| Competition: | Süper Lig |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Winners: | Beşiktaş 14th title |
| Relegated: | Sivasspor Eskişehirspor Mersin İdman Yurdu |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Konyaspor İstanbul Başakşehir Osmanlıspor |
| League Topscorer: | Mario Gómez (26 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Antalyaspor 7–0 Trabzonspor (13 May 2016) Kasımpaşa 7–0 Mersin İdman Yurdu (15 May 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Trabzonspor 0–6 Kasımpaşa (19 May 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | Mersin İdman Yurdu 2–5 Beşiktaş (16 August 2015) Çaykur Rizespor 4–3 Galatasaray (7 November 2015) Eskişehirspor 4–3 Galatasaray (2 April 2016) Antalyaspor 7–0 Trabzonspor (13 May 2016) Kasımpaşa 7–0 Mersin İdman Yurdu (15 May 2016) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 827 |
| Longest Wins: | Beşiktaş (7 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Osmanlıspor (14 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Sivasspor Eskişehirspor Kayserispor Gaziantepspor Mersin İdmanyurdu (10 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Eskişehirspor (9 matches) |
| Highest Attendance: | 45,070 Fenerbahçe 1–1 Galatasaray[1] |
| Attendance: | 2,578,561 |
| Average Attendance: | 8,427 |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) is the 58th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.
The season was named after Hasan Doğan, a former president of the Turkish Football Federation, who died in 2008.[2]
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhisar Belediyespor | Manisa | Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium | 16,597 | |
| Antalyaspor | Antalya | Antalya Arena | 33,032 | |
| Beşiktaş | Istanbul | Vodafone Park | 41,903 | |
| Bursaspor | Bursa | Timsah Arena | 43,877 | |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Rize | Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı | 15,485 | |
| Eskişehirspor | Eskişehir | Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium | 13,520 | |
| Fenerbahçe | Istanbul | Ülker Stadium | 50,509 | |
| Galatasaray | Istanbul | Türk Telekom Arena | 52,652 | |
| Gaziantepspor | Gaziantep | Kamil Ocak Stadium | 16,981 | |
| Gençlerbirliği | Ankara | Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | 19,209 | |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Istanbul | Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium | 17,800 | |
| Kasımpaşa | Istanbul | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium | 14,234 | |
| Kayserispor | Kayseri | Kadir Has Stadium | 32,864 | |
| Konyaspor | Konya | Torku Arena | 42,276 | |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | Mersin | Mersin Arena | 25,534 | |
| Osmanlıspor | Ankara | Osmanlı Stadyumu | 19,626 | |
| Sivasspor | Sivas | Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium | 14,998 | |
| Trabzonspor | Trabzon | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium | 24,169 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gençlerbirliği | Mesut Bakkal | Resigned | 23 May 2015 [3] | Last season | Stuart Baxter | 9 June 2015 [4] | |
| Beşiktaş | Slaven Bilić | Contract expired | 30 May 2015 [5] | Pre-season | Şenol Güneş | 11 June 2015 [6] | |
| Fenerbahçe | İsmail Kartal | Resigned | 30 May 2015 [7] | Pre-season | Vítor Pereira | 11 June 2015 [8] | |
| Kayserispor | Cüneyt Dumlupınar | Contract expired | 31 May 2015 | Pre-season | Tolunay Kafkas | 7 July 2015 [9] | |
| Akhisar Belediyespor | Roberto Carlos | Contract termination | 1 June 2015 [10] | Pre-season | Cihat Arslan | 15 June 2015 [11] | |
| Bursaspor | Şenol Güneş | Contract expired | 4 June 2015 [12] | Pre-season | Ertuğrul Sağlam | 7 June 2015 [13] | |
| Gaziantepspor | Okan Buruk | Contract termination | 7 June 2015 [14] | Pre-season | Mutlu Topçu | 3 July 2015 [15] | |
| Kasımpaşa | Önder Özen | Mutual agreement | 26 June 2015 [16] | Pre-season | Rıza Çalımbay | 6 July 2015 [17] | |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | Rıza Çalımbay | Resigned | 28 June 2015 [18] | Pre-season | Mesut Bakkal | 1 July 2015 [19] | |
| Trabzonspor | Ersun Yanal | Resigned | 1 July 2015 [20] | Pre-season | Shota Arveladze | 3 July 2015 [21] | |
| Osmanlıspor | Uğur Tütüneker | Resigned | 7 July 2015 [22] | Pre-season | Mustafa Reşit Akçay | 13 July 2015 [23] | |
| Gençlerbirliği | Stuart Baxter | Mutual agreement | 25 August 2015 [24] | 13th | Mehmet Özdilek | 1 September 2015 [25] | |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | Mesut Bakkal | Resigned | 18 September 2015 [26] | 18th | Bülent Korkmaz | 22 September 2015 [27] | |
| Eskişehirspor | Michael Skibbe | Mutual agreement | 10 October 2015 [28] | 17th | İsmail Kartal | 11 October 2015 [29] | |
