2013–14 Süper Lig Explained

Competition:	Süper Lig
Season:	2013–14
Winners:	Fenerbahçe 19th title
Relegated:	Elazığspor Antalyaspor Kayserispor
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Galatasaray Beşiktaş
Continentalcup2:	Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Trabzonspor Karabükspor Bursaspor
League Topscorer:	Aatif Chahechouhe (17)
Biggest Home Win:	Galatasaray 6–0 Bursaspor
Biggest Away Win:	Kayseri Erciyesspor 0–5 Trabzonspor
Highest Scoring:	Kasımpaşa 6–2 Sivasspor
Matches:	306
Total Goals:	809
Longest Wins:	Fenerbahçe (5) Kasımpaşa
Longest Winless:	Çaykur Rizespor (15)
Longest Unbeaten:	Fenerbahçe (14)
Longest Losses:	Elazığspor (10)
Highest Attendance:	76,127 (Beşiktaş – Galatasaray, Atatürk Olympic Stadium, 22 September 2013)
Average Attendance:	12,131
Prevseason:	2012–13
Nextseason:	2014–15

The 2013–14 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season began on 17 August 2013. Galatasaray were the defending champions, but Fenerbahçe matched their league title record of 19 after drawing 0–0 with Çaykur Rizespor on 27 April.

Teams

İstanbul BB, Orduspor and Mersin İdman Yurdu were relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings. İstanbul B.B. was at top level for six years, Orduspor and Mersin İY returned to second level after two years. The relegated teams were replaced by 2012–13 TFF First League champions Kayseri Erciyesspor, runners-up Çaykur Rizespor and play-off winners Konyaspor. They returned to the top division after six, five and two years, respectively.

Team overview

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Stadium	Capacity
Akhisar Belediyespor	Manisa	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Emrah Eren	Puma	Köfteci Ramiz	Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium	16,597
Beşiktaş	Istanbul	Slaven Bilić	Tomáš Sivok	Adidas	Toyota		76,092
Bursaspor	Bursa	İrfan Buz	İbrahim Öztürk	Puma		Bursa Atatürk Stadium	25,661
Çaykur Rizespor	Rize	Uğur Tütüneker	Florin Cernat	Lotto	Çaykur	Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı	15,485
Eskişehirspor	Eskişehir	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Erkan Zengin	Nike	ETİ	Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium	13,520
Fenerbahçe	Istanbul	Ersun Yanal	Emre Belözoğlu	Adidas	Türk Telekom	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	50,509
Galatasaray	Istanbul	Roberto Mancini	Selçuk İnan	Nike	Türk Telekom	Türk Telekom Arena	52,652
Gaziantepspor	Gaziantep	Tahsin Tam	Bekir Ozan Has	Nike		Kamil Ocak Stadium	16,981
Gençlerbirliği	Ankara	Mehmet Özdilek	Ramazan Köse	Lotto	ICK Yapı	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium	19,209
Karabükspor	Karabük	Tolunay Kafkas	İlhan Parlak	Lescon	Kardemir	Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium	14,200
Kasımpaşa	Istanbul	Shota Arveladze	Yalçın Ayhan	Adidas	UCZ	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium	14,234
Kayseri Erciyesspor	Kayseri	Hikmet Karaman	Cem Can	Adidas	Türkiye Petrolleri	Kadir Has Stadium	32,864
Kayserispor	Kayseri	Ertuğrul Seçme	Abdullah Durak	Adidas		Kadir Has Stadium	32,864
Konyaspor	Konya	Mesut Bakkal	Erdal Kılıçaslan	Hummel	Torku	Konya Atatürk Stadium	22,559
Antalyaspor	Antalya	Fuat Çapa	Uğur İnceman	Puma	Çaykur	Akdeniz University Stadium	7,083
Elazığspor^[1]	Elazığ	Okan Buruk	Çağlar Birinci	Umbro	Kolin	Elazığ Atatürk Stadium	13,923
Sivasspor	Sivas	Roberto Carlos	Kadir Bekmezci	Adidas	Marka Gida	Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium	14,998
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Hami Mandıralı	Onur Kıvrak	Nike	Türk Telekom	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium	24,169

