2016–17 Süper Lig

Süper Lig 2016–17
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Beşiktaş
Europa League
Season statistics
Matches played	279
Goals scored	749
Top goalscorer	Vágner Love (Alanyaspor) (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Galatasaray 6–0 Akhisar Bld. (28 January 2017) Çaykur Rizespor 6–0 Bursaspor (7 May 2017) Akhisar Bld. 6–0 Gaziantepspor (8 May 2017)
Biggest away win	Alanyaspor 0–5 Başakşehir (2 October 2016) Bursaspor 0–5 Galatasaray (1 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Alanyaspor 4–3 Gaziantepspor (5 November 2016) Kayserispor 3–4 Gaziantepspor (18 March 2017) Trabzonspor 3–4 Beşiktaş (8 April 2017)
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The 2016–17 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) is the 59th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.

Teams

• Adanaspor, Karabükspor and Alanyaspor promoted from 2015–16 TFF First League. Karabükspor made immediate return, whereas Adanaspor returned top level after 12 years in lower leagues. Finally Alanyaspor defeated Adana Demirspor at play-off final and will make its debut at top level. Also, Antalya Province will have 2 teams in Süper Lig once.
• Sivasspor, Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu relegated to 2016–17 TFF First League. Sivasspor finished 11 year stint in top level, whereas Eskişehirspor finished 8 year one and Mersin İdmanyurdu returned second level after 2 years.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Adanaspor	Adana	KozArena	36,117
Akhisar Belediyespor	Akhisar, Manisa	Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium	16,597
Antalyaspor	Antalya	Antalya Arena	33,032
Konyaspor	Konya	Torku Arena	42,276
Alanyaspor	Alanya, Antalya	Alanya Oba Stadium	10,842
Beşiktaş	Beşiktaş, Istanbul	Vodafone Arena	41,903
Bursaspor	Bursa	Timsah Arena	43,877
Çaykur Rizespor	Rize	Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı	15,558
Fenerbahçe	Kadıköy, Istanbul	Ülker Stadium	50,509
Galatasaray	Şişli, Istanbul	Türk Telekom Arena	52,652
Gaziantepspor	Gaziantep	Gaziantep Arena	35,558
Gençlerbirliği	Ankara	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium	19,209
Kardemir Karabükspor	Karabük	Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium	14,200
Kasımpaşa	Beyoğlu, Istanbul	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium	14,234
Kayserispor	Kayseri	Kadir Has Stadium	32,864
İstanbul Başakşehir	Başakşehir, Istanbul	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium	17,801
Osmanlıspor	Ankara	Osmanlı Stadyumu	19,626
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	Akyazi Stadium	41,513

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Adanaspor	Krunoslav Jurčić	Bekir Yılmaz	Lotto
Akhisar Belediyespor	Tolunay Kafkas	Custódio	Nike
Antalyaspor	Rıza Çalımbay	Samuel Eto'o	Nike	İati
Konyaspor	Aykut Kocaman	Ali Çamdalı	Hummel	Spor Toto
Alanyaspor	Hüseyin Kalpar	Haydar Yılmaz	Kappa	TAV Airports
Beşiktaş	Şenol Güneş	Tolga Zengin	Adidas	Vodafone
Bursaspor	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Pablo Batalla	Puma	Warmhaus
Çaykur Rizespor	Hikmet Karaman	Orhan Ovacıklı	Nike	Çaykur
Fenerbahçe	Dick Advocaat	Volkan Demirel	Adidas	Nesine.com
Galatasaray	Jan Olde Riekerink	Selçuk İnan	Nike	Nef
Gaziantepspor	İsmail Kartal	Elyasa Süme	Adidas	Taraftar
Gençlerbirliği	İbrahim Üzülmez	Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	Lotto	ARTE
Kardemir Karabükspor	Igor Tudor	Ahmet Şahin	Adidas	Kardemir
Kasımpaşa	Kemal Özdeş	Adem Büyük	Nike	Halley
Kayserispor	Hakan Kutlu	Larrys Mabiala	Adidas	İstikbal
İstanbul Başakşehir	Abdullah Avcı	Emre Belözoğlu	Nike	Makro
Osmanlıspor	Mustafa Reşit Akçay	Erdal Kılıçaslan	Nike	ATG
Trabzonspor	Ersun Yanal	Onur Recep Kıvrak	Nike	QNB

