# 2020–21 Yeni Malatyaspor season

The 2020–21 season is Yeni Malatyaspor's 36th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Yeni Malatyaspor will participate in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 February 2021
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 | Abdulsamed Damlu |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stevie Mallan (on loan from Hibernian) |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Afriyie Acquah |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Berk Yıldız |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Fernando Zuqui (on loan from Estudiantes) |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Umut Bulut |
| 10 | MF | PER | Christian Cueva (on loan from Santos FC) |
| 11 | FW | COD | Jody Lukoki |
| 12 | FW | MLI | Aly Mallé |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Wallace |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Doğukan Emeksiz |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Mustafa Akbaş |
| 17 | DF | ZIM | Teenage Hadebe |
| 18 | DF | NGA | Seth Sincere |
| 19 | FW | GHA | Benjamin Tetteh (on loan from Sparta Prague) |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Ahmed Ildiz |
| 21 | FW | CIV | Moryké Fofana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | ARG | Guido Herrera (on loan from Talleres) |
| 24 | FW | TUR | Olcay Şahan |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Ertaç Özbir |
| 26 | DF | TUR | Semih Kaya |
| 36 | GK | TUR | Murat Akşit |
| 39 | DF | TUR | Erkan Kaş |
| 44 | DF | TUR | Murat Akça |
| 45 | DF | EGY | Karim Hafez |
| 57 | DF | MAR | Issam Chebake |
| 61 | DF | TUR | Zeki Yavru |
| 67 | GK | TUR | Eray İşcan |
| 70 | DF | TUR | Erşan Yaşa |
| 77 | FW | TUR | Mustafa Eskihellaç |
| 90 | FW | TUR | Kubilay Kanatsızkuş |
| 92 | DF | TUR | Bülent Cevahir |
| 98 | FW | KOS | Jetmir Topalli |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Adem Büyük |

### 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 |
| — | GK | TUR | Emre Selen (at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | TUR | Gökhan Akkan (at Ankaraspor until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | TUR | Burak Kavlak (at Elâzığ Karakoçan until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Yakup Alkan (at Fethiyespor until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | TUR | Ferhat Canlı (at Elâzığ Karakoçan until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | TUR | Furkan Yiğit (at Gölcükspor until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 98 | FW | | Jetmir Topalli | 22 | Ballkani | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 022.58 |
| Turkish Cup | 25 November 2020 | 12 January 2021 | Third round | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 028.57 |
Last updated: 8 April 2021 Source: TFF.org

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Çaykur Rizespor | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 48 |
| 14 | Kasımpaşa | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 46 |
| 15 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 40 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 45 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 40 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 44 |
| 17 | Kayserispor | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 41 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 March 2021. Source: 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | B | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 20 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: Since the league has been expanded to 21 teams each team will earn a bye twice this season.