2021–22 Süper Lig

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Süper Lig
2021-22 Süper Lig season logo.jpg
Season2021–22
Dates13 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played238
Goals scored621 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandar Pešić
(12 goals)
Biggest home winAlanyaspor 6–0 Hatayspor
(20 January 2022)
Biggest away winYeni Malatyaspor 1–5 Trabzonspor
(16 August 2021)
Beşiktaş 0–4 Giresunspor
(27 November 2021)
Yeni Malatyaspor 2–6 Alanyaspor
(12 December 2021)
Highest scoringAlanyaspor 6–3 Kayserispor
(18 October 2021)
Longest winning runTrabzonspor
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runTrabzonspor
(15 matches)
Longest winless runAltay
(16 matches)
Longest losing runAltay
(8 matches)
→
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2022.

The 2021–22 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig Ahmet Çalık season,[1] is the 64th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.

Teams[]

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2020–21 season and 2020–21 TFF First League champions Adana Demirspor, runner-ups Giresunspor and play-off winners Altay. Adana Demirspor returned top level after 26 years, Giresunspor returned after 44 years and Altay after 18 years.[2][3][4] For the first time in 40 years, there is no team from the capital city, Ankara. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the 2022–23 TFF First League.

Stadiums and locations[]

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Adana Demirspor Adana New Adana Stadium 33,543
Alanyaspor Alanya Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium 10,130
Altay İzmir (Alsancak) Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium 14,000
Antalyaspor Antalya (Muratpaşa) Antalya Stadium 32,537
Beşiktaş Istanbul (Beşiktaş) Vodafone Park 42,590
Çaykur Rizespor Rize Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı 15,332
Fatih Karagümrük Istanbul (Fatih) Atatürk Olympic Stadium 76,761
Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Kadıköy) Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium 47,834
Galatasaray Istanbul (Sarıyer) Nef Stadium 52,650
Gaziantep Gaziantep New Gaziantep Stadium 33,502
Giresunspor Giresun Çotanak Stadium 22,028
Göztepe İzmir (Göztepe) Gürsel Aksel Stadium 25,035
Hatayspor Antakya New Hatay Stadium 25,000
İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul (Başakşehir) Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium 17,156
Kasımpaşa Istanbul (Beyoğlu) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234
Kayserispor Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium 32,864
Konyaspor Konya Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium 42,000
Sivasspor Sivas New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 27,532
Trabzonspor Trabzon Şenol Güneş Stadium 40,782
Yeni Malatyaspor Malatya New Malatya Stadium 27,044

Personnel and sponsorship[]

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Adana Demirspor Italy Vincenzo Montella Switzerland Gökhan Inler New Balance Bitexen
Alanyaspor Italy Francesco Farioli Turkey Efecan Karaca Uhlsport TAV Airports
Altay Turkey Serkan Özbalta Turkey İbrahim Öztürk Nike Folkart
Antalyaspor Turkey Nuri Şahin Turkey Hakan Özmert New Balance Bitexen
Beşiktaş Turkey Önder Karaveli Canada Atiba Hutchinson Adidas Beko
Çaykur Rizespor Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu Turkey Gökhan Gönül Nike Çaykur
Fatih Karagümrük Turkey Volkan Demirel Argentina Lucas Biglia Wulfz VavaCars
Fenerbahçe Turkey İsmail Kartal Germany Mesut Özil Puma Avis
Galatasaray Spain Domènec Torrent Uruguay Fernando Muslera Nike Sixt
Gaziantep Turkey Erol Bulut Turkey Günay Güvenç Nike Sanko
Giresunspor Turkey Hakan Keleş Senegal Ibrahima Baldé Nike Bahçeşehir Koleji
Göztepe Serbia Nestor El Maestro Turkey Halil Akbunar Umbro Folkart
Hatayspor Turkey Ömer Erdoğan Senegal Mame Diouf Nike Bitexen
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey Emre Belözoğlu Turkey Mahmut Tekdemir Bilcee Decovita
Kasımpaşa Vacant Kosovo Loret Sadiku Puma Ciner
Kayserispor Turkey Hikmet Karaman Turkey İlhan Parlak Nike İstikbal
Konyaspor Turkey İlhan Palut Bosnia and Herzegovina Ibrahim Šehić Macron Atiker
Sivasspor Turkey Rıza Çalımbay Turkey Ziya Erdal Puma Demir İnşaat
Trabzonspor Turkey Abdullah Avcı Turkey Uğurcan Çakır Macron Vestel
Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey Adem Büyük Turkey Adem Büyük Macron Onvo