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Trabzonspor	Hami Mandıralı	Sacked	13 May 2016	Last season	Ersun Yanal	17 May 2016
Gaziantepspor	Sergen Yalçın	Contract expired	30 May 2016	Pre-season	İsmail Kartal	21 July 2016
Kardemir Karabükspor	Yücel İldiz	Contract expired	3 June 2016	Pre-season	Igor Tudor	18 June 2015
Fenerbahçe	Vítor Pereira	Sacked	11 August 2016	Pre-season	Dick Advocaat	17 August 2016
Adanaspor	Engin İpekoğlu	Mutual agreement	18 August 2016	Pre-season	Krunoslav Jurčić	28 August 2016
Akhisar Belediyespor	Cihat Arslan	Mutual agreement	1 September 2016	7th	Tolunay Kafkas	4 September 2016
Antalyaspor	José Morais	Mutual agreement	6 October 2016	18th	Rıza Çalımbay	7 October 2016
Gençlerbirliği	İbrahim Üzülmez	Mutual agreement	7 November 2016	9th	Ümit Özat	7 November 2016
Adanaspor	Krunoslav Jurčić	Sacked	5 December 2016	18th	Levent Şahin	23 December 2016
Gaziantepspor	İsmail Kartal	Sacked	5 December 2016	15th	İbrahim Üzülmez	12 December 2016
Kayserispor	Hakan Kutlu	Resigned	6 December 2016	17th	Sergen Yalçın	4 January 2017
Alanyaspor	Hüseyin Kalpar	Resigned	16 January 2017	14th	Safet Sušić	27 January 2017
Bursaspor	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Sacked	21 January 2017	6th	Mutlu Topçu	30 January 2017
Gaziantepspor	İbrahim Üzülmez	Mutual agreement	24 January 2017	18th	Bülent Uygun	24 January 2017
Galatasaray	Jan Olde Riekerink	Sacked	15 February 2017	3rd	Igor Tudor	15 February 2017
Kardemir Karabükspor	Igor Tudor	Signed by Galatasaray	15 February 2017	10th	Zoran Barisic	17 February 2017
Osmanlıspor	Mustafa Reşit Akçay	Resigned	18 March 2017	12th	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	22 March 2017
Akhisar Belediyespor	Tolunay Kafkas	Resigned	18 March 2017	15th	Okan Buruk	23 March 2017
Adanaspor	Levent Şahin	Resigned	9 April 2017	18th	Eyüp Arın	10 April 2017
Kayserispor	Sergen Yalçın	Resigned	22 April 2017	15th	Mesut Bakkal	24 April 2017

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beşiktaş (C)	34	23	8	3	73	30	+43	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	21	10	3	63	28	+35	73	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Fenerbahçe	34	18	10	6	60	32	+28	64	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Galatasaray	34	20	4	10	65	40	+25	64	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Antalyaspor	34	17	7	10	47	40	+7	58
6	Trabzonspor	34	14	9	11	39	34	+5	51
7	Akhisar Belediyespor	34	14	6	14	46	42	+4	48
8	Gençlerbirliği	34	12	10	12	33	34	−1	46
9	Konyaspor	34	11	10	13	40	45	−5	43	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
10	Kasımpaşa	34	12	7	15	46	50	−4	43
11	Kardemir Karabükspor	34	12	7	15	38	48	−10	43
12	Alanyaspor	34	12	4	18	54	65	−11	40
13	Osmanlıspor	34	9	11	14	37	45	−8	38
14	Bursaspor	34	11	5	18	34	58	−24	38
15	Kayserispor	34	10	8	16	47	58	−11	38
16	Çaykur Rizespor (R)	34	10	6	18	44	53	−9	36	Relegation to TFF First League
17	Gaziantepspor (R)	34	7	5	22	30	65	−35	26
18	Adanaspor (R)	34	6	7	21	33	62	−29	25

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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

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
Beşiktaş	1	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
İstanbul Başakşehir	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Fenerbahçe	13	13	16	10	7	9	9	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Galatasaray	6	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Trabzonspor	4	6	13	14	11	12	12	10	11	13	13	14	12	10	12	13	12	11	9	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Antalyaspor	10	15	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Kasımpaşa	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	15	10	11	10	13	14	14	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	12	8	7	8	8	10	10	7	7
Akhisar Belediyespor	2	7	12	13	14	14	13	11	14	17	16	12	11	13	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	12	10	8
Gençlerbirliği	3	4	6	8	5	5	7	8	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	7	7	8	9
Konyaspor	8	11	5	7	9	8	8	9	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	6	7	7	9	10	8	10	9	7	7	8	8	9	10
Alanyaspor	18	10	9	6	8	11	11	16	16	12	14	11	13	12	11	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	12	13	14	13	11
Karabükspor	14	5	11	9	10	7	5	6	6	7	9	7	9	11	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	8	11	7	10	10	13	11	11	11	12
Osmanlıspor	11	12	7	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	6	9	7	7	10	12	12	12	11	9	9	12	13
Kayserispor	17	16	15	16	13	15	15	13	15	15	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14
Bursaspor	5	8	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	10	12	9	11	11	11	10	12	13	14	15
Çaykur Rizespor	9	18	10	12	16	16	16	14	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	r	r
Gaziantepspor	15	9	8	11	15	10	10	12	9	10	12	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	17	17	r	r
Adanaspor	12	14	14	15	12	13	14	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	r	r	r

Source: tff.org (Turkish)

	Leader / 2017–18 Champions League
	2017–18 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2017–18 TFF First League

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.

As of 19 May 2017

Team	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
Adanaspor	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D
Akhisar Belediyespor	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W
Alanyaspor	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W
Antalyaspor	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W
Beşiktaş	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W
Bursaspor	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
Çaykur Rizespor	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L
Fenerbahçe	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L
Galatasaray	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W
Gaziantepspor	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L
Gençlerbirliği	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L
İstanbul Başakşehir	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W
Kardemir Karabükspor	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L
Kasımpaşa	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W
Kayserispor	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W
Konyaspor	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L
Osmanlıspor	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L
Trabzonspor	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D

See also

• 2016–17 Turkish Cup
• 2016–17 TFF First League
• 2016–17 TFF Second League
• 2016–17 TFF Third League

External links

• Official website (Turkish) (English)

2016–17 in Turkish football
Domestic leagues
Süper Lig · TFF First League · TFF Second League · TFF Third League
Domestic cups
Turkish Cup · Turkish Super Cup
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
2015–16                                                        2017–18