The 2016–17 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey.
The season was named after Turgay Şeren, a legendary goalkeeper of the Turkey national team who also played for and coached Galatasaray.
Beşiktaş clinched their 15th league title on May 28, 2017 with a 4-0 win against Gaziantepspor away with 1 week to spare. With this championship, Beşiktaş was entitled to wear the third star on its logo.
Teams Adanaspor, Karabükspor and Alanyaspor achieved promotion from 2015–16 TFF First League. Karabükspor made an immediate return, whereas Adanaspor returned to the top level after 12 years in lower leagues. Finally Alanyaspor defeated Adana Demirspor in the play-off final for a debut season at top flight level. Also, for the first time Antalya Province will have 2 teams in Süper Lig. Sivasspor, Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdman Yurdu were relegated to 2016–17 TFF First League. Sivasspor ended an 11-year stint in the top level, while Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu were relegated after 8 years and 2 years in the top flight, respectively.
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Adanaspor Adana KozArena 36,117 Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisar Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium 16,597 Antalyaspor Antalya Antalya Arena 33,032 Konyaspor Konya Konya Büyükşehir Stadium 42,276 Alanyaspor Alanya Bahçeşehir Okulları Arena 10,842 Beşiktaş Istanbul (Beşiktaş) Vodafone Park 43,500 Bursaspor Bursa Timsah Arena 43,877 Çaykur Rizespor Rize Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı 15,558 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Kadıköy) Ülker Stadium 50,509 Galatasaray Istanbul (Şişli) Türk Telekom Arena 52,652 Gaziantepspor Gaziantep Gaziantep Arena 35,558 Gençlerbirliği Ankara Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 19,209 Karabükspor Karabük Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium 14,200 Kasımpaşa Istanbul (Beyoğlu) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234 Kayserispor Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium 32,864 İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul (Başakşehir) Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium 17,801 Osmanlıspor Ankara Osmanlı Stadyumu 19,626 Trabzonspor Trabzon Şenol Güneş Sports Complex 40,782
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor Adanaspor Eyüp Arın Bekir Yılmaz Lotto Spor Toto Akhisar Belediyespor Okan Buruk Custódio Nike Antalyaspor Rıza Çalımbay Samuel Eto'o Nike IATI Alanyaspor Safet Sušić Haydar Yılmaz Kappa TAV Airports Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş Tolga Zengin Adidas Vodafone Bursaspor Mutlu Topçu Pablo Batalla Puma Warmhaus Çaykur Rizespor Hikmet Karaman Léonard Kweuke Nike Çaykur Fenerbahçe Dick Advocaat Volkan Demirel Adidas Nesine.com Galatasaray Igor Tudor Selçuk İnan Nike Nef Gaziantepspor Bülent Uygun Elyasa Süme Adidas Mahmood Coffee Gençlerbirliği Ümit Özat Selçuk Şahin Lotto ARTE Karabükspor Zoran Barisic Ahmet Şahin Adidas Kardemir Kasımpaşa Kemal Özdeş Adem Büyük Nike Halley Kayserispor Mesut Bakkal Larrys Mabiala Adidas İstikbal Konyaspor Aykut Kocaman Ali Çamdalı Hummel Spor Toto İstanbul Başakşehir Abdullah Avcı Emre Belözoğlu Nike Makro Osmanlıspor Hamza Hamzaoğlu Erdal Kılıçaslan Nike ATG Trabzonspor Ersun Yanal Onur Recep Kıvrak Nike QNB
