2014–15 Süper Lig
Longest losing run | Çaykur Rizespor Kayseri Erciyesspor (6 matches) |
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Highest attendance | 52,500 Fenerbahçe 1–0 Galatasaray[1] |
Total attendance | 2,592,980 |
Average attendance | 8,474 |
← 2013–14 → |
The 2014–15 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 57th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.
The season was named after former Beşiktaş club president Süleyman Seba, who died in 2014.[2]
Teams
Mersin İdman Yurdu
. They returned to the top division after 1, 38 and 1 years, respectively.
Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2014–15 Süper LigTeam | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Akhisar Belediyespor
|
Manisa | Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium | 16,597 |
Balıkesirspor | Balıkesir | Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium | 15,800 |
Beşiktaş | Istanbul | Atatürk Olympic Stadium | 76,092 |
Bursaspor | Bursa | Bursa Atatürk Stadium | 25,661 |
Çaykur Rizespor | Rize | Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı
|
15,485 |
Eskişehirspor | Eskişehir | Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium | 13,520 |
Fenerbahçe | Istanbul | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | 50,509 |
Galatasaray | Istanbul | Türk Telekom Arena
|
52,652 |
Gaziantepspor | Gaziantep | Kamil Ocak Stadium
|
16,981 |
Gençlerbirliği | Ankara | Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | 19,209 |
İstanbul Başakşehir | Istanbul | Başakşehir Arena
|
17,800 |
Karabükspor
|
Karabük | Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium | 14,200 |
Kasımpaşa | Istanbul | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium | 14,234 |
Kayseri Erciyesspor | Kayseri | Kadir Has Stadium | 32,864 |
Konyaspor | Konya | New Konya Stadium
|
42,276 |
Mersin İdman Yurdu
|
Mersin | Mersin Arena
|
25,534 |
Sivasspor | Sivas | Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium | 14,998 |
Trabzonspor | Trabzon | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium | 24,169 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Akhisar Belediyespor
|
Roberto Carlos | Bilal Kısa | Puma
|
Köfteci Ramiz |
Balıkesirspor | Cihat Arslan | Gökhan Ünal | Lescon | |
Beşiktaş | Slaven Bilić | Tolga Zengin | Adidas | Vodafone |
Bursaspor | Şenol Güneş | Volkan Şen | Puma | |
Çaykur Rizespor | Hikmet Karaman | Kıvanç Karakaş | Lotto | Çaykur |
Eskişehirspor | Michael Skibbe | Sezgin Coşkun | Nike | ETi |
Fenerbahçe | İsmail Kartal | Emre Belözoğlu | Adidas | |
Galatasaray | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | Selçuk İnan | Nike | Huawei |
Gaziantepspor | Okan Buruk | Elyasa Süme
|
Nike | Turkish Oil
|
Gençlerbirliği | Vacant | Ramazan Köse | Lotto | ICK |
İstanbul Başakşehir | Abdullah Avcı | Rızvan Şahin | Adidas | Makro |
Karabükspor
|
Yılmaz Vural | Larrys Mabiala | Adidas | Kardemir |
Kasımpaşa | Önder Özen | Ryan Donk | Adidas | Yesilay |
Kayseri Erciyesspor | Fatih Tekke | Necati Ateş | Lescon | Bekas |
Konyaspor | Aykut Kocaman | Hasan Kabze | Hummel | Torku |
Mersin İdman Yurdu
|
Rıza Çalımbay | Servet Çetin | Nike | Arbella Makarna |
Sivasspor | Sergen Yalçın | Adem Koçak | Adidas | Marka Gida |
Trabzonspor | Ersun Yanal | Onur Kıvrak | Nike |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fenerbahçe | Ersun Yanal | Resignation | 9 August 2014[3] | İsmail Kartal | 12 August 2014[4] |
Gençlerbirliği | Mustafa Kaplan | Sacked | 13 September 2014 [5] | İrfan Buz | 24 September 2014[6] |
Konyaspor | Mesut Bakkal | Sacked | 25 October 2014 [7] | Aykut Kocaman | 28 October 2014[8] |
Trabzonspor | Vahid Halilhodžić | Mutual agreement | 8 November 2014 [9] | Ersun Yanal | 12 November 2014 [10] |
Balıkesirspor | İsmail Ertekin | Resignation | 24 November 2014 [11] | Kemal Özdeş | 30 November 2014 |
Kayseri Erciyesspor | Bülent Korkmaz | Sacked | 25 November 2014 [12] | Uğur Tütüneker | 7 December 2014 |
Galatasaray | Cesare Prandelli | Sacked | 27 November 2014 [13] | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | 1 December 2014 [14] |
Çaykur Rizespor | Mehmet Özdilek | Sacked | 7 December 2014 [15] | Hikmet Karaman | 11 December 2014 [16] |
