2001–02 Süper Lig
The 2001-02 Turkish First Football League is the 44th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. Galatasaray S.K. became champions for the 15th time. Turkish First Football League was renamed as Turkish Super League in this season.
Turkey climbed from eleventh to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2000–01 season, that means the league has gained additional two spots for the UEFA Cup and the champions will now enter the group stage of the UEFA Champions League instead of having to compete in the qualifying rounds, first time in the Turkish history.
After beating cup winners Kocaelispor 4-0 at Denizli in the last week, Denizlispor qualified for the first time to the UEFA Cup in their history.
Final league table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 75 | 31 | +44 | 78 | 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage | |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 75 | 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 62 | 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round | |
| 4 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 53 | ||
| 5 | Denizlispor | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 48 | DEN 5-2 GAZ GAZ 0-0 DEN |
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| 6 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 48 | ||
| 7 | Göztepe A.Ş. | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 45 | GÖZ 1-1 GEN GEN 0-1 GÖZ |
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| 8 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 45 | ||
| 9 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 44 | İST 3-0 BUR BUR 1-2 İST |
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| 10 | Bursaspor | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 44 | ||
| 11 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 43 | 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round 1 | |
| 12 | Diyarbakırspor | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 40 | DİY:10 pts MAL:5 pts TRA:1 pt |
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| 13 | Malatyaspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 40 | ||
| 14 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 40 | ||
| 15 | Samsunspor | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 38 | ||
| 16 | Çaykur Rizespor (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 37 | RİZ 1-1 ANT ANT 2-2 RİZ |
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| 17 | Antalyaspor A.Ş. (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 37 | ||
| 18 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 27 |
Updated to games played on September 25, 2008.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1winner of 2001-02 Turkish Cup
(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.
Top scorers
| Name | Team | Nationality | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| İlhan Mansız | Beşiktaş |   |
21 |
| Arif Erdem | Galatasaray | |
21 |
| Augustine Ahinful | Ankaragücü |  |
19 |
| Serhat Akın | Fenerbahçe | |
16 |
| Veysel Cihan | Denizlispor | |
16 |
| Okan Yılmaz | Bursaspor | |
14 |
| Ahmed Hassan | Gençlerbirliği |  |
14 |
| Emmanuel Tetteh | Çaykur Rizespor | |
13 |
| Haim Revivo | Fenerbahçe |  |
13 |
| Fatih Tekke | Gaziantepspor | |
12 |
| Maksim Romaschenko | Gaziantepspor |  |
12 |
| Ahmet Dursun | Beşiktaş | |
12 |
