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
Season2006–07
ChampionsFenerbahçe
17th title
RelegatedAntalyaspor
Kayseri Erciyesspor
Sakaryaspor
Champions LeagueFenerbahçe
Beşiktaş
UEFA CupGalatasaray
Kayseri Erciyesspor
Intertoto CupTrabzonspor
Matches played306
Goals scored736 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerAlex
(19 goals)
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

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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: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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

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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

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Top goalscorers

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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

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Hat-tricks

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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

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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

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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:

Foreign Players

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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

References

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  1. ^ "What's Going On in Turkish Football: Part Deux". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ Tozar, Türker (19 March 2007). "Yanal ends Manisaspor stay". UEFA. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
  3. ^ Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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