The 2015–16 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) is the 58th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.
The season was named after Hasan Doğan, a former president of the Turkish Football Federation, who died in 2008.
Teams Kayserispor, Osmanlıspor and Antalyaspor promoted from 2014–15 TFF First League. Balıkesirspor, Karabükspor and Kayseri Erciyesspor relegated to 2015–16 TFF First League.
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Akhisar Belediyespor Manisa Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium 16,597 Antalyaspor Antalya Antalya Arena 33,032 Beşiktaş Istanbul Vodafone Park 41,903 Bursaspor Bursa Timsah Arena 43,877 Çaykur Rizespor Rize Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı 15,485 Eskişehirspor Eskişehir Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium 13,520 Fenerbahçe Istanbul Ülker Stadium 50,509 Galatasaray Istanbul Türk Telekom Arena 52,652 Gaziantepspor Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium 16,981 Gençlerbirliği Ankara Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209 İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium 17,800 Kasımpaşa Istanbul Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234 Kayserispor Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium 32,864 Konyaspor Konya Torku Arena 42,276 Mersin İdman Yurdu Mersin Mersin Arena 25,534 Osmanlıspor Ankara Osmanlı Stadyumu 19,626 Sivasspor Sivas Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 14,998 Trabzonspor Trabzon Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium 24,169
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor Akhisar Belediyespor Cihat Arslan Custódio Nike Antalyaspor José Morais Samuel Eto'o Nike IATI Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş Tolga Zengin Adidas Vodafone Bursaspor Hamza Hamzaoğlu Serdar Aziz Puma Marmarabirlik Çaykur Rizespor Hikmet Karaman Sercan Kaya Lotto Çaykur Eskişehirspor Samet Aybaba Sezgin Coşkun Nike ETİ Fenerbahçe Vítor Pereira Volkan Demirel Adidas Yandex Galatasaray Jan Olde Riekerink Selçuk İnan Nike Gaziantepspor Mutlu Topçu Elyasa Süme Adidas Turkish Oil Gençlerbirliği İbrahim Üzülmez Doğa Kaya Lotto İCK İstanbul Başakşehir Abdullah Avcı Emre Belözoğlu Nike Makro Kasımpaşa Rıza Çalımbay Adem Büyük Nike Park Cam Kayserispor Hakan Kutlu Marko Simić Adidas İstikbal Konyaspor Aykut Kocaman Ali Çamdalı Hummel Torku Mersin İdman Yurdu Serkan Balcı Adidas Arbella Makarna Osmanlıspor Mustafa Reşit Akçay Erdal Kılıçaslan Lotto ATG Sivasspor Mesut Bakkal Adem Koçak Adidas Marka Trabzonspor Hami Mandıralı Onur Kıvrak Nike
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Gençlerbirliği Mesut Bakkal Resigned 23 May 2015 Last season Stuart Baxter 9 June 2015 Beşiktaş Slaven Bilić Contract expired 30 May 2015 Pre-season Şenol Güneş 11 June 2015 Fenerbahçe İsmail Kartal Resigned 30 May 2015 Pre-season Vítor Pereira 11 June 2015 Kayserispor Cüneyt Dumlupınar Contract expired 31 May 2015 Pre-season Tolunay Kafkas 7 July 2015 Akhisar Belediyespor Roberto Carlos Contract termination 1 June 2015 Pre-season Cihat Arslan 15 June 2015 Bursaspor Şenol Güneş Contract expired 4 June 2015 Pre-season Ertuğrul Sağlam 7 June 2015 Gaziantepspor Okan Buruk Contract termination 7 June 2015 Pre-season Mutlu Topçu 3 July 2015 Kasımpaşa Önder Özen Mutual agreement 26 June 2015 Pre-season Rıza Çalımbay 6 July 2015 Mersin İdman Yurdu Rıza Çalımbay Resigned 28 June 2015 Pre-season Mesut Bakkal 1 July 2015 Trabzonspor Ersun Yanal Resigned 1 July 2015 Pre-season Shota Arveladze 3 July 2015 Osmanlıspor Uğur Tütüneker Resigned 7 July 2015 Pre-season Mustafa