2020–21 Süper Lig

Süper Lig 2020–21
Season information
Dates	11 September 2020–15 May 2021
Winners	Beşiktaş
Relegated	BB Erzurumspor Ankaragücü Gençlerbirliği Denizlispor
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Beşiktaş Galatasaray
Europa League	Fenerbahçe
Europa Conference League	Trabzonspor Sivasspor
Season statistics
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1136
Top goalscorer	Aaron Boupendza (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Beşiktaş 7–0 Hatayspor (1 May 2021)
Biggest away win	Antalyaspor 0–6 Hatayspor (29 December 2020)
Highest scoring	Kayserispor 6–3 Denizlispor (28 April 2021) Gaziantep 4–5 Çaykur Rizespor (11 May 2021)
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The 2020–21 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig 2020–21 season, was the 63rd season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.

Teams

A total of 21 teams contested the league, including 18 sides from the 2019–20 season and three promoted from the 2019–20 TFF First League, including Hatayspor and BB Erzurumspor, and the winner of the 2019–20 TFF First League playoffs, Fatih Karagümrük. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2021–22 TFF First League.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Alanyaspor	Antalya (Alanya)	Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium	10,130
Ankaragücü	Ankara (Yenimahalle)	Eryaman Stadium	20,071
Antalyaspor	Antalya (Muratpaşa)	Antalya Stadium	32,537
Beşiktaş	Istanbul (Beşiktaş)	Vodafone Park	41,188
BB Erzurumspor	Erzurum	Kazım Karabekir Stadium	21,374
Çaykur Rizespor	Rize	Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı	15,332
Denizlispor	Denizli	Denizli Atatürk Stadium	18,745
Fatih Karagümrük	Istanbul (Fatih)	Vefa Stadium	6,500
Fenerbahçe	Istanbul (Kadıköy)	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	47,834
Galatasaray	Istanbul (Sarıyer)	Türk Telekom Stadium	52,223
Gaziantep F.K.	Gaziantep	Gaziantep Arena	33,502
Gençlerbirliği	Ankara (Yenimahalle)	Eryaman Stadium	20,071
Göztepe	İzmir	Gürsel Aksel Stadium	25,035
Hatayspor	Hatay	Antakya Atatürk Stadium	6,015
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
Alanyaspor	Erol Bulut	Efecan Karaca	Uhlsport	TAV Airports
Ankaragücü	İbrahim Üzülmez	Sedat Ağçay	Nike	Merkez Ankara
Antalyaspor	Tamer Tuna	Yekta Kurtuluş	Nike	Regnum Carya
Beşiktaş	Sergen Yalçın	Atiba Hutchinson	Adidas	Vodafone
BB Erzurumspor	Mehmet Özdilek		Uhlsport	Eminevim
Çaykur Rizespor	Stjepan Tomas	Orhan Ovacıklı	Nike	Çaykur
Denizlispor		Hugo Rodallega	Nike	Yukatel
Fatih Karagümrük			Wulfz	Bayramoğlu Holding
Fenerbahçe		Hasan Ali Kaldırım	Adidas	Avis
Galatasaray	Fatih Terim	Fernando Muslera	Nike	Terra Pizza
Gaziantep F.K.	Marius Șumudică	Günay Güvenç	Nike	Sanko
Gençlerbirliği		Stéphane Sessègnon	Nike
Göztepe	İlhan Palut	Beto	Puma	Türkerler
Hatayspor			Adidas	Yayla
İstanbul Başakşehir	Okan Buruk	Mahmut Tekdemir	Macron	Mall Of Istanbul
Kasımpaşa	Fuat Çapa		Nike	Ciner
Kayserispor	Robert Prosinečki	Silviu Lung Jr.	Nike	İstikbal
Konyaspor	Bülent Korkmaz	Ali Turan	Lotto	Spor Toto
Sivasspor	Rıza Çalımbay	Ziya Erdal	Adidas	Demir İnşaat
Trabzonspor		José Sosa	Macron	Vestel
Yeni Malatyaspor	Hikmet Karaman	Murat Yıldırım	Macron	Medicana

