# 2001–02 Süper Lig

The 2001–02 Süper Lig was the 44th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. Galatasaray S.K. became champions for the 15th time. Turkish First Football League was renamed as Turkish Super League in this season.
Turkey climbed from eleventh to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2000–01 season, that means the league has gained additional two spots for the UEFA Cup and for the first time, the champions will now enter the group stage of the UEFA Champions League instead of having to compete in the qualifying rounds.
After beating cup winners Kocaelispor 4–0 at home last week, Denizlispor qualified for the first time to the UEFA Cup in their history.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 75 | 31 | +44 | 78 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Denizlispor | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 48 | |
| 7 | Göztepe A.Ş. | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 45 | |
| 8 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 45 | |
| 9 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 44 | |
| 10 | Bursaspor | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 44 | |
| 11 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 12 | Diyarbakırspor | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 40 | |
| 13 | Malatyaspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 40 | |
| 14 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 40 | |
| 15 | Samsunspor | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 38 | |
| 16 | Çaykur Rizespor (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 37 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A |
| 17 | Antalyaspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 37 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A |
| 18 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 27 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A |
* 1 2 Denizlispor were ahead of Gaziantepspor on head-to-head record: Denizlispor–Gaziantepspor 5–2, Gaziantepspor–Denizlispor 0–0.
* 1 2 Göztepe were ahead of Gençlerbirliği on head-to-head record: Göztepe–Gençlerbirliği 1–1, Gençlerbirliği–Göztepe 0–1.
* 1 2 İstanbulspor were ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: İstanbulspor–Bursaspor 3–0, Bursaspor–İstanbulspor 1–2.
* ↑ Kocaelispor have won the 2001–02 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
* 1 2 3 Diyarbakırspor were ahead of Malatyaspor and Trabzonspor on head-to-head points: Diyarbakırspor: 10 pts, Malatyaspor: 5 pts, Trabzonspor: 1 pts.
* 1 2 Çaykur Rizespor were ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head away goals scored: Çaykur Rizespor–Antalyaspor 1–1, Antalyaspor–Çaykur Rizespor 2–2.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | BJK | BUR | ÇYR | DEN | DYB | FNB | GAL | GAZ | GEN | GÖZ | İST | KOC | MAL | AGÜ | SAM | TRA | YOZ |
| Antalyaspor | | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–8 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 |
| Beşiktaş | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Bursaspor | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Denizlispor | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Fenerbahçe | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Galatasaray | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Gaziantepspor | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Göztepe | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| İstanbulspor | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kocaelispor | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| Malatyaspor | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Samsunspor | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Trabzonspor | 2–0 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 |
| Yozgatspor | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | İlhan Mansız | Beşiktaş | 21 |
| 1 | Arif Erdem | Galatasaray | 21 |
| 3 | Augustine Ahinful | Ankaragücü | 19 |
| 4 | Serhat Akın | Fenerbahçe | 16 |
| 4 | Veysel Cihan | Denizlispor | 16 |
| 6 | Ahmed Hassan | Gençlerbirliği | 14 |
| 7 | Okan Yılmaz | Bursaspor | 13 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Tetteh | Çaykur Rizespor | 13 |
| 7 | Haim Revivo | Fenerbahçe | 13 |
| 10 | Fatih Tekke | Gaziantepspor | 12 |
| 10 | Maksim Romaschenko | Gaziantepspor | 12 |
| 10 | Ahmet Dursun | Beşiktaş | 12 |