# 2022–23 Sivasspor season

The 2022–23 season was the 56th in the history of Sivasspor and their sixth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Süper Lig, the Turkish Cup, Turkish Super Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 29 January 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 |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Murat Paluli |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Uğur Çiftçi |
| 4 | DF | GAB | Aaron Appindangoyé |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Goutas |
| 7 | FW | CIV | Max Gradel |
| 8 | MF | GER | Robin Yalçın |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Mustapha Yatabaré |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie |
| 13 | DF | TUR | Alaaddin Okumuş |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Samba Camara |
| 15 | MF | GRE | Charis Charisis |
| 16 | GK | TUR | Baver Kuçkar |
| 17 | MF | GER | Erdoğan Yeşilyurt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | TUR | Emre Satılmış |
| 19 | FW | POL | Karol Angielski |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Ulvestad |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Samuel Sáiz |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Muammer Yıldırım |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Ahmed Musa |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Kader Keïta |
| 30 | FW | ECU | Jordy Caicedo (on loan from Tigres UANL) |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Ali Şaşal Vural |
| 37 | MF | TUR | Hakan Arslan |
| 58 | DF | TUR | Ziya Erdal |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Osmanpaşa |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Leke James |
| 96 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Albayrak |

### Out of squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Armin Đerlek |

### 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 | Emirhan Tak (at Tuzlaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Özkan Yiğiter (at Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Furkan Sağman (at Sivas Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Halit Çokyaşar (at Amed until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Muhammed Emin Ergin (at Sapanca Gençlikspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Arda Keser (at Sivas Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Eren Şahin (at Bayburt Özel İdarespor until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 6 August 2022 | 6 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 030.56 |
| Turkish Cup | 20 December 2022 | 24 May 2023 | Fifth round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 060.00 |
| Turkish Super Cup | 30 July 2022 | 30 July 2022 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 18 August 2022 | 25 August 2022 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 8 September 2022 | 16 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 70 | 80 | −10 | 032.69 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | İstanbulspor | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 41 | |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 41 | |
| 14 | Sivasspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 41 | |
| 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 |
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | B | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | B | D |
| Position | 10 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIV | CLJ | SLP | BLK |
| 1 | Sivasspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Ballkani | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.