2017–18 Süper Lig

The 2017–18 Süper Lig, officially called the 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..

Süper Lig

Season	2017–18
Dates	11 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
Champions	Galatasaray
Relegated	Karabükspor Gençlerbirliği Osmanlıspor
Champions League	Galatasaray Fenerbahçe
Europa League	İstanbul Başakşehir Beşiktaş Akhisarspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	906 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bafétimbi Gomis (29 goals)
Biggest home win	İstanbul Başakşehir 5–0 Karabükspor (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 (14 May 2018)
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 (14 May 2018)
Longest winning run	Fenerbahçe (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Fenerbahçe (15 matches)
Longest winless run	Akhisar Belediyespor (14 matches)
Longest losing run	Karabükspor (12 matches)
Highest attendance	50,291 Galatasaray 0–0 Fenerbahçe 22 October 2017
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017-18 2. day Fenerbahçe-Trabzonspor pre-match

Teams

• Sivasspor, Yeni Malatyaspor and Göztepe achieved promotion from 2016–17 TFF First League. Sivasspor made an immediate return, whereas Yeni Malatyaspor promoted to the top level for the first time in their history. Finally, Göztepe defeated Eskişehirspor in the play-off final.
• Çaykur Rizespor, Gaziantepspor and Adanaspor were relegated to 2017–18 TFF First League.

Stadia and locations

Istanbul

Akhisarspor

Alanyaspor

Antalyaspor

Bursaspor

Gençlerbirliği
Osmanlıspor

Göztepe

Karabükspor

Kayserispor

Konyaspor

Sivasspor

Trabzonspor

Yeni Malatyaspor

Location of teams in 2017–18 Süper Lig

Beşiktaş

Fenerbahçe

Galatasaray

İstanbul Başakşehir

Kasımpaşa

Istanbul Süper Lig football clubs

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Akhisar Belediyespor	Akhisar	Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium	12,139
Alanyaspor	Alanya	Alanya Oba Stadium	10,842
Antalyaspor	Antalya	Antalya Stadium	33,032
Beşiktaş	Istanbul (Beşiktaş)	Vodafone Park	43,500
Bursaspor	Bursa	Timsah Arena	43,877
Fenerbahçe	Istanbul (Kadıköy)	Ülker Stadium	50,509
Galatasaray	Istanbul (Şişli)	Türk Telekom Stadium	52,652
Gençlerbirliği	Ankara (Ulus)	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium	19,209
Göztepe	İzmir	Bornova Stadium	12,500
İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul (Başakşehir)	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium	17,801
Kardemir Karabükspor	Karabük	Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium	14,200
Kasımpaşa	Istanbul (Beyoğlu)	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium	14,234
Kayserispor	Kayseri	Kadir Has Stadium	32,864
Konyaspor	Konya	Konya Büyükşehir Stadium	42,276
Osmanlıspor	Ankara (Sincan)	Osmanlı Stadyumu	19,626
Sivasspor	Sivas	Sivas Arena	27,532
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Şenol Güneş Stadium	41,513
Yeni Malatyaspor	Malatya	Malatya Arena	27,044

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Akhisar Belediyespor	Okan Buruk	Caner Osmanpaşa	Nike
Alanyaspor	Mesut Bakkal	Haydar Yılmaz	Kappa	TAV Airports
Antalyaspor	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Vacant	Nike	IATI
Atiker Konyaspor	Sergen Yalçın	Ali Çamdalı	Hummel	Spor Toto
Beşiktaş	Şenol Güneş	Tolga Zengin	Adidas	Vodafone
Bursaspor	Mustafa Er	Pablo Batalla	Puma	Warmhaus
Fenerbahçe	Aykut Kocaman	Volkan Demirel	Adidas
Galatasaray	Fatih Terim	Selçuk İnan	Nike	Nef
Gençlerbirliği	Ümit Özat	Uğur Çiftçi	Lotto	ARTE
Göztepe	Tamer Tuna	Selçuk Şahin	Lotto
İstanbul Başakşehir	Abdullah Avcı	Emre Belözoğlu	Nike	Makro
Kardemir Karabükspor	Ünal Karaman	Ahmet Şahin	Adidas	Kardemir
Kasımpaşa	Kemal Özdeş	Veysel Sari	Nike
Kayserispor	Marius Șumudică	Umut Bulut	Adidas	İstikbal
Osmanlıspor	İrfan Buz	Numan Çürüksu	Nike	ATG
Sivasspor	Samet Aybaba	Ziya Erdal	Adidas	Demir İnşaat
Trabzonspor	Rıza Çalımbay	Onur Kıvrak	Nike	QNB
Yeni Malatyaspor	Erol Bulut	Yalçın Ayhan	Adidas	Battalbey

