2022–23 Süper Lig

The 2022–23 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig 2022–23 season, was the 65th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.

Süper Lig
Season2022–23
Dates5 August 2022 – 7 June 2023[1]
ChampionsGalatasaray
23rd title
RelegatedGiresunspor
Ümraniyespor
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
Europa Conference LeagueFenerbahçe
Beşiktaş
Adana Demirspor
Matches played342
Goals scored1,041 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerEnner Valencia
(29 goals)
Biggest home winAdana Demirspor 6–0 İstanbulspor
(5 January 2023)
Galatasaray 6–0 Kayserispor
(14 April 2023)
Biggest away winBaşakşehir 0–7 Galatasaray
(12 November 2022)
Highest scoringFenerbahçe 5–4 Fatih Karagümrük
(9 October 2022)
Longest winning runGalatasaray
(14 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGalatasaray
(15 matches)
Longest winless runGaziantep
Hatayspor
(15 matches)
Longest losing runGaziantepspor
Hatayspor
(15 matches)
Highest attendance51,005
Galatasaray 3–0 Fenerbahçe
(4 June 2023)
Lowest attendance144
Fatih Karagümrük 2–1 Gaziantep
(13 November 2022)

Galatasaray clinched their 23rd league title, and first since the 2018–19 season, on 30 May 2023 with two games to spare.[2]

Due to Turkey's poor UEFA ranking (20th at the end of the 2021-22 season), in this season only 4 teams qualified for the European cups instead of the usual 5. The team in first place will enter the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League's second qualifying round, while teams in second and third place as well the winners of the 2022-23 Turkish Cup, will enter the 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League's second qualifying round.

Teams

A total of 19 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2021–22 season and 2021–22 TFF First League champions Ankaragücü, runners-up Ümraniyespor and play-off winners İstanbulspor. Ankaragücü immediately returned to top level, while Ümraniyespor competed in the Süper Lig for the first time in their history.[3][4] İstanbulspor returned to top level after 17 years.Two teams were relegated to the 2023–24 TFF First League.

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
Adana DemirsporAdanaNew Adana Stadium33,543
AlanyasporAntalya (Alanya)Kırbıyık Holding Stadium10,130
AnkaragücüAnkaraEryaman Stadium20,560
AntalyasporAntalya (Muratpaşa)Corendon Airlines Park32,537
BeşiktaşIstanbul (Beşiktaş)Vodafone Park42,590
Fatih KaragümrükIstanbul (Fatih)Atatürk Olympic Stadium76,761
FenerbahçeIstanbul (Kadıköy)Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium47,834
GalatasarayIstanbul (Sarıyer)Nef Stadium52,280
GaziantepGaziantepKalyon Stadium33,502
GiresunsporGiresunÇotanak Sports Complex22,028
HataysporAntakyaNew Hatay Stadium25,000
İstanbul BaşakşehirIstanbul (Başakşehir)Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium17,156
İstanbulsporIstanbul (Büyükçekmece)Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium7,500
KasımpaşaIstanbul (Beyoğlu)Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium14,234
KayserisporKayseriRHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium32,864
KonyasporKonyaMedaş Konya Metropolitan Stadium42,000
SivassporSivasNew Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium27,532
TrabzonsporTrabzonŞenol Güneş Sports Complex40,782
ÜmraniyesporIstanbul (Ümraniye)Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium3,513

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerSponsor
Adana Demirspor Vincenzo Montella Gökhan InlerTempoBitexen
Alanyaspor Ömer Erdoğan Efecan KaracaUhlsportTAV Airports
Ankaragücü Tolunay Kafkas Ghayas ZahidJomaPortaş
Antalyaspor Nuri Şahin Hakan ÖzmertNikeVavaCars
Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş Atiba HutchinsonAdidasRain
Fatih Karagümrük Alparslan Erdem (Interim) Emiliano VivianoWulfzVavaCars
Fenerbahçe Jorge Jesus Altay BayındırPumaAvis
Galatasaray Okan Buruk Fernando MusleraNikeSixt
Gaziantep Erdal Güneş Günay GüvençNikeSüper Film
Giresunspor İrfan Buz Onurcan PiriDiadoraBitexen
Hatayspor Volkan Demirel Kamil ÇörekçiNikeBitexen
İstanbul Başakşehir Emre Belözoğlu Mahmut TekdemirJomaBalkar
İstanbulspor Fatih Tekke Eduard RrocaJakoYukatel
Kasımpaşa Kemal Özdeş Haris HajradinovićPumaCiner
Kayserispor Çağdaş Atan İlhan ParlakNikeİstikbal
Konyaspor Aleksandar Stanojević Ibrahim ŠehićNew BalanceArabam.com
Sivasspor Rıza Çalımbay Ziya ErdalTony MontanaBitexen
Trabzonspor Nenad Bjelica Uğurcan ÇakırMacronVestel
Ümraniyespor Mustafa Er Tomislav GlumacNikeHangiKredi

