2011–12 Süper Lig

The 2011–12 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th season of the Süper Lig, the top level football league of Turkey. Fenerbahçe were the defending champions. The start date of the league was due to be 7 August 2011,[2] but due to the match fixing scandal in Turkey it began instead on 9 September 2011 and was concluded on 12 May 2012. Galatasaray won their 18th title.[3] A new format was introduced this season, in which after the regular season two play-off groups were played to decide over the Champions League and Europa League starting rounds. Points of the regular season were halved for ranking in those.

Süper Lig
Season2011–12
ChampionsGalatasaray
RelegatedAnkaragücü
Manisaspor
Samsunspor
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
Fenerbahçe
Europa LeagueTrabzonspor
Bursaspor
Eskişehirspor
Matches played306
Goals scored788 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerBurak Yılmaz (33 goals)
Biggest home winFenerbahçe 6–1 Gençlerbirliği
Gaziantepspor 5–0 İstanbul BB
Biggest away winAnkaragücü 0–5 Kayserispor
Highest scoringKayserispor 6–2 Sivasspor
Karabükspor 3–5 Mersin İdmanyurdu
Longest winning run9 games
Galatasaray
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Galatasaray
Longest winless run16 games
Ankaragücü
Longest losing run15 games
Ankaragücü
Average attendance11,250[1]

Teams
Locations of the 2011–12 Süper Lig teams

Bucaspor, Kasımpaşa and Konyaspor were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 TFF First League champions Mersin İdmanyurdu, runners-up Samsunspor and Orduspor promotion play-off winners. Samsunspor returned to Süper Lig after 5 years of absence, and Mersin İdmanyurdu promoted to Turkey's top league after 28 years. Finally Orduspor returned to Süper Lig after 25 years of absence.[4]

Team overview
Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Stadium Capacity
Ankaragücü Ankara Hakan Kutlu Aydın Toscalı Lotto Spor Toto Ankara 19 Mayıs 19,209
Antalyaspor Antalya Mehmet Özdilek Ömer Çatkıç Puma SunExpress Mardan Sports Complex 7,428
Beşiktaş Istanbul Tayfur Havutçu İbrahim Toraman adidas Toyota İnönü 32,086
Bursaspor Bursa Ertuğrul Sağlam İbrahim Öztürk Puma InterCity Bursa Atatürk 18,587
Eskişehirspor Eskişehir Ersun Yanal Sezgin Coşkun adidas Eti Eskişehir Atatürk 13,520
Fenerbahçe Istanbul Aykut Kocaman Alex adidas Avea Şükrü Saracoğlu 50,509
Galatasaray Istanbul Fatih Terim Ayhan Akman Nike Türk Telekom Türk Telekom Arena 52,652
Gaziantepspor Gaziantep Hikmet Karaman Emre Güngör adidas TürkOil Gaziantep Kamil Ocak 16,981
Gençlerbirliği Ankara Fuat Çapa Cem Can Lotto Caprice Gold Ankara 19 Mayıs 19,209
İstanbul BB Istanbul Arif Erdem Efe İnanç Nike Spor Toto Atatürk Olympic 76,092
Karabükspor Karabük Bülent Korkmaz Florin Cernat Lescon Kardemir Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu 7,593
Kayserispor Kayseri Shota Arveladze Eren Güngör adidas Spor Toto Kadir Has 32,864
Manisaspor Manisa Reha Erginer İlker Avcıbay Lescon Vestel Manisa 19 Mayıs 16,597
Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin Nurullah Sağlam Christian Zurita Hummel Soil Tevfik Sırrı Gür 10,128
Orduspor Ordu Héctor Cúper Jean-Jacques Gosso Umbro Spor Toto Ordu 19 Eylül 11,024
Samsunspor Samsun Mesut Bakkal Murat Yıldırım Erreà Spor Toto Samsun 19 Mayıs 12,720
Sivasspor Sivas Rıza Çalımbay Hayrettin Yerlikaya adidas Spor Toto Sivas 4 Eylül 14,998
Trabzonspor Trabzon Şenol Güneş Tolga Zengin Nike Türk Telekom Hüseyin Avni Aker 24,169

