# 2019–20 Süper Lig

The 2019–20 Süper Lig, officially called the Süper Lig Cemil Usta season, was the 62nd season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after Cemil Usta, a former Turkey national team player and Trabzonspor legend. Galatasaray were the defending champions. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced on 12 March 2020 that matches would be played behind closed doors until the end of April, before indefinitely suspending matches altogether on 19 March. After a hiatus of nearly three months, the season resumed behind closed doors on 12 June 2020, with eight rounds still to play. The season ended with matches played on 26 July 2020, and without relegations.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the 2018–19 TFF First League. It included Denizlispor and Gençlerbirliği, the top two teams from the TFF First League, and Gaziantep, the winners of the 2018–19 TFF First League playoffs. Akhisarspor, BB Erzurumspor, and Bursaspor were relegated to the 2019–20 TFF First League. Gençlerbirliği made an immediate return to the top level, Denizlispor returned to it after 9 years and Gaziantep made their debut. Erzurum BB were immediately relegated to the second level. Akhisarspor ended 7 years at the top level. Bursaspor were relegated after spending 13 years in the top flight. During this period, they were champions of the 2009–10 Süper Lig.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alanyaspor | Antalya (Alanya) | Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium | 10,130 |
| Ankaragücü | Ankara (Yenimahalle) | Eryaman Stadium | 20,071 |
| Antalyaspor | Antalya (Muratpaşa) | Antalya Stadium | 32,537 |
| Beşiktaş | Istanbul (Beşiktaş) | Vodafone Park | 41,188 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Rize | Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı | 15,332 |
| Denizlispor | Denizli | Denizli Atatürk Stadium | 18,745 |
| Fenerbahçe | Istanbul (Kadıköy) | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | 47,834 |
| Galatasaray | Istanbul (Sarıyer) | Türk Telekom Stadium | 52,223 |
| Gaziantep | Gaziantep | Kalyon Stadium | 33,502 |
| Gençlerbirliği | Ankara (Yenimahalle) | Eryaman Stadium | 20,071 |
| Göztepe | İzmir | Gürsel Aksel Stadium | 25,035 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Istanbul (Başakşehir) | Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium | 17,300 |
| Kasımpaşa | Istanbul (Beyoğlu) | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium | 14,234 |
| Kayserispor | Kayseri | Kadir Has Stadium | 32,864 |
| Konyaspor | Konya | Konya Büyükşehir Stadium | 42,000 |
| Sivasspor | Sivas | 4 Eylül Stadium | 27,532 |
| Trabzonspor | Trabzon | Şenol Güneş Sports Complex | 40,782 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Malatya | Malatya Stadium | 27,044 |
^ Göztepe played their matches at the Bornova Stadium half-season.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
| Alanyaspor | Erol Bulut | Efecan Karaca | Uhlsport | TAV Airports |
| Ankaragücü | İbrahim Üzülmez | Sedat Ağçay | Nike | Merkez Ankara |
| Antalyaspor | Tamer Tuna | Yekta Kurtuluş | Nike | Regnum Carya |
| Beşiktaş | Sergen Yalçın | Burak Yılmaz | Adidas | Vodafone |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Ünal Karaman | Orhan Ovacıklı | Nike | Çaykur |
| Denizlispor | Levent Kartop | Hugo Rodallega | Nike | Yukatel |
| Fenerbahçe | Tahir Karapınar | Emre Belözoğlu | Adidas | Avis |
| Galatasaray | Fatih Terim | Selçuk İnan | Nike | Terra Pizza |
| Gaziantep | Marius Șumudică | Günay Güvenç | Nike | Sanko |
| Gençlerbirliği | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | Stéphane Sessègnon | Nike | |
| Göztepe | İlhan Palut | Beto | Puma | Türkerler |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Okan Buruk | Mahmut Tekdemir | Macron | Mall of Istanbul |
| Kasımpaşa | Fuat Çapa | Ricardo Quaresma | Nike | Ciner |
| Kayserispor | Robert Prosinečki | Silviu Lung Jr. | Nike | İstikbal |
| Konyaspor | Bülent Korkmaz | Ali Turan | Lotto | Spor Toto |
| Sivasspor | Rıza Çalımbay | Ziya Erdal | Adidas | Demir İnşaat |
