The 2011–12 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th season of the Süper Lig, the top level football league of Turkey. Fenerbahçe were the defending champions. The start date of the league was due to be 7 August 2011,TFF official page 2011-2012 Spor Toto Super League to start on 7 August. Retrieved on 26 June 2012. but due to the match fixing scandal in Turkey it began instead on 9 September 2011 and was concluded on 12 May 2012. Galatasaray won their 18th title.TFF official page Spor Toto Super League to start on 9 September. Retrieved on 10 August 2012. A new format was introduced this season, in which after the regular season two play-off groups were played to decide over the Champions League and Europa League starting rounds. Points of the regular season were halved for ranking in those.
Teams
Bucaspor, Kasımpaşa and Konyaspor were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 TFF First League champions Mersin İdmanyurdu, runners-up Samsunspor and Orduspor promotion play-off winners. Samsunspor returned to Süper Lig after 5 years of absence, and Mersin İdmanyurdu promoted to Turkey's top league after 28 years. Finally Orduspor returned to Süper Lig after 25 years of absence.
Team overview Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Stadium CapacityAnkaragücüAnkara Hakan Kutlu Aydın ToscalıLottoSpor TotoAnkara 19 Mayıs19,209AntalyasporAntalya Mehmet Özdilek Ömer ÇatkıçPumaSunExpressMardan Sports Complex7,428BeşiktaşIstanbul Tayfur Havutçu İbrahim ToramanadidasToyotaBJK İnönü Stadium42,590BursasporBursa Ertuğrul Sağlam İbrahim ÖztürkPumaInterCityBursa Atatürk18,587EskişehirsporEskişehir Ersun Yanal Sezgin CoşkunadidasEtiEskişehir Atatürk13,520FenerbahçeIstanbul Aykut Kocaman AlexadidasAveaŞükrü Saracoğlu50,509GalatasarayIstanbul Fatih Terim Ayhan AkmanNikeTürk TelekomTürk Telekom Arena52,652GaziantepsporGaziantep Hikmet Karaman Emre GüngöradidasTürkOilGaziantep Kamil Ocak16,981GençlerbirliğiAnkara Fuat Çapa Cem CanLottoCaprice GoldAnkara 19 Mayıs19,209İstanbul BBIstanbul Arif Erdem Efe İnançNikeSpor TotoAtatürk Olympic76,092KarabüksporKarabük Bülent Korkmaz Florin CernatLesconKardemirDr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu7,593KayserisporKayseri Shota Arveladze Eren GüngöradidasSpor TotoKadir Has32,864ManisasporManisa Reha Erginer İlker AvcıbayLesconVestelManisa 19 Mayıs16,597Mersin İdmanyurduMersin Nurullah Sağlam Christian ZuritaHummelSoilTevfik Sırrı Gür10,128OrdusporOrdu Héctor Cúper Jean-Jacques GossoUmbroSpor TotoOrdu 19 Eylül11,024SamsunsporSamsun Mesut Bakkal Murat YıldırımErreàSpor TotoSamsun 19 Mayıs12,720SivassporSivas Rıza Çalımbay Hayrettin YerlikayaadidasSpor TotoSivas 4 Eylül14,998TrabzonsporTrabzon Şenol Güneş Tolga ZenginNikeTürk TelekomHüseyin Avni Aker24,169
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointmentGaziantepspor Tolunay KafkasResigned26 September 2011 Abdullah Ercan30 September 2011Karabükspor Yücel İldizResigned5 November 2011 Bülent Korkmaz8 November 2011İstanbul BB Abdullah AvcıAssigned as Turkey head coach17 November 2011 Arif Erdem18 November 2011Ankaragücü Ziya DoğanResigned13 December 2011 Hakan Kutlu14 December 2011Orduspor Metin DiyadinResigned13 December 2011 Héctor Cúper19 December 2011Eskişehirspor Michael SkibbeMutually terminated22 December 2011 Ersun Yanal24 December 2011Manisaspor Kemal ÖzdeşResigned24 January 2012 Ümit Özat26 January 2012Gaziantepspor Abdullah ErcanResigned26 January 2012 Hikmet Karaman26 January 2012Samsunspor Vladimir PetkovićResigned27 January 2012 Mesut Bakkal27 January 2012Manisaspor Ümit ÖzatMutually terminated28 February 2012 Reha Erginer29 February 2012
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former Players Ankaragücü Jaroslav Černý Jan Rajnoch Theo Lewis Weeks Tonia Tisdell Stanislav Šesták Antalyaspor Ivan Radeljić Jabá Veselin Minev Sammy Ndjock Petr Janda Ali Zitouni Beşiktaş Edu Sidnei Tomáš Sivok Bebé Hugo Almeida Manuel Fernandes Ricardo Quaresma Simão Roberto Hilbert Júlio Alves Filip Hološko Guti Bursaspor Pablo Batalla Sebastián Pinto Alfred N'Diaye Scott Carson Basser Chrétien Milan Stepanov Teteh Bangura Stanislav Šesták Federico Insúa Prince Tagoe Gustav Svensson Eskişehirspor Safet Nadarević Dedé Diego Ângelo Rodrigo Tello Vanja Iveša Ákos Elek Pelé Diomansy Kamara Kris Boyd Fenerbahçe