The 2021–22 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig Ahmet Çalık season, was the 64th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.
Trabzonspor clinched their seventh league title, and a first since the 1983–84 season, on 30 April 2022, following 2–2 draw against Antalyaspor. With three weeks in the season still to spare, this equalled the earliest championship record set by Fenerbahçe.
Teams A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2020–21 season and 2020–21 TFF First League champions Adana Demirspor, runner-ups Giresunspor and play-off winners Altay. Adana Demirspor returned top level after 26 years, Giresunspor returned after 44 years and Altay after 18 years. For the first time in 40 years, there was no team from the capital city, Ankara. The bottom four teams were relegated to the 2022–23 TFF First League.
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Adana Demirspor Adana New Adana Stadium 33,543 Alanyaspor Alanya Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium 10,130 Altay İzmir (Alsancak) Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium 14,000 Antalyaspor Antalya (Muratpaşa) Antalya Stadium 32,537 Beşiktaş Istanbul (Beşiktaş) Vodafone Park 42,590 Çaykur Rizespor Rize Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı 15,332 Fatih Karagümrük Istanbul (Fatih) Atatürk Olympic Stadium 76,761 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Kadıköy) Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium 47,834 Galatasaray Istanbul (Sarıyer) Nef Stadium 52,280 Gaziantep Gaziantep Kalyon Stadium 33,502 Giresunspor Giresun Çotanak Sports Complex 22,028 Göztepe İzmir (Göztepe) Gürsel Aksel Stadium 25,035 Hatayspor Antakya New Hatay Stadium 25,000 İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul (Başakşehir) Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium 17,156 Kasımpaşa Istanbul (Beyoğlu) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234 Kayserispor Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium 32,864 Konyaspor Konya Medaş Konya Metropolitan Stadium 42,000 Sivasspor Sivas New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 27,532 Trabzonspor Trabzon Şenol Güneş Sports Complex 40,782 Yeni Malatyaspor Malatya New Malatya Stadium 27,044
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor Adana Demirspor Vincenzo Montella Gökhan Inler New Balance Bitexen Alanyaspor Francesco Farioli Efecan Karaca Uhlsport TAV Airports Altay Sinan Kaloğlu İbrahim Öztürk Nike Folkart Antalyaspor Nuri Şahin Hakan Özmert New Balance Bitexen Beşiktaş Valérien Ismaël Atiba Hutchinson Adidas Beko Çaykur Rizespor Bülent Korkmaz Gökhan Gönül Nike Çaykur Fatih Karagümrük Volkan Demirel Lucas Biglia Wulfz VavaCars Fenerbahçe İsmail Kartal Mesut Özil Puma Avis Galatasaray Okan Buruk Fernando Muslera Nike Sixt Gaziantep Erol Bulut Günay Güvenç Nike Sanko Giresunspor Hakan Keleş Ibrahima Baldé Nike Bahçeşehir Koleji Göztepe Serdar Sabuncu Halil Akbunar Umbro Folkart Hatayspor Ömer Erdoğan Mame Diouf Nike Bitexen İstanbul Başakşehir Emre Belözoğlu Mahmut Tekdemir Bilcee Decovita Kasımpaşa Sami Uğurlu Ryan Donk Puma Ciner Kayserispor Hikmet Karaman İlhan Parlak Nike İstikbal Konyaspor İlhan Palut Ibrahim Šehić Macron Atiker Sivasspor Rıza Çalımbay Ziya Erdal Puma Demir İnşaat Trabzonspor Abdullah Avcı Uğurcan Çakır Macron Vestel Yeni Malatyaspor Cihat Arslan Ertaç Özbir Macron Onvo
