# 2022–23 Adana Demirspor season

The 2022–23 season was the 72nd in the history of Adana Demirspor and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Süper Lig and the Turkish Cup,

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 February 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Abdurrahim Dursun |
| 4 | DF | GER | Semih Güler |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Mustafa Kapı |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Henry Onyekuru |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Birkir Bjarnason |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Younès Belhanda |
| 11 | FW | NGA | David Akintola |
| 15 | DF | MKD | Jovan Manev |
| 16 | DF | TUR | İsmail Çokçalış |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Badou Ndiaye |
| 18 | GK | BIH | Goran Karačić |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Emre Akbaba |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Jonas Svensson |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Gulbrandsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Ertaç Özbir |
| 26 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Sari |
| 27 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Khabuliani |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Salih Kavrazli |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Cherif Ndiaye |
| 30 | MF | TUR | Gökhan Töre |
| 39 | GK | TUR | Vedat Karakuş |
| 45 | DF | TUR | Mert Çetin |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Erhun Oztumer |
| 77 | DF | POR | Kévin Rodrigues |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler (Captain) |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Stambouli (Vice-captain) |
| 91 | DF | CIV | Simon Deli |
| 99 | DF | TUR | Ata Öztürk |

#### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Tolga Kalender (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Erkam Develi (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Burhan Ersoy (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Tayfun Aydoğan (on loan to Tuzlaspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | İzzet Çelik (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | GER | Bünyamin Balat (on loan to Denizlispor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ALB | Arda Okan Kurtulan (on loan to Karacabey Belediyespor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Yiğit Gümüş (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | FW | TUR | Çağan Atik (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | FW | TUR | Musa Bulut (on loan to Niğde Anadolu) |
| — | FW | ITA | Enock Barwuah (on loan to Menemenspor) |
| — | FW | NGA | Francis Ezeh (on loan to Tuzlaspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Ali Yavuz Kol (on loan to 24 Erzincanspor) |

## Transfers
### Released

| Date from | Position | Player | To | Notes |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Loïc Rémy | | End of contract |
| 16 July 2022 | LW | Mustafa Yilmaz | Iğdır | End of contract |
| 6 November 2022 | FW | Artem Dzyuba | | Mutual agreement |
| 3 December 2022 | DF | Yaroslav Rakitskyi | | Mutual agreement |
| 26 January 2023 | MF | Berk Yıldız | Boluspor | Mutual agreement |
| 29 January 2023 | FW | Britt Assombalonga | Watford | Mutual agreement |
* Note: Players will join other clubs after being released or terminated from their contract. Only the following clubs are mentioned when that club signed the player in the same transfer window.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Player | From | Date until |
| 3 July 2022 | DF | Jovan Manev | Bregalnica Štip | End of season |
| 10 July 2022 | MF | Henry Onyekuru | Olympiacos | End of season |
| 19 January 2023 | DF | Mert Çetin | Hellas Verona | End of season |
| 28 January 2023 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | Shanghai Port | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Player | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | | Sedat Sahintürk | Bandırmaspor | End of season | |
| 12 January 2023 | MF | | Mahamadou Ba | İstanbulspor | End of season | |

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | | Aias Aosman | Ionikos F.C. | Free | |
| 23 July 2022 | DF | | Yaroslav Rakitskyi | Free agent | Free | |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Player | To | Fee |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | Mario Balotelli | Sion | €2,600,000 |
| 7 September 2022 | DF | Joher Rassoul | Eyüpspor | Undisclosed |
| 8 September 2022 | DF | Tayyip Talha Sanuç | Beşiktaş | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2023 | DF | Samet Akaydin | Fenerbahçe | €3,700,000 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Süper Lig | 7 August 2022 | 7 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 055.56 |
| Turkish Cup | 18 October 2022 | 22 December 2022 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 88 | 52 | +36 | 056.41 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 87 | 42 | +45 | 80 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 62 | |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 57 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Spor Toto Süper Lig

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | B | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | B | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | B | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.

### Turkish Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | Abdurrahim Dursun | 4 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Semih Güler | 16 | - | 3 | - | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mustafa Kapı | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Henry Onyekuru | 17 | 6 | 2 | - | 19 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | Birkir Bjarnason | 8 | - | 3 | - | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Younès Belhanda | 17 | 6 | - | - | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | David Akintola | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | Jovan Manev | 3 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | İsmail Çokçalış | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Badou Ndiaye | 19 | 5 | 1 | - | 20 | 5 |
| 18 | GK | Goran Karačić | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Hıjran Alı Boyacı | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Emre Akbaba | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | 15 | 3 |
| 21 | FW | Arda Okan Kurtulan | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Jonas Svensson | 19 | - | - | - | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Ertaç Özbir | 19 | - | 1 | - | 20 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Yusuf Sari | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4 |
| 27 | FW | Giorgi Khabuliani | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Salih Kavrazli | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Mahamadou Ba | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Gökhan Töre | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 39 | GK | Vedat Karakuş | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Samuel Nongoh | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | Erhun Oztumer | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 77 | DF | Kévin Rodrigues | 18 | 2 | 1 | - | 19 | 2 |
| 88 | MF | Gökhan Inler | 16 | 2 | 3 | - | 19 | 2 |
| 90 | MF | Benjamin Stambouli | 17 | - | 1 | - | 18 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | Simon Deli | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | Ata Öztürk | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |||||||||
| 2 | DF | Tayyip Talha Sanuç | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Samet Akaydın | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | 17 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Britt Assombalonga | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 |
| 24 | FW | Artem Dzyuba | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Yaroslav Rakitskyi | 8 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Mario Balotelli | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Berk Yıldız | 6 | - | 3 | - | 9 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 January 2023. Source: FBref.com, ntvspor.net

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Younès Belhanda | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 29 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | Henry Onyekuru | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | Badou Ndiaye | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | David Akintola | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 26 | MF | Yusuf Sari | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 20 | MF | Emre Akbaba | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Britt Assombalonga | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 50 | MF | Erhun Oztumer | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | Samet Akaydın | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 88 | MF | Gökhan Inler | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 77 | DF | Kévin Rodrigues | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 30 | MF | Gökhan Töre | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 23 | FW | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | Tayyip Talha Sanuç | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 24 | FW | Artem Dzyuba | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 76 | 12 | 88 |
Last updated: 21 June 2023. Source: FBref.com, ntvspor.net, mackolik