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Gençlerbirliği	Ümit Özat	Mutual agreement	30 August 2017[1]	18th	Mesut Bakkal	31 August 2017[2]
Yeni Malatyaspor	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Resigned	14 September 2017[3]	13th	Erol Bulut	27 September 2017[4]
Osmanlıspor	Bülent Uygun	Resigned	17 September 2017[5]	18th	İrfan Buz	20 September 2017[6]
Antalyaspor	Rıza Çalımbay	Resigned	18 September 2017[7]	16th	Leonardo Araújo	27 September 2017[8]
Kardemir Karabükspor	Erkan Sözeri	Resigned	1 October 2017[9]	16th	Tony Popovic	1 October 2017[10]
Trabzonspor	Ersun Yanal	Sacked	15 October 2017[11]	11th	Rıza Çalımbay	18 October 2017[12]
Gençlerbirliği	Mesut Bakkal	Sacked	20 November 2017[13]	18th	Ümit Özat	20 November 2017[14]
Antalyaspor	Leonardo Araújo	Resigned	6 December 2017	17th	David Badía (caretaker)	6 December 2017
Kardemir Karabükspor	Tony Popovic	Sacked	15 December 2017	18th	Levent Açıkgöz	18 December 2017
Galatasaray	Igor Tudor	Sacked	18 December 2017	2nd	Fatih Terim	21 December 2017
Alanyaspor	Safet Sušić	Sacked	26 December 2017	13th	Hikmet Karaman	3 January 2018
Antalyaspor	David Badía	End of caretaker tenure	4 January 2018	15th	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	4 January 2018
Alanyaspor	Hikmet Karaman	Sacked	26 February 2018	16th	Mesut Bakkal	27 February 2018
Konyaspor	Mehmet Özdilek	Mutual agreement	4 March 2018	16th	Sergen Yalçın	6 March 2018
Kardemir Karabükspor	Levent Açıkgöz	Sacked	21 March 2018	18th	Ünal Karaman	21 March 2018
Bursaspor	Paul Le Guen	Sacked	10 April 2018	13th	Mustafa Er	10 April 2018

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	24	3	7	75	33	+42	75	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Fenerbahçe	34	21	9	4	78	36	+42	72[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	22	6	6	62	34	+28	72[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Beşiktaş	34	21	8	5	69	30	+39	71	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Trabzonspor	34	15	10	9	63	51	+12	55
6	Göztepe	34	13	10	11	49	50	−1	49[lower-alpha 2]
7	Sivasspor	34	14	7	13	45	53	−8	49[lower-alpha 2]
8	Kasımpaşa	34	13	7	14	57	58	−1	46
9	Kayserispor	34	12	8	14	44	55	−11	44
10	Yeni Malatyaspor	34	11	10	13	38	45	−7	43
11	Akhisarspor	34	11	9	14	44	53	−9	42	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 3]
12	Alanyaspor	34	11	7	16	55	59	−4	40
13	Bursaspor	34	11	6	17	43	48	−5	39
14	Antalyaspor	34	10	8	16	40	59	−19	38
15	Konyaspor	34	9	9	16	38	42	−4	36
16	Osmanlıspor (R)	34	8	9	17	49	60	−11	33[lower-alpha 4]	Relegation to TFF First League
17	Gençlerbirliği (R)	34	8	9	17	37	54	−17	33[lower-alpha 4]
18	Kardemir Karabükspor (R)	34	3	3	28	20	86	−66	12

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[15]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Fenerbahçe ahead of Başakşehir on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe 2–3 Başakşehir, Başakşehir 0–2 Fenerbahçe.
2. Göztepe ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Göztepe 6 pts, Sivasspor 0 pts.
3. Akhisarspor qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.
4. Osmanlıspor ahead of Gençlerbirliği on head-to-head points: Osmanlıspor 6 pts, Gençlerbirliği 0 pts.

Results

Home \ Away	AKH	ALN	ANT	BAŞ	BEŞ	BUR	FEN	GAL	GEN	GÖZ	KAR	KSM	KAY	KON	OSM	SİV	TRA	MLT
Akhisar Belediyespor	—	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–0
Alanyaspor	3–1	—	3–2	4–1	1–2	3–1	1–4	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0
Antalyaspor	2–2	3–1	—	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–4	1–2	3–1
İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	2–1	4–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0
Beşiktaş	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	5–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	5–1	2–2	3–1
Bursaspor	3–0	3–2	4–0	0–3	2–2	—	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0
Fenerbahçe	2–3	3–0	4–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–3	3–2	2–0	4–1	2–2	3–1
Galatasaray	4–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	—	5–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0
Gençlerbirliği	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	—	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	4–0	0–0	0–1
Göztepe	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	—	5–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–0
Kardemir Karabükspor	0–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–4	0–7	0–7	0–2	0–1	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–4
Kasımpaşa	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–4	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–3	3–2
Kayserispor	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–5	1–3	3–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	—	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1
Konyaspor	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–0	5–0	2–2	0–1
Osmanlıspor	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–4	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	—	2–4	3–3	0–0
Sivasspor	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–2	—	1–2	2–0
Trabzonspor	1–6	3–4	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–5	4–0	2–1	4–3	0–2	—	4–1
Yeni Malatyaspor	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–4	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	—

