2012–13 Süper Lig

Süper Lig

Season	2012–13
Champions	Galatasaray 19th Süper Lig title
Relegated	Mersin İdmanyurdu Orduspor İstanbul BB
Champions League	Galatasaray Fenerbahçe
Europa League	Beşiktaş Bursaspor Trabzonspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	817 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Burak Yılmaz (24)
Biggest home win	Gençlerbirliği 4–0 Kayserispor Antalyaspor 4–0 Elazığspor Eskişehirspor 4–0 Gaziantepspor
Biggest away win	Antalyaspor 0–4 Galatasaray Belediyespor 0–4 İstanbul BB Elazığspor 0–4 Kayserispor Gençlerbirliği 0-4 Trabzonspor
Highest scoring	Antalyaspor 3–5 Beşiktaş Antalyaspor 3–5 Gençlerbirliği
Longest winning run	7 games Galatasaray
Longest unbeaten run	11 games Beşiktaş
Longest winless run	15 games Mersin İdmanyurdu
Longest losing run	10 games Orduspor
Average attendance	13,074[1]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th season of the Süper Lig, the highest football league of Turkey. Galatasaray are the defending champions. The season began on 17 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.

On 5 May, Galatasaray won a record 19th Turkish title after beating Sivasspor 4-2.^[2][3]

Teams

Samsunspor, Manisaspor and Ankaragücü were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings. Ankaragücü concluded 31 years at top level, Manisaspor returned to second level after 2 years and Samsunspor immediately returned to second one.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 TFF First League champions Akhisar Belediyespor, runners-up Elazığspor and promotion play-off winners Kasımpaşa S.K.. Elazığspor returned to the top level after 8 years by making two successive promotions. Akhisar Belediyespor makes its debut in Turkey's top flight. Kasımpaşa returned immediately after their relegation to the First League in the 2010-11 season. Elazığspor got sponsporship from Sanica Boru and changed their name to "Sanica Boru Elazığspor".^[4]

Fenerbahçe

İstanbul BB

Beşiktaş

Galatasaray

Kasımpaşa

Gençlerbirliği

Antalyaspor

Bursaspor

Elazığspor

Eskişehirspor

Gaziantepspor

Karabükspor

Kayserispor

Mersin İdmanyurdu

Orduspor

Sivasspor

Trabzonspor

Akhisar Belediyespor

Location of teams in 2012–13 Süper Lig

Team overview Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Stadium Capacity Akhisar Belediyespor Manisa Hamza Hamzaoğlu Emrah Eren Nike Köfteci Ramiz Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium 16,597 Beşiktaş İstanbul Samet Aybaba İbrahim Toraman Adidas Toyota BJK İnönü Stadium 32,086 Bursaspor Bursa Hikmet Karaman Ömer Erdoğan Puma InterCity Bursa Atatürk Stadium 25,661 Eskişehirspor Eskişehir Ersun Yanal Servet Çetin Nike Eti Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium 13,520 Fenerbahçe İstanbul Aykut Kocaman Emre Belözoğlu Adidas Türk Telekom Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium 55,526 Galatasaray İstanbul Fatih Terim Sabri Sarıoğlu Nike Türk Telekom Türk Telekom Arena 52,652 Gaziantepspor Gaziantep Bülent Uygun Serdar Kurtuluş Nike Riga Boya Kamil Ocak Stadium 16,981 Gençlerbirliği Ankara Fuat Çapa Cem Can Lotto ICK Yapı Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209 İstanbul BB İstanbul Bülent Korkmaz Efe İnanç Nike Medipol Atatürk Olympic Stadium 83,092 Karabükspor Karabük Tolunay Kafkas Muhammet Özdin Lescon Kardemir Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium 7,593 Kasımpaşa İstanbul Shota Arveladze Fabian Ernst Lotto UCZ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234 Kayserispor Kayseri Robert Prosinečki Eren Güngör Adidas Kadir Has Stadium 32,864 Medical Park Antalyaspor Antalya Mehmet Özdilek Uğur İnceman Puma Akdeniz University Stadium 7,083 Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin Hakan Kutlu Mert Nobre Hummel Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium 10,128 Orduspor Ordu Cevat Güler Hasan Kabze Umbro Spor Toto 19 Eylül Stadium 11,024 Sanica Boru Elazığspor Elazığ Yılmaz Vural Bülent Ertuğrul Umbro Kolin Elazığ Atatürk Stadium 13,923 Sivasspor Sivas Rıza Çalımbay Hayrettin Yerlikaya Adidas Riga Boya Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 14,998 Trabzonspor Trabzon Mustafa Reşit Akçay Tolga Zengin Nike Türk Telekom Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium 24,169

