2006. The competition was Kayseri's first ever European competition, and they won the 2006 Intertoto cup, defeating Sopron and Larissa along the way. Winning the cup allowed Kayseri to advance to the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, now the UEFA Europa League. In the UEFA Cup Kayserispor beat Albanian side Tirana 5–1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round, but were then eliminated by AZ Alkmaar 4–3 on aggregate in the first round. His second season in charge, saw Kayseri finish the 2005–06 season, again in 5th position in the league, just five points behind 3rd place Galatasaray. Beşiktaş In July 2007 Sağlam became the manager of Turkish giants Beşiktaş. He guided them to a third-place finish in the league in the 2007–08 season, with a joint number of points with second placed Fenerbahçe with 73 points, six behind champions Galatasaray. Although domestically Beşiktaş had a good season, they became a part of football history when the team lost 8–0 away to Liverpool in the Champions League in November 2007. The following season Beşiktaş won four of their first six games and drew the other two. However, he resigned on 7 October 2008. His last game being a 2–1 home victory against Hacettepe the previous day. Bursaspor Appointment and first year Bursaspor were promoted back to the Süper Lig at the end of the 2005–06 season. On 2 January 2009 Sağlam was appointed Bursaspor manager, signing a three-year contract, after two previous managers; Samet Aybaba and Güvenç Kurtar both resigned earlier that season due to poor results. His first game in charge was a Turkish Cup game against Fenerbahçe which Fener won 2–0. His first League game was a 2–0 win at home to Istanbul. Bursaspor were unbeaten in the league until March when they lost 2–1 away at Galatasaray. For the 18 games that Sağlam was in charge during the 2008–09 season, Bursaspor lost only twice. They picked up 36 points; an average of 2 per game, while also recording a 2–1 victory over Fenerbahçe and a draw with Beşiktaş. The end of the season saw Bursaspor finish in sixth position, missing out on a European place by just three points. Bursaspor also reached the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup losing 4–1 on aggregate to Fenerbahçe. The league title The following season, 2009–10, began successful and by the midpoint of the season, in December 2009; gameweek 17, the