The 2018–19 Süper Lig, officially called the Spor Toto Süper Lig Lefter Küçükandonyadis season, was the 61st season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 26 May 2019.
The season was named after Lefter Küçükandonyadis, a former Turkey national team player and Fenerbahçe legend.
This season the VAR was introduced in all games of Süper Lig competition.
Teams A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2017–18 season and three promoted from the 2017–18 TFF First League. It includes Rizespor and Ankaragücü, the two top teams from the TFF First League, and Erzurum BB, the winners of the 2017–18 TFF First League playoffs. Gençlerbirliği, Osmanlıspor, and Karabükspor were relegated to 2018–19 TFF First League.
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Akhisarspor Manisa (Akhisar) Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium 12,139 Alanyaspor Antalya (Alanya) Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium 10,130 Ankaragücü Ankara Eryaman Stadium 20,071 Antalyaspor Antalya (Muratpaşa) Antalya Stadium 32,537 Beşiktaş Istanbul (Beşiktaş) Vodafone Park 41,188 Bursaspor Bursa Büyüksehir Belediyesi Stadium 43,361 Çaykur Rizespor Rize Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı 15,332 Erzurum BB Erzurum Kazım Karabekir Stadium 23,277 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Kadıköy) Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium 47,834 Galatasaray Istanbul (Şişli) Türk Telekom Stadium 52,223 Göztepe İzmir Bornova Stadium 12,500 İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul (Başakşehir) Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium 17,300 Kasımpaşa Istanbul (Beyoğlu) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 14,234 Kayserispor Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium 32,864 Konyaspor Konya Konya Büyükşehir Stadium 42,000 Sivasspor Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 27,532 Trabzonspor Trabzon Şenol Güneş Sports Complex 40,782 Yeni Malatyaspor Malatya Malatya Stadium 27,044
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor Akhisarspor Cem Kavçak Bilal Kısa Nike Alanyaspor Sergen Yalçın Haydar Yılmaz Uhlsport TAV Airports Ankaragücü Mustafa Kaplan Sedat Ağçay Puma Antalyaspor Bülent Korkmaz Diego Ângelo Nike Atiker Konyaspor Aykut Kocaman Ali Turan Nike Spor Toto Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş Tolga Zengin Adidas Vodafone Bursaspor Mesut Bakkal Ertuğrul Ersoy Puma BUDO Çaykur Rizespor Okan Buruk Ali Çamdalı Nike Çaykur Erzurum BB Hamza Hamzaoğlu Egemen Korkmaz Nike Anka Jeneratör Fenerbahçe Ersun Yanal Volkan Demirel Adidas Avis Galatasaray Fatih Terim Selçuk İnan Nike Nef Göztepe Tamer Tuna BetoPuma Mahall Bomonti İstanbul Başakşehir Abdullah Avcı Emre Belözoğlu Macron Decovita Kasımpaşa Mustafa Denizli Veysel Sarı Nike Ciner Kayserispor Hikmet Karaman Umut Bulut Nike İstikbal Sivasspor Hakan Keleş Ziya Erdal Adidas Demir İnşaat Trabzonspor Ünal Karaman José Sosa Macron QNB Yeni Malatyaspor Ali Ravcı Adem Büyük Macron Battalbey
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentTrabzonspor Rıza ÇalımbayEnd of contract17 May 20185th Ünal Karaman30 May 2018Bursaspor Mustafa ErChange of staff role 17 May 201813th Samet Aybaba19 May 2018Sivasspor Samet AybabaResignation19 May 20187th Tamer Tuna29 May 2018Antalyaspor Hamza HamzaoğluMutual agreement21 May 201814th Bülent Korkmaz9 June 2018Göztepe Tamer Tuna22 May 20186th Bayram Bektaş24 May 2018 Akhisarspor Okan BurukEnd of contract14 June 201811th Safet Sušić21 June 2018Fenerbahçe Aykut KocamanMutual agreement18 June 2018EN İÇTEN TEŞEKKÜRLERİMİZLE, 18 June 20182nd Phillip Cocu22 June 2018Akhisarspor Safet SušićSacked17 September 201817th Cihat Arslan25 September 2018Çaykur Rizespor İbrahim ÜzülmezMutual agreement21 September 2018 16th Okan Buruk24 September 2018 BB Erzurumspor Mehmet