The 2012–13 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th season of the Süper Lig, the highest football league of Turkey. Galatasaray are the defending champions. The season began on 17 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.

Süper Lig
Season2012–13
ChampionsGalatasaray
19th title
RelegatedMersin İdmanyurdu
Orduspor
İstanbul BB
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
Fenerbahçe
Europa LeagueBeşiktaş
Bursaspor
Trabzonspor
Matches played306
Goals scored817 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerBurak Yılmaz (24)
Biggest home winGençlerbirliği 4–0 Kayserispor
Antalyaspor 4–0 Elazığspor
Eskişehirspor 4–0 Gaziantepspor
Biggest away winAntalyaspor 0–4 Galatasaray
Belediyespor 0–4 İstanbul BB
Elazığspor 0–4 Kayserispor
Gençlerbirliği 0-4 Trabzonspor
Highest scoringAntalyaspor 3–5 Beşiktaş
Antalyaspor 3–5 Gençlerbirliği
Longest winning run7 games
Galatasaray
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Beşiktaş
Longest winless run15 games
Mersin İdmanyurdu
Longest losing run10 games
Orduspor
Average attendance13,074[1]

On 5 May, Galatasaray won a record 19th Turkish title after beating Sivasspor 4–2.[2]

Teams

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Samsunspor, Manisaspor and Ankaragücü were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings. Ankaragücü concluded 31 years at top level, Manisaspor returned to second level after 2 years and Samsunspor immediately returned to second one.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 TFF First League champions Akhisar Belediyespor, runners-up Elazığspor and promotion play-off winners Kasımpaşa S.K. Elazığspor returned to the top level after 8 years by making two successive promotions. Akhisar Belediyespor makes its debut in Turkey's top flight. Kasımpaşa returned immediately after their relegation to the First League in the 2010–11 season. Elazığspor got sponsorship from Sanica Boru and changed their name to "Sanica Boru Elazığspor".[3]

Team overview

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Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Stadium Capacity
Akhisar Belediyespor Manisa   Hamza Hamzaoğlu   Emrah Eren Nike Köfteci Ramiz Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium 16,597
Beşiktaş Istanbul   Samet Aybaba   İbrahim Toraman Adidas Toyota BJK İnönü Stadium 32,086
Bursaspor Bursa   Hikmet Karaman   Ömer Erdoğan Puma InterCity Bursa Atatürk Stadium 25,661
Eskişehirspor Eskişehir   Ersun Yanal   Servet Çetin Nike Eti Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium 13,520
Fenerbahçe Istanbul   Aykut Kocaman   Emre Belözoğlu Adidas Türk Telekom Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium 55,526
Galatasaray Istanbul   Fatih Terim   Sabri Sarıoğlu Nike Türk Telekom Türk Telekom Arena 52,652
Gaziantepspor Gaziantep   Bülent Uygun   Serdar Kurtuluş Nike Riga Boya Kamil Ocak Stadium 16,981
Gençlerbirliği Ankara   Fuat Çapa   Cem Can Lotto ICK Yapı Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209
İstanbul BB Istanbul   Bülent Korkmaz   Efe İnanç Nike Medipol Atatürk Olympic Stadium 83,092
Karabükspor Karabük   Tolunay Kafkas   Muhammet Özdin Lescon Kardemir Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium 7,593
Kasımpaşa Istanbul   Shota Arveladze   Fabian Ernst Lotto UCZ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234
Kayserispor Kayseri   Robert Prosinečki   Eren Güngör Adidas Kadir Has Stadium 32,864
Medical Park Antalyaspor Antalya   Mehmet Özdilek   Uğur İnceman Puma Akdeniz University Stadium 7,083
Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin   Hakan Kutlu   Mert Nobre Hummel Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium 10,128
Orduspor Ordu   Cevat Güler   Hasan Kabze Umbro Spor Toto 19 Eylül Stadium 11,024
Sanica Boru Elazığspor Elazığ   Yılmaz Vural   Bülent Ertuğrul Umbro Kolin Elazığ Atatürk Stadium 13,923
Sivasspor Sivas   Rıza Çalımbay   Hayrettin Yerlikaya Adidas Riga Boya Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 14,998
Trabzonspor Trabzon   Mustafa Reşit Akçay   Tolga Zengin Nike Türk Telekom Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium 24,169

