2022–23 Hatayspor season

The 2022–23 season was the 55th season in the existence of Hatayspor and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Hatayspor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Hatayspor

2022–23 season
President	Nihat Tazeaslan
Head coach	Volkan Demirel
Stadium	New Hatay Stadium
Süper Lig	19th (withdrew)[1]
Turkish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ayoub El Kaabi (8) All: Ayoub El Kaabi (8)
Highest home attendance	18,628 (vs. Beşiktaş, 24 October 2022, Süper Lig)
Lowest home attendance	3,233 (vs. Giresunspor, 24 December 2022, Süper Lig)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season overview

Turkey–Syria earthquake and aftermath

On 12 February 2023, Turkish Football Federation announced Hatayspor's withdrawal from the league due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, which widely hit the club's home city.^[1]

On 18 February, having been missing since the quake, first-team player Christian Atsu's body was found and he was later pronounced dead.^[2][3][4] Three days later, the body of sporting director Taner Savut was recovered close to where Atsu had been found.^[5]

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2022^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Erce Kardeşler 3 DF  GUI Simon Falette 4 MF  TUR Onur Ergün 5 DF  BIH Ognjen Vranješ 6 MF  TUR Musa Çağıran 7 MF  POR Rúben Ribeiro 8 MF  FRA Mehdi Boudjemaa 9 FW  CGO Dylan Saint-Louis 10 MF  FRA Rayane Aabid 11 FW  GEO Saba Lobzhanidze 12 DF  TUR Kamil Çörekçi 15 DF  TUR Recep Burak Yılmaz 16 MF  TUR Selimcan Temel 19 MF  BEL Muhammed Mert

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  LBR Mohammed Kamara 21 FW  HUN Kevin Varga 23 DF  CAN Sam Adekugbe 25 FW  MAR Ayoub El Kaabi 26 DF  TUR Kaan Kanak 31 GK  TUR Abdullah Yiğiter 33 FW  TUR Koray Yağcı 53 DF  TUR Burak Öksüz 77 MF  TUR Sadik Baş 99 FW  TUR Bertuğ Yıldırım — FW  CPV Zé Luís — FW  CMR Kévin Soni (on loan from Asteras Tripolis) — DF  TUR Kerim Alici — MF  GHA Christian Atsu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Nazım Özcan (at Dynamic Herb Cebu)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pre-season

Hatayspor v Çaykur Rizespor

15 July 2022 Friendly	Hatayspor	1–3	Çaykur Rizespor	Erzurum, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Training Center

Erzurumspor v Hatayspor

18 July 2022 Friendly	Erzurumspor	0–1	Hatayspor	Erzurum, Turkey
17:30 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Training Center

Ümraniyespor v Hatayspor

23 July 2022 Friendly	Ümraniyespor	3–0	Hatayspor	Erzurum, Turkey
17:30 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Training Center

Adanaspor v Hatayspor

5 August 2022 Friendly	Adanaspor	2–2	Hatayspor	Adana, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Çatalan Sports Facilities

Mid-season

Fatih Karagümrük v Hatayspor

8 December 2022 Friendly	Fatih Karagümrük	2–0	Hatayspor	Antalya, Turkey
16:05 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Calista Sports Center

Hatayspor v Liepāja

11 December 2022 Friendly	Hatayspor	3–1	Liepāja	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Calista Sports Center

Gaziantep v Hatayspor

14 December 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	1–2	Hatayspor	Antalya, Turkey
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Sueno Sports Center - Pitch 1

Hatayspor v Lazio

16 December 2022 Friendly	Hatayspor	2–5	Lazio	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	12 August 2022	5 February 2023	Matchday 1	19th (withdrew)	36	6	5	25	19	83	−64	016.67
Turkish Cup	19 October 2022	19 October 2022	Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					37	6	5	26	19	85	−66	016.22

Source: Competitions

Süper Lig

Main article: 2022–23 Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Alanyaspor	36	11	8	17	54	70	−16	41[a]
16	Giresunspor (R)	36	10	10	16	42	60	−18	40	Relegation to TFF First League
17	Ümraniyespor (R)	36	7	9	20	47	64	−17	30
18	Gaziantep[b]	36	6	7	23	31	72	−41	25	Withdrawn
19	Hatayspor[b]	36	6	5	25	19	83	−64	23

