Süper Lig 2009-10

Süper Lig

Season	2009–10
Champions	Bursaspor
Relegated	Ankaraspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor
Champions League	Bursaspor Fenerbahçe
Europa League	Galatasaray Beşiktaş Trabzonspor
Matches played	272
Goals scored	644 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ariza Makukula (21)
Biggest home win	Bursaspor 6–0 İstanbul B.B (24 October 2009)
Biggest away win	İstanbul B.B 1–6 Trabzonspor (13 September 2009)
Highest scoring	İstanbul B.B 1–6 Trabzonspor (13 September 2009) Galatasaray 4–3 Trabzonspor (18 October 2009) (7 goals each)
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The 2009–10 Süper Lig (known as the Turkcell Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd season since its establishment. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with Istanbul B.B. hosting defending champions Beşiktaş at Atatürk Olympic Stadium. The last matches were played on 16 May 2010.

Bursaspor won the league beating defending champions Beşiktaş 2–1 at home. They beat second placed Fenerbahçe by just one point after they could only manage a 1–1 home draw against Trabzonspor. It was only the seventh time a club outside the Istanbul Big Three have won the league, with Trabzonspor being the only other team with six championships, winning their last title in 1984.

Konyaspor, Kocaelispor and Hacettepe SK were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the standings. Konyaspor had to face demotion after six years in the highest Turkish football league. Kocaelispor returned to the First League after just one year in the Süper Lig, while Hacettepe ended a two-year stint in the Turkish top flight.

The relegated teams will be replaced by TFF First League 2008-09 champions Manisaspor, runners-up Diyarbakırspor and promotion play-off winners Kasımpaşa. Manisaspor and Kasımpaşa make their immediate return to the Süper Lig while Diyarbakırspor return after a three-year hiatus.

Nine teams decided to change their head coach in the offseason, among them Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray.

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