2017–18 Süper Lig Explained

Competition:Süper Lig
Season:2017–18
Dates:11 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
Winners:Galatasaray
21st title
Relegated:Karabükspor
Gençlerbirliği
Osmanlıspor
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Galatasaray
Fenerbahçe
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:İstanbul Başakşehir
Beşiktaş
Akhisarspor
League Topscorer:Bafétimbi Gomis (29 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(29 January 2018)
Beşiktaş 5–0 Karabükspor
(10 February 2018)
Galatasaray 5–0 Bursaspor
(23 February 2018)
Göztepe 5–0 Karabükspor
(27 April 2018)
Biggest Away Win:Karabükspor 0-7 Galatasaray
(3 March 2018)
Karabükspor 0–7 Fenerbahçe
Highest Scoring:Trabzonspor 3–4 Alanyaspor
(22 September 2017)
Trabzonspor 1–6 Akhisar
(15 October 2017)
Karabükspor 0–7 Galatasaray
(3 March 2018)
Karabükspor 0–7 Fenerbahçe
Matches:306
Total Goals:906
Longest Wins:Fenerbahçe
(8 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Fenerbahçe
(15 matches)
Longest Winless:Akhisar Belediyespor
(14 matches)
Longest Losses:Karabükspor
(12 matches)
Highest Attendance:50,291
Galatasaray 0–0 Fenerbahçe
22 October 2017
Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19

The 2017–18 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig İlhan Cavcav season, was the 60th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after İlhan Cavcav, the longtime chairman of Gençlerbirliği S.K.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
Akhisar BelediyesporAkhisarSpor Toto Akhisar Stadium12,139
AlanyasporAlanyaAlanya Oba Stadium10,842
AntalyasporAntalyaAntalya Stadium33,032
BeşiktaşIstanbul (Beşiktaş)Vodafone Park43,500
BursasporBursaTimsah Arena43,877
FenerbahçeIstanbul (Kadıköy)Ülker Stadium50,509
GalatasarayIstanbul (Şişli)Türk Telekom Stadium52,652
GençlerbirliğiAnkara (Ulus)Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium19,209
GöztepeİzmirBornova Stadium12,500
İstanbul BaşakşehirIstanbul (Başakşehir)Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium17,801
Kardemir KarabüksporKarabükDr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium14,200
KasımpaşaIstanbul (Beyoğlu)Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium14,234
KayserisporKayseriKadir Has Stadium32,864
KonyasporKonyaKonya Büyükşehir Stadium42,276
OsmanlısporAnkara (Sincan)Osmanlı Stadyumu19,626
SivassporSivasSivas Arena27,532
TrabzonsporTrabzonŞenol Güneş Sports Complex40,782
Yeni MalatyasporMalatyaMalatya Arena27,044

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerSponsor
Akhisar Belediyespor Okan Buruk Caner OsmanpaşaNike
Alanyaspor Mesut Bakkal Haydar YılmazKappa
Antalyaspor Hamza HamzaoğluVacantNikeIATI
Atiker Konyaspor Sergen Yalçın Ali ÇamdalıHummelSpor Toto
Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş Tolga ZenginAdidasVodafone
Bursaspor Mustafa ErPumaWarmhaus
Fenerbahçe Aykut Kocaman Volkan DemirelAdidas
Galatasaray Fatih Terim Selçuk İnanNikeNef
Gençlerbirliği Ümit Özat Uğur ÇiftçiLottoARTE
Göztepe Tamer Tuna Selçuk ŞahinLotto
İstanbul Başakşehir Abdullah Avcı Emre BelözoğluNikeMakro
Kardemir Karabükspor Ünal Karaman Ahmet ŞahinAdidasKardemir
Kasımpaşa Kemal Özdeş Veysel SariNike
Kayserispor Marius Șumudică Umut BulutAdidasİstikbal
Osmanlıspor İrfan Buz Numan ÇürüksuNikeATG
Sivasspor Samet Aybaba Ziya ErdalAdidasDemir İnşaat
Trabzonspor Rıza Çalımbay Onur KıvrakNikeQNB
Yeni Malatyaspor Erol Bulut Yalçın AyhanAdidasBattalbey

