2017–18 Süper Lig

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Süper Lig
Season2017–18
Dates11 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsGalatasaray
21st title
RelegatedKarabükspor
Gençlerbirliği
Osmanlıspor
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
Fenerbahçe
Europa Leagueİstanbul Başakşehir
Beşiktaş
Akhisarspor
Matches played306
Goals scored906 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerBafétimbi Gomis (29 goals)
Biggest home winİstanbul Başakşehir 5–0 Karabükspor
(29 January 2018)
Beşiktaş 5–0 Karabükspor
(10 February 2018)
Galatasaray 5–0 Bursaspor
(23 February 2018)
Göztepe 5–0 Karabükspor
(27 April 2018)
Biggest away winKarabükspor 0-7 Galatasaray
(3 March 2018)
Karabükspor 0–7 Fenerbahçe
(14 May 2018)
Highest scoringTrabzonspor 3–4 Alanyaspor
(22 September 2017)
Trabzonspor 1–6 Akhisar
(15 October 2017)
Karabükspor 0–7 Galatasaray
(3 March 2018)
Karabükspor 0–7 Fenerbahçe
(14 May 2018)
Longest winning runFenerbahçe
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runFenerbahçe
(15 matches)
Longest winless runAkhisar Belediyespor
(14 matches)
Longest losing runKarabükspor
(12 matches)
Highest attendance50,291
Galatasaray 0–0 Fenerbahçe
22 October 2017
2017-18 2. day Fenerbahçe-Trabzonspor pre-match

The 2017–18 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig İlhan Cavcav season, was the 60th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after İlhan Cavcav, the longtime chairman of Gençlerbirliği S.K.

Teams[edit]

Stadia and locations[edit]

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisar Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium 12,139
Alanyaspor Alanya Alanya Oba Stadium 10,842
Antalyaspor Antalya Antalya Stadium 33,032
Beşiktaş Istanbul (Beşiktaş) Vodafone Park 43,500
Bursaspor Bursa Timsah Arena 43,877
Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Kadıköy) Ülker Stadium 50,509
Galatasaray Istanbul (Şişli) Türk Telekom Stadium 52,652
Gençlerbirliği Ankara (Ulus) Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209
Göztepe İzmir Bornova Stadium 12,500
İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul (Başakşehir) Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium 17,801
Kardemir Karabükspor Karabük Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium 14,200
Kasımpaşa Istanbul (Beyoğlu) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234
Kayserispor Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium 32,864
Konyaspor Konya Konya Büyükşehir Stadium 42,276
Osmanlıspor Ankara (Sincan) Osmanlı Stadyumu 19,626
Sivasspor Sivas Sivas Arena 27,532
Trabzonspor Trabzon Şenol Güneş Sports Complex 40,782
Yeni Malatyaspor Malatya Malatya Arena 27,044

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Akhisar Belediyespor Turkey Okan Buruk Turkey Caner Osmanpaşa Nike
Alanyaspor Turkey Mesut Bakkal Turkey Haydar Yılmaz Kappa TAV Airports
Antalyaspor Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu Vacant Nike IATI
Atiker Konyaspor Turkey Sergen Yalçın Germany Ali Çamdalı Hummel Spor Toto
Beşiktaş Turkey Şenol Güneş Turkey Tolga Zengin Adidas Vodafone
Bursaspor Turkey Mustafa Er Argentina Pablo Batalla Puma Warmhaus
Fenerbahçe Turkey Aykut Kocaman Turkey Volkan Demirel Adidas
Galatasaray Turkey Fatih Terim Turkey Selçuk İnan Nike Nef
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Ümit Özat Turkey Uğur Çiftçi Lotto ARTE
Göztepe Turkey Tamer Tuna Turkey Selçuk Şahin Lotto
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey Abdullah Avcı Turkey Emre Belözoğlu Nike Makro
Kardemir Karabükspor Turkey Ünal Karaman Turkey Ahmet Şahin Adidas Kardemir
Kasımpaşa Turkey Kemal Özdeş Turkey Veysel Sari Nike
Kayserispor Romania Marius Șumudică Turkey Umut Bulut Adidas İstikbal
Osmanlıspor Turkey İrfan Buz Turkey Numan Çürüksu Nike ATG
Sivasspor Turkey Samet Aybaba Turkey Ziya Erdal Adidas Demir İnşaat
Trabzonspor Turkey Rıza Çalımbay Turkey Onur Kıvrak Nike QNB
Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey Erol Bulut Turkey Yalçın Ayhan Adidas Battalbey

