2022–23 MKE Ankaragücü season

MKE Ankaragücü
2022–23 season
President	Faruk Koca
Manager	Ömer Erdoğan ; (until 6 February 2023) ; Sedat Ağçay ; (from 20 February 2023 to 23 March 2023) ; Tolunay Kafkas ; (from 23 March 2023)
Stadium	Eryaman Stadium
Süper Lig	11th
Turkish Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ali Sowe (12 goals); All: ; Ali Sowe (16 goals)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the existence of MKE Ankaragücü and the club's first season back in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, MKE Ankaragücü participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 September 2022^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Nurullah Aslan (on loan from Samsunspor)
2	DF	TUR	Mahmut Akan
3	DF	BRA	Marlon Xavier
4	DF	TUR	Atakan Çankaya
5	MF	TUR	Abdullah Durak
6	MF	GER	Şahverdi Çetin
7	MF	GRE	Anastasios Chatzigiovanis
8	MF	POR	Pedrinho
9	FW	SUI	Eren Derdiyok
10	FW	ESP	Jesé
11	FW	ITA	Federico Macheda
12	FW	USA	Gboly Ariyibi
14	MF	SEN	Lamine Diack
17	DF	TUR	Yasin Güreler
18	DF	BIH	Nihad Mujakić
19	MF	NOR	Ghayas Zahid


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	TUR	Alperen Babacan
21	MF	GEO	Giorgi Beridze
22	FW	GAM	Ali Sowe (on loan from Rostov)
23	MF	TUR	Ali Kaan Güneren
25	GK	TUR	Doğukan Kaya
26	DF	SRB	Uroš Radaković
28	MF	POR	Pêpê (on loan from Olympiacos)
30	MF	TUR	Tolga Ciğerci
77	DF	TUR	Oğuz Ceylan
80	FW	TUR	Sıtkı Ferdi İmdat
88	FW	TUR	Fıratcan Üzüm
90	DF	TUR	Sinan Osmanoğlu
98	GK	TUR	Kaan Çinkaya
99	GK	TUR	Bahadır Han Güngördü
—	GK	TUR	Gökhan Akkan (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor)
—	DF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 July 2022 Friendly	Ankaragücü	3–0	Yeni Malatyaspor	Kayseri
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 45' Macheda 64' Derdiyok 89'	Report		Stadium: Erciyes Yüksek İrtifa Kamp Merkezi

10 December 2022 Friendly	Ankaragücü	0–2	Sivasspor	Antalya
12:30 TRT (UTC+3)			Yatabaré 31' Saba 41'	Stadium: Titanic Hotel Spor Kompleks Field 1

13 December 2022 Friendly	Ankaragücü	0–1	Konyaspor	Belek
14:00 TRT (UTC+3)			Hadžiahmetović 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	8 August 2022	7 June 2023	Matchday 1	11th	36	12	6	18	43	53	−10	033.33
Turkish Cup	8 November 2022	25 May 2023	Fourth round	Semi-finals	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	050.00
Total					42	15	8	19	57	60	−3	035.71

Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Kayserispor	36	15	5	16	55	61	−6	47^[a]
10	Kasımpaşa	36	12	7	17	45	61	−16	43
11	Ankaragücü	36	12	6	18	43	53	−10	42
12	İstanbulspor	36	12	5	19	47	63	−16	41^[b]
13	Antalyaspor	36	11	8	17	46	55	−9	41^[b]

Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ Reduction of 3 points by decision of the Turkish Federation.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	12	6	18	43	53	−10	42	6	4	8	24	28	−4	6	2	10	19	25	−6

Source: Spor Toto Süper Lig

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A		A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H		H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	B	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	B	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L
Position	12	14	14	18	19	19	16	16	14	17	17	14	14	16	12	14	15	12	13	11	13	12	15	16	13	15	15	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	12	13	11	11

Source: Spor Toto Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.^[3]

8 August 2022 (2022-08-08) 1	Ankaragücü	0–0	Konyaspor	Ankara
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Ceylan 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 12,977 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

14 August 2022 (2022-08-14) 2	Gaziantep	1–0	Ankaragücü	Gaziantep
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Kitsiou 30' Ersoy 45' 47'	Report	Çankaya 28' Chatzigiovanis 35' Diack 79'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 1,484 Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

3

Bye

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 4	Fatih Karagümrük	4–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Dursun 2' Borini 9', 48' Diagne 83' (pen.) Musa 90+2'	Report	Pêpê 45+6' Rayyan Baniya 53' (o.g.) Ceylan 61' Osmanoğlu 82' Shukurov 90+3'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 917 Referee: Çağdaş Altay

4 September 2022 (2022-09-04) 5	Ankaragücü	2–3	Beşiktaş	Ankara
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 26', 47' Macheda 61' Marlon 82' 90+4' Güngördü 90+6'	Report	Muleka 30' Alli 35' N'Koudou 74' (pen.) Rosier 90+6' Souza 90+10'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 17,265 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

