The Süper Lig (formerly National League, First Football League and First Super League and currently known under a sponsorship deal as the Turkcell Süper Lig) is the top-flight league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country. It is managed by Turkish Football Federation. [edit] Overview Before the founding of Süper Lig, national champion was defined by Turkish Football Championship -which was played as a knock-out competition after end of the regional leagues, between the most recent regional champions of all over the Turkey to define national champion of the year- and National League -which was played after end of the regional leagues between the most recent regional champions and top clubs of Ankara Football League, Istanbul Football League, Izmir Football League and Eskişehir Football League(for one time) in a league system-. Then, the league was established in 1959 as an attempt to unify some of the many regional leagues around the country. The season begins in August each year and ends in May, with a month-long winter break in December and January. The 18 clubs in the league play each other twice, once at home and once away. The bottom three teams are relegated to the TFF First League at the end of each season and replaced by three others teams from that league. As of the 2009/10 season, the top two teams qualify for the Champions League, with the champions entering the group stages and the runners-up entering in the third qualifying round. The third-placed league team, the fourth-placed team and the winners of the Turkey Cup make up the three Turkish teams that enter the Europa League. The arrival of private television channels in Turkey in the 1990s created a bidding war for live coverage rights, pouring money into the league and raising footballing standards dramatically. Live coverage rights are currently held by Digiturk, the digital satellite platform, until the contract expires in 2010. Digiturk bought the rights in 2004 for 135.85 million New Turkish lira (US$99 million).[1] On the other hand, Doğan Medya, the company of the Turkish media magnate Aydın Doğan, argued that the contract of Digiturk would expire in 2008. In accordance to this claim, Doğan Medya came out with a new offer of approximately $180 million.[2] In 2005, the Turkish Football Federation signed a five-year deal with mobile phone operator Turkcell that saw the league's name changed to the 'Turkcell Super League' for five years. It came some years after an abortive sponsorship attempt by Turkcell's rivals, Telsim, in 1999. [edit] Turkcell Süper Lig 2009-2010 Clubs The clubs to play in the 2009-2010 season are listed below, alongside their home towns. The clubs below took part in the TFF First League play-offs but failed to clinch the final promotion spot for the 2008-09 season. | Club | Home town | Founded in | Last season in Super League | Finishing position in Category A | | Karşıyaka | İzmir | 1912 | 1995-1996 | 6th | | Altay | İzmir | 1914 | 2002-2003 | 5th | | Boluspor | Bolu | 1965 | 1991-1992 | 3rd | The clubs below were relegated to the TFF First League at the end of the 2007-08 season. [edit] Champions Only four clubs, also known as the "Big Four" have been champions since the beginning of the Super League in 1959: Fenerbahçe SK (17), Galatasaray SK (17), Beşiktaş J.K. (13), and Trabzonspor (6).[3] The first three, all Istanbul-based clubs, are known as Big Three (Üç Büyükler in Turkish). [edit] Star Rating System The Turkish Football Federation permits clubs to place a golden star above their crest on their uniforms for every five national championships won. For the 2009/10 season Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray are permitted three golden stars, Beşiktaş are permitted two golden stars and Trabzonspor are permitted one golden star to be placed above their crest on their jerseys. | Team/stars | Championships | Years won | | Galatasaray SK  | 17 | 1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008 | | Fenerbahçe SK  | 17 | 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007 | | Beşiktaş JK  | 11 | 1960, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2009 | | Trabzonspor  | 6 | 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 | NOTE : - Beşiktaş *have formally requested that championships won in the 1956/57 and 1957/58 versions of the Turkish Federation Cup to be considered as Turkish Professional First Division championships. The Turkish Football Federation's ruling on this matter was announced in a press release on March 25, 2002. The press release indicated that the championships won by Beşiktaş in the Turkish Federation Cup will be considered as national championships.[4]
[edit] Süper Lig Title wins by decade 1950s | Team | | 2 | Beşiktaş | | 1 | Fenerbahçe | 1960s | Team | | 4 | Fenerbahçe | | 3 | Galatasaray, Beşiktaş | 1970s | Team | | 4 | Fenerbahçe | | 3 | Galatasaray, Trabzonspor | 1980s | Team | | 3 | Trabzonspor, Fenerbahçe | | 2 | Beşiktaş, Galatasaray | 1990s | Team | | 5 | Galatasaray | | 4 | Beşiktaş | | 1 | Fenerbahçe | 2000s | Team | | 4 | Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray | | 2 | Beşiktaş | [edit] Participations The league was created in the Spring of 1959 by the Turkish Football Federation and played as 1 league only with 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 22 teams. These are the 66 teams which took part to the championships played from 1959 to 2010. Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray are the only clubs which played all the seasons.