| Trabzonspor | Hüseyin Çimşir | José Sosa | Macron | Vestel |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Hikmet Karaman | Murat Yıldırım | Macron | BtcTurk |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Kasımpaşa | İlyas Öztürk / Erkan Çoker | End of interim period | 26 May 2019 | Pre-season | İbrahim Üzülmez | 1 June 2019 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Ali Ravcı | End of interim period | 26 May 2019 | Pre-season | Sergen Yalçın | 9 June 2019 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Okan Buruk | End of contract | 29 May 2019 | Pre-season | İsmail Kartal | 6 June 2019 |
| Beşiktaş | Şenol Güneş | End of contract | 31 May 2019 | Pre-season | Abdullah Avcı | 1 June 2019 |
| Gençlerbirliği | İbrahim Üzülmez | Resignation | 30 May 2019 | Pre-season | Mustafa Kaplan | 18 June 2019 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Abdullah Avcı | Mutual agreement | 30 May 2019 | Pre-season | Okan Buruk | 10 June 2019 |
| Kasımpaşa | İbrahim Üzülmez | Mutual agreement | 1 June 2019 | Pre-season | Kemal Özdeş | 13 June 2019 |
| Sivasspor | Hakan Keleş | Mutual agreement | 1 June 2019 | Pre-season | Rıza Çalımbay | 7 June 2019 |
| Alanyaspor | Sergen Yalçın | Mutual agreement | 4 June 2019 | Pre-season | Erol Bulut | 6 June 2019 |
| Gaziantep | Mehmet Altıparmak | End of contract | 8 June 2019 | Pre-season | Marius Șumudică | 13 June 2019 |
| Ankaragücü | Mustafa Kaplan | Resignation | 16 June 2019 | Pre-season | Aykan Atik | 5 August 2019 |
| Ankaragücü | Aykan Atik | End of interim period | 3 September 2019 | 6th | Metin Diyadin | 3 September 2019 |
| Kayserispor | Hikmet Karaman | Mutual agreement | 7 October 2019 | 18th | Samet Aybaba | 11 October 2019 |
| Denizlispor | Yücel İldiz | Mutual agreement | 8 October 2019 | 13th | Mehmet Özdilek | 11 October 2019 |
| Kayserispor | Samet Aybaba | Resignation | 28 October 2019 | 18th | Bülent Uygun | 31 October 2019 |
| Göztepe | Tamer Tuna | Resignation | 29 October 2019 | 15h | İlhan Palut | 4 November 2019 |
| Gençlerbirliği | Mustafa Kaplan | Mutual agreement | 29 October 2019 | 17th | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | 31 October 2019 |
| Ankaragücü | Metin Diyadin | Mutual agreement | 11 November 2019 | 17th | Mustafa Kaplan | 12 November 2019 |
| Antalyaspor | Bülent Korkmaz | Mutual agreement | 12 November 2019 | 15th | Stjepan Tomas | 15 November 2019 |
| Kasımpaşa | Kemal Özdeş | Mutual agreement | 1 December 2019 | 15th | Tayfur Havutçu | 4 December 2019 |
| Kayserispor | Bülent Uygun | Mutual agreement | 26 December 2019 | 18th | Robert Prosinečki | 29 December 2019 |
| Trabzonspor | Ünal Karaman | Mutual agreement | 29 December 2019 | 3rd | Hüseyin Çimşir | 2 January 2020 |
| Antalyaspor | Stjepan Tomas | Mutual agreement | 31 December 2019 | 16th | Tamer Tuna | 4 January 2020 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Sergen Yalçın | Mutual agreement | 15 January 2020 | 8th | Kemal Özdeş | 23 January 2020 |
| Kasımpaşa | Tayfur Havutçu | Resignation | 19 January 2020 | 15th | Fuat Çapa | 5 February 2020 |
| Ankaragücü | Mustafa Kaplan | Mutual agreement | 21 January 2020 | 17th | Mustafa R. Akçay | 27 January 2020 |
| Beşiktaş | Abdullah Avcı | Sacked | 24 January 2020 | 7th | Sergen Yalçın | 29 January 2020 |
| Konyaspor | Aykut Kocaman | Mutual agreement | 9 February 2020 | 14th | Bülent Korkmaz | 12 February 2020 |
| Denizlispor | Mehmet Özdilek | Mutual agreement | 16 February 2020 | 11th | Bülent Uygun | 21 February 2020 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | İsmail Kartal | Resignation | 29 February 2020 | 14th | Ünal Karaman | 3 March 2020 |
| Fenerbahçe | Ersun Yanal | Mutual agreement | 1 March 2020 | 7th | Tahir Karapınar (interim) | 9 June 2020 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Kemal Özdeş | Mutual agreement | 1 March 2020 | 13th | Hikmet Karaman | 3 March 2020 |
| Ankaragücü | Mustafa R. Akçay | Mutual agreement | 23 June 2020 | 18th | İbrahim Üzülmez | 24 June 2020 |
| Denizlispor | Bülent Uygun | Mutual agreement | 4 July 2020 | 12th | Levent Kartop (interim) | 5 July 2020 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Ünal Karaman | Resignation | 14 July 2020 | 15th | Stjepan Tomas | 2020–21 season |
| Trabzonspor | Hüseyin Çimşir | Mutual agreement | 20 July 2020 | 2nd | Eddie Newton (interim) | 20 July 2020 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 65 | |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Galatasaray | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 53 | |