Reşit Akçay 13 July 2015 Gençlerbirliği Stuart Baxter Mutual agreement 25 August 2015 13th Mehmet Özdilek 1 September 2015 Mersin İdman Yurdu Mesut Bakkal Resigned 18 September 2015 18th Bülent Korkmaz 22 September 2015 Eskişehirspor Michael Skibbe Mutual agreement 10 October 2015 17th İsmail Kartal 11 October 2015 Sivasspor Sergen Yalçın Contract termination 24 October 2015 16th Okan Buruk 25 October 2015 Trabzonspor Shota Arveladze Mutual agreement 11 November 2015 12th Sadi Tekelioğlu 11 November 2015 Eskişehirspor İsmail Kartal Resigned 12 November 2015 18th Samet Aybaba 17 November 2015 Galatasaray Hamza Hamzaoğlu Sacked 19 November 2015 3rd Mustafa Denizli 26 November 2015 Bursaspor Ertuğrul Sağlam Mutual agreement 27 November 2015 12th Hamza Hamzaoğlu 17 December 2015 Antalyaspor Yusuf Şimşek Sacked 7 December 2015 10th José Morais 6 January 2016 Gençlerbirliği Mehmet Özdilek Mutual agreement 13 December 2015 16th Yılmaz Vural 24 December 2015 Gençlerbirliği Yılmaz Vural Sacked 29 December 2015 16th İbrahim Üzülmez 31 December 2015 Mersin İdman Yurdu Bülent Korkmaz Sacked 3 January 2016 17th Hakan Kutlu 5 January 2016 Mersin İdman Yurdu Hakan Kutlu Resigned 6 January 2016 17th Nurullah Sağlam 12 January 2016 Mersin İdman Yurdu Nurullah Sağlam Resigned 14 January 2016 17th Ümit Özat 17 January 2016 Trabzonspor Sadi Tekelioğlu Resigned 20 January 2016 10th Hami Mandıralı 21 January 2016 Sivasspor Okan Buruk Resigned 6 February 2016 16th Mesut Bakkal 6 February 2016 Galatasaray Mustafa Denizli Resigned 1 March 2016 5th Jan Olde Riekerink 16 March 2016 Kayserispor Tolunay Kafkas Resigned 3 March 2016 15th Hakan Kutlu 8 March 2016 Gaziantepspor Mutlu Topçu Mutual agreement 26 April 2016 14th Sergen Yalçın 30 April 2016 Mersin İdman Yurdu Ümit Özat Mutual agreement 5 May 2016 18th Trabzonspor Hami Mandıralı Sacked 13 May 2016 12th
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Player 11 Player 12 Player 13 Player 14 Former Players Akhisar Belediyespor Bruno Mezenga Douglão Landry Nguémo Hugo Rodallega Sami Petar Grbić Custódio Ricardo Vaz Tê Milan Lukač Lomana LuaLua Antalyaspor Raïs M'Bolhi Charles Chico Danilo Diego Ângelo Ramon Motta Jean Makoun Lionel Enguene Mbilla Etame Samuel Eto'o Ondřej Čelůstka Samuel Inkoom Dejan Lazarević Sašo Fornezzi Josip Kvesić Guilherme Lamine Diarra Beşiktaş José Sosa Marcelo Rhodolfo Atiba Hutchinson Andreas Beck Mario Gómez Duško Tošić Alexis Ricardo Quaresma Denys Boyko Ramon Motta Pedro Franco Alexander Milošević Bursaspor Pablo Batalla Tom De Sutter Dany Nounkeu Cristóbal Jorquera Tomáš Necid Tomáš Sivok Balázs Dzsudzsák Hajime Hosogai Bakaye Traoré Ricardo Faty Miroslav Stoch Luis Advíncula Josué Isaac Cuenca Çaykur Rizespor Charles Itandje Léonard Kweuke Cédric Makiadi Ludovic Sylvestre Teddy Chevalier Nika Dzalamidze Dhurgham Ismail Ousmane Viera Godfrey Oboabona Patryk Tuszyński Eskişehirspor Ruud Boffin Anel Hadžić Dossa Júnior Jeremy Bokila Axel Méyé Tornike Okriashvili Goran Čaušić Jordi Figueras Vladyslav Kulach Matías Defederico Sebastián Pinto Cédric Mongongu Nzuzi Toko Jerry Akaminko Theofanis Gekas Raheem Lawal Nassim Ben Khalifa Fenerbahçe Diego Fabiano Fernandão Souza Michal Kadlec Simon Kjær Robin van Persie Bruno Alves Nani Raul Meireles Abdoulaye Ba Lazar Marković Moussa Sow Galatasaray Jason Denayer Aurélien Chedjou Lionel Carole Lukas Podolski Ryan Donk Wesley Sneijder Martin Linnes José Rodríguez Fernando Muslera Alex Telles Felipe Melo Kevin Großkreutz Gaziantepspor Anton Putsila Abuda Fernando Marçal Habib Habibou Prince-Désir Gouano Žydrūnas Karčemarskas Gbenga Arokoyo John Chibuike Daniel Larsson Ognjen