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Hatayspor Ömer ErdoğanResignation23 May 2022[5]Pre-season Serkan Özbalta1 June 2022[6]
Fatih Karagümrük Volkan DemirelSacked27 May 2022[7] Andrea Pirlo10 June 2022[8]
Kayserispor Hikmet KaramanEnd of contract31 May 2022[9] Çağdaş Atan15 June 2022[10]
Fenerbahçe İsmail Kartal31 May 2022[11] Jorge Jesus2 June 2022[12]
Galatasaray Domènec TorrentSacked21 June 2022[13] Okan Buruk23 June 2022[14]
Kasımpaşa Sami UğurluResignation16 August 2022[15]19th Şenol Can17 August 2022[16]
Ankaragücü Mustafa Dalcı28 August 2022[17]17th Ömer Erdoğan29 August 2022[18]
Hatayspor Serkan Özbalta17 September 2022[19]19th Volkan Demirel21 September 2022[20]
İstanbulspor Osman Zeki Korkmaz24 October 2022[21]16th Fatih Tekke25 October 2022[22]
Beşiktaş Valérien IsmaëlSacked26 October 2022[23]5th Şenol Güneş28 October 2022[24]
Kasımpaşa Şenol CanMutual agreement11 November 2022[25]12th Selçuk İnan22 November 2022[26]
Konyaspor İlhan Palut16 January 20237th Aleksandar Stanojević17 January 2023[27]
Gaziantep FK Erol Bulut27 January 2023[28]13th Erdal Güneş27 January 2023[29]
Ankaragücü Ömer ErdoğanResignation4 February 2023[30]14th Sedat Ağçay20 February 2023[31]
Alanyaspor Francesco FarioliMutual agreement27 February 2023[32]12th Ersun Yanal27 February 2023[33]
Trabzonspor Abdullah AvcıResignation8 March 2023[34]6th Orhan Ak8 March 2023[35]
Kasımpaşa Selçuk İnanMutual agreement18 March 2023[36]12th Kemal Özdeş4 April 2023[37]
Ankaragücü Sedat AğçaySacked23 March 202315th Tolunay Kafkas23 March 2023[38]
Trabzonspor Orhan AkResignation4 April 2023[39]5th Nenad Bjelica18 April 2023[40]
Ümraniyespor Recep UçarMutual agreement19 April 2023[41]18th Mustafa Er20 April 2023[42]
Alanyaspor Ersun Yanal19 April 2023[43]12th Ömer Erdoğan22 April 2023[44]
Giresunspor Hakan KeleşResignation2 May 2023[45]16th İrfan Buz4 May 2023[46]
Fatih Karagümrük Andrea PirloSacked24 May 2023[47]9th Alparslan Erdem (interim)24 May 2023

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Galatasaray (C)3628448327+5688Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Fenerbahçe3625568742+4580Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3Beşiktaş3623947836+4278
4Adana Demirspor3620977645+3169
5İstanbul Başakşehir36188105437+1762
6Trabzonspor36176136454+1057
7Fatih Karagümrük361312117563+1251
8Konyaspor36121594941+851
9Kayserispor36155165561−647[a]
10Kasımpaşa36127174561−1643
11Ankaragücü36126184353−1042
12İstanbulspor36125194763−1641[b]
13Antalyaspor36118174655−941[b]
14Sivasspor36118174654−841[b]
15Alanyaspor36118175470−1641[b]
16Giresunspor (R)361010164260−1840Relegation to TFF First League
17Ümraniyespor (R)3679204764−1730
18Gaziantep[c]3667233172−4125Withdrawn
19Hatayspor[c]3665251983−6423
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.[50]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayADEALAANKANTBEŞFKAFENGALGFKGİRHATİBAİSTKASKAYKONSİVTRAÜMR
Adana Demirspor4–23–12–01–42–11–10–03–0[a]1–13–0[a]2–36–05–05–31–13–03–21–0
Alanyaspor0–02–13–23–32–21–31–42–01–13–0[a]1–00–11–33–10–30–35–01–0
Ankaragücü1–22–01–12–30–20–31–40–23–14–11–23–20–02–10–02–11–11–2
Antalyaspor0–33–10–21–34–21–20–11–02–23–0[a]0–02–10–24–01–11–25–23–2
Beşiktaş1–03–02–10–04–10–03–13–0[a]3–13–0[a]0–13–12–11–03–33–12–25–2
Fatih Karagümrük2–32–44–10–11–11–20–23–31–13–02–21–23–02–03–34–34–14–2
Fenerbahçe4–25–02–12–02–45–40–33–0[a]1–24–01–03–35–12–04–01–03–13–3
Galatasaray2–02–22–12–12–13–33–02–10–14–01–02–11–06–02–12–02–13–2
Gaziantep1–10–3[a]1–05–21–10–3[a]1–20–3[a]0–3[a]4–11–10–3[a]0–3[a]1–20–3[a]1–20–3[a]1–1
Giresunspor2–32–21–12–00–12–21–10–42–13–0[a]2–43–21–01–20–11–02–40–1
Hatayspor1–11–00–3[a]0–02–10–3[a]0–3[a]0–3[a]1–21–13–30–3[a]1–00–40–3[a]0–3[a]2–10–3[a]
İstanbul Başakşehir2–12–01–02–00–20–01–20–73–0[a]3–13–0[a]2–04–02–02–00–23–11–1
İstanbulspor0–22–11–23–32–20–12–50–21–11–00–11–02–12–40–43–00–24–0
Kasımpaşa1–44–11–13–12–52–20–62–31–05–11–01–31–00–11–21–22–01–1
Kayserispor2–20–40–11–00–22–41–22–13–0[a]3–03–0[a]1–01–00–01–24–11–23–1
Konyaspor1–22–20–11–11–21–11–02–10–10–01–00–00–11–12–22–22–11–0
Sivasspor1–21–12–00–21–00–01–31–21–13–01–21–11–11–21–11–04–12–2
Trabzonspor4–15–12–02–00–04–12–00–03–23–01–01–04–00–03–42–21–01–2
Ümraniyespor1–13–11–20–10–21–31–20–13–0[a]0–12–21–30–21–22–22–24–10–1
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.

