# 2021–22 Adana Demirspor season

The 2021–22 season was the 82nd season in the history of Adana Demirspor and the first season back in the top tier of Turkish football, the Süper Lig. In addition to the domestic league, Adana Demirspor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 January 2022
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 | DF | TUR | Tayyib Sanuç |
| 4 | DF | GER | Semih Güler |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Samet Akaydın |
| 6 | DF | TUR | Kaan Kanak |
| 7 | FW | COD | Britt Assombalonga |
| 8 | MF | GER | Sinan Kurt |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Mario Balotelli |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Younès Belhanda (3rd captain) |
| 11 | FW | NGA | David Akintola |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Metehan Mimaroğlu |
| 18 | MF | TUR | Mustafa Kapı |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro |
| 20 | DF | TUR | Tarık Çamdal |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Jonas Svensson |
| 23 | FW | TUR | Yunus Akgün (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 25 | DF | TUR | Alper Uludağ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | MF | TUR | Emrecan Uzun |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Ferhat Kaplan |
| 39 | GK | TUR | Vedat Karakuş |
| 49 | GK | KOS | Arijanet Muric (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 50 | MF | ENG | Erhun Öztümer |
| 59 | FW | FRA | Loïc Rémy |
| 66 | DF | TUR | İsmail Çokçalış |
| 67 | MF | ISL | Birkir Bjarnason |
| 70 | FW | TUR | İsa Güler |
| 77 | FW | ARG | Matías Vargas (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 80 | MF | CRO | Damjan Đoković (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor) |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler (Captain) |
| 90 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Stambouli |
| 91 | DF | CIV | Simon Deli |
| 95 | DF | SEN | Joher Rassoul (Vice-captain) |

#### 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 | Tolga Kalender (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Erkam Develi (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Burhan Ersoy (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Tayfun Aydoğan (on loan to Tuzlaspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Sedat Sahintürk (on loan to Tuzlaspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | İzzet Çelik (on loan to Diyarbekirspor) |
| — | MF | GER | Bünyamin Balat (on loan to Denizlispor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Mustafa Yılmaz (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | FW | TUR | Yiğit Gümüş (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | FW | TUR | Çağan Atik (on loan to Bayrampaşa) |
| — | FW | TUR | Musa Bulut (on loan to Niğde Anadolu) |
| — | FW | ITA | Enock Barwuah (on loan to Menemenspor) |
| — | FW | NGA | Francis Ezeh (on loan to Tuzlaspor) |

## 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 % |
| Süper Lig | 15 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 039.47 |
| Turkish Cup | 28 October 2021 | 10 February 2022 | Third round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 042.86 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Antalyaspor | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 59 | |
| 8 | Fatih Karagümrük | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 57 | |
| 9 | Adana Demirspor | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 55 | |
| 10 | Sivasspor | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 11 | Kasımpaşa | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 53 | |
* ↑ Beşiktaş finished ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head points: Antalyaspor 2–3 Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş 0–0 Antalyaspor.
* ↑ Sivasspor qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Turkish Cup winners.
* ↑ Kasımpaşa finished ahead of Hatayspor on head-to-head points: Hatayspor 1–1 Kasımpaşa, Kasımpaşa 3–1 Hatayspor.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Spor Toto Süper Lig

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |