# 2021–22 Sivasspor season

The 2021–22 season was the 55th season in existence of Sivasspor and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Sivasspor participated in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup and the inaugural campaign of the UEFA Europa Conference League, having entered in the second qualifying round. The season covered the period from July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Squad

    As of 12 April 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 |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Uğur Çiftçi |
| 4 | DF | GAB | Aaron Appindangoyé |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Goutas |
| 7 | FW | CIV | Max Gradel |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Olarenwaju Kayode (on loan from Shakhtar) |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Mustapha Yatabaré |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Sefa Yılmaz |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jorge Félix |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Samba Camara |
| 15 | FW | SEN | Moussa Konaté (on loan from Dijon) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erdoğan Yeşilyurt |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Kerem Atakan Kesgin |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Koray Altınay |
| 22 | FW | TUR | Emirhan Tak |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Ulvestad |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Muammer Yıldırım |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Ali Şaşal Vural |
| 37 | MF | TUR | Hakan Arslan |
| 52 | MF | TUR | Volkan Eğri |
| 58 | DF | TUR | Ziya Erdal |
| 62 | DF | TUR | Özkan Yiğiter |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Ahmet Oğuz |
| 81 | GK | TUR | Emre Satılmış |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Osmanpaşa |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Leke James |
| 92 | FW | TUR | Halit Çokyaşar |
| 94 | MF | TUR | Kaan Onaran |
| 96 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Albayrak |
| 98 | FW | TUR | Muhammed Emin Ergin |

### 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 Sarıyer) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 25 June 2021 | DF | | Koray Altınay | Fatih Karagümrük | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 30 July 2021 | MF | | Azubuike Okechukwu | İstanbul Başakşehir | End of season | |
| 12 February 2022 | FW | | Moussa Konaté | Dijon | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 20 July 2021 | DF | Robin Yalçın | Paderborn 07 | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2021 | MF | Serhiy Rybalka | Oleksandriya | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2021 | MF | Claudemir | Vizela | Undisclosed |
| 12 April 2021 | MF | Pedro Henrique | Internacional | Undisclosed |

## 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 | 14 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 036.84 |
| Turkish Cup | 30 December 2021 | 26 May 2022 | Fifth Round | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 26 August 2021 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 044.00 |
Last updated: 26 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 12 | Hatayspor | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 53 | |
* ↑ Sivasspor qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Turkish Cup winners.
* 1 2 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 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: See Results

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 May 2022

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Uğur Çiftçi | 44 | 0 | 29+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GAB | Aaron Appindangoyé | 9 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie | 37 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Goutas | 38 | 5 | 31+1 | 5 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CIV | Max Gradel | 39 | 7 | 29+2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Olarenwaju Kayode | 44 | 8 | 18+15 | 6 | 3+2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Mustapha Yatabaré | 43 | 12 | 24+9 | 10 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Sefa Yılmaz | 30 | 0 | 3+19 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jorge Félix | 20 | 4 | 6+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | MLI | Samba Camara | 23 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SEN | Moussa Konaté | 16 | 1 | 1+11 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erdoğan Yeşilyurt | 40 | 1 | 20+13 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Kerem Kesgin | 27 | 3 | 14+8 | 2 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Koray Altınay | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | TUR | Emirhan Tak | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Ulvestad | 19 | 2 | 11+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Muammer Yıldırım | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Ali Vural | 35 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | TUR | Hakan Arslan | 41 | 1 | 24+7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | TUR | Ziya Erdal | 25 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | TUR | Özkan Yiğiter | 14 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr | 39 | 5 | 27+2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Ahmet Oğuz | 35 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | TUR | Emre Satılmış | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Osmanpaşa | 42 | 2 | 31+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Leke James | 19 | 6 | 4+8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3+3 | 2 |
| 92 | FW | TUR | Halit Çokyaşar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | TUR | Kaan Onaran | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Albayrak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | TUR | Muhammed Ergin | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sivasspor during the season: ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | BRA | Pedro Henrique | 30 | 8 | 24+1 | 8 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Azubuike Okechukwu | 15 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Mustapha Yatabaré | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 16 | Pedro Henrique | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Olarenwaju Kayode | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | Max Gradel | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 90 | Leke James | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | 6 | Dimitris Goutas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 76 | Fayçal Fajr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Jorge Félix | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | Kerem Kesgin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | Fredrik Ulvestad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 88 | Caner Osmanpaşa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Aaron Appindangoyé | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 5 | Isaac Cofie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 58 | Ziya Erdal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 77 | Ahmet Oğuz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 17 | Erdoğan Yeşilyurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 37 | Hakan Arslan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 15 | Moussa Konaté | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 52 | 13 | 6 | 71 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 35 | Ali Vural | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | 25 | Muammer Yıldırım | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Uğur Çiftçi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Aaron Appindangoyé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Isaac Cofie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Dimitris Goutas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Max Gradel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Olarenwaju Kayode | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Mustapha Yatabaré | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Sefa Yılmaz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Jorge Félix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Samba Camara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Moussa Konaté | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Erdoğan Yeşilyurt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Kerem Kesgin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Koray Altınay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Fredrik Ulvestad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Muammer Yıldırım | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Ali Vural | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Hakan Arslan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | Ziya Erdal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | Özkan Yiğiter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | MF | Fayçal Fajr | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Ahmet Oğuz | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Caner Osmanpaşa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sivasspor during the season: ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | Pedro Henrique | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Azubuike Okechukwu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 75 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 109 | 6 |