# 2022–23 Hatayspor season

The 2022–23 season was the 55th season in the existence of Hatayspor and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Hatayspor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Season overview
### Turkey–Syria earthquake and aftermath

On 12 February 2023, Turkish Football Federation announced Hatayspor's withdrawal from the league due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, which widely hit the club's home city.
On 18 February, having been missing since the quake, first-team player Christian Atsu's body was found and he was later pronounced dead. Three days later, the body of sporting director Taner Savut was recovered close to where Atsu had been found.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 September 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Erce Kardeşler |
| 3 | DF | GUI | Simon Falette |
| 4 | MF | TUR | Onur Ergün |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Ognjen Vranješ |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Musa Çağıran |
| 7 | MF | POR | Rúben Ribeiro |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Boudjemaa |
| 9 | FW | CGO | Dylan Saint-Louis |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Rayane Aabid |
| 11 | FW | GEO | Saba Lobzhanidze |
| 12 | DF | TUR | Kamil Çörekçi |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Recep Burak Yılmaz |
| 16 | MF | TUR | Selimcan Temel |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Muhammed Mert |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | LBR | Mohammed Kamara |
| 21 | FW | HUN | Kevin Varga |
| 23 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe |
| 25 | FW | MAR | Ayoub El Kaabi |
| 26 | DF | TUR | Kaan Kanak |
| 31 | GK | TUR | Abdullah Yiğiter |
| 33 | FW | TUR | Koray Yağcı |
| 53 | DF | TUR | Burak Öksüz |
| 77 | MF | TUR | Sadik Baş |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Bertuğ Yıldırım |
| — | FW | CPV | Zé Luís |
| — | FW | CMR | Kévin Soni (on loan from Asteras Tripolis) |
| — | DF | TUR | Kerim Alici |
| — | MF | GHA | Christian Atsu |

### 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 | Nazım Özcan (at Dynamic Herb Cebu) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Mid-season
## 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 | 12 August 2022 | 5 February 2023 | Matchday 1 | 19th (withdrew) | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 83 | −64 | 016.67 |
| Turkish Cup | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 85 | −66 | 016.22 |
Source: Competitions

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Alanyaspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 41 | |
| 16 | Giresunspor (R) | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 40 | Relegation to TFF First League |
| 17 | Ümraniyespor (R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 30 | Relegation to TFF First League |
| 18 | Gaziantep | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 72 | −41 | 25 | Withdrawn |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 83 | −64 | 23 | Withdrawn |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.
* 1 2 On 12 February 2023, Gaziantep and Hatayspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: TFF.org

#### 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 | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | B | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | B | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 18⁣ | 18⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ | 19⁣ |