9 September 2022 (2022-09-09) 6	Alanyaspor	2–1	Ankaragücü	Antalya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Doumbia 49' Karaca 53' Hassan 65' Bekiroğlu 87'	Report	Güreler 69'	Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium Attendance: 3,598 Referee: Mert Güzenge

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) 7	Ankaragücü	2–1	Sivasspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 2' Pedrinho 40' Sowe 44' Marlon 82' Malcuit 90'	Report	Goutas 10' Charisis 45+7' N'Jie 48' Çiftçi 64' Ulvestad 90+5'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 298 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 8	Ankaragücü	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ciğerci 55' (pen.) 57'	Report	Okaka 3' Şahiner 28' Kény 78' Türüç 81'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 9	İstanbulspor	1–2	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Sarıkaya 14' Ethemi 29' 55'	Report	Kılınç 16' Pêpê 80' Güreler 87' Sowe 90+2'	Stadium: Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Attendance: 444 Referee: Yasin Kol

17 October 2022 (2022-10-17) 10	Ankaragücü	0–3	Fenerbahçe	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Malcuit 45+1' Güreler 47'	Report	Batshuayi 3' Kahveci 25' Osayi-Samuel 57' Rossi 90+1'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 17,450 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

24 October 2022 (2022-10-24) 11	Giresunspor	1–1	Ankaragücü	Giresun
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Akpınar 66' Uludağ 75' Bajić 85' Campuzano 90'	Report	Ceylan 38' Ciğerci 57' Jesé 69' (pen.) 71' Antalyalı 75' Kılınç 90' Akkan 90+2'	Stadium: Çotanak Sports Complex Attendance: 4,382 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

30 October 2022 (2022-10-30) 12	Ankaragücü	4–1	Hatayspor	Ankara
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 3' Mujakić 58' Antalyalı 61' Sowe 69' Ciğerci 89' Diack 90+2'	Report	El Kaabi 86' (pen.) 89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 10,327 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) 13	Kasımpaşa	1–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Koita 58' 90+7'	Report	Chatzigiovanis 85' 85' Malcuit 90+2'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 2,222 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) 14	Ankaragücü	1–1	Trabzonspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Güreler 26' Ciğerci 74' (pen.) Mujakić 90+7'	Report	Hugo 14' Bardhi 70' Bozok 90+7'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 17,383 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

23 December 2022 (2022-12-23) 15	Antalyaspor	0–2	Ankaragücü	Antalya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Adriano 73' Fernando 81'	Report	Radaković 45+3' Jesé 64' Güngördü 87' Sowe 90+11'	Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 4,663 Referee: Ali Şansalan

27 December 2022 (2022-12-27) 16	Ankaragücü	1–2	Ümraniyespor	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Zahid 2' Ciğerci 65'	Report	Avounou 9', 55' Glumac 19' Göksu 45+2' Geraldo 52' Sackey 57'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 5,886 Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) 17	Galatasaray	2–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yılmaz 16' 72' Gomis 30' Midtsjø 71'	Report	Antalyalı 7' Zahid 50' Diack 77' Güreler 90+6'	Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 41,917 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) 18	Ankaragücü	2–1	Kayserispor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Diack 23' Sowe 38' Kılınç 63' Mujakić 45+2' Ciğerci 72'	Report	Cardoso 15' Pektemek 90+5'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 9,664 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 19	Adana Demirspor	3–1	Ankaragücü	Adana
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Güler 33' Sarı 49' Stambouli 57' Akbaba 66' Inler 78'	Report	Radaković 61' Diack 65'	Stadium: New Adana Stadium Attendance: 18,917 Referee: Burak Şeker

23 January 2023 (2023-01-23) 20	Konyaspor	0–1	Ankaragücü	Konya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Demirbağ 45+2' Oğuz 73' Ülgün 89'	Report	Çankaya 45+2' Zahid 51' Akkan 89'	Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium Attendance: 10,819 Referee: Murat Erdoğan

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 21	Ankaragücü	0–2	Gaziantep	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Üzüm 89'	Report	Pehlivan 33' Kitsiou 36' Djilobodji 47' Ersoy 89' Veliu 90+2' Figueiredo 90+7'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 11.854 Referee: Mert Güzenge

22

Bye

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 23	Ankaragücü	0–2	Fatih Karagümrük	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Pedrinho 31'	Report	Diagne 45+1' Borini 64' (pen.) Bertolacci 74'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Arda Kardeşler

5 March 2023 (2023-03-05) 24	Beşiktaş	2–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Uçan 40' Aboubakar 55' Masuaku 85' Fernandes 88' Welinton 90+6'	Report	Sowe 53' Mujakić 59'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 25	Ankaragücü	2–0	Alanyaspor	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Milson 8', 76' Sowe 18' Kılınç 40'	Report	Özdemir 1' Hassan 42'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