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
İstanbul BB   Arif Erdem Sacked 14 May 2012[4]   Carlos Carvalhal[5] 16 May 2012
Karabükspor   Bülent Korkmaz Sacked 8 May 2012[6]   Michael Skibbe[7] 17 May 2012
Beşiktaş   Tayfur Havutçu Sacked 20 May 2012[8]   Samet Aybaba[9] 16 June 2012
Kasımpaşa   Metin Diyadin Resignation 23 September 2012[10]   Shota Arveladze[11] 8 October 2012
Kayserispor   Shota Arveladze Resignation 1 October 2012[12]   Robert Prosinečki 15 October 2012[13]
Elazığspor   Bülent Uygun Resignation 8 October 2012[14]   Yılmaz Vural[15] 10 October 2012
Karabükspor   Michael Skibbe Sacked 4 November 2012[16]   Mesut Bakkal[17] 6 November 2012
İstanbul BB   Carlos Carvalhal Resigned 12 November 2012[18]   Bülent Korkmaz[19] 13 November 2012
Mersin İdmanyurdu   Nurullah Sağlam Sacked 15 December 2012[20]   Giray Bulak 20 December 2012[21]
Trabzonspor   Şenol Güneş Resigned 27 January 2013[22]   Tolunay Kafkas 28 January 2013[23]
Bursaspor   Ertuğrul Sağlam Resigned 27 January 2013[24]   Hikmet Karaman 6 February 2013[25]
Gaziantepspor   Hikmet Karaman Sacked 5 February 2013[26]   Bülent Uygun 8 February 2013[27]
Mersin İdmanyurdu   Giray Bulak Sacked 7 March 2013[28]   Hakan Kutlu 8 March 2013[29]
Orduspor   Héctor Cúper Sacked 13 April 2013[30]   Cevat Güler 13 April 2013[30]
Karabükspor   Mesut Bakkal Sacked 6 May 2013[31]   Tolunay Kafkas 8 May 2013
Elazığspor   Yılmaz Vural Resignation 19 May 2013[32] Vacant Vacant

Foreign Players

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The match squad must have no more than 5 foreign players, while a club may registered a maximum of 8 foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former Players
Akhisarspor   Luciano Guaycochea   Kerem Bulut   Bruno Mezenga   Severin Bikoko   Theofanis Gekas   Gideon Sani   Ibrahima Sonko   Diego Lima
Antalyaspor   Sammy Ndjock   Nikola Žižić   Petr Janda   Ismaïl Aissati   Isaac Promise   Lamine Diarra   Veselin Minev
Beşiktaş   Dentinho   Tomáš Sivok   Julien Escudé   Roberto Hilbert   Manuel Fernandes   Allan McGregor   Mamadou Niang   Filip Hološko   Hugo Almeida
  Ricardo Quaresma
Bursaspor   Fernando Belluschi   Pablo Batalla   Sebastián Pinto   Anton Ferdinand   Scott Carson   Michaël Chrétien   Maurice Edu   Stanislav Šesták   Petteri Forsell
 