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Karabükspor	Mesut Bakkal	Sacked	6 May 2013^[2]	Tolunay Kafkas	8 July 2013^[3]
Gençlerbirliği	Fuat Çapa	Contract expired	31 May 2013^[4]	Metin Diyadin	14 June 2013^[5]
Kayseri Erciyesspor	Osman Özköylü	Mutual agreement	11 May 2013^[6]	Fuat Çapa	1 June 2013^[7]
Elazığspor	Yılmaz Vural	Resignation	19 May 2013^[8]	Trond Sollied	24 June 2013^[9]
Beşiktaş	Samet Aybaba	Sacked	20 May 2013^[10]	Slaven Bilić	25 June 2013^[11]
Sivasspor	Rıza Çalımbay	Resignation	20 May 2013^[12]	Roberto Carlos	31 May 2013^[13]
Çaykur Rizespor	Mustafa Denizli	Resignation	24 May 2013^[14]	Rıza Çalımbay	29 May 2013^[15]
Trabzonspor	Tolunay Kafkas	Sacked	27 May 2013^[16]	Mustafa Reşit Akçay	27 May 2013^[17]
Antalyaspor	Mehmet Özdilek	Resignation	28 May 2013^[18]	Samet Aybaba	28 June 2013^[19]
Fenerbahçe	Aykut Kocaman	Resignation	29 May 2013^[20]	Ersun Yanal	28 June 2013^[21]
Eskişehirspor	Ersun Yanal	Mutual agreement	25 June 2013^[22]	Ertuğrul Sağlam	28 June 2013^[23]
Bursaspor	Hikmet Karaman	Sacked	9 August 2013^[24]	Christoph Daum	11 August 2013^[25]
Galatasaray	Fatih Terim	Sacked	24 September 2013^[26]	Roberto Mancini	30 September 2013^[27]
Gaziantepspor	Bülent Uygun	Sacked	15 November 2013^[28]	Sergen Yalçın	15 November 2013
Konyaspor	Uğur Tütüneker	Sacked	13 December 2013^[29]	Mesut Bakkal	16 December 2013^[30]
Kayseri Erciyesspor	Fuat Çapa	Sacked	21 December 2013^[31]	Hikmet Karaman	21 December 2013
Kayserispor	Robert Prosinečki	Sacked	31 December 2013^[32]	Domingos Paciência	17 January 2014^[33]
Çaykur Rizespor	Rıza Çalımbay	Resigned	9 February 2014^[34]	Uğur Tütüneker	15 February 2014^[35]
Trabzonspor	Mustafa Reşit Akçay	Resigned	10 February 2014^[36]	Hami Mandıralı	18 February 2014^[37]
Antalyaspor	Samet Aybaba	Resigned	10 March 2014^[38]	Fuat Çapa	17 March 2014^[39]
Kayserispor	Domingos Paciência	Sacked	17 March 2014^[40]	Ertuğrul Seçme	17 March 2014
Gaziantepspor	Sergen Yalçın	Resigned	25 March 2014^[41]	Tahsin Tam	26 March 2014^[42]
Bursaspor	Christoph Daum	Sacked	25 March 2014^[43]	İrfan Buz	26 March 2014^[44]