| | - 19 seasons: Denizlispor
- 17 seasons: Adana Demirspor
- 16 seasons: Karşıyaka
- 15 seasons: Antalyaspor
- 14 seasons: Vefa, Zonguldakspor
- 13 seasons: Ankara Demirspor,Sarıyer,Çaykur Rizespor
- 12 seasons: Türk Telekom
- 11 seasons: Kayseri Erciyesspor, Malatyaspor, Mersin İdman Yurdu, Sakaryaspor, Konyaspor, Diyarbakırspor
- 10 seasons: Altınordu, İzmirspor, Etimesgut Şekerspor
- 9 seasons: Feriköy, Orduspor
- 8 seasons: Beykoz 1908, Keçiörengücü
- 7 seasons: Kasımpaşa
| - 6 seasons: Giresunspor, Fatih Karagümrük, Ankaraspor, Kayserispor
- 5 seasons: Belediye Vanspor, Zeytinburnuspor, Sivasspor
- 4 seasons: Manisaspor
- 3 seasons: Aydınspor, Bakırköyspor, Dardanelspor, Erzurumspor, Kardemir Karabükspor, İstanbul B.B.
- 2 seasons: Alibeyköy, Akçaabat Sebatspor, Beyoğluspor, Elazığspor, Yeşildirek, Yimpaş Yozgatspor, Hacettepe
- 1 season: Balıkesirspor, Kahramanmaraşspor, M.K.E. Kırıkkale, Petrolofisi, Siirtspor
| Note: Kayseri Erciyesspor played as Kayserispor between 1973-1975, 1979-1980, 1985-1986, 1992-1996 and 1997-1998. They were renamed to Kayseri Erciyesspor and played again in Super League between 2005-2007. Also, Kayseri Erciyesspor were renamed to Kayserispor and have played in the Super League since 2004. Alibeyköyspor played as Adalet S.K.|Adalet when they were in the Super League between 1959-1960 Keçiörengücü played as Hacettepe when they were in the Super League between 1959-1960 and 1962-1968 and Hacettepe were Gençlerbirliği Oftaş until 2008-2009 season. Etimesgut Şekerspor played as Şekerhilal between 1959-1963 and Şekerspor between 1964-1966, 1967-1969, 1972-1973 and 1997-1998 when they were in the Super League. Türk Telekom GSK were PTT when they were playing Super League football between 1960-1971 and 1972-1973. Siirtspor were Siirt Jetpa S.K. and Manisaspor were Vestel Manisaspor due to the sponsorship reasons Belediye Vanspor were Vanspor. [edit] All-time table - As of end of 2008-2009 season[5]
| Pos. | Team | Seasons | Most recent season | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | G.F. | G.A. | Diff. | 1º | 2º | 3º | 2wPts. | 3wPts. | | 1 | Fenerbahçe | 51 | 2008-2009 | 2795 | 1665 | 940 | 436 | 273 | 2909 | 1382 | 1579 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2316 | 3255 | | 2 | Galatasaray | 51 | 2008-2009 | 2794 | 1665 | 938 | 454 | 289 | 2891 | 1400 | 1491 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 2285 | 3201 | | 3 | Beşiktaş | 51 | 2008-2009 | 2712 | 1662 | 896 | 467 | 299 | 2661 | 1334 | 1327 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2259 | 3155 | | 4 | Trabzonspor | 36 | 2008-2009 | 1882 | 1154 | 587 | 317 | 250 | 1773 | 1032 | 741 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1491 | 2078 | | 5 | Ankaragücü | 46 | 2008-2009 | 1667 | 1500 | 489 | 437 | 574 | 1730 | 1931 | -201 | | | | 1415 | 1904 | | 6 | Bursaspor | 40 | 2008-2009 | 1484 | 1298 | 431 | 383 | 484 | 1481 | 1569 | -88 | | | | 1245 | 1676 | | 7 | Gençlerbirliği | 37 | 2008-2009 | 1443 | 1230 | 412 | 371 | 447 | 1571 | 1612 | -41 | | | 2 | 1195 | 1607 | | 8 | Altay | 41 | 