzonspor (7th title)
Uefa cup	Gençlerbirliği Ankara
Beginning	November 12, 2003
final	May 5, 2004
Final stadium	Ataturk Olympic Stadium , Istanbul
Teams	48
Games	47  (of which 47 played)
Gates	151  (ø 3.21 per game)
Top scorer	Volkan Bekiroğlu Tuncay Şanlı Tayfun Türkmen (3 goals each)
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Ataturk Olympic Stadium

The Türkiye Kupası 2003/04 was the 42nd edition of the Turkish Cup competition . The competition began on November 12, 2003 with the first round and ended on May 5, 2004 with the final. As in the previous season, Trabzonspor and Gençlerbirliği Ankara met in the final . Trabzonspor took part in the final for the twelfth time and Gençlerbirliği Ankara for the fourth time.

Trabzonspor defeated Gençlerbirliği 4-0 and won this competition for the seventh time. The venue was the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul .

Participating teams

The following 47 teams were eligible to participate in the Turkish Cup:

Süper Lig the 18 clubs of the 2002/03 season	2. League A category the 18 clubs of the 2002/03 season	2. League B category the 11 best clubs from the 2002/03 season
Adanaspor   Altay İzmir   Beşiktaş Istanbul   Bursaspor   Denizlispor   Diyarbakırspor   Elazığspor   Fenerbahçe Istanbul   Galatasaray Istanbul   Gaziantepspor   Gençlerbirliği Ankara   Goztepe Izmir   İstanbulspor   Kocaelispor   Malatyaspor   MKE Ankaragücü   Samsunspor   Trabzonspor	Adana Demirspor   Akçaabat Sebatspor   Ankaraspor   Antalyaspor   Çaykur Rizespor   Dardanelspor   Erzurumspor   Gümüşhanespor   Istanbul BB   Izmirspor   Kayseri Erciyesspor   Konyaspor   Manisaspor   Mersin İdman Yurdu   Sakaryaspor   Şekerspor   Sivasspor   Yimpaş Yozgatspor	Group A   Aydınspor   Bursa Merinosspor   Karşıyaka SK   Marmaris Belediye Gençlikspor Group B   Ankara Demirspor   Sarıyer GK   Türk Telekomspor Group C   Gaziantep BB   Hatayspor   Kayserispor   Şanlıurfaspor

1st main round

The first main round took place on November 12, 2003. In this round 33 clubs competed: the three relegated teams in the 2002/03 Süper Lig season, all teams in the 2nd division, Category A (2nd division) and the 12 best teams in the 2nd division, Category B (3rd division).

Gaziantep BB received the only bye and was directly qualified for the 2nd main round.

Home team		Visiting team	Bottom line
Adana Demirspor	-	Şanlıurfaspor	4: 1 (2: 0)
Altay Izmir	-	Goztepe Izmir	1: 0 (0: 0)
Ankara Demirspor	-	Şekerspor	2: 4 (1: 0)
Antalyaspor	-	Marmaris Belediye Gençlikspor	1: 0 (1: 0)
Aydınspor	-	Konyaspor	2: 6 (0: 2)
Istanbul BB	-	Zonguldakspor	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)
Dardanelspor	-	Manisaspor	0: 1 (0: 0)
Erzurumspor	-	Çaykur Rizespor	2: 4 (2: 2)
Gümüşhanespor	-	Akçaabat Sebatspor	2: 3 (0: 2)
Hatayspor	-	Mersin İdman Yurdu	0: 1 a.d. (0: 1)
Izmirspor	-	Karşıyaka SK	0: 2 (0: 0)
Kocaelispor	-	Sarıyer GK	2: 0 (2: 0)
Sakaryaspor	-	Bursa Merinosspor	3: 2 (1: 0)
Sivasspor	-	Kayserispor	2: 3 (1: 3)
Türk Telekomspor	-	Ankaraspor	2: 0 (1: 0)
Yimpaş Yozgatspor	-	Kayseri Erciyesspor	0: 6 (0: 3)

2nd main round

The 2nd main round was held from December 16 to December 18, 2003. In addition to the 17 winners from the 1st main round, the first division clubs from 1st to 15th place from the 2002/03 season took part.

