2009–10 Süper Lig
The 2009–10 Süper Lig was the 52nd season since its establishment. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with Istanbul B.B. hosting defending champions Beşiktaş at Atatürk Olympic Stadium. The last matches were played on 16 May 2010.
Bursaspor won the league beating defending champions Beşiktaş 2–1 at home. They beat second placed Fenerbahçe by just one point after they could only manage a 1–1 home draw against Trabzonspor. It was only the seventh time a club outside the Istanbul Big Three have won the league, with Trabzonspor being the only other team with six championships, winning their last title in 1984.
Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
, Kocaelispor and Hacettepe SK were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings. Konyaspor had to face demotion after six years in the highest Turkish football league. Kocaelispor returned to the First League after just one year in the Süper Lig, while Hacettepe ended a two-year stint in the Turkish top flight.The relegated teams will be replaced by 2008–09 TFF First League champions Manisaspor, runners-up Diyarbakırspor and promotion play-off winners Kasımpaşa. Manisaspor and Kasımpaşa make their immediate return to the Süper Lig while Diyarbakırspor return after a three-year hiatus.
Team overview
Team | Head coach | Team captain | Venue | Capacity | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | Club Chairman |
Ankaragücü | Roger Lemerre | Hürriyet Güçer | Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | 19,209 | Lotto | Turkcell | Ahmet Gökçek |
Ankaraspor | Jürgen Röber | Hürriyet Güçer | Yenikent Asaş Stadium | 19,626 | Nike | Turkcell | Ruhi Kurnaz |
Antalyaspor | Mehmet Özdilek | Ömer Çatkıç | Antalya Atatürk Stadium | 11,137 | Puma | Rixos Hotels | Hasan Akıncıoğlu |
Beşiktaş | Mustafa Denizli | İbrahim Üzülmez | BJK İnönü Stadium | 32,086 | Adidas | Cola Turka | Yıldırım Demirören |
Bursaspor | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Ömer Erdoğan | Bursa Atatürk Stadium | 18,587 | Puma | Turkcell | İbrahim Yazıcı |
Denizlispor | Hakan Kutlu | Özden Öngün | Denizli Atatürk Stadium | 15,427 | Lescon | Turkcell | Ali İpek |
Diyarbakırspor | Güvenç Kurtar | Barış Ataş | Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium | 12,963 | Lescon | Turkcell | Çetin Sümer |
Eskişehirspor | Rıza Çalımbay | Serdar Özbayraktar | Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium | 13,520 | Puma | Eti | Halil Ünal |
Fenerbahçe | Christoph Daum | Alex | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium | 53,586 | Adidas | Avea | Aziz Yıldırım |
Galatasaray | Frank Rijkaard | Arda Turan | Ali Sami Yen Stadium | 52,800 | Adidas | Türk Telekom | Adnan Polat |
Gaziantepspor | José Couceiro | Christian Rodrigo Zurita | Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium | 16,981 | Diadora | Turkcell | İbrahim Halil Kızıl |
Gençlerbirliği | Thomas Doll | İlhan Eker | Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | 19,209 | Lotto | Turkcell | İlhan Cavcav |
Istanbul B.B. | Abdullah Avcı | Okan Buruk | Atatürk Olympic Stadium | 76,485 | Nike | Turkcell | Göksel Gümüşdağ |
Kasımpaşa | Yılmaz Vural | Tolga Özgen | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium | 9,576 | Lotto | Turkcell | Hasan Hilmi Öksüz |
Kayserispor | Tolunay Kafkas | Aydın Toscalı | Kadir Has Stadium | 32,864 | Adidas | Turkcell | Recep Mamur |
Manisaspor | Mesut Bakkal | Yiğit İncedemir | Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium | 14,965 | Lescon | Vestel | Kenan Yaralı |
Sivasspor | Muhsin Ertuğral | Mehmet Yildiz | Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium | 14,998 | Adidas | Turkcell | Mecnun Odyakmaz |
Trabzonspor | Şenol Güneş | Rigobert Song | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium | 19,649 | Nike | Türk Telekom | Sadri Şener |
Managerial changes
During summer break
Nine teams decided to change their head coach in the offseason, among them Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray.Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
Diyarbakırspor | Coşkun Demirbakan | End of Contract | 31 May 2009 | Nurullah Sağlam | 29 June 2009 |
Ankaraspor | Aykut Kocaman | End of Contract | 31 May 2009 | Jürgen Röber | 1 July 2009 |
Gençlerbirliği | Samet Aybaba | End of Contract | 31 May 2009 | Thomas Doll | 1 July 2009 |
Fenerbahçe | Luis Aragonés | Sacked | 2 June 2009 | Christoph Daum | 1 July 2009 |
Galatasaray | Bülent Korkmaz | Resign | 5 June 2009 | Frank Rijkaard | 1 July 2009 |
Denizlispor | Mesut Bakkal | Sacked | 8 June 2009 | Erhan Altın | 1 July 2009 |
Manisaspor | Levent Eriş | End of contract | 18 June 2009 | Mesut Bakkal | 1 July 2009 |
Trabzonspor | Ahmet Özen | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2009 | Hugo Broos | 1 July 2009 |
Diyarbakirspor | Nurullah Sağlam | Resign | 7 July 2009 | Ziya Doğan | 8 July 2009 |
After start of the 2009–10 season
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
Denizlispor | Erhan Altın | Sacked | 1 September 2009 | Nurullah Sağlam | 2 September 2009 |
Kasımpaşa | Besim Durmuş | Sacked | 3 September 2009 | Yılmaz Vural | 4 September 2009 |
Sivasspor | Bülent Uygun | Resign | 4 October 2009 | Muhsin Ertuğral | 8 October 2009 |
Denizlispor | Nurullah Sağlam | Resign | 18 October 2009 | Hakan Kutlu | 28 October 2009 |
Ankaragücü | Hikmet Karaman | Sacked | 12 November 2009 | Roger Lemerre | 22 December 2009 |
Trabzonspor | Hugo Broos | Sacked | 22 November 2009 | Şenol Güneş | 28 November 2009 |
League table
Positions by round
Results
Top scorers
Source:Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
1 | Ariza Makukula | Kayserispor | 21 |
2 | Júlio César | Gaziantepspor | 13 |
3 | Bobô | Beşiktaş | 12 |
3 | Necati Ateş | Antalyaspor | 12 |
5 | Umut Bulut | Trabzonspor | 11 |
5 | Alex | Fenerbahçe | 11 |
5 | Milan Baroš | Galatasaray | 11 |
5 | Mustafa Pektemek | Gençlerbirliği | 11 |
5 | Daniel Güiza | Fenerbahçe | 11 |
10 | İskender Alın | İstanbul B.B. | 10 |
11 | André Moritz | Kasımpaşa | 9 |
11 | Gustavo Colman | Trabzonspor | 9 |
11 | Harry Kewell | Galatasaray | 9 |
11 | Veysel Cihan | Antalyaspor | 9 |