2016–17 in Turkish football

The 2016–17 season was the 112th season of competitive football in Turkey.

Football in Turkey

Season	2016–17
Men's football
Süper Lig	Beşiktaş
First League	Sivasspor
Turkish Cup	Konyaspor
Turkish Super Cup	Galatasaray
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Pre-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Süper Lig	Adanaspor Kardemir Karabükspor Alanyaspor	Sivasspor Eskişehirspor Mersin İdman Yurdu
1.Lig	Ümraniyespor Manisaspor Bandırmaspor	1461 Trabzon Kayseri Erciyesspor Karşıyaka
2.Lig	Erzurum BB Zonguldakspor Etimesgut Belediyespor Ofspor Kastamonuspor Niğde Belediyespor	Bayrampaşaspor Pazarspor Orduspor Kartalspor Ankara Demirspor Tarsus İdman Yurdu
3.Lig	12 Bingölspor Elaziz Belediyespor Erbaaspor Türk Metal Kırıkkalespor Afjet Afyonspor Halide Edip Adıvarspor Kütahyaspor Muğlaspor Kocaelispor	Arsinspor Gölbaşıspor Turgutluspor Kahramanmaraş Belediyespor Zara Belediyespor Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor Gaziosmanpaşaspor Körfez İskenderunspor Tavşanlı Linyitspor Çine Madranspor Sandıklıspor

League tables

Süper Lig

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beşiktaş (C)	34	23	8	3	73	30	+43	77	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	21	10	3	63	28	+35	73	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Fenerbahçe	34	18	10	6	60	32	+28	64[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Galatasaray	34	20	4	10	65	40	+25	64[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Antalyaspor	34	17	7	10	47	40	+7	58
6	Trabzonspor	34	14	9	11	39	34	+5	51
7	Akhisar Belediyespor	34	14	6	14	46	42	+4	48
8	Gençlerbirliği	34	12	10	12	33	34	−1	46
9	Konyaspor	34	11	10	13	40	45	−5	43[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 3]
10	Kasımpaşa	34	12	7	15	46	50	−4	43[lower-alpha 2]
11	Kardemir Karabükspor	34	12	7	15	38	48	−10	43[lower-alpha 2]
12	Alanyaspor	34	12	4	18	54	65	−11	40
13	Osmanlıspor	34	9	11	14	37	45	−8	38[lower-alpha 4]
14	Bursaspor	34	11	5	18	34	58	−24	38[lower-alpha 4]
15	Kayserispor	34	10	8	16	47	58	−11	38[lower-alpha 4]
16	Çaykur Rizespor (R)	34	10	6	18	44	53	−9	36	Relegation to TFF First League
17	Gaziantepspor (R)	34	7	5	22	30	65	−35	26
18	Adanaspor (R)	34	6	7	21	33	62	−29	25

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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Fenerbahçe ahead of Galatasaray on head-to-head points: Fenerbahçe 6 pts, Galatasaray 0 pts.
2. Konyaspor ahead of Kasımpaşa and Kardemir Karabükspor on head-to-head points: Konyaspor 8 pts, Kasımpaşa 3 pts, Kardemir Karabükspor 3 pts. Kasımpaşa ahead of Kardemir Karabükspor on head-to-head goal difference.
3. Konyaspor qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Turkish Cup.
4. Osmanlıspor were ahead of Bursaspor and Kayserispor on head-to-head points: Osmanlıspor 6 pts, Bursaspor 5 pts, Kayserispor 4 pts.