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
İstanbul BB	Arif Erdem	Sacked	14 May 2012[5]	Carlos Carvalhal[6]	16 May 2012
Karabükspor	Bülent Korkmaz	Sacked	8 May 2012[7]	Michael Skibbe[8]	17 May 2012
Beşiktaş	Tayfur Havutçu	Sacked	20 May 2012[9]	Samet Aybaba[10]	16 June 2012
Kasımpaşa	Metin Diyadin	Resignation	23 September 2012[11]	Shota Arveladze[12]	8 October 2012
Kayserispor	Shota Arveladze	Resignation	1 October 2012[13]	Robert Prosinečki	15 October 2012[14]
Elazığspor	Bülent Uygun	Resignation	8 October 2012[15]	Yılmaz Vural[16]	10 October 2012
Karabükspor	Michael Skibbe	Sacked	4 November 2012[17]	Mesut Bakkal[18]	6 November 2012
İstanbul BB	Carlos Carvalhal	Resigned	12 November 2012[19]	Bülent Korkmaz[20]	13 November 2012
Mersin İdmanyurdu	Nurullah Sağlam	Sacked	15 December 2012[21]	Giray Bulak	20 December 2012[22]
Trabzonspor	Şenol Güneş	Resigned	27 January 2013[23]	Tolunay Kafkas	28 January 2013[24]
Bursaspor	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Resigned	27 January 2013[25]	Hikmet Karaman	6 February 2013[26]
Gaziantepspor	Hikmet Karaman	Sacked	5 February 2013[27]	Bülent Uygun	8 February 2013[28]
Mersin İdmanyurdu	Giray Bulak	Sacked	7 March 2013[29]	Hakan Kutlu	8 March 2013[30]
Orduspor	Héctor Cúper	Sacked	13 April 2013[31]	Cevat Güler	13 April 2013[31]
Karabükspor	Mesut Bakkal	Sacked	6 May 2013[32]	Tolunay Kafkas	8 May 2013
Elazığspor	Yılmaz Vural	Resignation	19 May 2013[33]	Vacant	Vacant

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	21	8	5	66	35	+31	71	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Fenerbahçe	34	18	7	9	56	39	+17	61	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Beşiktaş	34	16	10	8	63	49	+14	58	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ^1
4	Bursaspor	34	14	13	7	52	41	+11	55	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ^1
5	Kayserispor	34	15	7	12	48	45	+3	52
6	Kasımpaşa	34	14	8	12	48	37	+11	50
7	Antalyaspor A.Ş.	34	14	5	15	50	52	−2	47
8	Eskişehirspor	34	11	13	10	48	40	+8	46		ESK: 6 pts, 7-3 TRA: 6 pts, 5-5 GAZ: 6 pts, 4-8
9	Trabzonspor	34	13	7	14	39	40	−1	46	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
10	Gaziantepspor	34	12	10	12	42	49	−7	46
11	Gençlerbirliği	34	10	15	9	46	47	−1	45
12	Sivasspor	34	12	8	14	42	46	−4	44
13	Elazığspor	34	10	13	11	31	46	−15	43
14	Akhisar Belediyespor	34	11	9	14	36	44	−8	42
15	Karabükspor	34	11	7	16	41	53	−12	40
16	İstanbul B.B. (R)	34	9	9	16	43	50	−7	36	Relegation to 2013–14 TFF First League
17	Orduspor (R)	34	6	11	17	35	51	−16	29
18	Mersin İdmanyurdu (R)	34	4	10	20	31	53	−22	22