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Gençlerbirliği Ümit ÖzatMutual agreement30 August 2017[1] 18th Mesut Bakkal31 August 2017[2]
Yeni Malatyaspor Ertuğrul SağlamResigned14 September 2017[3] 13th Erol Bulut27 September 2017[4]
Osmanlıspor Bülent UygunResigned17 September 2017[5] 18th İrfan Buz20 September 2017[6]
Antalyaspor Rıza ÇalımbayResigned18 September 2017[7] 16th Leonardo Araújo27 September 2017[8]
Kardemir Karabükspor Erkan SözeriResigned1 October 2017[9] 16th1 October 2017[10]
Trabzonspor Ersun YanalSacked15 October 2017[11] 11th Rıza Çalımbay18 October 2017[12]
Gençlerbirliği Mesut BakkalSacked20 November 2017[13] 18th Ümit Özat20 November 2017[14]
Antalyaspor Leonardo AraújoResigned6 December 201717th David Badía (caretaker)6 December 2017
Kardemir Karabükspor Tony PopovicSacked15 December 201718th Levent Açıkgöz18 December 2017
Galatasaray Igor TudorSacked18 December 20172nd Fatih Terim21 December 2017
Alanyaspor Safet SušićSacked26 December 201713th Hikmet Karaman3 January 2018
Antalyaspor David BadíaEnd of caretaker tenure4 January 201815th Hamza Hamzaoğlu4 January 2018
Alanyaspor Hikmet KaramanSacked26 February 201816th Mesut Bakkal27 February 2018
Konyaspor Mehmet ÖzdilekMutual agreement4 March 201816th Sergen Yalçın6 March 2018
Kardemir Karabükspor Levent AçıkgözSacked21 March 201818th Ünal Karaman21 March 2018
Bursaspor Paul Le GuenSacked10 April 201813th Mustafa Er10 April 2018