| Sivasspor | Sergen Yalçın | Contract termination | 24 October 2015 [30] | 16th | Okan Buruk | 25 October 2015 [31] | |
| Trabzonspor | Shota Arveladze | Mutual agreement | 11 November 2015 [32] | 12th | Sadi Tekelioğlu | 11 November 2015 | |
| Eskişehirspor | İsmail Kartal | Resigned | 12 November 2015 [33] | 18th | Samet Aybaba | 17 November 2015 [34] | |
| Galatasaray | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | Sacked | 19 November 2015 [35] | 3rd | Mustafa Denizli | 26 November 2015 [36] | |
| Bursaspor | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Mutual agreement | 27 November 2015 | 12th | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | 17 December 2015 | |
| Antalyaspor | Yusuf Şimşek | Sacked | 7 December 2015 [37] | 10th | José Morais | 6 January 2016 [38] | |
| Gençlerbirliği | Mehmet Özdilek | Mutual agreement | 13 December 2015 [39] | 16th | Yılmaz Vural | 24 December 2015 [40] | |
| Gençlerbirliği | Yılmaz Vural | Sacked | 29 December 2015 [41] | 16th | İbrahim Üzülmez | 31 December 2015 [42] | |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | Bülent Korkmaz | Sacked | 3 January 2016 [43] | 17th | Hakan Kutlu | 5 January 2016 [44] | |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | Hakan Kutlu | Resigned | 6 January 2016 [45] | 17th | Nurullah Sağlam | 12 January 2016 [46] | |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | Nurullah Sağlam | Resigned | 14 January 2016 [47] | 17th | Ümit Özat | 17 January 2016 [48] | |
| Trabzonspor | Resigned | 20 January 2016 [49] | 10th | Hami Mandıralı | 21 January 2016 [50] | ||
| Sivasspor | Okan Buruk | Resigned | 6 February 2016 [51] | 16th | Mesut Bakkal | 6 February 2016 | |
| Galatasaray | Mustafa Denizli | Resigned | 1 March 2016 [52] | 5th | Jan Olde Riekerink | 16 March 2016 [53] | |
| Kayserispor | Tolunay Kafkas | Resigned | 3 March 2016 [54] | 15th | Hakan Kutlu | 8 March 2016 [55] | |
| Gaziantepspor | Mutlu Topçu | Mutual agreement | 26 April 2016 [56] | 14th | Sergen Yalçın | 30 April 2016 [57] | |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | Ümit Özat | Mutual agreement | 5 May 2016 [58] | 18th | |||
| Trabzonspor | Hami Mandıralı | Sacked | 13 May 2016 [59] | 12th |
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
The following table represents the teams game results in each round.
News: Süper Lig Top Goalscorers . TFF . 19 May 2016.
News: Süper Lig Top Goalscorers . NTV Spor . 19 May 2016.
| Pos. | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Gómez | Beşiktaş | 26 |
| 2 | Samuel Eto'o | Antalyaspor | 20 |
| 3 | Hugo Rodallega | Akhisar Belediyespor | 19 |
| 4 | Edin Višća | İstanbul Başakşehir | 17 |
| 5 | Robin van Persie | Fenerbahçe | 16 |
| 6 | Lukas Podolski | Galatasaray | 13 |
| Eren Derdiyok | Kasımpaşa | ||
| Fernandão | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 9 | Aatif Chahechouhe | Sivasspor | 12 |
| 10 | 6 players | 11 | |
| Date | Player | For | Against | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2015 | Cenk Tosun | Beşiktaş | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 5–2 | |
| 23 August 2015 | Theofanis Gekas | Eskişehirspor | Sivasspor | 4–2 | |
| 18 September 2015 | Badou Ndiaye | Osmanlıspor | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 4–0 | |
| 19 September 2015 | Deniz Kadah | Çaykur Rizespor | Antalyaspor | 5–1 | |
| 4 October 2015 | Tomáš Necid | Bursaspor | Çaykur Rizespor | 3–2 | |
| 23 April 2016 | Hugo Rodallega | Akhisar Belediyespor | Beşiktaş | 3–3 | |
| 13 May 2016 | Ömer Şişmanoğlu | Antalyaspor | Trabzonspor | 7–0 | |
| 15 May 2016 | Óscar Scarione | Kasımpaşa | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 7–0 | |
| 19 May 2016 | Sinan Gümüş | Galatasaray | Kayserispor | 6–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Match Played | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Volkan Demirel | Fenerbahçe | 32 | 17 |
| 2 | Serkan Kırıntılı | Konyaspor | 31 | 13 |
| 3 | Volkan Babacan | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 12 |
| 4 |  Milan Lukač | Akhisar Belediyespor | 24 | 11 |
| Tolga Zengin | Beşiktaş | 30 | 11 |
| Team of the Season | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Volkan Babacan (Basaksehir) | |||||||||||
| Defence | Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe) | Simon Kjær (Fenerbahçe) | Yalçın Ayhan (Basaksehir) | İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş) | ||||||||
| Midfield | Edin Višća(Başakşehir) |  Atiba Hutchinson (Beşiktaş) | Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş) | Volkan Şen (Fenerbahçe) | ||||||||
| Attack | Mario Gómez (Beşiktaş) |  Samuel Eto'o (Antalyaspor) | ||||||||||