The 1996 Turkish Cup final was a football match played over two legs in April 1996. It was the final and deciding match of the 1995–96 Turkish Cup.
First leg
GALATASARAY: 1 Brad Friedel 2 Ulrich van Gobbel 3 Bülent Korkmaz 4 Feti Okuroğlu 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu 6 Arif Erdem 7 Dean Saunders 8 Evren Nuri Turhan 9 Hakan Şükür 10 Ufuk Talay 11 Ergün Penbe Substitutes 12 Hayrettin Demirbaş 13 Mert Korkmaz 14 İlyas Kahraman 15 Ceyhun Eriş 16 Hakan Ünsal Manager: Graeme SounessFENERBAHÇE: 1 Rüştü Reçber 2 İlker Yağcıoğlu 3 Uche Okechukwu 4 Jes Høgh 5 Oğuz Çetin 6 Erol Bulut 7 Tayfun Korkut 8 Kemalettin Şentürk 9 Elvir Bolić 10 Dalian Atkinson 11 Bülent Uygun Substitutes 12 Engin İpekoğlu 13 Aygün Taşkıran 14 Halil İbrahim Kara 15 Aykut Kocaman 16 Saffet Akbaş Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Man of the Match:
Referee: Ahmet Çakar Assistant Referees: Turgay Güdü Akif Uğurdur Fourth Referee: Serdar Çakır
Second leg
FENERBAHÇE: 1 Rüştü Reçber 2 İlker Yağcıoğlu 3 Uche Okechukwu 4 Jes Høgh 5 Oğuz Çetin 6 Erol Bulut 7 Tayfun Korkut 8 Kemalettin Şentürk 9 Elvir Bolić 10 Bülent Uygun 11 Aykut Kocaman Subsitues 12 Engin İpekoğlu 13 Tarık Daşgün 14 Halil İbrahim Kara 15 Dalian Atkinson 16 Saffet Akbaş Manager: Carlos Alberto ParreiraGALATASARAY: 1 Brad Friedel 2 Ulrich van Gobbel 3 Bülent Korkmaz 4 Feti Okuroğlu 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu 6 Arif Erdem 7 Dean Saunders 8 Hakan Ünsal 9 Hakan Şükür 10 Suat Kaya 11 Ergün Penbe Substitutes 12 Hayrettin Demirbaş 13 Mert Korkmaz 14 Okan Buruk 15 Ufuk Talay 16 İlyas Kahraman Manager: Graeme Souness
Man of the match:
Referee: Ayhan Yücebilgiç Assistant Referee: Münir Takpak Ünal Salcıoğlu Fourth Assistant: Sadık İlhan
Aftermath
The iconic image of Souness planting the Galatasaray flag after winning the final against Fenerbahçe drew comparisons with Turkish hero Ulubatlı Hasan, who was killed as he planted the Ottoman flag at the end of the Siege of Constantinople. This earned Souness the nickname "Ulubatlı Souness".
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