1.Lig

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sivasspor (C, P)	34	17	11	6	51	27	+24	62	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Yeni Malatyaspor (P)	34	18	7	9	47	40	+7	61
3	Eskişehirspor[lower-alpha 1]	34	16	11	7	62	44	+18	56	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4	Boluspor	34	16	6	12	56	53	+3	54
5	Göztepe (O, P)	34	15	8	11	55	51	+4	53[lower-alpha 2]
6	Giresunspor	34	15	8	11	40	34	+6	53[lower-alpha 2]
7	Altınordu	34	14	11	9	45	37	+8	53[lower-alpha 2]
8	Ümraniyespor	34	12	12	10	42	38	+4	48
9	Balıkesirspor	34	10	12	12	56	48	+8	42
10	Elazığspor[lower-alpha 3]	34	12	11	11	43	35	+8	41
11	Denizlispor[lower-alpha 4]	34	11	10	13	46	45	+1	40
12	Manisaspor[lower-alpha 5]	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	39
13	Gaziantep B.B.	34	9	10	15	37	46	−9	37
14	Adana Demirspor[lower-alpha 6]	34	8	15	11	47	51	−4	36[lower-alpha 7]
15	Samsunspor	34	9	9	16	27	46	−19	36[lower-alpha 7]
16	Şanlıurfaspor (R)	34	9	9	16	38	46	−8	36[lower-alpha 7]	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Bandırmaspor (R)	34	9	8	17	43	52	−9	35
18	Mersin İdmanyurdu[lower-alpha 8] (R)	34	6	11	17	35	71	−36	26

Source: TFF First League
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Eskişehirspor were deducted 3 points.
2. Göztepe is ahead of Giresunspor and Altınordu on head-to-head points: Göztepe 10 pts, Giresunspor 5 pts, Altınordu 1 pt
3. Elazığspor were deducted 6 points.
4. Denizlispor were deducted 3 points.
5. Manisaspor were deducted 3 points.
6. Adana Demirspor were deducted 3 points.
7. Adana Demirspor is ahead of Samsunspor and Şanlıurfaspor on head-to-head points: Adana Demirspor 8 pts, Samsunspor 7 pts, Şanlıurfaspor 1 pt
8. Mersin İdmanyurdu were deducted 3 points.

2.Lig

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	İstanbulspor (P)	34	21	5	8	48	22	+26	68	Promotion to TFF First League
2	Amed	34	19	9	6	51	31	+20	66	Qualification to Promotion Playoffs
3	Erzurum BB (P)	34	17	10	7	56	33	+23	61
4	Kocaeli Birlikspor	34	16	8	10	40	35	+5	56
5	Sivas Belediyespor	34	14	11	9	44	35	+9	53
6	Nazilli Belediyespor	34	13	10	11	41	44	−3	49[lower-alpha 1]
7	Keçiörengücü	34	13	10	11	51	48	+3	49[lower-alpha 1]
8	Zonguldak Kömürspor	34	12	11	11	48	42	+6	47
9	Hacettepe	34	11	11	12	39	35	+4	44[lower-alpha 2]
10	Pendikspor	34	12	8	14	43	47	−4	44[lower-alpha 2]
11	Anadolu Selçukspor	34	12	6	16	31	40	−9	42[lower-alpha 3]
12	Fatih Karagümrük	34	11	9	14	39	42	−3	42[lower-alpha 3]
13	Bucaspor[lower-alpha 4]	34	12	7	15	43	55	−12	40[lower-alpha 5]
14	Kahramanmaraşspor	34	9	13	12	37	43	−6	40[lower-alpha 5]
15	Fethiyespor	34	9	11	14	35	44	−9	38
16	Anadolu Üsküdar 1908 (R)	34	8	13	13	34	43	−9	37	Relegation to TFF Third League
17	Tepecikspor (R)	34	9	5	20	42	58	−16	32
18	Ofspor (R)	34	7	5	22	30	55	−25	26

Source: TFF Second League page (in Turkish)
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Nazilli Belediyespor ahead of Keçiörengücü on head-to-head points: Nazilli Belediyespor 2-1 Keçiörengücü, Keçiörengücü 0-0 Nazilli Belediyespor
2. Hacettepe ahead of Pendikspor on overall goal difference: Hacettepe 3-2 Pendikspor, Pendikspor 1-0 Hacettepe (Both teams are equal in head-to-head points)
3. Anadolu Selçukspor ahead of Fatih Karagümrük on head-to-head points: Anadolu Selçukspor 3-2 Fatih Karagümrük, Fatih Karagümrük 0-1 Anadolu Selçukspor
4. Bucaspor was deducted 3 points.
5. Bucaspor ahead of Kahramanmaraşspor on head-to-head points: Bucaspor 1-1 Kahramanmaraşspor, Kahramanmaraşspor 1-2 Bucaspor