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Former Players
Akhisarspor	Ivan Sesar	Bruno Mezenga	Alessandro Riedle	Gideon Sani	Wato Kuaté	Ibrahima Sonko	Oumar Niasse				Luciano Guaycochea
Antalyaspor	Eyong Enoh	Joseph Boum	Anton Ferdinand	Isaac Promise	Lamine Diarra	Sašo Fornezzi	Natxo Insa				Milan Baroš Petr Janda Ismaïl Aissati
Beşiktaş	Ramon Motta	Dany Nounkeu	Atiba Hutchinson	Pedro Franco	Tomáš Sivok	Julien Escudé	Hugo Almeida	Manuel Fernandes	Filip Hološko	Jermaine Jones	Dentinho Michael Eneramo
Bursaspor	Fernando Belluschi	Renato Civelli	Fernandão	Renato Cajá	Sebastián Pinto	Sébastien Frey	Michaël Chrétien	Taye Taiwo	Stanislav Šesták
Çaykur Rizespor	Léonard Kweuke	Lomana LuaLua	Ludovic Sylvestre	Ali Adnan	Ousmane Viera	Godfrey Oboabona	Florin Cernat	Liban Abdi			Uche Kalu Mariusz Pawełek David Depetris
Elazığspor	Franco Cángele	Ognjen Vranješ	Fábio Bilica	Rodrigo Tello	Vanja Iveša	Youssouf Hadji	Marvin Zeegelaar	Pape Habib Sow	Tidiane Sane		Luke Moore Roland Alberg Vitolo
Fenerbahçe	Cristian Baroni	Pierre Webó	Michal Kadlec	Dirk Kuyt	Emmanuel Emenike	Bruno Alves	Raul Meireles	Moussa Sow	Samuel Holmén		Joseph Yobo
Galatasaray	Lucas Ontivero	Guillermo Burdisso	Izet Hajrović	Alex Telles	Felipe Melo	Aurélien Chedjou	Didier Drogba	Emmanuel Eboué	Wesley Sneijder	Fernando Muslera	Dany Nounkeu Nordin Amrabat Bruma Albert Riera
Gaziantepspor	Haris Medunjanin	Abdou Traoré	Gilles Binya	Marius Stankevičius	Žydrūnas Karčemarskas	Marek Sapara					Semir Štilić Darvydas Šernas Ivan Kecojević Artem Milevskyi
Gençlerbirliği	Ermin Zec	Artsyom Radzkow	Ante Kulušić	Jean-Jacques Gosso	Bogdan Stancu	Duško Tošić	Nemanja Tomić	Radosav Petrović	Johan Dahlin		Milan Smiljanić
Karabükspor	Jugurtha Hamroun	Jones Carioca	Larrys Mabiala	Sébastien Puygrenier	Boy Waterman	Joseph Akpala	Michael Eneramo	Samba Sow			Lomana LuaLua Morten Gamst Pedersen
Kasımpaşa	Matías Fritzler	Óscar Scarione	Kafoumba Coulibaly	Ryan Babel	Ryan Donk	André Castro	Andreas Isaksson	Tabaré Viudez
Kayseri Erciyesspor	Björn Vleminckx	Senijad Ibričić	Georges Mandjeck	Randall Azofeifa	Yakup Ramazan Zorlu	Bakaye Traoré	Edinho	Kader Mangane	Pape Diakhaté	Bojan Jorgačević	Ziri Hammar Hansell Arauz Insa Sylla
Kayserispor	Pablo Mouche	Bobô	Ondřej Vaněk	Zurab Khizanishvili	Alexandros Tziolis	Marko Simić	Diego Biseswar	Henrique Sereno	Srđan Mijailović		Cleyton Jajá Coelho
Konyaspor	Djalma	Alexander Hleb	Charles Itandje	Marc Kibong Mbamba	Elvis Kokalović	Tomáš Borek	Theofanis Gekas	Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson	Jagoš Vuković		Ezechiel N'Douassel Cristóvão
Sivasspor	Cicinho	Pedro Oldoni		Aatif Chahechouhe	Manuel da Costa	Mehdi Taouil	John Utaka				Rafik Djebbour Ricardo Pedriel Milan Borjan Hernán Rengifo Kamil Grosicki
Trabzonspor	Gustavo Colman	Marc Janko	Paulo Henrique	Florent Malouda	Sol Bamba	Adrian Mierzejewski	José Bosingwa	Alexandru Bourceanu			Alanzinho Didier Zokora