Source: [ tff.org]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Trabzonspor qualified for the second qualifying round as they lost the 2012–13 Turkish Cup final to Champions League-qualified Fenerbahçe. So the other Europa League spots moved up one place.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Team \ 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
Galatasaray	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Fenerbahçe	6	1	5	4	3	6	5	6	8	6	3	4	2	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Beşiktaş	6	12	4	3	5	10	11	12	10	7	8	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Bursaspor	3	11	12	8	9	12	10	11	7	9	11	9	9	8	8	6	6	5	7	7	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Kayserispor	15	17	17	16	15	17	15	15	17	14	12	13	14	14	13	12	15	15	13	13	12	9	8	7	7	9	9	9	6	7	8	6	5	5
Kasımpaşa	14	10	2	2	2	2	4	5	6	5	6	3	6	6	6	7	9	7	5	5	7	6	7	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6
Antalyaspor A.Ş.	18	9	3	10	12	9	7	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	8	9	10	8	7	7
Eskişehirspor	15	16	13	9	10	8	9	7	4	3	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	8	6	6	5	7	6	8	8	8	8	7	9	10	9	10	10	8
Trabzonspor	6	2	10	7	7	7	6	8	10	10	9	6	7	7	7	8	7	9	11	9	10	12	10	10	11	13	12	12	10	8	7	9	8	9
Gaziantepspor	15	17	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	15	15	13	12	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	15	16	12	11	10	12	11	12	11	12	10
Gençlerbirliği	1	2	6	11	11	5	3	4	3	8	5	8	10	11	9	10	11	10	8	10	11	8	9	9	9	6	6	8	7	6	6	7	9	11
Sivasspor	3	6	8	12	8	4	8	9	11	11	10	11	8	9	10	13	10	11	12	11	8	10	11	12	10	11	10	11	11	12	11	13	11	12
Elazığspor	6	15	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	13	15	13	12	13	13
Akhisar Belediyespor	3	8	9	13	14	15	16	16	14	15	16	16	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	15	16	14	14
Karabükspor	6	14	16	17	16	13	13	14	15	16	13	12	12	15	12	9	8	6	9	8	9	11	12	13	12	15	13	13	14	13	14	14	15	15
İstanbul B.B.	6	7	11	6	6	11	12	10	12	12	14	14	15	13	15	14	12	12	10	12	14	14	14	14	15	10	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	16
Orduspor	12	4	7	5	4	3	2	3	5	4	7	10	11	10	11	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	11	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Mersin İdmanyurdu	12	13	15	15	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: [ tff.org] (Turkish)

Results

Home ╲ Away

AKH

ANT

BEŞ

BUR

ELZ

ESK

FEN

GAL

GAZ

GEN

İBB

KRB

KSM

KAY

MİY

ORD

SİV

TRA

Akhisar Belediyespor

1–0

4–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–2

1–2

0–0

0–0

0–4

1–3

0–2

1–2

1–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

Antalyaspor A.Ş.

4–3

3–5

0–1

4–0

2–1

1–2

0–4

5–2

3–5

1–0

0–0

3–2

3–0

1–0

1–0

4–2

2–1

Beşiktaş

3–1

1–0

3–3

3–0

2–2

3–2

3–3

1–1

3–0

2–2

2–2

1–3

3–1

3–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

Bursaspor

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

4–1

1–2

2–1

3–0

1–0

1–0

3–2

Elazığspor

0–0

2–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–3

0–4

1–0

1–0

0–0

3–1

Eskişehirspor

0–1

3–1

1–2

2–2

2–2

1–1

0–0

4–0

4–2

1–0

5–2

2–2

0–3

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

Fenerbahçe

2–0

1–3

3–0

4–1

2–2

1–0

2–1

3–0

4–1

2–1

1–3

3–1

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

0–0

Galatasaray

3–0

2–0

2–1

3–2

3–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

1–3

2–1

3–0

3–1

4–2

4–2

2–0

Gaziantepspor

2–2

0–1

3–2

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

2–3

2–1

0–2

2–1

0–1

2–1

3–0

0–1

1–0

Gençlerbirliği

1–0

3–1

1–1

2–2

1–2

0–2

2–0

3–3

2–2

0–0

2–1

0–0

4–0

3–1

1–1

1–1

0–4

İstanbul B.B.