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Gaziantepspor Tolunay Kafkas Resigned 26 September 2011[5] Abdullah Ercan 30 September 2011[6]
Karabükspor Yücel İldiz Resigned 5 November 2011[7] Bülent Korkmaz 8 November 2011[8]
İstanbul BB Abdullah Avcı Assigned as Turkey head coach 17 November 2011[9] Arif Erdem 18 November 2011[10]
Ankaragücü Ziya Doğan Resigned 13 December 2011[11] Hakan Kutlu 14 December 2011[12]
Orduspor Metin Diyadin Resigned 13 December 2011[13] Héctor Cúper 19 December 2011[14]
Eskişehirspor Michael Skibbe Mutually terminated 22 December 2011[15] Ersun Yanal 24 December 2011[16]
Manisaspor Kemal Özdeş Resigned 24 January 2012[17] Ümit Özat 26 January 2012[18]
Gaziantepspor Abdullah Ercan Resigned 26 January 2012[19] Hikmet Karaman 26 January 2012[19]
Samsunspor Vladimir Petković Resigned 27 January 2012[20] Mesut Bakkal 27 January 2012[20]
Manisaspor Ümit Özat Mutually terminated 28 February 2012[21] Reha Erginer 29 February 2012[22]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Galatasaray 34 23 8 3 69 24 +45 77 Qualification to Süper Final, Championship group
2 Fenerbahçe 34 20 8 6 61 34 +27 68
3 Trabzonspor 34 15 11 8 60 39 +21 56
4 Beşiktaş 34 15 10 9 50 39 +11 55
5 Eskişehirspor 34 14 8 12 42 41 +1 50[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Süper Final, Europa League group
6 İstanbul B.B. 34 14 8 12 48 49 −1 50[lower-alpha 1]
7 Sivasspor 34 13 11 10 57 54 +3 50[lower-alpha 1]
8 Bursaspor 34 13 10 11 44 35 +9 49[lower-alpha 2]
9 Gençlerbirliği 34 13 10 11 49 48 +1 49[lower-alpha 2]
10 Gaziantepspor 34 13 9 12 39 33 +6 48
11 Kayserispor 34 13 5 16 42 39 +3 44[lower-alpha 3]
12 Kardemir Karabükspor 34 13 5 16 44 56 −12 44[lower-alpha 3]
13 Mersin İdman Yurdu 34 12 6 16 34 45 −11 42[lower-alpha 4]
14 Orduspor 34 10 12 12 28 34 −6 42[lower-alpha 4]
15 Antalyaspor 34 10 9 15 32 42 −10 39
16 Samsunspor (R) 34 9 9 16 36 47 −11 36 Relegation to 2012–13 TFF First League
17 Manisaspor (R) 34 8 8 18 31 52 −21 32
18 MKE Ankaragücü (R) 34 2 5 27 22 77 −55 11
Source: TFF's official Süper Lig website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Eskişehirspor were ahead of İstanbul B.B. and Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Eskişehirspor: 8 pts, İstanbul B.B.: 5 pts, Sivasspor: 2 pts.
  2. Bursaspor were ahead of Gençlerbirliği on head-to-head record: Bursaspor–Gençlerbirliği 4–0, Gençlerbirliği–Bursaspor 2–2.
  3. Kayserispor were ahead of Kardemir Karabükspor on head-to-head record: Kayserispor–Kardemir Karabükspor 2–0, Kardemir Karabükspor–Kayserispor 1–0.
  4. Mersin İdman Yurdu were ahead of Orduspor on head-to-head record: Mersin İdman Yurdu–Orduspor 1–0, Orduspor–Mersin İdman Yurdu 0–1.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
MKE Ankaragücü12151717181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Antalyaspor75681014111314141414131412121213129911111310131012141515151515
Beşiktaş13653475647653333333333333333444444
Bursaspor1147688891281010121313131291112131012121099875658
Eskişehirspor421591215151081297444444777977777656885
Fenerbahçe8322111111111222222222222222222222
Galatasaray17886222323322111111111111111111111
Gaziantepspor15161818171717141515151715151515151414151415141515161615131413101010
Gençlerbirliği11781114912911101011121096556546554555567769
İstanbul B.B.24313244345456679111313108788888999996
Kardemir Karabükspor58814151614161616161516161616161716161616161616151414151314141112
Kayserispor1817131516139111313131311989791010119899111213111212131311
Manisaspor913151613117575434558101011121312151414141516171616171717
Mersin İdmanyurdu61274561012899788756788810131113121311101110111213
Orduspor1610111285326678913141414151514151412101191110111011121414
Samsunspor3111213121516171717171617171717171617171717171717171717161717161616
Sivasspor14181491110131012111112141111111187654666666788577
Trabzonspor1013161074675226671010865465445444333333
Qualification for Süper Final, Championship group
Qualification for Süper Final, Europa League group
Relegation to 2012–13 TFF First League
Source: tff.org (in Turkish)

