The Turkish Women's Football Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Süper Ligi), formerly the First Women's Football League (also known as the ''
Turkcell
Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (''lit. Turkcell Communication Services'') (, ) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 39,3 million subscribers as of September 2021. In 2015, the company's number of ...
Women's Football Super League'' for sponsorship reasons), is the top level women's
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. In the
2022–23 season, one group of 10 teams and one group of nine teams play a double round robin and finals to decide a champion club, which qualifies for a spot in the
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.
The ...
.
On 8 March 2021, the
International Women's Day
International Women's Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against wom ...
, the
Turkish Football Federation
The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...
signed a sponsorship agreement with the Turkish
mobile phone operator
A mobile phone operator, wireless provider, or carrier is a mobile telecommunications company that provides wireless Internet GSM services for mobile device users. The operator gives a SIM card to the customer who inserts it into the mobile dev ...
Turkcell
Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (''lit. Turkcell Communication Services'') (, ) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 39,3 million subscribers as of September 2021. In 2015, the company's number of ...
. Accordingly, the First Women's Football League was named Turkcell Women's Super League ( tr, Turkcell Kadın Süper Ligi) beginning with the 2021–22 season.
Format
In an effort to increase quality of the league, in the 2009–10 season two teams were relegated and four teams were promoted to the first league. Thus, the 2010–11 season consisted of twelve teams.
Fashion One
Fashion One is a 24-hour New York City-based television network founded by German entrepreneur, Michael Gleissner and owned by the Miami Beach, Florida-based entertainment company, Bigfoot Entertainment. Officially launched on April 8, 2010, the ...
TV became the official media sponsor of the league for the 2010–11 season.
At this time the league gained little attention in Turkey.
After playing two groups with six teams and then having a championship and relegation group, the 2012–13 season was played as a double-round robin with ten teams again. The winner after 18 games was the champion and qualifies for the
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.
The ...
, the bottom two teams get relegated. In 2016–17 there again was introduced a championship and relegation round after the regular season.
For the
2019-20 league season, the number of participating teams was increased from ten to twelve again after eight seasons. No relegation was planned to take place, so that the planned number of teams would be achieved with two promoted teams from the Women's Second League. However,
Trabzon İdmanocağı
İdmanocağı or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish sports club based in Trabzon, Turkey. The club had a strong rivalry with another club, İdmangücü, which matched the Istanbul derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. İdmanocağı were compare ...
had to be relegated since they did not show up in the entire previous season. To replace them, a third team from the Second League was promoted.
All three women's leagues of the 2019-20 season were stopped on 8 March 2020 due to
COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
The COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
The first case in Turkey was recorded on 11 March, when a l ...
.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2020-21 season of the Women's First Football League, after renaming the Turkcell Women's Football League, will take start with delay on 17 April 2021. The season was dedicated to
healthcare worker
A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) is a provider of health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience. The field includes those who work as a nurse, physician (suc ...
s, and named 2021 Turkish Turkcell Women's Football League Healthcare Workers' Season ( tr, 2021 Sağlık Çalışanları Futbol Ligi). The league consisted of 16 teams, including all the 12 teams from the previous season and 4 teams promoted from the
Second League's previous season. The teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, with one promoted team in each group. Each team in the group played only three matches in a
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
. The top two teams of the four groups play quarter-finals and semi-finals in
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
. The winner of the final match, on 4 May 2021, represented Turkey at the
2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.
File:MarmaraÜniversitesiSpor KonakBelediyespor 1 20140112.JPG, 2013–14 Women's First League match Marmara Üniversitesispor
Marmara may refer to:
Places
* Marmara, Greece, mountainous area on Crete
* Neos Marmaras, a village in Greece
* Marmara Town, a town in Nigeria
* Marmara (Lycia), a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey
* Marmara Region, comprising 11 province ...
(blue/black) vs Konak Belediyespor
Konak Belediyespor Women's Football ( tr, Konak Belediyespor Bayan Futbol Takımı) is the women's football team of the Turkish multi-sport club of Konak Belediyespor based in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the ...
(red)
File:AtaşehirAdana2014-15 13.JPG, 2014–15 Women's First League match Ataşehir Belediyespor
Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended thei ...
(white/red) vs Adana İdmanyurduspor
Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million.
Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...
