2006–07 Süper Lig

The 2006–07 Süper Lig was the 49th edition of the top-flight professional football league in Turkey. The season began on 4 August 2006 with a match between Ankaraspor and Galatasaray, resulting in a 1–1 draw. Fenerbahçe became champions after drawing Trabzonspor 2–2, while Beşiktaş lost 3–0 to Bursaspor and Galatasaray drew 1–1 with Sivasspor. Kayseri Erciyesspor gained qualification to the UEFA Cup because of Beşiktaş' qualification to the UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round.

Süper Lig

2006–07 Süper Lig trophy in the Fenerbahçe Museum
Season	2006–07
Champions	Fenerbahçe 17th title
Relegated	Antalyaspor Kayseri Erciyesspor Sakaryaspor
Champions League	Fenerbahçe Beşiktaş
UEFA Cup	Galatasaray Kayseri Erciyesspor
Intertoto Cup	Trabzonspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	736 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex (19 goals)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Locations of the 18 Super League clubs in the 2006–2007 season, as green dots.

Since Turkey dropped from 11th to 15th place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2005–06 season, the cup winner (or the third-placed team if the domestic cup winner already qualified for UEFA Champions League) will not directly be entered into the first round of the UEFA Cup, but would begin in the second qualification round.

Fenerbahçe's winning points total of 70 points was a 13-year low.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fenerbahçe (C)	34	20	10	4	65	31	+34	70	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Beşiktaş	34	18	7	9	43	32	+11	61	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Galatasaray	34	15	11	8	58	37	+21	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Trabzonspor	34	15	7	12	54	44	+10	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Kayserispor	34	13	12	9	54	43	+11	51
6	Gençlerbirliği	34	14	6	14	43	42	+1	48[a]
7	Sivasspor	34	14	6	14	41	44	−3	48[a]
8	Ankaraspor	34	10	17	7	43	38	+5	47
9	Konyaspor	34	12	9	13	42	44	−2	45
10	Bursaspor	34	12	9	13	36	42	−6	45
11	Gaziantepspor	34	11	10	13	31	39	−8	43
12	Manisaspor	34	11	9	14	41	45	−4	42
13	MKE Ankaragücü	34	11	9	14	32	39	−7	42
14	Denizlispor	34	9	14	11	33	40	−7	41
15	Çaykur Rizespor	34	11	7	16	34	40	−6	40
16	Antalyaspor (R)	34	8	15	11	32	36	−4	39	Relegation to TFF First League
17	Kayseri Erciyesspor (R)	34	9	10	15	29	49	−20	37	UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to First League[b]
18	Sakaryaspor (R)	34	4	10	20	25	51	−26	22	Relegation to TFF First League

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Gençlerbirliği were ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head away goals scored: Gençlerbirliği–Sivasspor 0–1, Sivasspor–Gençlerbirliği 1–2.
2. Winner of 2006–07 Turkish Cup, Beşiktaş, qualified for the Champions League, so the loser finalists Erciyesspor qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round.

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	ANK	ANT	BJK	BUR	ÇRZ	DEN	FEN	GSY	GAZ	GBR	KAY	KER	KON	SAK	SIV	TRB	VMN
Ankaragücü		1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–4	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–4	2–2	0–1
Ankaraspor	1–0		1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Antalyaspor	0–1	1–1		4–4	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0
Beşiktaş	2–1	2–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–1
Bursaspor	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0		1–0	1–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	2–1	4–0
Çaykur Rizespor	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2		2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–1
Denizlispor	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–4	0–0
Fenerbahçe	3–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2		2–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	6–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0
Galatasaray	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–2		2–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	3–3	4–0	3–1	2–1	4–0
Gaziantepspor	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0		2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Gençlerbirliği	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–0		2–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–5
Kayserispor	2–1	3–3	4–4	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0		1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2
Kayseri Erciyesspor	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–4		1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0
Konyaspor	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0
Sakaryaspor	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–2	1–1		1–3	1–0	0–1
Sivasspor	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–3	0–2		1–0	3–2
Trabzonspor	0–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	4–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	5–2	2–0		1–1
Vestel Manisaspor	0–1	1–3	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	4–1	0–3	1–0	5–1	0–1	0–3[a]	1–0	0–0

Source: TFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. On March 17, the Vestel Manisaspor–Sakaryaspor match was halted at the 40th minute with the score 1–1 due to fans getting out of control. Sakaryaspor were awarded a 3–0 win.^[2]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alex	Fenerbahçe	19
2	Ümit Karan	Galatasaray	18
3	Gökhan Ünal	Kayserispor	16
4	Umut Bulut	Trabzonspor	15
5	Isaac Promise	Gençlerbirliği	12
	Bobô	Beşiktaş
7	Okan Öztürk	Gençlerbirliği	11
8	Ersen Martin	Trabzonspor	10
	Saša Ilić	Galatasaray
	Coşkun Birdal	Antalyaspor