Source: Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Galatasaray	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Fenerbahçe	8	13	6	11	8	4	7	5	6	8	7	5	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2
İstanbul Başakşehir	7	11	4	3	5	6	5	4	5	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	3
Beşiktaş	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	6	7	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4
Trabzonspor	5	5	8	5	9	9	9	11	13	11	12	11	8	8	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Göztepe A.Ş.	9	14	9	6	3	3	4	2	2	5	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6
Sivasspor	14	8	14	16	11	15	11	9	9	9	5	6	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	6	8	8	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7
Kasımpaşa	2	2	7	4	10	10	13	14	14	13	13	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	12	11	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Kayserispor	18	12	11	7	4	5	3	7	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	8	8	8	9	9
Yeni Malatyaspor	3	10	10	13	14	11	12	13	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10
Akhisar Belediyespor	6	6	3	8	6	7	6	3	3	6	9	9	11	9	10	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	10	10	10	9	11	11	12	12	12	14	12	11
Alanyaspor	15	17	16	12	13	12	8	10	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	16	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	14	12
Bursaspor	13	9	13	9	7	8	10	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	11	12	11	12	11	12	13	13	11	10	11	11	13
Antalyaspor	17	15	15	15	16	13	15	17	12	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	11	13	14	12	13	14
Konyaspor	12	7	12	14	15	14	14	15	17	14	15	15	15	16	15	14	16	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	14	15	15	15	15
Osmanlıspor	16	18	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	15	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Gençlerbirliği	10	16	18	18	17	17	18	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	17	17
Kardemir Karabükspor	11	4	5	10	12	16	16	12	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader and 2018–19 Champions League group stage
	2018–19 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
	2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
	Relegation to 2018–19 TFF First League

Source: tff.org (in Turkish)

Statistics

Top goalscorers "Süper Lig Top Goalscorers". TFF. Retrieved 20 May 2018. Pos. Player Team Goals 1 Bafétimbi Gomis Galatasaray 29 2 Burak Yılmaz Trabzonspor 23 3 Adis Jahović Konyaspor 19 4 Emmanuel Adebayor İstanbul Başakşehir 15 5 Talisca Beşiktaş 14 Emre Akbaba Alanyaspor Umut Bulut Kayserispor Giuliano Fenerbahçe 9 Arouna Koné Sivasspor 13 Trézéguet Kasımpaşa Ryan Babel Beşiktaş Vágner Love Beşiktaş

Top assists "Süper Lig Asist Krallığı" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 20 May 2018. Pos. Player Team Assists 1 Edin Višća İstanbul Başakşehir 15 2 Emre Akbaba Alanyaspor 10 Garry Rodrigues Galatasaray 4 Sofiane Feghouli Galatasaray 9 Emre Belözoğlu İstanbul Başakşehir 6 Mathieu Valbuena Fenerbahçe 8 Nabil Dirar Fenerbahçe Younes Belhanda Galatasaray 9 Caner Erkin Beşiktaş 7 Ricardo Quaresma Beşiktaş Pablo Batalla Bursaspor

Hat-tricks

As of 19 May 2018

Date	Player	For	Against	Result
22 September 2017	Vágner Love	Alanyaspor	Trabzonspor	3–4
24 September 2017	Adis Jahović	Göztepe	Sivasspor	2–3
30 September 2017	Hakan Arslan	Sivasspor	Antalyaspor	3–1
18 November 2017	Emmanuel Adebayor	İstanbul Başakşehir	Galatasaray	5–1
19 November 2017	Roberto Soldado	Fenerbahçe	Sivasspor	4–1
17 December 2017	Ryan Babel	Beşiktaş	Osmanlıspor	5–1
23 February 2018	Bafétimbi Gomis	Galatasaray	Bursaspor	5–0
3 March 2018	Bafétimbi Gomis^4	Galatasaray	Kardemir Karabükspor	0–7
12 May 2018	Mbaye Diagne	Kasımpaşa	Gençlerbirliği	3–1
19 May 2018	Cyle Larin	Beşiktaş	Sivasspor	5–1

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

See also

• 2017–18 Turkish Cup
• 2017–18 TFF First League
• 2017–18 TFF Second League
• 2017–18 TFF Third League

References

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3. "Ertuğrul Sağlam istifa gerekçesini açıkladı" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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5. "Antalyaspor'da Çalımbay dönemi bitti" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
6. "Osmanlıspor'un yeni hocası resmen İrfan Buz oldu" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
7. "Antalyaspor'da Çalımbay dönemi bitti" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
8. "Turkish club Antalyaspor hires Leonardo as coach". FOX Sport. 28 September 2017.
9. "BAŞKANIMIZ İLE GÖRÜŞECEĞİM VE AFFIMI İSTEYECEĞİM" (in Turkish). Goal.com Turkey. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
10. "TONY POPOVIC QUITS WANDERERS TO COACH TURKISH SUPER LIG CLUB". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
11. "Trabzonspor parts ways with coach Ersun Yanal after stunning defeat". Daily Sabah. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
12. "Rıza Çalımbay resmen Trabzonspor'da" (in Turkish). Eurosport. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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External links

• Official website (in Turkish and English)