AltıparmakMutual agreement26 September 201818th Mehmet Özdilek1 October 2018Kasımpaşa Kemal ÖzdeşResignation1 October 20186th Mustafa Denizli2 October 2018Fenerbahçe Phillip CocuSacked28 October 201815th Ersun Yanal14 December 2018 Sivasspor Tamer TunaResignation6 November 2018 14th Hakan Keleş19 November 2018 Alanyaspor Mesut BakkalMutual agreement6 November 201813th Sergen Yalçın9 November 2018Konyaspor Rıza ÇalımbaySacked12 November 2018 9th Aykut Kocaman19 November 2018 Kayserispor Ertuğrul SağlamResignation2 December 2018 17th Hikmet Karaman5 December 2018 Göztepe Bayram BektaşResignation9 December 2018 12th Kemal Özdeş10 December 2018 Ankaragücü İsmail KartalSacked15 December 2018 11th Bayram Bektaş19 December 2018Ankaragücü Bayram BektaşResignation13 January 201912th Mustafa Kaplan14 January 2019Akhisarspor Cihat ArslanSacked14 February 201918th Cem Kavçak15 February 2019Göztepe Kemal ÖzdeşSacked24 February 201913th Tamer Tuna26 February 2019BB Erzurumspor Mehmet ÖzdilekMutual agreement4 March 201917th Hamza Hamzaoğlu5 March 2019Bursaspor Samet AybabaMutual agreement7 April 201915th Mesut Bakkal8 April 2019Yeni Malatyaspor Erol BulutResignation28 April 20197th Ali Ravcı29 April 2019Kasımpaşa Mustafa DenizliResignation14 May 201913th İlyas Öztürk / Erkan Çoker14 May 2019
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 Akhisarspor Sokol Cikalleshi Avdija Vršajević Edin Cocalić Serginho Dany Nounkeu Jeremy Bokila Abdoul Sissoko Adrien Regattin Elvis Manu Hélder Barbosa Josué Miguel Lopes Milan Lukač Rajko Rotman Daniel Larsson Yevhen Seleznyov Alanyaspor Djalma Lucas Villafáñez Baiano Welinton Mbilla Etame Junior Fernandes Josef Šural Fabrice Nsakala Isaac Sackey Georgios Tzavellas Glynor Plet Joel Obi Papiss Cissé Steven Caulker Bobô Filipe Augusto Giannis Maniatis Ankaragücü Óscar Scarione Héctor Canteros Ante Kulušić Thibault Moulin Wilfred Moke Stelios Kitsiou Brice Dja Djédjé Dever Orgill Hadi Sacko Michał Pazdan Tiago Pinto Zaur Sadayev Ricardo Faty Tyler Boyd Anton Putsila Bakary Koné Thomas Heurtaux Alessio Cerci Moestafa El Kabir Youness Mokhtar Lanre Kehinde Łukasz Szukała Thievy Bifouma Johannes Hopf Antalyaspor Fredy Ruud Boffin Amilton Charles Chico Diego Ângelo Ondřej Čelůstka Aly Cissokho Jean Armel Drolé Souleymane Doukara Danilo Maicon William Vainqueur Abdelaziz Barrada Beşiktaş Adriano Atiba Hutchinson Cyle Larin Enzo Roco Gary Medel Domagoj Vida Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Loris Karius Shinji Kagawa Jeremain Lens Ricardo Quaresma Adem Ljajić Vágner Love Ryan Babel Pepe Álvaro Negredo Bursaspor Santiago Vergini Allano Aurélien Chedjou Jirès Kembo Ekoko Shehu Abdullahi Jani Atanasov Iasmin Latovlevici Diafra Sakho Henri Saivet Stéphane Badji Tomáš Necid Paschal Okoli William Troost-Ekong Bogdan Stancu Çaykur Rizespor Fernando Boldrin Préjuce Nakoulma Dario Melnjak Davide Petrucci Aatif Chahechouhe Marwane Saâdane Mohamed Abarhoun Aminu Umar Azubuike Okechukwu Chidozie Awaziem Braian Samudio Montassar Talbi Mykola Morozyuk Jakub Brabec Samir Ujkani Jarosław Jach Armand Traoré Matic Fink Oleksandr Hladkyi Erzurum BB Ibrahim Šehić Jasmin Šćuk Gabriel Obertan Léo Schwechlen Rashad Muhammed Pierre Kanstrup Moussa Koné Samuel Eduok Kristian Opseth Siphiwe Tshabalala Ridge Munsy Gilles Sunu Auremir Lennart Thy Stephane Acka Arsen Khubulov Jasmin Trtovac Fenerbahçe Islam Slimani Yassine Benzia Jailson Carlos Kameni Mauricio Isla Mathieu Valbuena André Ayew Nabil Dirar Victor Moses Roman Neustädter Martin Škrtel Miha Zajc Roberto Soldado Michael Frey Giuliano Souza Diego Reyes Aatif Chahechouhe Galatasaray Sofiane Feghouli Fernando Marcão Mariano Christian Luyindama Kostas Mitroglou Yuto Nagatomo Younès Belhanda Ryan Donk Henry Onyekuru Martin Linnes Badou Ndiaye Mbaye Diagne Fernando Muslera Maicon Garry Rodrigues Bafétimbi Gomis Göztepe Nabil Ghilas Kadu Titi