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MKE Ankaragücü (P)	34	22	6	6	58	28	+30	72	Promotion to TFF First League
2	Gümüşhanespor	34	20	5	9	53	29	+24	65	Qualification to Promotion Playoffs
3	Kastamonuspor	34	17	9	8	54	33	+21	60
4	Hatayspor	34	16	11	7	39	25	+14	59
5	Menemen Belediyespor	34	15	13	6	65	45	+20	58
6	Karşıyaka	34	16	6	12	58	42	+16	54
7	Sarıyer	34	14	9	11	50	41	+9	51[lower-alpha 1]
8	Etimesgut Belediyespor	34	15	6	13	41	32	+9	51[lower-alpha 1]
9	Niğde Belediyespor	34	12	10	12	32	34	−2	46
10	Eyüpspor	34	13	5	16	49	64	−15	44
11	Tokatspor	34	10	12	12	34	37	−3	42
12	İnegölspor	34	9	14	11	42	43	−1	41
13	Tuzlaspor	34	10	9	15	36	42	−6	39
14	Kırklarelispor	34	9	11	14	39	44	−5	38
15	Bugsaşspor	34	7	16	11	33	37	−4	37[lower-alpha 2]
16	Aydınspor (R)	34	9	10	15	38	48	−10	37[lower-alpha 2]	Relegation to TFF Third League
17	1461 Trabzon (R)	34	6	15	13	44	50	−6	33
18	Kayseri Erciyesspor[lower-alpha 3] (R)	34	1	3	30	21	112	−91	−3

Source: TFF Second League page (in Turkish)
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Sarıyer ahead of Etimesgut Belediyespor on head-to-head points: Sarıyer 1-0 Etimesgut Belediyespor, Etimesgut Belediyespor 1-2 Sarıyer
2. Bugsaşspor ahead of Aydınspor on overall goal difference: Bugsaşspor 0-1 Aydınspor, Aydınspor 0-1 Bugsaşspor (Both teams are equal in head-to-head points)
3. Kayseri Erciyesspor was deducted 9 points.

Turkish Cup

• Teams seeded for the group stages: Galatasaray (defending champions), Beşiktaş (1st in the Süper Lig), Fenerbahçe (2nd), and Konyaspor (3rd).
• Teams seeded for the play-off round: İstanbul Başakşehir (4th in the Süper Lig), Osmanlıspor (5th), Galatasaray (6th), Kasımpaşa (7th), Akhisar Belediyespor (8th), Antalyaspor (9th), Gençlerbirliği (10th), Bursaspor (11th), Trabzonspor (12th), Çaykur Rizespor (13th), Gaziantepspor (14th), Adanaspor (1.Lig champions), Kardemir Karabükspor (1.Lig runners-up), and Alanyaspor (promoted from the 1.Lig)
• Teams seeded for the second round: Sivasspor (16th in the Süper Lig), Eskişehirspor (17th), Mersin İdman Yurdu (18th), Adana Demirspor (4th in the 1.Lig), Elazığspor (5th), Balıkesirspor (6th), Giresunspor (7th), Gaziantep B.B. (8th), Samsunspor (9th), Altınordu (10th), Yeni Malatyaspor (11th), Boluspor (12th), Göztepe (13th), Şanlıurfaspor (14th), Denizlispor (15th), 1461 Trabzon (16th in the 1.Lig), Kayseri Erciyesspor (17th), Karşıyaka (18th),

National team

Friendlies

31 August 2016 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 0	Russia	Antalya, Turkey
21:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