^[3]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Alex	Fenerbahçe	Kayseri Erciyesspor	6–0	5 August 2006
Lukas Zelenka	Manisaspor	Kayseri Erciyesspor	5–1	10 September 2006
Rafael Marques	Manisaspor	Gençlerbirliği	5–0	15 September 2006
Deivid	Fenerbahçe	Manisaspor	3–2	29 October 2006
Bobô	Beşiktaş	Antalyaspor	4–4	5 November 2006
Coşkun Birdal	Antalyaspor	Beşiktaş	4–4	5 November 2006
Marcio Nobre	Beşiktaş	Manisaspor	3–1	28 January 2007
Ümit Karan	Galatasaray	Manisaspor	4–0	11 January 2007
Umut Bulut	Trabzonspor	Denizlispor	4–3	18 February 2007
Franco Cángele	Sakaryaspor	Kayserispor	3–3	9 March 2007
Coşkun Birdal	Antalyaspor	Kayserispor	4–4	17 March 2007
Jabá	Ankaraspor	Konyaspor	4–2	15 April 2007
Filip Hološko	Manisaspor	Bursaspor	4–1	22 April 2007

Stadiums

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Fenerbahçe	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	50,509
Beşiktaş	BJK İnönü Stadium	32,086
Kayserispor	Kayseri Atatürk Stadyumu	25,918
Erciyesspor	Kayseri Atatürk Stadyumu	25,918
Galatasaray	Ali Sami Yen Stadium	23,785
Konyaspor	Konya Atatürk Stadium	22,459
Trabzonspor	Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium	19,649
Ankaragücü	Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium	19,209
Ankaraspor	Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium	19,209
Gençlerbirliği	Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium	19,209
Bursaspor	Bursa Atatürk Stadyumu	18,587
Denizlispor	Atatürk Stadyumu (Denizli)	15,459
Gaziantepspor	Kamil Ocak Stadyumu	14,325
Sakaryaspor	Sakarya Atatürk Stadyumu	13,396
Sivasspor	4 Eylül Stadı	11,500
Antalyaspor	Antalya Atatürk Stadium	11,137
Rizespor	Rize Atatürk Stadium	10,459
Manisaspor	Manisa 19 Mayis Stadi	10,025

Teams promoted/relegated

The teams promoted from the TFF First League in 2005-06 season:

• Bursaspor (1st)
• Antalyaspor (2nd)
• Sakaryaspor (Play-off winner)

The teams relegated to the TFF First League in 2005-06 season:

• Diyarbakırspor (18th)
• Samsunspor (17th)
• Malatyaspor (16th)

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Former Players
Ankaragücü	André Silva	Tita	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Ivaylo Petkov	Augustine Ahinful	Victor Agali		Robson Srebrenko Posavec
Ankaraspor	Jabá	Wederson	Adam Petrouš	Illés Zsolt Sitku	Ardian Đokaj	Radoslav Batak	Hamílton
Antalyaspor	Óscar Córdoba	Maynor Suazo	Jarosław Bieniuk	Piotr Dziewicki	Pavol Straka	Ali Zitouni
Beşiktaş	Matías Delgado	Bobô	Kléberson	Ricardinho	Vedran Runje
Bursaspor	Mateus Paraná	Veliče Šumulikoski	Cornel Frăsineanu	Daniel Pancu
Çaykur Rizespor	Anderson	Zdravko Zdravkov	Gustavo Victoria	Besheer El-Tabei	Ibrahim Said	Razundara Tjikuzu	Pape Ciré Dia	Dragan Jelić
Denizlispor	Adriano	Alessandro Cambalhota	Júlio César	Souleymanou Hamidou	Karel Kroupa	Tomáš Abrahám	Roman Kratochvíl	Valmir
Fenerbahçe	Alex	Deivid	Edu Dracena	Stephen Appiah	Mateja Kežman	Diego Lugano
Galatasaray	Marcelo Carrusca	Rigobert Song	Faryd Mondragón	Stjepan Tomas	Junichi Inamoto	Saša Ilić
Gaziantepspor	Christian Zurita	Kenan Hasagić	Kodjo Afanou	Kaba Diawara	Antonio de Nigris	Giani Kiriță	Nikola Jozić	Nikola Drinčić
Gençlerbirliği	Sandro	Tozo	Lamine Traoré	Haminu Draman	Isaac Promise			Michaël Niçoise Fredrik Risp
Kayserispor	Leonardo Iglesias	Éder Prudêncio	Dimitar Ivankov	Samuel Johnson	Delio Toledo	Marcelo Méndez		Rashad Sadygov Hamed Kavianpour Danilo Saveljič
Kayseri Erciyesspor	Zdravko Lazarov	Daouda Jabi	Balázs Tóth	Serge Dié	Radomir Đalović	Khaled Fadhel	Riadh Bouazizi	Victor Agali
Konyaspor	Éder Ceccon	Kauê	Mohamed Abdullah	Cédric Sabin	Neca			Aleksandar Aleksandrov Ahmad Belal
Sakaryaspor	Alejandro Capurro	Claudio Graf	Franco Cángele	Neco Martínez	Dominik Werling	'Baba Adamu		Marcel Mbayo José Clayton
Sivasspor	Michael Petkovic	Simon Colosimo	Fransérgio	Ivan Tsvetkov	Bernard Okorowanta	Nordin Wooter		Anderson Fabrício
Trabzonspor	Jefferson	Kiki Musampa	Milan Stepanov	Fredrik Risp				Marcelinho Mirosław Szymkowiak
Vestel Manisaspor	Rafael Marques	Reinaldo	Lukáš Zelenka	Michal Meduna	Stéphane Borbiconi	Oumar Kalabane	Filip Hološko	Petr Johana