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unusual facts about Süper Lig


Süper Lig

The top clubs from Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir competed in the 1959 Milli Lig.


Filip Hološko

Filip Hološko (born 17 January 1984) is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for the Süper Lig team Beşiktaş and the Slovakia national football team.

Georges Parfait Mbida Messi

Born in Yaoundé, Messi started playing professionally with hometown sides Tonnerre Yaoundé and Canon Yaoundé, having an abroad spell in between with Turkish team Çaykur Rizespor, appearing scarcely during the 2000–01 season as the Süper Lig side finished in ninth position.

Gilles Binya

Gilles Augustin Binya (born 29 August 1984 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

John Utaka

John Chukwudi Utaka (born 8 January 1982 in Enugu) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Turkish side Sivasspor of the Süper Lig.

Mertan Caner Öztürk

On July 6, 2012 Mertan Caner Öztürk was brought to the A squad by Fatih Terim and will be training in the camp in Austria alongside Semih Kaya, Tomáš Ujfaluši, Milan Baroš, Fernando Muslera, and the rest of the Galatasaray squad so they can prepare for the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Mertcan Demirer

Mertcan Demirer (born 14 March 1993 in Kadıköy) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a Midfielder for Beşiktaş J.K. in the Süper Lig.

Ousmane Viera

Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (born 21 December 1986 in Daloa) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.

Ozan Papaker

Ozan Papaker (born 10 July 1996) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward Turkish Second League side Ofspor on loan from Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Rafik Djebbour

On 6 September 2013, Djebbour joined Süper Lig club Sivasspor on a season-long loan after the interest of the coach of the club, Roberto Carlos.

Şahin Aygüneş

Şahin Aygüneş (born 1 October 1990 in Ansbach) is a Turkish professional footballer, currently playing for newly promoted Turkish Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa.

Siirt Atatürk Stadium

With the promotion of Siirtspor to the Turkish Süper Lig at the end of the 1999-2000 season, the stadium was approved and expanded.

Srđan Mijailović

Srđan Mijailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Мијаиловић; born on 10th November 1993 in Požega) is a Serbian football player who played for Süper Lig club Kayserispor.

Sylvain Ovono

Born in Yaoundé, Ovono began playing football in Europe in Turkey, starting with modest Sivasspor, then switching to the Süper Lig in the 1997–98 season, appearing very rarely for the last-placed team, Belediye Vanspor.

Vlado Bozinovski

After competing in 1996–97 in the Turkish Süper Lig, with Ankaragücü, the 33-year old moved to Singapore, where he represented Tanjong Pagar United FC, Home United FC and Clementi Khalsa FC until his retirement in 2001.


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François Zoko

After 55 games and scoring 11 goals, Zoko was contacted by several teams in the Jupiler League but decided to join the Ankara club for a new challenge in the Turkcell Süper Lig.