# 2004–05 Süper Lig

The 2004–05 Süper Lig was 47th edition of Turkish league and 4th edition of Turkish Super League. Fenerbahçe won their 16th title, being 3 points ahead Trabzonspor and 4 points ahead Galatasaray. In the final fixture, Diyarbakırspor were 1 point behind Sakaryaspor. Malatyaspor and Diyarbakırspor are rivals, but Malatyaspor, defeating 4-2 Sakaryaspor at home, allowed Diyarbakırspor to remain, winning 1-0 away over Samsunspor. Galatasaray won the Cup, beating rivals Fenerbahçe with 5-1.

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Former Players |
| Akçaabat Sebatspor | Ânderson Lopes | Vlademir | Claude Bakadal | Petar Miloševski | Emir Mkademi | | | |
| Ankaraspor | Asprilla | Jabá | Tita | Balázs Molnár | Dragoslav Jevrić | | | Fábio Noronha Sobrinho |
| Beşiktaş | Ronaldo Guiaro | Óscar Córdoba | Ahmed Hassan | John Carew | Daniel Pancu | Juanfran | | Roman Dąbrowski |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Zdravko Zdravkov | Gustavo Victoria | Ahmed Salah Hosny | Besheer El-Tabei | István Ferenczi | | | Ibrahim Ba |
| Denizlispor | Souleymanou Hamidou | Martin Horák | Tomáš Abrahám | Miikka Multaharju | Roman Kratochvíl | Ryan Botha | | |
| Diyarbakırspor | Redi Jupi | Marlon | Abdoul Karim Sylla | Yacouba Bamba | Goran Stavrevski | Khaled Fadhel | | |
| Fenerbahçe | Alex | Fábio Luciano | Márcio Nobre | Mehmet Aurélio | Nicolas Anelka | Pierre van Hooijdonk | | Fabiano |
| Galatasaray | Flávio Conceição | Rigobert Song | Faryd Mondragón | Stjepan Tomas | Franck Ribéry | Richard Kingson | | Elvir Baljić Alioum Saidou Ovidiu Petre |
| Gaziantepspor | André Macanga | Kenan Hasagić | Zdravko Lazarov | Tarik El Taib | Riadh Bouazizi | Ziad Jaziri | | |
| Gençlerbirliği | Josip Skoko | Souleymane Youla | Mohammed Lawal | Sami Gtari | | | | Filip Daems |
| İstanbulspor | Alban Bushi | Andre Paulo Pinto | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Kabamba Musasa | Ramadan Ragap | Uche Okechukwu | | Richard Offiong Moses Sakyi Ofir Haim |
| Kayserispor | Erich Brabec | Tomáš Pešír | Samuel Johnson | Salim Tuama | Pini Balili | Rastislav Michalík | | Vioresin Sinani Zoltán Pető |
| Konyaspor | Jason Petkovic | Ernani Pereira | Elvir Baljić | Ousmane N'Gom Camara | | | | Oumar Dieng Cyril Domoraud |
| Malatyaspor | Alioum Saidou | Schuman Bah | Balázs Tóth | Milan Osterc | Helman Mkhalele | | | Marcel Mbayo Ilčo Naumoski |
| MKE Ankaragücü | Flávio | Hervé Zengue | Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona | Joseph Tchango | Amr El Desouki | Augustine Ahinful | Stephen Baidoo | Mohamed Gouda Tchiressoua Guel |
| Sakaryaspor | Marcel Mbayo | Honore Kabongo | Saïd Makasi | Mbaye Badji | Omar Diallo | | | Shpëtim Hasani |
| Samsunspor | Georgi Ivanov | Yordan Petkov | Ike Shorunmu | Giani Kiriță | Anis Ayari | Kaies Ghodhbane | | Eleandro Pema |
| Trabzonspor | Michael Petkovic | Karel D'Haene | Ibrahim Yattara | Mirosław Szymkowiak | Lee Eul-yong | | | Bernd Thijs Augustine Ahinful |