Alex Cristian Henri Bienvenu Joseph Yobo Issiar Dia Moussa Sow Miroslav Stoch Reto Ziegler Bilica Galatasaray Felipe Melo Milan Baroš Tomáš Ujfaluši Emmanuel Eboué Albert Riera Johan Elmander Fernando Muslera Gaziantepspor Ismael Sosa Ivan Ivelin Popov Dany Nounkeu Gilles Binya Žydrūnas Karčemarskas Marek Sapara Wágner Arafat Djako Gençlerbirliği Debatik Curri Ermin Zec Hervé Tum Randall Azofeifa Ante Kulušic Joachim Mununga Labinot Harbuzi İstanbul BB Edin Višća Kenan Hasagić Doka Madureira Tom Pierre Webó Kamil Zayatte Marcin Kuś Samuel Holmén Marcus Vinicius Karabükspor Jugurtha Hamroun Sanel Jahić Anthony Šerić Vjekoslav Tomić Larrys Mabiala Luton Shelton Florin Cernat Hocine Ragued Armand Deumi Danilo Nikolić Kayserispor Nicolás Navarro James Troisi Zurab Khizanishvili Nordin Amrabat Diego Biseswar Cristian Riveros Peter Pekarík Emir Kujović Franco Cángele Jonathan Santana Manisaspor Cláudio Pitbull Kahê Michael Klukowski Jerry Akaminko Jimmy Dixon Isaac Promise 'Nemanja Vučićević Labinot Harbuzi Josh Simpson Maciej Iwański Ariza Makukula Mersin İdmanyurdu Christian Zurita Ibrahim Šehić André Moritz Danilo Bueno Spas Delev Joseph Boum Nduka Ozokwo Wissem Ben Yahia Beto Yannick Kamanan Matthew Amoah Tonia Tisdell Orduspor Emmanuel Culio Bruno Mezenga Wilfried Dalmat Jean-Jacques Gosso Miguel Garcia Bogdan Stancu Sašo Fornezzi Javito Tobias Nickenig Emmanuel Banahene João Ribeiro Samsunspor André Bahia Akaki Khubutia Michael Fink Theofanis Gekas Pál Lázár Ekigho Ehiosun Simon Zenke Dejan Kelhar Valdomiro Aristide Bancé Álvaro Domínguez Sivasspor Ricardo Pedriel Jakub Navrátil Milan Černý Tomáš Rada Jan Rajnoch Michael Eneramo Kamil Grosicki Štefan Senecký Sandro Milan Borjan Morten Rasmussen Jacques Faty Trabzonspor Gustavo Colman Alanzinho Paulo Henrique Ondřej Čelůstka Didier Zokora Adrian Mierzejewski Marek Čech Paweł Brożek Marek Sapara Róbert Vittek
League table
Positions by round
Results
European play-offs Championship group
Europa League group
2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualification play-off match Beşiktaş (the fourth-placed team of the Champions League group) and the winners of the Europa League group would play for a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. But the match was cancelled as Bursaspor, the 2011–12 Turkish Cup finalists against Champions League-qualified Fenerbahçe, wins the Europa League group. Bursaspor lost the cup final, and as a result, they qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, and Beşiktaş qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round. But on 30 May 2012; UEFA banned Beşiktaş one year from UEFA competitions, so UEFA Europa League spots shifted down. Bursaspor were also initially banned from entering the Europa League, but this was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Spor Toto Cup
Group A
Group B
Spor Toto Cup Final
Top goalscorers Including play-off matches RankPlayerClubGoals1 Burak YılmazTrabzonspor332 Diomansy KamaraEskişehirspor15 Herve TumGençlerbirliği Michael EneramoSivasspor Pierre Webóİstanbul BB6 AlexFenerbahçe14 Doka Madureiraİstanbul BB8 Necati AteşAntalyaspor/Galatasaray13 Pablo BatallaBursaspor Selçuk İnanGalatasaray
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Burak YılmazTrabzonsporKardemir Karabükspor 3–1 Burak YılmazTrabzonsporOrduspor 4–1 Theofanis GekasSamsunsporFenerbahçe 3–1 Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club FONEX Goalkeeper of the Year Volkan Demirel Fenerbahçe FONEX Defender of the Year Tomáš Ujfaluši Galatasaray FONEX Midfielder of the Year Selçuk İnan Galatasaray FONEX Forward of the Year Burak Yılmaz Trabzonspor FONEX Young Talent of the Year Semih Kaya Galatasaray FONEX Managers of the Year Fatih Terim Aykut Kocaman Galatasaray Fenerbahçe FONEX Referee of the Year Cüneyt Çakır — Team of the Year Goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray) Defence Emmanuel Eboué (Galatasaray) Tomáš Ujfaluši (Galatasaray) Joseph Yobo (Fenerbahçe) Reto Ziegler (Fenerbahçe) Midfield Nordin Amrabat (Kayserispor) Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray) Alex de Souza (Fenerbahçe) Miroslav Stoch (Fenerbahçe) Forwards Johan Elmander (Galatasaray) Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor)
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