2018–19 in Turkish football

Football in Turkey
Season	2018–19
Men's football
Süper Lig	Galatasaray
First League	Denizlispor
Turkish Cup	Galatasaray
Turkish Super Cup	Akhisar Belediyespor

The 2018–19 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Turkey.

Pre-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Süper Lig	Çaykur Rizespor Ankaragücü BB Erzurumspor	Osmanlıspor Gençlerbirliği Kardemir Karabükspor
1.Lig	Altay Hatayspor Afjet Afyonspor	Samsunspor Manisaspor Gaziantepspor
2.Lig	Manisa BB Bayrampaşa Darıca Gençlerbirliği Ankara Demirspor Utaş Uşakspor Tarsus İdman Yurdu	Nazilli Belediyespor Karşıyaka Silivrispor Bucaspor Kocaeli Birlik Spor Mersin İdman Yurdu
3.Lig	Adıyaman 1954 Spor Artvin Hopaspor Fatsa Belediyespor Nevşehirspor GK Kırşehir Belediyespor Serik Belediyespor Şile Yıldızspor Alibeyköyspor Gebzespor	12 Bingölspor Orhangazispor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Kırıkhanspor Yeşil Bursa Kayseri Erciyesspor Aydınspor Tekirdağspor Arsinspor

League tables

Süper Lig

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	20	9	5	72	36	+36	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	19	10	5	49	22	+27	67	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Beşiktaş	34	19	8	7	72	46	+26	65	Qualification to Europa League group stage
4	Trabzonspor	34	18	9	7	64	46	+18	63	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Yeni Malatyaspor	34	13	8	13	47	46	+1	47	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	Fenerbahçe	34	11	13	10	44	44	0	46
7	Antalyaspor	34	13	6	15	39	55	−16	45
8	Konyaspor	34	9	17	8	40	38	+2	44[lower-alpha 1]
9	Alanyaspor	34	12	8	14	37	43	−6	44[lower-alpha 1]
10	Kayserispor	34	10	11	13	35	50	−15	41[lower-alpha 2]
11	Çaykur Rizespor	34	9	14	11	48	50	−2	41[lower-alpha 2]
12	Sivasspor	34	10	11	13	49	54	−5	41[lower-alpha 2]
13	Ankaragücü	34	11	7	16	38	53	−15	40
14	Kasımpaşa	34	11	6	17	53	62	−9	39
15	Göztepe	34	11	5	18	37	42	−5	38
16	Bursaspor (R)	34	7	16	11	28	37	−9	37	Relegation to TFF First League
17	BB Erzurumspor (R)	34	8	11	15	36	43	−7	35
18	Akhisarspor (R)	34	6	9	19	33	54	−21	27

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.[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Konyaspor finished ahead of Alanyaspor on head-to-head points: Konyaspor 2–0 Alanyaspor, Alanyaspor 2–4 Konyaspor.
Kayserispor ahead of Çaykur Rizespor and Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Kayserispor 7 pts, Çaykur Rizespor 6 pts, Sivasspor 2 pts.

1.Lig

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Denizlispor (C, P)	34	21	9	4	67	32	+35	72	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Gençlerbirliği (P)	34	22	4	8	50	28	+22	70	Promotion to the Süper Lig
3	Hatayspor	34	19	10	5	57	22	+35	67	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4	Osmanlıspor	34	19	5	10	49	26	+23	62
5	Gazişehir Gaziantep (P)	34	17	8	9	60	31	+29	59
6	Adana Demirspor	34	17	7	10	50	36	+14	58
7	Altınordu	34	16	9	9	50	33	+17	57
8	Ümraniyespor	34	14	11	9	44	37	+7	53
9	Boluspor	34	14	7	13	41	41	0	49
10	Altay	34	12	11	11	52	40	+12	47
11	İstanbulspor	34	10	13	11	45	46	−1	43
12	Adanaspor	34	9	10	15	41	49	−8	37
13	Giresunspor	34	8	12	14	32	41	−9	36
14	Eskişehirspor	34	9	8	17	44	66	−22	35
15	Balıkesirspor[lower-alpha 1]	34	11	7	16	36	45	−9	34
16	Afjet Afyonspor (R)	34	7	9	18	38	55	−17	30	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Elazığspor (R)	34	6	7	21	38	64	−26	25
18	Kardemir Karabükspor[lower-alpha 2] (R)	34	0	3	31	10	112	−102	0

Source: TFF
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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Balıkesirspor have been deducted 6 points.
Kardemir Karabükspor have been deducted 3 points.

Turkish Cup

Final

15 May 2019

20:45 TRT

Akhisarspor	1–3	Galatasaray
Manu 57'	Report	Gümüş 80' (pen.) Feghouli 88' Diagne 90+4'

4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas

Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

National team

Friendlies

11 October 2018 Friendly	Turkey	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Rize, Turkey
20:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Rize Şehir Stadium Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

20 November 2018 Friendly	Turkey	0–0	Ukraine	Antalya, Turkey
20:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

30 May 2019 Friendly	Turkey	2–1	Greece	Antalya, Turkey
20:30 UTC+3	Ünder 11' Karaman 17'		Kourbelis 90+3'	Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

2 June 2019 Friendly	Turkey	2–0	Uzbekistan	Alanya, Antalya, Turkey
21:15 UTC+3	Çelik 17', 57'			Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

2018–19 UEFA Nations League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion[lower-alpha 1]
1	Sweden (P)	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7[lower-alpha 2]	Promotion to League A	—	2–0	2–3
2	Russia	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7[lower-alpha 2]		0–0	—	2–0
3	Turkey	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3		0–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:

Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
Head-to-head points: Sweden 4, Russia 1.