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Ümit Özat Mutual agreement 30 August 2017[1] 18th Turkey Mesut Bakkal 31 August 2017[2]
Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey Ertuğrul Sağlam Resigned 14 September 2017[3] 13th Turkey Erol Bulut 27 September 2017[4]
Osmanlıspor Turkey Bülent Uygun Resigned 17 September 2017[5] 18th Turkey İrfan Buz 20 September 2017[6]
Antalyaspor Turkey Rıza Çalımbay Resigned 18 September 2017[7] 16th Brazil Leonardo Araújo 27 September 2017[8]
Kardemir Karabükspor Turkey Erkan Sözeri Resigned 1 October 2017[9] 16th Australia Tony Popovic 1 October 2017[10]
Trabzonspor Turkey Ersun Yanal Sacked 15 October 2017[11] 11th Turkey Rıza Çalımbay 18 October 2017[12]
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Mesut Bakkal Sacked 20 November 2017[13] 18th Turkey Ümit Özat 20 November 2017[14]
Antalyaspor Brazil Leonardo Araújo Resigned 6 December 2017 17th Spain David Badía (caretaker) 6 December 2017
Kardemir Karabükspor Australia Tony Popovic Sacked 15 December 2017 18th Turkey Levent Açıkgöz 18 December 2017
Galatasaray Croatia Igor Tudor Sacked 18 December 2017 2nd Turkey Fatih Terim 21 December 2017
Alanyaspor Bosnia and Herzegovina Safet Sušić Sacked 26 December 2017 13th Turkey Hikmet Karaman 3 January 2018
Antalyaspor Spain David Badía End of caretaker tenure 4 January 2018 15th Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu 4 January 2018
Alanyaspor Turkey Hikmet Karaman Sacked 26 February 2018 16th Turkey Mesut Bakkal 27 February 2018
Konyaspor Turkey Mehmet Özdilek Mutual agreement 4 March 2018 16th Turkey Sergen Yalçın 6 March 2018
Kardemir Karabükspor Turkey Levent Açıkgöz Sacked 21 March 2018 18th Turkey Ünal Karaman 21 March 2018
Bursaspor France Paul Le Guen Sacked 10 April 2018 13th Turkey Mustafa Er 10 April 2018

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Galatasaray (C) 34 24 3 7 75 33 +42 75 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Fenerbahçe 34 21 9 4 78 36 +42 72[a] Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 İstanbul Başakşehir 34 22 6 6 62 34 +28 72[a] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Beşiktaş 34 21 8 5 69 30 +39 71 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Trabzonspor 34 15 10 9 63 51 +12 55
6 Göztepe 34 13 10 11 49 50 −1 49[b]
7 Sivasspor 34 14 7 13 45 53 −8 49[b]
8 Kasımpaşa 34 13 7 14 57 58 −1 46
9 Kayserispor 34 12 8 14 44 55 −11 44
10 Yeni Malatyaspor 34 11 10 13 38 45 −7 43
11 Akhisarspor 34 11 9 14 44 53 −9 42 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[c]
12 Alanyaspor 34 11 7 16 55 59 −4 40
13 Bursaspor 34 11 6 17 43 48 −5 39
14 Antalyaspor 34 10 8 16 40 59 −19 38
15 Konyaspor 34 9 9 16 38 42 −4 36
16 Osmanlıspor (R) 34 8 9 17 49 60 −11 33[d] Relegation to TFF First League
17 Gençlerbirliği (R) 34 8 9 17 37 54 −17 33[d]
18 Kardemir Karabükspor (R) 34 3 3 28 20 86 −66 12
Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[15]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fenerbahçe ahead of Başakşehir on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe 2–3 Başakşehir, Başakşehir 0–2 Fenerbahçe.
  2. ^ a b Göztepe ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Göztepe 6 pts, Sivasspor 0 pts.
  3. ^ Akhisarspor qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.
  4. ^ a b Osmanlıspor ahead of Gençlerbirliği on head-to-head points: Osmanlıspor 6 pts, Gençlerbirliği 0 pts.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away AKH ALN ANT BAŞ BEŞ BUR FEN GAL GEN GÖZ KAR KSM KAY KON OSM SİV TRA MLT
Akhisar Belediyespor 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0
Alanyaspor 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–4 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
Antalyaspor 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–2 3–1
İstanbul Başakşehir 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Beşiktaş 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 5–1 2–2 3–1
Bursaspor 3–0 3–2 4–0 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–0
Fenerbahçe 2–3 3–0 4–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–2 3–3 3–2 2–0 4–1 2–2 3–1
Galatasaray 4–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 5–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
Gençlerbirliği 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–1
Göztepe 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 5–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–0
Kardemir Karabükspor 0–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 0–7 0–7 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–4
Kasımpaşa 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 3–2
Kayserispor 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–5 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Konyaspor 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 2–2 0–1
Osmanlıspor 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–4 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 3–3 0–0
Sivasspor 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–0
Trabzonspor 1–6 3–4 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–5 4–0 2–1 4–3 0–2 4–1
Yeni Malatyaspor 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–4 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0
Source: Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[edit]

