Fixtures
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/19 17:00 | 17 |
Kocaelispor vs Antalyaspor
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| 12/21 11:30 | 17 |
Alanyaspor vs Fatih Karagumruk
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| 12/21 18:00 | 17 |
Goztepe vs Samsunspor
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| 12/21 18:00 | 17 |
Galatasaray vs Kasimpasa
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| 12/21 18:00 | - |
Alanyaspor vs Fatih Karagumruk
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| 12/21 18:00 | 17 |
Istanbul Basaksehir vs Gaziantep FK
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| 12/21 18:00 | - |
Besiktas vs Caykur Rizespor
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| 12/21 18:00 | - |
Genclerbirligi vs Trabzonspor
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| 12/21 18:00 | - |
Kocaelispor vs Antalyaspor
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| 12/21 18:00 | - |
Eyupspor vs Fenerbahce
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| 12/21 18:00 | - |
Konyaspor vs Kayserispor
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| 12/22 17:00 | 17 |
Genclerbirligi vs Trabzonspor
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Results
| Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/15 17:00 | 16 |
[3] Fenerbahce vs Konyaspor
[12]
|
4-0 |
| 12/14 17:00 | 16 |
[2] Trabzonspor vs Besiktas
[5]
|
3-3 |
| 12/14 17:00 | 16 |
[6] Samsunspor vs Istanbul Basaksehir
[11]
|
0-2 |
| 12/14 14:00 | 16 |
[18] Fatih Karagumruk vs Kocaelispor
[8]
|
1-1 |
| 12/14 11:30 | 16 |
[7] Gaziantep FK vs Goztepe
[4]
|
0-1 |
| 12/13 17:00 | 16 |
[15] Antalyaspor vs Galatasaray
[1]
|
1-4 |
| 12/13 14:00 | 16 |
[17] Kayserispor vs Alanyaspor
[10]
|
0-0 |
| 12/13 11:30 | 16 |
[13] Caykur Rizespor vs Eyupspor
[16]
|
3-0 |
| 12/12 17:00 | 16 |
[15] Kasimpasa vs Genclerbirligi
[14]
|
0-0 |
| 12/08 17:00 | 15 |
[6] Besiktas vs Gaziantep FK
[7]
|
2-2 |
| 12/08 17:00 | 15 |
[10] Alanyaspor vs Antalyaspor
[15]
|
0-0 |
| 12/07 17:00 | 15 |
[4] Goztepe vs Trabzonspor
[3]
|
1-2 |
Teams
Istanbul Basaksehir
Fenerbahce
Trabzonspor
Kasimpasa
Konyaspor
Besiktas
Galatasaray
Antalyaspor
Kayserispor
Alanyaspor
Sivasspor
Caykur Rizespor
Goztepe
Gazisehir Gaziantep FK
Genclerbirligi
Fatih Karagumruk
Ankaragucu
Yeni Malatyaspor
Hatayspor
Bursaspor
Akhisarspor
Adana Demirspor
Samsunspor
Ankaraspor
Karabukspor
Gaziantepspor
Denizlispor
Istanbulspor
Giresunspor
Erzurumspor FK
Eyupspor
Eskisehirspor
Mersin Idmanyurdu
Pendikspor
Altay SK Izmir
Bodrum FK
Kocaelispor
Adanaspor
Umraniyespor
Kayseri Erciyesspor
Balikesirspor
Wikipedia - Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈsypæɾ liɟ], Super League), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. Eighteen teams compete, where a champion is decided and three clubs are promoted from, and another three relegated to the 1. Lig. The season runs from August to May, with each club playing 34 matches. Matches are played Friday through Monday.
Run by the Turkish Football Federation, the league succeeded the Turkish Football Championship and the National Division, both being former top-level national competitions. The Süper Lig is currently 9th in the UEFA coefficient ranking of leagues based on club performances in European competitions over the last five years. A total of 75 clubs have competed in the Süper Lig, but only 6 have won the title to date: Galatasaray (25), Fenerbahçe (19), Beşiktaş (16), Trabzonspor (7), Başakşehir (1) and Bursaspor (1).
