The 2017–18 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig İlhan Cavcav season, was the 60th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after İlhan Cavcav, the longtime chairman of Gençlerbirliği S.K.
Teams Sivasspor, Yeni Malatyaspor and Göztepe achieved promotion from 2016–17 TFF First League. Sivasspor made an immediate return, whereas Yeni Malatyaspor promoted to the top level for the first time in their history. Finally, Göztepe defeated Eskişehirspor in the play-off final. Çaykur Rizespor, Gaziantepspor and Adanaspor were relegated to 2017–18 TFF First League.
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisar Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium 12,139 Alanyaspor Alanya Alanya Oba Stadium 10,842 Antalyaspor Antalya Antalya Stadium 33,032 Beşiktaş Istanbul (Beşiktaş) Vodafone Park 43,500 Bursaspor Bursa Timsah Arena 43,877 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Kadıköy) Ülker Stadium 50,509 Galatasaray Istanbul (Şişli) Türk Telekom Stadium 52,652 Gençlerbirliği Ankara (Ulus) Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209 Göztepe İzmir Bornova Stadium 12,500 İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul (Başakşehir) Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium 17,801 Kardemir Karabükspor Karabük Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium 14,200 Kasımpaşa Istanbul (Beyoğlu) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234 Kayserispor Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium 32,864 Konyaspor Konya Konya Büyükşehir Stadium 42,276 Osmanlıspor Ankara (Sincan) Osmanlı Stadyumu 19,626 Sivasspor Sivas Sivas Arena 27,532 Trabzonspor Trabzon Şenol Güneş Sports Complex 40,782 Yeni Malatyaspor Malatya Malatya Arena 27,044
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor Akhisar Belediyespor Okan Buruk Caner Osmanpaşa Nike Alanyaspor Mesut Bakkal Haydar Yılmaz Kappa TAV Airports Antalyaspor Hamza Hamzaoğlu Vacant Nike IATI Atiker Konyaspor Sergen Yalçın Ali Çamdalı Hummel Spor Toto Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş Tolga Zengin Adidas Vodafone Bursaspor Mustafa Er Pablo Batalla Puma Warmhaus Fenerbahçe Aykut Kocaman Volkan Demirel Adidas Galatasaray Fatih Terim Selçuk İnan Nike Nef Gençlerbirliği Ümit Özat Uğur Çiftçi Lotto ARTE Göztepe Tamer Tuna Selçuk Şahin Lotto İstanbul Başakşehir Abdullah Avcı Emre Belözoğlu Nike Makro Kardemir Karabükspor Ünal Karaman Ahmet Şahin Adidas Kardemir Kasımpaşa Kemal Özdeş Veysel Sari Nike Kayserispor Marius Șumudică Umut Bulut Adidas İstikbal Osmanlıspor İrfan Buz Numan Çürüksu Nike ATG Sivasspor Samet Aybaba Ziya Erdal Adidas Demir İnşaat Trabzonspor Rıza Çalımbay Onur Kıvrak Nike QNB Yeni Malatyaspor Erol Bulut Yalçın Ayhan Adidas Battalbey
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Gençlerbirliği Ümit Özat Mutual agreement 30 August 2017 18th Mesut Bakkal 31 August 2017 Yeni Malatyaspor Ertuğrul Sağlam Resigned 14 September 2017 13th Erol Bulut 27 September 2017 Osmanlıspor Bülent Uygun 17 September 2017 18th İrfan Buz 20 September 2017 Antalyaspor Rıza Çalımbay 18 September 2017 16th Leonardo Araújo 27 September 2017 Kardemir Karabükspor Erkan Sözeri 1 October 2017 16th Tony Popovic 1 October 2017 Trabzonspor Ersun Yanal Sacked 15 October 2017 11th Rıza Çalımbay 18 October 2017 Gençlerbirliği Mesut Bakkal 20 November 2017 18th Ümit Özat 20 November 2017 Antalyaspor Leonardo Araújo Resigned 6 December 2017 17th David Badía (caretaker) 6 December 2017 Kardemir Karabükspor Tony Popovic Sacked 15 December 2017 18th Levent Açıkgöz 18 December 2017 Galatasaray Igor Tudor 18 