2001–02 Süper Lig Explained

Competition:Süper Lig
Season:2001–02
Winners:Galatasaray
15th title
Relegated:Çaykur Rizespor
Antalyaspor
Yozgatspor
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Galatasaray
Fenerbahçe
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Beşiktaş
MKE Ankaragücü
Denizlispor
Kocaelispor
League Topscorer:İlhan Mansız
Arif Erdem (21 each)
Matches:306
Total Goals:910
Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

The 2001–02 Süper Lig was the 44th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. Galatasaray S.K. became champions for the 15th time. Turkish First Football League was renamed as Turkish Super League in this season.

Turkey climbed from eleventh to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2000–01 season, that means the league has gained additional two spots for the UEFA Cup and for the first time, the champions will now enter the group stage of the UEFA Champions League instead of having to compete in the qualifying rounds.

After beating cup winners Kocaelispor 4–0 at home last week, Denizlispor qualified for the first time to the UEFA Cup in their history.

Final league table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 İlhan MansızBeşiktaş21
Arif ErdemGalatasaray
3 Augustine AhinfulAnkaragücü19
4 Serhat AkınFenerbahçe16
Veysel CihanDenizlispor
6 Ahmed HassanGençlerbirliği14
7 Okan YılmazBursaspor13
Emmanuel TettehÇaykur Rizespor
Haim RevivoFenerbahçe
10 Fatih TekkeGaziantepspor12
Maksim RomaschenkoGaziantepspor
Ahmet DursunBeşiktaş
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References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.turkfutbolu.net/ Goal records