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe (C) | 34 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 77 | 24 | +53 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 25 | +39 | 76 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 69 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 51 | |
| 6 | Denizlispor | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 49 | |
| 7 | Ankaraspor | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 45 | |
| 9 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 44 | |
| 10 | Çaykur Rizespor | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 43 | |
| 11 | Malatyaspor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 43 | |
| 12 | Samsunspor | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 38 | |
| 13 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 38 | |
| 14 | Kayserispor | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 34 | |
| 15 | Diyarbakırspor | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 34 | |
| 16 | Sakaryaspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A |
| 17 | İstanbulspor (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 27 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A |
| 18 | Akçaabat Sebatspor (R) | 34 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 78 | −38 | 19 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A |
* ↑ Liverpool, winner of 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, forced to play in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round as they cannot finish 2004–05 FA Premier League top four, so the title holder spot in the group stage became vacant and this spot goes to best excluded champions, champion of Turkey, originally qualified for the third qualifying round.
* ↑ Galatasaray have won the 2004–05 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
* 1 2 Samsunspor were ahead of Ankaragücü on head-to-head record: Samsunspor–Ankaragücü 1–1, Ankaragücü–Samsunspor 1–2.
* 1 2 Kayserispor were ahead of Diyarbakırspor on head-to-head goal difference: Kayserispor–Diyarbakırspor 3–0, Diyarbakırspor–Kayserispor 2–1.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKÇ | ANK | BJK | ÇYR | DEN | DYB | FNB | GAL | GAZ | GEN | İST | KAY | KON | MAL | AGÜ | SAK | SAM | TRA |
| Akçaabat Sebatspor | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Ankaraspor | 2–1 | | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 6–1 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Denizlispor | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Galatasaray | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Gaziantepspor | 6–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| İstanbulspor | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Kayserispor | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Konyaspor | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Malatyaspor | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–7 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Sakaryaspor | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 1–3 |
| Samsunspor | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 |
| Trabzonspor | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fatih Tekke | Trabzonspor | 31 |
| 2 | Alex | Fenerbahçe | 24 |
| 3 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 18 |
| 3 | Mert Nobre | Fenerbahçe | 18 |
| 3 | Zafer Biryol | Konyaspor | 18 |
| 6 | Jaba | Ankaraspor | 17 |
| 7 | Cenk Işler | Samsunspor | 15 |
| 7 | Necati Ateş | Galatasaray | 15 |
| 9 | Souleymane Youla | Gençlerbirliği | 14 |
| 10 | John Carew | Beşiktaş | 13 |
| 10 | Zdravko Lazarov | Gaziantepspor | 13 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | Konyaspor | 3–1 | 8 August 2004 |
| Jaba | Ankaraspor | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 3–1 | 8 August 2004 |
| Fatih Tekke | Trabzonspor | Malatyaspor | 4–3 | 21 August 2004 |
| Atilla Birlik | Malatyaspor | Konyaspor | 5–0 | 26 September 2004 |
| Alex de Souza | Fenerbahçe | MKE Ankaragücü | 5–0 | 3 December 2004 |
| Zdravko Lazarov | Gaziantepspor | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 6–4 | 5 December 2004 |
| Fatih Tekke | Trabzonspor | Samsunspor | 4–0 | 11 December 2004 |
| Umut Bulut | MKE Ankaragücü | Konyaspor | 4–3 | 12 December 2004 |
| Murat Sözkesen | Çaykur Rizespor | Diyarbakırspor | 3–0 | 12 December 2004 |
| Ziad Jaziri | Gaziantepspor | Denizlispor | 3–1 | 30 January 2005 |
| Ersen Martin | Denizlispor | Sakaryaspor | 6–1 | 6 February 2005 |
| Hasan Kabze | Galatasaray | İstanbulspor | 3–0 | 12 March 2005 |
| Alex de Souza | Fenerbahçe | Gençlerbirliği | 3–2 | 13 March 2005 |
| Sertan Eser | Gençlerbirliği | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 5–0 | 30 April 2005 |
| Fatih Tekke | Trabzonspor | Konyaspor | 4–2 | 7 May 2005 |