December 2017 2nd Fatih Terim 21 December 2017 Alanyaspor Safet Sušić 26 December 2017 13th Hikmet Karaman 3 January 2018 Antalyaspor David Badía End of caretaker tenure 4 January 2018 15th Hamza Hamzaoğlu 4 January 2018 Alanyaspor Hikmet Karaman Sacked 26 February 2018 16th Mesut Bakkal 27 February 2018 Konyaspor Mehmet Özdilek Mutual agreement 4 March 2018 16th Sergen Yalçın 6 March 2018 Kardemir Karabükspor Levent Açıkgöz Sacked 21 March 2018 18th Ünal Karaman 21 March 2018 Bursaspor Paul Le Guen 10 April 2018 13th Mustafa Er 10 April 2018
Foreign players 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 Akhisarspor Geoffrey Bia Paulo Henrique Serginho Dany Nounkeu Abdoul Sissoko Marvin Emnes Hélder Barbosa Miguel Lopes Milan Lukač Daniel Larsson Yevhen Seleznyov Petar Grbić Ioan Hora Alanyaspor Lucas Villafáñez Douglas Filipe Augusto Wánderson Welinton Mbilla Etame Junior Fernandes Fabrice Nsakala Isaac Sackey Georgios Tzavellas Giannis Maniatis Guy-Michel Landel Mamadou Fofana Lamine Gassama Vágner Love Rémy Riou Darko Lazić Chisamba Lungu Antalyaspor Ruud Boffin Charles Chico Danilo Diego Ângelo Maicon Ondřej Čelůstka Souleymane Doukara William Vainqueur Milan Jevtović Johan Djourou Sandro Samuel Eto'o Jérémy Ménez Samir Nasri Moestafa El Kabir Beşiktaş Adriano Talisca Vágner Love Atiba Hutchinson Cyle Larin Gary Medel Domagoj Vida Jeremain Lens Ryan Babel Pepe Ricardo Quaresma Duško Tošić Álvaro Negredo Fabricio Matej Mitrović Andreas Beck Bursaspor Pablo Batalla Joshua John Titi Jirès Kembo Ekoko Emmanuel Badu Mikel Agu Shehu Abdullahi William Troost-Ekong Dzon Delarge Bogdan Stancu Gheorghe Grozav Moussa Sow Ricardo Faty John Bostock Cristóbal Jorquera Kofi Atta Paschal Okoli Fenerbahçe Fernandão Giuliano Souza Carlos Kameni Mauricio Isla Mathieu Valbuena Aatif Chahechouhe Nabil Dirar Vincent Janssen Luís Neto Roman Neustädter Martin Škrtel Roberto Soldado Robin van Persie Galatasaray Sofiane Feghouli Jason Denayer Fernando Maicon Mariano Garry Rodrigues Bafétimbi Gomis Cédric Carrasso Yuto Nagatomo Younès Belhanda Ryan Donk Martin Linnes Iasmin Latovlevici Fernando Muslera Badou Ndiaye Gençlerbirliği Sergey Politevich Stéphane Sessègnon Jaílton Paraíba Luccas Claro Kamal Issah Florentin Pogba Diallo Guidileye Aleksandar Šćekić Elvis Manu Marko Milinković Petar Škuletić Abdul Khalili Johannes Hopf Vedat Muriqi Ousmane N'Diaye Tokelo Rantie Göztepe Nabil Ghilas Óscar Scarione Kadu Wallace Axel Ngando Léo Schwechlen Yoan Gouffran André Poko Adama Traoré André Castro Beto Demba Ba Miloš Kosanović Rajko Rotman Mathieu Peybernes Adis Jahović Prince Segbefia İstanbul Başakşehir Edin Višća Riad Bajić Júnior Caiçara Márcio Mossoró Aurélien Chedjou Gaël Clichy Joseph Attamah Stefano Napoleoni Alexandru Epureanu Manuel da Costa Eljero Elia Emmanuel Adebayor Sokol Cikalleshi Karabükspor Luis Ibáñez Leandrinho Hervé Kage Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Hamidou Traoré Marius Alexe Adam Ståhl Andriy Bliznichenko Anton Kravchenko Oleksandr Rybka Dany Nounkeu André Poko Mustapha Yatabaré Cristian Tănase Gabriel Torje Gheorghe Grozav Paul Papp Valerică Găman Yevhen Seleznyov Kasımpaşa Strahil Popov Franck Etoundi David Pavelka Trézéguet Olivier Veigneau Markus Neumayr Bernard Mensah Bengali-Fodé Koita Loret Sadiku Kenneth Omeruo Samuel Eduok Mbaye Diagne Syam Ben Youssef Jhon Murillo Michael Rangel Kayserispor Fernando Boldrin William de Amorim Ryan Mendes Gonzalo Espinoza Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik Asamoah Gyan Tiago Lopes Varela Cristian Săpunaru Silviu Lung Jr. Stéphane Badji Nikola Stojiljković Artem Kravets Oleksandr