Number of teams by region

NumberRegionTeam(s)
8MarmaraBeşiktaş, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbul Başakşehir, İstanbulspor, Kasımpaşa and Ümraniyespor
4Central AnatoliaAnkaragücü, Kayserispor, Konyaspor and Sivasspor
MediterraneanAdana Demirspor, Alanyaspor, Antalyaspor and Hatayspor
2Black SeaGiresunspor and Trabzonspor
1Southeastern AnatoliaGaziantep

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClub(s)Goals[51]
1 Enner ValenciaFenerbahçe29
2 Mbaye DiagneFatih Karagümrük23
3 Mauro IcardiGalatasaray22
4 Fabio BoriniFatih Karagümrük20
5 Umut NayirÜmraniyespor17
6 Cenk TosunBeşiktaş15
Haji WrightAntalyaspor
8 Vincent AboubakarBeşiktaş13
Riad BajićGiresunspor
10 Michy BatshuayiFenerbahçe12
Valon Ethemiİstanbulspor
Ali SoweAnkaragücü

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClub(s)Clean
sheets[52]
1 Fernando MusleraGalatasaray16
2 Uğurcan ÇakırTrabzonspor11
3 Altay BayındırFenerbahçe9
4 Volkan Babacanİstanbul Başakşehir8
Ertaç ÖzbirAdana Demirspor
Ibrahim ŠehićKonyaspor
7 Bilal BayazitKayserispor7
Mert GünokBeşiktaş
Ali Şaşal VuralSivasspor
10 Günay GüvençGaziantep6
David Jensenİstanbulspor
Rúnar Alex RúnarssonAlanyaspor

Hat-tricks

DatePlayerForAgainstResult
26 August 2022 João FigueiredoGaziantepAntalyaspor5–2 (H)
9 October 2022 Enner ValenciaFenerbahçeFatih Karagümrük5–4 (H)
30 October 2022 Michy BatshuayiFenerbahçeİstanbulspor5–2 (A)
12 November 2022 Kerem AktürkoğluGalatasarayİstanbul Başakşehir7–0 (A)
8 January 2023 Mame Biram DioufKonyasporFatih Karagümrük3–3 (A)
29 January 2023 Enner Valencia4FenerbahçeKasımpaşa5–1 (H)
4 March 2023 Mbaye DiagneFatih KaragümrükSivasspor4–3 (H)
14 April 2023 Mauro IcardiGalatasarayKayserispor6–0 (H)
23 April 2023 Mame ThiamKayserisporAdana Demirspor3–5 (A)
7 May 2023 Umut NayirÜmraniyesporSivasspor4–1 (H)

4 Player scored four goals

Awards

Annual awards

AwardWinnerClub
Manager of the Season Okan BurukGalatasaray
Team of the Season[53]
Goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray)
Defence Sacha Boey (Galatasaray) Abdülkerim Bardakcı (Galatasaray) Victor Nelsson (Galatasaray) Arthur Masuaku (Beşiktaş)
Midfield Fabio Borini (Fatih Karagümrük) Lucas Torreira (Galatasaray) Badou Ndiaye (Adana Demirspor) Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Galatasaray)
Attack Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) Enner Valencia (Fenerbahçe)

References