Season 2010–11 Champions League Trabzonspor Dates 14 Aug 2010 – 22 May 2011 Goals scored 833 | Champions Fenerbahçe Top goalscorer Alex (28 goals) Champion Fenerbahçe S.K. Matches played 306 | |
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Europa League Beşiktaş
Bursaspor
Gaziantepspor Biggest home win Fenerbahçe 6–0 Ankaragücü
(15 May 2011) Relegated Bucaspor, Konyaspor, Kasımpaşa S.K. Similar 2011–12 Süper Lig, 2009–10 Süper Lig, 2012–13 Süper Lig, 2008–09 Süper Lig, 2013–14 Süper Lig | ||
The 2010–11 Süper Lig (known as the Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 53rd season since its establishment. Bursaspor were the defending champions, having won their first Turkish championship in 2009–10. The season began on 14 August 2010 and concluded on 22 May 2011.
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Fenerbahçe claimed their 18th title, but the season was marred by the 2011 Turkish football corruption scandal which involved 17 Süper Lig teams and dozens of people, including club bosses and Turkish internationals.
Teams
Ankaraspor, Denizlispor and Diyarbakırspor were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings; Ankaraspor were automatically relegated by the Turkish Football Federation because of the election of Ahmet Gökçek, who was already a member of the board of Ankaraspor, as chairman of Ankaragücü.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 TFF First League champions Karabükspor, runners-up Bucaspor and promotion play-off winners Konyaspor. Karabükspor returned to the Süper Lig after an 11-year absence, while Bucaspor will make its debut in the Süper Lig after two successive promotions, becoming İzmir's first representation in the top-flight in seven years. Konyaspor made their immediate return to the Süper Lig after being relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season.
In further changes, Antalyaspor were renamed Medical Park Antalyaspor after accepting a sponsorship deal with Medical Park Hospitals Group on 20 July 2010.
League table
Updated to games played on 21 May 2011.
Source: tff.org (Turkish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Originally, Fenerbahçe qualified for the group stage and Trabzonspor qualified for the third qualifying round. Despite being eliminated in the third qualifying round and passed to the UEFA Europa League play-off round, Trabzonspor replaced Fenerbahçe after the Turkish Football Federation withdrew Fenerbahçe from the UEFA Champions League one day before the group stage draw due to match-fixing allegations. UEFA would then select Trabzonspor as their replacement.
2Beşiktaş have won the 2010–11 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(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
Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: tff.org (Turkish)
Results
Updated to games played on 1 May 2011.
Source: tff.org (Turkish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Bursaspor were awarded a 3–0 win after the original match was abandoned due to crowd trouble after 62 minutes, with Bursaspor leading 1–0.
3Beşiktaş were awarded a 3–0 win because of the events before the match in Bursa.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Including matches played on 15 May 2011; Source: Soccerway