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentGaziantep FK Ricardo Sá PintoSacked20 May 2021Pre-season Erol Bulut20 May 2021Fenerbahçe Emre BelözoğluEnd of interim period1 June 2021 Vítor Pereira2 July 2021Kasımpaşa Şenol CanMutual agreement15 August 20215th Cihat Arslan17 August 2021Kayserispor Yalçın Koşukavak18 August 202119th Hikmet Karaman18 August 2021Adana Demirspor Samet AybabaResignation29 August 202114th Vincenzo Montella1 September 2021Göztepe Ünal KaramanMutual agreement31 August 202114th Nestor El Maestro8 September 2021Alanyaspor Çağdaş AtanSacked2 September 202113th Bülent Korkmaz6 September 2021Çaykur Rizespor Bülent UygunMutual agreement22 September 202120th Hamza Hamzaoğlu24 September 2021İstanbul Başakşehir Aykut KocamanResignation2 October 202115th Emre Belözoğlu4 October 2021Yeni Malatyaspor İrfan BuzMutual agreement3 October 202117th Marius Șumudică8 October 2021Antalyaspor Ersun YanalSacked4 October 202114th Nuri Şahin5 October 2021Kasımpaşa Cihat ArslanMutual agreement23 October 202119th Hakan Kutlu28 October 2021Beşiktaş Sergen YalçınResignation9 December 20219th Önder Karaveli13 January 2022Fatih Karagümrük Francesco FarioliMutual agreement16 December 202111th Volkan Demirel17 December 2021Kasımpaşa Hakan Kutlu18 December 202120th Sami Uğurlu20 December 2021Fenerbahçe Vítor PereiraSacked20 December 20215th İsmail Kartal12 January 2022Alanyaspor Bülent KorkmazMutual agreement30 December 20218th Francesco Farioli31 December 2021Galatasaray Fatih Terim10 January 202212th Domènec Torrent11 January 2022Altay Mustafa Denizli13 January 202218th Mert Nobre15 January 2022 Mert NobreSacked26 January 202219th Serkan Özbalta27 January 2022Yeni Malatyaspor Marius Șumudică7 February 202220th Adem Büyük7 February 2022Çaykur Rizespor Hamza HamzaoğluResignation19 February 202218th Bülent Korkmaz 20 February 2022Yeni Malatyaspor Adem BüyükMutual agreement24 February 202220th Cihat Arslan1 March 2022Göztepe Nestor El MaestroSacked7 March 202217th Stjepan Tomas9 March 2022Altay Serkan ÖzbaltaResignation22 March 202217th Sinan Kaloğlu24 March 2022Beşiktaş Önder Karaveli25 March 20228th Valérien Ismaël25 March 2022Göztepe Stjepan TomasMutual agreement27 April 202218th Serdar Sabuncu29 April 2022
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 Adana Demirspor Matías Vargas Damjan Đoković Britt Assombalonga Benjamin Stambouli Loïc Rémy Birkir Bjarnason Mario Balotelli Simon Deli Arijanet Muric Younès Belhanda Babajide David Jonas Svensson Joher Rassoul Lucas Castro Pa Dibba Francis Ezeh Alanyaspor Wilson Eduardo Cristian Borja Leroy Fer Chidozie Awaziem Daniel Candeias João Novais Marafona Famara Diédhiou Nemanja Milunović Miha Mevlja Juanfran Davidson Manolis Siopis Khouma Babacar Altayspor Thaciano César Pinares Martín Rodríguez André Poko Ahmed Rayyan Mohammad Naderi Daouda Bamba Serge Aka Mateusz Lis Marco Paixão Khaly Thiam Leandro Kappel Eric Björkander Antalyaspor Houssam Ghacha Fredy Ruud Boffin Deni Milošević Fernando Luiz Adriano Naldo Andrea Poli Sherel Floranus Diogo Sousa Fyodor Kudryashov Alassane Ndao Admir Mehmedi Haji Wright Amilton Enzo Crivelli Paul Mukairu Beşiktaş Rachid Ghezzal Michy Batshuayi Miralem Pjanić Alex Teixeira Souza Welinton Atiba Hutchinson Cyle Larin Domagoj Vida Fabrice Nsakala Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Valentin Rosier Adem Ljajić Javi Montero Çaykur Rizespor Baiano Fernando Boldrin Ronaldo Mendes Bryan Dabo Carlos Ponck Yannick Bolasie Joel Pohjanpalo Aminu Umar Gedson Fernandes Papiss Cissé Erik Sabo Lebogang Phiri Sebastian Holmén Tyler Boyd Damjan Đoković Nathan Monzango Loïc Rémy Fatih Karagümrük Lucas Biglia Ervin Zukanović Kristijan Bistrović Yann Karamoh Yannis Salibur Vato Arveladze Abdoulaye Touré Davide Biraschi Emiliano Viviano Fabio Borini Derrick Luckassen Ahmed Musa Aleksandar Pešić Jure Balkovec Andrea Bertolacci Medhi Benatia Vegar Hedenstad Fenerbahçe José Sosa Luiz Gustavo Filip Novák Marcel Tisserand Enner Valencia Mërgim Berisha Dimitrios Pelkas Attila Szalai Bright Osayi-Samuel Miguel Crespo Miha Zajc Kim Min-jae Diego Rossi Max Meyer Mbwana Samatta Galatasaray Sofiane Feghouli Marcão Erick Pulgar Victor Nelsson Mostafa Mohamed Bafétimbi Gomis Sacha Boey Patrick van Aanholt Ryan Babel Omar Elabdellaoui Alexandru Cicâldău Olimpiu Moruțan Iñaki Peña Fernando Muslera Gustavo Assunção Radamel Falcao