Teteh Bangura
Elazığspor   Ivan Sesar   Fábio Bilica   Vanja Iveša   Jake Jervis   Marvin Zeegelaar   Roland Alberg   Tidiane Sane   Emir Kujović   Hervé Tum
  Hrvoje Spahija
  Amr Zaki
  Julien Faubert
  Pascal Feindouno
Eskişehirspor   Ruud Boffin   Dedé   Diego Ângelo   Rodrigo Tello   Jerry Akaminko   Atdhe Nuhiu   Diomansy Kamara   Goran Čaušić   Patryk Małecki
Fenerbahçe   Crsitian   Pierre Webó   Dirk Kuyt   Joseph Yobo   Raul Meireles   Moussa Sow   Miroslav Stoch   Reto Ziegler   Alex
  Henri Bienvenu
  Miloš Krasić
Galatasaray   Felipe Melo   Dany Nounkeu   Didier Drogba   Emmanuel Eboué   Nordin Amrabat   Wesley Sneijder   Albert Riera   Fernando Muslera   Cris
  Tomáš Ujfaluši
  Johan Elmander
Gaziantepspor   Haris Medunjanin   Wílton Figueiredo   Abdou Traoré   Dorge Kouemaha   Gilles Binya   Darvydas Šernas   Žydrūnas Karčemarskas   Ivan Kecojević   Ismael Sosa
  Senijad Ibričić
  Ivan
Gençlerbirliği   Ermin Zec   Björn Vleminckx   Randall Azofeifa   Ante Kulušić   Dejan Lekić   Duško Tošić   Nemanja Tomić   Radosav Petrović   Debatik Curri
  Ekigho Ehiosun
İstanbul BB   Edin Višća   Doka Madureira   Tom   Kamil Zayatte   'Simon Zenke   Eduardo   Geraldes   Samuel Holmén   Pierre Webó
Karabükspor   Jugurtha Hamroun   Armand Deumi   Anthony Šerić   Vjekoslav Tomić   Larrys Mabiala   Lomana LuaLua   Luton Shelton   Sanel Jahić
  Florin Cernat
Kasımpaşa   Djalma   Matías Fritzler   Senijad Ibričić   Georgi Sarmov   Fabian Ernst   Andreas Isaksson   Tabaré Viudez   Nikolay Dimitrov
  Kalu Uche
  Pablo Pintos
  Santiago García
Kayserispor   Pablo Mouche   Bobô   Cleyton   Zurab Khizanishvili   Grétar Steinsson   Marko Simić   Diego Biseswar   Cristian Riveros   Franco Cángele
  Emir Kujović
Mersin İdmanyurdu   Emmanuel Culio   Ivan   David Bičík   Jean-Jacques Gosso   Nduka Ozokwo   Raheem Lawal   Milan Mitrović   Milan Stepanov   Ibrahim Šehić
  Danilo Bueno
  Joseph Boum
  Ibrahim Yattara
  Wissem Ben Yahia
Orduspor   Javier Umbides   Ayila Yussuf   Miguel Garcia   Bogdan Stancu   Sašo Fornezzi   Agus   David Barral   Jaime Romero   Vicente Monje
  Rovérsio
Sivasspor   Ricardo Pedriel   Milan Borjan   Jakub Navrátil   Jan Rajnoch   Aatif Chahechouhe   Michael Eneramo   Arkadiusz Piech   Kamil Grosicki   Milan Černý
  Jacques Faty
  Štefan Senecký
Trabzonspor   Gustavo Colman   Alanzinho   Emerson   Didier Zokora   Sol Bamba   Adrian Mierzejewski   Marek Čech   Marek Sapara   Marc Janko
  Paulo Henrique
  Ondřej Čelůstka
  Róbert Vittek