League table

Positions by round

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

Attendances

Rank	Team	Matches	Stadium Closure	Total	Average	Real Average
1	Fenerbahçe	17	3	588,280	34,605	42,020
2	Galatasaray	17	2	565,903	33,288	37,727
3	Beşiktaş	17	5	317,600	18,682	26,467
4	Bursaspor	17	6	241,400	14,200	21,945
5	Trabzonspor	17	4	217,088	12,770	16,699
6	Konyaspor	17	1	179,300	10,547	11,206
7	Eskişehirspor	17	4	139,212	8,189	10,709
8	Kayseri Erciyesspor	17	align="centre"	-	175,750	10,338	10,338
9	Kayserispor	17	2	138,100	8,124	9,207
10	Gaziantepspor	17	1	147,000	8,647	9,188
11	Gençlerbirliği	17	align="centre"	-	151,941	8,938	8,938
12	Sivasspor	17	align="centre"	-	147,210	8,659	8,659
13	Çaykur Rizespor	17	align="centre"	-	141,708	8,336	8,336
14	Elazığspor	17	1	113,000	6,647	7,062
15	Akhisar Belediyespor	17	align="centre"	-	113,843	6,697	6,697
16	Kasımpaşa	17	2	87,200	5,129	5,813
17	Antalyaspor	17	align="centre"	-	74,250	4,368	4,368
18	Karabükspor	17	align="centre"	-	68,318	4,019	4,019

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[45]
1	Aatif Chahechouhe	Sivasspor	17
2	Burak Yılmaz	Galatasaray	16
3	Ezequiel Scarione	Kasımpaşa	15
Moussa Sow	Fenerbahçe
5	Bogdan Stancu	Gençlerbirliği	13
Cenk Tosun	Gaziantepspor
Hugo Almeida	Beşiktaş
Paulo Henrique	Trabzonspor
Theofanis Gekas	Konyaspor
10	Oumar Niasse	Akhisar Belediyespor	12
Burhan Eşer	Sivasspor
Deniz Yılmaz	Elazığspor
Emmanuel Emenike	Fenerbahçe
Wesley Sneijder	Galatasaray

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[46]
1	Cicinho	Sivasspor	14
2	Caner Erkin	Fenerbahçe	10
Tabaré Viúdez	Kasımpaşa
4	Adrian Mierzejewski	Trabzonspor	8
Güray Vural	Akhisar Belediyespor
Olcay Şahan	Beşiktaş
Theofanis Gekas	Konyaspor

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Moussa Sow	Fenerbahçe	Sanica Boru Elazığspor	4–0
Wesley Sneijder	Galatasaray	Bursaspor	6–0
Mehmet Akyüz	Akhisar Belediyespor	Trabzonspor	4–2
Fernandão	Bursaspor	Sivasspor	4–3
Theofanis Gekas	Konyaspor	Akhisar Belediyespor	4–0

Clean sheets

Player

As of 9 March 2014.

Rank	Player	Club	Match Played	Clean sheets
1	Tolga Zengin	Beşiktaş	24	11
2	Ruud Boffin	Eskişehirspor	24	10
3	Onur Kıvrak	Trabzonspor	22	9

