# 2005–06 Süper Lig

The 2005–06 Süper Lig season began with Turkcell signing a 5-year sponsorship deal with the Turkish Football Federation to name the league Turkcell Süper Lig.
Since Turkey dropped from tenth to eleventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2004–05 season, the champions will not directly be entered into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League any more, but rather have to begin in the third qualification round.
The season also saw a first in Turkish football; for the first time in history the team that entered the last week first, Fenerbahçe, failed to win the title. Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray went into the last week deadlocked at 80 points and Fenerbahçe had a better head-to-head record. Fenerbahçe needed only a win to defend their title and win their third successive championship. However, a 1–1 draw to Denizlispor combined with a 3–0 Galatasaray win against Kayserispor gave Galatasaray their 16th league title. The same day, Gaziantepspor defeated Malatyaspor 1–0 and remained in the Süper Lig. Ankaraspor, with a 1–0 win away to Erciyesspor, managed to remain, but Malatyaspor, Samsunspor and Diyarbakırspor were relegated to TFF First League.

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Former Players |
| Ankaragücü | Elvir Baljić | Héverton | Robson | Ivaylo Petkov | Hervé Zengue | Ahmad Belal | Charles-Édouard Coridon | Ali Ghariani | Jean |
| Ankaraspor | Jabá | Tita | Wederson | Adam Petrouš | Dragoslav Jevrić | Radoslav Batak | | | Balázs Molnár |
| Beşiktaş | Bobô | Kléberson | Óscar Córdoba | Tomáš Jun | Ahmed Hassan | | | | Aílton Daniel Pancu |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Allyson | Douglas | Zdravko Zdravkov | Gustavo Victoria | Besheer El-Tabei | Pape Ciré Dia | | | |
| Denizlispor | Alessandro Cambalhota | Alex Alves | Souleymanou Hamidou | Tomáš Abrahám | Miikka Multaharju | Roman Kratochvíl | | | Radek Dosoudil |
| Diyarbakırspor | Redi Jupi | Borislav Mikić | Goce Sedloski | Goran Maznov | Goran Stavrevski | Ermin Rakovič | | | Igor Jančevski Sami Gtari |
| Fenerbahçe | Alex | Fábio Luciano | Márcio Nobre | Marco Aurélio | Nicolas Anelka | Stephen Appiah | | | |
| Galatasaray | Alioum Saidou | Rigobert Song | Faryd Mondragón | Stjepan Tomas | Marek Heinz | Saša Ilić | | | |
| Gaziantepspor | Kenan Hasagić | Zdravko Lazarov | Tarik El Taib | Abdelilah Fahmi | Giani Kiriță | Sofiane Melliti | Shingayi Kaondera | | Georgi Ivanov |
| Gençlerbirliği | Christophe Lepoint | Marcinho | David Abwo | Isaac Promise | Igor Bogdanović | Fredrik Risp | | | Christian Järdler |
| Kayserispor | Rashad Sadygov | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Dimitar Ivankov | Samuel Johnson | Aleksandar Rodić | | | | |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | Júlio César | Junivan | Lucien Mettomo | Serge Dié | Victor Agali | Khaled Fadhel | Riadh Bouazizi | | Mamadou Seck |
| Konyaspor | Gustave Bebbe | Kaies Ghodhbane | Jobany Rivero | | | | | | Vladimir Vasilj Ahmad Belal |
| Malatyaspor | Cris | Jiří Homola | Jiří Mašek | Tomáš Michálek | Zdeněk Šenkeřík | Balázs Tóth | Sebastian Johansson | | Catatau Jean-Emmanuel Owona Ibrahim Kargbo |
| Samsunspor | Marciel | Rafael Marques | Alioum Boukar | Ibrahima Gueye | Dejan Maksić | Anis Ayari | | | Yordan Petkov Dejan Rađenović Oliver Kovačević |

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 34 | +48 | 83 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 34 | +56 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Kayserispor | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 51 | |
| 7 | Konyaspor | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 46 | |
| 8 | Sivasspor | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 43 | |
| 9 | Çaykur Rizespor | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 41 | |
| 10 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 40 | |
| 11 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 40 | |
| 12 | Manisaspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 40 | |
| 13 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 39 | |
| 14 | Ankaraspor | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 39 | |
| 15 | Denizlispor | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 37 | |
| 16 | Malatyaspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to Türk Telekom League A |
| 17 | Samsunspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 36 | Relegation to Türk Telekom League A |
| 18 | Diyarbakırspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 31 | 69 | −38 | 29 | Relegation to Türk Telekom League A |
* ↑ Beşiktaş have won the 2005–06 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
* 1 2 Kayserispor were ahead of Gençlerbirliği on head-to-head goal difference: Kayserispor–Gençlerbirliği 2–0, Gençlerbirliği–Kayserispor 3–2.
* 1 2 3 Kayseri Erciyesspor were ahead of Gaziantepspor and Manisaspor on head-to-head points: Kayseri Erciyesspor: 12 pts, Gaziantepspor: 4 pts, Manisaspor: 1 pts.
* 1 2 Trabzonspor were ahead of Ankaraspor on head-to-head record: Ankaragücü–Ankaraspor 3–2, Ankaraspor–Ankaragücü 1–2.
* 1 2 Malatyaspor were ahead of Samsunspor on head-to-head record: Malatyaspor–Samsunspor 3–0, Samsunspor–Malatyaspor 1–2.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANG | ANK | BJK | ÇRZ | DEN | DIY | FEN | GSY | GAZ | GBR | KAY | KER | KON | MAL | SAM | SIV | TRB | VMN |
| Ankaragücü | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Ankaraspor | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 4–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 4–1 |
| Denizlispor | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Galatasaray | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| Gaziantepspor | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Kayserispor | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 7–2 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Konyaspor | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Malatyaspor | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Samsunspor | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Sivasspor | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Trabzonspor | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 |
| Vestel Manisaspor | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
* ↑ Diyarbakırspor-Konyaspor match was halted at 86th minute due to breaking seats and throwing them by spectators to the pitch and the police during score was 0-1. This match awarded 3-0 for Konyaspor.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

* Last updated on May 23, 2008
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gökhan Ünal | Kayserispor | 25 |
| 2 | Fatih Tekke | Trabzonspor | 22 |
| 3 | Cenk Işler | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 20 |
| 4 | Necati Ateş | Galatasaray | 18 |
| 5 | Mert Nobre | Fenerbahçe | 17 |
| 5 | Ümit Karan | Galatasaray | 17 |
| 7 | Umut Bulut | Ankaragücü | 16 |
| 8 | Tuncay | Fenerbahçe | 15 |
| 9 | Alex | Fenerbahçe | 14 |
| 9 | Mehmet Çakır | Gençlerbirliği | 14 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ümit Karan | Galatasaray | Malatyaspor | 5–2 | 25 August 2005 |
| Semih Şentürk | Fenerbahçe | Denizlispor | 6–2 | 17 December 2005 |
| Ümit Karan | Galatasaray | Gaziantepspor | 6–0 | 12 February 2006 |
| Sinan Kaloğlu | Manisaspor | Fenerbahçe | 5–3 | 15 April 2006 |
| Fatih Tekke | Trabzonspor | Çaykur Rizespor | 6–1 | 23 April 2006 |
| Gökhan Ünal | Kayserispor | Manisaspor | 7–2 | 6 May 2006 |