| Competition: | Süper Lig |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Winners: | Galatasaray 18th title |
| Relegated: | Ankaragücü Manisaspor Samsunspor |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Galatasaray Fenerbahçe |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Trabzonspor Bursaspor Eskişehirspor |
| League Topscorer: | Burak Yılmaz (33 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Fenerbahçe 6–1 Gençlerbirliği Gaziantepspor 5–0 İstanbul BB |
| Biggest Away Win: | Ankaragücü 0–5 Kayserispor |
| Highest Scoring: | Kayserispor 6–2 Sivasspor Karabükspor 3–5 Mersin İdmanyurdu |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 788 |
| Longest Wins: | 9 games Galatasaray |
| Longest Winless: | 16 games Ankaragücü |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 14 games Galatasaray |
| Longest Losses: | 15 games Ankaragücü |
| Average Attendance: | 11,250[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason: | 2012–13 |
The 2011–12 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th season of the Süper Lig, the top level football league of Turkey. Fenerbahçe were the defending champions. The start date of the league was due to be 7 August 2011,[2] but due to the match fixing scandal in Turkey it began instead on 9 September 2011 and was concluded on 12 May 2012. Galatasaray won their 18th title.[3] A new format was introduced this season, in which after the regular season two play-off groups were played to decide over the Champions League and Europa League starting rounds. Points of the regular season were halved for ranking in those.
Bucaspor, Kasımpaşa and Konyaspor were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 TFF First League champions Mersin İdmanyurdu, runners-up Samsunspor and Orduspor promotion play-off winners. Samsunspor returned to Süper Lig after 5 years of absence, and Mersin İdmanyurdu promoted to Turkey's top league after 28 years. Finally Orduspor returned to Süper Lig after 25 years of absence.[4]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaziantepspor | Tolunay Kafkas | Resigned | 26 September 2011[5] | Abdullah Ercan | 30 September 2011[6] | |
| Karabükspor | Yücel İldiz | Resigned | 5 November 2011[7] | Bülent Korkmaz | 8 November 2011[8] | |
| İstanbul BB | Abdullah Avcı | Assigned as Turkey head coach | 17 November 2011[9] | Arif Erdem | 18 November 2011[10] | |
| Ankaragücü | Ziya Doğan | Resigned | 13 December 2011[11] | Hakan Kutlu | 14 December 2011[12] | |
| Orduspor | Metin Diyadin | Resigned | 13 December 2011[13] | Héctor Cúper | 19 December 2011[14] | |
| Eskişehirspor | Michael Skibbe | Mutually terminated | 22 December 2011[15] | Ersun Yanal | 24 December 2011[16] | |
| Manisaspor | Kemal Özdeş | Resigned | 24 January 2012[17] | Ümit Özat | 26 January 2012[18] | |
| Gaziantepspor | Abdullah Ercan | Resigned | 26 January 2012[19] | Hikmet Karaman | 26 January 2012 | |
| Samsunspor | Vladimir Petković | Resigned | 27 January 2012[20] | Mesut Bakkal | 27 January 2012 | |
| Manisaspor | Ümit Özat | Mutually terminated | 28 February 2012[21] | Reha Erginer | 29 February 2012[22] |
Beşiktaş (the fourth-placed team of the Champions League group) and the winners of the Europa League group would play for a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. But the match was cancelled as Bursaspor, the 2011–12 Turkish Cup finalists against Champions League-qualified Fenerbahçe, wins the Europa League group. Bursaspor lost the cup final, and as a result, they qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, and Beşiktaş qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round. But on 30 May 2012; UEFA banned Beşiktaş one year from UEFA competitions, so UEFA Europa League spots shifted down.[23] Bursaspor were also initially banned from entering the Europa League, but this was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[24]
Including play-off matches[25]
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Burak Yılmaz | Trabzonspor | Kardemir Karabükspor | 3–1 | ||
| Burak Yılmaz | Trabzonspor | Orduspor | 4–1 | ||
| Theofanis Gekas | Samsunspor | Fenerbahçe | 3–1 |