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Gaziantep FK Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto Sacked 20 May 2021[5] Pre-season Turkey Erol Bulut 20 May 2021[5]
Fenerbahçe Turkey Emre Belözoğlu End of interim period 1 June 2021[6] Portugal Vítor Pereira 2 July 2021[7]
Kasımpaşa Bulgaria Şenol Can Mutual agreement 15 August 2021[8] 5th Turkey Cihat Arslan 17 August 2021[9]
Kayserispor Turkey Yalçın Koşukavak 18 August 2021[10] 19th Turkey Hikmet Karaman 18 August 2021[11]
Adana Demirspor Turkey Samet Aybaba Resignation 29 August 2021[12] 14th Italy Vincenzo Montella 1 September 2021[13]
Göztepe Turkey Ünal Karaman Mutual agreement 31 August 2021[14] 14th Serbia Nestor El Maestro 8 September 2021[15]
Alanyaspor Turkey Çağdaş Atan Sacked 2 September 2021[16] 13th Turkey Bülent Korkmaz 6 September 2021[17]
Çaykur Rizespor Turkey Bülent Uygun Mutual agreement 22 September 2021[18] 20th Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu 24 September 2021[19]
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey Aykut Kocaman Resignation 2 October 2021[20] 15th Turkey Emre Belözoğlu 4 October 2021[21]
Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey İrfan Buz Mutual agreement 3 October 2021[22] 17th Romania Marius Șumudică 8 October 2021[23]
Antalyaspor Turkey Ersun Yanal Sacked 4 October 2021[24] 14th Turkey Nuri Şahin 5 October 2021[25]
Kasımpaşa Turkey Cihat Arslan Mutual agreement 23 October 2021[26] 19th Turkey Hakan Kutlu 28 October 2021[27]
Beşiktaş Turkey Sergen Yalçın Resignation 9 December 2021[28] 9th Turkey Önder Karaveli 13 January 2022[29]
Fatih Karagümrük Italy Francesco Farioli Mutual agreement 16 December 2021[30] 11th Turkey Volkan Demirel 17 December 2021[31]
Kasımpaşa Turkey Hakan Kutlu 18 December 2021[32] 20th
Fenerbahçe Portugal Vítor Pereira Sacked 20 December 2021[33] 5th Turkey İsmail Kartal 12 January 2022[34]
Alanyaspor Turkey Bülent Korkmaz Mutual agreement 30 December 2021[35] 8th Italy Francesco Farioli 31 December 2021[36]
Galatasaray Turkey Fatih Terim Sacked 10 January 2022[37] 12th Spain Domènec Torrent 11 January 2022[38]
Altay Turkey Mustafa Denizli Mutual agreement 13 January 2022[39] 18th Brazil Mert Nobre 15 January 2022[40]
Brazil Mert Nobre Sacked 26 January 2022[41] 19th Turkey Serkan Özbalta 27 January 2022[42]
Yeni Malatyaspor Romania Marius Șumudică 7 February 2022[43] 20th Turkey Adem Büyük 7 February 2022[44]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Trabzonspor 24 17 6 1 42 17 +25 57 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Konyaspor 23 14 6 3 35 16 +19 48 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Adana Demirspor 24 11 7 6 38 26 +12 40 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4 Alanyaspor 24 11 6 7 42 34 +8 39
5 İstanbul Başakşehir 23 11 4 8 32 23 +9 37
6 Fenerbahçe 24 10 7 7 36 29 +7 37
7 Beşiktaş 24 10 7 7 35 31 +4 37
8 Hatayspor 24 11 3 10 35 38 −3 36
9 Gaziantep 23 10 5 8 32 29 +3 35
10 Kayserispor 24 9 7 8 35 35 0 34
11 Fatih Karagümrük 24 9 6 9 30 36 −6 33
12 Sivasspor 24 7 10 7 31 29 +2 31
13 Galatasaray 24 7 7 10 29 34 −5 28
14 Kasımpaşa 24 7 6 11 30 32 −2 27
15 Göztepe 24 7 6 11 28 33 −5 27
16 Giresunspor 24 7 5 12 22 26 −4 26
17 Antalyaspor 24 6 7 11 23 34 −11 25 Relegation to
18 Çaykur Rizespor 24 6 4 14 22 42 −20 22
19 Altay 24 6 3 15 26 38 −12 21
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 23 4 4 15 18 39 −21 16
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. Source: Süper Lig
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.[45]

Results[]

