# 2022–23 MKE Ankaragücü season

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the existence of MKE Ankaragücü and the club's first season back in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, MKE Ankaragücü 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 8 September 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 |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Nurullah Aslan (on loan from Samsunspor) |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Mahmut Akan |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Marlon Xavier |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Atakan Çankaya |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Abdullah Durak |
| 6 | MF | GER | Şahverdi Çetin |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Anastasios Chatzigiovanis |
| 8 | MF | POR | Pedrinho |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Eren Derdiyok |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Jesé |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Federico Macheda |
| 12 | FW | USA | Gboly Ariyibi |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Lamine Diack |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Yasin Güreler |
| 18 | DF | BIH | Nihad Mujakić |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | TUR | Alperen Babacan |
| 21 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Beridze |
| 22 | FW | GAM | Ali Sowe (on loan from Rostov) |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Ali Kaan Güneren |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Doğukan Kaya |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković |
| 28 | MF | POR | Pêpê (on loan from Olympiacos) |
| 30 | MF | TUR | Tolga Ciğerci |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Oğuz Ceylan |
| 80 | FW | TUR | Sıtkı Ferdi İmdat |
| 88 | FW | TUR | Fıratcan Üzüm |
| 90 | DF | TUR | Sinan Osmanoğlu |
| 98 | GK | TUR | Kaan Çinkaya |
| 99 | GK | TUR | Bahadır Han Güngördü |
| — | GK | TUR | Gökhan Akkan (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor) |
| — | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit |

## 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 % |
| Süper Lig | 8 August 2022 | 7 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 033.33 |
| Turkish Cup | 8 November 2022 | 25 May 2023 | Fourth round | Semi-finals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 035.71 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Kayserispor | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 47 |
| 10 | Kasımpaşa | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 43 |
| 11 | Ankaragücü | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 42 |
| 12 | İstanbulspor | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 41 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 41 |
* ↑ Reduction of 3 points by decision of the Turkish Federation.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.

#### 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 | | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | B | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | B | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.