# 2022–23 Tuzlaspor season

The 2022–23 season is the 69th season in the existence of Tuzlaspor and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Tuzlaspor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 16 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 |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Murat Hocaoğlu |
| 4 | DF | TUR | İsmail Konuk |
| 5 | MF | SVN | Rajko Rotman |
| 7 | MF | COD | Mayingila N'Zuzi Mata |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Abdoulaye Yahaya |
| 9 | FW | NGA | James Adeniyi |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Çekdar Orhan (on loan from Giresunspor) |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Bilal Başaçıkoğlu |
| 13 | MF | GUI | Abdoulaye Cissé |
| 16 | DF | TUR | Ogün Bayrak (on loan from Ankara Keçiörengücü) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erdinç Altıntaş |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Emirhan Tak (on loan from Sivasspor) |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Bünyamin Yürür |
| 22 | DF | TUR | İbrahim Has |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Emre Koyuncu |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Sikiru Olatunbosun |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Akkan |
| 34 | GK | AUT | Philipp Angeler |
| 42 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Coşkun |
| 53 | FW | TUR | Ozan Papaker (on loan from Boluspor) |
| 70 | DF | TUR | Göksu Mutlu |
| 73 | DF | TUR | Süleyman Luş (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 80 | MF | TUR | Muhammed Demirci |
| 88 | MF | TUR | Erol Can Akdağ (on loan from Giresunspor) |
| 92 | DF | TUR | Sadi Karaduman |
| 95 | MF | COD | Giannelli Imbula |
| 98 | FW | CIV | Mory Kone |
| — | FW | TUR | Abdullah Doğan |
| — | MF | GER | Enes Çınar |
| — | GK | TUR | Kurtulus Yurt (on loan from Diyarbakırspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Muhammed İlhanlı (on loan from Diyarbakırspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Efekan Çolak |

### Other players under contract

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 | Bünyamin Mustafa Bingöl |

### 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 | İbrahim Aksu (at Fatsa Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Umut Can Kanber (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Muhammed Ali Kurt (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Cihan Aydın (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Mustafa Aydın (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Rıdvan Bingöl (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Baran Işık (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Muhammed Sarıkaya (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Seymen Yağmur (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Seymen Salih Adalı (at Sivas Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Berkay Ceylan (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Ömer Gül (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Kutay Kurt (at Diyarbekirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Bozan Uymaz (at Sapanca Gençlikspor until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Mayingila N'Zuzi Mata | RWDM | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| GK | Murat Hocaoğlu | Menemen | Free | 13 July 2022 |
| MF | Stefan Savić | Wisla Kraków | Free | 19 July 2022 |
| DF | Süleyman Luş | Galatasaray | Loan | 5 August 2022 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ahmet Yazar | Eyüpspor | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Jurgen Bardhi | Ankara Keçiörengücü | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Lamine Diack | Fenerbahçe | €250,000 | 22 July 2022 |
| MF | Stefan Savić | Warta Poznań | Free | 26 January 2023 |

## 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 % |
| TFF First League | 12 August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 033.33 |
| Turkish Cup | 20 October 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 036.11 |
Last updated: 29 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

### TFF First League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Altay | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 40 | |
| 13 | Erzurumspor | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 39 | |
| 14 | Tuzlaspor | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 38 | |
| 15 | Gençlerbirliği | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 38 | |
| 16 | Altınordu (R) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
* ↑ Göztepe v. Altay was suspended following an attack on a goalkeeper in the 22nd minute. On 9 December 2022, TFF stated that both sides would be considered defeated 3−0.
* ↑ Erzurumspor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Gençlerbirliği 1–2 Tuzlaspor, Tuzlaspor 1–0 Gençlerbirliği

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: August 2022. Source: Spor Toto 1. Lig

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 5 July.