Kucher Geoffrey Bia Dejan Meleg Konyaspor Amir Hadžiahmetović Deni Milošević Samuel Eto'o Wilfred Moke Jens Jønsson Mehdi Bourabia Malick Evouna Petar Filipović Moryké Fofana Mustapha Yatabaré Adis Jahović Nejc Skubic Lebogang Manyama Patrik Carlgren Abdou Traoré Imoh Ezekiel Patrick Friday Eze Osmanlıspor Sokol Cikalleshi Tortol Lumanza Avdija Vršajević Luíz Carlos Andreas Maxsø Payam Sadeghian Žydrūnas Karčemarskas Adrien Regattin Aminu Umar Raheem Lawal Tiago Pinto Václav Procházka Tonia Tisdell Souleymane Doukara Josué Thievy Bifouma Branislav Niňaj Sivasspor Carl Medjani Auremir Robinho John Boye Arouna Koné Cyriac Delvin N'Dinga Thievy Bifouma Paul Papp Vitali Dyakov Henri Saivet Mattias Bjärsmyr Serhiy Rybalka Sergio Rochet Leandrinho Elderson Echiéjilé Trabzonspor José Sosa Fabián Castillo Hugo Rodallega Esteban Alvarado Filip Novák Ogenyi Onazi João Pereira Dame N'Doye Ján Ďurica Juraj Kucka Matúš Bero Tomáš Hubočan Emmanuel Mas Théo Bongonda Yeni Malatyaspor Emanuel Dening Fabien Farnolle Dória Gilberto Arturo Mina Aly Cissokho Michaël Pereira Sadio Diallo Issam Chebake Khalid Boutaïb Nacer Barazite Azubuike Okechukwu Seth Sincere Issiar Dia Sunday Mba Jonathan Ayité
League table
Results
Positions by round The following table represents the teams' positions after each round in the competition.
Statistics Top goalscorers
Pos.PlayerTeamGoals1 Bafétimbi GomisGalatasaray292 Burak YılmazTrabzonspor233 Adis JahovićKonyaspor194 Emmanuel Adebayorİstanbul Başakşehir155 TaliscaBeşiktaş14 Emre AkbabaAlanyaspor Umut BulutKayserispor GiulianoFenerbahçe9 Arouna KonéSivasspor13 TrézéguetKasımpaşa Ryan BabelBeşiktaş Vágner LoveBeşiktaş
Hat-tricks
Date Player For Against Result 22 September 2017 Vágner LoveAlanyasporTrabzonspor3–424 September 2017 Adis JahovićGöztepeSivasspor2–330 September 2017 Hakan ArslanSivassporAntalyaspor3–118 November 2017 Emmanuel Adebayorİstanbul BaşakşehirGalatasaray5–119 November 2017 Roberto SoldadoFenerbahçeSivasspor4–117 December 2017 Ryan BabelBeşiktaşOsmanlıspor5–123 February 2018 Bafétimbi GomisGalatasarayBursaspor5–03 March 2018 Bafétimbi Gomis4GalatasarayKardemir Karabükspor0–712 May 2018 Mbaye DiagneKasımpaşaGençlerbirliği3–119 May 2018 Cyle LarinBeşiktaşSivasspor5–1
Note 4 Player scored 4 goals
Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Bafétimbi Gomis GalatasarayGoalkeeper of the Season Fernando MusleraGalatasaray Defender of the Season PepeBeşiktaş Midfielder of the Season Emre BelözoğluBaşakşehir Forward of the Season Bafétimbi GomisGalatasaray Manager of the Season Fatih TerimGalatasaray Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray)Defence Mariano (Galatasaray) Pepe (Beşiktaş) Martin Škrtel (Fenerbahçe) Adriano (Beşiktaş)Midfield Edin Višća (Başakşehir) Talisca (Beşiktaş) Emre Belözoğlu (Başakşehir) Garry Rodrigues (Galatasaray)Attack Bafétimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor)
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Galatasaray 40,778 91,0% — 2 Beşiktaş 29,562 -2,9% — 3 Fenerbahçe 29,035 76,1% — 4 Bursaspor 20,723 28,7% — 5 Trabzonspor 20,128 16,7% — 6 Antalyaspor 14,554 15,1% — 7 Konyaspor 12,151 -22,7% — 8 Kayserispor 10,894 97,2% — 9 Sivasspor 10,414 — — 10 Yeni Malatya 9,410 — — 11 Göztepe 6,775 — — 12 Akhisarspor 5,795 131,7% — 13 Alanyaspor 5,415 19,2% — 14 İstanbul Başakşehir 5,112 59,4% — 15 Karabükspor 3,554 -19,6% — 16 Gençlerbirliği 3,262 24,3% — 17 Kasımpaşa 2,450 73,0% — 18 Osmanlıspor 1,718 -54,7% —
See also 2017–18 Turkish Cup 2017–18 TFF First League 2017–18 TFF Second League 2017–18 TFF Third League
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