| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Galatasaray 18th title |
| Relegated | Ankaragücü Manisaspor Samsunspor |
| Champions League | Galatasaray Fenerbahçe |
| Europa League | Trabzonspor Bursaspor Eskişehirspor |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 788 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Burak Yılmaz (33 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Fenerbahçe 6–1Gençlerbirliği Gaziantepspor 5–0İstanbul BB |
| Biggest away win | Ankaragücü 0–5Kayserispor |
| Highest scoring | Kayserispor 6–2Sivasspor Karabükspor 3–5Mersin İdmanyurdu |
| Longest winning run | 9 games Galatasaray |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games Galatasaray |
| Longest winless run | 16 games Ankaragücü |
| Longest losing run | 15 games Ankaragücü |
| Average attendance | 11,250[1] |
2012–13 → | |
The2011–12 Süper Lig (known as theSpor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th season of theSüper Lig, the top levelfootball league ofTurkey.Fenerbahçe were the defending champions. The start date of the league was due to be 7 August 2011,[2] 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.[3] A new format was introduced this season, in which after the regular season two play-off groups were played to decide over theChampions League andEuropa League starting rounds. Points of the regular season were halved for ranking in those.
Bucaspor,Kasımpaşa andKonyaspor were relegated at the end of the2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings.
The relegated teams were replaced by2010–11 TFF First League championsMersin İdmanyurdu, runners-upSamsunspor andOrduspor promotion play-off winners.Samsunspor returned to Süper Lig after 5 years of absence, andMersin İdmanyurdu promoted to Turkey's top league after 28 years. FinallyOrduspor returned to Süper Lig after 25 years of absence.[4]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaziantepspor | Resigned | 26 September 2011[5] | 30 September 2011[6] | ||
| Karabükspor | Resigned | 5 November 2011[7] | 8 November 2011[8] | ||
| İstanbul BB | Assigned asTurkey head coach | 17 November 2011[9] | 18 November 2011[10] | ||
| Ankaragücü | Resigned | 13 December 2011[11] | 14 December 2011[12] | ||
| Orduspor | Resigned | 13 December 2011[13] | 19 December 2011[14] | ||
| Eskişehirspor | Mutually terminated | 22 December 2011[15] | 24 December 2011[16] | ||
| Manisaspor | Resigned | 24 January 2012[17] | 26 January 2012[18] | ||
| Gaziantepspor | Resigned | 26 January 2012[19] | 26 January 2012[19] | ||
| Samsunspor | Resigned | 27 January 2012[20] | 27 January 2012[20] | ||
| Manisaspor | Mutually terminated | 28 February 2012[21] | 29 February 2012[22] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galatasaray | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 77 | Qualification toSüper Final, Championship group |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 68 | |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 56 | |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 55 | |
| 5 | Eskişehirspor | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 50[a] | Qualification toSüper Final, Europa League group |
| 6 | İstanbul B.B. | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 50[a] | |
| 7 | Sivasspor | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 50[a] | |
| 8 | Bursaspor | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 49[b] | |
| 9 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 49[b] | |
| 10 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 48 | |
| 11 | Kayserispor | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 44[c] | |
| 12 | Kardemir Karabükspor | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 44[c] | |
| 13 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 42[d] | |
| 14 | Orduspor | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 42[d] | |
| 15 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 39 | |
| 16 | Samsunspor(R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 36 | Relegation to2012–13 TFF First League |
| 17 | Manisaspor(R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 32 | |
| 18 | MKE Ankaragücü(R) | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 77 | −55 | 11 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKE Ankaragücü | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Antalyaspor | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Beşiktaş | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bursaspor | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Eskişehirspor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Fenerbahçe | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Galatasaray | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gaziantepspor | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| İstanbul B.B. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| Kayserispor | 18 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Manisaspor | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Mersin İdmanyurdu | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Orduspor | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Samsunspor | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Sivasspor | 14 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Trabzonspor | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Qualification forSüper Final, Championship group | |
| Qualification forSüper Final, Europa League group | |
| Relegation to 2012–13TFF First League |
| Home \ Away | MKE | ANT | BEŞ | BUR | ESK | FEN | GAL | GAZ | GEN | İBB | KRB | KAY | MAN | MİY | ORD | SAM | SİV | TRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKE Ankaragücü | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | |
| Antalyaspor | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Beşiktaş | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Bursaspor | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Eskişehirspor | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Fenerbahçe | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
| Galatasaray | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Gaziantepspor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
| İstanbul B.B. | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Kayserispor | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–3 | |
| Manisaspor | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Mersin İdmanyurdu | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | |
| Orduspor | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Samsunspor | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Sivasspor | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
| Trabzonspor | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | FEN | TRA | BEŞ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galatasaray(C) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 48 | Qualification toChampions League group stage | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 47 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 33 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round[a] | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 33 | Banned from 2012–13 European competitions[b] | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BUR | ESK | İBB | SİV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bursaspor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 37 | Qualification toEuropa League third qualifying round[a] | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 6 | Eskişehirspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 36 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round[a] | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 7 | İstanbul B.B. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 32 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |||
| 8 | Sivasspor | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 29 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
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 the2012–13 UEFA Europa League. But the match was cancelled asBursaspor, the2011–12 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.[23] Bursaspor were also initially banned from entering the Europa League, but this was overturned by theCourt of Arbitration for Sport.[24]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORD | KRB | MKE | SAM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orduspor | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 18 | Qualification toSpor Toto Cup Final | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 2 | Kardemir Karabükspor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 10 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |||
| 3 | MKE Ankaragücü | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | |||
| 4 | Samsunspor | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAZ | GEN | ANT | KAY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaziantepspor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 12 | Qualification toSpor Toto Cup Final | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | ||
| 2 | Gençlerbirliği | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |||
| 3 | Antalyaspor | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |||
| 4 | Kayserispor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| 17 May 2012 (2012-05-17) | Orduspor | 1–3 | Gaziantepspor | Istanbul,Turkey |
| 20:00EEST | H. Özmert | Report(in Turkish) | C. Tosun Popov | Stadium:BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee:İlker Meral |
Including play-off matches[25]
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trabzonspor | Kardemir Karabükspor | 3–1 | 24 September 2011 | |
| Trabzonspor | Orduspor | 4–1 | 22 December 2011 | |
| Samsunspor | Fenerbahçe | 3–1 | 2 February 2012 |