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Trabzonspor Hami Mandıralı Sacked 13 May 2016 Last season Ersun Yanal 17 May 2016 Gaziantepspor Sergen Yalçın Contract expired 30 May 2016 Pre-season İsmail Kartal 21 July 2016 Karabükspor Yücel İldiz Contract expired 3 June 2016 Pre-season Igor Tudor 18 June 2016 Fenerbahçe Vítor Pereira Sacked 11 August 2016 Pre-season Dick Advocaat 17 August 2016 Adanaspor Engin İpekoğlu Mutual agreement 18 August 2016 Pre-season Krunoslav Jurčić 28 August 2016 Akhisar Belediyespor Cihat Arslan Mutual agreement 1 September 2016 7th Tolunay Kafkas 4 September 2016 Kasımpaşa Rıza Çalımbay Sacked 13 September 2016 18th Kemal Özdeş 16 September 2016 Antalyaspor José Morais Mutual agreement 6 October 2016 18th Rıza Çalımbay 7 October 2016 Gençlerbirliği İbrahim Üzülmez Mutual agreement 7 November 2016 9th Ümit Özat 7 November 2016 Adanaspor Krunoslav Jurčić Sacked 5 December 2016 18th Levent Şahin 23 December 2016 Gaziantepspor İsmail Kartal Sacked 5 December 2016 15th İbrahim Üzülmez 12 December 2016 Kayserispor Hakan Kutlu Resigned 6 December 2016 17th Sergen Yalçın 4 January 2017 Alanyaspor Hüseyin Kalpar Resigned 16 January 2017 14th Safet Sušić 27 January 2017 Bursaspor Hamza Hamzaoğlu Sacked 21 January 2017 6th Mutlu Topçu 30 January 2017 Gaziantepspor İbrahim Üzülmez Mutual agreement 24 January 2017 18th Bülent Uygun 24 January 2017 Galatasaray Jan Olde Riekerink Sacked 15 February 2017 3rd Igor Tudor 15 February 2017 Karabükspor Igor Tudor Signed by Galatasaray 15 February 2017 10th Zoran Barisic 17 February 2017 Osmanlıspor Mustafa Reşit Akçay Resigned 18 March 2017 12th Hamza Hamzaoğlu 22 March 2017 Akhisar Belediyespor Tolunay Kafkas Resigned 18 March 2017 15th Okan Buruk 23 March 2017 Adanaspor Levent Şahin Resigned 9 April 2017 18th Eyüp Arın 10 April 2017 Kayserispor Sergen Yalçın Resigned 22 April 2017 15th Mesut Bakkal 24 April 2017
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 Adanaspor Goran Karačić Didi Digão Maurício Ramos Renan Diniz Renan Foguinho Reynaldo Roni Vinícius Charles Itandje Magaye Gueye Vladimir Koman Ousmane Viera Edgar Akhisarspor Belediyespor Sokol Cikalleshi Jeremy Bokila Enoch Kofi Adu Abdoul Sissoko Custódio Miguel Lopes Ricardo Vaz Tê Milan Lukač Miral Samardžić Daniel Larsson Douglão Landry Nguémo Hugo Rodallega Sami Alanyaspor Vágner Love Junior Fernandes Zdeněk Zlámal Fabrice Nsakala Isaac Sackey Nuru Sulley Georgios Tzavellas Guy-Michel Landel Wilde-Donald Guerrier Glynor Plet Kenneth Omeruo Daniel Candeias Lamine Gassama Darko Lazić Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Ismaïl Aissati Abdoulaye Ba Carlos García Jonathan Ayité Antalyaspor Charles Chico Danilo Diego Ângelo Ramon Motta Sandro Jean Makoun Mbilla Etame Samuel Eto'o Ondřej Čelůstka Jean Armel Drolé Amadaiya Rennie Moestafa El Kabir Sašo Fornezzi Kenan Horić Samuel Inkoom Milan Jevtović Beşiktaş Adriano Marcelo Rhodolfo Talisca Vincent Aboubakar Atiba Hutchinson Matej Mitrović Andreas Beck Ryan Babel Ricardo Quaresma Demba Ba Duško Tošić Fabricio Bursaspor Pablo Batalla Joshua John Cristóbal Jorquera Tomáš Sivok Bogdan Stancu Ricardo Faty Boban Jović Yonathan Del Valle Tomáš Necid Vieux Sané Çaykur Rizespor Jakob Jantscher Léonard Kweuke Ali Faez Dhurgham Ismail Davide Petrucci Marwane Saâdane Bright Edomwonyi Godfrey Oboabona Nosa Igiebor Patryk Tuszyński Abdoulaye Diallo Matic Fink Mohamed Ali Yacoubi Iyayi Atiemwen Fenerbahçe Fabiano Fernandão Souza Simon Kjær Aatif Chahechouhe Gregory van der Wiel Jeremain Lens Robin van Persie Emmanuel Emenike Roman Neustädter Moussa Sow Martin Škrtel Miroslav Stoch Oleksandr Karavayev Galatasaray Luis Pedro Cavanda Aurélien Chedjou Garry Rodrigues Lionel Carole Lukas Podolski Nigel de Jong Wesley Sneijder Martin Linnes Bruma Josué Fernando Muslera Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Ryan Donk Gaziantepspor Nabil Ghilas Syarhey Kislyak Marcinho Marquinhos Paulo Victor Wallace František Rajtoral Yoiver González Mohammed Fatau Davy Claude Angan Khaly Thiam Änis Ben-Hatira Evans Kangwa Anton Putsila Bruno Mota Charles Itandje Daniel Kolář Bart van Hintum Daniel Larsson Gençlerbirliği Agon Mehmeti Sergey Politevich Bady Luccas Claro Kamal Issah Aleksandar Šćekić Cosmin Matei Marko Milinković Etien Velikonja Tokelo Rantie Abdul Khalili Johannes Hopf Jonathan Ring Ante Kulušić Samuel Owusu Guy-Michel Landel