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62nd season of top-tier Turkish football

Football league season

The 2019–20 Süper Lig, officially called the Süper Lig Cemil Usta season, was the 62nd season of the Süper Lig, the highest tier football league of Turkey. The season was named after Cemil Usta, a former Turkey national team player and Trabzonspor legend.[2]Galatasaray were the defending champions. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced on 12 March 2020 that matches would be played behind closed doors until the end of April,[3] before indefinitely suspending matches altogether on 19 March.[4] After a hiatus of nearly three months, the season resumed behind closed doors on 12 June 2020, with eight rounds still to play.[5] The season ended with matches played on 26 July 2020, and without relegations.

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the 2018–19 TFF First League. It included Denizlispor and Gençlerbirliği, the top two teams from the TFF First League, and Gaziantep, the winners of the 2018–19 TFF First League playoffs.
Akhisarspor, BB Erzurumspor, and Bursaspor were relegated to the 2019–20 TFF First League. Gençlerbirliği made an immediate return to the top level, Denizlispor returned to it after 9 years and Gaziantep made their debut. Erzurum BB were immediately relegated to the second level. Akhisarspor ended 7 years at the top level. Bursaspor were relegated after spending 13 years in the top flight. During this period, they were champions of the 2009–10 Süper Lig.

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Alanyaspor Antalya (Alanya) Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium 10,130
Ankaragücü Ankara (Yenimahalle) Eryaman Stadium 20,071
Antalyaspor Antalya (Muratpaşa) Antalya Stadium 32,537
Beşiktaş Istanbul (Beşiktaş) Vodafone Park 41,188
Çaykur Rizespor Rize Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı 15,332
Denizlispor Denizli Denizli Atatürk Stadium 18,745
Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Kadıköy) Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium 47,834
Galatasaray Istanbul (Sarıyer) Türk Telekom Stadium 52,223
Gaziantep Gaziantep Gaziantep Arena 33,502
Gençlerbirliği Ankara (Yenimahalle) Eryaman Stadium 20,071
Göztepe İzmir Gürsel Aksel Stadium[1] 25,035
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

^ Göztepe played their matches at the Bornova Stadium half-season.

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Managerial changes[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[73]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ Trabzonspor were banned for 1 season from all UEFA club competitions for either the 2020–21 or 2021–22 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 3 June 2020 due to breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.[72]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Gençlerbirliği 4, Konyaspor 1
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Denizlispor 4, Rizespor 1
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Yeni Malatyaspor 6, Kayserispor 5, Ankaragücü 5. Head-to-head goal difference: Yeni Malatyaspor +6, Kayserispor -3, Ankaragücü -3. Head-to-head goals scored: Yeni Malatyaspor 9, Kayserispor 4, Ankaragücü 3.

Results[edit]

Source: Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an “a” indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

Top assists[edit]

Hat-tricks[edit]

4Player scored four goals

Annual awards[edit]

References[edit]

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