0–2

0–1

1–1

4–1

1–1

2–2

2–0

1–3

1–3

0–2

2–2

1–2

0–0

4–2

1–1

2–0

2–1

Karabükspor

0–2

1–0

0–3

0–3

0–1

0–0

3–2

0–1

0–2

0–0

3–1

0–3

3–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

Kasımpaşa

0–1

1–1

1–3

2–0

0–0

1–2

2–0

2–1

3–0

2–2

0–2

2–1

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

Kayserispor

1–1

2–0

2–0

0–1

4–1

3–2

1–1

1–3

1–1

1–0

0–1

3–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

Mersin İdmanyurdu

2–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

0–2

1–3

0–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

0–0

3–0

0–1

Orduspor

0–2

1–1

1–2

2–4

2–2

2–0

0–2

2–0

2–3

2–1

2–2

3–2

0–2

3–2

1–1

2–0

1–2

Sivasspor

1–2

2–1

0–1

2–2

3–1

1–0

0–0

1–3

0–0

1–1

4–1

2–1

1–0

4–2

3–3

3–2

2–0

Trabzonspor

3–1

2–0

0–0

0–1

2–0

0–3

0–3

0–0

4–1

2–0

4–3

1–3

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

Source: tff.org (Turkish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[34] 1 Burak Yılmaz Galatasaray 24 2 Kalu Uche Kasımpaşa 19 3 Bobô Kayserispor 18 4 Pierre Webó İstanbul B.B. / Fenerbahçe 16 5 Moussa Sow Fenerbahçe 15 Pablo Batalla Bursaspor 15 7 Lamine Diarra Antalyaspor 13 Mert Nobre Mersin İdmanyurdu 13 9 Theofanis Gekas Akhisar Belediyespor 12 Umut Bulut Galatasaray 12 Necati Ateş Eskişehirspor 12

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Pablo Batalla Bursaspor 17 2 Manuel Fernandes Beşiktaş 12 Erman Kılıç Sivasspor 12 4 Dirk Kuyt Fenerbahçe 11 5 Rodrigo Tello Eskişehirspor 10 6 Hurşut Meriç Gençlerbirliği 9 Ismaïl Aissati Antalyaspor 9 Djalma Campos Kasımpaşa 9 9 Burak Yılmaz Galatasaray 8 Lamine Diarra Antalyaspor 8 Cleyton Kayserispor 8 Haris Medunjanin Gaziantepspor 8 Duško Tošić Gençlerbirliği 8 Aydın Karabulut Elazığspor 8

Yellow cards Rank Player Club Yellow Cards[35] 1 Salih Dursun Kayserispor 14 2 Aykut Demir Gençlerbirliği 13 3 Sedat Bayrak Elazığspor 12 Yiğit İncedemir Kardemir Karabükspor 12 5 Orhan Ak Elazığspor 11 6 Veysel Sarı Eskişehirspor 10 Fabian Ernst Kasımpaşa 10 Emre Güngör Antalyaspor 10 Miguel Garcia Orduspor 10 Emmanuel Culio Mersin İdmanyurdu 10

Red cards Rank Player Club Red Cards[36] 1 Sedat Bayrak Elazığspor 3 2 Marvin Zeegelaar Elazığspor 2 Sancak Kaplan Kasımpaşa 2 Felipe Melo Galatasaray 2

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kalu Uche	Kasımpaşa	Sanica Boru Elazığspor	3–0	1 September 2012
Pierre Webó	İstanbul BB	Akhisar Belediyespor	4–0	16 September 2012
Hugo Almeida	Beşiktaş	MP Antalyaspor	5–3	18 November 2012
Björn Vleminckx	Gençlerbirliği	MP Antalyaspor	5–3	20 January 2013
Michael Eneramo	Sivasspor	İstanbul BB	4–1	27 April 2013

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