Vranješ Demba Camara Gençlerbirliği Djalma Alexander Hleb Sergey Politevich Ante Kulušić Martin Spelmann Guy-Michel Landel Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Moestafa El Kabir Iasmin Latovlevici Bogdan Stancu Johannes Hopf Panajotis Dimitriadis Walid Atta Nemanja Tomić İstanbul Başakşehir Sokol Cikalleshi Edin Višća Doka Madureira Márcio Mossoró Stefano Napoleoni Alexandru Epureanu Musa Muhammed Rajko Rotman Stéphane Badji Kasımpaşa Óscar Scarione Titi Strahil Popov Vasil Bozhikov David Pavelka Olivier Veigneau Bengali-Fodé Koita Kenneth Omeruo André Castro Andreas Isaksson Yonathan Del Valle Ryan Donk Kayserispor Derley Diego Lopes William Alves Ali Ahamada Larrys Mabiala Samba Sow Marko Simić Adnane Tighadouini Diego Biseswar Yakubu Srđan Mijailović Konyaspor Alban Meha Amir Hadžiahmetović Riad Bajić Dimitar Rangelov Abdou Traoré Marc Mbamba Tomáš Borek Ibrahim Sissoko Barry Douglas Jagoš Vuković Nejc Skubic Samuel Holmén Dossa Júnior Ciprian Marica Mário Felgueiras Mersin İdman Yurdu Ricardo Pedriel Welliton Préjuce Nakoulma Loret Sadiku Márkó Futács Milan Mitrović Abdul Khalili Nikolay Mihaylov Osmanlıspor Avdija Vršajević Artur Moraes Pierre Webó Anas Sharbini Václav Procházka Aminu Umar Raheem Lawal Łukasz Szukała Tiago Pinto Dzon Delarge Gabriel Torje Raul Rusescu Badou Ndiaye Bakary Soro Takayuki Seto Tonia Tisdell Sivasspor Cicinho Djakaridja Koné John Boye Joan Oumari Ernestas Šetkus Aatif Chahechouhe Mehdi Taouil Etzaz Hussain Cristian Tănase David Texeira Jerónimo Barrales Michael Eneramo Dani Abalo Trabzonspor Luis Pedro Cavanda Douglas Esteban Alvarado Marko Marin Óscar Cardozo José Bosingwa Serge Akakpo Carl Medjani Stéphane Mbia Kévin Constant Dame N'Doye
League table
Results
Positions by round The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Results by round The following table represents the teams game results in each round.
Attendances
Statistics Top goalscorers
Pos.PlayerTeamGoals1 Mario GómezBeşiktaş262 Samuel Eto'oAntalyaspor203 Hugo RodallegaAkhisar Belediyespor194 Edin Višćaİstanbul Başakşehir175 Robin van PersieFenerbahçe166 Lukas PodolskiGalatasaray13 Eren DerdiyokKasımpaşa FernandãoFenerbahçe9 Aatif ChahechouheSivasspor12106 players11
Hat-tricks
Date Player For Against Result 16 August 2015Cenk TosunBeşiktaşMersin İdman Yurdu5–223 August 2015Theofanis GekasEskişehirsporSivasspor4–218 September 2015Badou NdiayeOsmanlısporMersin İdman Yurdu4–019 September 2015Deniz KadahÇaykur RizesporAntalyaspor5–14 October 2015Tomáš NecidBursasporÇaykur Rizespor3–223 April 2016Hugo RodallegaAkhisar BelediyesporBeşiktaş3–313 May 2016Ömer ŞişmanoğluAntalyasporTrabzonspor7–015 May 2016Óscar ScarioneKasımpaşaMersin İdman Yurdu7–019 May 2016Sinan GümüşGalatasarayKayserispor6–0
Clean sheets
Player
RankPlayerClubMatch PlayedClean sheets1 Volkan DemirelFenerbahçe32172 Serkan KırıntılıKonyaspor31133 Volkan Babacanİstanbul Başakşehir34124 Milan LukačAkhisar Belediyespor2411 Tolga ZenginBeşiktaş3011
Club Most clean sheets: 17 Fenerbahçe
Awards Annual awards Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Volkan Babacan (Basaksehir)Defence Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe) Simon Kjær (Fenerbahçe) Yalçın Ayhan (Basaksehir) İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş)Midfield Edin Višća (Başakşehir) Atiba Hutchinson (Beşiktaş) Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş) Volkan Şen (Fenerbahçe)Attack Mario Gómez (Beşiktaş) Samuel Eto'o (Antalyaspor)
See also 2015–16 Turkish Cup 2015–16 TFF First League 2015–16 TFF Second League 2015–16 TFF Third League
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