Club

• Most clean sheets: 13
  • Beşiktaş
• Fewest clean sheets: 5
  • Elazığspor

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Sanica Boru ile yollarımızı ayırdık".
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3. News: Tolunay Kafkas ile 2 Yıllık Resmi Sözleşme İmzalanmıştır . Kardemir Karabükspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi . 2013-07-08 . tr . https://web.archive.org/web/20130718205404/http://www.kardemirkarabukspor.org.tr/haber.asp?id=2193 . 18 July 2013 . dead .
4. News: Fuat Çapa ile yollar ayrıldı! . İHA . 2013-05-08 . tr . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615193148/http://www.iha.com.tr/fuat-capa-ile-yollar-ayrildi-275874-haber . 15 June 2013 . dead .
5. News: Diyadin İmzaladı . Gençlerbirliği . 2013-06-14. tr.
6. News: Özköylü ile yollar ayrıldı! . Lig TV . 2013-05-11. tr.
7. News: Fuat Çapa ile yollar ayrıldı! . NTVSpor.net. 2013-05-20. tr.
8. News: Yılmaz Vural istifa etti . NTVSpor.net . 2013-05-19. tr.
9. News: Elazığ'da Sollied Dönemi . Lig TV. 2013-06-24. tr.
10. News: Aybaba ile yollar ayrıldı! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-05-20. tr.
11. News: Beşiktaş'ta Bilic Dönemi . NTVSpor.net . 2013-06-25. tr.
12. News: Sivasspor'dan Rıza Çalımbay'a veda yemeği . NTVSpor.net . 2013-05-20. tr.
13. News: SivassporRoberto Carlos'a emanet . NTVSpor.net . 2013-05-31. tr.
14. News: Mustafa Denizli ile yollar ayrıldı . NTVSpor.net . 2013-05-24. tr.
15. News: Ç.Rizespor'un yeni hocası Rıza Çalımbay! . TRTSpor . 2013-05-29 . tr . https://archive.today/20130615233700/http://www.trtspor.com.tr/Haber.aspx?id=58680 . 15 June 2013 . dead .
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18. News: Mehmet Özdilek istifa etti! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-05-28. tr.
19. News: Samet Aybaba Antalyaspor'la anlaştı . NTVSpor.net . 2013-06-28. tr.
20. News: Kocaman dönemi sona erdi . NTVSpor.net . 2013-05-29. tr.
21. News: Yanal resmen Fenerbahçe'de! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-06-28. tr.
22. News: Ersun Yanal serbest kaldı . NTVSpor.net . 2013-06-25. tr.
23. News: Es-es Sağlam'a emanet! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-06-26. tr.
24. News: Hikmet Karaman ile yollar ayrıldı . NTVSpor.net . 2013-08-09. tr.
25. News: Bursaspor'da Daum dönemi! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-08-11. tr.
26. News: FATİH TERİM İLE YOLLAR AYRILDI . NTVSpor.net . 2013-09-24. tr.
27. News: Galatasaray'ın Yeni Teknik Direktörü Roberto Mancini . Galatasaray.org . 2013-09-30 . tr . https://archive.today/20130930185557/http://www2.galatasaray.org/futbol/futbol_as/haber/18039.php . 30 September 2013 . dead .
28. News: G.Antepspor'da Sergen Yalçın dönemi! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-12-28. tr.
29. News: Tütüneker canlı yayında bıraktı! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-12-13. tr.
30. News: Mesut Bakkal imzayı attı! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-12-16. tr.
31. News: Çapa gitti Karaman geldi! . NTVSpor.net . 2013-12-21. tr.
32. News: Prosinecki dönemi sona erdi . NTVSpor.net . 2013-12-31. tr.
33. News: Kayserispor'un yeni hocası Paciencia! . NTVSpor.net . 2014-01-17. tr.
34. News: Rize'de Çalımbay dönemi sona erdi . NTVSpor.net . 2014-02-09. tr.
35. News: Rize'de Tütüneker dönemi . NTVSpor.net . 2014-02-15. tr.
36. News: Akçay dönemi sona erdi . NTVSpor.net . 2014-02-10. tr.
37. News: Mandıralı ile yola devam . NTVSpor.net . 2014-02-18. tr.
38. News: Samet Aybaba dönemi sona erdi!. NTVSpor.net . 2014-03-10. tr.
39. News: Antalya'da Çapa dönemi. NTVSpor.net . 2014-03-17. tr.
40. News: Paciencia dönemi kapandı!. NTVSpor.net . 2014-03-17. tr.
41. News: Kamuoyuna Duyuru: Sergen Yalçın. Gaziantepspor.org. 2014-03-27. tr.
42. News: Yeni Teknik Direktörümüz Tahsin Tam. Gaziantepspor.org. 2014-03-27. tr. 27 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140327233832/http://www.gaziantepspor.org.tr/tr/haber-detay.asp?Sayfa=Yeni%20Teknik%20Direkt%F6r%FCm%FCz%20Tahsin%20Tam&Id=4640. dead.
43. News: Kamuoyuna. Bursaspor.org . 2014-03-26. tr.
44. News: Teknik Direktörlük Görevine İrfan Buz Getirildi. Bursaspor.org. 2014-03-26. tr. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315230426/http://www.bursaspor.org.tr/bs/haber?id=18476%2F26%2F03%2F2014%2Fteknik_direktorluk_gorevine_irfan_buz_getirildi. 15 March 2016. dead.
45. Web site: Spor Toto Süper Lig Gol Krallığı (2013–14). Turkish Football Federation. 3 May 2014. tr.
46. Web site: Spor Toto Süper Lig Asist Krallığı (2013–14). NTVSpor.net. 14 April 2014. tr.