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Galatasaray (C) 34 21 8 5 66 35 +31 71 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Fenerbahçe 34 18 7 9 56 39 +17 61 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 16 10 8 63 49 +14 58 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Bursaspor 34 14 13 7 52 41 +11 55 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Kayserispor 34 15 7 12 48 45 +3 52
6 Kasımpaşa 34 14 8 12 48 37 +11 50
7 Antalyaspor 34 14 5 15 50 52 −2 47
8 Eskişehirspor 34 11 13 10 48 40 +8 46[a]
9 Trabzonspor 34 13 7 14 39 40 −1 46[a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
10 Gaziantepspor 34 12 10 12 42 49 −7 46[a]
11 Gençlerbirliği 34 10 15 9 46 47 −1 45
12 Sivasspor 34 12 8 14 42 46 −4 44
13 Elazığspor 34 10 13 11 31 46 −15 43
14 Akhisar Belediyespor 34 11 9 14 36 44 −8 42
15 Kardemir Karabükspor 34 11 7 16 41 53 −12 40
16 İstanbul B.B. (R) 34 9 9 16 43 50 −7 36 Relegation to TFF First League
17 Orduspor (R) 34 6 11 17 35 51 −16 29
18 Mersin İdman Yurdu (R) 34 4 10 20 31 53 −22 22
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Eskişehirspor were ahead of Trabzonspor and Gaziantepspor on head-to-head goal difference: Eskişehirspor: 6 pts, 7–3 (+4); Trabzonspor: 6 pts, 5–5 (0); Gaziantepspor: 6 pts, 4–8 (–4).
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2012–13 Turkish Cup, Fenerbahçe, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the cup runners-up, Trabzonspor.

Positions by round

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The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Galatasaray2511111111111111111111111111111111
Fenerbahçe6154365686342423443432233222222222
Beşiktaş612435101112107854332222323322333333333
Bursaspor3111289121011791199886657764445555444444
Kayserispor1517171615171515171412131414131215151313129877999678655
Kasımpaşa141022224565636667975576764444555566
Antalyaspor18931012972222232443342455567768910877
Eskişehirspor15161391089743475555586657688887910910108
Trabzonspor62107776810109677787911910121010111312121087989
Gaziantepspor15171414131414131313151513121415141415151515131516121110121112111210
Gençlerbirliği12611115343858101191011108101189996687667911
Sivasspor3681284891111101189101310111211810111210111011111211131112
Elazığspor6151818181818181818181818171616161616161616161613141515131513121313
Akhisar Belediyespor38913141516161415161617181718181818181818171717171717161415161414
Kardemir Karabükspor6141617161313141516131212151298698911121312151313141314141515
İstanbul B.B.6711661112101212141415131514121210121414141415101414151616151616
Orduspor1247543235471011101111131314141313151114161616171717171717
Mersin İdmanyurdu12131515171617171617171716161817171717171717181818181818181818181818
Source: tff.org (in Turkish)

Results

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Home \ Away AKH ANT BEŞ BUR ELZ ESK FEN GAL GAZ GEN İBB KRB KSM KAY MİY ORD SİV TRA
Akhisar Belediyespor 1–0 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Antalyaspor 4–3 3–5 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–4 5–2 3–5 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–1
Beşiktaş 3–1 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–2 3–2 3–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
Bursaspor 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–2
Elazığspor 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1
Eskişehirspor 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–2 1–0 5–2 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Fenerbahçe 2–0 1–3 3–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0
Galatasaray 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 3–1 4–2 4–2 2–0
Gaziantepspor 2–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0
Gençlerbirliği 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–4
İstanbul B.B. 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–1
Kardemir Karabükspor 0–2 1–0 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Kasımpaşa 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Kayserispor 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Mersin İdmanyurdu 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–1
Orduspor 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–2
Sivasspor 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–3 3–2 2–0
Trabzonspor 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–3 0–0 4–1 2–0 4–3 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Source: tff.org (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Kalu Uche Kasımpaşa Sanica Boru Elazığspor 3–0 1 September 2012
  Pierre Webó İstanbul BB Akhisar Belediyespor 4–0 16 September 2012
  Hugo Almeida Beşiktaş MP Antalyaspor 5–3 18 November 2012
  Björn Vleminckx Gençlerbirliği MP Antalyaspor 5–3 20 January 2013
  Michael Eneramo Sivasspor İstanbul BB 4–1 27 April 2013

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