2020–21 Süper Lig

63rd season of top-tier Turkish football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2020–21 Süper Lig, officially called the Süper Lig 2020–21 season, was the 63rd season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
Süper Lig
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 – 15 May 2021
ChampionsBeşiktaş
16th title
RelegatedBB Erzurumspor
Ankaragücü
Gençlerbirliği
Denizlispor
Champions LeagueBeşiktaş
Galatasaray
Europa LeagueFenerbahçe
Europa Conference LeagueTrabzonspor
Sivasspor
Matches played420
Goals scored1,136 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerAaron Boupendza
(22 goals)
Biggest home winBeşiktaş 7–0 Hatayspor
(1 May 2021)
Biggest away winAntalyaspor 0–6 Hatayspor
(29 December 2020)
Highest scoringKayserispor 6–3 Denizlispor
(28 April 2021)
Gaziantep 4–5 Çaykur Rizespor
(11 May 2021)
Longest winning runGalatasaray
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runSivasspor
(19 matches)
Longest winless runDenizlispor
Yeni Malatyaspor
(13 matches)
Longest losing runAnkaragücü
(6 matches)
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Teams

A total of 21 teams contested the league, including eighteen sides from the 2019–20 season and three promoted from the 2019–20 TFF First League, including Hatayspor and BB Erzurumspor, as well as the winners of the 2019–20 TFF First League playoffs, Fatih Karagümrük. Hatayspor made its debut in the Süper Lig. BB Erzurumspor made an immediate return after one season away. Fatih Karagümrük returned following a 36 year hiatus after achieving two successive promotions. They were also relegated to amateur level twice during this period. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2021–22 TFF First League.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Çaykur Rizespor Turkey Ünal Karaman Resignation 14 July 2020[1] Pre-season Croatia Stjepan Tomas 27 July 2020[2]
Hatayspor Turkey Mehmet Altıparmak Mutual agreement 23 July 2020[3] Turkey Ömer Erdoğan 11 August 2020[4]
Fenerbahçe Turkey Tahir Karapınar End of interim period 27 July 2020 Turkey Erol Bulut 5 August 2020[5]
Denizlispor Turkey Levent Kartop 27 July 2020 Croatia Robert Prosinečki 10 August 2020[6]
Kasımpaşa Turkey Fuat Çapa End of contract 27 July 2020[7] Turkey Mehmet Altıparmak 11 August 2020[8]
Ankaragücü Turkey İbrahim Üzülmez 27 July 2020 Turkey Fuat Çapa 8 August 2020[9]
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu Mutual agreement 29 July 2020[10] Turkey Mert Nobre 3 August 2020[11]
Fatih Karagümrük Turkey Atılay Canel End of interim period 31 July 2020 Bulgaria Şenol Can 1 August 2020[12]
Alanyaspor Turkey Erol Bulut End of contract 3 August 2020[13] Turkey Çağdaş Atan 6 August 2020[14]
Kayserispor Croatia Robert Prosinečki 6 August 2020[15] Turkey Bayram Bektaş 10 August 2020[16]
Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey Hikmet Karaman Mutual agreement 19 August 2020[17] Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu 19 August 2020[18]
Konyaspor Turkey Bülent Korkmaz Resignation 12 September 2020[19] Turkey İsmail Kartal 13 September 2020[20]
Antalyaspor Turkey Tamer Tuna Mutual agreement 29 October 2020[21] 7th Turkey Ersun Yanal 11 November 2020[22]
Trabzonspor England Eddie Newton 31 October 2020[23] 19th Turkey Abdullah Avcı 10 November 2020[24]