| 8 | Gaziantep | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 46 | |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 45 | |
| 10 | Kasımpaşa | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 43 | |
| 11 | Göztepe | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 42 | |
| 12 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 36 | |
| 13 | Konyaspor | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 36 | |
| 14 | Denizlispor | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 35 | |
| 15 | Rizespor | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 35 | |
| 16 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 32 | |
| 17 | Kayserispor | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 32 | |
| 18 | Ankaragücü | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 32 | |
* ↑ Trabzonspor were banned for 1 season from all UEFA club competitions for either the 2020–21 or 2021–22 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 3 June 2020 due to breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Gençlerbirliği 4, Konyaspor 1
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Denizlispor 4, Rizespor 1
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Yeni Malatyaspor 6, Kayserispor 5, Ankaragücü 5. Head-to-head goal difference: Yeni Malatyaspor +6, Kayserispor -3, Ankaragücü -3. Head-to-head goals scored: Yeni Malatyaspor 9, Kayserispor 4, Ankaragücü 3.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | AGÜ | ANT | BJK | ÇYR | DEN | FNB | GAL | GFK | GEN | GÖZ | İBF | KAS | KAY | KON | SİV | TRA | YMS |
| Alanyaspor | — | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Ankaragücü | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| Antalyaspor | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Rizespor | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Denizlispor | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Galatasaray | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Gaziantep | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Göztepe | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–3 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Kasımpaşa | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 5–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Kayserispor | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Konyaspor | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Sivasspor | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Trabzonspor | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Goals |
| 1 | Alexander Sørloth | Trabzonspor | 24 |
| 2 | Papiss Cissé | Alanyaspor | 22 |
| 3 | Adis Jahović | Yeni Malatyaspor/Antalyaspor | 17 |
| 4 | Vedat Muriqi | Fenerbahçe | 15 |
| 5 | Bogdan Stancu | Gençlerbirliği | 14 |
| 6 | Demba Ba | İstanbul Başakşehir | 13 |
| 6 | Edin Višća | İstanbul Başakşehir | 13 |
| 6 | Mustapha Yatabaré | Sivasspor | 13 |
| 6 | Burak Yılmaz | Beşiktaş | 13 |
| 10 | Bengali-Fodé Koita | Kasımpaşa | 12 |

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Assists |
| 1 | Edin Višća | İstanbul Başakşehir | 12 |
| 2 | Ömer Bayram | Galatasaray | 10 |
| 2 | Caner Erkin | Beşiktaş | 10 |
| 4 | Haris Hajradinović | Kasımpaşa | 8 |
| 4 | Bernard Mensah | Kayserispor | 8 |
| 4 | Alexander Sørloth | Trabzonspor | 8 |
| 7 | Soner Aydoğdu | Göztepe | 7 |
| 7 | Guilherme | Yeni Malatyaspor/Trabzonspor | 7 |
| 7 | José Ernesto Sosa | Trabzonspor | 7 |
| 7 | Burak Yılmaz | Beşiktaş | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Date | Player | For | Against | Result |
| 4 October 2019 | Adis Jahović$^4$ | Yeni Malatyaspor | Denizlispor | 5–1 (H) |
| 19 October 2019 | Daniel Candeias | Gençlerbirliği | Antalyaspor | 6–0 (A) |
| 30 November 2019 | Djalma | Antalyaspor | Ankaragücü | 5–0 (H) |
| 19 January 2020 | Alexander Sørloth | Trabzonspor | Kasımpaşa | 6–0 (H) |
$^4$ Player scored four goals

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Season | Abdülkadir Ömür | Trabzonspor |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Uğurcan Çakır | Trabzonspor |
| Defender of the Season | Marcão | Galatasaray |
| Midfielder of the Season | Ozan Tufan | Fenerbahçe |
| Forward of the Season | Alexander Sørloth | Trabzonspor |
| Manager of the Season | Okan Buruk | Başakşehir |