History
Football in Turkey stems back to the late 19th century, when Englishmen brought the game with them while living in Salonica (then part of the Ottoman Empire). The first league competition was the Istanbul Football League, which took place in the 1904–05 season. The league went through several variations until the creation of the Millî Lig (Süper Lig) in 1959. Between the creation of the Istanbul League and Millî Lig, several other regional leagues took place: Adana (1924), Ankara (1922), Eskişehir (1924), İzmir (1924), Bursa (1924), and Trabzon (1922), to name a few. The first competition to bring forth a national champion was the former Turkish Football Championship, which began in 1924 and continued until 1951. The championship format was based on a knockout competition, contested between the winners of each of the country's top regional leagues. The National Division (Turkish: Millî Küme) was the first national league competition in Turkey. Started in 1937, the National Division consisted of the strongest clubs from the Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir leagues. The championship lasted until 1950.
In 1952 the TFF introduced professionalism in Turkish football. As a result, the former Turkish Football Championship lost its first level status. Since there was no top-level national champion in the period from 1952 to 1955, the Turkish federation sent Galatasaray, winners of the 1955–56 Istanbul League, to the European Cup in the 1956–57 season.
Protests of some Ankara and İzmir clubs regarding this decision, as well as UEFA deciding to only accept national champions to the European Cup from that season on induced the TFF to establish the Federation Cup in 1956. It is the first professional national football league in Turkey and the predecessor to the Super League(Millî Lig). The competition took place as a knock-out tournament to decide a national champion. This champion would go on to participate in the European Cup. The competition was held for two seasons until it was replaced by the Millî Lig. Beşiktaş won both editions and qualified for the European Cup during the two-year span. However, since the TFF failed to register their name for the draw in time, Beşiktaş could not participate in the 1957–58 season after all.
The top clubs of Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir competed in the 1959 Turkish National League. The first season took place in the calendar year of 1959, instead of 1958 to 1959, since the qualifying stages took place in 1958. The 16 clubs who competed in the first season were: Adalet (Istanbul), Altay (İzmir), Ankaragücü (Ankara), Ankara Demirspor (Ankara), Beşiktaş (Istanbul), Beykoz (Istanbul), Karagümrük (Istanbul), Fenerbahçe (Istanbul), Galatasaray (Istanbul), Gençlerbirliği (Ankara), Göztepe (İzmir), Hacettepe Gençlik (Ankara), İstanbulspor, İzmirspor, Karşıyaka (İzmir), and Vefa (Istanbul). The first champions were Fenerbahçe and the first "Gol Kralı" (top scorer) was Metin Oktay. No clubs were promoted or relegated at the end of the first season.
The 2. Lig (Second League) was created at the start of the 1963–64 season and the Millî Lig became known as the 1.Lig (First League). Before the foundation of a second division, the bottom three clubs competed with regional league winners in a competition called the Baraj Games. The top three teams of the group were promoted to the Süper Lig. After the foundation of a new second division in 2001, known as the 1. Lig, the formerly titled 1. Lig was rebranded as Süper Lig. The Süper Lig is home of the Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray derby, the most watched football game in Turkey. It is considered to be one of the best and most intense in the world, being ranked among the greatest football rivalries of all time by various international sources.
On 12 December 2023, the Turkish Football Federation suspended all league games indefinitely following an incident during a match between MKE Ankaragucu and Caykur Rizespor which involved fans being able to successfully invade the pitch and people, including recent MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca, being arrested after attacking referee Halil Umut Meler. Koca would resign from MKE Ankaragucu as well. However, on 13 December, the same day Meler was discharged from the hospital it was soon agreed that Super Lig matches would resume on 19 December.