Kayserispor Turkey Bayram Bektaş 1 November 2020[25] 17th Turkey Samet Aybaba 11 November 2020[26]
Kasımpaşa Turkey Mehmet Altıparmak 2 November 2020[27] 6th Turkey İrfan Buz 13 November 2020[28]
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Mert Nobre 10 November 2020[29] 19th Turkey Mustafa Kaplan 14 November 2020[30]
Ankaragücü Turkey Fuat Çapa 22 November 2020[31] 21st Turkey Mustafa Dalcı 23 January 2021[32]
Denizlispor Croatia Robert Prosinečki 25 November 2020[33] 20th Turkey Yalçın Koşukavak 15 December 2020[34]
Kasımpaşa Turkey İrfan Buz Resignation 27 November 2020[35] 10th Turkey Fuat Çapa 28 November 2020[36]
BB Erzurumspor Turkey Mehmet Özdilek Mutual agreement 30 November 2020[37] 17th Turkey Hüseyin Çimşir 2 December 2020[38]
Turkey Hüseyin Çimşir 21 December 2020[39] 21st Turkey Mesut Bakkal 25 December 2020[40]
Kayserispor Turkey Samet Aybaba 4 January 2021[41] 21st Romania Dan Petrescu 10 January 2021[42]
Göztepe Turkey İlhan Palut Resignation 10 January 2021[43] 14th Turkey Ünal Karaman 20 January 2021[44]
Gaziantep Romania Marius Șumudică Mutual agreement 10 January 2021[45] 4th Portugal Sá Pinto 20 January 2021[46]
Çaykur Rizespor Croatia Stjepan Tomas 19 January 2021[47] 16th Romania Marius Șumudică 25 January 2021[48]
Denizlispor Turkey Yalçın Koşukavak Resignation 28 January 2021[49] 21st Turkey Hakan Kutlu 29 January 2021[50]
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey Okan Buruk Mutual agreement 29 January 2021[51] 15th Turkey Aykut Kocaman 1 February 2021[52]
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Mustafa Kaplan Resignation 31 January 2021[53] 19th Turkey Mehmet Altıparmak 31 January 2021[54]
Konyaspor Turkey İsmail Kartal Mutual agreement 8 February 2021[55] 15th Turkey İlhan Palut 9 February 2021[56]
Ankaragücü Turkey Mustafa Dalcı 9 February 2021[57] 20th Turkey Hikmet Karaman 10 February 2021[58]
Yeni Malatyaspor Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu 21 February 2021[59] 11th Turkey İrfan Buz 11 March 2021[60]
Kayserispor Romania Dan Petrescu 23 February 2021[61] 16th Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu 20 March 2021[62]
Çaykur Rizespor Romania Marius Șumudică 3 March 2021[63] 16th Turkey Bülent Uygun 7 March 2021[64]
Gençlerbirliği Turkey Mehmet Altıparmak 9 March 2021[65] 21st Turkey Özcan Bizati 11 March 2021[66]
Fatih Karagümrük Bulgaria Şenol Can 15 March 2021[67] 8th Italy Francesco Farioli 21 March 2021[68]
BB Erzurumspor Turkey Mesut Bakkal 21 March 2021[69] 19th Turkey İsmail Kartal 23 March 2021[70]
Kasımpaşa Turkey Fuat Çapa 22 March 2021[71] 15th Bulgaria Şenol Can 24 March 2021[72]
Fenerbahçe Turkey Erol Bulut 25 March 2021[73] 3rd Turkey Emre Belözoğlu 25 March 2021[73]
BB Erzurumspor Turkey İsmail Kartal Resignation 28 March 2021[74] 19th Turkey Yılmaz Vural 29 March 2021[75]
Denizlispor Turkey Hakan Kutlu 18 April 2021[76] 21st Turkey Ali Tandoğan 19 April 2021[77]
Kayserispor Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu Mutual agreement 25 April 2021[78] 19th Turkey Yalçın Koşukavak 26 April 2021[79]
BB Erzurumspor Turkey Yılmaz Vural 9 May 2021[80] 19th Turkey Şenol Fidan 9 May 2021
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Foreign players