Sivasspor | Roberto Carlos | Resigned | 21 December 2014 [17] | Sergen Yalçın | 23 December 2014 [18] |
Akhisar Belediyespor
|
Mustafa Reşit Akçay | Mutual agreement | 29 December 2014 [19] | Roberto Carlos | 11 January 2015 [20] |
Eskişehirspor | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Resigned | 5 January 2015 [21] | Michael Skibbe | 12 January 2015 [22] |
Kayseri Erciyesspor | Uğur Tütüneker | Resigned | 8 January 2015 [23] | Mehmet Özdilek | 10 January 2015 [24] |
Gençlerbirliği | İrfan Buz | Sacked | 17 February 2015 [25] | Mesut Bakkal | 17 February 2015 [26] |
Karabükspor
|
Tolunay Kafkas | Mutual agreement | 23 February 2015 [27] | Yılmaz Vural | 24 February 2015 [28] |
Kasımpaşa | Shota Arveladze | Resigned | 13 March 2015 [29] | Jan Wouters (caretaker) | 24 March 2015 [30] |
Kayseri Erciyesspor | Mehmet Özdilek | Resigned | 24 March 2015 [31] | Fatih Tekke | 29 March 2015 [32] |
Kasımpaşa | Jan Wouters (caretaker) | Mutual agreement | 14 April 2015 | Önder Özen | 14 April 2015 [33] |
Balıkesirspor | Kemal Özdeş | Resigned | 26 April 2015 [34] | Cihat Arslan | 27 April 2015 [35] |
Gençlerbirliği | Mesut Bakkal | Resigned | 23 May 2015 [36] | Mustafa Kaplan (caretaker) | 23 May 2015 |
Foreign Players
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
5 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 57[a] | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
6 | Bursaspor[b] | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 57[a] | |
7 | Mersin İdmanyurdu[c]
|
34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 47 | |
8 | Konyaspor | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 46 | |
9 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 40[d] | |
10 | Gaziantepspor[c] | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 40[d] | |
11 | Eskişehirspor[c] | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 39 | |
12 | Akhisar Belediyespor
|
34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 38 | |
13 | Kasımpaşa[c]
|
34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 37 | |
14 | Çaykur Rizespor | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 36[e] | |
15 | Sivasspor | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 36[e] | |
16 | Kardemir Karabükspor (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 28 | Relegation to TFF First League |
17 | Kayseri Erciyesspor[c] (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 27[f] | |
18 | Balıkesirspor[c] (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 48 | 69 | −21 | 27[f] |
Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored (It is also decided that only criteria 1, 4 and 5 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition)[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored (It is also decided that only criteria 1, 4 and 5 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition)[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Trabzonspor finished ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: Trabzonspor–Bursaspor 1–0, Bursaspor–Trabzonspor 3–3.
- ^ Bursaspor were banned from European competitions by UEFA for the following four seasons due to financial issues.[37]
- ^ a b c d e f Mersin İdmanyurdu, Gaziantepspor, Eskişehirspor, Balıkesirspor, Kasımpaşa and Kayseri Erciyesspor were not granted a UEFA license by the Turkish Football Federation, and could therefore not qualify for European competitions.[38]
- ^ a b Gençlerbirliği finished ahead of Gaziantepspor on head-to-head record: Gençlerbirliği–Gaziantepspor 2–0, Gaziantepspor–Gençlerbirliği 0–3.
- ^ a b Çaykur Rizespor finished ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head record: Çaykur Rizespor–Sivasspor 2–1, Sivasspor–Çaykur Rizespor 0–1.
- ^ a b Kayseri Erciyesspor finished ahead of Balıkesirspor on head-to-head record: Kayseri Erciyesspor–Balıkesirspor 4–0, Balıkesirspor–Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–1.
Results
Positions by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Leader | |
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round | |
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Play-off round | |
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round | |
Relegation to 2015–16 TFF First League |
Source: tff.org
(in Turkish)