2018–19 Süper Lig

The 2018–19 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig Lefter Küçükandonyadis season, was the 61st season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded in May 2019.

Turkish Süper Lig

Season	2018–19
Dates	10 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
Champions	Galatasaray
Relegated	Akhisarspor Bursaspor Erzurum BB
Champions League	Galatasaray İstanbul Başakşehir
Europa League	Beşiktaş Trabzonspor Yeni Malatyaspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	821 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mbaye Diagne (30 goals)
Longest winning run	Beşiktaş (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Galatasaray (19 matches)
Longest winless run	Ankaragücü Kasımpaşa (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Konyaspor (11 matches)
Highest attendance	51,578 (Galatasaray 2–0 Beşiktaş, (5 May 2019)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The season was named after Lefter Küçükandonyadis, a former Turkish national team player and Fenerbahçe legend.[1]

This season the VAR was introduced in all games of Süper Lig competition.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2017–18 season and three promoted from the 2017–18 TFF First League. It includes Rizespor and Ankaragücü, the two top teams from the TFF First League, and Erzurum BB, the winners of the 2017–18 TFF First League playoffs. Gençlerbirliği, Osmanlıspor, and Karabükspor were relegated to 2018–19 TFF First League.

Stadiums and locations

Istanbul Akhisarspor Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Bursaspor Rizespor Ankaragücü Erzurum BB Göztepe Kayserispor Konyaspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor Yeni Malatyaspor Location of teams in 2018–19 Süper Lig

Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Başakşehir Kasımpaşa Istanbul Süper Lig football clubs

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Akhisarspor	Manisa (Akhisar)	Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium	12,139
Alanyaspor	Antalya (Alanya)	Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium	10,130
Ankaragücü	Ankara	Eryaman Stadium	20,071
Antalyaspor	Antalya (Muratpaşa)	Antalya Stadium	32,537
Beşiktaş	Istanbul (Beşiktaş)	Vodafone Park	41,188
Bursaspor	Bursa	Büyüksehir Belediyesi Stadium	43,361
Çaykur Rizespor	Rize	Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı	15,332
Erzurum BB	Erzurum	Kazım Karabekir Stadium	23,277
Fenerbahçe	Istanbul (Kadıköy)	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	47,834
Galatasaray	Istanbul (Şişli)	Türk Telekom Stadium	52,223
Göztepe	İzmir	Bornova Stadium	12,500
İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul (Başakşehir)	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium	17,300
Kasımpaşa	Istanbul (Beyoğlu)	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium	14,234
Kayserispor	Kayseri	Kadir Has Stadium	32,864
Konyaspor	Konya	Konya Büyükşehir Stadium	42,000
Sivasspor	Sivas	4 Eylül Stadium	27,532
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Şenol Güneş Stadium	40,775
Yeni Malatyaspor	Malatya	Malatya Stadium	27,044

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Akhisarspor	Cem Kavçak	Bilal Kısa	Nike
Alanyaspor	Sergen Yalçın	Haydar Yılmaz	Uhlsport	TAV Airports
Ankaragücü	Mustafa Kaplan	Sedat Ağçay	Puma
Antalyaspor	Bülent Korkmaz	Diego Ângelo	Nike
Atiker Konyaspor	Aykut Kocaman	Ali Turan	Nike	Spor Toto
Beşiktaş	Şenol Güneş	Tolga Zengin	Adidas	Vodafone
Bursaspor	Mesut Bakkal	Ertuğrul Ersoy	Puma	BUDO
Çaykur Rizespor	Okan Buruk	Ali Çamdalı	Nike	Çaykur
Erzurum BB	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Egemen Korkmaz	Nike	Anka Jeneratör
Fenerbahçe	Ersun Yanal	Volkan Demirel	Adidas	Avis
Galatasaray	Fatih Terim	Selçuk İnan	Nike	Nef
Göztepe	Tamer Tuna	Beto	Puma	Mahall Bomonti
İstanbul Başakşehir	Abdullah Avcı	Emre Belözoğlu	Macron	Decovita
Kasımpaşa	Mustafa Denizli	Veysel Sarı	Nike	Ciner
Kayserispor	Hikmet Karaman	Umut Bulut	Nike	İstikbal
Sivasspor	Hakan Keleş	Ziya Erdal	Adidas	Demir İnşaat
Trabzonspor	Ünal Karaman	José Sosa	Macron	QNB
Yeni Malatyaspor	Ali Ravcı	Adem Büyük	Macron	Battalbey