More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Player 11 Player 12 Player 13 Player 14 Former Players
Alanyaspor Brazil Davidson Greece Manolis Siopis Greece Georgios Tzavellas Mauritania El Mami Tetah Paraguay Adam Bareiro Poland Damian Kądzior Portugal José Marafona Senegal Khouma Babacar Sierra Leone Steven Caulker Spain Juanfran Switzerland François Moubandje Brazil Baiano
Greece Anastasios Bakasetas
Ankaragücü Angola Geraldo Brazil Ricardo Croatia Ante Kulušić Croatia Zvonimir Šarlija Georgia (country) Saba Lobzhanidze Ghana Joseph Paintsil Greece Stelios Kitsiou Kosovo Idriz Voca Norway Torgeir Børven Poland Daniel Łukasik Poland Michał Pazdan Portugal Tiago Pinto Senegal Aliou Badji Senegal Assane Dioussé Democratic Republic of the Congo Jonathan Bolingi
Serbia Luka Adžić
Antalyaspor Albania Omar Imeri Angola Fredy Belgium Ruud Boffin Brazil Amilton Brazil Naldo Germany Lukas Podolski Germany Sidney Sam Ivory Coast Jean Armel Drolé Jamaica Dever Orgill Russia Fyodor Kudryashov Nigeria Paul Mukairu
North Macedonia Adis Jahović
Beşiktaş Algeria Rachid Ghezzal Bosnia and Herzegovina Ajdin Hasić Brazil Souza Brazil Welinton Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar Canada Atiba Hutchinson Canada Cyle Larin Croatia Domagoj Vida Democratic Republic of the Congo Fabrice Nsakala France Georges-Kévin Nkoudou France Valentin Rosier Ghana Bernard Mensah Serbia Adem Ljajić Spain Javi Montero Netherlands Jeremain Lens
United States Tyler Boyd
BB Erzurumspor Cameroon Adolphe Teikeu Cameroon Petrus Boumal Cape Verde Ricardo Gomes France Gabriel Obertan France Léo Schwechlen Kenya Johanna Omolo Kosovo Elbasan Rashani Lithuania Arvydas Novikovas Morocco Aatif Chahechouhe Morocco Manuel da Costa Morocco Moestafa El Kabir Morocco Zakarya Bergdich Poland Jakub Szumski Ukraine Bohdan Butko Albania Armando Sadiku
Algeria Jugurtha Hamroun
Benin Fabien Farnolle
Ecuador Arturo Mina
France Rashad Muhammed
Ghana Yaw Ackah
Ivory Coast Ibrahim Sissoko
Mali Mahamadou Ba
Netherlands Brahim Darri
Suriname Mitchell Donald
Çaykur Rizespor Brazil Baiano Brazil Fernando Andrade Brazil Fernando Boldrin Croatia Damjan Đoković Croatia Dario Melnjak Czech Republic Milan Škoda France Loïc Rémy Norway Alexander Søderlund Paraguay Braian Samudio Poland Konrad Michalak Slovakia Erik Sabo Tunisia Montassar Talbi Tunisia Yassine Meriah Ukraine Mykola Morozyuk Ghana Godfred Donsah
Greece Dimitrios Chatziisaias
Ivory Coast Ismaël Diomandé
Serbia Dušan Jovančić
Slovenia Amedej Vetrih
Denizlispor Bosnia and Herzegovina Muris Mešanović Brazil Fabiano Leismann Chile Ángelo Sagal Colombia Hugo Rodallega Germany Marvin Bakalorz Kosovo Veton Tusha Iraq Ahmed Yasin Mali Hadi Sacko Poland Radosław Murawski Togo Matthieu Dossevi Tunisia Ayman Ben Mohamed United States Mix Diskerud Argentina Federico Varela
Morocco Ismaïl Aissati
Morocco Zakarya Bergdich
Portugal Tiago Lopes
Romania Costel Pantilimon
Serbia Neven Subotić
Fatih Karagümrük Argentina Lucas Biglia Argentina Lucas Castro Argentina Gastón Campi Chile Enzo Roco France Yannis Salibur Italy Andrea Bertolacci Italy Emiliano Viviano Italy Fabio Borini Netherlands Jeremain Lens Norway Vegar Hedenstad Poland Artur Sobiech Senegal Alassane Ndao Slovenia Jure Balkovec Switzerland Kemal Ademi Bosnia and Herzegovina Ervin Zukanović
Georgia (country) Vato Arveladze
Morocco Aatif Chahechouhe
Netherlands Brahim Darri
Senegal Badou Ndiaye
Slovakia Erik Sabo
United States Eric Lichaj
Fenerbahçe Argentina Diego Perotti Argentina José Sosa Brazil Luiz Gustavo Czech Republic Filip Novák Democratic Republic of the Congo Marcel Tisserand Ecuador Enner Valencia Greece Dimitrios Pelkas Hungary Attila Szalai Nigeria Bright Osayi-Samuel Senegal Mame Thiam Senegal Papiss Cissé Tanzania Mbwana Samatta Uruguay Mauricio Lemos Denmark Zanka
Switzerland Kemal Ademi
Switzerland Michael Frey
Galatasaray Algeria Sofiane Feghouli Brazil Marcão Colombia Radamel Falcao Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian Luyindama Egypt Mostafa Mohamed Netherlands Ryan Babel Nigeria Henry Onyekuru Nigeria Peter Etebo Norway Martin Linnes Portugal Gedson Fernandes Suriname Ryan Donk United States DeAndre Yedlin Uruguay Fernando Muslera Uruguay Marcelo Saracchi Morocco Younès Belhanda
Nigeria Jesse Sekidika
Nigeria Valentine Ozornwafor
Norway Omar Elabdellaoui
Senegal Mbayye Diagne
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League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
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
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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.[81]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALA ...
Home \ Away ALA ANK ANT BEŞ RİZ DEN ERZ FKA FEN GAL GFK GEN GÖZ HAT İBA KAS KAY KON SİV TRA YMA
Alanyaspor 4–3 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 6–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1
Ankaragücü 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–3 1–4 0–1 3–1
Antalyaspor 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–6 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–1
Beşiktaş 3–0 2–2 1–1 6–0 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 7–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0
Rizespor 1–1 5–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–4 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 5–3 0–0 0–0 0–4
Denizlispor 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2
BB Erzurumspor 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0
Fatih Karagümrük 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–4 2–1 5–1 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0
Fenerbahçe 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–4 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–3
Galatasaray 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–4 6–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 6–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Gaziantep 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–5 2–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2
Gençlerbirliği 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–5 0–2 1–1 5–3 3–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–1
Göztepe 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 5–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 2–2 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–5 1–1 2–2
Hatayspor 0–0 4–1 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2
İstanbul Başakşehir 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–5 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1
Kasımpaşa 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0
Kayserispor 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 6–3 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–0
Konyaspor 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 0–3 4–3 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
Sivasspor 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0
Trabzonspor 1–3 4–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1
Yeni Malatyaspor 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–2
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Source: Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Number of teams by region