Home team		Visiting team	Bottom line
Sakaryaspor	-	Denizlispor	2: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 2)
Adana Demirspor	-	MKE Ankaragücü	0: 1 (0: 0)
Akçaabat Sebatspor	-	Gaziantepspor	0: 3 (0: 2)
Antalyaspor	-	İstanbulspor	0: 2 (0: 1)
Şekerspor	-	Diyarbakırspor	0: 3 (0: 2)
Elazığspor	-	Çaykur Rizespor	2: 3 (0: 2)
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	-	Altay Izmir	2: 0 (1: 0)
Kayseri Erciyesspor	-	Bursaspor	0: 1 a.d. (0: 0)
Konyaspor	-	Adanaspor	3: 2 (1: 2)
Malatyaspor	-	Istanbul BB	3: 1 (1: 0)
Manisaspor	-	Karşıyaka SK	3: 2 a.d. (0: 1, 2: 2)
Samsunspor	-	Mersin İdman Yurdu	2: 0 (1: 0)
Trabzonspor	-	Kayserispor	3: 1 (2: 0)
Galatasaray Istanbul	-	Türk Telekomspor	4: 1 (2: 0)
Beşiktaş Istanbul	-	Kocaelispor	2: 1 (0: 0)
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	-	Gaziantep BB	3: 0 (1: 0)

Round of 16

The round of 16 took place on January 28 and 29, 2004.

Home team		Visiting team	Bottom line
Bursaspor	-	Konyaspor	0: 1 (0: 1)
İstanbulspor	-	MKE Ankaragücü	1: 0 (0: 0)
Manisaspor	-	Denizlispor	0: 1 a.d. (0: 0)
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	-	Malatyaspor	1: 0 (0: 0)
Diyarbakırspor	-	Trabzonspor	0: 1 (0: 1)
Galatasaray Istanbul	-	Çaykur Rizespor	0: 5 (0: 1)
Gaziantepspor	-	Beşiktaş Istanbul	4: 1 (1: 0)
Samsunspor	-	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0: 1 a.d. (0: 0)

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on February 10 and 11, 2004.

Home team		Visiting team	Bottom line
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	-	Denizlispor	2: 0 (2: 0)
Trabzonspor	-	Konyaspor	2: 1 n.V., (0: ​​0, 1: 1)
Gaziantepspor	-	İstanbulspor	0: 0 a.d., 4: 5 i. E.
Çaykur Rizespor	-	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2: 4 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 2)

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on March 17, 2004.

Home team		Visiting team	Bottom line
İstanbulspor	-	Trabzonspor	0: 2 (0: 2)
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	-	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	2: 4 (0: 1)

final

pairing	Trabzonspor - Gençlerbirliği Ankara
Result	4: 0 (1: 0)
date	May 5, 2004, 7 p.m.
Stadion	Ataturk Olympic Stadium , Istanbul
referee	Kuddusi Müftüoğlu ( Alanya )
Gates	1-0 Mehmet Yılmaz (22nd) 2-0 Gökdeniz Karadeniz (70th) 3-0 Gökdeniz Karadeniz (77th penalty) 4-0 Augustine Ahinful (88th penalty)
Trabzonspor	Michael Petkovic - Erdinç Yavuz , Tolga Seyhan , Volkan Bekiroğlu , Emrah Eren - Hüseyin Çimşir , Ibrahim Ege (46th Hans Somers , 72nd Karel D'Haene ), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (78th Ibrahima Yattara ), Emre Toraman - Mehmet Yılmaz , Augustine Ahinful coach: Ziya Doğan
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	Damir Botonjic - Filip Daems , Abdel Zaher El-Saqua (80th Baki Mercimek ), Erkan Özbey (70th Veysel Cihan ), Ümit Bozkurt - Ali Tandoğan , Deniz Barış , Serkan Balcı , Josip Skoko , Mustafa Özkan - Souleymane Youla Trainer: Ersuna Yanal
yellow cards	Volkan Bekiroğlu, Mehmet Yılmaz - Serkan Balcı
References	none - Souleymane Youla (87.)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	society	Gates
1	Volkan Bekiroğlu	Adanaspor / Trabzonspor	3
	Tuncay Sanli	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
	Tayfun Turkmen	Konyaspor
4th	28 players each		2

Web links

• Information about the Turkish Football Cup 2003/04 on mackolik.com