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Çaykur Rizespor	Ünal Karaman	Resignation	14 July 2020	Pre-season	Stjepan Tomas	27 July 2020
Hatayspor	Mehmet Altıparmak	Mutual agreement	23 July 2020		Ömer Erdoğan	11 August 2020
Fenerbahçe	Tahir Karapınar	End of interim period	27 July 2020		Erol Bulut	5 August 2020
Denizlispor	Levent Kartop		27 July 2020		Robert Prosinečki	10 August 2020
Kasımpaşa	Fuat Çapa	End of contract	27 July 2020		Mehmet Altıparmak	11 August 2020
Ankaragücü	İbrahim Üzülmez		27 July 2020		Fuat Çapa	8 August 2020
Gençlerbirliği	Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Mutual agreement	29 July 2020		Mert Nobre	3 August 2020
Fatih Karagümrük	Atılay Canel	End of interim period	31 July 2020		Şenol Can	1 August 2020
Alanyaspor	Erol Bulut	End of contract	3 August 2020		Çağdaş Atan	6 August 2020
Kayserispor	Robert Prosinečki		6 August 2020		Bayram Bektaş	10 August 2020
Yeni Malatyaspor	Hikmet Karaman	Mutual agreement	19 August 2020		Hamza Hamzaoğlu	19 August 2020
Konyaspor	Bülent Korkmaz	Resignation	12 September 2020		İsmail Kartal	13 September 2020
Antalyaspor	Tamer Tuna	Mutual agreement	29 October 2020	7th	Ersun Yanal	11 November 2020
Trabzonspor	Eddie Newton		31 October 2020	19th	Abdullah Avcı	10 November 2020
Kayserispor	Bayram Bektaş		1 November 2020	17th	Samet Aybaba	11 November 2020
Kasımpaşa	Mehmet Altıparmak		2 November 2020	6th	İrfan Buz	13 November 2020
Gençlerbirliği	Mert Nobre		10 November 2020	19th	Mustafa Kaplan	14 November 2020
Ankaragücü	Fuat Çapa		22 November 2020	21st
Denizlispor	Robert Prosinečki		25 November 2020	20th	Yalçın Koşukavak	15 December 2020
Kasımpaşa	İrfan Buz	Resignation	27 November 2020	10th	Fuat Çapa	28 November 2020
BB Erzurumspor	Mehmet Özdilek	Mutual agreement	30 November 2020	17th	Hüseyin Çimşir	2 December 2020
	Hüseyin Çimşir		21 December 2020	21st	Mesut Bakkal	25 December 2020
Kayserispor	Samet Aybaba		4 January 2021	21st	Dan Petrescu	10 January 2021
Göztepe	İlhan Palut	Resignation	10 January 2021	14th
Gaziantep	Marius Șumudică	Mutual agreement	10 January 2021	4th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beşiktaş (C)	40	26	6	8	89	44	+45	84	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Galatasaray	40	26	6	8	80	36	+44	84	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Fenerbahçe	40	25	7	8	72	41	+31	82	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Trabzonspor	40	19	14	7	50	37	+13	71	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Sivasspor	40	16	17	7	54	43	+11	65	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Hatayspor	40	17	10	13	62	53	+9	61
7	Alanyaspor	40	17	9	14	58	45	+13	60
8	Fatih Karagümrük	40	16	12	12	64	52	+12	60
9	Gaziantep	40	15	13	12	59	51	+8	58
10	Göztepe	40	13	12	15	59	59	0	51
11	Konyaspor	40	12	14	14	49	48	+1	50
12	İstanbul Başakşehir	40	12	12	16	43	55	−12	48
13	Çaykur Rizespor	40	12	12	16	53	69	−16	48
14	Kasımpaşa	40	12	10	18	47	57	−10	46
15	Yeni Malatyaspor	40	10	15	15	49	53	−4	45
16	Antalyaspor	40	9	17	14	41	55	−14	44
17	Kayserispor	40	9	14	17	35	52	−17	41
18	BB Erzurumspor (R)	40	10	10	20	44	68	−24	40	Relegation to TFF First League
19	Ankaragücü (R)	40	10	8	22	46	65	−19	38
20	Gençlerbirliği (R)	40	10	8	22	44	76	−32	38
21	Denizlispor (R)	40	6	10	24	38	77	−39	28

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

Kits

External links

• Official website (Turkish) (English)

2020–21 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)
2019–20                                                        2021–22