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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
Season2018–19
Dates10 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsGalatasaray
22nd title
RelegatedAkhisarspor
Bursaspor
Erzurum BB
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
İstanbul Başakşehir
Europa LeagueBeşiktaş
Trabzonspor
Yeni Malatyaspor
Matches played306
Goals scored821 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerMbaye Diagne (30 goals)
Longest winning runBeşiktaş
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGalatasaray
(19 matches)
Longest winless runAnkaragücü
Kasımpaşa
(6 matches)
Longest losing runKonyaspor
(11 matches)
Highest attendance51,578
(Galatasaray 2–0 Beşiktaş,
(5 May 2019)

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

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

Teams edit

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 edit

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 Sports Complex 40,782
Yeni Malatyaspor Malatya Malatya Stadium 27,044

Personnel and sponsorship edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 for the Champions League group stage
2 İstanbul Başakşehir 34 19 10 5 49 22 +27 67 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 19 8 7 72 46 +26 65 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 Trabzonspor 34 18 9 7 64 46 +18 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Yeni Malatyaspor 34 13 8 13 47 46 +1 47 Qualification for the 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[a]
9 Alanyaspor 34 12 8 14 37 43 −6 44[a]
10 Kayserispor 34 10 11 13 35 50 −15 41[b]
11 Çaykur Rizespor 34 9 14 11 48 50 −2 41[b]
12 Sivasspor 34 10 11 13 49 54 −5 41[b]
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Konyaspor finished ahead of Alanyaspor on head-to-head points: Konyaspor 2–0 Alanyaspor, Alanyaspor 2–4 Konyaspor.
  2. ^ a b c Kayserispor ahead of Çaykur Rizespor and Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Kayserispor 7 pts, Çaykur Rizespor 6 pts, Sivasspor 2 pts.

Results edit

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 edit

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

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Galatasaray1212121113223475522222222222221111
İstanbul Başakşehir4743212221111111111111111111112222
Beşiktaş7157443354674343766333333333333333
Trabzonspor18996712105779107764255556444444444444
Yeni Malatyaspor23388698108745652333444566555875555
Fenerbahçe81011131113141515151513151517171715141214151414141313141414121086
Antalyaspor1715109108464535653768899978107107667867
Konyaspor66755587810109988887466565569101098678
Alanyaspor141818151310710111313161313141414121010111091081176556799
Kayserispor356461113131412121517171513131313141211107912811121113111110
Çaykur Rizespor11121416161715161616171818181818181816151612121311811878991011
Sivasspor9111311141612121214141112129999987789791212131211121412
Ankaragücü1688109711119656891011121415161516131213141413111314141213
Kasımpaşa5421336432432226447788111112106991010131314
Göztepe1517121412959698810111212101112131013151616161616171515151515
Bursaspor13141512151517141311111211101110111011111314161515151515151617161616
BB Erzurumspor10161718171818181718181714141616161717171717171717171817161716171717
Akhisarspor12131617181416171817161416161315151618181818181818181718181818181818
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 edit

Top goalscorers edit

"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

Hat-tricks edit

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

Awards edit

Annual awards edit

Award[35] Winner Club
Player of the Season   Edin Višća Başakşehir
Goalkeeper of the Season   Mert Günok Başakşehir
Defender of the Season   Alexandru Epureanu Başakşehir
Midfielder of the Season   Edin Višća Başakşehir
Forward of the Season   Burak Yılmaz Beşiktaş
Young Player of the Season   Dorukhan Tokoz Beşiktaş
Manager of the Season   Abdullah Avcı Başakşehir
Team of the Season[36]
Goalkeeper   Mert Günok (Başakşehir)
Defence   Gökhan Gönül (Beşiktaş)   Domagoj Vida (Beşiktaş)   Alexandru Epureanu (Başakşehir)   Hasan Ali Kaldırım

(Fenerbahçe)

Midfield  

Emre Belözoğlu (Başakşehir)

  Adem Ljajic (Beşiktaş)   Dorukhan Toköz (Beşiktaş)
Attack   Edin Visca (Başakşehir)   Burak Yılmaz (Beşiktaş)   Trézéguet (Kasımpaşa)

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