19 March 2023 (2023-03-19) 26	Sivasspor	2–0	Ankaragücü	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Cofie 23' Sáiz 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 27	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gürler 36' Danijel Aleksić 44' Figueiredo 47' Touba 69'	Report	Kılınç 40' Sowe 44' Diack 58'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 28	Ankaragücü	3–2	İstanbulspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 10', 53' Diack 24' Antalyalı 84'	Report	Ethemi 28' Şen 47' Sarıkaya 51' Lokilo 55' Yeşil 74' Ba 77'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 29	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Yüksek 45+1' Valencia 87' (pen.) Crespo 90+6' Osayi-Samuel 90+10'	Report	Diack 72' Đokanović 74' Sowe 80' Hanousek 84' Çankaya 85' Kitsiou 86' Mujakić 90+8' Milson 90+11'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

20 April 2023 (2023-04-20) 30	Ankaragücü	3–1	Giresunspor	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 54', 90+7' Antalyalı 74' Hanousek 82'	Report	Diack 44' (o.g.) Kaplan 45+5' Arias 56'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Halil Umut Meler

31	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Ankaragücü	Hatay
		Report		Stadium: New Hatay Stadium
Note: Hatayspor withdrew from the league due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and Ankaragücü, therefore, were awarded a 3–0 win.^[4]

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30) 32	Ankaragücü	0–0	Kasımpaşa	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Malcuit 69'	Report	Hadergjonaj 19' Kara 65'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

8 May 2023 (2023-05-08) 33	Trabzonspor	2–0	Ankaragücü	Trabzon
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Haspolat 9' Bozok 45+1', 62'	Report	Kitsiou 10' Antalyalı 48'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Referee: Erkan Özdamar

17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) 34	Ankaragücü	1–1	Antalyaspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kılınç 71' Milson 90+3'	Report	Sinik 44' Vural 64', 68' Rakip 82'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Ümit Öztürk

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 35	Ümraniyespor	1–2	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Glumac 8' Nayir 26' (pen.) Gürbulak 76'	Report	Kitsiou 7' Malcuit 18' Kızıldağ 20' Milson 71'	Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium Referee: Mete Kalkavan

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) 36	Ankaragücü	1–4	Galatasaray	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Milson 16' Kızıldağ 24' Diack 34' Mujakić 54'	Report	Icardi 7', 39' Yılmaz 73' Oliveira 77'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) 37	Kayserispor	0–1	Ankaragücü	Kayseri
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Çankaya 12' Kitsiou 24'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Referee: Cihan Aydın

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07) 38	Ankaragücü	1–2	Adana Demirspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Milson 83'	Report	Belhanda 31' Akbaba 57'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Çağdaş Altay

Turkish Cup

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) Fourth round	Ankaragücü	6–2	Amed	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Jesé 7', 47' Osmanoğlu 9' Zahid 28', 74' Chatzigiovanis 46'	Report	Osmanoğlu 85' (o.g.) Coşkun 88' Gümüş 89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Kutluhan Bilgiç

20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) Fifth round	Ankaragücü	2–0	Tuzlaspor	Ankara
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Jesé 7' Çankaya 17' Ceylan 43' Macheda 55'	Report	Adeniyi 43' Rotman 59'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

18 January 2023 (2023-01-18) Round of 16	Ankaragücü	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Beşiktaş	Ankara
17:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 12' Marlon 40'	Report	Muleka 61' Tosun 77'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Sarper Barış Saka
	Penalties
	Ciğerci Sowe Marlon Pedrinho		Saïss Hutchinson Kesgin Redmond Masuaku

4 April 2023 (2023-04-04) Quarter-finals	Ankaragücü	3–1	Trabzonspor	Ankara
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Hanousek 35' Sowe 51', 83' Diack 69' Kızıldağ 89'	Report	Ömür 3' 22' Peres 39' Denswil 77' Çakır 89' Bakasetas 89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Zorbay Küçük

4 May 2023 (2023-05) Semi-finals first leg	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Aleksić 4' Touba 43' Biglia 55' Erkin 72' Şengezer 78' Figueiredo 90+5'	Report	90+7' Malcuit	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Zorbay Küçük

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) Semi-finals second leg	Ankaragücü	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 11' Diack 42' Malcuit 63' Chatzigiovanis 90' Đokanović 90+2' Mujakić 97' 97' Kılınç 120+3'	Report	Şahiner 38' Türüç 46' Gürler 61' Kény 111' Şengezer 115'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

References

^ "A TAKIM". Retrieved September 3, 2019.
^ "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "Süper Lig'de 2022–2023 sezonu fikstürü belli oldu".
^ "Yönetim Kurulu Kararları" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[table_hth_KAY0.94940754815443-2] Reduction of 3 points by decision of the Turkish Federation.

[table_hth_ANT0.94940754815443-3] Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.

[Current_squad-1] "A TAKIM". Retrieved September 3, 2019.

[4] "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[5] "Süper Lig'de 2022–2023 sezonu fikstürü belli oldu".

[withdrawal-6] "Yönetim Kurulu Kararları" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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