Statistics

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Perspective

Top goalscorers

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

More information Date, Player ...
DatePlayerForAgainstResult
4 October 2020 Brazil Davidson Alanyaspor Hatayspor 6–0 (H)
17 October 2020 France Loïc Rémy Rizespor Ankaragücü 5–3 (H)
28 November 2020 Senegal Mbaye Diagne Galatasaray Rizespor 4–0 (A)
29 December 2020 Gabon Aaron Boupendza4 Hatayspor Antalyaspor 6–0 (A)
6 January 2021 Canada Cyle Larin4 Beşiktaş Çaykur Rizespor 6–0 (H)
9 January 2021 Morocco Younès Belhanda Galatasaray Gençlerbirliği 6–0 (H)
10 April 2021 North Macedonia Adis Jahović Göztepe Hatayspor 3–2 (A)
17 April 2021 Turkey Kerem Aktürkoğlu Galatasaray Göztepe 3–1 (A)
1 May 2021 Canada Cyle Larin4 Beşiktaş Hatayspor 7–0 (H)
11 May 2021 Romania Bogdan Stancu Gençlerbirliği Göztepe 5–3 (H)
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4 Player scored four goals

Awards

Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...
Award[84] Winner Club
Foreign Player of the Season

Algeria Rachid Ghezzal

Beşiktaş
Turkish Player of the Season Turkey Taylan Antalyalı Galatasaray
Goalkeeper of the Season Turkey Altay Bayındır Fenerbahçe
Defender of the Season Brazil Vitor Hugo Trabzonspor
Midfielder of the Season Brazil Josef de Souza Beşiktaş
Winger of the Season Ivory Coast Max Gradel Sivasspor
Forward of the Season Canada Cyle Larin Beşiktaş
Manager of the Season Turkey Sergen Yalçın Beşiktaş
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More information Team of the Season ...
Team of the Season[85]
Goalkeeper Turkey Uğurcan Çakır (Trabzonspor)
Defence France Valentin Rosier (Beşiktaş) Croatia Domagoj Vida (Beşiktaş) Brazil Marcão (Galatasaray) Turkey Caner Erkin (Fenerbahçe)
Midfield Algeria Rachid Ghezzal

(Beşiktaş)

Canada Atiba Hutchinson (Beşiktaş) Turkey Taylan Antalyalı (Galatasaray) Ivory Coast Max Gradel (Sivasspor)
Attack Gabon Aaron Boupendza (Hatayspor) Canada Cyle Larin (Beşiktaş)
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