Source: Süper Lig
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.^[9]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.
2. On 12 February 2023, Gaziantep and Hatayspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[7][8]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	6	5	25	19	83	−64	23	4	4	17	12	37	−25	2	1	8	7	46	−39

Source: TFF.org

Results by round

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	B	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	B	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	B	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	13	16	16	19	17	18	19	18	17	18	15	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	15	17	14	15	18⁣	18⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣

Source: TFF.org
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Trabzonspor v Hatayspor

12 August 2022 2	Trabzonspor	1–0	Hatayspor	Trabzon
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ömür 71' Bakasetas  90'	Report	Ribeiro  11' Çağıran  45' Kamara  90+1'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Attendance: 29,789 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Hatayspor v Gaziantep

20 August 2022 3	Hatayspor	1–2	Gaziantep	Antakya
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	El Kaabi 31' Vranješ  58' Çörekçi  59'	Report	Figueiredo 7' Maxim  34' Jevtović 49'  82' Marković  51'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

Kasımpaşa v Hatayspor

28 August 2022 4	Kasımpaşa	1–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Hajradinović 36' Eysseric  59' Engin  90+2' Fall  90+4'	Report	Yılmaz  81'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 1,776 Referee: Mert Güzenge

Hatayspor v Adana Demirspor

4 September 2022 5	Hatayspor	1–1	Adana Demirspor	Antakya
19:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Ergün 21' El Kaabi  72' Falette  72' Adekugbe  75' Kardeşler  90+6' Ribeiro  90+7' Yiğiter  90+10'	Report	Özbir  72' Onyekuru  72' Sanuç 90+9'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 8,969 Referee: Burak Şeker

Konyaspor v Hatayspor

10 September 2022 6	Konyaspor	1–0	Hatayspor	Eskişehir
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bytyqi  33' Paz 66'	Report	Çörekçi  33'	Stadium: New Eskişehir Stadium Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

Hatayspor v Kayserispor

16 September 2022 7	Hatayspor	0–4	Kayserispor	Antakya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Falette  89'	Report	Mensah 5' (pen.) Cardoso 44' Bayazit  75' Bertolacci 87' Gavranović 90' (pen.)	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 4,416 Referee: Çağdaş Altay

Sivasspor v Hatayspor

2 October 2022 8	Sivasspor	1–2	Hatayspor	Sivas
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Yeşilyurt 23' Yatabaré  51'	Report	El Kaabi 14' Yıldırım 20' Ribeiro  41'  42'  Kanak  80' Kardeşler  81' Vranješ  81'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 3,384 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

Hatayspor v Alanyaspor

9 October 2022 9	Hatayspor	1–0	Alanyaspor	Antakya
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Mehdi Boudjemaa  41' Burak Öksüz 72' Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi  88'	Report	Karaca  81' Balkovec  82'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 7,373 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Fatih Karagümrük v Hatayspor

15 October 2022 10	Fatih Karagümrük	3–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Durmaz  11' Caulker 36' Nicholas  38' Borini 45+3' Biraschi  81' Diagne 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Öksüz  21' Ergün  81'	Stadium: Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

Hatayspor v Beşiktaş

24 October 2022 11	Hatayspor	2–1	Beşiktaş	Antakya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Boudjemaa  28' Vranješ  40' Zé Luís 50' Çörekçi  90' Kanak 90' Ergün  90+6'	Report	Weghorst 1' Redmond  90+2'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 18,628 Referee: Kadir Sağlam

Ankaragücü v Hatayspor

30 October 2022 12	Ankaragücü	4–1	Hatayspor	Ankara
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 3' Mujakić  58' Antalyalı 61' Sowe 69' Ciğerci  89' Diack 90+2'	Report	El Kaabi 86' (pen.)  89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 10,327 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

Hatayspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

7 November 2022 13	Hatayspor	3–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Antakya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yıldırım 12' Vranješ  74' El Kaabi 75' Adekugbe  80' Zé Luís 81' Boudjemaa  90+1'	Report	Youssouf Ndayishimiye  42' Aleksić  45+5' 65' Chouiar  56' Traoré 60' Gürler 90+1'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