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Trabzonspor	Rıza Çalımbay	End of contract	17 May 2018[2]	5th	Ünal Karaman	30 May 2018[3]
Bursaspor	Mustafa Er	Change of staff role [4]	17 May 2018	13th	Samet Aybaba	19 May 2018[5]
Sivasspor	Samet Aybaba	Resignation	19 May 2018[6]	7th	Tamer Tuna	29 May 2018[7]
Antalyaspor	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Mutual agreement	21 May 2018[8]	14th	Bülent Korkmaz	9 June 2018[9]
Göztepe	Tamer Tuna		22 May 2018[10]	6th	Bayram Bektaş	24 May 2018 [11]
Akhisarspor	Okan Buruk	End of contract	14 June 2018[12]	11th	Safet Sušić	21 June 2018[13]
Fenerbahçe	Aykut Kocaman	Mutual agreement	18 June 2018[14]	2nd	Phillip Cocu	22 June 2018[15]
Akhisarspor	Safet Sušić	Sacked	17 September 2018	17th	Cihat Arslan	25 September 2018
Çaykur Rizespor	İbrahim Üzülmez	Mutual agreement	21 September 2018 [16]	16th	Okan Buruk	24 September 2018 [17]
BB Erzurumspor	Mehmet Altıparmak	Mutual agreement	26 September 2018	18th	Mehmet Özdilek	1 October 2018
Kasımpaşa	Kemal Özdeş	Resignation	1 October 2018[18]	6th	Mustafa Denizli	2 October 2018[19]
Fenerbahçe	Phillip Cocu	Sacked	28 October 2018	15th	Ersun Yanal	14 December 2018 [20]
Sivasspor	Tamer Tuna	Resignation	6 November 2018 [21]	14th	Hakan Keleş	19 November 2018 [22]
Alanyaspor	Mesut Bakkal	Mutual agreement	6 November 2018[23]	13th	Sergen Yalçın	9 November 2018[24]
Konyaspor	Rıza Çalımbay	Sacked	12 November 2018 [25]	9th	Aykut Kocaman	19 November 2018 [26]
Kayserispor	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Resignation	2 December 2018 [27]	17th	Hikmet Karaman	5 December 2018 [28]
Göztepe	Bayram Bektaş	Resignation	9 December 2018 [29]	12th	Kemal Özdeş	10 December 2018 [30]
Ankaragücü	İsmail Kartal	Sacked	15 December 2018 [31]	11th	Bayram Bektaş	19 December 2018
Ankaragücü	Bayram Bektaş	Resignation	13 January 2019	12th	Mustafa Kaplan	14 January 2019
Akhisarspor	Cihat Arslan	Sacked	14 February 2019	18th	Cem Kavçak	15 February 2019[32]
Göztepe	Kemal Özdeş	Sacked	24 February 2019	13th	Tamer Tuna	26 February 2019
BB Erzurumspor	Mehmet Özdilek	Mutual agreement	4 March 2019	17th	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	5 March 2019
Bursaspor	Samet Aybaba	Mutual agreement	7 April 2019	15th	Mesut Bakkal	8 April 2019
Yeni Malatyaspor	Erol Bulut	Resignation	28 April 2019	7th	Ali Ravcı	29 April 2019
Kasımpaşa	Mustafa Denizli	Resignation	14 May 2019	13th	İlyas Öztürk / Erkan Çoker	14 May 2019[33]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	20	9	5	72	36	+36	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	19	10	5	49	22	+27	67	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Beşiktaş	34	19	8	7	72	46	+26	65	Qualification to Europa League group stage
4	Trabzonspor	34	18	9	7	64	46	+18	63	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Yeni Malatyaspor	34	13	8	13	47	46	+1	47	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	Fenerbahçe	34	11	13	10	44	44	0	46
7	Antalyaspor	34	13	6	15	39	55	−16	45
8	Konyaspor	34	9	17	8	40	38	+2	44[lower-alpha 1]
9	Alanyaspor	34	12	8	14	37	43	−6	44[lower-alpha 1]
10	Kayserispor	34	10	11	13	35	50	−15	41[lower-alpha 2]
11	Çaykur Rizespor	34	9	14	11	48	50	−2	41[lower-alpha 2]
12	Sivasspor	34	10	11	13	49	54	−5	41[lower-alpha 2]
13	Ankaragücü	34	11	7	16	38	53	−15	40
14	Kasımpaşa	34	11	6	17	53	62	−9	39
15	Göztepe	34	11	5	18	37	42	−5	38
16	Bursaspor (R)	34	7	16	11	28	37	−9	37	Relegation to TFF First League
17	BB Erzurumspor (R)	34	8	11	15	36	43	−7	35
18	Akhisarspor (R)	34	6	9	19	33	54	−21	27

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.[34]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Konyaspor finished ahead of Alanyaspor on head-to-head points: Konyaspor 2–0 Alanyaspor, Alanyaspor 2–4 Konyaspor.
2. Kayserispor ahead of Çaykur Rizespor and Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Kayserispor 7 pts, Çaykur Rizespor 6 pts, Sivasspor 2 pts.

