# 2020–21 Sivasspor season

The 2020–21 season was the 54th season in existence of Sivasspor and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Sivasspor participate in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 9 July 2020.
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 | FW | CIV | Arouna Koné |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Uğur Çiftçi |
| 4 | DF | GAB | Aaron Appindangoyé |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Claudemir |
| 7 | FW | CIV | Max Gradel |
| 8 | MF | GER | Robin Yalçın |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Mustapha Yatabaré |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Yasin Öztekin |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jorge Félix |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Samba Camara |
| 17 | MF | GER | Erdoğan Yeşilyurt |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Eren Şahin |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Kerem Atakan Kesgin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Armin Đerlek |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Rybalka |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Muammer Yıldırım |
| 26 | DF | TUR | Barış Yardımcı |
| 29 | FW | CHA | Casimir Ninga (on loan from Angers) |
| 30 | GK | MLI | Mamadou Samassa |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Ali Şaşal Vural |
| 37 | MF | TUR | Hakan Arslan |
| 52 | DF | TUR | Volkan Eğri |
| 58 | DF | TUR | Ziya Erdal |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr |
| 80 | FW | NGA | Olarenwaju Kayode (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 87 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Goiano |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Osmanpaşa |

### 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 |
| — | MF | TUR | Furkan Sağman (at Sivas Belediyespor) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 August 2020 | FW | Jorge Félix | Piast Gliwice | Free |
| 28 August 2020 | MF | Robin Yalçın | Yeni Malatyaspor | Free |
| 14 September 2020 | MF | Fayçal Fajr | Getafe CF | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 27 August 2020 | FW | Casimir Ninga | Angers | End of season |
| 17 September 2020 | FW | Olarenwaju Kayode | Shakhtar Donetsk | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | FW | Tyler Boyd | Beşiktaş | End of season |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 12 September 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 39 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 038.46 |
| Turkish Cup | 17 December 2020 | 11 February 2021 | Fifth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 039.58 |
Last updated: 11 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 40 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 41 | +31 | 82 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 40 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sivasspor | 40 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Hatayspor | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 61 | |
| 7 | Alanyaspor | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 60 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2021. Source: FBref

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | B | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | B | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | |
| Position | 19 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | MTA | SIV | QRB |
| 1 | Villarreal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 5–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — |
* ↑ The Villarreal v Qarabağ match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Villarreal after being cancelled as several players of the Qarabağ squad tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mustapha Yatabaré | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Max Gradel | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 80 | FW | | Olarenwaju Kayode | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 37 | MF | | Hakan Arslan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 37 | MF | | Tyler Boyd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 76 | MF | | Fayçal Fajr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | FW | | Arouna Koné | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Erdoğan Yeşilyurt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 11 | FW | | Jorge Félix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 88 | DF | | Caner Osmanpaşa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Robin Yalçın | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 30 | MF | | Yasin Öztekin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 58 | DF | | Ziya Erdal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 3 | 9 | 64 |
Last updated: 11 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 35 | GK | | Ali Şaşal Vural | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 30 | GK | | Mamadou Samassa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 25 | GK | | Muammer Yıldırım | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Last updated: 11 May 2021