The following table represents the teams' positions after each round in the competition.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Galatasaray1111111111111213222212111112111111
Fenerbahçe813611847568753332333333444444443222
İstanbul Başakşehir71143565452222121111121223221332333
Beşiktaş4322222673334444444444332333224444
Trabzonspor558599911131112118877755667676555555555
Göztepe A.Ş.91496334225887766677778787788766666
Sivasspor14814161115119995691099888886868867877777
Kasımpaşa22741010131414131312101111111111111111911121112109999988
Kayserispor1812117453744445555566555555676688899
Yeni Malatyaspor3101013141112131110111313131310101091091099910910101011101010
Akhisar Belediyespor663867633699119101212121314121210101091111121212141211
Alanyaspor1517161213128101012101012121213131312121416151513131414141513131412
Bursaspor1391397810887676688991091011121112111213131110111113
Antalyaspor17151515161315171215141414141616151616151514141415141312111314121314
Konyaspor1271214151414151714151515161514161717171615161617171716161415151515
Osmanlıspor16181717181817181818171716151415141415161717171716151517171616161616
Gençlerbirliği10161818171718161617181818171717171514131313131314161615151717171717
Kardemir Karabükspor114510121616121516161617181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Leader and 2018–19 Champions League group stage
2018–19 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
Relegation to 2018–19 TFF First League
Source: tff.org (in Turkish)

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

"Süper Lig Top Goalscorers". TFF. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

Pos. Player Team Goals
1 France Bafétimbi Gomis Galatasaray 29
2 Turkey Burak Yılmaz Trabzonspor 23
3 North Macedonia Adis Jahović Konyaspor 19
4 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor İstanbul Başakşehir 15
5 Brazil Talisca Beşiktaş 14
Turkey Emre Akbaba Alanyaspor
Turkey Umut Bulut Kayserispor
Brazil Giuliano Fenerbahçe
9 Ivory Coast Arouna Koné Sivasspor 13
Egypt Trézéguet Kasımpaşa
Netherlands Ryan Babel Beşiktaş
Brazil Vágner Love Beşiktaş

Hat-tricks[edit]

As of 19 May 2018
Date Player For Against Result
22 September 2017 Brazil Vágner Love Alanyaspor Trabzonspor 3–4
24 September 2017 North Macedonia Adis Jahović Göztepe Sivasspor 2–3
30 September 2017 Turkey Hakan Arslan Sivasspor Antalyaspor 3–1
18 November 2017 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor İstanbul Başakşehir Galatasaray 5–1
19 November 2017 Spain Roberto Soldado Fenerbahçe Sivasspor 4–1
17 December 2017 Netherlands Ryan Babel Beşiktaş Osmanlıspor 5–1
23 February 2018 France Bafétimbi Gomis Galatasaray Bursaspor 5–0
3 March 2018 France Bafétimbi Gomis4 Galatasaray Kardemir Karabükspor 0–7
12 May 2018 Senegal Mbaye Diagne Kasımpaşa Gençlerbirliği 3–1
19 May 2018 Canada Cyle Larin Beşiktaş Sivasspor 5–1
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards[edit]

Annual awards[edit]

Award[16] Winner Club
Player of the Season France Bafétimbi Gomis Galatasaray
Goalkeeper of the Season Uruguay Fernando Muslera Galatasaray
Defender of the Season Portugal Pepe Beşiktaş
Midfielder of the Season Turkey Emre Belözoğlu Başakşehir
Forward of the Season France Bafétimbi Gomis Galatasaray
Manager of the Season Turkey Fatih Terim Galatasaray
Team of the Season[17]
Goalkeeper Uruguay Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray)
Defence Brazil Mariano (Galatasaray) Portugal Pepe (Beşiktaş) Slovakia Martin Škrtel (Fenerbahçe) Brazil Adriano (Beşiktaş)
Midfield Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Višća

(Başakşehir)

Brazil Talisca (Beşiktaş) Turkey Emre Belözoğlu (Başakşehir) Cape Verde Garry Rodrigues (Galatasaray)
Attack France Bafétimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) Turkey Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Gençlerbirliği'nde 4. Mesut Bakkal Dönemi" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Ertuğrul Sağlam istifa gerekçesini açıkladı" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Yeni Malatyaspor'un hocası Erol Bulut oldu" (in Turkish). Posta.com.tr. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Antalyaspor'da Çalımbay dönemi bitti" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Osmanlıspor'un yeni hocası resmen İrfan Buz oldu" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Antalyaspor'da Çalımbay dönemi bitti" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Turkish club Antalyaspor hires Leonardo as coach". FOX Sport. 28 September 2017.
  9. ^ "BAŞKANIMIZ İLE GÖRÜŞECEĞİM VE AFFIMI İSTEYECEĞİM" (in Turkish). Goal.com Turkey. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  10. ^ "TONY POPOVIC QUITS WANDERERS TO COACH TURKISH SUPER LIG CLUB". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Trabzonspor parts ways with coach Ersun Yanal after stunning defeat". Daily Sabah. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Rıza Çalımbay resmen Trabzonspor'da" (in Turkish). Eurosport. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Gençlerbirliği'nde Mesut Bakkal ile yollar ayrıldı!" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Ümit Özat yeniden Gençlerbirliği'nde" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Süper Lig 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  16. ^ Gzt (2018-09-13). "Futbolun Süperleri ödül töreninde ödüller sahiplerini buldu". Gzt (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  17. ^ Soliman, Seif (2018-09-12). "Mahmoud Trezeguet loses Player of the Year award to Bafetimbi Gomis". KingFut. Retrieved 2022-12-31.

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