Christian Luyindama Mbaye Diagne DeAndre Yedlin Gaziantep João Figueiredo Ángelo Sagal Stelios Kitsiou Alexander Merkel Ahmed El Messaoudi Hamza Mendyl Luka Stankovski Torgeir Børven Paweł Olkowski Alexandru Maxim Alin Toșca Papy Djilobodji Steven Caulker Amedej Vetrih Jefferson Júnior Nouha Dicko Giresunspor Douglas Flávio Serginho Alexis Pérez Fousseni Diabaté Hamidou Traoré Joey Pelupessy Joe Champness Chiquinho Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov Ibrahima Baldé Mamadou Diarra Souleymane Doukara Younousse Sankharé Göztepe Franco Di Santo Dino Arslanagić Kenan Pirić Marko Mihojević Lourency Makana Baku Oussama Tannane Obinna Nwobodo Adis Jahović Cherif Ndiaye David Tijanić François Moubandje Wilker Ángel Dženan Bureković Balázs Megyeri Brown Ideye Hatayspor Yassine Benzia Sam Adekugbe Kahraba Mehdi Boudjemaa Saba Lobzhanidze Isaac Sackey Simon Falette Adama Traoré Ayoub El Kaabi Munir Mohamedi Rúben Ribeiro Dylan Saint-Louis Mame Biram Diouf Strahil Popov Mohammed Kamara İstanbul Başakşehir Nacer Chadli Júnior Caiçara Léo Duarte Lucas Lima Youssouf Ndayishimiye Trézéguet Stefano Okaka Alexandru Epureanu Fredrik Gulbrandsen Pizzi Danijel Aleksić Peter Žulj Edin Višća Carlos Ponck Kasımpaşa Awer Mabil Haris Hajradinović Michal Trávník Tomáš Břečka Jackson Muleka Valentin Eysseric Florent Hadergjonaj Rayane Aabid Jeffrey Bruma Berat Kalkan Mamadou Fall Uroš Spajić Ryan Donk Mortadha Ben Ouanes Nicolai Jørgensen Kevin Varga Loret Sadiku Nabil Dirar Kayserispor Gustavo Campanharo Olivier Kemen Lionel Carole Bernard Mensah Joseph Attamah Dimitrios Kolovetsios Carlos Mané Majid Hosseini Andrea Bertolacci Miguel Cardoso Silviu Lung Jr. Mame Thiam Jocelyn Janneh Mario Gavranović Zoran Kvržić Anthony Uzodimma Daniel Avramovski Manuel Fernandes Konyaspor Endri Çekiçi Sokol Cikalleshi Amar Rahmanović Amir Hadžiahmetović Ibrahim Šehić Marin Aničić Amilton Guilherme Paul-José M'Poku Ahmed Hassan Zymer Bytyqi Konrad Michalak Nejc Skubic Erdon Daci Artem Kravets Sivasspor Pedro Henrique Aaron Appindangoyé Isaac Cofie Dimitrios Goutas Max Gradel Mustapha Yatabaré Samba Camara Fayçal Fajr Leke James Olarenwaju Kayode Fredrik Ulvestad Moussa Konaté Jorge Félix Azubuike Okechukwu Trabzonspor Edin Višća Bruno Peres Vitor Hugo Djaniny Andreas Cornelius Anastasios Bakasetas Manolis Siopis Bengali-Fodé Koita Jean Evrard Kouassi Anthony Nwakaeme Anders Trondsen Tymoteusz Puchacz Marek Hamšík Stefano Denswil Edgar Ié Gervinho Yeni Malatyaspor Mehdi Zeffane Gastón Campi Eric Ndizeye Jospin Nshimirimana Karim Hafez Mounir Chouiar Benjamin Tetteh Godfred Donsah Haqi Osman Philip Awuku Nouha Dicko Azubuike Okechukwu Stevie Mallan Oussama Haddadi Wallace Walter Bwalya Didier Ndong Rayane Aabid
League table
Results
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)6MarmaraBeşiktaş, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbul Başakşehir and Kasımpaşa4MediterraneanAdana Demirspor, Alanyaspor, Antalyaspor and Hatayspor3Black SeaÇaykur Rizespor, Giresunspor and TrabzonsporCentral Anatolia Kayserispor, Konyaspor and Sivasspor2AegeanAltay and Göztepe 1Eastern AnatoliaYeni MalatyasporSoutheastern AnatoliaGaziantep
Statistics Top scorers Rank Player Club(s) Goals1 Umut BozokKasımpaşa202 Mario BalotelliAdana Demirspor18 Ayoub El KaabiHatayspor4 Joel PohjanpaloÇaykur Rizespor165 Andreas CorneliusTrabzonspor15 Serdar DursunFenerbahçe7 Michy BatshuayiBeşiktaş14 Alexandru MaximGaziantep Aleksandar PešićFatih Karagümrük Haji WrightAntalyaspor
Clean sheets Rank Player Club(s) Clean sheets1 Ibrahim ŠehićKonyaspor122 Uğurcan ÇakırTrabzonspor11 Emiliano VivianoFatih Karagümrük4 Altay BayındırFenerbahçe105 Volkan Babacanİstanbul Başakşehir9 Ruud BoffinAntalyaspor Ersin DestanoğluBeşiktaş Günay GüvençGaziantep Okan KocukGiresunspor10 Silviu Lung Jr.Kayserispor8 MunirHatayspor Arijanet MuricAdana Demirspor Fernando MusleraGalatasaray
Hat-tricks