İstanbulspor v Hatayspor

13 November 2022 14	İstanbulspor	0–1	Hatayspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Rroca  23' Ologo  76' Ebert  88'	Report	El Kaabi 24' (pen.)  42' Ergün  69' Kanak  72' Aabid  79' Boudjemaa  90+1'	Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Attendance: 786 Referee: Mert Güzenge

Hatayspor v Giresunspor

24 December 2022 15	Hatayspor	1–1	Giresunspor	Antakya
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Öksüz  23' Yıldırım 75' Adekugbe  86'	Report	Uludağ  40' Campuzano  83' Bajić 87' Sağlam  89'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 3,233 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Fenerbahçe v Hatayspor

27 December 2022 16	Fenerbahçe	4–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	King 20',  51' Batshuayi 26' Dursun 86' Gustavo Henrique 90+5' Yandaş  90+6'	Report	Adekugbe  15' Yıldırım  71' Ergün  85'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 32,961 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

Ümraniyespor v Hatayspor

3 January 2023 17	Ümraniyespor	2–2	Hatayspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Oğuz Gürbulak  30' Durel Avounou 39' Umut Nayir 67' (pen.) Allyson Aires dos Santos  79' Isaac Sackey  90+4' Serkan Göksu  90+7'	Report	El Kaabi 24' Saba Lobjanidze 53' Simon Falette  65' Ognjen Vranješ  71'	Stadium: Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium Attendance: 728 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Hatayspor v Antalyaspor

7 January 2023 18	Hatayspor	0–0	Antalyaspor	Antakya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yıldırım  64' Vranješ  85'	Report	Sertel  49' Sarı  58'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 3,937 Referee: Yasin Kol

Galatasaray v Hatayspor

13 January 2023 19	Galatasaray	4–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Aktürkoğlu 9' Mata 45+4', 45+6' Gomis 76'	Report		Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 42,901 Referee: Kadir Sağlam

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Hatayspor v Trabzonspor

28 January 2023 21	Hatayspor	2–1	Trabzonspor	Antakya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	El Kaabi 47' Yıldırım 50' Çağıran  53' Boudjemaa  66' Ribeiro  76' Çörekçi  90+6'	Report	Bardhi 9' Çakır  17' Peres  27'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 10,216 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

Gaziantep v Hatayspor

1 February 2023 22	Gaziantep	4–1	Hatayspor	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Djilobodji  35' Jevtović 38' Marković 56', 77' Soyalp  71' Artan  87' Merkel 88' Stankovski  90+6'	Report	El Kaabi 27' Kanak  79' Kardeşler  90+7'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 4,001 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

Hatayspor v Kasımpaşa

5 February 2023 23	Hatayspor	1–0	Kasımpaşa	Antakya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Zé Luís  39' Ribeiro  64' Atsu 90+7'	Report	Eysseric  63' Tırpan  64' Koita  90+1'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 4,470 Referee: Murat Erdoğan

Adana Demirspor v Hatayspor

24	Adana Demirspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Adana
				Stadium: New Adana Stadium

Hatayspor v Konyaspor

25	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Konyaspor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Kayserispor v Hatayspor

26	Kayserispor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Kayseri
				Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium

Hatayspor v Sivasspor

27	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Sivasspor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Alanyaspor v Hatayspor

28	Alanyaspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Antalya
				Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium

Hatayspor v Fatih Karagümrük

29	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Fatih Karagümrük	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Beşiktaş v Hatayspor

30	Beşiktaş	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Istanbul
				Stadium: Vodafone Park

Hatayspor v Ankaragücü

31	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Ankaragücü	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Hatayspor

32	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Istanbul
				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Hatayspor v İstanbulspor

33	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	İstanbulspor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Giresunspor v Hatayspor

34	Giresunspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Giresun
				Stadium: Çotanak Sports Complex

Hatayspor v Fenerbahçe

35	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Fenerbahçe	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Hatayspor v Ümraniyespor

36	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Ümraniyespor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Antalyaspor v Hatayspor

37	Antalyaspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Antalya
				Stadium: Antalya Stadium

Hatayspor v Galatasaray

38	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Galatasaray	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Turkish Cup

Hatayspor v Düzcespor

19 October 2022 Third round	Hatayspor	0–2	Düzcespor	Antakya
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)			Gündoğdu 31' Karadağ 90+6'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

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