2002-2003 | 1372 | 1326 | 413 | 413 | 500 | 1415 | 1608 | -193 | | | 2 | 1239 | 1652 | | 9 | Samsunspor | 29 | 2005-2006 | 1054 | 952 | 310 | 245 | 397 | 1056 | 1258 | -202 | | | 2 | 865 | 1175 | | 10 | Gaziantepspor | 23 | 2008-2009 | 992 | 756 | 278 | 197 | 281 | 955 | 1008 | -53 | | | 2 | 753 | 1031 | | 11 | İstanbulspor | 23 | 2004-2005 | 813 | 756 | 237 | 229 | 290 | 855 | 945 | -90 | | | | 703 | 940 | | 12 | Eskişehirspor | 23 | 2008-2009 | 784 | 734 | 252 | 238 | 244 | 806 | 788 | 18 | | 3 | 2 | 742 | 994 | | 13 | Kocaelispor | 20 | 2008-2009 | 784 | 640 | 225 | 184 | 265 | 858 | 934 | -78 | | | | 634 | 859 | | 14 | Göztepe | 25 | 2002-2003 | 763 | 780 | 245 | 249 | 286 | 827 | 910 | -83 | | | 1 | 724 | 962 | | 15 | Denizlispor | 18 | 2008-2009 | 710 | 620 | 196 | 166 | 258 | 776 | 884 | -108 | | | | 558 | 754 | | 16 | Adanaspor | 21 | 2003-2004 | 667 | 670 | 196 | 206 | 268 | 738 | 887 | -149 | | 1 | | 598 | 794 | | 17 | Boluspor | 20 | 1991-92 | 654 | 638 | 192 | 215 | 231 | 637 | 709 | -72 | | | 1 | 599 | 791 | | 18 | Sarıyer | 13 | 1996-97 | 527 | 436 | 148 | 135 | 153 | 553 | 551 | 2 | | | | 431 | 579 | | 19 | Antalyaspor | 14 | 2008-2009 | 521 | 478 | 145 | 124 | 209 | 549 | 708 | -159 | | | | 414 | 559 | | 20 | Karşıyaka | 16 | 1995-96 | 508 | 528 | 152 | 141 | 235 | 533 | 752 | -219 | | | | 445 | 597 | | 21 | Adana Demirspor | 17 | 1994-95 | 490 | 550 | 146 | 157 | 247 | 514 | 773 | -259 | | | | 449 | 595 | | 22 | Çaykur Rizespor | 13 | 2007-2008 | 485 | 444 | 145 | 99 | 200 | 472 | 626 | -154 | | | | 389 | 534 | | 23 | Malatyaspor | 11 | 2005-2006 | 467 | 384 | 134 | 102 | 148 | 507 | 544 | -37 | | | 1 | 370 | 504 | | 24 | Konyaspor | 11 | 2008-2009 | 428 | 364 | 112 | 92 | 160 | 442 | 578 | -136 | | | | 316 | 428 | | 25 | Zonguldakspor | 14 | 1987-88 | 424 | 454 | 135 | 148 | 171 | 425 | 484 | -59 | | | 1 | 418 | 553 | | 26 | Ankara Demirspor | 13 | 1970-71 | 385 | 418 | 116 | 153 | 149 | 447 | 509 | -62 | | | | 385 | 501 | | 27 | Sakaryaspor | 11 | 2006-2007 | 370 | 380 | 114 | 89 | 177 | 452 | 586 | -134 | | | | 317 | 431 | | 28 | Vefa | 14 | 1973-74 | 363 | 422 | 110 | 143 | 169 | 364 | 514 | -150 | | | 1 | 363 | 473 | | 29 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 11 | 2006-2007 | 343 | 356 | 85 | 110 | 161 | 346 | 532 | -186 | | | | 280 | 365 | | 30 | Türk Telekomspor | 12 | 1972-73 | 328 | 384 | 97 | 134 | 153 | 352 | 467 | -115 | | | | 328 | 425 | | 31 | Mersin Idman Yurdu | 11 | 1982-83 | 306[6] | 336 | 102 | 104 | 130 | 295 | 339 | -44 | | | | 308 | 410 | | 32 | İzmirspor | 10 | 1968-69 | 296 | 326 | 93 | 110 | 123 | 312 | 385 | -73 | | | | 296 | 389 | | 33 | Diyarbakırspor | 10 | 2005-2006 | 293 | 328 | 85 | 75 | 168 | 295 | 500 | -205 | | | | 245 | 330 | | 34 | Feriköy | 9 | 1967-68 | 272 | 302 | 92 | 88 | 122 | 266 | 320 | -54 | | | | 272 | 364 | | 35 | Altınordu | 10 | 1969-70 | 269 | 332 | 84 | 101 | 147 | 314 | 447 | -133 | | | | 269 | 353 | | 36 | Etimesgut Şekerspor | 10 | 1997-98 | 255 | 320 | 73 | 100 | 147 | 309 | 481 | -172 | | | | 246 | 319 | | 37 | Orduspor | 9 | 1985-86 | 251 | 284 | 86 | 79 | 119 | 240 | 335 | -95 | | | | 251 | 337 | | 38 | Kayserispor | 5 | 2008-2009 | 241 | 170 | 64 | 49 | 57 | 243 | 207 | 36 | | | | 197 | 241 | | 39 | Beykozspor 1908 | 8 | 1965-66 | 238 | 264 | 72 | 94 | 98 | 262 | 314 | -52 | | | | 238 | 310 | | 40 | Sivasspor | 4 | 2008-2009 | 230 | 136 | 66 | 32 | 38 | 186 | 145 | 41 | | 1 | | 164 | 230 | | 41 | Keçiörengücü | 8 | 1967-68 | 210 | 252 | 67 | 76 | 109 | 243 | 334 | -91 | | | | 210 | 277 | | 42 | Kasımpaşa | 6 | 2007-2008 | 186 | 224 | 53 | 72 | 99 | 176 | 312 | -136 | | | | 178 | 231 | | 43 | Ankaraspor | 5 | 2008-2009 | 219 | 170 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 210 | 217 | -7 | | | | 163 | 219 | | 44 | Fatih Karagümrük | 6 | 1983-84 | 157 | 182 | 53 | 51 | 78 | 207 | 236 | -29 | | | | 157 | 210 | | 45 | Belediye Vanspor | 5 | 1999-2000 | 153 | 170 | 38 | 39 | 93 | 165 | 298 | -133 | | | | 115 | 153 | | 46 | Giresunspor | 6 | 1976-77 | 151 | 180 | 47 | 57 | 76 | 156 | 209 | -53 | | | | 151 | 198 | | 47 | Zeytinburnuspor | 5 | 1996-97 | 145 | 162 | 36 | 37 | 89 | 159 | 290 | -131 | | | | 109 | 145 | | 48 | Manisaspor | 3 | 2007-2008 | 111 | 102 | 29 | 24 | 49 | 135 | 168 | -33 | | | | 82 | 111 | | 49 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 3 | 1998-99 | 109 | 102 | 28 | 25 | 49 | 107 | 154 | -47 | | | | 81 | 109 | | 50 | Bakırköyspor | 3 | 1992-93 | 105 | 90 | 28 | 21 | 41 | 131 | 135 | -4 | | | | 77 | 105 | | 51 | Aydınspor | 3 | 1992-93 | 105 | 90 | 26 | 27 | 37 | 105 | 140 | -35 | | | | 79 | 105 | | 52 | Erzurumspor | 3 | 2000-2001 | 98 | 102 | 25 | 23 | 54 | 116 | 205 | -89 | | | | 73 | 98 | | 53 | Karabükspor | 3 | 1998-99 | 95 | 98 | 25 | 20 | 53 | 95 | 176 | -81 | | | | 70 | 95 | | 54 | İstanbul BŞB | 2 | 2008-2009 | 80 | 68 | 22 | 14 | 32 | 81 | 93 | -12 | | | | 58 | 80 | | 55 | Yozgatspor | 2 | 2001-2002 | 76 | 68 | 19 | 19 | 30 | 101 | 113 | -12 | | | | 57 | 76 | | 56 | Hacettepe SK | 2 | 2008-2009 | 62 | 68 | 15 | 17 | 36 | 54 | 99 | -45 | | | | 47 | 62 | | 57 | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 2 | 2004-2005 | 61 | 68 | 14 | 19 | 35 | 85 | 131 | -46 | | | | 47 | 61 | | 58 | Elazığspor | 2 | 2003-2004 | 59 | 68 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 77 | 138 | -61 | | | | 44 | 59 | | 59 | Beyoğluspor | 2 | 1963-64 | 50 | 64 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 59 | 90 | -31 | | | | 50 | 65 | | 60 | Yeşildirek SK | 2 | 1962-63 | 42 | 58 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 51 | 94 | -43 | | | | 42 | 55 | | 61 | Alibeyköyspor | 2 | 1959-60 | 35 | 52 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 38 | 69 | -31 | | | | 25 | 45 | | 62 | Petrol Ofisi SK | 1 | 1994-95 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 73 | -35 | | | | 21 | 29 | | 63 | Balıkesirspor | 1 | 1975-76 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 39 | -21 | | | | 25 | 34 | | 64 | Siirtspor | 1 | 2000-2001 | 24 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 47 | 81 | -34 | | | | 18 | 24 | | 65 | Kahramanmaraşspor | 1 | 1988-89 | 23 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 22 | 71 | -49 | | | | 19 | 23 | | 66 | MKE Kırıkkalespor | 1 | 1978-79 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 64 | -43 | | | | 18 | 23 | - Teams in bold script will play in 2009-10 season.
