The 2016–17 Süper Lig (known as the ''Spor Toto Süper Lig'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

, the highest tier

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league of

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. The season was named after Turgay Şeren, a legendary

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of the Turkish national team who also played for and coached Galatasaray.

Teams

* Adanaspor, Karabükspor and Alanyaspor achieved promotion from 2015–16 TFF First League. Karabükspor made an immediate return, whereas Adanaspor returned to the top level after 12 years in lower leagues. Finally Alanyaspor defeated Adana Demirspor in the play-off final for a debut season at top flight level. Also, for the first time

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will have 2 teams in Süper Lig. * Sivasspor,

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and

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were relegated to 2016–17 TFF First League. Sivasspor ended an 11-year stint in the top level, while Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu were relegated after 8 years and 2 years in the top flight, respectively.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Positions by round

The following table represents the teams' positions after each round in the competition.

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Player

Club

Attendances

These are the average attendances of all the top division teams.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Super Lig, 2016-17 2016-17

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