Results
Home \ Away MKE ANT BEŞ BUR ESK FEN GAL GAZ GEN İBB KRB KAY MAN MİY ORD SAM SİV TRA
MKE Ankaragücü 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–5 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–5 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–4
Antalyaspor 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1
Beşiktaş 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–2
Bursaspor 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1
Eskişehirspor 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2
Fenerbahçe 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 6–1 4–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–0
Galatasaray 4–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–4 2–0 4–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1
Gaziantepspor 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Gençlerbirliği 1–1 3–0 4–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–1
İstanbul B.B. 3–0 4–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2
Kardemir Karabükspor 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–5 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Kayserispor 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 6–2 3–3
Manisaspor 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–3 2–3 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1
Mersin İdmanyurdu 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–5 1–1
Orduspor 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
Samsunspor 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 3–1 2–4 0–0 3–2 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Sivasspor 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–4 2–0 0–4 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–2
Trabzonspor 3–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 4–1 4–0 2–1
Source: tff.org (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

European play-offs

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Galatasaray (C) 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 48 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Fenerbahçe 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 47 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Trabzonspor 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 33 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Beşiktaş 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 33 Banned from 2012–13 European competitions[lower-alpha 2]
Source: SporToto Süper Lig official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Trabzonspor entered the play-off round as Fenerbahçe, the winners of the 2011–12 Turkish Cup, already qualified for the Champions League. Moreover, as Beşiktaş is banned 1 year from European football, Europa League spots shifted down, so Bursaspor start from the third qualifying round, as well as Eskişehirspor start from the second qualifying round.
  2. See 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualification play-off match. Moreover, as Beşiktaş is banned 1 year from European football, Europa League spots shifted down.

Results
Home \ Away BEŞ FEN GAL TRA
Beşiktaş 1–0 0–2 1–1
Fenerbahçe 2–1 0–0 2–0
Galatasaray 2–2 1–2 0–0
Trabzonspor 1–0 1–3 2–4
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Bursaspor 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 37 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Eskişehirspor 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 36 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 İstanbul B.B. 6 2 1 3 11 14 −3 32
8 Sivasspor 6 1 1 4 9 13 −4 29
Source: SporToto Süper Lig official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. See 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualification play-off match. Moreover, as Beşiktaş is banned 1 year from European football, Europa League spots shifted down.

Results
Home \ Away BUR ESK İBB SİV
Bursaspor 3–2 3–2 2–0
Eskişehirspor 2–0 3–1 1–1
İstanbul B.B. 0–4 1–1 4–2
Sivasspor 4–0 1–3 1–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualification play-off match

Beşiktaş (the fourth-placed team of the Champions League group) and the winners of the Europa League group would play for a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. But the match was cancelled as Bursaspor, the 2011–12 Turkish Cup finalists against Champions League-qualified Fenerbahçe, wins the Europa League group. Bursaspor lost the cup final, and as a result, they qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, and Beşiktaş qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round. But on 30 May 2012; UEFA banned Beşiktaş one year from UEFA competitions, so UEFA Europa League spots shifted down.[23] Bursaspor were also initially banned from entering the Europa League, but this was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[24]

Spor Toto Cup

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orduspor 6 6 0 0 17 6 +11 18 Qualification to Spor Toto Cup Final
2 Kardemir Karabükspor 6 3 1 2 14 10 +4 10
3 MKE Ankaragücü 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4
4 Samsunspor 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2
Source: TFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away MKE KRB ORD SAM
MKE Ankaragücü 1–5 0–3 1–0
Kardemir Karabükspor 3–1 2–4 1–1
Orduspor 2–1 2–1 1–0
Samsunspor 0–0 1–2 2–5
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gaziantepspor 6 4 0 2 15 9 +6 12 Qualification to Spor Toto Cup Final
2 Gençlerbirliği 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9
3 Antalyaspor 6 3 0 3 12 12 0 9
4 Kayserispor 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6
Source: TFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ANT GAZ GEN KAY
Antalyaspor 4–2 1–3 3–1
Gaziantepspor 3–1 4–0 3–2
Gençlerbirliği 3–2 0–2 0–1
Kayserispor 0–1 2–1 0–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Spor Toto Cup Final
17 May 2012 (2012-05-17) Orduspor1–3 Gaziantepspor Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 EEST H. Özmert  38' Report (in Turkish) C. Tosun  18' (pen.), 82'
Popov  87'		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: İlker Meral

Top goalscorers

Including play-off matches[25]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Burak Yılmaz Trabzonspor 33
2 Diomansy Kamara Eskişehirspor 15
Herve Tum Gençlerbirliği 15
Michael Eneramo Sivasspor 15
Pierre Webó İstanbul BB 15
6 Alex Fenerbahçe 14
Doka Madureira İstanbul BB 14
8 Necati Ateş Antalyaspor/Galatasaray 13
Pablo Batalla Bursaspor 13
Selçuk İnan Galatasaray 13

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Burak YılmazTrabzonsporKardemir Karabükspor3–124 September 2011
Burak YılmazTrabzonsporOrduspor4–122 December 2011
Theofanis GekasSamsunsporFenerbahçe3–12 February 2012

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