Foreign Players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Player 10Player 11Player 12Player 13Player 14Former Players
Akhisarspor Geoffrey Bia Paulo Henrique Serginho Dany Nounkeu Abdoul Sissoko Marvin Emnes Hélder Barbosa Miguel Lopes Milan Lukač Daniel Larsson Yevhen Seleznyov Petar Grbić
Ioan Hora
Alanyaspor Lucas Villafáñez Douglas Filipe Augusto Wánderson Welinton Mbilla Etame Junior Fernandes Fabrice Nsakala Isaac Sackey Georgios Tzavellas Giannis Maniatis Guy-Michel Landel Mamadou Fofana Lamine Gassama Vágner Love
Rémy Riou
Darko Lazić
Chisamba Lungu
Antalyaspor Ruud Boffin Charles Chico Danilo Diego Ângelo Maicon Ondřej Čelůstka Souleymane Doukara William Vainqueur Milan Jevtović Johan Djourou Sandro
Samuel Eto'o
Jérémy Ménez
Samir Nasri
Moestafa El Kabir
Beşiktaş Adriano Talisca Vágner Love Atiba Hutchinson Cyle Larin Gary Medel Domagoj Vida Jeremain Lens Ryan Babel Pepe Ricardo Quaresma Duško Tošić Álvaro Negredo Fabricio Matej Mitrović
Andreas Beck
Bursaspor Pablo Batalla Joshua John Titi Jirès Kembo Ekoko Emmanuel Badu Mikel Agu Shehu Abdullahi Dzon Delarge Bogdan Stancu Gheorghe Grozav Moussa Sow Ricardo Faty John Bostock Cristóbal Jorquera
Kofi Atta
Paschal Okoli
Fenerbahçe Fernandão Giuliano Souza Carlos Kameni Mauricio Isla Mathieu Valbuena Aatif Chahechouhe Nabil Dirar Vincent Janssen Luís Neto Roman Neustädter Martin Škrtel Roberto Soldado Robin van Persie
Galatasaray Sofiane Feghouli Jason Denayer Fernando Maicon Mariano Garry Rodrigues Bafétimbi Gomis Cédric Carrasso Yuto Nagatomo Younès Belhanda Ryan Donk Martin Linnes Iasmin Latovlevici Fernando Muslera Badou Ndiaye
Gençlerbirliği Sergey Politevich Stéphane Sessègnon Jaílton Paraíba Luccas Claro Kamal Issah Florentin Pogba Diallo Guidileye Aleksandar Šćekić Elvis Manu Petar Škuletić Abdul Khalili Johannes Hopf Vedat Muriqi
Ousmane N'Diaye
Tokelo Rantie
Göztepe Nabil Ghilas Óscar Scarione Kadu Wallace Axel Ngando Léo Schwechlen Yoan Gouffran André Poko Adama Traoré André Castro Beto Demba Ba Miloš Kosanović Rajko Rotman Mathieu Peybernes
Adis Jahović
Prince Segbefia
İstanbul Başakşehir Edin Višća Riad Bajić Júnior Caiçara Márcio Mossoró Aurélien Chedjou Gaël Clichy Joseph Attamah Stefano Napoleoni Alexandru Epureanu Manuel da Costa Eljero Elia Emmanuel Adebayor Sokol Cikalleshi
Karabükspor Luis Ibáñez Leandrinho Hervé Kage Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Hamidou Traoré Marius Alexe Adam Ståhl Andriy Bliznichenko Anton Kravchenko Oleksandr Rybka Dany Nounkeu
André Poko
Mustapha Yatabaré
Cristian Tănase
Gabriel Torje
Gheorghe Grozav
Paul Papp
Valerică Găman
Yevhen Seleznyov
Kasımpaşa Strahil Popov Franck Etoundi David Pavelka Trézéguet Olivier Veigneau Markus Neumayr Bernard Mensah Bengali-Fodé Koita Loret Sadiku Kenneth Omeruo Samuel Eduok Mbaye Diagne Jhon Murillo Michael Rangel
Kayserispor Fernando Boldrin William de Amorim Ryan Mendes Gonzalo Espinoza Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik Asamoah Gyan Tiago Lopes Varela Cristian Săpunaru Silviu Lung Jr. Stéphane Badji Nikola Stojiljković Artem Kravets Oleksandr Kucher Geoffrey Bia
Dejan Meleg
Konyaspor Amir Hadžiahmetović Deni Milošević Samuel Eto'o Wilfred Moke Jens Jønsson Mehdi Bourabia Malick Evouna Petar Filipović Moryké Fofana Mustapha Yatabaré Adis Jahović Nejc Skubic Lebogang Manyama Patrik Carlgren Abdou Traoré
Imoh Ezekiel
Patrick Friday Eze
Osmanlıspor Sokol Cikalleshi Tortol Lumanza Avdija Vršajević Luíz Carlos Andreas Maxsø Payam Sadeghian Žydrūnas Karčemarskas Adrien Regattin Aminu Umar Raheem Lawal Tiago Pinto Václav Procházka
Tonia Tisdell
Souleymane Doukara
Josué
Thievy Bifouma
Branislav Niňaj
Sivasspor Carl Medjani Auremir Robinho John Boye Arouna Koné Cyriac Delvin N'Dinga Thievy Bifouma Paul Papp Vitali Dyakov Henri Saivet Mattias Bjärsmyr Serhiy Rybalka Sergio Rochet Leandrinho
Elderson Echiéjilé
Trabzonspor José Sosa Fabián Castillo Hugo Rodallega Esteban Alvarado Filip Novák Ogenyi Onazi João Pereira Dame N'Doye Ján Ďurica Juraj Kucka Matúš Bero Tomáš Hubočan Emmanuel Mas
Théo Bongonda
Yeni Malatyaspor Emanuel Dening Fabien Farnolle Dória Gilberto Arturo Mina Aly Cissokho Michaël Pereira Sadio Diallo Issam Chebake Khalid Boutaïb Nacer Barazite Azubuike Okechukwu Issiar Dia Sunday Mba
Jonathan Ayité

Positions by round

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

News: Süper Lig Top Goalscorers . TFF . 20 May 2018.