(red/blue)
File:KireçburnuSvs1207AntalyaS201516 (22).JPG, 2015–16 Women's First League match Kireçburnu Spor
Kireçburnu Spor Women's Football ( tr, Kireçburnu Spor Kulübü Bayan Futbol Takımı) is a women's football team based in Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It was formed in 2010 as part of t ...
(green/yellow) vs 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor (orange/black)
File:BeşiktaşJKvs1207AntalyaS2016-17Play-off (27).jpg, 2016-17 Women's First League play-off match Beşiktaş J.K. (white) vs 1207 Antalya Döşemealtı Belediye Spor (navy/red/black)
File:FatihVatanSvsKdzEreğliS2017-18 (117).jpg, 2017-18 Women's First League match Fatih Vatan Spor
Fatih Vatan Spor Kulübü is a women's football team based in Fatih, Istanbul. The team completed the 2016–17 season of Turkish Women's Second Football League as champion, and were promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.
Histo ...
(blue/red) vs Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor (white)
File:AtaşehirBSvsHakkarigücüS2018-19 (74).jpg, 2018-19 Women's First League match Ataşehir Belediyespor
Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended thei ...
(red) vs Hakkarigücü Spor
Hakkârigücü is a women's football club founded in 1989 and based in Hakkâri, eastern Turkey. The club president is Kıymet Kurt, and the manager is Cemile Timur. The team play their home matches in the Merzan Stadium.
History
The women ...
(blue/white)
File:KireçburnuSporvsAmedSK2019-20 (5).jpg, 2019-20 Women's First League match Kireçburnu Spor
Kireçburnu Spor Women's Football ( tr, Kireçburnu Spor Kulübü Bayan Futbol Takımı) is a women's football team based in Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It was formed in 2010 as part of t ...
(white/yellow/green/black) vs Amed S.K. (green/red)
Clubs
Past winners
File:KonakBelediyespor02.JPG, Konak Belediyespor
Konak Belediyespor Women's Football ( tr, Konak Belediyespor Bayan Futbol Takımı) is the women's football team of the Turkish multi-sport club of Konak Belediyespor based in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the ...
( 2013-14)
File:KonakBS201516 (3).jpg, Konak Belediyespor
Konak Belediyespor Women's Football ( tr, Konak Belediyespor Bayan Futbol Takımı) is the women's football team of the Turkish multi-sport club of Konak Belediyespor based in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the ...
( 2015-16)
File:AtaşehirBS2017-18 (28).jpg, Ataşehir Belediyespor
Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended thei ...
( 2017-18)
File:BeşiktaşJK2018-19 (3).jpg, Beşiktaş J.K. ( 2018-19)
File:AlgS2019-20 (17).jpg, ALG Spor
ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's president is Ali Gözcü. It is located in the İn ...
( 2019-20)
Winners by team
League participation (since 2006)
Note: The tallies below include up to the 2022–23 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants.
* 17 seasons:
Konak Belediyespor
Konak Belediyespor Women's Football ( tr, Konak Belediyespor Bayan Futbol Takımı) is the women's football team of the Turkish multi-sport club of Konak Belediyespor based in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the ...
* 15 seasons:
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. They defended thei ...
* 14 seasons:
Adana İdman Yurdu,
Karadeniz Ereğli Belediyespor
* 10 seasons:
Trabzon İdmanocağı
İdmanocağı or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish sports club based in Trabzon, Turkey. The club had a strong rivalry with another club, İdmangücü, which matched the Istanbul derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. İdmanocağı were compare ...
* 8 seasons:
Kireçburnu
* 7 seasons:
Beşiktaş
* 6 seasons:
1207 Antalyaspor,
Amed Sportif Faaliyetler,
Fatih Vatanspor,
FOMGET,
Gazi Üniversitesi,
İlkadım Belediyesi Yabancılar Pazarıspor,
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...
* 5 seasons:
ALG,
Antalyaspor
Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and ...
,
Buca Geliştirmespor,
Hakkarigücü,
Marmara Üniversitesi,
Mersin Camspor
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezit ...
* 4 seasons:
Kartalspor
Kartalspor is a sports club located in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team plays in the Bank Asya First League after finishing 2nd in the Second League Promotion Group in the 2006–2007 season. Kartal SK started th ...
,
Lüleburgaz 39spor,
Maltepe Yalıspor
* 3 seasons:
Derincespor,
Dudullu,
Eskişehirspor
Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...
,
Kocaeli Bayan,
Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor
* 2 seasons:
Altay,
Çamlıcaspor,
Elitspor,
Fatih Karagümrük
Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the co ...