Home \ Away ADE ALA ALT ANT BEŞ RİZ FKA FEN GAL GFK GİR GÖZ HAT İBA KAS KAY KON SİV TRA YMA
Adana Demirspor — 3–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2
Alanyaspor 1–3 — 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 6–0 1–1 2–0 6–3 0–1
Altay 1–3 0–2 — 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2
Antalyaspor 1–2 3–0 1–0 — 2–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0
Beşiktaş 3–3 0–0 — 3–0 1–0 a 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 3–0
Rizespor 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 0–0 2–3 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0
Fatih Karagümrük 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–4 0–2 1–0
Fenerbahçe 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 — a 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0
Galatasaray 0–1 2–2 2–0 a 1–2 — 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2
Gaziantep 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 5–1
Giresunspor 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 — 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Göztepe 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 — 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1
Hatayspor 5–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 4–2 2–1 — 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–3
İstanbul Başakşehir 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 — 2–1 0–1 2–1
Kasımpaşa 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 — 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–0
Kayserispor 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 — 3–0 1–2
Konyaspor 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 — 0–1 2–2 0–0
Sivasspor 1–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 — 1–1
Trabzonspor 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 1–0
Yeni Malatyaspor 2–6 2–1 1–1 3–4 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. Source: Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Trabzonspor12122222111111111111111111
Konyaspor85543666975332222222222222
Adana Demirspor14131517151312101010121010910875645843
Alanyaspor691311877974354566688108434
İstanbul Başakşehir15181919181815151411109765433334785
Fenerbahçe742364113577543554456356
Beşiktaş3631114343469109797797567
Hatayspor11129643542222234346563678
Gaziantep1311171413101412121215121412161313119791099
Kayserispor19161281098111115111312161315151513111291110
Fatih Karagümrük5810758975688678111010111311121211
Sivasspor161916161712111313141315151411108912810111012
Galatasaray4345911108686488791112101213131513
Kasımpaşa1278131416161619191718191919202020181717151314
Göztepe101414121215181817181819181817171819191616161415
Giresunspor172020201919191918161917161512141213141414141616
Antalyaspor91511151617131415171414131115121414151515171717
Çaykur Rizespor181718182020202020202020202020191717171919181818
Altay2169753589911111314161616161818191919
Yeni Malatyaspor2010710111417171613161617171818191820202020202020
Leader and Champions League third qualifying round
Champions League second qualifying round
Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Relegation to
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. Source: Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)

Number of teams by region[]

Number Region Team(s)
6 Marmara Beşiktaş, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbul Başakşehir and Kasımpaşa
4 Mediterranean Adana Demirspor, Alanyaspor, Antalyaspor and Hatayspor
3 Black Sea Çaykur Rizespor, Giresunspor and Trabzonspor
Central Anatolia Kayserispor, Konyaspor and Sivasspor
2 Aegean Altay and Göztepe
1 Eastern Anatolia Yeni Malatyaspor
Southeastern Anatolia Gaziantep

Statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club(s) Goals[46]
1 Serbia Aleksandar Pešić Fatih Karagümrük 12
2 Denmark Andreas Cornelius Trabzonspor 11
Turkey Umut Bozok Kasımpaşa
4 Italy Mario Balotelli Adana Demirspor 10
5 Senegal Mame Biram Diouf Hatayspor 9
Senegal Mame Thiam Kayserispor
Belgium Michy Batshuayi Beşiktaş
Italy Stefano Okaka İstanbul Başakşehir
9 Greece Anastasios Bakasetas Trabzonspor 8
Morocco Ayoub El Kaabi Hatayspor
Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga Adana Demirspor
Turkey Emre Akbaba Alanyaspor
Finland Joel Pohjanpalo Çaykur Rizespor

Assists[]

Rank Player Club(s) Assists[47]
1 Argentina Matías Vargas Adana Demirspor 10
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Višća Başakşehir/Trabzonspor 8
Turkey Efecan Karaca Alanyaspor
4 Nigeria Anthony Nwakaeme Trabzonspor 7
Portugal João Novais Alanyaspor
Ivory Coast Max Gradel Sivasspor
7 Georgia (country) Saba Lobzhanidze Hatayspor 6
Turkey Serdar Gürler Konyaspor/Başakşehir
9 Uruguay Diego Rossi Fenerbahçe 5
Republic of the Congo Dylan Saint-Louis Hatayspor
Ecuador Enner Valencia Fenerbahçe
Brazil Fernando Boldrin Çaykur Rizespor
Netherlands Leandro Kappel Altay
Turkey Onur Bulut Kayserispor
Turkey Umut Bozok Kasımpaşa
Turkey Yunus Akgün Adana Demirspor

Clean sheets[]

Rank Player Club(s) Clean
sheets[48]
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ibrahim Šehić Konyaspor 10
2 Turkey Uğurcan Çakır Trabzonspor 9
3 Romania Silviu Lung Jr. Kayserispor 8
4 Italy Emiliano Viviano Fatih Karagümrük 7
Turkey Ersin Destanoğlu Beşiktaş
Turkey Günay Güvenç Gaziantep
7 Morocco Munir Hatayspor 6
Turkey Okan Kocuk Giresunspor
Belgium Ruud Boffin Antalyaspor
10 Turkey Ali Şaşal Vural Sivasspor 5
Kosovo Arijanet Muric Adana Demirspor
Turkey Serkan Kırıntılı Alanyaspor

Hat-tricks[]

Date Player For Against Result
27 August 2021 United States Haji Wright Antalyaspor Çaykur Rizespor 3–2 (H)
26 September 2021 Italy Stefano Okaka İstanbul Başakşehir Çaykur Rizespor 3–0 (H)
28 November 2021 Mali Mustapha Yatabaré Sivasspor Hatayspor 4–0 (H)
5 December 2021 Turkey Serdar Dursun Fenerbahçe Çaykur Rizespor 4–0 (H)
9 January 2022 Senegal Cherif Ndiaye Göztepe Antalyaspor 4–0 (H)
20 January 2022 Turkey Emre Akbaba Alanyaspor Hatayspor 6–0 (H)

4 Player scored four goals

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