7 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Turkey	1–2	Russia	Trabzon, Turkey
21:45 UTC+3	Aziz 41'	Report	Cheryshev 13' Dzyuba 49'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium Attendance: 29,702 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

10 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Sweden	2–3	Turkey	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2	Kiese Thelin 35' Claesson 49'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 51' Akbaba 88', 90+2'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 21,832 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

14 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Russia	2–0	Turkey	Sochi, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	Neustädter 20' Cheryshev 78'	Report		Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 38,288 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

17 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Turkey	0–1	Sweden	Konya, Turkey
20:00 UTC+3		Report	Granqvist 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium Attendance: 37,425 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	8	1	1	25	6	+19	25	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	4–0	4–1	3–0	2–1
2	Turkey	10	7	2	1	18	3	+15	23	Qualify for final tournament	2–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0
3	Iceland	10	6	1	3	14	11	+3	19	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	0–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	3–0
4	Albania	10	4	1	5	16	14	+2	13		0–2	0–2	4–2	—	2–2	2–0
5	Andorra	10	1	1	8	3	20	−17	4		0–4	0–2	0–2	0–3	—	1–0
6	Moldova	10	1	0	9	4	26	−22	3		1–4	0–4	1–2	0–4	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

22 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Albania	0–2	Turkey	Shkodër, Albania
20:45 UTC+1		Report	Yılmaz 21' Çalhanoğlu 54'	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 11,730 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

25 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Turkey	4–0	Moldova	Eskişehir, Turkey
20:00 UTC+3	Kaldırım 24' Tosun 26', 53' Ayhan 70'	Report		Stadium: Eskişehir Stadium Attendance: 29,456 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

8 June 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Turkey	2–0	France	Konya, Turkey
21:45 UTC+3	Ayhan 30' Ünder 40'	Report		Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium Attendance: 36,783 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

11 June 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Iceland	2–1	Turkey	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:45 UTC+0	R. Sigurðsson 21', 31'	Report	Toköz 40'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,680 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Turkish clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	2–1	Fenerbahçe	1–0	1–1

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	SCH	GAL	LOM
1	Porto	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	1–0	4–1
2	Schalke 04	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–0	1–0
3	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	0–0	—	3–0
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	1	0	5	4	12	−8	3		1–3	0–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
B36 Tórshavn	0–8	Beşiktaş	0–2	0–6

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Burnley	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Beşiktaş	2–2 (a)	LASK	1–0	1–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizan	1–4	Beşiktaş	1–1	0–3

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DZG	FEN	SPT	AND
1	Dinamo Zagreb	6	4	2	0	11	3	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	3–1	0–0
2	Fenerbahçe	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	Spartak Trnava	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7		1–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Anderlecht	6	0	3	3	2	7	−5	3		0–2	2–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GNK	MAL	BES	SRP
1	Genk	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	1–1	4–0
2	Malmö FF	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	2–0	1–1
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	7		2–4	0–1	—	3–1
4	Sarpsborg 08	6	1	2	3	8	13	−5	5		3–1	1–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SEV	KRA	STL	AKH
1	Sevilla	6	4	0	2	18	6	+12	12[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	5–1	6–0
2	Krasnodar	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	12[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Standard Liège	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10		1–0	2–1	—	2–1
4	Akhisarspor	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1		2–3	0–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Head-to-head goal difference: Sevilla +2, Krasnodar –2.

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	1–3
Galatasaray	1–2	Benfica	1–2	0–0

References

"TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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[table_hth_KON0.64009320952003-1] Konyaspor finished ahead of Alanyaspor on head-to-head points: Konyaspor 2–0 Alanyaspor, Alanyaspor 2–4 Konyaspor.

[table_hth_KAY0.64009320952003-2] Kayserispor ahead of Çaykur Rizespor and Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Kayserispor 7 pts, Çaykur Rizespor 6 pts, Sivasspor 2 pts.

[table_note_BAL0.93237316698412-4] Balıkesirspor have been deducted 6 points.

[table_note_KRB0.93237316698412-5] Kardemir Karabükspor have been deducted 3 points.

[6] Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.

[table_hth_SWE0.48024671640259-7] Head-to-head points: Sweden 4, Russia 1.

[table_hth_SEV0.61668528784843-8] Head-to-head goal difference: Sevilla +2, Krasnodar –2.

[3] "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

2019 in association football
AFC	Australia China India Indonesia Japan Lebanon 18'–19' 19'–20' South Korea
CAF	Algeria
CONCACAF	Canada United States
CONMEBOL	Brazil
OFC
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