,
Fenerbahçe,
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
,
Gazikentspor
Gazikentspor Women's Football Club ( tr, Gazikentspor Bayan Futbol Takımı) is a women's football club based in Gaziantep, Turkey. Founded in 2006, the club is located in the Gazikent neighborhood of Şehitkamil district. The team manager is Ces ...
,
Hatayspor
Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province.
History
Hatayspor was founded on 23 July 1967. In July 2020, the team achieved promotion to t ...
,
Karşıyaka BESEMspor,
Kayserispor
Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits.
The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fi ...
,
Malatya Gençlikspor
Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syriac language, Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Provi ...
,
Mersin Gençlerbirliği
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mezit ...
,
Mersingücü Cengiz Topelspor,
Zeytinburnuspor
Zeytinburnu SK is a Turkish football club established in 1953 and based in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey.
They hold the record for worst performance in First League history during the 96/97 season, when they lost 27 matches out o ...
* 1 seasons:
Amasya Eğitimspor,
Bursa Sağlıkgücü Gençlikspor,
Çaykur Rizespor
Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...
,
Dostlukspor,
Eskişehirspor Lisesispor,
Gölcükspor
Gölcük Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Gölcükspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Gölcük, Kocaeli.The club was incepted in 1984 with the merger of Dumlupınar Youth Club's (Amateur Gölcükspor and Dumlupınar ...
,
Hatay Dumlupınarspor,
İzmit Belediyespor
İzmit Belediyespor is a Turkish women's basketball club based in İzmit, Turkey. The club was founded in 1995 and currently competing in the Women's Basketball Super League.
History
The club was invited to the Super League in 2018 after the Ya ...
,
İzmit Çenesuyu Plajyoluspor
İzmit () is a district and the central district of Kocaeli province, Turkey. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia.
As of the last 31/12/2019 estimation, the ...
,
Orduspor 1967,
Sivasspor
Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 201 ...
Foreign players
Top goalscorers
File:ReyhanŞeker05.JPG, Reyhan Şeker
File:SevgiÇınar02.JPG, Sevgi Çınar
File:MerveAladağ05.JPG, Merve Aladağ
File:CosminaDusa11.JPG, Cosmina Dușa
File:ArzuKarabulut (8).jpg, Arzu Karabulut
File:KaderHançar09.JPG, Kader Hançar
File:MariemHouij (18).jpg, Mariem Houij
File:YağmurUraz02.JPG, Yağmur Uraz
File:ZelalBaturay (29).jpg, Zelal Baturay
File:KennyaCordner (8).jpg, Kennya Cordner
See also
*
Women's football in Turkey
Women's football in Turkey is the women's branch of football in Turkey and is governed by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF).
History Friendship matches
Although Turkey is one of the first countries to adapt women's rights, its practical ...
*
Turkish Women's Football First League
The Turkish Women's First Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 1. Futbol Ligi) is the second-tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey.
Format
Teams promoted to Women's Super League
Format
As of 2022-23 Season, 13 t ...
*
Turkish Women's Second Football League
The Turkish Women's Second Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 2. Futbol Ligi) is the third tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey.
Format
Teams promoted to Women's First League
Format
As of 2021-22 Season, 26 te ...
*
Turkish Women's Third Football League
The Turkish Women's Third Football League ( tr, Kadınlar 3. Futbol Ligi) is the fourth-level league competition for women's association football in Turkey.
History
The Women's Third League was established in 2014 launching its first season i ...
*
Turkish Women's Regional Football League
The Turkish Women's Regional Football League ( tr, Kadınlar Bölgesel Futbol Ligi) was the third-level league competition for women's association football in Turkey.
History
The Women's Regional League was established in 2009 launching its fir ...
*
List of women's football clubs in Turkey
This is a list of women's football clubs in Turkey.
As of the ''2021–22 Season'':
See also
* List of football clubs in Turkey
* Turkish Women's First Football League
* Women's football in Turkey
References
{{Asia topic, List of women's ...
*
Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have several important trophies, especially in athletics, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
Participation in Olympics Pioneers
The first Turkish ...
References
External links
Official Site of the
Turkish Football Federation
The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...
Turkish league on women.soccerway.com
{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world
Turkish Women's Football Super League
Top level women's association football leagues in Europe
First
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...
Sports leagues established in 1994
1993 establishments in Turkey
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
Professional sports leagues in Turkey