Wallace Celso Borges Cameron Jerome Axel Ngando Yoan Gouffran André Poko Lumor Agbenyenu Adama Traoré André Castro Beto Lamine Gassama Sokol Cikalleshi İstanbul Başakşehir Edin Višća Riad Bajić Júnior Caiçara Márcio Mossoró Robinho Gaël Clichy Joseph Attamah Stefano Napoleoni Alexandru Epureanu Eljero Elia Fyodor Kudryashov Demba Ba Miloš Jojić Emmanuel Adebayor Karim Hafez Manuel da Costa Kasımpaşa Haris Hajradinović Strahil Popov Stipe Perica David Pavelka Karim Hafez Trézéguet Olivier Veigneau Bengali-Fodé Koita Simone Scuffet Loret Sadiku Tobias Heintz Josué Sá Abdul Khalili Syam Ben Youssef Samuel Eduok Mbaye Diagne Kayserispor Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik Asamoah Gyan Bernard Mensah Tjaronn Chery Tiago Lopes Varela Cristian Săpunaru Silviu Lung Jr. Artem Kravets Oleksandr Kucher Rajko Rotman Konyaspor Amir Hadžiahmetović Deni Milošević Abdou Traoré Jens Jønsson Petar Filipović Moryké Fofana Mustapha Yatabaré Adis Jahović Leonard Zuta Paolo Hurtado Fallou Diagne Marko Jevtović Nejc Skubic Yevhen Opanasenko Wilfred Moke Sivasspor David Braz Douglas Arouna Koné Fousseni Diabaté Hugo Vieira Delvin N'Dinga Gabriel Torje Paul Papp Mattias Bjärsmyr Serhiy Rybalka Sergio Rochet Carl Medjani Robinho Cyriac Trabzonspor José Sosa Luis Ibáñez Hugo Rodallega Filip Novák Caleb Ekuban Majid Hosseini Vahid Amiri Anthony Nwakaeme Ogenyi Onazi João Pereira Zargo Touré Juraj Kucka Esteban Alvarado Yeni Malatyaspor Fabien Farnolle Guilherme Arturo Mina Michaël Pereira Aboubakar Kamara Issam Chebake Mitchell Donald Seth Sincere Thievy Bifouma Issiar Dia Danijel Aleksić Sulley Muniru Khalid Boutaïb
League table
Results
Positions by round The following table represents the teams' positions after each round in the competition.
Statistics Top goalscorers
Pos.PlayerTeamGoals1 Mbaye DiagneKasımpaşa/Galatasaray302 Vedat MuriqiÇaykur Rizespor173 Burak YılmazTrabzonspor/Beşiktaş16 Papiss CisséAlanyaspor5 Hugo RodallegaTrabzonspor156 Henry OnyekuruGalatasaray147 Edin VišćaBaşakşehir12 RobinhoSivasspor/Başakşehir Mevlüt ErdinçAntalyaspor10 Anthony NwakaemeTrabzonspor10 Danijel AleksićYeni Malatyaspor Souleymane DoukaraAntalyaspor Arouna KonéSivasspor
Hat-tricks Date Player For Against Result 19 January 2019 Henry OnyekuruGalatasarayAnkaragücü6–017 February 2019 Sofiane FeghouliGalatasarayKasımpaşa4–11 March 2019 Dever OrgillAnkaragücüAntalyaspor2–46 April 2019 Mbaye DiagneGalatasarayYeni Malatyaspor3–08 April 2019 Güven YalçınBeşiktaşÇaykur Rizespor2–724 May 2019 Güven YalçınBeşiktaşKasımpaşa3–2
Awards Annual awards AwardWinner ClubPlayer of the Season Edin Višća BaşakşehirGoalkeeper of the Season Mert GünokBaşakşehir Defender of the Season Alexandru EpureanuBaşakşehir Midfielder of the Season Edin VišćaBaşakşehir Forward of the Season Burak YılmazBeşiktaşYoung Player of the Season Dorukhan TokozBeşiktaş Manager of the Season Abdullah AvcıBaşakşehir Team of the Season Goalkeeper Mert Günok (Başakşehir) Defence Gökhan Gönül (Beşiktaş) Domagoj Vida (Beşiktaş) Alexandru Epureanu (Başakşehir) Hasan Ali Kaldırım (Fenerbahçe) Midfield Emre Belözoğlu (Başakşehir) Adem Ljajic (Beşiktaş) Dorukhan Toköz (Beşiktaş) Attack Edin Visca (Başakşehir) Burak Yılmaz (Beşiktaş) Trézéguet (Kasımpaşa)
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Galatasaray 36,160 -11,3% 51,578 2 Fenerbahçe 35,035 20,7% 44,619 3 Beşiktaş 28,863 -2,4% 39,485 4 Trabzonspor 24,700 22,7% 36,934 5 Bursaspor 20,952 1,1% — 6 Konyaspor 16,446 35,3% — 7 Ankaragücü 12,365 — — 8 Erzurumspor 11,161 — — 9 Antalyaspor 10,226 -29,7% — 10 Kayserispor 8,694 -20,2% — 11 Sivasspor 8,111 -22,1% — 12 Rizespor 8,050 — — 13 Göztepe 8,013 18,3% — 14 Yeni Malatya 7,672 -18,5% — 15 Akhisarspor 5,624 -3,0% — 16 Alanyaspor 4,774 -11,8% — 17 İstanbul Başakşehir 3,860 -24,5% — 18 Kasımpaşa 2,877 17,4% —
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