2017–18 Süper Lig

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.

Süper Lig
Season2017–18
Dates11 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsGalatasaray
21st title
RelegatedKarabükspor
Gençlerbirliği
Osmanlıspor
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
Fenerbahçe
Europa Leagueİstanbul Başakşehir
Beşiktaş
Akhisarspor
Matches played306
Goals scored906 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerBafétimbi Gomis (29 goals)
Biggest home winİstanbul 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 winKarabükspor 0-7 Galatasaray
(3 March 2018)
Karabükspor 0–7 Fenerbahçe
(14 May 2018)
Highest scoringTrabzonspor 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 runFenerbahçe
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runFenerbahçe
(15 matches)
Longest winless runAkhisar Belediyespor
(14 matches)
Longest losing runKarabükspor
(12 matches)
Highest attendance50,291
Galatasaray 0–0 Fenerbahçe
22 October 2017
2017-18 2. day Fenerbahçe-Trabzonspor pre-match

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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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

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TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerSponsor
Akhisar Belediyespor Okan Buruk Caner OsmanpaşaNike
Alanyaspor Mesut Bakkal Haydar YılmazKappaTAV Airports
Antalyaspor Hamza HamzaoğluVacantNikeIATI
Atiker Konyaspor Sergen Yalçın Ali ÇamdalıHummelSpor Toto
Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş Tolga ZenginAdidasVodafone
Bursaspor Mustafa Er Pablo BatallaPumaWarmhaus
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

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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]16th Tony Popovic1 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

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Galatasaray (C)3424377533+4275Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Fenerbahçe3421947836+4272[a]Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3İstanbul Başakşehir3422666234+2872[a]Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4Beşiktaş3421856930+3971Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5Trabzonspor34151096351+1255
6Göztepe341310114950−149[b]
7Sivasspor34147134553−849[b]
8Kasımpaşa34137145758−146
9Kayserispor34128144455−1144
10Yeni Malatyaspor341110133845−743
11Akhisarspor34119144453−942Qualification for the Europa League group stage[c]
12Alanyaspor34117165559−440
13Bursaspor34116174348−539
14Antalyaspor34108164059−1938
15Konyaspor3499163842−436
16Osmanlıspor (R)3489174960−1133[d]Relegation to TFF First League
17Gençlerbirliği (R)3489173754−1733[d]
18Kardemir Karabükspor (R)3433282086−6612
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fenerbahçe ahead of Başakşehir on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe 2–3 Başakşehir, Başakşehir 0–2 Fenerbahçe.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Osmanlıspor ahead of Gençlerbirliği on head-to-head points: Osmanlıspor 6 pts, Gençlerbirliği 0 pts.

Results

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Home \ AwayAKHALNANTBAŞBEŞBURFENGALGENGÖZKARKSMKAYKONOSMSİVTRAMLT
Akhisar Belediyespor0–41–11–20–31–01–01–23–31–12–12–10–23–02–11–01–30–0
Alanyaspor3–13–24–11–23–11–42–34–11–11–11–31–21–21–11–11–21–0
Antalyaspor2–23–10–21–22–00–11–11–11–32–12–12–10–03–01–41–23–1
İstanbul Başakşehir2–12–14–11–01–00–25–11–12–05–03–23–12–11–01–12–21–0
Beşiktaş0–01–02–01–12–13–13–01–05–15–02–12–02–05–15–12–23–1
Bursaspor3–03–24–00–32–20–11–21–10–02–10–11–02–13–11–01–30–0
Fenerbahçe2–33–04–12–32–12–10–02–22–12–04–23–33–22–04–12–23–1
Galatasaray4–22–03–02–02–05–00–05–13–13–22–04–12–12–03–02–12–0
Gençlerbirliği1–10–10–11–02–11–01–21–03–01–10–01–22–10–34–00–00–1
Göztepe2–03–32–11–21–32–12–20–13–25–00–21–11–03–31–03–20–0
Kardemir Karabükspor0–31–01–23–10–11–40–70–70–20–10–21–00–10–40–11–12–4
Kasımpaşa2–03–22–31–22–22–21–42–13–13–12–01–12–11–12–30–33–2
Kayserispor1–21–22–01–11–13–10–51–33–21–03–23–22–12–21–10–00–1
Konyaspor2–00–21–11–11–10–31–10–23–01–12–02–02–01–05–02–20–1
Osmanlıspor3–23–00–01–42–32–11–11–32–00–23–03–00–10–02–43–30–0
Sivasspor1–12–23–11–02–10–01–22–11–02–31–02–20–22–13–21–22–0
Trabzonspor1–63–43–00–10–21–01–12–13–10–03–02–54–02–14–30–24–1
Yeni Malatyaspor0–01–11–10–20–02–40–22–14–12–33–11–13–21–13–11–01–0
Source: Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Galatasaray1111111111111213222212111112111111
Fenerbahçe813611847568753332333333444444443222
İstanbul Başakşehir71143565452222121111121223221332333
Beşiktaş4322222673334444444444332333224444
Trabzonspor558599911131112118877755667676555555555
Göztepe A.Ş.91496334225887766677778787788766666
Sivasspor14814161115119995691099888886868867877777
Kasımpaşa22741010131414131312101111111111111111911121112109999988
Kayserispor1812117453744445555566555555676688899
Yeni Malatyaspor3101013141112131110111313131310101091091099910910101011101010
Akhisar Belediyespor663867633699119101212121314121210101091111121212141211
Alanyaspor1517161213128101012101012121213131312121416151513131414141513131412
Bursaspor1391397810887676688991091011121112111213131110111113
Antalyaspor17151515161315171215141414141616151616151514141415141312111314121314
Konyaspor1271214151414151714151515161514161717171615161617171716161415151515
Osmanlıspor16181717181817181818171716151415141415161717171716151517171616161616
Gençlerbirliği10161818171718161617181818171717171514131313131314161615151717171717
Kardemir Karabükspor114510121616121516161617181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
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

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Top goalscorers

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"Süper Lig Top Goalscorers". TFF. Retrieved 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

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As of 19 May 2018
DatePlayerForAgainstResult
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
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards

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Annual awards

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Award[16]WinnerClub
Player of the Season Bafétimbi GomisGalatasaray
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[17]
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

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References

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