Pos.PlayerTeamGoals
1 Bafétimbi GomisGalatasaray29
2 Burak YılmazTrabzonspor23
3 Adis JahovićKonyaspor19
4 Emmanuel Adebayorİstanbul Başakşehir15
5 TaliscaBeşiktaş14
Emre AkbabaAlanyaspor
Umut BulutKayserispor
GiulianoFenerbahçe
9 Arouna KonéSivasspor13
TrézéguetKasımpaşa
Ryan BabelBeşiktaş
Vágner LoveBeşiktaş

Hat-tricks

Date Player For Against Result
22 September 2017 Vágner LoveAlanyasporTrabzonspor3–4
24 September 2017 Adis JahovićGöztepeSivasspor2–3
30 September 2017 Hakan ArslanSivassporAntalyaspor3–1
18 November 2017 Emmanuel Adebayorİstanbul BaşakşehirGalatasaray5–1
19 November 2017 Roberto SoldadoFenerbahçeSivasspor4–1
17 December 2017 Ryan BabelBeşiktaşOsmanlıspor5–1
23 February 2018 Bafétimbi GomisGalatasarayBursaspor5–0
3 March 2018 Bafétimbi Gomis4GalatasarayKardemir Karabükspor0–7
12 May 2018 Mbaye DiagneKasımpaşaGençlerbirliği3–1
19 May 2018 Cyle LarinBeşiktaşSivasspor5–1
Note4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards

Annual awards

Award[15] WinnerClub
Player of the Season Galatasaray
Goalkeeper of the Season Fernando MusleraGalatasaray
Defender of the Season PepeBeşiktaş
Midfielder of the Season Emre BelözoğluBaşakşehir
Forward of the Season Bafétimbi GomisGalatasaray
Manager of the Season Fatih TerimGalatasaray
Team of the Season[16]
Goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray)
Defence Mariano (Galatasaray) Pepe (Beşiktaş) Martin Škrtel (Fenerbahçe) Adriano (Beşiktaş)
Midfield Edin Višća(Başakşehir) Talisca (Beşiktaş) Emre Belözoğlu (Başakşehir) Garry Rodrigues (Galatasaray)
Attack Bafétimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor)

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Gençlerbirliği'nde Ümit Özat Dönemi Sona Erdi!. NTV Spor. 1 September 2017. tr.
  2. News: Gençlerbirliği'nde 4. Mesut Bakkal Dönemi. NTV Spor. 1 September 2017. tr.
  3. News: Ertuğrul Sağlam istifa gerekçesini açıkladı. NTV Spor. 14 September 2017. tr.
  4. News: Yeni Malatyaspor'un hocası Erol Bulut oldu. Posta.com.tr. 27 September 2017. tr. 2 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002165630/http://mservice.posta.com.tr/yeni-malatyaspor-un-hocasi-erol-bulut-oldu-haberi-1336758. 2 October 2017. dead.
  5. News: Antalyaspor'da Çalımbay dönemi bitti. NTV Spor. 18 September 2017. tr.
  6. News: Osmanlıspor'un yeni hocası resmen İrfan Buz oldu. Fanatik. 21 September 2017. tr.
  7. News: Antalyaspor'da Çalımbay dönemi bitti. NTV Spor. 18 September 2017. tr.
  8. News: Turkish club Antalyaspor hires Leonardo as coach. FOX Sport. 28 September 2017.
  9. News: BAŞKANIMIZ İLE GÖRÜŞECEĞİM VE AFFIMI İSTEYECEĞİM. Goal.com Turkey. 1 October 2017. tr.
  10. News: TONY POPOVIC QUITS WANDERERS TO COACH TURKISH SUPER LIG CLUB. Goal.com. 1 October 2017. en.
  11. News: Trabzonspor parts ways with coach Ersun Yanal after stunning defeat. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016232901/https://www.dailysabah.com/football/2017/10/16/trabzonspor-parts-ways-with-coach-ersun-yanal-after-stunning-defeat. dead. 16 October 2017. Daily Sabah. 15 October 2017.
  12. News: Rıza Çalımbay resmen Trabzonspor'da. Eurosport. 18 October 2017. tr.
  13. News: Gençlerbirliği'nde Mesut Bakkal ile yollar ayrıldı!. NTV Spor. 20 November 2017. tr.
  14. News: Ümit Özat yeniden Gençlerbirliği'nde. Hürriyet. 20 November 2017. tr.
  15. Web site: Gzt . 2018-09-13 . Futbolun Süperleri ödül töreninde ödüller sahiplerini buldu . 2022-12-31 . Gzt . tr-TR.
  16. Web site: Soliman . Seif . 2018-09-12 . Mahmoud Trezeguet loses Player of the Year award to Bafetimbi Gomis . 2022-12-31 . KingFut . en-GB.