- Teams in italic script have no professional license in 2009-10 season.
[edit] Records - Season
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- The longest season: 1962-1963 (42 matches)[7]
- Teams
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- Most time champions: Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray with 17 titles
- Most time runner-ups: Fenerbahçe (16 times)
- Most number of consecutive titles: Galatasaray with 4 seasons in a row (1996 - 2000)
- Largest margin win: 1989-1990 Beşiktaş - Adana Demirspor (10-0)
- Best season start: Beşiktaş with 13 wins out of 13 games (1959-1960)
- Most number of goals scored (1959-2008/2009): Fenerbahçe (2908 goals)
- Most number of goals scored in a single game: 1991-1992 Fenerbahçe - Gaziantepspor (8-4)
- Best performing team: 1988-1989 Fenerbahçe (29 wins, 6 draws, 1 loss in 36 matches)
- Longest unbeaten run: Beşiktaş (48 matches)
- Longest winning streak: 1959-1960 Beşiktaş (13 matches)
- Unbeaten Champions: 1991-1992 Beşiktaş
- Unbeaten runner-ups: 1985-1986 Galatasaray
- Team with the most wins in a season: 1959-1960 Beşiktaş, 1988-1989 Fenerbahçe (29 wins)
- Highest scoring team in a single round season: 1988-1989 Fenerbahçe (103 goals in 36 games)
- Highest scoring team in a two round season: 1962-1963 Galatasaray (105 goals in 42 games on two round season)
- Lowest conceding team in a single season: Fenerbahçe (6 goals in 30 games, 1969-1970)
- Best overall derby performance: Fenerbahçe (137-114 against Galatasaray), (121-119 against Beşiktaş)
- Most games won in row at home: Galatasaray (25 games)
- Champion team with the most points: 1988-1989 Fenerbahçe (93 pts - 29 wins, 6 draws, 1 loss in 36 matches)
- Players
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- Most number of top scorers per team: Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray (13 times)
- All time top scorer: Hakan Şükür (Galatasaray) (249 goals)
- Most league titles won: Suat Kaya, Bülent Korkmaz and Hakan Şükür (Galatasaray) (8 seasons)
- Top scorer for the most years: Metin Oktay (Galatasaray) (6 times)
- Best top scorer in one season: 1987-1988 Tanju Çolak (Galatasaray) (39 goals)
- Most goals in one match: Tanju Çolak (Fenerbahçe) (6 goals)
[edit] Top scorers [edit] Successful Managers - Coaches with multiple Süper Lig Titles Won (in order of date of first title win)
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- Coaches with four league titles won:
- Coaches with three league titles won:
- Coaches with two league titles won:
[edit] UEFA ranking National League Ranking for 2007-08 Euro Season (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA coefficient in parentheses) [edit] See also [edit] References [edit] External links | | | Turkish top division seasons | | | First League | | | | Süper Lig | | | | | | | |