27 March 2017 Friendly	Turkey	3 – 1	Moldova	Eskişehir, Turkey
19:15 UTC+3	Mor  14' Çalık  24' Ünder  52'		Gînsari  90+1'	Stadium: Eskişehir Stadium Attendance: 34,930 Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

5 June 2017 Friendly	Macedonia	0 – 0	Turkey	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	10	7	1	2	16	7	+9	22	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0
2	Croatia	10	6	2	2	15	4	+11	20	Advance to second round		2–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
3	Ukraine	10	5	2	3	13	9	+4	17			1–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–0	3–0
4	Turkey	10	4	3	3	14	13	+1	15			0–3	1–0	2–2	—	2–0	2–0
5	Finland	10	2	3	5	9	13	−4	9			1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	—	1–1
6	Kosovo	10	0	1	9	3	24	−21	1			1–2	0–6	0–2	1–4	0–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Croatia	1 – 1	Turkey	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 UTC+2	Rakitić  44' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Çalhanoğlu  45+3'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

6 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Turkey	2 – 2	Ukraine	Konya, Turkey
21:45 UTC+3	Tufan  45+1' Çalhanoğlu  81' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Yarmolenko  24' (pen.) Kravets  27'	Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium Attendance: 36,714 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

9 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Iceland	2 – 0	Turkey	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:45 UTC+0	E. Bjarnason  42' Finnbogason  44'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,775 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

12 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Turkey	2 – 0	Kosovo	Antalya, Turkey
20:00 UTC+3	Yılmaz  51' Şen  55'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 26,555 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

24 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Turkey	2 – 0	Finland	Antalya, Turkey
20:00 UTC+3	Tosun  9', 13'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 28,990 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

11 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Kosovo	1 – 4	Turkey	Shkodër, Albania
20:45 UTC+2	Rrahmani  22'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Şen  6' Ünder  31' Yılmaz  61' Tufan  82'	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 3,758 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

Turkish clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	3–4	Monaco	2–1	1–3

Group Stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAP	BEN	BES	DKV
1	Napoli	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–2	2–3	0–0
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8			1–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Beşiktaş	6	1	4	1	9	14	−5	7	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	3–3	—	1–1
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	2	3	8	6	+2	5			1–2	0–2	6–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zimbru Chișinău	2–7	Osmanlıspor	2–2	0–5

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Osmanlıspor	3–0	Nõmme Kalju	1–0	2–0
İstanbul Başakşehir	2–2 (a)	Rijeka	0–0	2–2

Play-off Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Midtjylland	0–3	Osmanlıspor	0–1	0–2
Fenerbahçe	5–0	Grasshopper	3–0	2–0
İstanbul Başakşehir	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	0–2

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FEN	MU	FEY	ZOR
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	1–0	2–0
2	Manchester United	6	4	0	2	12	4	+8	12			4–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7			0–1	1–0	—	1–0
4	Zorya Luhansk	6	0	2	4	2	8	−6	2			1–1	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHK	GNT	BRA	KON
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	6	0	0	21	5	+16	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–0	2–0	4–0
2	Gent	6	2	2	2	9	13	−4	8			3–5	—	2–2	2–0
3	Braga	6	1	3	2	9	11	−2	6			2–4	1–1	—	3–1
4	Konyaspor	6	0	1	5	2	12	−10	1			0–1	0–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OSM	VIL	ZUR	STE
1	Osmanlıspor	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–2	2–0	2–0
2	Villarreal	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9			1–2	—	2–1	2–1
3	Zürich	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6			2–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	Steaua București	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6			2–1	1–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	3–0	Osmanlıspor	0–0	3–0
Krasnodar	2–1	Fenerbahçe	1–0	1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–5	Beşiktaş	1–3	1–2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	2–5	Beşiktaş	1–1	1–4

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lyon	3–3 (7–6 p)	Beşiktaş	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

References

1. "Süper Lig 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 8 September 2016.