Bogdan Stancu Karabükspor Ermin Zec Abdou Traoré Dany Nounkeu André Poko Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Mustapha Yatabaré Cristian Tănase Iasmin Latovlevici Paul Papp Valerică Găman Dejan Lazarević Andriy Bliznichenko Oleksandr Rybka Yevhen Seleznyov Adriano Elvis Kokalović Vladimir Rodić Isaac Promise Marius Alexe Kasımpaşa Cristian Guanca Titi Strahil Popov Vasil Bozhikov Franck Etoundi David Pavelka Olivier Veigneau Bengali-Fodé Koita Kenneth Otigba Herolind Shala Loret Sadiku Samuel Eduok André Castro Sanharib Malki Kayserispor Douglão Welliton Alain Traoré Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik Landry Nguémo Ryan Mendes Ali Ahamada Larrys Mabiala Samba Sow Raheem Lawal Varela Miladin Stevanović Rajko Rotman Préjuce Nakoulma Srđan Mijailović Konyaspor Amir Hadžiahmetović Deni Milošević Riad Bajić Dimitar Rangelov Marc Mbamba Jens Jønsson Moryké Fofana Alban Meha Ioan Hora Barry Douglas Jagoš Vuković Nejc Skubic Osmanlıspor Avdija Vršajević Luíz Carlos Pierre Webó Václav Procházka Žydrūnas Karčemarskas Adrien Regattin Adam Maher Aminu Umar Łukasz Szukała Tiago Pinto Dzon Delarge Thievy Bifouma Raul Rusescu Badou Ndiaye Artur Moraes Cheick Diabaté Raheem Lawal Trabzonspor Carl Medjani Emmanuel Mas Luis Ibáñez Fabián Castillo Hugo Rodallega Esteban Alvarado Ogenyi Onazi João Pereira Dame N'Doye Ján Ďurica Matúš Bero Ramil Sheydayev Suk Hyun-jun Serge Akakpo
League table
Results
Positions by round The following table represents the teams' positions after each round in the competition.
Results by round The following table represents the teams game results in each round.
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Pos.PlayerTeamGoals1 Vágner LoveAlanyaspor232 Cenk TosunBeşiktaş203 Samuel Eto'oAntalyaspor184 Riad BajićKonyaspor175 Léonard KweukeÇaykur Rizespor146 TaliscaBeşiktaş13 Serdar GürlerGençlerbirliği8 Moussa SowFenerbahçe12 WellitonKayserispor Vincent AboubakarBeşiktaş
Top assists
Pos.PlayerTeamAssists1 Wesley SneijderGalatasaray152 Ricardo QuaresmaBeşiktaş133 Deniz TürüçKayserispor114 Jeremain LensFenerbahçe105 Emre Belözoğluİstanbul Başakşehir8 Mossoróİstanbul Başakşehir Olcan AdınAkhisar Belediyespor8 Edin Višćaİstanbul Başakşehir7 Olcay ŞahanTrabzonspor Pierre WebóOsmanlıspor
Hat-tricks
Date Player For Against Result 27 November 2016Moussa SowFenerbahçeÇaykur Rizespor1–511 December 2016Yasin ÖztekinGalatasarayGaziantepspor3–130 January 2017Cenk TosunBeşiktaşKonyaspor5–118 March 2017Adem BüyükKasımpaşaOsmanlıspor3–218 March 2017Nabil GhilasGaziantepsporKayserispor3–410 April 2017Emmanuel Adebayorİstanbul BaşakşehirGalatasaray4–030 April 2017Samuel Eto'oAntalyasporAdanaspor2–514 May 2017Vágner LoveAlanyasporKarabükspor4–22 June 2017Ermin ZecKarabüksporAkhisar Belediyespor2–3
Clean sheets
Player RankPlayerClubMatch PlayedClean sheets1 Onur KıvrakTrabzonspor3215 Volkan Babacanİstanbul Başakşehir32153 Johannes HopfGençlerbirliği33144 FabriBeşiktaş31125 Ahmet ŞahinKarabükspor269 Volkan DemirelFenerbahçe279 Fernando MusleraGalatasaray3398 Ramazan KöseKasımpaşa318 Harun TekinBursaspor338
Club RankClubMatch PlayedClean sheets1Trabzonspor29152 İstanbul Başakşehir2913Gençlerbirliği2913Akhisar Belediyespor29135Beşiktaş2911Fenerbahçe29117Antalyaspor2910 Awards Annual awards Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Johannes Hopf (Gençlerbirliği)Defence Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe) Marcelo (Beşiktaş) Martin Škrtel (Fenerbahçe) Adriano (Beşiktaş)Midfield Cengiz Ünder (Başakşehir) Atiba Hutchinson (Beşiktaş) Talisca (Beşiktaş) Emre Belözoğlu (Başakşehir) Bruma (Galatasaray)Attack Vágner Love (Alanyaspor)
Attendances
These are the average attendances of all the top division teams.
See also 2016–17 Turkish Cup 2016–17 TFF First League 2016–17 TFF Second League 2016–17 TFF Third League
References
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