Results

Home \ Away	AKH	ALA	AGÜ	ANT	BJK	BUR	ÇYR	EBB	FNB	GAL	GÖZ	İBF	KAS	KAY	KON	SİV	TRA	YMS
Akhisarspor	—	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–2
Alanyaspor	2–1	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	5–0	2–4	2–0	1–0	0–1
Ankaragücü	1–0	0–2	—	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0
Antalyaspor	1–2	3–0	2–4	—	2–6	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	3–0
Beşiktaş	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–3	—	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–1
Bursaspor	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1
Çaykur Rizespor	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–7	1–1	—	0–0	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–0
Erzurum BB	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	0–1	1–3
Fenerbahçe	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2
Galatasaray	1–0	6–0	6–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	—	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	3–0
Göztepe	0–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	0–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	3–3	1–3	1–3
İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1
Kasımpaşa	5–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–4	3–1	2–1	—	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–0
Kayserispor	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–0
Konyaspor	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–1
Sivasspor	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	4–3	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–0	—	1–1	2–0
Trabzonspor	2–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–0	3–1	—	2–1
Yeni Malatyaspor	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–4	5–0	—

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	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	4	7	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
İstanbul Başakşehir	4	7	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Beşiktaş	7	1	5	7	4	4	3	3	5	4	6	7	4	3	4	3	7	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Trabzonspor	18	9	9	6	7	12	10	5	7	7	9	10	7	7	6	4	2	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Yeni Malatyaspor	2	3	3	8	8	6	9	8	10	8	7	4	5	6	5	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	5
Fenerbahçe	8	10	11	13	11	13	14	15	15	15	15	13	15	15	17	17	17	15	14	12	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	10	8	6
Antalyaspor	17	15	10	9	10	8	4	6	4	5	3	5	6	5	3	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	7	8	10	7	10	7	6	6	7	8	6	7
Konyaspor	6	6	7	5	5	5	8	7	8	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	4	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	9	10	10	9	8	6	7	8
Alanyaspor	14	18	18	15	13	10	7	10	11	13	13	16	13	13	14	14	14	12	10	10	11	10	9	10	8	11	7	6	5	5	6	7	9	9
Kayserispor	3	5	6	4	6	11	13	13	14	12	12	15	17	17	15	13	13	13	13	14	12	11	10	7	9	12	8	11	12	11	13	11	11	10
Çaykur Rizespor	11	12	14	16	16	17	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	16	12	12	13	11	8	11	8	7	8	9	9	10	11
Sivasspor	9	11	13	11	14	16	12	12	12	14	14	11	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	7	9	12	12	13	12	11	12	14	12
Ankaragücü	16	8	8	10	9	7	11	11	9	6	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	15	16	13	12	13	14	14	13	11	13	14	14	12	13
Kasımpaşa	5	4	2	1	3	3	6	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	6	4	4	7	7	8	8	11	11	12	10	6	9	9	10	10	13	13	14
Göztepe	15	17	12	14	12	9	5	9	6	9	8	8	10	11	12	12	10	11	12	13	10	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	15
Bursaspor	13	14	15	12	15	15	17	14	13	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	11	10	11	11	13	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	16
BB Erzurumspor	10	16	17	18	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	14	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	17
Akhisarspor	12	13	16	17	18	14	16	17	18	17	16	14	16	16	13	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader and 2019–20 Champions League group stage
	2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
	2019–20 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
	2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
	Relegation to 2019–20 TFF First League

Source: tff.org (in Turkish)

Statistics

Top goalscorers "Süper Lig Top Goalscorers". TFF. Pos. Player Team Goals 1 Mbaye Diagne Kasımpaşa/Galatasaray 30 2 Vedat Muriqi Çaykur Rizespor 17 3 Burak Yılmaz Trabzonspor/Beşiktaş 16 Papiss Cissé Alanyaspor 5 Hugo Rodallega Trabzonspor 15 6 Henry Onyekuru Galatasaray 14 7 Edin Višća Başakşehir 12 Robinho Sivasspor/Başakşehir Mevlüt Erdinç Antalyaspor 10 Anthony Nwakaeme Trabzonspor 10 Danijel Aleksić Yeni Malatyaspor Souleymane Doukara Antalyaspor Arouna Koné Sivasspor

Top assists "Süper Lig Top Assists". beIN Sports. Pos. Player Team Assists 1 Edin Višća Başakşehir 14 2 Ricardo Quaresma Beşiktaş 11 3 Emrah Başsan BB Erzurumspor 10 Adem Ljajić Beşiktaş Anthony Nwakaeme Trabzonspor 6 Trézéguet Kasımpaşa 9 7 André Castro Göztepe 8 Vedat Muriqi Çaykur Rizespor 9 Efecan Karaca Alanyaspor 7 Mathieu Valbuena Fenerbahçe Guilherme Yeni Malatyaspor Younes Belhanda Galatasaray Douglas Sivasspor

Hat-tricks

Date	Player	For	Against	Result
19 January 2019	Henry Onyekuru	Galatasaray	Ankaragücü	6–0
17 February 2019	Sofiane Feghouli	Galatasaray	Kasımpaşa	4–1
1 March 2019	Dever Orgill	Ankaragücü	Antalyaspor	2–4
6 April 2019	Mbaye Diagne	Galatasaray	Yeni Malatyaspor	3–0
8 April 2019	Güven Yalçın	Beşiktaş	Çaykur Rizespor	2–7
24 May 2019	Güven Yalçın	Beşiktaş	Kasımpaşa	3–2

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External links

• Official website (in Turkish and English)