Season 2009–10 Champions League Bursaspor
Fenerbahçe Champion Bursaspor Goals scored 644 | Champions Bursaspor Top goalscorer Ariza Makukula (21) Dates 7 Aug 2009 – 16 May 2010 Matches played 272 | |
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Europa League Galatasaray
Beşiktaş
Trabzonspor Biggest home win Bursaspor 6–0 İstanbul B.B
(24 October 2009) Relegated Osmanlıspor, Denizlispor, Diyarbakırspor Similar 2010–11 Süper Lig, 2008–09 Süper Lig, 2011–12 Süper Lig, 2007–08 Süper Lig, 2012–13 Süper Lig | ||
The 2009–10 Süper Lig (known as the Turkcell Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd season since its establishment. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with Istanbul B.B. hosting defending champions Beşiktaş at Atatürk Olympic Stadium. The last matches were played on 16 May 2010.
Contents
- Promotion and relegation from 200809
- During summer break
- League table
- Positions by round
- Results
- Top scorers
- References
Bursaspor won the league beating defending champions Beşiktaş 2–1 at home. They beat second placed Fenerbahçe by just one point after they could only manage a 1–1 home draw against Trabzonspor. It was only the seventh time a club outside the Istanbul Big Three have won the league, with Trabzonspor being the only other team with six championships, winning their last title in 1984.
Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
Konyaspor, Kocaelispor and Hacettepe SK were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings. Konyaspor had to face demotion after six years in the highest Turkish football league. Kocaelispor returned to the First League after just one year in the Süper Lig, while Hacettepe ended a two-year stint in the Turkish top flight.
The relegated teams will be replaced by TFF First League 2008-09 champions Manisaspor, runners-up Diyarbakırspor and promotion play-off winners Kasımpaşa. Manisaspor and Kasımpaşa make their immediate return to the Süper Lig while Diyarbakırspor return after a three-year hiatus.
During summer break
Nine teams decided to change their head coach in the offseason, among them Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray.
League table
Source: Süper Lig official website
Rules for classification: 1stoverall points, 2nd head-to-head points, 3rd head to head goal differential, 4th overall goal differential, 5thoverall goals scored.
1via Turkish Cup.
2On 7 October 2009, the Turkish Football Federation relegated Ankaraspor to the TFF First League with immediate effect due to the relationship of its governors with those of Ankaragücü being unsuitable for two teams competing in the same division. All of Ankaraspor's matches were scratched and counted as a 3–0 win for their opponents.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
Source: tff.org (Turkish)
Results
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Bursaspor were awarded a 3–0 win after the match was abandoned in the 17th minute with the score level at 0–0 after Diyarbakırspor fans pelted Bursaspor players and officials with various objects.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
Source: Süper Lig official website